1989 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 88-55
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Ken Berry (88-55)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 270,793, Avg. 3,787
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Huntsville Stars 1
Finals - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Greenville Braves 0
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1989 season with a record of 88 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Barons led the league with 770 runs, spearheaded by 48 home runs. Birmingham surrendered 604 runs. Todd Trafton paced the team with 12 home runs Craig Grebeck drove in 80 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .287 clip. Buddy Groom paced the squad with 13 wins, while Tony Menéndez and Wayne Edwards recorded a 3.19 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1989 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rich Amaral, John Hudek, Mark Davis, Doug Frobel, Jerry Willard, Buddy Groom, Robin Ventura, Wilson Álvarez, Ravelo Manzanillo, Wayne Edwards, Craig Grebeck, Don Wakamatsu, Ray Chadwick, Matt Merullo, Tony Menéndez and Jerry Kutzler.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Groom | 13 | 8 | .619 | 4.52 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 167.3 | 172 | 101 | 84 | 13 | 78 | 1 | 94 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Grady Hall | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.45 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 190.7 | 173 | 97 | 73 | 9 | 68 | 0 | 147 | 9 | 1 | 13 | |
| Tony Menéndez | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.19 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144.0 | 123 | 61 | 51 | 14 | 53 | 2 | 115 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Wayne Edwards | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.19 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 158.0 | 131 | 69 | 56 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 122 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
| Jerry Kutzler | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.62 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 99.3 | 95 | 50 | 40 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ravelo Manzanillo | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.90 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 105 | 66 | 56 | 11 | 72 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 8 | 2 | |
| Chuck Mount | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.20 | 43 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85.7 | 83 | 48 | 40 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Doug Little | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.29 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Riley Stephens | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.68 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 51.3 | 42 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Reynolds | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.56 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 63.3 | 45 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tony Blasucci | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.12 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilson Álvarez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.03 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ray Chadwick | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.91 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23.0 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Scott Middaugh | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hudek | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.24 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ollom | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.11 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 25 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Todd Trafton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| C. L. Penigar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Victor Diaz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.00 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 88 | 55 | .615 | 3.56 | 307 | 144 | 116 | 28 | 3 | 35 | 1249.3 | 1104 | 604 | 494 | 81 | 526 | 13 | 868 | 47 | 27 | 55 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Grebeck | 143 | 618 | 533 | 85 | 153 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 80 | 14 | 15 | 63 | 77 | .287 | .362 | .377 | .740 | 201 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | |
| Robin Ventura | 129 | 563 | 454 | 75 | 126 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 67 | 9 | 7 | 93 | 51 | .278 | .403 | .361 | .764 | 164 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | |
| Cornelio Garcia | 128 | 539 | 461 | 74 | 125 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 57 | 35 | 12 | 62 | 94 | .271 | .360 | .343 | .702 | 158 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rich Amaral | 122 | 533 | 432 | 90 | 123 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 57 | 14 | 88 | 66 | .285 | .405 | .375 | .780 | 162 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
| C. L. Penigar | 133 | 508 | 427 | 77 | 105 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 64 | 22 | 74 | 100 | .246 | .356 | .302 | .658 | 129 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | |
| Todd Trafton | 107 | 404 | 351 | 57 | 91 | 17 | 3 | 12 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 38 | 82 | .259 | .342 | .427 | .770 | 150 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Dan Wagner | 93 | 347 | 303 | 41 | 76 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 34 | .251 | .311 | .330 | .641 | 100 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | |
| Don Wakamatsu | 92 | 336 | 287 | 45 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 7 | 6 | 32 | 54 | .254 | .338 | .328 | .666 | 94 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Aubrey Waggoner | 114 | 390 | 302 | 66 | 69 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 12 | 76 | 74 | .228 | .397 | .384 | .781 | 116 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Davis | 85 | 298 | 279 | 38 | 66 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 67 | .237 | .279 | .330 | .608 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jerry Bertolani | 75 | 281 | 243 | 34 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 56 | .239 | .318 | .370 | .688 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Mark Davis | 56 | 221 | 192 | 35 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 25 | 52 | .255 | .344 | .417 | .761 | 80 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matt Merullo | 33 | 140 | 119 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 15 | .294 | .370 | .420 | .790 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mark Doran | 23 | 84 | 74 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .284 | .349 | .365 | .714 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Frobel | 27 | 89 | 80 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | .212 | .261 | .362 | .624 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Glen McElroy | 26 | 77 | 70 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | .200 | .253 | .214 | .468 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Singley | 20 | 54 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | .170 | .235 | .191 | .427 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Willard | 5 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | .300 | .588 | .400 | .988 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kurt Brown | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Mount | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Little | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1475 | 5508 | 4672 | 770 | 1213 | 210 | 52 | 48 | 641 | 264 | 120 | 659 | 896 | .260 | .355 | .358 | .712 | 1671 | 0 | 57 | 68 | 52 | 36 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornelio Garcia | 1B | 123 | 985 | 86 | 14 | 88 | .987 | 8.707 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | 1B | 23 | 160 | 6 | 1 | 16 | .994 | 7.217 | ||||
| Don Wakamatsu | 1B | 7 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 6.714 | ||||
| Robin Ventura | 1B | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Rich Amaral | 2B | 67 | 145 | 154 | 6 | 38 | .980 | 4.463 | ||||
| Kevin Davis | 2B | 35 | 55 | 89 | 4 | 20 | .973 | 4.114 | ||||
| Craig Grebeck | 2B | 26 | 54 | 59 | 5 | 13 | .958 | 4.346 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | 2B | 25 | 48 | 57 | 5 | 16 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Robin Ventura | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Robin Ventura | 3B | 116 | 98 | 247 | 26 | 21 | .930 | 2.974 | ||||
| Craig Grebeck | 3B | 29 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 4 | .931 | 2.793 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | 3B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Davis | 3B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Don Wakamatsu | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Rich Amaral | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Don Wakamatsu | C | 83 | 459 | 54 | 5 | 2 | .990 | 6.181 | 7 | |||
| Glen McElroy | C | 25 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 5.000 | 1 | |||
| Matt Merullo | C | 24 | 149 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 6.625 | 4 | |||
| Joe Singley | C | 20 | 80 | 19 | 3 | 2 | .971 | 4.950 | 1 | |||
| Todd Trafton | C | 12 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 4.333 | 1 | |||
| Jerry Willard | C | 5 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 8.400 | 0 | |||
| Kurt Brown | C | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 1 | |||
| C. L. Penigar | OF | 116 | 228 | 11 | 13 | 3 | .948 | 2.060 | ||||
| Aubrey Waggoner | OF | 103 | 227 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 2.243 | ||||
| Dan Wagner | OF | 85 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 1.482 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | OF | 63 | 129 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 2.143 | ||||
| Mark Davis | OF | 47 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 2.191 | ||||
| Mark Doran | OF | 19 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.579 | ||||
| Doug Frobel | OF | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | OF | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 2.077 | ||||
| Kevin Davis | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Reynolds | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chuck Mount | P | 43 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .880 | .512 | ||||
| Dave Reynolds | P | 27 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .923 | .444 | ||||
| Tony Menéndez | P | 27 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .704 | ||||
| Grady Hall | P | 27 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .915 | 1.593 | ||||
| Buddy Groom | P | 26 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.500 | ||||
| Wayne Edwards | P | 24 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .881 | 1.542 | ||||
| Ravelo Manzanillo | P | 22 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Doug Little | P | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .737 | ||||
| John Hudek | P | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Jerry Kutzler | P | 14 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Tony Blasucci | P | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Mike Ollom | P | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Ray Chadwick | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .455 | ||||
| Riley Stephens | P | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Victor Diaz | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Wilson Álvarez | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| C. L. Penigar | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Todd Trafton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Middaugh | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Grebeck | SS | 88 | 152 | 252 | 17 | 53 | .960 | 4.591 | ||||
| Rich Amaral | SS | 38 | 53 | 100 | 17 | 14 | .900 | 4.026 | ||||
| Jerry Bertolani | SS | 26 | 48 | 73 | 13 | 18 | .903 | 4.654 | ||||
| Todd Trafton | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1566 | 3748 | 1517 | 190 | 339 | .965 | 3.362 | 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.
