1990 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 77-67
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Ken Berry (77-67)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 256,227, Avg. 3,559
Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 3 games, Birmingham Barons 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1990 season with a record of 77 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 771 runs, best in the league. Birmingham conceded 717 runs. Frank Thomas led the squad with 18 home runs, and Willie Magallanes walloped 15 or more also. Matt Stark drove in 109 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .309 clip. Bo Kennedy paced the squad with 11 wins, while Curt Hasler recorded a 3.29 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1990 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Alex Fernandez, Wilson Álvarez, John Hudek, Brian Drahman, Rodney McCray, Buddy Groom, Matt Stark, Edgar Cáceres, Matt Merullo, Derek Lee, Roberto Hernández, Frank Thomas and Rich Scheid.
Ken Berry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Kennedy | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.73 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 175.0 | 175 | 118 | 92 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |
| Curt Hasler | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.27 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123.7 | 118 | 61 | 45 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 5 | |
| Roberto Hernández | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.67 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 103 | 57 | 44 | 6 | 43 | 2 | 62 | 6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Riley Stephens | 7 | 10 | .412 | 3.65 | 39 | 16 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 123.3 | 122 | 65 | 50 | 6 | 61 | 6 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Brian Drahman | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.08 | 50 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 90.3 | 90 | 50 | 41 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| John Hudek | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.58 | 42 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 92.3 | 84 | 59 | 47 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Buddy Groom | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.07 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 135 | 81 | 65 | 10 | 48 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Wilson Álvarez | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 44 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dave Reynolds | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.09 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75.7 | 80 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Fernandez | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.08 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Perschke | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.60 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Todd Hall | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.19 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.7 | 62 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 43 | 10 | 2 | 7 | |
| Rich Scheid | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.22 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 44.7 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Vinicio Cedeno | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.13 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 40 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bob Resnikoff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.91 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carlos De La Cruz | 1 | 7 | .125 | 7.55 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kurt Brown | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Argenis Cortes | 0 | 0 | 6.55 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jose Ventura | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Totals | 77 | 67 | .535 | 4.18 | 383 | 145 | 137 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 1242.0 | 1239 | 717 | 577 | 85 | 550 | 23 | 811 | 63 | 17 | 83 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar Bernhardt | 142 | 633 | 574 | 96 | 160 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 82 | 30 | 15 | 46 | 53 | .279 | .332 | .387 | .719 | 222 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Matt Stark | 129 | 558 | 453 | 69 | 140 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 109 | 3 | 4 | 85 | 52 | .309 | .417 | .459 | .876 | 208 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |
| Willie Magallanes | 123 | 509 | 459 | 72 | 134 | 24 | 3 | 16 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 41 | 139 | .292 | .357 | .462 | .819 | 212 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Frank Thomas | 109 | 474 | 353 | 85 | 114 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 112 | 74 | .323 | .487 | .581 | 1.068 | 205 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Matt Merullo | 102 | 420 | 378 | 57 | 110 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 49 | .291 | .353 | .429 | .781 | 162 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Derek Lee | 126 | 496 | 411 | 68 | 105 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 75 | 14 | 10 | 71 | 93 | .255 | .369 | .372 | .741 | 153 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Wayne Busby | 102 | 431 | 386 | 46 | 101 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 37 | 91 | .262 | .325 | .368 | .693 | 142 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Waggoner | 81 | 337 | 276 | 57 | 71 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 56 | 60 | .257 | .385 | .402 | .787 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kurt Brown | 82 | 279 | 253 | 38 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 47 | .269 | .320 | .348 | .668 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ed Smith | 72 | 276 | 247 | 22 | 61 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 49 | .247 | .304 | .340 | .644 | 84 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Edgar Cáceres | 62 | 234 | 214 | 31 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 | .262 | .312 | .294 | .606 | 63 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Alfredson | 51 | 187 | 157 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 47 | .255 | .349 | .389 | .738 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rodney McCray | 60 | 237 | 188 | 36 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 36 | 42 | .197 | .338 | .245 | .582 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gregory Roth | 57 | 223 | 179 | 34 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 40 | .196 | .342 | .285 | .627 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Todd Trafton | 35 | 142 | 116 | 21 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 28 | .259 | .350 | .448 | .799 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Cornelio Garcia | 25 | 81 | 67 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 16 | .343 | .450 | .433 | .883 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Horace Gaither | 16 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .121 | .237 | .121 | .358 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrin Campbell | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Tedder | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Riley Stephens | 39 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Javier Ocasio | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Hall | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1453 | 5582 | 4767 | 770 | 1292 | 251 | 37 | 93 | 703 | 144 | 92 | 675 | 923 | .271 | .363 | .398 | .761 | 1896 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 52 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Thomas | 1B | 109 | 954 | 77 | 14 | 86 | .987 | 9.459 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | 1B | 21 | 155 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .988 | 7.762 | ||||
| Matt Merullo | 1B | 15 | 106 | 7 | 6 | 12 | .950 | 7.533 | ||||
| Ed Smith | 1B | 6 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 9.333 | ||||
| Matt Stark | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Cesar Bernhardt | 2B | 140 | 277 | 371 | 26 | 93 | .961 | 4.629 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | 2B | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .920 | 5.750 | ||||
| Javier Ocasio | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Smith | 3B | 67 | 49 | 136 | 14 | 13 | .930 | 2.761 | ||||
| Gregory Roth | 3B | 52 | 20 | 102 | 18 | 8 | .871 | 2.346 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | 3B | 21 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 4 | .968 | 2.905 | ||||
| Horace Gaither | 3B | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Kurt Brown | 3B | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Tom Alfredson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .667 | ||||
| Matt Merullo | C | 85 | 455 | 44 | 18 | 4 | .965 | 5.871 | 11 | |||
| Kurt Brown | C | 64 | 341 | 30 | 7 | 4 | .981 | 5.797 | 5 | |||
| Matt Stark | C | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | 1 | |||
| Todd Trafton | C | 4 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 5.750 | 0 | |||
| Darrin Campbell | C | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Willie Magallanes | OF | 121 | 270 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .972 | 2.306 | ||||
| Derek Lee | OF | 119 | 188 | 6 | 8 | 0 | .960 | 1.630 | ||||
| Aubrey Waggoner | OF | 80 | 164 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .971 | 2.088 | ||||
| Rodney McCray | OF | 59 | 156 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 2.780 | ||||
| Tom Alfredson | OF | 38 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.842 | ||||
| Cornelio Garcia | OF | 17 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | OF | 13 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 2.385 | ||||
| Kurt Brown | OF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Tedder | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Drahman | P | 50 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .935 | .580 | ||||
| John Hudek | P | 42 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .548 | ||||
| Riley Stephens | P | 39 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .903 | .718 | ||||
| Todd Hall | P | 33 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .485 | ||||
| Dave Reynolds | P | 31 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 4 | .926 | .806 | ||||
| Bo Kennedy | P | 30 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .878 | 1.433 | ||||
| Rich Scheid | P | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Curt Hasler | P | 23 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 1.696 | ||||
| Buddy Groom | P | 20 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.600 | ||||
| Vinicio Cedeno | P | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Roberto Hernández | P | 17 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.765 | ||||
| Bob Resnikoff | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .143 | ||||
| Carlos De La Cruz | P | 13 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.846 | ||||
| Argenis Cortes | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Wilson Álvarez | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Greg Perschke | P | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alex Fernandez | P | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kurt Brown | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Ventura | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Busby | SS | 101 | 180 | 288 | 38 | 65 | .925 | 4.634 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | SS | 38 | 49 | 111 | 6 | 22 | .964 | 4.211 | ||||
| Horace Gaither | SS | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.167 | ||||
| Tom Alfredson | SS | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | .625 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gregory Roth | SS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1600 | 3726 | 1555 | 229 | 359 | .958 | 3.301 | 18 | 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.
