1988 Appleton Foxes Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 6th in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Brian Poldberg (58-82)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Goodland Field
Attendance: 85,310, Avg. 1,219

1988 Appleton Foxes Roster

The Appleton Foxes of the Midwest League ended the 1988 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing sixth in the league's North Division.

The Foxes scored 585 runs and conceded 658 runs. Bobby Knecht drove in 82 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .282. Tom Gordon and Bill Stonikas led the team with 7 wins each, while Tom Gordon recorded a 2.06 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Mike Butcher, David Howard, Terry Shumpert, Jorge Pedre, Tom Gordon, Dennis Moeller, Mike Magnante and Tim Spehr were all players from the 1988 Appleton Foxes who played in the Majors during their careers.

Brian Poldberg 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
Tom Gordon	7	5	.583	2.06	17	17	0	5	1	0	118.0	69	30	27	3	43	1	172	0	4	10
Bill Stonikas	7	6	.538	4.72	41	4	22	1	0	7	80.0	85	49	42	3	29	3	53	2	6	3
Brian McCormack	6	5	.545	2.44	45	0	26	0	0	12	81.0	73	34	22	4	31	1	68	0	0	7
Jesus DeLeon	6	12	.333	3.25	26	26	0	1	0	0	152.3	148	68	55	13	77	0	111	7	7	6
Kevin Shaw	5	4	.556	1.99	18	18	0	2	0	0	90.3	83	40	20	2	33	0	40	2	0	9
Doug Nelson	5	8	.385	4.27	37	15	6	1	0	3	135.0	140	76	64	10	49	0	95	11	9	6
Ben Pierce	3	1	.750	2.95	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.7	32	15	13	1	26	0	27	1	0	7
Mike Magnante	3	2	.600	3.21	9	8	0	0	0	0	47.7	48	20	17	3	15	0	40	0	0	3
Dennis Moeller	3	5	.375	3.18	20	18	1	0	0	0	99.0	94	46	35	4	34	1	88	4	2	5
Archie Smith	3	10	.231	6.56	24	10	7	1	0	1	83.7	109	66	61	9	25	1	68	8	1	2
Randy Goodenough	2	1	.667	4.22	28	1	8	0	0	2	49.0	53	27	23	1	31	0	23	3	1	6
Keith Shibata	2	2	.500	4.91	16	0	5	0	0	0	25.7	27	19	14	2	13	0	35	0	6	2
Dennis Studeman	2	3	.400	2.38	28	0	14	0	0	3	34.0	27	21	9	1	18	1	32	2	0	3
Tim Odom	2	3	.400	4.21	29	3	11	0	0	0	57.7	64	31	27	3	26	1	50	1	7	4
Brian Meyers	1	0	1.000	6.94	14	0	4	0	0	0	23.3	27	21	18	0	14	0	13	2	0	2
Hal Hempen	1	1	.500	7.45	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.7	13	10	8	1	8	0	9	1	2	0
Mike Butcher					4						0.0
Zack Kimbell	0	0		0.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	10.0	4	0	0	0	9	2	9	0	0	4
Linton Dyer	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0
Frank Halcovich	0	0		14.14	5	0	5	0	0	0	7.0	15	11	11	0	6	0	3	0	0	1
Luis Mallea	0	6	.000	5.53	12	8	1	0	0	0	40.7	47	42	25	1	25	2	24	3	6	5
Karl Drezek	0	7	.000	6.11	19	1	13	0	0	2	28.0	33	23	19	4	17	2	15	2	1	7
Totals	58	81	.417	3.79	412	136	129	11	1	30	1212.7	1193	651	510	65	530	15	976	49	54	92	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
Don Wright	135	562	500	67	135	25	2	5	61	31	14	55	100	.270	.340	.358	.698	179		0	3	4	2
Bobby Knecht	127	538	465	65	131	22	8	5	82	23	10	62	78	.282	.362	.396	.758	184		2	0	9	2
Jorge Pedre	111	445	412	44	112	20	2	6	54	4	2	23	76	.272	.312	.374	.686	154		4	0	6	1
Terry Shumpert	114	486	422	64	102	37	2	7	38	36	3	56	90	.242	.331	.389	.720	164		3	0	5	1
Darryl Robinson	108	419	393	40	98	16	1	2	33	4	5	15	60	.249	.281	.310	.592	122		4	3	4	2
Darren Watkins	96	403	366	42	97	8	8	4	46	33	10	24	86	.265	.322	.363	.685	133		8	2	3	2
David Howard	110	402	368	48	82	9	4	1	22	7	5	25	80	.223	.274	.277	.551	102		2	4	3	0
Trey Gainous	91	359	308	49	78	5	3	0	22	21	8	35	58	.253	.336	.289	.625	89		6	5	5	1
Jeff Baum	95	369	314	46	74	12	3	3	22	5	5	40	62	.236	.329	.322	.650	101		5	7	3	2
Mike Beall	72	276	255	20	61	10	1	0	23	3	0	18	30	.239	.287	.286	.574	73		0	1	2	2
Linton Dyer	62	200	160	19	37	7	0	2	19	2	3	32	37	.231	.364	.312	.677	50		2	5	1	0
Frank Henderson	49	197	177	18	36	3	0	0	17	7	6	19	47	.203	.281	.220	.501	39		0	1	0	1
Tim Spehr	31	126	110	15	29	3	0	5	22	3	0	10	28	.264	.341	.427	.769	47		4	0	2	0
Mark Gassman	35	121	112	12	20	2	0	0	4	4	1	6	42	.179	.233	.196	.430	22		2	1	0	0
Doug Bock	29	94	79	11	19	2	2	0	10	1	0	13	19	.241	.351	.316	.668	25		1	0	1	1
Frank Halcovich	37	115	102	7	18	3	0	0	8	0	0	8	20	.176	.252	.206	.458	21		3	0	2	1
Chris Gurchiek	22	82	77	11	12	2	0	0	1	2	0	5	19	.156	.207	.182	.389	14		0	0	0	0
Juan Beniquez	23	67	58	7	9	0	1	0	4	2	3	6	32	.155	.242	.190	.432	11		1	1	1	0
Ruben Pujols	8	24	23	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	6	.304	.333	.348	.681	8		0	0	0	0
Totals	1355	5285	4701	585	1157	187	37	40	490	188	77	453	970	.246	.315	.327	.643	1538	0	47	33	51	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mike Beall	1B	62	513	38	4	50	.993	8.887
Don Wright	1B	42	346	38	10	23	.975	9.143
Darryl Robinson	1B	38	287	16	7	22	.977	7.974
Bobby Knecht	1B	4	29	1	0	2	1.000	7.500
Jorge Pedre	1B	1	5	2	1	0	.875	7.000
Doug Bock	1B	1	10	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
Terry Shumpert	2B	111	234	266	20	55	.962	4.505
Bobby Knecht	2B	22	37	43	1	7	.988	3.636
Jeff Baum	2B	14	31	30	3	7	.953	4.357
Darryl Robinson	3B	70	49	150	15	14	.930	2.843
Jeff Baum	3B	54	43	105	11	7	.931	2.741
Bobby Knecht	3B	32	27	45	8	1	.900	2.250
Jorge Pedre	C	80	556	83	14	4	.979	7.988	27
Linton Dyer	C	23	119	11	5	1	.963	5.652	8
Tim Spehr	C	22	146	14	7	0	.958	7.273	5
Doug Bock	C	22	123	18	5	1	.966	6.409	4
Ruben Pujols	C	6	38	4	0	1	1.000	7.000	3
Darren Watkins	OF	92	188	6	9	1	.956	2.109
Trey Gainous	OF	91	187	4	3	0	.985	2.099
Don Wright	OF	88	168	14	15	3	.924	2.068
Frank Henderson	OF	44	62	1	6	0	.913	1.432
Mark Gassman	OF	35	75	0	3	0	.962	2.143
Linton Dyer	OF	26	42	3	3	0	.938	1.731
Chris Gurchiek	OF	22	45	1	3	1	.939	2.091
Bobby Knecht	OF	19	24	4	3	0	.903	1.474
Juan Beniquez	OF	19	20	2	1	0	.957	1.158
Frank Halcovich	OF	8	4	0	1	0	.800	.500
Mike Beall	OF	4	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.500
Terry Shumpert	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brian McCormack	P	45	7	16	1	1	.958	.511
Bill Stonikas	P	41	4	14	3	1	.857	.439
Doug Nelson	P	37	8	29	7	3	.841	1.000
Tim Odom	P	29	5	2	0	1	1.000	.241
Dennis Studeman	P	28	1	7	1	1	.889	.286
Randy Goodenough	P	28	1	8	0	0	1.000	.321
Jesus DeLeon	P	26	5	26	5	1	.861	1.192
Archie Smith	P	24	7	18	1	3	.962	1.042
Dennis Moeller	P	20	3	18	3	1	.875	1.050
Karl Drezek	P	19	2	11	2	1	.867	.684
Kevin Shaw	P	18	7	17	5	2	.828	1.333
Tom Gordon	P	17	8	8	2	0	.889	.941
Keith Shibata	P	16	1	2	2	0	.600	.188
Brian Meyers	P	14	2	3	1	0	.833	.357
Luis Mallea	P	12	5	4	3	0	.750	.750
Mike Magnante	P	9	3	9	1	1	.923	1.333
Ben Pierce	P	8	0	7	0	0	1.000	.875
Zack Kimbell	P	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Hal Hempen	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Frank Halcovich	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Mike Butcher	P	4						.000
Linton Dyer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
David Howard	SS	110	151	275	43	50	.908	3.873
Jeff Baum	SS	26	34	53	16	7	.845	3.346
Bobby Knecht	SS	13	19	38	1	6	.983	4.385
Totals		1614	3691	1470	255	280	.953	3.198	47	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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