1981 Medford A's Statistics

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 42-28
Finished 1st in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Tobe Fisher (42-28)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Medford, Oregon
Ballpark: Miles Field
Attendance: 54,243, Avg. 1,550

1981 Medford A's Roster

Playoffs - Medford A's 2 games, Bellingham Mariners 1

The Medford A's of the Northwest League ended the 1981 season with a record of 42 wins and 28 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The A's scored 404 runs, most in the league. Medford conceded 338 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Kevin Coughlon accounted for 48 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Robert Vavrock paced the team with 9 wins, while Robert Vavrock and Tom Heckman recorded a 2.53 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Curt Young and Steve Kiefer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Tobe Fisher served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Robert Vavrock	9	3	.750	2.53	13	13	0	6	0	0	96.0	88	39	27	8	27	1	58	1	1	5
Tom Heckman	7	0	1.000	2.53	13	13	0	3	0	0	89.0	78	30	25	5	29	1	72	0	2	2
Mark Jarrett	7	4	.636	3.07	17	9	7	3	1	3	85.0	80	39	29	10	26	1	78	1	0	8
Jeff Kobernus	4	1	.800	3.64	17	3	9	1	0	0	42.0	43	19	17	4	17	1	50	0	1	2
Tony Herron	4	4	.500	2.92	25	0	20	0	0	9	40.0	40	22	13	3	23	3	52	0	1	8
Dave Weatherman	3	3	.500	4.09	7	7	0	2	1	0	44.0	43	20	20	4	19	0	30	0	0	2
John Gale	2	0	1.000	5.67	14	0	6	0	0	0	27.0	24	21	17	2	23	4	22	1	0	3
Curt Young	2	2	.500	4.25	8	8	0	3	1	0	53.0	45	27	25	4	32	1	49	1	0	8
Chuck Kolotka	2	3	.400	3.49	9	6	1	1	0	0	49.0	51	25	19	2	24	3	37	1	1	7
Gregory Mine	2	5	.286	4.67	12	6	2	0	0	0	54.0	57	33	28	8	20	0	35	0	1	0
Mike Ashman	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
James Bailey	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	5	5	0	5	0	6	0	0	1
James Feeley	0	0		36.00	7	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	11	23	16	1	16	0	3	3	0	8
Bruce Tuchalski	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	9	4	0	3	0	3	1	0	1
John Vela	0	2	.000	7.56	9	5	3	0	0	0	25.0	27	26	21	4	23	0	22	1	0	6
Totals	42	28	.600	3.86	158	70	51	19	3	12	620.0	602	338	266	55	288	15	520	10	7	61	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
Kevin Coughlon	66	284	243	38	78	19	1	6	48	11	4	35	33	.321	.403	.481	.884	117		1	1	4	2
Tom Copeland	64	286	218	53	67	17	4	1	39	4	7	59	14	.307	.450	.436	.886	95		1	4	4	1
Mike Ashman	64	265	231	27	57	11	1	0	30	5	1	28	37	.247	.326	.303	.629	70		0	4	2	1
Gene Ransom	54	214	170	38	47	8	0	1	13	31	7	35	25	.276	.401	.341	.742	58		1	7	1	0
Steve Kiefer	55	222	192	38	47	7	5	4	22	14	6	24	47	.245	.332	.396	.728	76		2	2	2	0
Phil Strom	44	190	148	21	44	8	2	4	31	2	4	36	32	.297	.429	.459	.888	68		1	1	4	1
Bruce Amador	53	219	174	35	44	9	1	3	30	13	8	38	40	.253	.386	.368	.754	64		1	4	2	3
Scot Mitchell	63	253	198	38	41	9	1	5	24	8	3	46	67	.207	.358	.338	.696	67		1	7	1	1
John Smith	42	152	129	16	35	5	1	0	20	2	1	21	19	.271	.382	.326	.707	42		2	0	0	2
Jay Schellin	46	151	124	19	27	6	1	3	17	16	0	17	31	.218	.322	.355	.677	44		3	5	2	0
Selwyn Young	27	95	78	18	19	2	1	0	11	15	6	15	10	.244	.372	.295	.667	23		1	1	0	0
Joel Boni	37	103	77	21	18	4	0	0	8	14	4	20	27	.234	.398	.286	.684	22		1	5	0	0
Elton Hooker	29	99	81	15	17	0	1	0	7	8	1	12	23	.210	.316	.235	.550	19		1	4	1	0
Ron Harrison	32	100	90	10	16	5	1	1	7	3	1	5	17	.178	.224	.289	.513	26		1	2	2	0
Byron Smith	25	73	55	6	12	3	0	0	6	1	0	14	16	.218	.394	.273	.667	15		2	2	0	0
James Sanfilippo	5	18	15	2	4	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	4	.267	.333	.400	.733	6		0	0	1	1
Pat O'Hara	14	18	16	4	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	.250	.333	.250	.583	4		1	0	0	0
Thomas Colburn	7	26	20	2	4	0	0	1	5	1	0	5	5	.200	.360	.350	.710	7		0	1	0	0
Ken Johnson	3	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	0	0	0
Edward Crow	3	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	733	2786	2274	404	582	113	21	29	325	150	54	416	458	.256	.372	.362	.734	824	0	20	50	26	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Ashman	1B	54	488	29	8	30	.985	9.574
Phil Strom	1B	14	121	9	4	18	.970	9.286
John Smith	1B	7	40	0	1	4	.976	5.714
Bruce Amador	2B	50	110	155	17	30	.940	5.300
Selwyn Young	2B	23	37	46	10	12	.892	3.609
Gene Ransom	3B	52	49	106	16	7	.906	2.981
Byron Smith	3B	21	10	33	6	4	.878	2.048
James Sanfilippo	3B	5	6	8	6	0	.700	2.800
Steve Kiefer	3B	2	1	6	0	0	1.000	3.500
Scot Mitchell	C	63	453	51	14	1	.973	8.000	17
Pat O'Hara	C	9	23	1	2	1	.923	2.667	3
Thomas Colburn	C	7	51	10	3	0	.953	8.714	0
Kevin Coughlon	OF	65	104	6	2	0	.982	1.692
Tom Copeland	OF	63	105	10	6	2	.950	1.825
Jay Schellin	OF	44	68	1	0	0	1.000	1.568
Elton Hooker	OF	29	27	1	3	0	.903	.966
Ron Harrison	OF	29	32	3	5	0	.875	1.207
Edward Crow	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Tony Herron	P	25	1	5	1	0	.857	.240
Jeff Kobernus	P	17	0	8	0	0	1.000	.471
Mark Jarrett	P	17	4	10	0	0	1.000	.824
John Gale	P	14	0	3	1	0	.750	.214
Robert Vavrock	P	13	5	14	2	0	.905	1.462
Tom Heckman	P	13	7	9	0	1	1.000	1.231
Gregory Mine	P	12	1	1	1	0	.667	.167
John Vela	P	9	1	4	0	0	1.000	.556
Chuck Kolotka	P	9	6	5	1	0	.917	1.222
Curt Young	P	8	6	10	0	1	1.000	2.000
Dave Weatherman	P	7	3	5	0	1	1.000	1.143
James Feeley	P	7	0	0	0	0		.000
Bruce Tuchalski	P	3	1	0	1	0	.500	.333
James Bailey	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Ashman	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Kiefer	SS	49	67	169	17	31	.933	4.816
Joel Boni	SS	25	29	77	4	11	.964	4.240
Ken Johnson	SS	3	3	5	4	1	.667	2.667
Totals		775	1861	800	135	155	.952	3.434	20	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.

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