1989 Augusta Pirates Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Stan Cliburn (77-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Ballpark: Heaton Park
Attendance: 119,153, Avg. 1,655
1989 Augusta Pirates RosterTeam Record: 77-67
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Stan Cliburn (77-67)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Augusta, Georgia
Ballpark: Heaton Park
Attendance: 119,153, Avg. 1,655
Playoffs - Augusta Pirates 2 games, Charleston Rainbows 1
Finals - Augusta Pirates 3 games, Gastonia Rangers 1
The Augusta Pirates of the South Atlantic League ended the 1989 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Pirates plated 709 runs, tops in the circuit. Augusta gave up 619 runs. Keith Raisanen paced the team with 15 home runs and accounted for 92 RBI. Glen McNabb led batters with significant playing time by hitting .265. Pete Blohm topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.33 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1989 Augusta Pirates who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ben Shelton, Mandy Romero and Tim Wakefield.
Stan Cliburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Blohm | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.32 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 135.7 | 123 | 48 | 35 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jeff Neely | 10 | 8 | .556 | 1.22 | 54 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 95.7 | 62 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 93 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Steve Buckholz | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.57 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 109 | 45 | 34 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Antonio Felix | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.98 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 160.7 | 137 | 85 | 71 | 3 | 123 | 2 | 161 | 11 | 1 | 13 | |
| Brent Honeywell | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.98 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.3 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tim McDowell | 6 | 8 | .429 | 2.85 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 142.3 | 125 | 58 | 45 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tim Odom | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 79 | 51 | 38 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Kevin Andersh | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.02 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 96 | 58 | 42 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 7 | |
| Clemente Acosta | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.29 | 28 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 81.7 | 95 | 56 | 48 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Bobby Underwood | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.70 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 96.7 | 73 | 44 | 29 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| Ken Huseby | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.28 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 109.3 | 109 | 64 | 52 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 81 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
| Mike Stevanus | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47.0 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Rod Byerly | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ramon Valdez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bill Copp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Kuder | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.97 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Scott Brown | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals | 77 | 67 | .535 | 3.46 | 300 | 144 | 109 | 35 | 5 | 25 | 1239.3 | 1155 | 619 | 477 | 36 | 569 | 27 | 946 | 50 | 26 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen McNabb | 124 | 523 | 452 | 60 | 120 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 56 | 14 | 20 | 55 | 75 | .265 | .345 | .332 | .677 | 150 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| Keith Raisanen | 125 | 520 | 437 | 67 | 115 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 92 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 113 | .263 | .367 | .419 | .786 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Ben Shelton | 122 | 478 | 386 | 67 | 95 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 18 | 4 | 87 | 132 | .246 | .387 | .370 | .757 | 143 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mandy Romero | 121 | 470 | 388 | 58 | 87 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 8 | 5 | 67 | 74 | .224 | .343 | .338 | .680 | 131 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | |
| Chris Estep | 121 | 480 | 393 | 76 | 87 | 23 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 28 | 8 | 80 | 149 | .221 | .360 | .379 | .739 | 149 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Osborne | 74 | 302 | 267 | 46 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 63 | .300 | .381 | .487 | .868 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greg Sims | 95 | 405 | 296 | 71 | 69 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 46 | 19 | 91 | 84 | .233 | .418 | .307 | .726 | 91 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Huyler | 82 | 292 | 261 | 30 | 62 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 39 | .238 | .284 | .303 | .587 | 79 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | |
| Bill Jerich | 73 | 280 | 243 | 35 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 61 | .218 | .307 | .284 | .591 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Stout | 75 | 220 | 183 | 31 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 14 | .268 | .354 | .279 | .633 | 51 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | |
| Felix Antigua | 50 | 196 | 180 | 23 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | .256 | .311 | .289 | .600 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Flavio Williams | 44 | 146 | 124 | 24 | 43 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .347 | .430 | .427 | .857 | 53 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Darwin Pennye | 27 | 127 | 112 | 21 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 17 | .357 | .417 | .464 | .882 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Robert Bailey | 51 | 222 | 185 | 20 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 37 | 44 | .200 | .333 | .238 | .571 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Miguel Valverde | 45 | 182 | 158 | 18 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 48 | .209 | .308 | .247 | .555 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ken Trusky | 26 | 109 | 103 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .243 | .275 | .340 | .615 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Brewington | 22 | 96 | 88 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 21 | .250 | .312 | .364 | .676 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Merchant | 15 | 67 | 59 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .322 | .388 | .458 | .846 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Thomas | 32 | 93 | 90 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 45 | .189 | .215 | .322 | .537 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fernando Arguelles | 31 | 111 | 97 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .175 | .250 | .227 | .477 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert Harris | 8 | 32 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .281 | .281 | .344 | .625 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Wakefield | 11 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .235 | .257 | .353 | .610 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stevanus | 27 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .250 | .368 | .375 | .743 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Chance | 5 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .136 | .136 | .409 | .545 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nelson Caraballo | 12 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .097 | .200 | .097 | .297 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Neely | 55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clemente Acosta | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent Honeywell | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1527 | 5471 | 4646 | 709 | 1145 | 218 | 32 | 59 | 606 | 193 | 96 | 694 | 1125 | .246 | .347 | .345 | .692 | 1604 | 0 | 42 | 51 | 38 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Shelton | 1B | 117 | 976 | 69 | 27 | 71 | .975 | 8.932 | ||||
| Jeff Osborne | 1B | 19 | 178 | 7 | 1 | 14 | .995 | 9.737 | ||||
| Mark Thomas | 1B | 6 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Mike Brewington | 1B | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Tim Wakefield | 1B | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 11.500 | ||||
| Keith Raisanen | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Neely | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Glen McNabb | 2B | 124 | 235 | 284 | 27 | 60 | .951 | 4.185 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 2B | 18 | 32 | 37 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 3.833 | ||||
| Flavio Williams | 2B | 10 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 3.800 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | 2B | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 4.800 | ||||
| Keith Raisanen | 3B | 86 | 57 | 149 | 23 | 9 | .900 | 2.395 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | 3B | 36 | 22 | 52 | 7 | 3 | .914 | 2.056 | ||||
| Flavio Williams | 3B | 33 | 19 | 46 | 5 | 8 | .929 | 1.970 | ||||
| Tim Wakefield | 3B | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mandy Romero | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Osborne | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mandy Romero | C | 98 | 628 | 73 | 8 | 6 | .989 | 7.153 | 10 | |||
| Fernando Arguelles | C | 23 | 154 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 7.391 | 3 | |||
| Felix Antigua | C | 22 | 140 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 7.182 | 8 | |||
| Nelson Caraballo | C | 12 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Jeff Osborne | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | |||
| Chris Estep | OF | 120 | 214 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .970 | 1.867 | ||||
| Greg Sims | OF | 91 | 205 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .972 | 2.308 | ||||
| Bill Jerich | OF | 69 | 105 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .974 | 1.609 | ||||
| Miguel Valverde | OF | 41 | 96 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .923 | 2.341 | ||||
| Darwin Pennye | OF | 27 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .931 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Trusky | OF | 26 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 2.385 | ||||
| Mark Thomas | OF | 21 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.048 | ||||
| Mark Merchant | OF | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.643 | ||||
| Mike Brewington | OF | 13 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.154 | ||||
| Jeff Osborne | OF | 10 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Robert Harris | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.571 | ||||
| Tony Chance | OF | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Keith Raisanen | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Neely | P | 54 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .407 | ||||
| Clemente Acosta | P | 28 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .893 | ||||
| Antonio Felix | P | 27 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .852 | ||||
| Brent Honeywell | P | 26 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .423 | ||||
| Bobby Underwood | P | 23 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .478 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | P | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Ken Huseby | P | 22 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim McDowell | P | 21 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.762 | ||||
| Pete Blohm | P | 18 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.833 | ||||
| Steve Buckholz | P | 17 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.882 | ||||
| Tim Odom | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 1.071 | ||||
| Kevin Andersh | P | 14 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 2.214 | ||||
| Scott Brown | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Kuder | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Bill Copp | P | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Ramon Valdez | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rod Byerly | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Huyler | SS | 82 | 113 | 229 | 27 | 32 | .927 | 4.171 | ||||
| Robert Bailey | SS | 51 | 61 | 137 | 25 | 25 | .888 | 3.882 | ||||
| Jeff Stout | SS | 21 | 27 | 43 | 3 | 7 | .959 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1523 | 3718 | 1454 | 229 | 280 | .958 | 3.396 | 22 | 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.
