1986 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 70-73
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Tom Haller (0-0), Bob Bailey (0-0)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Rickwood Field
Attendance: 175,932, Avg. 2,461
1986 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1986 season with a record of 70 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Barons scored 774 runs and allowed 780 runs. Tom Forrester led Birmingham with 24 home runs, while Ron Karkovice and Dave Cochrane walloped 15 or more, too. Tom Forrester drove in 88 runs. Manny Salinas paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .305 clip. Dave White topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.09 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1986 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ron Karkovice, Bobby Thigpen, Donn Pall, John Pawlowski, Ricky Seilheimer, Marv Foley, Jack Hardy, Ken Williams, Tony Menéndez, Dave Cochrane and Adam Peterson.

Tom Haller and Bob Bailey 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
Dave White113.7863.08503290011128.71205144662569345
Bobby Thigpen811.4214.6825250500159.7182978312541901124
Tony Menéndez78.4675.701717000096.3132716117500527014
John Pawlowski64.6004.9123161000106.311167581547258314
Jim Hickey65.5453.174242100796.7944634637267103
Jack Hardy66.5003.6334031001044.7472218617634102
Steve Oswald54.5567.641612120068.31066458927136515
Rich Devincenzo42.6674.472214300086.7965143840146006
Jim Rasmussen44.5003.81119010056.7482824732048113
John Johnson45.4444.611313010080.09349411133137202
Donn Pall34.4294.44219600173.0773836927341225
Kurt Walker35.3755.163031400368.0894839729254404
Adam Peterson13.2504.1865020032.3341615816121000
Ken Reed13.2507.47107100037.3553631634121004
Darren Burroughs13.2507.642431500335.3533330321223202
Ron Scheer001000000.00440400000
Mark Williams130.0
Frank Potestio01.0007.7172300021.027221832108202
Tim Cole01.00012.604120005.037721004000
Totals7072.4934.85369143127110351196.01367750644135561287094411650

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
Mike Yastrzemski124551494761412121273824355.285.341.409.7502022571
Manny Salinas11944842660130250455661624.305.329.392.7211670420
Tom Forrester137557489821243012488206497.254.338.466.8042280134
Troy Thomas1204973916811424155316159668.292.426.396.8221550461
Dave Cochrane93418349669523517744461102.272.378.513.8911792064
Mike Taylor104387333599213411492094745.276.367.438.8051463041
Ken Williams6829627241901656402691848.331.383.493.8761345100
Ron Karkovice97395319639013120532261109.282.394.517.9121654293
Rolando Pino10538330850791706451696574.256.388.370.7581143432
Pete Venturini70241211335563114512528.261.339.332.671700500
Jim Winters662602233255132431223327.247.345.377.722841210
Tom Moritz57236194404692929453337.237.363.443.807866210
Ricky Seilheimer62200172214461523102125.256.340.390.730672320
Mike Harris4215614717322201452427.218.237.259.495380410
Gralyn Engram49131111173030110431811.270.372.324.696360200
Ron Scheer20635361330060088.245.349.302.651161011
Marv Foley11413311030030384.303.439.394.833130000
Darrell Pruitt1637333900034243.273.351.273.62490000
Jorge Alcazar515151200000009.133.133.133.26720000
Tony Menéndez17110000000000.000.000.000.00000000
Totals13825313457473612512272912566312574625801.274.361.418.7791911029394617


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Tom Forrester1B13310777917110.9868.692
Tom Moritz1B1179523.9777.636
Troy Thomas1B460011.0001.500
Mike Yastrzemski1B130001.0003.000
Rolando Pino2B1012332112262.9534.396
Manny Salinas2B337181221.9874.606
Gralyn Engram2B15241926.9562.867
Mike Harris2B7111733.9034.000
Mike Yastrzemski2B120001.0002.000
Dave Cochrane3B92821973620.8863.033
Manny Salinas3B42277494.9182.405
Gralyn Engram3B1762753.8681.941
Tom Moritz3B323001.0001.667
Troy Thomas3B11110.6672.000
Ron KarkoviceC9246372107.9825.8158
Ricky SeilheimerC502591623.9935.5004
Marv FoleyC9418001.0005.4442
Jorge AlcazarC2103001.0006.5001
Troy ThomasOF108220950.9792.120
Mike YastrzemskiOF79158941.9772.114
Ken WilliamsOF63192381.9613.095
Rondal RollinOF49.000
Jim WintersOF48110140.9652.312
Mike TaylorOF4683130.9661.826
Tom MoritzOF3364251.9302.000
Ron ScheerOF1221110.9571.833
Darrell PruittOF10220001.0002.200
Gralyn EngramOF9130001.0001.444
Dave WhiteP5061550.808.420
Jim HickeyP42101321.920.548
Jack HardyP34210021.000.353
Kurt WalkerP303710.909.333
Bobby ThigpenP2591942.8751.120
Darren BurroughsP2427001.000.375
John PawlowskiP23317001.000.870
Rich DevincenzoP2241011.933.636
Donn PallP214920.867.619
Tony MenéndezP1761240.8181.059
Steve OswaldP1671110.9471.125
Mark WilliamsP13.000
John JohnsonP1331011.9291.000
Jim RasmussenP112210.800.364
Ken ReedP101610.875.700
Frank PotestioP711001.000.286
Adam PetersonP65211.8751.167
Tim ColeP402001.000.500
Ron ScheerP10000.000
Pete VenturiniSS691001741329.9553.971
Manny SalinasSS4378941719.9104.000
Mike HarrisSS3653931125.9304.056
Rolando PinoSS76820.8752.000
Dave CochraneSS104011.0004.000
Totals159635851365208328.9603.1021500

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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