1988 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 62-82
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Rico Petrocelli (62-82)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 269,831, Avg. 3,748
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1988 season with a record of 62 wins and 82 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 612 runs and surrendered 654 runs. Carlos Martínez led Birmingham with 14 home runs and accounted for 73 RBI. Craig Grebeck paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Doug Little topped the squad with 12 wins, while Tom Drees earned a 2.79 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1988 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Davis, Dar Smith, Matt Merullo, Tony Menéndez, Carlos Martínez, Craig Grebeck, Tom Drees, Ray Chadwick, Wayne Edwards and John Pawlowski.
Rico Petrocelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Little | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.98 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 171.7 | 184 | 95 | 76 | 11 | 39 | 1 | 98 | 3 | 9 | 4 | |
| Tom Drees | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.79 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 158.0 | 149 | 63 | 49 | 5 | 52 | 0 | 94 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |
| Grady Hall | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.96 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 137.0 | 132 | 59 | 45 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 69 | 3 | 11 | 4 | |
| Wayne Edwards | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.90 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 167.0 | 176 | 108 | 91 | 9 | 92 | 3 | 136 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Chuck Mount | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.01 | 36 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.7 | 81 | 48 | 40 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 60 | 5 | 8 | 4 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.94 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 153.0 | 131 | 79 | 67 | 14 | 64 | 0 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Ray Chadwick | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.92 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 31 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| John Pawlowski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.29 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27.3 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tom Forrester | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Boling | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.58 | 30 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.7 | 47 | 29 | 29 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tim Scott | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.78 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 64 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dar Smith | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.23 | 40 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53.0 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Rich Gaynor | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.29 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49.3 | 49 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Troy Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Diaz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.03 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tony Blasucci | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0.81 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.3 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kevin Renz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.24 | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 51 | 36 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Totals | 62 | 82 | .431 | 3.86 | 357 | 144 | 117 | 27 | 6 | 22 | 1241.3 | 1196 | 654 | 533 | 68 | 515 | 18 | 829 | 33 | 66 | 70 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Martínez | 133 | 544 | 498 | 67 | 138 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 73 | 25 | 7 | 36 | 82 | .277 | .325 | .418 | .742 | 208 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Craig Grebeck | 133 | 527 | 450 | 57 | 126 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 65 | 72 | .280 | .371 | .391 | .762 | 176 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Matt Merullo | 125 | 496 | 449 | 58 | 117 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 59 | .261 | .323 | .359 | .682 | 161 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jerry Bertolani | 133 | 585 | 491 | 82 | 117 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 64 | 13 | 6 | 76 | 64 | .238 | .344 | .334 | .678 | 164 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| Tom Forrester | 124 | 512 | 446 | 51 | 107 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 54 | 85 | .240 | .322 | .386 | .707 | 172 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| Dan Cronkright | 107 | 405 | 359 | 38 | 82 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 61 | .228 | .308 | .295 | .603 | 106 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Willie Magallanes | 121 | 451 | 400 | 48 | 77 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 120 | .192 | .272 | .308 | .580 | 123 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Mark Davis | 66 | 293 | 248 | 52 | 72 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 13 | 38 | 55 | .290 | .399 | .460 | .859 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cornelio Garcia | 60 | 263 | 229 | 37 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 29 | 44 | .284 | .373 | .358 | .731 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Todd Trafton | 77 | 300 | 273 | 35 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 50 | .212 | .263 | .341 | .603 | 93 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Troy Thomas | 97 | 377 | 313 | 31 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 59 | 65 | .185 | .315 | .204 | .519 | 64 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pete Venturini | 38 | 151 | 139 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 29 | .273 | .318 | .309 | .627 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dan Wagner | 49 | 174 | 160 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 34 | .206 | .250 | .269 | .519 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Markert | 52 | 174 | 151 | 15 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 26 | .172 | .257 | .192 | .449 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill Eveline | 14 | 56 | 49 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | .245 | .327 | .265 | .593 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Waggoner | 13 | 53 | 40 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | .200 | .377 | .350 | .727 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dar Smith | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Boling | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Chadwick | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1420 | 5368 | 4702 | 612 | 1135 | 199 | 22 | 76 | 545 | 142 | 70 | 547 | 867 | .241 | .323 | .342 | .665 | 1606 | 0 | 40 | 37 | 42 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Trafton | 1B | 72 | 614 | 42 | 8 | 37 | .988 | 9.111 | ||||
| Cornelio Garcia | 1B | 60 | 565 | 29 | 7 | 43 | .988 | 9.900 | ||||
| Tom Forrester | 1B | 11 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .978 | 7.909 | ||||
| Jim Markert | 1B | 4 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| Matt Merullo | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Craig Grebeck | 2B | 133 | 238 | 368 | 19 | 60 | .970 | 4.556 | ||||
| Dan Cronkright | 2B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | 2B | 5 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.800 | ||||
| Pete Venturini | 2B | 4 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Dan Cronkright | 3B | 94 | 57 | 162 | 20 | 9 | .916 | 2.330 | ||||
| Carlos Martínez | 3B | 50 | 36 | 124 | 10 | 10 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Pete Venturini | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Markert | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Matt Merullo | C | 111 | 637 | 60 | 14 | 6 | .980 | 6.279 | 21 | |||
| Jim Markert | C | 41 | 211 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 5.805 | 7 | |||
| Willie Magallanes | OF | 117 | 265 | 10 | 17 | 4 | .942 | 2.350 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | OF | 89 | 169 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 1.989 | ||||
| Carlos Martínez | OF | 78 | 151 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .946 | 2.038 | ||||
| Mark Davis | OF | 66 | 142 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .961 | 2.227 | ||||
| Dan Wagner | OF | 43 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.581 | ||||
| Tom Forrester | OF | 35 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.629 | ||||
| Bill Eveline | OF | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | ||||
| Aubrey Waggoner | OF | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| Dar Smith | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dar Smith | P | 40 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .750 | .150 | ||||
| Chuck Mount | P | 36 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .361 | ||||
| John Boling | P | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
| Kevin Renz | P | 27 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .481 | ||||
| Doug Little | P | 27 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 5 | .907 | 1.444 | ||||
| Wayne Edwards | P | 27 | 5 | 34 | 5 | 0 | .886 | 1.444 | ||||
| Tony Menéndez | P | 24 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .917 | ||||
| John Pawlowski | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
| Tom Drees | P | 22 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.955 | ||||
| Tony Blasucci | P | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Grady Hall | P | 20 | 15 | 46 | 2 | 3 | .968 | 3.050 | ||||
| Tim Scott | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Victor Diaz | P | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Rich Gaynor | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Chadwick | P | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Troy Thomas | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Forrester | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Bertolani | SS | 115 | 205 | 339 | 43 | 60 | .927 | 4.730 | ||||
| Pete Venturini | SS | 25 | 49 | 77 | 5 | 17 | .962 | 5.040 | ||||
| Carlos Martínez | SS | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 1551 | 3724 | 1532 | 198 | 280 | .964 | 3.389 | 28 | 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.
