1989 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 79-56
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (79-56)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 296,428, Avg. 4,392
Playoffs - Arkansas Travelers 2 games, Shreveport Captains 0
Finals - Arkansas Travelers 4 games, Wichita Wranglers 3
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1989 season with a record of 79 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Travelers scored 710 runs and conceded 568 runs. Ray Lankford led Arkansas with 11 home runs and drove in 98 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .317 clip. Dave Osteen topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.49 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Rod Brewer, Jeff Fassero, Bernard Gilkey, Ray Stephens, Mike Pérez, Geronimo Pena, Andy Rincon, Ray Lankford and Craig Wilson were all players from the 1989 Arkansas Travelers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Gaylen Pitts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Osteen | 15 | 5 | .750 | 3.49 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 165.0 | 179 | 77 | 64 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 12 | |
| Steve Mumaw | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.93 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 153.3 | 154 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 55 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Mike Hinkle | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.10 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.7 | 139 | 69 | 60 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.63 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 51 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Oyster | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.68 | 58 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.3 | 78 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Bill Bivens | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.87 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 68 | 41 | 37 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.64 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 44.0 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Frank Potestio | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 52 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Len Picota | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.07 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 77 | 44 | 37 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| John Lepley | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.39 | 59 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 63 | 40 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Pérez | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.64 | 57 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 76.7 | 68 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Brian Stone | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.15 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 51 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Sid Akins | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.76 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve Hill | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.98 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Andy Rincon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.21 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Craig Weissmann | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.07 | 40 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55.0 | 60 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 78 | 56 | .582 | 3.83 | 390 | 134 | 118 | 16 | 5 | 39 | 1121.3 | 1135 | 568 | 477 | 76 | 378 | 9 | 656 | 38 | 23 | 64 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Lankford | 134 | 574 | 498 | 98 | 158 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 98 | 38 | 10 | 65 | 57 | .317 | .395 | .488 | .883 | 243 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
| Bernard Gilkey | 131 | 585 | 500 | 104 | 139 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 53 | 22 | 70 | 54 | .278 | .366 | .376 | .742 | 188 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | |
| Rod Brewer | 128 | 526 | 470 | 71 | 130 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 46 | .277 | .348 | .402 | .750 | 189 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Julian Martinez | 128 | 490 | 451 | 57 | 115 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 102 | .255 | .296 | .395 | .690 | 178 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Roy Silver | 103 | 322 | 296 | 53 | 103 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | .348 | .388 | .493 | .881 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Mike Robertson | 119 | 440 | 398 | 60 | 103 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 67 | .259 | .328 | .344 | .672 | 137 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ray Stephens | 112 | 418 | 363 | 49 | 95 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 61 | .262 | .345 | .358 | .704 | 130 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Geronimo Pena | 77 | 320 | 267 | 61 | 79 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 38 | 68 | .296 | .394 | .517 | .911 | 138 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Craig Wilson | 55 | 250 | 224 | 41 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 14 | .317 | .377 | .393 | .769 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jesus Mendez | 93 | 277 | 245 | 31 | 70 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 20 | .286 | .361 | .408 | .769 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| Dennis Carter | 83 | 223 | 207 | 27 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 67 | .217 | .261 | .348 | .609 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank Moran | 58 | 136 | 115 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 23 | .165 | .271 | .183 | .453 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scott Melvin | 8 | 34 | 30 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .433 | .471 | .533 | 1.004 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Fox | 16 | 51 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .289 | .353 | .356 | .708 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scott Nichols | 20 | 59 | 50 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .240 | .322 | .260 | .582 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Mumaw | 28 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .205 | .238 | .205 | .443 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Hinkle | 21 | 37 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .241 | .267 | .276 | .543 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osteen | 27 | 38 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .233 | .219 | .300 | .519 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Sid Akins | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Rincon | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Stone | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Potestio | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .400 | .500 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Len Picota | 19 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .083 | .083 | .083 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bivens | 13 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Weissmann | 40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Pérez | 57 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Hill | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Oyster | 58 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Lepley | 59 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1657 | 4917 | 4338 | 710 | 1195 | 228 | 41 | 70 | 629 | 143 | 64 | 445 | 679 | .275 | .345 | .395 | .740 | 1715 | 0 | 37 | 51 | 46 | 36 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Brewer | 1B | 128 | 1084 | 97 | 12 | 106 | .990 | 9.227 | ||||
| Jesus Mendez | 1B | 9 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.889 | ||||
| Mike Fox | 1B | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | 2B | 77 | 177 | 208 | 14 | 55 | .965 | 5.000 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 53 | 124 | 149 | 11 | 36 | .961 | 5.151 | ||||
| Frank Moran | 2B | 6 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 2B | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Robertson | 3B | 116 | 63 | 237 | 21 | 24 | .935 | 2.586 | ||||
| Frank Moran | 3B | 25 | 13 | 41 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.160 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 3B | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ray Stephens | C | 108 | 545 | 63 | 9 | 8 | .985 | 5.630 | 9 | |||
| Scott Nichols | C | 19 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 4.316 | 4 | |||
| Mike Fox | C | 13 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 5.077 | 2 | |||
| Ray Lankford | OF | 134 | 367 | 9 | 11 | 2 | .972 | 2.806 | ||||
| Bernard Gilkey | OF | 131 | 236 | 22 | 9 | 2 | .966 | 1.969 | ||||
| Jesus Mendez | OF | 70 | 106 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 1.571 | ||||
| Dennis Carter | OF | 70 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 1.400 | ||||
| Roy Silver | OF | 26 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.538 | ||||
| Mike Robertson | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julian Martinez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Lepley | P | 59 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .339 | ||||
| Jeff Oyster | P | 58 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .840 | .362 | ||||
| Mike Pérez | P | 57 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .246 | ||||
| Craig Weissmann | P | 40 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .125 | ||||
| Dave Osteen | P | 27 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.296 | ||||
| Steve Mumaw | P | 26 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 7 | .965 | 2.115 | ||||
| Mike Hinkle | P | 21 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.762 | ||||
| Len Picota | P | 19 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.053 | ||||
| Steve Hill | P | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Bill Bivens | P | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Sid Akins | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Andy Rincon | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Brian Stone | P | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Frank Potestio | P | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Chuck McGrath | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .625 | ||||
| Jeff Fassero | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Julian Martinez | SS | 126 | 163 | 396 | 41 | 76 | .932 | 4.437 | ||||
| Frank Moran | SS | 11 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .902 | 3.364 | ||||
| Totals | 1531 | 3364 | 1466 | 163 | 345 | .967 | 3.155 | 15 | 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.
