1983 Medford A's Statistics
Team Record: 50-18
Finished 1st in the NWL's Oregon Division
Manager: Dennis Rogers (50-18)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Medford, Oregon
Ballpark: Miles Field
Attendance: 73,278, Avg. 2,155
Playoffs - Medford A's 2 games, Bellingham Mariners 0
The Medford A's of the Northwest League ended the 1983 season with a record of 50 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the league's Oregon Division.
The A's scored 431 runs, best in the league. Medford conceded 277 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. José Canseco led the team with 11 home runs Larry Beardman accounted for 42 RBI. Keith Thrower paced hitters with significant playing time with a .333 average. Mark Bauer topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.97 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Medford A's who spent time in the Majors during their careers included José Tolentino, Terry Steinbach, José Canseco, Greg Cadaret and Brian Dorsett.
Dennis Rogers 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bauer | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 105.7 | 82 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Fulmer | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.69 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 83 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Scott Whaley | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.59 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 85.3 | 65 | 41 | 34 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 111 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Greg Cadaret | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.36 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 73 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Doug Scherer | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.70 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 53.3 | 49 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Steve Gomez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.16 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42.7 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Scott Wanzer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.72 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.7 | 49 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dave Hanna | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James Bailey | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.02 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 49 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Stan Hilton | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Odom | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 32 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Totals | 50 | 18 | .735 | 3.28 | 152 | 68 | 57 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 593.0 | 536 | 277 | 216 | 23 | 262 | 2 | 543 | 14 | 8 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Thrower | 58 | 251 | 213 | 50 | 71 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 63 | 10 | 31 | 24 | .333 | .419 | .479 | .898 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Terry Steinbach | 62 | 253 | 219 | 42 | 69 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 22 | .315 | .403 | .470 | .873 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Larry Beardman | 60 | 262 | 229 | 51 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 42 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 40 | .301 | .362 | .467 | .829 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Brian Guinn | 66 | 292 | 247 | 61 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 12 | 40 | 45 | .251 | .356 | .401 | .757 | 99 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| José Tolentino | 49 | 201 | 181 | 33 | 60 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | .331 | .388 | .519 | .907 | 94 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Malcolm McLean | 57 | 208 | 176 | 34 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 26 | 29 | .301 | .390 | .381 | .771 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| José Canseco | 59 | 233 | 197 | 34 | 53 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 78 | .269 | .378 | .533 | .911 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Raymond Mendoza | 59 | 233 | 203 | 38 | 53 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 44 | .261 | .356 | .404 | .760 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jorge Oquendo | 41 | 138 | 124 | 17 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .290 | .362 | .363 | .725 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Bradley | 52 | 178 | 136 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 42 | .221 | .385 | .346 | .731 | 47 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Thomas Walsh | 23 | 70 | 67 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .284 | .304 | .373 | .677 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Artiles | 25 | 88 | 78 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | .244 | .330 | .321 | .650 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Dorsett | 14 | 53 | 48 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .271 | .340 | .417 | .756 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jorge Diaz | 15 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .184 | .244 | .289 | .533 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Johnson | 9 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .318 | .286 | .604 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jackson | 26 | 72 | 62 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 32 | .065 | .194 | .065 | .259 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Wesley | 11 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .176 | .300 | .412 | .712 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rantz | 13 | 41 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | .071 | .297 | .071 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 699 | 2657 | 2284 | 431 | 629 | 109 | 24 | 55 | 350 | 153 | 45 | 306 | 461 | .275 | .366 | .416 | .782 | 951 | 0 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Tolentino | 1B | 49 | 425 | 27 | 8 | 37 | .983 | 9.224 | ||||
| Jim Jackson | 1B | 18 | 123 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .941 | 7.056 | ||||
| Raymond Mendoza | 1B | 11 | 90 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 8.909 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Keith Thrower | 2B | 44 | 73 | 109 | 8 | 21 | .958 | 4.136 | ||||
| Thomas Walsh | 2B | 18 | 26 | 51 | 4 | 8 | .951 | 4.278 | ||||
| Mike Rantz | 2B | 13 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 3.385 | ||||
| Joe Wesley | 2B | 3 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Malcolm McLean | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | 3B | 62 | 41 | 122 | 17 | 13 | .906 | 2.629 | ||||
| Keith Thrower | 3B | 10 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 1.700 | ||||
| Joe Wesley | 3B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Paul Bradley | C | 52 | 374 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 7.750 | 5 | |||
| Brian Dorsett | C | 12 | 85 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 7.750 | 4 | |||
| Jorge Diaz | C | 12 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 5.667 | 1 | |||
| Aubrey Johnson | C | 7 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.714 | 3 | |||
| Larry Beardman | OF | 58 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .979 | 1.603 | ||||
| Malcolm McLean | OF | 54 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.481 | ||||
| José Canseco | OF | 48 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .911 | 1.062 | ||||
| Raymond Mendoza | OF | 37 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.027 | ||||
| Orlando Artiles | OF | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jorge Oquendo | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Keith Thrower | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Scherer | P | 28 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .321 | ||||
| Steve Gomez | P | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Scott Whaley | P | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Scott Wanzer | P | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .600 | ||||
| Mark Bauer | P | 15 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Fulmer | P | 14 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 3.000 | ||||
| James Bailey | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .583 | .538 | ||||
| Greg Cadaret | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Joe Odom | P | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Dave Hanna | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Stan Hilton | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brian Guinn | SS | 65 | 103 | 208 | 22 | 30 | .934 | 4.785 | ||||
| Keith Thrower | SS | 7 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 2.429 | ||||
| Totals | 765 | 1779 | 748 | 108 | 148 | .959 | 3.303 | 13 | 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.
