1985 Phoenix Talons
Record: 76-86
Finish: 3rd in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 801
Runs Allowed: 840
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: RSI Cactus Dome
Attendance: 2,419,791
Manager: Mickey Masutto

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 90-48, 1st in the Johnson League
AA: 73-65, 6th in the Johnson League
A: 72-66, 4th in the Johnson League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF  John F. Kennedy, Jr. 24 158 560 93 187 30 6 8 74 16 7 84 104 .334 .431 .452 .883 105.3 24.7 3.1
C  Joe Farner 28 148 532 85 149 38 1 18 82 0 0 55 136 .280 .351 .457 .808 80.8 15.6 2.7
SS *Andreas Ayes 28 139 474 73 131 16 2 9 52 4 1 37 36 .276 .335 .376 .711 62.3 10.4 4.0
2B *Leroy Lane 20 116 439 67 125 18 11 2 38 42 5 31 37 .285 .333 .390 .722 62.4 11.5 3.6
1B  Theo Reckley 34 139 406 54 114 18 1 19 76 0 0 29 107 .281 .332 .470 .802 58.9 10.5 1.5
RF *Robert Nolan 22 131 407 74 106 23 3 7 51 18 8 26 60 .260 .306 .383 .689 44.3 5.5 1.5
3B *Colby Vicknair 35 130 377 47 112 18 7 6 58 4 3 15 76 .297 .328 .430 .758 49.4 8.5 3.0
RF  Jamey Leflore 25 123 344 52 95 26 9 8 50 14 3 23 76 .276 .318 .474 .792 49.8 9.2 1.0
1B  Dave Whipple 33 128 284 37 70 11 1 16 62 0 1 21 85 .246 .298 .461 .759 38.0 5.4 0.9
SS  Woody Stairs 34 90 243 41 73 8 0 8 29 7 2 12 53 .300 .336 .432 .768 35.4 6.8 1.8
SS  Harry Gamble 30 103 240 25 71 16 2 4 43 0 0 10 46 .296 .328 .429 .757 32.7 5.9 1.9
LF *John Lowenstein 37 86 208 26 46 8 1 6 24 0 0 32 63 .221 .320 .356 .675 24.3 2.4 0.8
C  Billy Brubaker 24 66 225 28 67 12 4 4 26 2 2 13 43 .298 .336 .440 .776 30.6 5.4 1.6
2B  Clem Aberson 25 62 203 22 57 14 0 1 22 0 0 12 33 .281 .323 .365 .687 23.3 3.5 1.6
1B #Bango Vadabonceour 27 85 191 27 45 7 1 8 36 0 0 13 51 .236 .290 .408 .698 22.5 2.9 0.6
LF *Bob Shallix 26 63 171 18 32 6 5 4 23 10 3 6 60 .187 .219 .351 .570 12.9 0.0 0.9
RF *Shawn Hill 23 42 113 14 31 4 3 1 13 1 0 3 16 .274 .294 .389 .683 12.6 1.6 0.5
P  Dennis Eckersley 30 36 82 3 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 31 .098 .119 .146 .265 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P #Tenchi Masaki 29 35 78 4 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 33 .115 .134 .167 .301 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Stephen Thiel 29 36 72 5 15 6 0 0 5 0 0 2 26 .208 .230 .292 .521 4.3 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Corngood 23 37 46 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .043 .043 .043 .087 -3.0 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Laughlin 23 30 36 6 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .250 .270 .250 .520 2.4 0.0 0.0
C  James Black 23 12 32 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .188 .212 .250 .462 1.1 0.0 0.1
P *Larry Trinkle 32 70 18 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .111 .158 .167 .325 0.2 0.0 0.0
2B  Jay Shoupe 34 11 16 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .375 .474 .375 .849 3.1 0.6 0.2
P  Dennis O'Dell 25 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Rawly Eastwick 33 72 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Francisco Segovia 27 31 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4 0.2 0.0
P  Lazaro Ruvalcaba 29 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  William Golliday 28 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Adolph Klawitter 30 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Larry White 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Albert Ramos 34 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Gene Walter 24 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.1 2313 5821 809 1570 289 58 129 781 118 35 432 1236 .270 .323 .406 .729 752.5 130.7 31.5
  Rank among 12 JL teams 1 3 2 7 4 9 4 9 2 7 10 2 4 6 5 6  
* - 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
 Dennis Eckersley 30 16 12 .571 36 36 0 255.7 257 84 21 22 174 2.96 20.7
 Stephen Thiel 29 9 18 .333 36 36 0 231.0 193 102 12 126 227 3.97 12.3
*Tenchi Masaki 29 13 7 .650 35 35 0 213.7 195 89 30 50 207 3.75 12.7
 Guy Corngood 23 6 10 .375 37 23 1 147.0 167 84 16 17 99 5.14 2.3
 Chad Laughlin 23 8 8 .500 30 21 0 129.3 159 81 21 42 94 5.64 2.2
*Larry Trinkle 32 7 5 .583 70 8 0 107.7 140 73 16 41 68 6.10 0.7
 Rawly Eastwick 33 7 9 .438 72 0 25 85.0 101 45 15 23 39 4.76 5.7
 Dennis McGahan 31 3 5 .375 69 0 2 72.0 73 41 9 33 65 5.13 3.0
 William Golliday 28 1 1 .500 45 0 2 47.0 37 15 5 15 28 2.87 5.0
 Francisco Segovia 27 4 5 .444 31 0 6 33.3 50 33 4 13 23 8.91 0.0
 Lazaro Ruvalcaba 29 0 1 .000 32 0 1 32.3 43 19 2 13 28 5.29 0.1
*Gene Walter 24 1 2 .333 36 0 2 32.3 38 25 6 24 16 6.96 0.0
 Albert Ramos 34 0 0 .000 12 0 2 17.7 24 11 3 2 9 5.61 0.4
 Dennis O'Dell 25 0 1 .000 2 2 0 14.0 13 6 1 3 9 3.86 0.5
 Adolph Klawitter 30 0 0 .000 4 1 1 8.3 8 7 3 8 8 7.56 0.0
 Larry White 26 0 0 .000 3 0 0 5.0 5 3 0 1 4 5.40 0.1
Team Totals 28.3 75 84 .472 550 162 42 1431.3 1503 718 164 433 1098 4.51 65.8
Rank among 12 JL teams 9 8 8 8 12 10 9 9 5 5 10  
* - 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 .986 26.6
J.Farner 903.0 101 107 737 55 24 0 .971 20.6
B.Brubaker 469.0 52 55 356 42 3 0 .993 29.7
J.Black 66.0 8 8 46 5 3 0 .944 27.3
A.Ayes 8.0 1 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 162 171 1144 102 30 0 .976 23.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.98
T.Reckley 740.0 84 91 768 62 7 66 .992 10.09
B.Vadabonceour 339.0 40 41 379 29 3 33 .993 10.83
J.Farner 272.0 28 38 307 30 7 26 .980 11.15
D.Whipple 94.0 10 15 98 4 1 8 .990 9.77
L.Lane 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 186 1555 125 18 133 .989 10.46
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.94
L.Lane 816.3 94 94 150 273 8 55 .981 4.66
C.Aberson 420.0 47 49 73 139 5 22 .977 4.54
A.Ayes 109.0 11 17 19 46 1 8 .985 5.37
H.Gamble 56.0 6 7 17 35 2 10 .963 8.36
J.Shoupe 31.0 3 6 9 13 0 1 1.000 6.39
W.Stairs 9.0 1 1 1 5 0 1 1.000 6.00
C.Vicknair 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Reckley 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 162 176 269 511 16 97 .980 4.85
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.58
C.Vicknair 827.0 96 105 56 202 8 17 .970 2.81
H.Gamble 319.7 35 50 20 74 11 6 .895 2.65
L.Lane 147.0 17 20 11 39 3 4 .943 3.06
W.Stairs 108.7 11 19 6 28 3 2 .919 2.82
A.Ayes 25.7 1 6 0 1 1 0 .500 0.35
C.Aberson 17.0 2 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.18
B.Shallix 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Nolan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 205 96 348 26 29 .945 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.31
A.Ayes 882.3 104 108 122 301 13 60 .970 4.31
W.Stairs 391.0 44 53 53 129 6 21 .968 4.19
H.Gamble 146.0 13 33 18 49 0 8 1.000 4.13
C.Aberson 13.0 1 3 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.46
R.Nolan 4.7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86
D.Whipple 4.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
L.Lane 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
C.Vicknair 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Shoupe 1.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00
B.Shallix 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brubaker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.0 162 205 197 487 19 91 .973 4.25
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.03
J.Leflore 503.7 60 66 92 1 4 0 .959 1.66
J.Lowenstein 412.7 47 56 86 3 0 2 1.000 1.94
S.Hill 262.3 30 33 54 2 1 0 .982 1.92
B.Shallix 237.0 29 32 50 1 0 0 1.000 1.94
T.Reckley 54.0 3 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
R.Nolan 38.7 0 19 6 1 1 0 .875 1.63
J.Kennedy, Jr. 3.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brubaker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1514.0 169 221 305 8 6 2 .981 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.69
J.Kennedy, Jr. 1284.3 144 146 368 4 13 1 .966 2.61
B.Shallix 150.3 17 23 42 1 1 1 .977 2.57
J.Leflore 135.7 15 16 31 1 1 0 .970 2.12
C.Vicknair 17.0 2 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18
R.Nolan 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
J.Lowenstein 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1596.3 179 189 448 6 15 2 .968 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.14
R.Nolan 816.0 105 110 174 5 5 1 .973 1.97
D.Whipple 447.0 46 76 92 2 3 2 .969 1.89
J.Leflore 91.3 7 28 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.48
T.Reckley 28.0 1 14 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61
J.Lowenstein 24.0 1 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.63
B.Shallix 23.7 2 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.80
C.Aberson 11.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45
C.Vicknair 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Kennedy, Jr. 10.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
B.Vadabonceour 4.0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
W.Stairs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.0 164 255 309 7 9 3 .972 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.83
D.Eckersley 255.7 36 36 14 39 0 2 1.000 1.87
S.Thiel 231.0 36 36 12 35 3 2 .940 1.83
T.Masaki 213.7 35 35 13 33 4 1 .920 1.94
G.Corngood 147.0 23 37 8 15 0 1 1.000 1.41
C.Laughlin 129.3 21 30 6 21 1 3 .964 1.88
L.Trinkle 107.7 8 70 7 17 2 3 .923 2.01
R.Eastwick 85.0 0 72 5 20 0 1 1.000 2.65
D.McGahan 72.0 0 69 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.75
W.Golliday 47.0 0 45 8 4 0 1 1.000 2.30
F.Segovia 33.3 0 31 0 5 1 0 .833 1.35
G.Walter 32.3 0 36 4 8 0 2 1.000 3.34
L.Ruvalcaba 32.3 0 32 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.90
A.Ramos 17.7 0 12 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
D.O'Dell 14.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29
A.Klawitter 8.3 1 4 1 2 1 0 .750 3.24
L.White 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1431.3 162 550 86 222 14 16 .957 1.94
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kennedy, Jr. .334
On-Base Pct Kennedy, Jr. .431
Slugging Pct Farner .457
OPS Kennedy, Jr. .883
XR Kennedy, Jr. 105.3
Games Kennedy, Jr. 158
At-Bats Kennedy, Jr. 560
Runs Kennedy, Jr. 93
Hits Kennedy, Jr. 187
Total Bases Kennedy, Jr. 253
Singles Kennedy, Jr. 143
Doubles Farner 38
Triples Lane 11
Homeruns Reckley 19
RBIs Farner 82
Stolen Bases Lane 42
Caught Stealing Nolan 8
Walks Kennedy, Jr. 84
Strikeouts Farner 136
ERA Eckersley 2.96
Wins Eckersley 16
Losses Thiel 18
Winning Pct Masaki .650
Saves Eastwick 25
Games Pitched Eastwick 72
Games Started Eckersley, Thiel 36
Complete Games Eckersley, Laughlin, Masaki 1
Shutouts Masaki 1
Innings Pitched Eckersley 255.7
Hits Allowed Eckersley 257
Homeruns Allowed Masaki 30
Strikeouts Thiel 227
Walks Allowed Thiel 126
Walks per 9IP Eckersley 0.8
Hits per 9IP Thiel 7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Thiel 8.8
WHiP Eckersley 1.09
OAVG Thiel .229
OOBP Eckersley .276
OSLG Thiel .337
OOPS Thiel .665
Team All-Stars
Dennis Eckersley
Player Salaries
Dennis Eckersley $ 11,100,200
Theo Reckley $ 5,750,000
Tenchi Masaki $ 5,000,000
Colby Vicknair $ 2,400,000
Larry Trinkle $ 2,200,000
Woody Stairs $ 1,600,000
John Lowenstein $ 1,500,000
Joe Farner $ 1,450,000
Dave Whipple $ 1,256,000
Lazaro Ruvalcaba $ 1,041,429
Harry Gamble $ 885,714
Dennis McGahan $ 857,143
Rawly Eastwick $ 650,000
Andreas Ayes $ 492,857
Robert Otto $ 350,000
Chad Laughlin $ 300,000
James Black $ 300,000
Billy Brubaker $ 300,000
Guy Corngood $ 300,000
Gene Walter $ 300,000
William Golliday $ 300,000
Shawn Hill $ 300,000
John F. Kennedy, Jr. $ 300,000
Jamey Leflore $ 300,000
Leroy Lane $ 300,000
Jay Shoupe $ 300,000
Clem Aberson $ 300,000
Bango Vadabonceour $ 300,000
Robert Nolan $ 300,000
Dennis O'Dell $ 300,000
Stephen Thiel $ 300,000
Francisco Segovia $ 300,000
Bob Shallix $ 300,000
Adolph Klawitter $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Colby Vicknair
2/2 Signed     Dennis Eckersley
2/3 Traded Chris Manush
Ron Romanick
Des Moines Andreas Ayes
2/4 Signed     Jeffrey Mcduffie
2/4 Signed     Dave Whipple
2/5 Signed     Albert Ramos
2/6 Traded Sabino Santamaria Valencia Larry Trinkle
Theo Reckley
2/6 Released Justin Baldwin    
2/14 Signed     John Lowenstein
3/8 Signed     Robby Potters
3/8 Signed     Gene Walter
3/8 Signed     Jack Gusman
3/8 Signed     Richard Deschenes
3/8 Signed     Roy Everson
5/21 Traded Cruz Fajardo Manhattan Dennis Mcgahan
Jeffrey Mcduffie
5/21 Signed     Brandon Pearce
6/1 Released Jeffrey Mcduffie    
6/11 Signed     Jay Shoupe
6/11 Released Jack Elliott    
6/21 Traded Sean Jones
Bob Shallix
Louisville Lazaro Ruvalcaba
John Hoggan
8/11 Released Larry White    
8/11 Signed     Bob Shallix
8/21 Released Albert Ramos