1983 Visalia Oaks Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Harry Warner (87-53)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 69,728, Avg. 996

1983 Visalia Oaks Roster

Finals - Redwood Pioneers 3 games, Visalia Oaks 1

The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1983 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Oaks led the circuit with 717 runs, ignited by 84 home runs. Visalia yielded 605 runs. Stan Holmes walloped 37 home runs for the team and drove in 115 runs. Álvaro Espinoza paced hitters with significant playing time with a .319 average. Sam Arrington and Mark Cartwright topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Curt Wardle recorded a 2.65 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1983 Visalia Oaks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Álvaro Espinoza, Frank Eufemia, Kirby Puckett, Curt Wardle and Mark Portugal.

Harry Warner 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
Mark Cartwright	12	2	.857	3.04	32	19	6	7	0	0	159.7	164	67	54	7	53	0	92	3	0	8
Sam Arrington	12	7	.632	4.22	27	26	0	5	2	0	155.7	157	88	73	8	72	0	110	10	3	8
Jack McMahon	11	7	.611	3.47	27	27	0	4	1	0	163.3	168	85	63	13	71	0	90	5	0	8
Frank Eufemia	10	4	.714	2.45	64	0	53	0	0	18	95.7	79	27	26	9	29	3	78	0	0	0
Mark Portugal	10	5	.667	4.18	24	23	1	2	0	0	131.3	142	77	61	6	84	1	132	5	0	10
Barry Belanger	10	7	.588	3.19	55	0	31	0	0	14	98.7	99	43	35	6	39	3	92	1	2	2
Curt Wardle	8	6	.571	2.65	49	4	17	1	0	8	146.0	118	52	43	6	55	1	134	3	1	5
Curt Kindred	8	6	.571	4.64	26	18	2	2	1	0	106.7	106	67	55	10	71	1	61	1	1	7
Tim Wiseman	3	4	.429	5.50	14	11	2	0	0	0	55.7	70	38	34	3	22	0	32	3	1	4
Craig Henderson	2	5	.286	4.05	8	8	0	0	0	0	46.7	45	28	21	2	21	0	40	0	2	4
Philip Sheppard	1	0	1.000	3.65	17	4	4	0	0	0	44.3	34	29	18	1	34	1	28	4	0	5
Stan Holmes	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Arney	0	0		3.68	6	0	2	0	0	0	7.3	3	4	3	1	10	0	7	0	0	0
Totals	87	53	.621	3.61	350	140	119	21	4	40	1212.0	1185	605	486	72	561	10	896	35	10	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
Kirby Puckett	138	604	548	105	172	29	7	9	97	48	11	46	62	.314	.366	.442	.808	242		2	3	5	2
Álvaro Espinoza	130	510	486	57	155	20	1	4	57	6	4	14	50	.319	.339	.389	.728	189		1	8	1	1
Stan Holmes	140	588	500	89	151	27	2	37	115	2	4	79	101	.302	.397	.586	.983	293		3	1	5	11
Greg Howe	133	585	494	84	145	30	4	4	55	54	19	62	95	.294	.376	.395	.771	195		7	16	6	2
Joseph Kubit	136	567	505	82	145	19	10	9	69	10	5	47	84	.287	.351	.418	.768	211		5	5	5	4
Steve Aragon	123	512	462	74	116	16	1	10	54	3	1	38	56	.251	.308	.355	.663	164		2	6	4	1
Bennie Richie	118	422	380	48	93	12	3	3	33	10	8	36	67	.245	.311	.316	.627	120		1	4	1	3
Bob DeCosta	94	361	320	43	90	7	1	2	39	3	3	28	36	.281	.340	.328	.668	105		2	8	3	3
Erez Borowsky	111	379	311	34	70	6	1	1	43	3	1	54	36	.225	.342	.260	.603	81		4	5	5	1
Frank Ramppen	70	277	239	37	59	3	1	3	28	13	2	28	33	.247	.326	.305	.631	73		2	4	4	0
Mario Ferrigno	43	170	151	20	39	4	0	1	18	0	0	15	16	.258	.341	.305	.646	46		4	0	0	0
Brian Rupe	52	198	168	23	39	4	1	1	18	6	3	27	31	.232	.335	.286	.621	48		0	1	2	3
Phil Franko	51	123	111	15	26	4	0	0	6	1	1	10	9	.234	.303	.270	.574	30		1	1	0	0
Reinaldo Orejas	17	26	24	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	.167	.231	.208	.439	5		0	0	0	0
Michael Tryon	6	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.222	.422	2		0	0	0	0
Mark Portugal	31	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1393	5332	4708	716	1305	183	32	84	635	159	62	487	686	.277	.346	.383	.730	1804	0	34	62	41	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joseph Kubit	1B	136	1104	75	21	105	.982	8.669
Bob DeCosta	1B	9	28	1	1	3	.967	3.222
Steve Aragon	2B	116	240	324	21	55	.964	4.862
Bob DeCosta	2B	31	63	71	7	13	.950	4.323
Frank Ramppen	3B	70	66	108	21	10	.892	2.486
Mario Ferrigno	3B	42	22	71	6	4	.939	2.214
Bob DeCosta	3B	30	16	39	7	4	.887	1.833
Phil Franko	3B	6	2	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Stan Holmes	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Erez Borowsky	C	111	640	94	6	7	.992	6.613	9
Stan Holmes	C	40	265	28	3	2	.990	7.325	8
Michael Tryon	C	6	21	3	0	0	1.000	4.000	0
Kirby Puckett	OF	137	253	22	5	5	.982	2.007
Greg Howe	OF	133	304	16	11	1	.967	2.406
Bennie Richie	OF	104	141	3	10	0	.935	1.385
Brian Rupe	OF	50	78	2	2	0	.976	1.600
Bob DeCosta	OF	9	6	0	1	0	.857	.667
Reinaldo Orejas	OF	8	22	1	1	0	.958	2.875
Frank Eufemia	P	64	7	27	1	2	.971	.531
Barry Belanger	P	55	3	13	0	0	1.000	.291
Curt Wardle	P	49	8	17	2	2	.926	.510
Mark Cartwright	P	32	8	18	1	1	.963	.812
Jack McMahon	P	27	13	26	6	0	.867	1.444
Sam Arrington	P	27	13	26	3	3	.929	1.444
Curt Kindred	P	26	7	14	1	0	.955	.808
Mark Portugal	P	24	9	16	6	5	.806	1.042
Philip Sheppard	P	17	2	4	0	1	1.000	.353
Tim Wiseman	P	14	3	4	1	0	.875	.500
Craig Henderson	P	8	1	13	2	0	.875	1.750
Jeff Arney	P	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Stan Holmes	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Álvaro Espinoza	SS	128	256	364	40	76	.939	4.844
Phil Franko	SS	20	21	27	3	6	.941	2.400
Bob DeCosta	SS	2	0	1	1	0	.500	.500
Totals		1539	3624	1432	190	305	.964	3.285	17	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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