1982 Medicine Hat Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 44-26
Finished 1st in the PL's North Division
Manager: Duane Larson (44-26)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Athletic Park
Attendance: 51,236, Avg. 1,464
Playoffs - Medicine Hat Blue Jays 3 games, Great Falls Giants 1
The Medicine Hat Blue Jays of the Pioneer League ended the 1982 season with a record of 44 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Blue Jays plated 438 runs and yielded 366 runs. Chris Johnston paced Medicine Hat with 15 home runs and accounted for 77 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .358 average. Keith Gilliam topped the squad with 10 wins, and Derrick Ruetter registered a 2.03 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1982 Medicine Hat Blue Jays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Davis, David Wells, Pat Borders, Dave Walsh and Jimmy Key.
Duane Larson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Gilliam | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.50 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.7 | 101 | 59 | 38 | 10 | 40 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Derrick Ruetter | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.02 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62.3 | 48 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Daniel Gorden | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.10 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 51.3 | 34 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ron Johnson | 6 | 7 | .462 | 4.48 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 78 | 54 | 37 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Steve Davis | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.44 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.7 | 38 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| David Wells | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64.3 | 71 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Charles Phillips | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.37 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 92 | 57 | 39 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jimmy Key | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.30 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roger Kahle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.27 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 47 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dave Walsh | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.54 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26.0 | 35 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Perry Mader | 0 | 0 | 3.96 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Richard Patterson | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Russell Rightmire | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 3.72 | 168 | 70 | 58 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 621.0 | 627 | 366 | 257 | 44 | 310 | 16 | 513 | 13 | 6 | 51 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Johnston | 67 | 305 | 274 | 54 | 98 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 55 | .358 | .413 | .591 | 1.004 | 162 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Kash Beauchamp | 68 | 312 | 286 | 57 | 91 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 22 | 37 | .318 | .366 | .413 | .778 | 118 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Greg Griffin | 68 | 311 | 275 | 60 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 31 | 67 | .324 | .393 | .498 | .891 | 137 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Chapman | 63 | 304 | 247 | 57 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 50 | 50 | .275 | .401 | .389 | .789 | 96 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Pat Borders | 61 | 245 | 217 | 30 | 66 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 52 | .304 | .377 | .447 | .824 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Shaddy | 64 | 251 | 218 | 25 | 58 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 47 | .266 | .333 | .362 | .696 | 79 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Stenhouse | 51 | 216 | 187 | 30 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | .305 | .394 | .476 | .869 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mark Gerard | 56 | 203 | 174 | 36 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 24 | .299 | .389 | .477 | .866 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| John Mason | 48 | 141 | 118 | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 35 | .237 | .324 | .254 | .578 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael Lavery | 38 | 117 | 95 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 24 | .263 | .365 | .421 | .786 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Vernon Rhodes | 45 | 116 | 99 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 18 | .222 | .310 | .283 | .593 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Yari | 37 | 103 | 86 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .244 | .340 | .314 | .654 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Kimball | 21 | 64 | 55 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .182 | .270 | .273 | .543 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Kuziomko | 29 | 61 | 51 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .176 | .276 | .196 | .472 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Check Faucette | 25 | 85 | 69 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 24 | .130 | .282 | .261 | .543 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 741 | 2834 | 2451 | 438 | 703 | 113 | 18 | 59 | 387 | 66 | 28 | 305 | 505 | .287 | .368 | .420 | .788 | 1029 | 0 | 23 | 31 | 24 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Johnston | 1B | 62 | 583 | 37 | 17 | 58 | .973 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Gerard | 1B | 11 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .976 | 7.273 | ||||
| Ronnie Chapman | 2B | 63 | 152 | 192 | 20 | 49 | .945 | 5.460 | ||||
| Vernon Rhodes | 2B | 13 | 23 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 3.615 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Borders | 3B | 49 | 23 | 96 | 25 | 9 | .826 | 2.429 | ||||
| Tim Kuziomko | 3B | 28 | 12 | 35 | 9 | 2 | .839 | 1.679 | ||||
| Vernon Rhodes | 3B | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .846 | 1.158 | ||||
| Dave Stenhouse | C | 42 | 307 | 43 | 6 | 4 | .983 | 8.333 | 9 | |||
| Scott Kimball | C | 21 | 118 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 6.381 | 4 | |||
| Michael Lavery | C | 17 | 105 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 6.765 | 5 | |||
| Greg Griffin | OF | 68 | 138 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .960 | 2.118 | ||||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 68 | 115 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .960 | 1.750 | ||||
| John Mason | OF | 45 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .943 | 1.111 | ||||
| John Yari | OF | 32 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .719 | ||||
| Check Faucette | OF | 24 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Gerard | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Daniel Gorden | P | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .364 | ||||
| Derrick Ruetter | P | 18 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| Ron Johnson | P | 15 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .765 | .867 | ||||
| Keith Gilliam | P | 14 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 2.286 | ||||
| Dave Walsh | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Charles Phillips | P | 13 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 2.077 | ||||
| Roger Kahle | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .231 | ||||
| Steve Davis | P | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| David Wells | P | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Richard Patterson | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Perry Mader | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Russell Rightmire | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Jimmy Key | P | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | SS | 63 | 63 | 189 | 24 | 36 | .913 | 4.000 | ||||
| Vernon Rhodes | SS | 14 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 10 | .900 | 2.571 | ||||
| Totals | 810 | 1863 | 802 | 155 | 189 | .945 | 3.290 | 18 | 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.
