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1983 Oakland Athletics Draft Class
1983 Oakland Athletics
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1983 1 5 June-Reg Stan Hilton P Yes College Baylor P 6-1 195 R R 1960-09-19 Oklahoma City,OK AAA 1983-1989 1983 3 59 June-Reg John Marquardt SS Yes College Missouri SS 6-2 180 R R 1962-11-18 Wilmette,IL AA 1982-1986 1983 4 85 June-Reg Steve Chasteen P Yes HS Patrick Henry (San Diego,CA) P 6-4 185 R R 1965-06-28 San Diego,CA Rk 1983-1983 1983 5 111 June-Reg Brian Guinn SS Yes College California SS 6-1 173 B R 1960-12-09 Richmond,CA AAA 1982-1992 1983 6 137 June-Reg John Leister P No College Michigan State P 6-2 200 R R 1961-01-03 San Antonio,TX MLB 1987-1990 1984-1990
1983 7 163 June-Reg Jose Tolentino 1B Yes College Texas 1B 6-1 195 L L 1961-06-03 Mexico City,MX MLB 1991-1991 1983-1997 1983 8 189 June-Reg Jeff Peterson P No College St. Mary's (CA) P 6-6 220 L L 1961-06-09 A+ 1984-1984 1983 9 215 June-Reg Terry Steinbach 3B Yes College Minnesota C 6-1 195 R R 1962-03-02 New Ulm,MN MLB 1986-1999 1981-1999 1983 10 241 June-Reg Brian Dorsett C Yes College Indiana State C 6-3 220 R R 1961-04-09 Terre Haute,IN MLB 1987-1996 1980-1996 1983 11 267 June-Reg Greg Cadaret P Yes College Grand Valley State P 6-3 210 L L 1962-02-27 Detroit,MI MLB 1987-1998 1983-1999
1983 12 293 June-Reg Jim Jones C Yes College Pepperdine C 5-11 205 R R 1961-10-25 Elk City,OK AAA 1984-1989 1983 13 319 June-Reg Doug Scherer p Yes College Arizona P 6-4 185 R R 1961-07-18 San Jose,CA AAA 1983-1988 1983 14 345 June-Reg Twayne Harris SS Yes HS Long Beach Poly (Long Beach,CA) SS 6-1 170 R R 1965-12-02 Long Beach,CA A+ 1983-1986 1983 15 371 June-Reg Scott Whaley p Yes College Jacksonville State P 6-0 210 R R 1960-12-25 Ellenwood,GA AA 1983-1986 1983 16 397 June-Reg Orlando Artiles OF Yes College Miami OF 6-0 185 L L 1962-11-25 Miami,FL A 1983-1984
1983 17 423 June-Reg Robert Ryley OF No HS St. Francis de Sales (Chicago,IL) OF 1983 18 449 June-Reg David Karasinski p No HS Utica (Utica,MI) P 5-11 190 L L 1965-07-20 Utica,MI A+ 1985-1991 1983 19 475 June-Reg Roger Lewis p No College Oral Roberts P 6-0 175 R R Rapid City,SD Rk 1984-1984 1983 20 500 June-Reg Jeff Anderson p No College Nebraska P 6-1 180 R R Nampa,ID A+ 1984-1986 1983 21 524 June-Reg Mike Fulmer p Yes College UC Santa Barbara P 6-4 225 R L 1961-07-11 Lancaster,CA A+ 1983-1986
1983 22 548 June-Reg Larry Smith p Yes College California Baptist P 5-11 208 L L 1960-10-10 Sunnymead,CA AA 1983-1987 1983 23 572 June-Reg Gary Wayne p No College Michigan P 6-3 192 L L 1962-11-30 Dearborn,MI MLB 1989-1994 1980-1994 1983 24 596 June-Reg Steve Chumas 3B Yes College Western Michigan 3B 6-2 188 L R 1962-02-08 Rk 1983-1983 1983 25 619 June-Reg Larry Beardman OF Yes College Cal Poly Pomona 2B 6-0 180 R R 1960-11-29 Anaheim,CA A 1983-1985 1983 26 642 June-Reg Matt Held OF Yes College UC Riverside C 6-0 185 R R 1961-08-11 Indio,CA Rk 1982-1983
1983 27 665 June-Reg Brian Leighton OF No College Loyola Marymount OF 6-1 185 R R A 1984-1984 1983 28 688 June-Reg Camilo Pascual p Yes College Miami P 5-10 175 R R 1961-08-29 Rk 1983-1983 1983 29 709 June-Reg Bob Vantrease p Yes College Delaware P 6-0 185 L L 1961-06-27 Seaford,DE AA 1981-1984 1983 30 729 June-Reg Steve Gomez p Yes College Cal Poly Pomona P 5-10 175 R R 1961-09-06 Inglewood,CA AAA 1983-1987 1983 31 746 June-Reg Scott Schultz 3B No College Mira Costa College 3B 6-3 190 R R 1963-11-08 Bellflower,CA A+ 1984-1987
1983 32 761 June-Reg Mike Rantz 2B-SS Yes College St. Thomas (MN) SS 5-10 190 R R Arden Hills,MN A- 1983-1983 1983 33 775 June-Reg Steven Maunakea p-OF No HS Balboa (San Francisco,CA) P-OF San Francisco,CA 1983 34 786 June-Reg Ralph Sheffield Of Yes College Pepperdine OF 5-8 153 L R 1961-06-16 Santa Monica,CA A- 1983-1983 1983 35 795 June-Reg Scott Wanzer p Yes College UC Riverside P 6-0 180 R R 1961-02-20 A- 1982-1984 1983 36 802 June-Reg Craig Amerkhanian p No College California P
1983 1 7 June-Sec Rob Nelson 1B Yes College Mount San Antonio College 1B 6-4 215 L L 1964-05-17 Pasadena,CA MLB 1986-1990 1983-1994 1983 2 33 June-Sec Mark Bauer P Yes College Miami P 6-3 195 R R 1962-03-02 Merced,CA AAA 1983-1986 1983 3 54 June-Sec Luis Medina OF No College Cerritos 1B 6-4 200 R L 1963-03-26 Santa Monica,CA MLB 1988-1991 1984-1992 1983 4 72 June-Sec Mark Leonette P Yes College Rio Hondo CC P 6-4 180 R R 1961-11-29 San Jose,CA AAA 1983-1988 1983 5 83 June-Sec Joe Odom P Yes College Laney College P 6-3 209 R R 1962-09-14 Oakland,CA A+ 1983-1985
1983 6 87 June-Sec James Jackson 1B Yes College Laney College 1B 6-4 190 L R 1964-02-25 Sunnyvale,CA A- 1983-1984 1983 1 6 Jan-Reg Oscar DeChavez P Yes College Fullerton College P 6-1 200 R R 1964-07-30 Anaheim,CA A+ 1983-1986 1983 2 32 Jan-Reg Bill Dudek P No College Central Arizona College P 6-2 205 R R Detroit,MI NCAA 1985-1985 1983 3 57 Jan-Reg Darel Hansen P Yes College Riverside CC P 6-2 205 R R 1963-05-08 Riverside,CA A+ 1983-1986 1983 4 83 Jan-Reg James Reschke P Yes College Imperial Valley College P
1983 5 109 Jan-Reg Dale Johnson P Yes College Citrus College P 1983 6 135 Jan-Reg Steve Bowens P Yes College Compton CC P 6-3 190 L L 1963-08-03 Rk 1983-1983 1983 7 161 Jan-Reg Jerry Goff 1B-C No College College of Marin C 6-3 205 L R 1964-04-12 San Rafael,CA MLB 1990-1996 1984-1997 1983 8 185 Jan-Reg Steve Howard OF Yes College Laney College RF-LF 6-2 205 R R 1963-12-07 Oakland,CA MLB 1990-1990 1983-1992 1983 9 208 Jan-Reg Philip Braase SS Yes College Southern Idaho SS
1983 10 230 Jan-Reg Bill Anderson P Yes College Los Angeles Harbor College P 6-6 225 R R 1963-04-02 Los Angeles,CA NCAA 1984-1984 1983 11 251 Jan-Reg Maurice Castain OF Yes College Napa Valley College OF 6-4 190 R R 1961-09-17 Castro Valley,CA A 1983-1984 1983 1 2 Jan-Sec Todd Welborn P No FA North Carolina P 6-2 215 R R 1963-11-10 Ronda,NC AA 1985-1989 1983 2 28 Jan-Sec Twain Freeman P Yes College Utica College P Chicago,IL 1983 3 51 Jan-Sec Mike Wilder 2B Yes College St. Mary's (CA) 2B 6-1 170 R R 1960-10-14 Berkeley,CA AA 1983-1985
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