1983 Indianapolis Hoosiers
Record: 91-69
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 822
Runs Allowed: 681
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: Hoosierdome
Attendance: 2,370,068
Manager:

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 10th in the American League
AA: 64-73, 10th in the American League
A: 67-70, 4th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 0-4 to Philadelphia Phillies
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Cleveland (A) Indians
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Kansas City Royals
 
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
DH #Eddie Murray 27 155 582 116 176 33 3 41 107 2 1 76 58 .302 .380 .581 .961 117.4 29.7 2.3
2B  Paul Molitor 26 154 595 85 175 42 3 6 95 12 2 45 12 .294 .344 .405 .749 76.7 15.8 4.7
1B  Dave Stapleton 29 148 611 80 183 53 4 9 70 1 1 16 37 .300 .316 .444 .760 77.6 16.3 8.9
3B *John Milner 33 155 569 100 166 31 5 34 126 0 0 66 69 .292 .363 .543 .906 103.6 25.2 2.1
LF  Richie Zisk 34 153 537 77 140 29 3 21 99 0 3 54 79 .261 .329 .443 .773 76.1 15.4 2.3
SS *Ken Oberkfell 27 125 449 66 124 28 3 5 48 5 2 61 18 .276 .359 .385 .745 59.4 11.2 3.5
C  Bruce Bochy 28 131 470 59 111 24 2 13 53 0 0 35 112 .236 .289 .379 .667 49.1 6.8 4.3
1B *Wayne Cage 31 119 415 49 97 22 7 7 45 1 1 38 91 .234 .298 .371 .669 45.9 6.5 0.0
2B  Rob Ellis 32 142 377 46 74 6 0 0 25 0 0 60 58 .196 .306 .212 .518 24.5 0.0 4.7
DH #Joe Wallis 31 125 339 46 99 12 3 3 45 2 5 37 38 .292 .360 .372 .731 45.3 8.8 0.7
2B *Rudy Meoli 32 105 195 35 52 9 0 3 29 4 0 39 26 .267 .386 .359 .745 31.3 6.9 1.9
CF  Cito Gaston 39 77 221 29 64 9 2 5 27 2 1 5 37 .290 .304 .416 .720 26.3 4.9 1.1
C  Duffy Dyer 37 56 146 14 32 3 0 3 20 0 1 12 17 .219 .280 .301 .581 11.8 0.4 1.3
C  Bo Diaz 30 18 39 4 11 3 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 .282 .282 .436 .718 3.8 0.5 0.1
3B  Kelly Paris 25 53 34 10 3 0 0 1 3 1 2 3 3 .088 .162 .176 .339 -0.9 0.0 0.4
SS  Ed Romero 25 9 15 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .133 .235 .200 .435 0.8 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 30.4 1725 5594 819 1509 305 35 152 797 30 19 549 658 .270 .334 .418 .752 748.8 148.5 38.6
  Rank among 12 AL teams 4 3 3 4 7 4 3 12 1 3 2 4 4 3 3 4  
* - 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
 Rick Mahler 29 18 13 .581 35 35 0 265.3 249 91 5 78 97 3.09 20.9
 Bill Slayback 35 10 16 .385 32 32 0 228.0 265 123 29 74 109 4.86 6.4
*Jerry Reuss 34 15 8 .652 30 30 0 228.0 214 77 9 77 82 3.04 17.8
 Lary Sorensen 27 13 7 .650 27 27 0 199.3 248 109 18 27 61 4.92 6.2
 Jim Beattie 28 13 9 .591 27 27 0 198.0 189 80 4 71 100 3.64 12.9
 Craig Swan 32 8 5 .615 62 0 9 96.3 104 38 8 29 38 3.55 8.5
*Jim Umbarger 30 7 2 .778 49 0 10 67.7 82 28 10 20 19 3.72 5.4
*Rusty Gerhardt 32 4 3 .571 39 2 12 63.7 66 28 8 25 30 3.96 4.9
*Randy Jones 33 2 2 .500 34 0 3 48.0 54 22 4 11 19 4.13 2.7
*George Riley 26 1 3 .250 8 7 0 42.7 42 26 7 22 18 5.49 0.0
*Mark Thurmond 26 0 1 .000 1 0 0 1.3 2 2 1 0 0 13.53 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 91 69 .569 344 160 34 1438.3 1515 624 103 434 573 3.90 85.9
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 11 2 8 10 1 6 4 12 7  
* - 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 37.2
B.Bochy 1146.3 128 131 463 60 12 0 .978 37.9
D.Dyer 227.3 25 29 118 10 1 0 .992 26.1
B.Diaz 64.7 7 10 24 3 3 0 .900 60.0
Team Total 1438.3 160 170 605 73 16 0 .977 36.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.72
E.Murray 1288.7 143 154 1608 129 16 158 .991 12.13
J.Wallis 97.7 12 14 115 4 0 10 1.000 10.97
R.Meoli 36.0 4 6 58 6 0 5 1.000 16.00
C.Gaston 7.0 1 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 10.29
D.Dyer 5.0 0 3 7 0 0 2 1.000 12.60
K.Paris 3.0 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
J.Milner 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 185 1804 139 16 175 .992 12.16
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.90
R.Ellis 836.3 107 107 212 366 4 83 .993 6.22
P.Molitor 325.3 37 37 83 172 8 32 .970 7.05
R.Meoli 161.3 7 49 44 58 1 15 .990 5.69
K.Paris 68.3 5 17 15 26 1 4 .976 5.40
K.Oberkfell 31.0 3 4 6 8 0 4 1.000 4.06
E.Romero 12.0 1 3 5 6 0 1 1.000 8.25
D.Stapleton 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 219 365 636 14 139 .986 6.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.90
K.Oberkfell 967.7 109 115 63 265 20 18 .943 3.05
R.Ellis 258.0 31 31 14 63 2 7 .975 2.69
R.Meoli 177.0 18 28 16 43 6 4 .908 3.00
C.Gaston 22.7 2 5 4 4 0 0 1.000 3.18
J.Milner 6.0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Dyer 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
K.Paris 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 187 98 377 28 29 .944 2.97
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.31
D.Stapleton 1222.3 141 143 232 592 17 113 .980 6.07
R.Meoli 128.0 13 20 18 55 4 10 .948 5.13
K.Paris 30.0 1 12 3 12 0 1 1.000 4.50
E.Romero 30.0 3 6 7 14 1 5 .955 6.30
K.Oberkfell 18.0 2 2 4 9 0 2 1.000 6.50
R.Ellis 5.0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1.000 5.40
P.Molitor 4.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Wallis 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 188 264 687 22 131 .977 5.95
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 1.96
R.Zisk 1209.7 140 149 283 3 5 0 .983 2.13
J.Wallis 87.0 9 15 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Gaston 55.3 6 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Dyer 52.0 5 10 10 1 1 0 .917 1.90
B.Diaz 19.3 0 5 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.86
J.Milner 11.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Ellis 4.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 195 338 5 6 1 .983 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.62
P.Molitor 1003.0 114 115 312 5 0 2 1.000 2.84
C.Gaston 369.3 40 44 98 1 0 0 1.000 2.41
J.Wallis 66.0 6 11 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 170 432 6 0 2 1.000 2.74
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.04
J.Milner 1258.3 142 144 266 7 8 1 .972 1.95
J.Wallis 88.7 11 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.12
D.Dyer 58.3 5 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
C.Gaston 30.0 2 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
R.Zisk 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 175 302 7 8 1 .975 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.03
R.Mahler 265.3 35 35 19 49 2 6 .971 2.31
B.Slayback 228.0 32 32 13 24 2 1 .949 1.46
J.Reuss 228.0 30 30 18 39 1 5 .983 2.25
L.Sorensen 199.3 27 27 18 35 4 5 .930 2.39
J.Beattie 198.0 27 27 14 30 0 2 1.000 2.00
C.Swan 96.3 0 62 9 24 0 3 1.000 3.08
J.Umbarger 67.7 0 49 2 18 0 3 1.000 2.66
R.Gerhardt 63.7 2 39 4 12 1 1 .941 2.26
R.Jones 48.0 0 34 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.69
G.Riley 42.7 7 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.69
M.Thurmond 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.3 160 344 103 242 10 26 .972 2.16
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Murray .302
On-Base Pct Murray .380
Slugging Pct Murray .581
OPS Murray .961
XR Murray 117.4
Games Murray, Milner 155
At-Bats Stapleton 611
Runs Murray 116
Hits Stapleton 183
Total Bases Murray 338
Singles Molitor 124
Doubles Stapleton 53
Triples Cage 7
Homeruns Murray 41
RBIs Milner 126
Stolen Bases Molitor 12
Caught Stealing Wallis 5
Walks Murray 76
Strikeouts Bochy 112
ERA Reuss 3.04
Wins Mahler 18
Losses Slayback 16
Winning Pct Reuss .652
Saves Gerhardt 12
Games Pitched Swan 62
Games Started Mahler 35
Complete Games Mahler 11
Shutouts Mahler 4
Innings Pitched Mahler 265.3
Hits Allowed Slayback 265
Homeruns Allowed Slayback 29
Strikeouts Slayback 109
Walks Allowed Mahler 78
Walks per 9IP Sorensen 1.2
Hits per 9IP Mahler 8.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Beattie 4.5
WHiP Mahler 1.23
OAVG Mahler .248
OOBP Mahler .298
OSLG Mahler .321
OOPS Mahler .619
Team All-Stars
Rick Mahler
Eddie Murray
Player Salaries
Eddie Murray $ 10,000,000
Bill Slayback $ 9,840,000
Jerry Reuss $ 7,200,000
Richie Zisk $ 7,000,000
John Milner $ 6,990,000
Paul Molitor $ 5,007,143
Lary Sorensen $ 4,128,571
Ken Oberkfell $ 3,542,857
Rick Mahler $ 3,464,286
Jim Beattie $ 2,928,571
Dave Stapleton $ 2,178,571
Craig Swan $ 2,000,000
Jim Umbarger $ 1,971,429
Randy Jones $ 1,500,000
Rob Ellis $ 1,250,000
Rudy Meoli $ 1,070,000
Rusty Gerhardt $ 950,000
Duffy Dyer $ 750,000
Bruce Bochy $ 497,143
Cito Gaston $ 400,000
Randy Niemann $ 350,000
Bo Diaz $ 350,000
Mark Thurmond $ 300,000
Kelly Paris $ 300,000
George Riley $ 300,000
Ed Romero $ 300,000
Wayne Cage $ 300,000
Joe Wallis $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded John Lowenstein
Earl Williams
Brad Mills
Pittsburgh Jim Umbarger
2/4 Traded Leroy Stanton
George Wright
Tony Solaita
Pittsburgh Eddie Murray