Chicago American Giants History - 1983 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1983 Chicago American Giants	77	85	.475	6^th	26	79-83	-2	.255	3.89			3,110,471	$63,136,617	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Al Bumbry (RF)	1
All-Star	Curt Blefary, Craig Gentry, Earl Johnson, Willie Keeler, Gene Woodling	5
Pitcher of the Month	Red Faber (Jun)	1
Rookie of the Month	Pedro Astacio (May)	1
Player of the Week	Gene Woodling (May 16)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
1B	Bob Watson	36	151	603	173	36	2	17	88	86	43	4	0	6	103	0	0	.287	.335	.438	.773	2.6	116
RF	Al Bumbry	33	156	596	147	51	3	7	61	77	43	12	1	1	102	16	12	.247	.310	.378	.687	2.5	93
2B	Luis Alicea	28	154	539	139	32	3	4	66	56	69	17	0	7	96	1	3	.258	.356	.351	.707	3.3	101
LF	Gene Woodling	41	145	482	126	29	3	15	78	68	63	6	0	4	32	0	0	.261	.351	.427	.779	1.9	119
C	Curt Blefary	26	126	425	99	16	0	22	57	71	58	12	0	3	63	0	1	.233	.339	.426	.765	3.3	114
SS	Craig Shipley	24	122	445	133	35	0	5	63	55	12	23	0	3	64	0	2	.299	.348	.411	.759	2.9	113
SS	Rafael Furcal	34	111	396	106	15	0	7	39	50	39	8	0	2	41	10	6	.268	.344	.359	.702	2.5	99
CF	Lenny Dykstra	31	107	384	97	35	3	4	42	49	46	12	1	1	44	9	5	.253	.350	.391	.741	2.7	109
3B	Emil Batch	34	101	327	95	26	4	0	41	32	23	2	11	2	52	2	3	.291	.339	.394	.733	1.3	106
CF	Craig Gentry	28	97	276	82	13	6	4	31	57	22	15	0	1	48	8	10	.297	.379	.431	.810	2.3	128
LF	Jesus Alou	22	98	291	91	19	1	0	38	33	5	3	1	4	23	3	1	.313	.327	.385	.712	0.7	100
P	Red Faber	37	43	90	12	5	0	0	12	7	13	2	15	1	20	0	0	.133	.255	.189	.444	-0.5	28
SS	Tom McCreery	24	47	109	22	7	0	1	12	10	11	0	0	0	18	0	0	.202	.275	.294	.569	-0.1	61
P	Pedro Astacio	23	42	104	13	2	0	0	4	4	1	0	15	0	56	0	0	.125	.133	.144	.278	-1.5	-22
C	Al Evans	33	33	103	18	4	1	1	13	8	9	1	0	4	20	0	0	.175	.239	.262	.501	-0.2	41
C	Pinch Thomas	27	38	99	26	8	0	2	15	11	9	3	1	2	9	0	0	.263	.336	.404	.740	0.6	108
P	Randy Tate	24	36	83	6	3	0	0	5	4	4	0	10	0	40	0	0	.072	.115	.108	.223	-1.1	-36
3B	Willie Keeler	21	22	91	21	2	1	0	4	9	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	.231	.247	.275	.522	-0.1	47
P	Brett Myers	28	23	52	8	1	0	0	2	3	2	3	7	0	21	0	0	.154	.228	.173	.401	-0.3	15
CF	Jackie Brandt	30	12	39	11	2	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	.282	.300	.410	.710	0.2	98
1B	Harry Spilman	31	12	34	5	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	.147	.216	.147	.363	-0.3	5
P	Dan Petry	24	14	22	4	2	0	0	1	1	4	0	6	0	13	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	-0.1	66
P	Paul Quantrill	25	9	17	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	-100
P	Bill Burns	35	26	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	0.1	14
P	George Keefe	31	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-0.1	-37
P	Bob W Miller	25	18	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	-0.0	105
P	Earl Johnson	28	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Ralph Birkofer	38	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	467
P	Severino Gonzalez	35	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Vladimir Nunez	23	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Mark C Smith	28	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
31 Players		30.6	1877	5631	1437	344	27	90	677	700	485	123	75	42	893	50	43	.255	.326	.374	.699	22.0	96
NL Rank				1	3	2	3	8	5	5	3	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	7	6	5
ABBA Rank				5	8	6	6	16	11	11	9	10	6	12	14	12	10	11	12	15	13	9

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Red Faber	37	43	41	22	13	0	3.36	316.3	296	127	118	25	69	226	0	12	6	1.15	.285	7.1	118
Pedro Astacio	23	42	41	12	17	0	3.97	308.3	273	153	136	29	97	203	0	12	2	1.20	.262	4.3	100
Randy Tate	24	36	36	15	16	0	4.21	250.0	218	138	117	17	107	109	0	8	1	1.30	.248	1.5	94
Brett Myers	28	23	23	7	12	0	4.07	168.0	151	88	76	16	47	90	0	7	1	1.18	.255	2.2	98
Earl Johnson	28	55	0	10	7	16	3.93	84.7	76	45	37	9	42	69	1	0	0	1.39	.282	0.0	101
Dan Petry	24	14	12	3	5	0	4.32	83.3	85	46	40	10	22	41	0	4	0	1.28	.273	0.4	92
Paul Quantrill	25	9	9	1	4	0	5.25	60.0	69	41	35	12	14	20	0	0	0	1.38	.271	-0.5	76
Bill Burns	35	26	0	1	1	0	2.92	52.3	51	23	17	1	13	21	0	0	0	1.22	.281	0.4	136
Bob W Miller	25	18	0	3	1	0	1.45	31.0	18	5	5	0	6	17	1	0	0	.77	.194	0.7	274
Severino Gonzalez	35	21	0	2	3	8	4.00	27.0	24	13	12	2	7	13	0	0	0	1.15	.265	0.1	99
George Keefe	31	14	0	0	1	0	1.59	22.7	23	7	4	0	9	11	0	0	0	1.41	.287	0.4	250
Ralph Birkofer	38	21	0	0	1	0	5.73	22.0	22	14	14	2	11	10	0	0	0	1.50	.286	-0.4	69
Mark C Smith	28	15	0	1	4	3	7.48	21.7	26	19	18	4	13	10	0	0	0	1.80	.310	-0.8	53
Vladimir Nunez	23	8	0	0	0	0	0.87	10.3	7	1	1	0	3	9	0	0	0	.97	.304	0.3	457
14 Pitchers	28.3	345	162	77	85	27	3.89	1457.7	1339	720	630	127	460	849	2	43	10	1.23	.267	15.7	110
NL Rank		6	3	6	3	5	3	6	3	5	3	2	5	7	8	6	2	4	2	7
ABBA Rank		10	3	11	6	8	4	9	5	8	5	4	7	13	14	10	3	5	4	12

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Faber	43	41	19	27	4	48	2	.958	316.3	1.31	2.9
P. Astacio	42	41	18	34	2	54	2	.963	308.3	1.52	0.7
R. Tate	36	36	23	17	0	42	2	.952	250.0	1.44	1.6
B. Myers	23	23	12	19	0	31	0	1.000	168.0	1.66	1.9
E. Johnson	54	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	84.7	0.85	0.7
D. Petry	14	12	5	7	0	14	2	.857	83.3	1.30	-0.5
P. Quantrill	9	9	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	60.0	1.50	0.5
B. Burns	26	0	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	52.3	1.38	0.9
B. Miller	18	0	2	4	0	8	2	.750	31.0	1.74	-0.2
S. Gonzalez	21	0	0	1	0	3	2	.333	27.0	0.33	0.1
G. Keefe	14	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	22.7	0.40	0.1
R. Birkofer	20	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	22.0	1.64	0.1
M. Smith	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	21.7	0.00	0.1
V. Nunez	8	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	10.3	2.61	0.0
Totals	343	162	89	133	8	234	12	.949	1457.7	1.37	9.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Blefary	113	108	606	70	7	691	15	.978	987.0	6.16	0.2	6	41.3
A. Evans	31	31	154	25	3	182	3	.984	266.7	6.04	1.3	2	52.2
P. Thomas	25	23	127	17	2	144	0	1.000	204.0	6.35	0.2	2	47.1
Totals	169	162	887	112	12	1017	18	.982	1457.7	6.17	1.8	10	44.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Watson	145	145	1073	110	83	1197	14	.988	1295.7	8.22	0.9
T. McCreery	14	9	74	6	11	81	1	.988	90.0	8.00	-0.2
H. Spilman	8	8	64	4	5	68	0	1.000	70.0	8.74	0.3
E. Batch	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
C. Blefary	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	0.0
Totals	169	162	1215	120	99	1350	15	.989	1457.7	8.24	1.0

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Alicea	150	150	373	333	86	725	19	.974	1343.3	4.73	1.6
R. Furcal	13	9	24	22	2	48	2	.958	84.0	4.93	2.4
E. Batch	6	3	9	5	2	14	0	1.000	30.3	4.15	0.0
Totals	169	162	406	360	90	787	21	.973	1457.7	4.73	4.0

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Batch	81	76	45	144	10	205	16	.922	677.3	2.51	-2.0
R. Furcal	35	35	20	59	3	79	0	1.000	303.0	2.35	1.5
C. Shipley	32	29	18	45	3	69	6	.913	251.3	2.26	-1.3
W. Keeler	22	22	19	46	4	68	3	.956	191.0	3.06	0.5
T. McCreery	7	0	0	7	0	7	0	1.000	29.0	2.17	-0.1
H. Spilman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	-0.2
J. Brandt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	102	301	20	428	25	.942	1457.7	2.49	-1.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Shipley	91	90	154	239	52	408	15	.963	786.0	4.50	-3.1
R. Furcal	69	56	89	161	22	255	5	.980	522.0	4.31	2.1
T. McCreery	19	13	18	38	6	58	2	.966	123.7	4.08	-0.7
E. Batch	5	3	2	6	0	9	1	.889	26.0	2.77	-0.6
Totals	184	162	263	444	80	730	23	.968	1457.7	4.37	-2.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Woodling	118	116	248	9	1	259	2	.992	1036.7	2.23	-6.8
J. Alou	49	46	99	1	1	103	3	.971	409.3	2.20	-3.8
L. Dykstra	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.7	1.17	-0.0
C. Gentry	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	348	10	2	363	5	.986	1457.7	2.21	-10.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Dykstra	94	93	360	14	4	376	2	.995	833.3	4.04	4.3
C. Gentry	65	61	229	4	1	237	4	.983	550.0	3.81	-1.4
J. Brandt	10	8	32	1	0	34	1	.971	74.3	4.00	-0.3
Totals	169	162	621	19	5	647	7	.989	1457.7	3.95	2.6

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Bumbry	149	149	406	7	3	422	9	.979	1331.3	2.79	15.3
J. Alou	15	13	35	3	0	38	0	1.000	117.7	2.91	-0.6
L. Dykstra	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.7	1.35	-0.2
C. Gentry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	442	10	3	461	9	.980	1457.7	2.79	14.5

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Bob Watson	.287
On-Base Percentage	Luis Alicea	.356
Slugging Percentage	Bob Watson	.438
OPS	Gene Woodling	.779
Games	Al Bumbry	156
At-Bats	Bob Watson	603
Runs	Bob Watson	86
Hits	Bob Watson	173
Doubles	Al Bumbry	51
Triples	Craig Gentry	6
Home Runs	Curt Blefary	22
Runs Batted In	Bob Watson	88
Stolen Bases	Al Bumbry	16
Caught Stealing	Al Bumbry	12
Walks	Luis Alicea	69
Strikeouts	Bob Watson	103

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Red Faber	22
Losses	Pedro Astacio	17
Saves	Earl Johnson	16
Games	Earl Johnson	55
Games Started	Red Faber, Pedro Astacio	41
Complete Games	Red Faber, Pedro Astacio	12
Shutouts	Red Faber	6
Innings Pitched	Red Faber	316.3
Hits Allowed	Red Faber	296
Home Runs Allowed	Pedro Astacio	29
Strikeouts	Red Faber	226
Walks Allowed	Randy Tate	107
Earned Run Average	Red Faber	3.36
Walks + Hits per IP	Red Faber	1.15
BABIP	Randy Tate	.248

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
October 28th	3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Houston Eagles for	P Pedro J Martinez 2nd Round Draft Pick 3rd Round Draft Pick