1983 Burlington Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (71-68)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 49,828, Avg. 717
The Burlington Rangers of the Midwest League ended the 1983 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Rangers plated 728 runs and gave up 669 runs. Whitney Harry paced Burlington with 24 home runs, while Javier Ortiz walloped 15 or more, too. Javier Ortiz drove in 79 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .352 clip. José Guzmán led the squad with 12 wins, and Barry Bass recorded a 1.68 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1983 Burlington Rangers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Randy Kramer, Bob Brower, José Guzmán, Javier Ortiz, Jeff Kunkel and Glen Cook.
Orlando Gomez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Guzmán | 12 | 8 | .600 | 2.97 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154.7 | 135 | 68 | 51 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 146 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Barry Bass | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.68 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 81 | 39 | 22 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 105 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Todd Schulte | 8 | 3 | .727 | 5.77 | 41 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 73.3 | 84 | 52 | 47 | 8 | 36 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Terry Johnson | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.87 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 118.7 | 97 | 68 | 51 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Randy Kramer | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.16 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 132.7 | 131 | 97 | 76 | 9 | 92 | 1 | 113 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Tony Hudson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.91 | 23 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40.3 | 48 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Glen Cook | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.10 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 50 | 28 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Soper | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.38 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.0 | 111 | 69 | 56 | 9 | 55 | 4 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Buckley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.73 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.7 | 28 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Al Hartman | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.25 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 48.7 | 43 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Hopkins | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.18 | 42 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 79.7 | 66 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 66 | 7 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Jose Waldron | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.96 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Joslin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.10 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 41 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Sam Sorce | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Patrick Dewechter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.78 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Kordish | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 36 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Gerhardt | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Mark Smith | 0 | 0 | 9.98 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Tim Maki | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 38 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 4.10 | 344 | 139 | 122 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 1172.3 | 1106 | 669 | 534 | 92 | 573 | 31 | 1007 | 50 | 15 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Ortiz | 101 | 427 | 378 | 72 | 133 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 79 | 10 | 6 | 42 | 94 | .352 | .416 | .561 | .977 | 212 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| George Crum | 113 | 485 | 441 | 79 | 129 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 74 | 12 | 35 | 65 | .293 | .349 | .340 | .689 | 150 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Whitney Harry | 130 | 540 | 467 | 84 | 120 | 23 | 4 | 24 | 78 | 22 | 6 | 57 | 157 | .257 | .345 | .478 | .823 | 223 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| Bob Gergen | 112 | 423 | 389 | 53 | 109 | 27 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 85 | .280 | .325 | .445 | .770 | 173 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Otto Gonzalez | 108 | 429 | 389 | 49 | 104 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 58 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 73 | .267 | .330 | .432 | .762 | 168 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Mace | 92 | 364 | 331 | 48 | 82 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 91 | .248 | .302 | .347 | .649 | 115 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Hausladen | 87 | 330 | 274 | 54 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 51 | .252 | .365 | .380 | .745 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sam Sorce | 87 | 308 | 266 | 36 | 65 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 42 | .244 | .331 | .372 | .703 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Eli Ben | 91 | 317 | 279 | 56 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 32 | 7 | 29 | 92 | .233 | .308 | .423 | .731 | 118 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Kevin Stock | 74 | 279 | 245 | 26 | 60 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 61 | .245 | .321 | .314 | .636 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mark Sutton | 84 | 300 | 272 | 28 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 69 | .213 | .270 | .265 | .535 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Triplett | 67 | 222 | 195 | 27 | 52 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 33 | .267 | .339 | .328 | .668 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Brower | 43 | 175 | 138 | 35 | 43 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 43 | .312 | .445 | .536 | .981 | 74 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Kunkel | 31 | 127 | 122 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | .287 | .302 | .508 | .810 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Foit | 41 | 170 | 148 | 29 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 39 | .216 | .298 | .284 | .581 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Ron Dillard | 16 | 52 | 42 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 6 | .286 | .412 | .357 | .769 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brendan Hennessy | 19 | 62 | 55 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .164 | .242 | .236 | .478 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Gile | 13 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .189 | .318 | .270 | .588 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hector Andrade | 16 | 52 | 44 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .159 | .255 | .205 | .459 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1325 | 5109 | 4512 | 728 | 1191 | 213 | 36 | 108 | 619 | 220 | 76 | 468 | 1060 | .264 | .337 | .399 | .736 | 1800 | 0 | 43 | 54 | 32 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitney Harry | 1B | 119 | 1017 | 59 | 20 | 85 | .982 | 9.042 | ||||
| Bob Hausladen | 1B | 23 | 178 | 13 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 8.304 | ||||
| Otto Gonzalez | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Brendan Hennessy | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Sutton | 2B | 84 | 174 | 221 | 20 | 38 | .952 | 4.702 | ||||
| Hector Andrade | 2B | 14 | 29 | 51 | 1 | 11 | .988 | 5.714 | ||||
| Mark Gile | 2B | 13 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 7 | .897 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Dillard | 2B | 13 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 3.923 | ||||
| Kevin Stock | 2B | 11 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 2.909 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | 2B | 11 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Tony Triplett | 2B | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Kevin Stock | 3B | 63 | 37 | 142 | 12 | 5 | .937 | 2.841 | ||||
| Tony Triplett | 3B | 37 | 19 | 65 | 9 | 4 | .903 | 2.270 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | 3B | 36 | 27 | 79 | 7 | 9 | .938 | 2.944 | ||||
| Sam Sorce | 3B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Whitney Harry | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Hector Andrade | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Sorce | C | 65 | 442 | 54 | 15 | 1 | .971 | 7.631 | 14 | |||
| Otto Gonzalez | C | 56 | 413 | 62 | 8 | 7 | .983 | 8.482 | 4 | |||
| Bob Hausladen | C | 28 | 198 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 7.643 | 3 | |||
| Whitney Harry | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| George Crum | OF | 104 | 115 | 3 | 10 | 1 | .922 | 1.135 | ||||
| Jeff Mace | OF | 92 | 132 | 12 | 8 | 2 | .947 | 1.565 | ||||
| Javier Ortiz | OF | 90 | 126 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .930 | 1.478 | ||||
| Eli Ben | OF | 81 | 123 | 0 | 12 | 0 | .911 | 1.519 | ||||
| Bob Brower | OF | 41 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .941 | 1.561 | ||||
| Brendan Hennessy | OF | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Tony Triplett | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Sam Sorce | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Hopkins | P | 42 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .882 | .357 | ||||
| Todd Schulte | P | 41 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .944 | .415 | ||||
| Michael Soper | P | 30 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .800 | .533 | ||||
| Randy Kramer | P | 26 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .846 | ||||
| José Guzmán | P | 25 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 4 | .938 | 1.800 | ||||
| Tony Hudson | P | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .217 | ||||
| Terry Johnson | P | 22 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .840 | .955 | ||||
| Barry Bass | P | 19 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .946 | 1.842 | ||||
| Patrick Dewechter | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| John Buckley | P | 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .824 | ||||
| Chris Joslin | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Tim Maki | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Jose Waldron | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Mark Smith | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Glen Cook | P | 9 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .900 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sam Sorce | P | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Al Hartman | P | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .773 | 2.429 | ||||
| William Gerhardt | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Steve Kordish | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Bob Gergen | SS | 51 | 81 | 116 | 11 | 19 | .947 | 3.863 | ||||
| Jimmy Foit | SS | 40 | 61 | 134 | 19 | 26 | .911 | 4.875 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | SS | 30 | 38 | 88 | 13 | 17 | .906 | 4.200 | ||||
| Tony Triplett | SS | 22 | 31 | 69 | 10 | 11 | .909 | 4.545 | ||||
| Ron Dillard | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 1515 | 3517 | 1492 | 240 | 297 | .954 | 3.306 | 21 | 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.
