1983 Beaumont Golden Gators Statistics
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 2nd in the TL's West Division
Manager: Jack Maloof (68-68)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Beaumont, Texas
Ballpark: Vincent-Beck Stadium
Attendance: 129,214, Avg. 1,900
Playoffs - Beaumont Golden Gators 2 games, El Paso Diablos 1
Finals - Beaumont Golden Gators 3 games, Jackson Mets 0
The Beaumont Golden Gators of the Texas League ended the 1983 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Golden Gators scored 793 runs and surrendered 774 runs. Mark Gillaspie led Beaumont with 24 home runs, while Pat Casey walloped 15 or more as well. Mark Gillaspie accounted for 122 RBI. John Kruk topped all regular batters with a .341 average. Walt Vanderbush and Jim Leopold paced the team with 9 wins each, and Bob Patterson recorded a 4.03 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1983 Beaumont Golden Gators who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Martin, John Kruk, Mark Williamson, George Stablein, Bill Long, Bob Patterson, Mark Parent, James Steels, Byron McLaughlin, Ed Vosberg, Ozzie Guillén and Ray Hayward.
Jack Maloof served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Leopold | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.96 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 153 | 106 | 90 | 14 | 89 | 1 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Walt Vanderbush | 9 | 13 | .409 | 5.76 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 159.3 | 159 | 118 | 102 | 8 | 119 | 3 | 160 | 6 | 0 | 21 | |
| Bob Patterson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.01 | 43 | 9 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 116.7 | 107 | 61 | 52 | 10 | 36 | 2 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Williamson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.03 | 47 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82.7 | 90 | 45 | 37 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Frank Ricci | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.83 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 122 | 72 | 61 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Ray Hayward | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.76 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 66.3 | 45 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Marty Kain | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.43 | 50 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 86.7 | 97 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Willie Hardwick | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.71 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 80 | 53 | 45 | 6 | 53 | 0 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Byron McLaughlin | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.66 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 71 | 40 | 37 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Steve Schefsky | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 51 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Long | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.65 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 80 | 47 | 41 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ed Vosberg | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Coffman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.10 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wes Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.35 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kevin Towers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Stablein | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| James Oberbruner | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.34 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 70 | 41 | 31 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Kruk | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Gerhardt | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Purpura | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 68 | 68 | .500 | 5.09 | 322 | 136 | 115 | 21 | 5 | 28 | 1155.7 | 1263 | 772 | 653 | 79 | 612 | 32 | 759 | 44 | 6 | 69 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kruk | 133 | 586 | 498 | 94 | 170 | 41 | 9 | 10 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 69 | 54 | .341 | .414 | .520 | .934 | 259 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 1 | |
| Mark Gillaspie | 131 | 567 | 454 | 94 | 151 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 122 | 10 | 4 | 99 | 109 | .333 | .455 | .581 | 1.037 | 264 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 14 | |
| Steve Garcia | 110 | 489 | 440 | 80 | 128 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 35 | 7 | 30 | 35 | .291 | .335 | .370 | .705 | 163 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |
| Ozzie Guillén | 114 | 458 | 427 | 62 | 126 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 29 | .295 | .315 | .375 | .690 | 160 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | |
| Pat Casey | 120 | 509 | 430 | 74 | 120 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 95 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 73 | .279 | .375 | .486 | .861 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Jeff Ronk | 115 | 493 | 427 | 63 | 116 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 40 | .272 | .355 | .382 | .737 | 163 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Steve Johnson | 113 | 454 | 377 | 77 | 88 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 66 | 105 | .233 | .353 | .350 | .703 | 132 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| James Steels | 83 | 347 | 313 | 57 | 84 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 43 | .268 | .319 | .444 | .763 | 139 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Mark Parent | 81 | 319 | 282 | 38 | 71 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 35 | .252 | .330 | .411 | .742 | 116 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mike Martin | 57 | 248 | 220 | 41 | 70 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 38 | .318 | .382 | .491 | .873 | 108 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Daniel Purpura | 66 | 283 | 230 | 42 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 31 | .265 | .386 | .309 | .695 | 71 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony Incaviglia | 36 | 149 | 130 | 25 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 30 | .308 | .385 | .477 | .862 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Randy Kaczmarski | 40 | 133 | 112 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | .205 | .300 | .357 | .657 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Benson | 22 | 86 | 71 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | .296 | .405 | .479 | .884 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Pott | 22 | 78 | 69 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .232 | .312 | .304 | .616 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Murray | 14 | 44 | 38 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .289 | .386 | .368 | .755 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Castro | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .375 | .625 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Johnson | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .222 | .364 | .222 | .586 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Patterson | 43 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Schefsky | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Oberbruner | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Byron McLaughlin | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Leopold | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Vanderbush | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marty Kain | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1443 | 5277 | 4547 | 793 | 1301 | 278 | 50 | 94 | 703 | 135 | 65 | 578 | 678 | .286 | .367 | .431 | .799 | 1961 | 0 | 42 | 47 | 63 | 28 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Casey | 1B | 114 | 1010 | 58 | 22 | 95 | .980 | 9.368 | ||||
| John Kruk | 1B | 12 | 90 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .990 | 8.250 | ||||
| James Steels | 1B | 6 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 8.500 | ||||
| Mike Martin | 1B | 4 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 9.250 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lawrence Pott | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Jeff Ronk | 2B | 68 | 150 | 183 | 16 | 40 | .954 | 4.897 | ||||
| Steve Garcia | 2B | 37 | 72 | 89 | 5 | 13 | .970 | 4.351 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 2B | 29 | 60 | 71 | 5 | 18 | .963 | 4.517 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 2B | 6 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Randy Kaczmarski | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Garcia | 3B | 50 | 40 | 84 | 10 | 8 | .925 | 2.480 | ||||
| Jeff Ronk | 3B | 36 | 33 | 78 | 7 | 3 | .941 | 3.083 | ||||
| Randy Kaczmarski | 3B | 25 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .929 | 2.080 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | 3B | 20 | 10 | 46 | 4 | 4 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Lawrence Pott | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jerry Johnson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Benson | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Casey | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Parent | C | 79 | 464 | 71 | 10 | 3 | .982 | 6.772 | 11 | |||
| Mike Martin | C | 45 | 257 | 23 | 9 | 2 | .969 | 6.222 | 7 | |||
| Lawrence Pott | C | 13 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.231 | 1 | |||
| Frank Castro | C | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 6.000 | 0 | |||
| Steve Johnson | OF | 113 | 251 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 2.301 | ||||
| John Kruk | OF | 111 | 214 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .970 | 2.027 | ||||
| James Steels | OF | 76 | 140 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .961 | 1.934 | ||||
| Mark Gillaspie | OF | 69 | 100 | 4 | 11 | 2 | .904 | 1.507 | ||||
| Tony Incaviglia | OF | 34 | 60 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .926 | 1.853 | ||||
| Steve Murray | OF | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marty Kain | P | 50 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Williamson | P | 47 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .532 | ||||
| Bob Patterson | P | 43 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .465 | ||||
| Walt Vanderbush | P | 26 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Jim Leopold | P | 26 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 2 | .914 | 1.231 | ||||
| Frank Ricci | P | 24 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Willie Hardwick | P | 17 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .941 | ||||
| James Oberbruner | P | 15 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .533 | ||||
| Byron McLaughlin | P | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bill Long | P | 10 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 2.100 | ||||
| Ray Hayward | P | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Wes Smith | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Steve Schefsky | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Jim Coffman | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| George Stablein | P | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Kevin Towers | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Kruk | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| William Gerhardt | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Vosberg | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ozzie Guillén | SS | 114 | 185 | 327 | 38 | 58 | .931 | 4.491 | ||||
| Daniel Purpura | SS | 15 | 22 | 59 | 7 | 13 | .920 | 5.400 | ||||
| Steve Garcia | SS | 7 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
| Steve Benson | SS | 5 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1435 | 3467 | 1406 | 197 | 305 | .961 | 3.396 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
