1986 Birmingham Barons Statistics
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
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.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 White | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.08 | 50 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 128.7 | 120 | 51 | 44 | 6 | 62 | 5 | 69 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
Bobby Thigpen | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.68 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 159.7 | 182 | 97 | 83 | 12 | 54 | 1 | 90 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |
Tony Menéndez | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.70 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.3 | 132 | 71 | 61 | 17 | 50 | 0 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
John Pawlowski | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.91 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 | 111 | 67 | 58 | 15 | 47 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Jim Hickey | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.17 | 42 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 96.7 | 94 | 46 | 34 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Jack Hardy | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.63 | 34 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 44.7 | 47 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Steve Oswald | 5 | 4 | .556 | 7.64 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 106 | 64 | 58 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
Rich Devincenzo | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.47 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 | 96 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Jim Rasmussen | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.81 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 48 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
John Johnson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.61 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 | 93 | 49 | 41 | 11 | 33 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Donn Pall | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.44 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.0 | 77 | 38 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Kurt Walker | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.16 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.0 | 89 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Adam Peterson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 34 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Reed | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.47 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 55 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 34 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Darren Burroughs | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.64 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35.3 | 53 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Ron Scheer | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mark Williams | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frank Potestio | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.71 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Tim Cole | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 70 | 72 | .493 | 4.85 | 369 | 143 | 127 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 1196.0 | 1367 | 750 | 644 | 135 | 561 | 28 | 709 | 44 | 11 | 65 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Yastrzemski | 124 | 551 | 494 | 76 | 141 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 43 | 55 | .285 | .341 | .409 | .750 | 202 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |
Manny Salinas | 119 | 448 | 426 | 60 | 130 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 24 | .305 | .329 | .392 | .721 | 167 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Tom Forrester | 137 | 557 | 489 | 82 | 124 | 30 | 1 | 24 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 97 | .254 | .338 | .466 | .804 | 228 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Troy Thomas | 120 | 497 | 391 | 68 | 114 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 16 | 15 | 96 | 68 | .292 | .426 | .396 | .822 | 155 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
Dave Cochrane | 93 | 418 | 349 | 66 | 95 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 74 | 4 | 4 | 61 | 102 | .272 | .378 | .513 | .891 | 179 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
Mike Taylor | 104 | 387 | 333 | 59 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 20 | 9 | 47 | 45 | .276 | .367 | .438 | .805 | 146 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Ken Williams | 68 | 296 | 272 | 41 | 90 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 48 | .331 | .383 | .493 | .876 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Karkovice | 97 | 395 | 319 | 63 | 90 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 109 | .282 | .394 | .517 | .912 | 165 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | |
Rolando Pino | 105 | 383 | 308 | 50 | 79 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 65 | 74 | .256 | .388 | .370 | .758 | 114 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Pete Venturini | 70 | 241 | 211 | 33 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 28 | .261 | .339 | .332 | .671 | 70 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Winters | 66 | 260 | 223 | 32 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 27 | .247 | .345 | .377 | .722 | 84 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Tom Moritz | 57 | 236 | 194 | 40 | 46 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 37 | .237 | .363 | .443 | .807 | 86 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Ricky Seilheimer | 62 | 200 | 172 | 21 | 44 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 25 | .256 | .340 | .390 | .730 | 67 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Mike Harris | 42 | 156 | 147 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 27 | .218 | .237 | .259 | .495 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
Gralyn Engram | 49 | 131 | 111 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | .270 | .372 | .324 | .696 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ron Scheer | 20 | 63 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | .245 | .349 | .302 | .651 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Marv Foley | 11 | 41 | 33 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 4 | .303 | .439 | .394 | .833 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Darrell Pruitt | 16 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .273 | .351 | .273 | .624 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jorge Alcazar | 5 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .133 | .133 | .133 | .267 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Menéndez | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1382 | 5313 | 4574 | 736 | 1251 | 227 | 29 | 125 | 663 | 125 | 74 | 625 | 801 | .274 | .361 | .418 | .779 | 1911 | 0 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 17 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Forrester | 1B | 133 | 1077 | 79 | 17 | 110 | .986 | 8.692 | ||||
Tom Moritz | 1B | 11 | 79 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .977 | 7.636 | ||||
Troy Thomas | 1B | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Mike Yastrzemski | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Rolando Pino | 2B | 101 | 233 | 211 | 22 | 62 | .953 | 4.396 | ||||
Manny Salinas | 2B | 33 | 71 | 81 | 2 | 21 | .987 | 4.606 | ||||
Gralyn Engram | 2B | 15 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 6 | .956 | 2.867 | ||||
Mike Harris | 2B | 7 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 4.000 | ||||
Mike Yastrzemski | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Dave Cochrane | 3B | 92 | 82 | 197 | 36 | 20 | .886 | 3.033 | ||||
Manny Salinas | 3B | 42 | 27 | 74 | 9 | 4 | .918 | 2.405 | ||||
Gralyn Engram | 3B | 17 | 6 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .868 | 1.941 | ||||
Tom Moritz | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
Troy Thomas | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
Ron Karkovice | C | 92 | 463 | 72 | 10 | 7 | .982 | 5.815 | 8 | |||
Ricky Seilheimer | C | 50 | 259 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 5.500 | 4 | |||
Marv Foley | C | 9 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.444 | 2 | |||
Jorge Alcazar | C | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
Troy Thomas | OF | 108 | 220 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .979 | 2.120 | ||||
Mike Yastrzemski | OF | 79 | 158 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 2.114 | ||||
Ken Williams | OF | 63 | 192 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .961 | 3.095 | ||||
Rondal Rollin | OF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Winters | OF | 48 | 110 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 2.312 | ||||
Mike Taylor | OF | 46 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.826 | ||||
Tom Moritz | OF | 33 | 64 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .930 | 2.000 | ||||
Ron Scheer | OF | 12 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
Darrell Pruitt | OF | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Gralyn Engram | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
Dave White | P | 50 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | .808 | .420 | ||||
Jim Hickey | P | 42 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .548 | ||||
Jack Hardy | P | 34 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
Kurt Walker | P | 30 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .333 | ||||
Bobby Thigpen | P | 25 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 1.120 | ||||
Darren Burroughs | P | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
John Pawlowski | P | 23 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .870 | ||||
Rich Devincenzo | P | 22 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .636 | ||||
Donn Pall | P | 21 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .619 | ||||
Tony Menéndez | P | 17 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.059 | ||||
Steve Oswald | P | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.125 | ||||
Mark Williams | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
John Johnson | P | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
Jim Rasmussen | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
Ken Reed | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .700 | ||||
Frank Potestio | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Adam Peterson | P | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
Tim Cole | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Ron Scheer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Pete Venturini | SS | 69 | 100 | 174 | 13 | 29 | .955 | 3.971 | ||||
Manny Salinas | SS | 43 | 78 | 94 | 17 | 19 | .910 | 4.000 | ||||
Mike Harris | SS | 36 | 53 | 93 | 11 | 25 | .930 | 4.056 | ||||
Rolando Pino | SS | 7 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 2.000 | ||||
Dave Cochrane | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
Totals | 1596 | 3585 | 1365 | 208 | 328 | .960 | 3.102 | 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.
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