1983 Buffalo Bisons
Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 784
Runs Allowed: 643
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,897,762
Manager: Alex Lamabe

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 90-48, 1st in the Frick League
AA: 76-62, 4th in the Frick League
A: 75-63, 3rd in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Landis Memorial Series 4-2 over Washington Bobwhites
Won FL Cartwright Cup 4-1 over New Orleans Crawdads
Won Doubleday Series 3-0 over Austin Riverbats
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
RF  Jacob Grothe 34 147 515 96 142 46 3 18 80 16 6 69 30 .276 .362 .482 .844 90.0 18.8 2.1
CF  Bill Slover 33 147 540 74 153 26 7 5 62 69 22 45 43 .283 .340 .385 .725 71.7 12.3 2.7
3B  Lazaro Lanza 33 137 486 85 159 17 3 5 42 16 2 67 35 .327 .408 .405 .813 80.7 18.1 3.0
C *William Wright 32 133 397 58 89 20 1 17 55 6 3 44 26 .224 .301 .408 .709 50.0 6.5 3.7
SS  Johnny Fever 29 117 365 62 85 15 1 21 57 15 2 48 94 .233 .324 .452 .776 55.1 9.5 3.2
2B  Sam Tuttle 32 118 369 45 88 13 1 11 47 4 3 26 69 .238 .299 .369 .668 40.3 4.5 4.3
2B  Roland Coughlan 33 102 331 31 97 16 1 1 35 0 0 20 28 .293 .336 .356 .693 37.5 6.3 5.4
3B  Ivan Kovishkov 26 107 324 35 79 21 0 12 48 0 0 26 96 .244 .305 .420 .725 39.5 6.0 3.6
1B  Clue Heywood 36 110 305 52 84 23 1 21 69 0 0 25 100 .275 .342 .564 .906 56.0 12.1 1.6
RF  Larry Hisle 35 85 294 37 89 11 1 14 46 4 1 26 66 .303 .360 .490 .850 48.6 10.3 1.7
C  Tony Quinn 33 89 276 23 75 13 2 2 33 2 2 15 41 .272 .308 .355 .663 29.1 4.1 2.4
CF #Frank Boerner 23 79 218 47 75 18 2 11 48 9 3 22 40 .344 .402 .596 .999 46.7 11.2 1.4
RF  Dave Winfield 30 56 193 32 52 12 2 11 35 9 4 20 49 .269 .333 .523 .857 34.3 6.8 1.1
1B #Tyree Calderon 32 42 122 25 40 11 1 4 20 1 0 20 20 .328 .427 .533 .959 24.7 6.0 1.1
P  Steve Nebraska 30 37 85 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 4 46 .012 .056 .024 .079 -6.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Marquis Futon 38 34 96 10 17 4 0 2 7 1 0 5 19 .177 .218 .281 .499 5.5 0.0 0.3
1B  Brandon Pearce 31 30 84 9 16 3 0 2 10 0 0 11 28 .190 .284 .298 .582 7.9 0.7 0.5
SS *Joseph Akins 27 56 83 16 21 3 1 2 9 0 0 8 10 .253 .326 .386 .712 10.5 1.7 1.0
LF  Joe Gillstrom 38 32 71 5 13 1 0 0 7 0 1 8 27 .183 .266 .197 .463 3.7 0.0 0.5
SS  Hector Garcia 33 24 68 13 20 1 3 4 19 7 3 5 7 .294 .355 .574 .929 13.9 2.9 1.3
P  Matt Ryan 26 30 65 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 34 .169 .229 .169 .398 1.9 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Beckmeyer 27 30 59 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 26 .102 .129 .119 .248 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Steven Cuvelier 25 37 50 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 .080 .080 .180 .260 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Tanana 28 19 42 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .167 .167 .238 .405 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Pete Redfern 27 51 31 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 .194 .194 .258 .452 1.2 0.0 0.0
RF *Walter Wambold 36 16 15 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .267 .389 .467 .856 2.9 0.6 0.0
RF  Pablo Lazaro 33 18 16 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .188 .235 .188 .423 0.7 0.0 0.1
P  Marty McGraw 32 78 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Pump 27 87 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0 0.0
1B *Randy Bass 28 9 10 2 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .700 1.100 2.0 0.4 0.0
P *Ray Fontenot 25 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .500 .833 0.8 0.2 0.0
P #Gustavo Aranda 36 5 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .667 1.167 0.9 0.3 0.0
P *Efren Sachs 30 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
1B *Jesus Martinez 27 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *James Rakowski 30 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
LF *Robert Carpenter 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Derrick Bingham 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 2178 5543 784 1444 284 30 166 753 159 53 527 1002 .261 .327 .412 .739 748.7 139.6 41.0
  Rank among 12 FL teams 9 4 7 9 12 1 4 8 4 1 7 5 4 3 4 3  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Steve Nebraska 30 17 14 .548 37 36 0 256.7 194 73 10 27 315 2.56 18.6
 Matt Ryan 26 17 7 .708 30 30 0 192.7 176 72 3 40 160 3.36 13.8
 Eric Beckmeyer 27 13 11 .542 30 30 0 190.7 148 62 23 20 184 2.93 13.9
 Steven Cuvelier 25 8 10 .444 37 26 1 157.0 129 55 11 42 135 3.15 10.4
*Frank Tanana 28 9 3 .750 19 19 0 125.0 123 53 7 42 109 3.82 7.7
 Christopher Pump 27 8 4 .667 87 3 4 115.0 118 63 17 38 107 4.93 4.8
 Pete Redfern 27 8 7 .533 51 14 1 113.7 119 54 9 36 99 4.28 5.5
 Marty McGraw 32 5 3 .625 75 0 29 87.3 67 33 11 23 110 3.40 14.7
*Efren Sachs 30 2 4 .333 76 0 4 78.7 84 36 5 39 45 4.12 4.0
*Jay Lombardo 31 2 2 .500 78 0 6 71.0 74 27 6 22 42 3.42 5.9
*James Rakowski 30 2 2 .500 31 0 2 35.7 31 18 3 14 18 4.54 2.1
 Gustavo Aranda 36 2 0 1.000 5 2 0 13.3 20 13 3 5 14 8.78 0.0
*Ray Fontenot 25 1 1 .500 2 2 0 12.0 17 8 0 1 8 6.00 0.1
 Derrick Bingham 26 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.3 2 2 0 2 1 13.53 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 94 68 .580 560 162 47 1449.9 1302 569 108 351 1347 3.53 101.3
Rank among 12 FL teams 2 2 3 2 10 1 4 1 3 1 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 29.9
W.Wright 883.0 94 113 842 44 7 0 .992 19.1
T.Quinn 566.0 68 69 525 37 7 2 .988 35.4
Team Total 1449.0 162 182 1367 81 14 2 .990 25.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.21
C.Heywood 681.0 78 88 634 49 8 41 .988 9.03
L.Lanza 591.0 67 70 572 33 0 38 1.000 9.21
B.Pearce 138.9 12 14 141 11 1 10 .993 9.85
I.Kovishkov 41.2 3 9 41 6 0 3 1.000 10.27
T.Calderon 13.0 1 3 16 1 0 3 1.000 11.77
T.Quinn 7.0 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 7.71
R.Bass 5.0 0 2 6 2 0 1 1.000 14.40
J.Martinez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1478.1 161 188 1416 103 9 96 .994 9.25
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.04
J.Fever 845.5 90 100 148 243 9 43 .978 4.16
L.Lanza 256.0 30 32 48 74 8 9 .938 4.29
R.Coughlan 249.3 28 32 44 73 0 8 1.000 4.22
S.Tuttle 80.0 8 14 10 26 0 4 1.000 4.05