1989 Burlington Braves Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-77
Finished 5th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Jim Saul (60-77)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 82,936, Avg. 1,211

1989 Burlington Braves Roster

The Burlington Braves of the Midwest League ended the 1989 season with a record of 60 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.

The Braves scored 513 runs and allowed 622 runs. Tom Redington led Burlington with 17 home runs Tony Baldwin drove in 60 runs. Keith Mitchell paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .261 clip. Turk Wendell topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1989 Burlington Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included David Nied, Turk Wendell, Nate Minchey, Keith Mitchell and Mike Mordecai.

Jim Saul 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
Turk Wendell	9	11	.450	2.21	22	22	0	9	5	0	159.0	127	63	39	7	41	1	153	3	6	1
Dave Reis	7	5	.583	3.32	34	8	15	2	0	1	116.7	112	49	43	6	34	5	54	2	2	9
Rich Longuil	7	7	.500	3.78	31	5	16	1	1	5	81.0	75	43	34	6	41	3	73	3	1	7
Dave Karasinski	6	8	.429	3.42	29	16	3	4	1	1	123.7	137	53	47	9	33	1	61	2	3	5
William Wright	5	1	.833	2.10	40	0	29	0	0	13	55.7	47	23	13	2	19	6	45	2	0	3
Lee Upshaw	5	3	.625	2.09	12	12	0	2	0	0	90.3	67	31	21	2	24	1	100	5	2	2
Chris Czarnik	5	4	.556	2.77	41	3	19	0	0	4	84.3	79	43	26	3	32	1	65	2	3	6
David Nied	5	6	.455	3.82	13	12	0	2	1	0	80.0	78	38	34	3	23	0	73	5	1	3
Brian Cummings	3	7	.300	5.11	12	12	0	2	1	0	75.7	83	52	43	5	27	0	54	3	1	5
Allen Waznik	2	0	1.000	4.68	34	0	14	0	0	0	32.7	30	21	17	3	22	3	29	3	0	3
Danny Weems	2	5	.286	4.29	13	10	2	1	1	0	63.0	60	39	30	12	22	1	31	6	1	2
Preston Watson	2	6	.250	4.46	14	14	0	2	1	0	82.7	88	47	41	6	43	1	65	3	1	9
Nate Minchey	2	6	.250	4.57	11	11	0	1	0	0	69.0	69	37	35	6	28	1	34	2	0	8
Teddy Williams	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bruce Throckmorton	0	0		4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Marcos Vasquez	0	0		6.55	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	13	11	8	1	4	0	10	0	0	1
Ralph Meister	0	0		7.58	12	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	27	17	16	1	8	0	17	1	0	0
Tommy Kurczewski	0	0		27.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	6	8	8	1	8	0	0	1	0	3
Jaime Cuesta	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	6	6	6	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Kelly	0	8	.000	6.06	11	10	1	1	0	0	49.0	61	40	33	4	34	0	29	4	1	6
Totals	60	77	.438	3.71	338	137	110	27	11	24	1201.3	1168	622	495	77	449	24	898	47	22	73	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
Keith Mitchell	127	527	448	64	117	23	0	10	49	12	7	70	65	.261	.364	.379	.744	170	9	5	0	4	1
Popeye Cole	118	498	447	53	114	13	2	3	30	12	12	34	65	.255	.321	.313	.634	140	1	10	6	1	1
Don Campbell	108	446	394	48	96	19	3	7	38	15	6	45	56	.244	.319	.360	.680	142	7	1	1	5	1
Tom Redington	85	362	298	49	89	14	0	17	52	4	1	53	47	.299	.412	.517	.928	154	10	7	0	4	5
Tony Baldwin	110	422	374	46	82	21	2	13	60	20	11	41	113	.219	.297	.390	.687	146	7	2	1	4	0
Mark Davis	101	367	330	40	76	13	0	11	46	1	1	29	66	.230	.305	.370	.675	122	14	7	0	1	0
Greg Cloninger	96	332	316	25	69	6	0	4	37	0	3	10	50	.218	.245	.275	.520	87	13	2	1	3	1
Mike Mordecai	65	285	241	39	61	11	1	1	22	12	5	33	43	.253	.352	.320	.672	77	2	5	4	2	0
Daryl Blanks	93	302	278	21	58	6	1	1	12	4	6	20	46	.209	.267	.248	.515	69	11	2	2	0	0
Kevin Castleberry	64	248	224	27	55	8	0	1	20	14	8	20	32	.246	.305	.295	.600	66	5	0	2	2	1
Johnny Cuevas	70	233	223	21	51	10	2	4	24	1	1	9	51	.229	.262	.345	.607	77	9	1	0	0	0
Bob Pfaff	69	242	224	14	46	7	0	4	16	1	0	13	59	.205	.251	.290	.541	65	5	1	3	1	0
Gary Schoonover	54	177	167	15	39	7	0	2	12	0	4	8	35	.234	.269	.311	.580	52	2	0	2	0	1
Steve Glass	54	224	201	18	39	5	1	1	14	3	2	12	36	.194	.260	.244	.504	49	2	6	5	0	0
Joe Saccomanno	50	181	166	14	32	4	0	0	3	3	2	12	22	.193	.247	.217	.464	36	3	0	3	0	0
Jesus Mendoza	39	109	97	8	24	3	0	0	7	0	0	9	27	.247	.303	.278	.581	27	2	0	0	3	0
Teddy Williams	19	44	38	5	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	6	15	.158	.273	.211	.483	8	1	0	0	0	0
Lamar Hall	15	43	42	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	.095	.116	.095	.212	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jarrett Boeschen	5	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.133	.235	.133	.369	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Clark	10	17	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.059	.059	.176	.235	3	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1352	5076	4540	513	1061	172	13	79	447	103	69	427	845	.234	.305	.330	.634	1496	104	49	30	30	11

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Mark Davis	1B	101	873	76	7	60	.993	9.396
Jesus Mendoza	1B	33	236	24	3	22	.989	7.879
Steve Glass	1B	16	100	6	0	7	1.000	6.625
Greg Cloninger	1B	8	60	4	2	3	.970	8.000
Teddy Williams	1B	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000
Kevin Castleberry	2B	62	120	197	19	23	.943	5.113
Gary Schoonover	2B	37	62	77	8	15	.946	3.757
Steve Glass	2B	27	37	73	7	11	.940	4.074
Greg Cloninger	2B	22	34	64	2	12	.980	4.455
Mike Mordecai	2B	2	4	3	0	1	1.000	3.500
Teddy Williams	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tom Redington	3B	85	55	181	21	13	.918	2.776
Greg Cloninger	3B	38	20	63	6	6	.933	2.184
Gary Schoonover	3B	8	3	13	3	0	.842	2.000
Mike Mordecai	3B	7	6	7	2	0	.867	1.857
Steve Glass	3B	5	5	10	2	0	.882	3.000
Teddy Williams	3B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Keith Mitchell	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Johnny Cuevas	C	68	453	42	11	5	.978	7.279	7
Bob Pfaff	C	62	418	69	7	2	.986	7.855	12
Teddy Williams	C	10	31	3	0	0	1.000	3.400	0
Jarrett Boeschen	C	5	32	2	1	0	.971	6.800	2
Keith Mitchell	OF	125	249	17	8	3	.971	2.128
Popeye Cole	OF	108	158	14	7	1	.961	1.593
Don Campbell	OF	78	149	8	8	1	.952	2.013
Tony Baldwin	OF	62	116	6	4	2	.968	1.968
Daryl Blanks	OF	51	76	9	6	1	.934	1.667
Jeff Clark	OF	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.286
Chris Czarnik	P	41	5	12	3	1	.850	.415
William Wright	P	40	4	7	1	0	.917	.275
Allen Waznik	P	34	2	4	2	0	.750	.176
Dave Reis	P	34	12	17	3	1	.906	.853
Rich Longuil	P	31	5	13	3	2	.857	.581
Dave Karasinski	P	29	5	23	2	0	.933	.966
Turk Wendell	P	22	22	22	5	1	.898	2.000
Preston Watson	P	14	6	18	3	1	.889	1.714
Danny Weems	P	13	10	9	3	2	.864	1.462
David Nied	P	13	0	15	1	0	.938	1.154
Lee Upshaw	P	12	5	18	3	0	.885	1.917
Ralph Meister	P	12	0	2	2	0	.500	.167
Brian Cummings	P	12	8	6	0	1	1.000	1.167
Nate Minchey	P	11						.000
Kevin Kelly	P	11	0	8	4	0	.667	.727
Tommy Kurczewski	P	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Teddy Williams	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Marcos Vasquez	P	2	0	4	1	0	.800	2.000
Bruce Throckmorton	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jaime Cuesta	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mike Mordecai	SS	58	74	156	19	18	.924	3.966
Joe Saccomanno	SS	50	67	141	16	20	.929	4.160
Lamar Hall	SS	14	19	35	2	7	.964	3.857
Steve Glass	SS	12	15	30	4	6	.918	3.750
Greg Cloninger	SS	12	21	30	2	5	.962	4.250
Tom Redington	SS	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Kevin Castleberry	SS	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Totals		1517	3601	1546	215	254	.960	3.393	21	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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