1983 Visalia Oaks

1983 > Class A > 1983 California League (South)
Overall: 87-53
Scored 717 runs, Allowed 605 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-59

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Harry Warner
Represented: Visalia, CA
Ballpark: Recreation Park (II) (Visalia, CA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1982 / 1984

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Steve Aragon	24	123	512	462	74	116	16	1	10	54	3	1	38	56	.251	.308	.355	.663	164	2	6	4	1
2	Erez Borowsky	23	111	379	311	34	70	6	1	1	43	3	1	54	36	.225	.342	.260	.603	81	4	5	5	1
3	Robert DeCosta	24	94	361	320	43	90	7	1	2	39	3	3	28	36	.281	.340	.328	.668	105	2	8	3	3
4	Alvaro Espinoza	21	130	510	486	57	155	20	1	4	57	6	4	14	50	.319	.339	.389	.728	189	1	8	1	1
5	Mario Ferrigno	22	43	170	151	20	39	4	0	1	18	0	0	15	16	.258	.341	.305	.646	46	4	0	0	0
6	Philip Franko*	24	51	123	111	15	26	4	0	0	6	1	1	10	9	.234	.303	.270	.574	30	1	1	0	0
7	Stan Holmes	23	140	588	500	89	151	27	2	37	115	2	4	79	101	.302	.397	.586	.983	293	3	1	5	11
8	Greg Howe	22	133	585	494	84	145	30	4	4	55	54	19	62	95	.294	.376	.395	.771	195	7	16	6	2
9	Joseph Kubit	24	136	567	505	82	145	19	10	9	69	10	5	47	84	.287	.351	.418	.768	211	5	5	5	4
10	Reinaldo Orejas*	22	17	26	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.167	.231	.208	.439	5	0	0	0	0
11	Kirby Puckett	23	138	604	548	105	172	29	7	9	97	48	11	46	62	.314	.366	.442	.808	242	2	3	5	2
12	Frank Ramppen	24	70	277	239	37	59	3	1	3	28	13	2	28	33	.247	.326	.305	.631	73	2	4	4	0
13	Bennie Richie#	23	118	422	380	48	93	12	3	3	33	10	8	36	67	.245	.311	.316	.627	120	1	4	1	3
14	Brian Rupe*	23	52	198	168	23	39	4	1	1	18	6	3	27	31	.232	.335	.286	.621	48	0	1	2	3
15	Michael Tryon	23	6	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.222	.422	2	0	0	0	0
	15 Players	23.0	140	5334	4708	717	1305	183	32	84	635	159	62	487	686	.277	.347	.383	.730	1804	35	62	42	31

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	Jeffrey Arney	24	0	0		3.68	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	3	4	3	1	10	0	7	0	0	0	1.773	3.7	1.2	12.3	8.6	0.70
2	Sam Arrington	22	12	7	.632	4.22	27	26	0	5	2	0	155.2	157	88	73	8	72	0	110	10	3	8	1.471	9.1	0.5	4.2	6.4	1.53
3	Lee Belanger*	24	10	7	.588	3.19	55	0	31	0	0	14	98.2	99	43	35	6	39	3	92	1	2	2	1.399	9.0	0.5	3.6	8.4	2.36
4	Mark Cartwright	22	12	2	.857	3.04	32	19	6	7	0	0	159.2	164	67	54	7	53	0	92	3	0	8	1.359	9.2	0.4	3.0	5.2	1.74
5	Frank Eufemia	23	10	4	.714	2.45	64	0	53	0	0	18	95.2	79	27	26	9	29	3	78	0	0	0	1.129	7.4	0.8	2.7	7.3	2.69
6	Craig Henderson*	22	2	5	.286	4.05	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.2	45	28	21	2	21	0	40	0	2	4	1.414	8.7	0.4	4.0	7.7	1.90
7	Stan Holmes	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
8	Curt Kindred	20	8	6	.571	4.64	26	18	2	2	1	0	106.2	106	67	55	10	71	1	61	1	1	7	1.659	8.9	0.8	6.0	5.1	0.86
9	John McMahon	25	11	7	.611	3.47	27	27	0	4	1	0	163.1	168	85	63	13	71	0	90	5	0	8	1.463	9.3	0.7	3.9	5.0	1.27
10	Mark Portugal	20	10	5	.667	4.18	24	23	1	2	0	0	131.1	142	77	61	6	84	1	132	5	0	10	1.721	9.7	0.4	5.8	9.0	1.57
11	Philip Sheppard	23	1	0	1.000	3.65	17	4	4	0	0	0	44.1	34	29	18	1	34	1	28	4	0	5	1.534	6.9	0.2	6.9	5.7	0.82
12	Curt Wardle*	22	8	6	.571	2.65	49	4	17	1	0	8	146.0	118	52	43	6	55	1	134	3	1	5	1.185	7.3	0.4	3.4	8.3	2.44
13	Timothy Wiseman	22	3	4	.429	5.50	14	11	2	0	0	0	55.2	70	38	34	3	22	0	32	3	1	4	1.653	11.3	0.5	3.6	5.2	1.45
	13 Players	22.4	87	53	.621	3.65	140	140	120	20	9	40	1212.0	1184	605	491	72	561	10	896	35	10	61	1.440	8.8	0.5	4.2	6.7	1.60

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB
Erez Borowsky	111	640	94	6	7	.992	6.61	9
Stan Holmes	40	265	28	3	2	.990	7.33	8
Michael Tryon	6	21	3	0	0	1.000	4.00	0

1B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Joseph Kubit	136		1104	75	21	105	.983	8.67
Robert DeCosta	9		28	1	1	3	.967	3.22

2B

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Steve Aragon	116		240	324	21	55	.964	4.86
Robert DeCosta	31		63	71	7	13	.950	4.32

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Ramppen	70	66	108	21	10	.892	2.49
Mario Ferrigno	42	22	71	6	4	.939	2.21
Robert DeCosta	30	16	39	7	4	.887	1.83
Philip Franko	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.67
Stan Holmes	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Alvaro Espinoza	128	256	364	40	76	.939	4.84
Philip Franko	20	21	27	3	6	.941	2.40
Robert DeCosta	2	0	1	1	0	.500	0.50

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kirby Puckett	137	253	22	5	5	.982	2.01
Greg Howe	133	304	16	11	1	.967	2.41
Bennie Richie	104	141	3	10	0	.935	1.38
Brian Rupe	50	78	2	2	0	.976	1.60
Robert DeCosta	9	6	0	1	0	.857	0.67
Reinaldo Orejas	8	22	1	1	0	.958	2.88

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Frank Eufemia	64	7	27	1	2	.971	0.53
Lee Belanger	55	3	13	0	0	1.000	0.29
Curt Wardle	49	8	17	2	2	.926	0.51
Mark Cartwright	32	8	18	1	1	.963	0.81
Sam Arrington	27	13	26	3	3	.929	1.44
John McMahon	27	13	26	6	0	.867	1.44
Curt Kindred	26	7	14	1	0	.955	0.81
Mark Portugal	24	9	16	6	5	.806	1.04
Philip Sheppard	17	2	4	0	1	1.000	0.35
Timothy Wiseman	14	3	4	1	0	.875	0.50
Craig Henderson	8	1	13	2	0	.875	1.75
Jeffrey Arney	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
Stan Holmes	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Steve Aragon	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	158	Jan 22, 1959	San Bernardino, CA, US
Jeffrey Arney	24		R	6' 1.0"	190	May 12, 1959
Sam Arrington	22	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Feb 11, 1961	Santa Maria, CA, US
Lee Belanger	24		L	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 17, 1959	Woonsocket, RI, US
Erez Borowsky	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	1960
Mark Cartwright	22		R	6' 2.0"	210	Dec 21, 1960
Robert DeCosta	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	1959
Alvaro Espinoza	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 19, 1962	Valencia, Carabobo, VE
Frank Eufemia	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Dec 23, 1959	Bronx, NY, US
Mario Ferrigno	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	1961
Philip Franko	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	180	1959
Craig Henderson	22		L	6' 2.0"	185	Oct 20, 1960	Milwaukee, WI, US
Stan Holmes	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Feb 1, 1960	Dos Palos, CA, US
Greg Howe	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 27, 1961	Syracuse, NY, US
Curt Kindred	20		R	6' 6.0"	185	Mar 8, 1963
Joseph Kubit	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	1959
John McMahon	25		R	6' 4.0"	190	Jun 27, 1958
Reinaldo Orejas	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	1961
Mark Portugal	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 30, 1962	Los Angeles, CA, US
Kirby Puckett	23	R	R	5' 8.0"	178	Mar 14, 1960	Chicago, IL, US
Frank Ramppen	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1959
Bennie Richie	23	S	R	5' 8.0"		1960
Brian Rupe	23	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	1960
Philip Sheppard	23		R	6' 2.0"	193	1960
Michael Tryon	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	1960
Curt Wardle	22	L	L	6' 5.0"	220	Nov 16, 1960	Downey, CA, US
Timothy Wiseman	22		R	6' 4.0"	170	1961

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