1983 Portland Beavers Statistics
Team Record: 75-67
Finished 1st in the PCL's North Division
Manager: John Felske (75-67)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Portland, Oregon
Ballpark: PGE Park
Attendance: 283,688, Avg. 3,996
Playoffs - Portland Beavers 3 games, Edmonton Trappers 1
Finals - Portland Beavers 3 games, Albuquerque Dukes 0
The Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1983 season with a record of 75 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Beavers plated 786 runs and surrendered 764 runs. Jerry Keller paced Portland with 28 home runs, while John Russell, Len Matuszek, Juan Samuel and Alejandro Sánchez each walloped 15 or more, too. Tim Corcoran drove in 93 runs. Len Matuszek led batters with significant playing time by hitting .330. Kelly Downs topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 4.47 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1983 Portland Beavers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ed Farmer, Eddie Miller, Rick Schu, Chris Bourjos, Ron Pruitt, Paul Mirabella, George Riley, Ramón Avilés, Larry Littleton, Juan Samuel, Steve Jeltz, Porfi Altamirano, Stan Bahnsen, Dan Gonzales, Larry Andersen, Kiko Garcia, Dick Davis, Preston Hanna, Dave Wehrmeister, Tony Ghelfi, Dave Frost, Marty Decker, Kelly Downs, John Russell, Larry Bradford, Luis Aguayo, Jerry Turner, Len Matuszek, Steve Comer, Tim Corcoran, Alejandro Sánchez, Kevin Gross and Charles Hudson.
John Felske 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Downs | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.46 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 159.3 | 186 | 98 | 79 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Dave Wehrmeister | 8 | 2 | .800 | 4.20 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 98.7 | 93 | 51 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Marty Decker | 8 | 3 | .727 | 6.66 | 58 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96.0 | 105 | 77 | 71 | 12 | 65 | 6 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
| Larry Andersen | 7 | 8 | .467 | 2.05 | 52 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 70.3 | 63 | 35 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Charles Hudson | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.67 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| George Riley | 5 | 2 | .714 | 6.32 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 48 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Porfi Altamirano | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.88 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40.7 | 37 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kyle Money | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.19 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 74 | 49 | 41 | 10 | 54 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kevin Gross | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.75 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 82 | 60 | 60 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Darren Burroughs | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 46 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jay Davisson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kelly Faulk | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.30 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.7 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tony Ghelfi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 45 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dave Frost | 14 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Preston Hanna | 16 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Comer | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed Farmer | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Corcoran | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Paul Mirabella | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.53 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Larry Bradford | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.92 | 43 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.7 | 62 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Stan Bahnsen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.59 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 41 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jim Rasmussen | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.03 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 92 | 55 | 48 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 61 | 64 | .488 | 5.02 | 396 | 123 | 116 | 12 | 2 | 37 | 1010.7 | 1077 | 658 | 564 | 108 | 514 | 24 | 698 | 31 | 5 | 67 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Corcoran | 128 | 527 | 454 | 75 | 141 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 32 | .311 | .389 | .467 | .856 | 212 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| Len Matuszek | 113 | 468 | 412 | 82 | 136 | 28 | 6 | 24 | 92 | 12 | 6 | 46 | 58 | .330 | .395 | .602 | .997 | 248 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| John Russell | 128 | 491 | 445 | 71 | 113 | 23 | 3 | 27 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 109 | .254 | .320 | .501 | .821 | 223 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 125 | 492 | 458 | 75 | 113 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 74 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 105 | .247 | .280 | .426 | .705 | 195 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |
| Dick Davis | 87 | 366 | 329 | 44 | 108 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 43 | .328 | .381 | .492 | .873 | 162 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Jerry Keller | 119 | 459 | 396 | 69 | 108 | 21 | 1 | 28 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 95 | .273 | .358 | .543 | .901 | 215 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| Eddie Miller | 109 | 432 | 382 | 76 | 101 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 41 | 39 | 10 | 34 | 83 | .264 | .343 | .416 | .760 | 159 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Pruitt | 101 | 419 | 352 | 50 | 99 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 62 | 41 | .281 | .393 | .452 | .845 | 159 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Samuel | 65 | 289 | 261 | 59 | 86 | 14 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 33 | 6 | 22 | 46 | .330 | .388 | .617 | 1.004 | 161 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Luis Aguayo | 71 | 259 | 229 | 38 | 65 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 39 | .284 | .364 | .437 | .801 | 100 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ramón Avilés | 69 | 243 | 227 | 21 | 58 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 17 | .256 | .305 | .326 | .631 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jeltz | 71 | 213 | 181 | 34 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 30 | .265 | .357 | .309 | .667 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kiko Garcia | 35 | 134 | 113 | 19 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 12 | .345 | .429 | .451 | .880 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Chris Bourjos | 44 | 120 | 110 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .300 | .345 | .555 | .899 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rusty Hamric | 54 | 169 | 146 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 19 | .178 | .269 | .199 | .468 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry Littleton | 25 | 65 | 51 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 15 | .235 | .400 | .392 | .792 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rick Schu | 9 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .379 | .455 | .621 | 1.075 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Gonzales | 23 | 65 | 60 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .183 | .246 | .300 | .546 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paul Fryer | 15 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .171 | .216 | .200 | .416 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Rodriguez | 28 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .133 | .212 | .267 | .479 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1419 | 5315 | 4700 | 785 | 1318 | 257 | 62 | 159 | 732 | 168 | 59 | 502 | 776 | .280 | .353 | .463 | .816 | 2176 | 0 | 47 | 21 | 45 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Matuszek | 1B | 95 | 807 | 67 | 10 | 63 | .989 | 9.200 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | 1B | 40 | 267 | 25 | 3 | 21 | .990 | 7.300 | ||||
| Jerry Keller | 1B | 16 | 105 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Ron Pruitt | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Kiko Garcia | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Samuel | 2B | 65 | 110 | 168 | 15 | 36 | .949 | 4.277 | ||||
| Rusty Hamric | 2B | 54 | 89 | 140 | 6 | 27 | .974 | 4.241 | ||||
| Steve Jeltz | 2B | 24 | 39 | 49 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 3.667 | ||||
| Luis Aguayo | 2B | 16 | 26 | 37 | 1 | 9 | .984 | 3.938 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Pruitt | 3B | 79 | 57 | 111 | 21 | 6 | .889 | 2.127 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | 3B | 33 | 20 | 56 | 2 | 3 | .974 | 2.303 | ||||
| Steve Jeltz | 3B | 30 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Paul Fryer | 3B | 14 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 4 | .821 | 2.286 | ||||
| Rick Schu | 3B | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kiko Garcia | 3B | 8 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| John Russell | 3B | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| John Russell | C | 83 | 473 | 44 | 9 | 2 | .983 | 6.229 | 13 | |||
| Jerry Keller | C | 53 | 285 | 16 | 7 | 1 | .977 | 5.679 | 6 | |||
| Ron Pruitt | C | 16 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .967 | 5.562 | 1 | |||
| Alejandro Sánchez | OF | 125 | 219 | 18 | 12 | 2 | .952 | 1.896 | ||||
| Eddie Miller | OF | 105 | 228 | 9 | 8 | 3 | .967 | 2.257 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | OF | 86 | 170 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 2.058 | ||||
| John Russell | OF | 45 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.756 | ||||
| Chris Bourjos | OF | 36 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .936 | 1.222 | ||||
| Dick Davis | OF | 28 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.893 | ||||
| Dan Gonzales | OF | 16 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Larry Littleton | OF | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Jeltz | OF | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Len Matuszek | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Paul Fryer | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Marty Decker | P | 58 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Larry Andersen | P | 52 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | .365 | ||||
| Larry Bradford | P | 43 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .186 | ||||
| Kelly Downs | P | 29 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .724 | ||||
| Porfi Altamirano | P | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .160 | ||||
| Kyle Money | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .632 | ||||
| Jim Rasmussen | P | 16 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Preston Hanna | P | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Kevin Gross | P | 15 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Dave Frost | P | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Comer | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Burroughs | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charles Hudson | P | 10 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Kelly Faulk | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| George Riley | P | 9 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ed Farmer | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ghelfi | P | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Paul Mirabella | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jay Davisson | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Aguayo | SS | 58 | 95 | 179 | 9 | 32 | .968 | 4.724 | ||||
| Ramón Avilés | SS | 40 | 70 | 97 | 3 | 17 | .982 | 4.175 | ||||
| Kiko Garcia | SS | 26 | 33 | 60 | 3 | 12 | .969 | 3.577 | ||||
| Steve Jeltz | SS | 18 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 5 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | SS | 15 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 4 | .884 | 2.533 | ||||
| Rick Schu | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ron Pruitt | SS | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Larry Littleton | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1681 | 3584 | 1380 | 156 | 275 | .970 | 2.953 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
