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1983 New Orleans Crawdads

Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 872
Runs Allowed: 688
Exp W-L: 98-64

Ballpark: Karen Huckfeldt Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,348,691
Manager: Jerimy Kopra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-82, 10th in the Frick League
AA: 59-79, 9th in the Frick League
A: 54-84, 11th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 1-4 to Buffalo Bisons
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Calgary Marauders

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
3B	#Benjamin Caldwell	27	156	603	108	195	38	10	20	96	9	8	55	112	.323	.387	.519	.906	109.0	24.6	4.6
SS	#Henry Hill	28	153	580	116	169	46	13	21	85	29	11	76	72	.291	.374	.524	.898	111.1	24.5	6.2
1B	*Nolan Berran	25	154	559	82	164	38	6	7	93	0	1	42	99	.293	.343	.420	.763	78.3	13.7	2.3
LF	*Steve Blackburn	25	144	539	71	182	32	8	3	50	8	15	17	87	.338	.358	.443	.802	72.9	14.5	2.6
C	James Young	33	139	500	78	149	19	1	16	76	0	1	36	105	.298	.342	.436	.778	72.8	13.2	5.6
CF	#Sawyer Silk	25	119	428	80	133	33	11	24	99	3	4	37	11	.311	.365	.607	.973	86.7	19.0	3.3
RF	Jamey Leflore	23	147	391	77	114	26	8	17	93	26	7	34	95	.292	.342	.529	.871	71.2	14.4	2.7
2B	John Washington	27	103	325	58	106	19	4	1	43	25	19	24	16	.326	.380	.418	.799	45.6	8.2	3.5
SS	Lowell Gullo	29	113	275	38	74	11	3	4	35	13	2	8	47	.269	.289	.375	.664	31.1	4.2	3.0
SS	*Michael Cruz	38	84	276	35	95	13	2	3	45	23	7	10	49	.344	.369	.438	.808	41.7	8.8	1.3
CF	*Charles Horn	32	119	230	28	67	15	3	5	29	3	1	9	23	.291	.322	.448	.770	30.1	5.4	0.8
CF	*Ruppert Pena	34	53	135	23	50	5	4	2	15	8	6	14	31	.370	.428	.511	.939	27.2	6.3	0.9
2B	George Thompson	33	69	144	13	41	4	2	0	24	1	0	6	26	.285	.318	.340	.658	13.7	1.7	1.7
C	Adam Henderson	29	49	112	12	22	2	0	5	10	2	0	15	16	.196	.287	.348	.635	13.7	1.5	1.1
LF	*Albert Tavares	31	83	122	15	33	5	0	0	13	1	0	2	6	.270	.294	.311	.605	8.9	0.5	0.5
C	Billy Brubaker	22	48	95	9	20	2	3	0	9	1	2	8	23	.211	.269	.295	.564	5.5	0.0	0.9
P	*Bill Max	32	36	72	4	8	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	35	.111	.135	.153	.288	-0.9	0.0	0.0
P	Hector Salazar	32	33	58	3	4	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	24	.069	.100	.121	.221	-1.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Paul Khalil	30	34	62	1	3	0	0	1	5	1	0	2	31	.048	.078	.097	.175	-2.5	0.0	0.0
P	John Fulgham	26	32	60	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.100	.100	.117	.217	-1.8	0.0	0.0
CF	*Cedrick Delgado	27	45	55	10	18	0	2	0	6	0	1	2	11	.327	.351	.400	.751	7.1	1.4	0.3
P	Luther Zick	26	20	33	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	18	.091	.118	.091	.209	-0.8	0.0	0.0
SS	Kopener Heindein	29	17	28	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	10	.179	.281	.214	.496	1.6	0.0	0.4
3B	*George Herrero	30	8	24	0	6	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	7	.250	.269	.292	.561	2.4	0.1	0.2
2B	*Anthony Williams	29	8	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	.120	.120	.120	.240	-1.0	0.0	0.3
P	*Henry Ellis	23	17	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.143	.200	.143	.343	0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Rogelio Alvarez	31	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Richard Vitiello	33	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Ricardo Barrera	25	85	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.333	.500	.333	.833	0.6	0.2	0.0
P	Gunga Oogolagunga	20	64	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Glen Due�as	28	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Vaclav Havel	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Gregory Reif	30	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Allen Tasker	31	92	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Homer Belanger	33	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	#Cedric Larosa	32	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.8	2355	5770	873	1673	317	80	129	840	156	87	410	1005	.290	.338	.440	.778	821.3	162.3	42.1
	Rank among 12 FL teams			1	1	1	3	1	5	1	9	9	9	8	1	1	1	1	1
* - 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
*Bill Max	32	17	10	.630	36	36	0	231.0	212	80	6	43	158	3.12	16.8
Paul Khalil	30	13	7	.650	34	34	0	202.3	216	84	10	34	124	3.74	11.4
Hector Salazar	32	17	4	.810	33	32	0	200.0	166	57	2	43	140	2.57	18.5
John Fulgham	26	12	2	.857	32	27	0	170.7	184	78	14	55	95	4.11	8.7
Luther Zick	26	6	6	.500	20	20	0	120.3	111	52	11	54	79	3.89	5.8
Ricardo Barrera	25	6	1	.857	85	0	4	104.7	78	35	7	36	91	3.01	11.8
*Allen Tasker	31	7	3	.700	92	0	0	94.7	112	51	13	16	49	4.85	4.6
*Glen Due�as	28	4	3	.571	55	0	1	77.7	77	36	9	12	59	4.17	4.6
Gunga Oogolagunga	20	5	8	.385	64	0	31	65.3	77	33	4	15	56	4.55	6.6
*Henry Ellis	23	3	4	.429	17	7	0	53.0	56	28	6	20	42	4.75	1.6
Homer Belanger	33	2	1	.667	28	0	1	36.3	48	19	4	10	20	4.71	1.5
*Miguel Benites	32	0	2	.000	29	0	3	34.7	36	17	4	9	28	4.41	1.8
Gregory Reif	30	4	6	.400	24	0	3	19.3	28	16	5	7	17	7.45	0.0
Cedric Larosa	32	3	1	.750	16	0	2	17.3	18	8	2	5	10	4.15	2.0
Rogelio Alvarez	31	1	1	.500	2	2	0	17.0	12	5	2	4	7	2.65	1.3
Richard Vitiello	33	1	0	1.000	2	2	0	12.0	17	2	1	1	11	1.50	1.3
Vaclav Havel	27	0	1	.000	2	2	0	11.3	14	5	1	5	4	3.97	0.4
Butch Metzger	30	0	1	.000	2	0	0	0.3	1	2	1	1	1	54.55	0.0
Team Totals	28.9	101	61	.623	573	162	45	1467.9	1463	608	102	370	991	3.73	98.6
Rank among 12 FL teams				1	1	5	1	2	7	2	3	4	8	3
* - 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
J.Young	1127.0	123	135	771	77	11	1	.987	26.9
B.Brubaker	179.0	20	22	125	12	1	0	.993	31.8
A.Henderson	174.0	18	21	130	13	2	1	.986	32.0
Team Total	1480.0	161	178	1026	102	14	2	.988	27.9
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	10.21
N.Berran	1249.3	140	144	1433	110	13	127	.992	11.12
C.Horn	206.0	22	30	212	17	2	14	.991	10.00
S.Blackburn	5.0	0	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
J.Washington	3.7	0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	9.84
J.Leflore	1.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	18.00
L.Gullo	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1466.0	162	181	1657	127	15	141	.992	10.95
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.973	5.04
J.Washington	701.3	80	85	129	282	16	61	.963	5.27
G.Thompson	264.3	30	42	59	110	3	22	.983	5.75
L.Gullo	228.0	24	40	47	73	1	16	.992	4.74
B.Caldwell	176.0	18	23	32	78	6	11	.948	5.63
A.Williams	65.0	8	8	13	24	2	3	.949	5.12
K.Heindein	22.0	2	8	5	10	1	1	.938	6.14
H.Hill	7.0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.57
C.Delgado	1.3	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
A.Henderson	0.6	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1465.6	162	209	285	579	29	114	.968	5.31
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.963	2.61
B.Caldwell	1112.0	124	125	81	269	22	17	.941	2.83
H.Hill	161.3	17	19	15	41	4	3	.933	3.12
L.Gullo	97.0	11	11	6	30	0	2	1.000	3.34
G.Herrero	66.7	8	8	4	10	0	2	1.000	1.89
J.Washington	27.0	3	3	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.33
G.Thompson	9.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
K.Heindein	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1474.0	163	169	107	358	26	24	.947	2.84
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.967	4.40
H.Hill	1100.3	121	126	177	394	13	81	.978	4.67
L.Gullo	281.0	34	37	55	95	4	17	.974	4.80
K.Heindein	60.0	8	8	7	19	0	3	1.000	3.90
G.Thompson	18.3	0	7	2	8	1	0	.909	4.91
M.Cruz	10.6	0	6	1	3	0	0	1.000	3.40
B.Caldwell	4.0	0	3	2	1	0	1	1.000	6.75
A.Henderson	1.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1475.4	163	188	244	520	18	102	.977	4.66
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.977	2.01
S.Blackburn	1116.7	139	141	231	8	8	1	.968	1.93
A.Tavares	152.0	13	40	38	1	0	0	1.000	2.31
C.Horn	117.3	10	22	31	0	3	0	.912	2.38
R.Pena	77.9	8	11	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.96
J.Leflore	36.0	0	16	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
N.Berran	15.0	0	6	2	0	1	0	.667	1.20
M.Cruz	7.5	0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.80
C.Delgado	7.0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
S.Silk	6.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1535.4	170	246	331	9	12	1	.966	1.99

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.987	2.70
S.Silk	964.3	107	109	262	6	3	2	.989	2.50
J.Leflore	337.7	37	39	92	4	1	1	.990	2.56
R.Pena	94.6	8	17	24	0	0	0	1.000	2.28
C.Delgado	66.0	8	9	15	0	0	0	1.000	2.05
A.Henderson	62.2	7	8	13	1	0	0	1.000	2.03
M.Cruz	8.4	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.07
C.Horn	4.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
S.Blackburn	2.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
B.Brubaker	1.7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
G.Reif	1.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1541.9	168	189	410	11	4	3	.991	2.46
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.16
M.Cruz	564.0	64	66	94	7	0	3	1.000	1.61
J.Leflore	441.0	47	61	118	2	2	0	.984	2.45
R.Pena	134.0	16	17	33	2	0	0	1.000	2.35
C.Horn	92.3	8	23	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.36
C.Delgado	19.7	0	11	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.75
A.Tavares	8.0	0	3	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
S.Silk	7.7	0	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.17
S.Blackburn	4.0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1270.7	135	187	268	12	2	3	.993	1.98
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.958	1.91
B.Max	231.0	36	36	12	28	3	3	.930	1.56
P.Khalil	202.3	34	34	12	41	5	3	.914	2.36
H.Salazar	200.0	32	33	17	38	2	1	.965	2.48
J.Fulgham	170.7	27	32	8	33	3	2	.932	2.16
L.Zick	120.3	20	20	7	19	1	2	.963	1.94
R.Barrera	104.7	0	85	4	13	0	0	1.000	1.46
A.Tasker	94.7	0	92	4	14	0	1	1.000	1.71
G.Due�as	77.7	0	55	5	20	0	0	1.000	2.90
G.Oogolagunga	65.3	0	64	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.24
H.Ellis	53.0	7	17	1	8	0	2	1.000	1.53
H.Belanger	36.3	0	28	4	8	0	0	1.000	2.97
M.Benites	34.7	0	29	4	5	1	0	.900	2.34
G.Reif	19.3	0	24	0	4	2	0	.667	1.86
C.Larosa	17.3	0	16	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.08
R.Alvarez	17.0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.12
R.Vitiello	12.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.75
V.Havel	11.3	2	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.38
B.Metzger	0.3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1467.9	162	573	84	246	17	15	.951	2.02

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Blackburn	.338
On-Base Pct	Caldwell	.387
Slugging Pct	Silk	.576
OPS	Silk	.925
XR	Hill	111.1
Games	Caldwell	156
At-Bats	Caldwell	603
Runs	Hill	116
Hits	Caldwell	195
Total Bases	Caldwell	313
Singles	Blackburn	139
Doubles	Hill	46
Triples	Hill	13
Homeruns	Silk	24
RBIs	Silk	99
Stolen Bases	Hill	29
Caught Stealing	Washington	19
Walks	Hill	76
Strikeouts	Caldwell	112

ERA	Salazar	2.57
Wins	Max, Salazar	17
Losses	Max	10
Winning Pct	Salazar	.810
Saves	Oogolagunga	31
Games Pitched	Tasker	92
Games Started	Max	36
Complete Games	Max	2
Shutouts	Ellis, Fulgham, Max, Salazar	1
Innings Pitched	Max	231.0
Hits Allowed	Khalil	216
Homeruns Allowed	Fulgham	14
Strikeouts	Max	158
Walks Allowed	Fulgham	55
Walks per 9IP	Khalil	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Salazar	7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP	Salazar	6.3
WHiP	Salazar	1.05
OAVG	Salazar	.225
OOBP	Salazar	.278
OSLG	Salazar	.312
OOPS	Salazar	.590

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Bill Max	$ 9,500,000
Benjamin Caldwell	$ 5,470,000
Paul Khalil	$ 5,000,000
James Young	$ 5,000,000
Henry Hill	$ 3,664,286
Allen Tasker	$ 3,500,000
Charles Horn	$ 2,995,995
Hector Salazar	$ 2,657,143
George Thompson	$ 2,575,750
Ruppert Pena	$ 2,250,000
Homer Belanger	$ 2,225,550
Cedric Larosa	$ 2,000,000
Miguel Benites	$ 1,575,750
Gregory Reif	$ 1,414,286
Albert Tavares	$ 1,157,143
Richard Vitiello	$ 1,130,001
Lowell Gullo	$ 714,286
Glen Due�as	$ 414,286
Cedrick Delgado	$ 300,000
Anthony Williams	$ 300,000
Steve Blackburn	$ 300,000
John Washington	$ 300,000
Nolan Berran	$ 300,000
Ricardo Barrera	$ 300,000
Billy Brubaker	$ 300,000
Henry Ellis	$ 300,000
Vaclav Havel	$ 300,000
George Herrero	$ 300,000
Rogelio Alvarez	$ 300,000
Luther Zick	$ 300,000
Jamey Leflore	$ 300,000
Mikel McMillon	$ 300,000
Butch Metzger	$ 300,000
Gunga Oogolagunga	$ 300,000
Sawyer Silk	$ 300,000
Kopener Heindein	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/7	Signed			Michael Cruz
2/14	Signed			George Thompson
2/15	Traded	Lou Wass	Honolulu	Gregory Reif
2/17	Signed			Homer Belanger
2/17	Signed			Miguel Benites
3/2	Released	Miami Dakota
3/2	Released	Gino Butler
7/21	Traded	Adam Henderson Michael Cruz Luis Sobrino	Manhattan	Ruppert Pena
7/31	Traded	Chad Sclafani	Chicago	Cedric Larosa
10/9	Released	Chico Knickerbocker
10/9	Released	Samuel Montoya
10/16	Released	John Fulgham