1988 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 44-26
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Bump Wills (44-26)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 28,338, Avg. 810
Playoffs - Great Falls Dodgers 3 games, Butte Copper Kings 2
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1988 season with a record of 44 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings scored 551 runs, best in the league. Butte conceded 437 runs. Trey McCoy led the team with 15 home runs and drove in 80 runs. Rob Maurer paced all regular batters by connecting at a .391 clip. Kyle Spencer topped the squad with 7 wins, while Cedric Shaw recorded a 4.01 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1988 Butte Copper Kings who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cris Colón, Monty Fariss, Rob Maurer, Robb Nen, Roger Pavlik and Jeff Frye.
Bump Wills 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Spencer | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.14 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71.7 | 65 | 36 | 33 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Everett Cunningham | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.01 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | 103 | 61 | 53 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 7 | |
| Denney Tomori | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.51 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.3 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cedric Shaw | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.99 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | 54 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Roger Pavlik | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.59 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.0 | 45 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Carl Randle | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.25 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 45 | 44 | 31 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |
| Robb Nen | 4 | 5 | .444 | 8.75 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 65 | 55 | 47 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| Jim Hvizda | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 42.0 | 43 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Steve Allen | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.32 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 | 74 | 53 | 48 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 4 | |
| Kenichi Shiozaki | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| William Schorr | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.82 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kenneth Penland | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.48 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tim MacNeil | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39.0 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Greg Kuzma | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.79 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 44 | 33 | 28 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Francisco Saavedra | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 44 | 26 | .629 | 5.45 | 217 | 70 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 607.7 | 675 | 437 | 368 | 39 | 355 | 6 | 490 | 37 | 34 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Morris | 69 | 319 | 281 | 77 | 92 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 35 | 31 | .327 | .406 | .452 | .858 | 127 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Maurer | 63 | 273 | 233 | 65 | 91 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 33 | .391 | .473 | .597 | 1.069 | 139 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Trey McCoy | 68 | 308 | 252 | 69 | 90 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 47 | .357 | .458 | .635 | 1.093 | 160 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Dominic Pierce | 65 | 286 | 259 | 35 | 86 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 40 | .332 | .385 | .444 | .829 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Joey Wardlow | 62 | 269 | 227 | 53 | 77 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 27 | .339 | .433 | .471 | .904 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Thayer Swain | 52 | 245 | 212 | 59 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 18 | 2 | 28 | 37 | .292 | .369 | .472 | .841 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bill Losa | 62 | 251 | 222 | 46 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 64 | .279 | .351 | .401 | .751 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Spear | 58 | 223 | 206 | 34 | 61 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 40 | .296 | .345 | .481 | .826 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Frye | 54 | 223 | 185 | 47 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 35 | 24 | .286 | .401 | .335 | .736 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cris Colón | 49 | 195 | 190 | 21 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 34 | .195 | .206 | .268 | .475 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Lewis | 34 | 115 | 101 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | .238 | .313 | .267 | .580 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Monty Fariss | 17 | 77 | 53 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | .396 | .558 | .642 | 1.200 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mike Hamilton | 23 | 62 | 60 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .250 | .274 | .267 | .541 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darryn Izzo | 14 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .185 | .267 | .296 | .563 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Travis Law | 3 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .200 | .467 | .200 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Fontes | 7 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Hainline | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cedric Shaw | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 715 | 2913 | 2539 | 551 | 779 | 124 | 30 | 58 | 470 | 95 | 16 | 320 | 421 | .307 | .386 | .448 | .834 | 1137 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 26 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Maurer | 1B | 61 | 519 | 41 | 6 | 65 | .989 | 9.180 | ||||
| Trey McCoy | 1B | 11 | 80 | 6 | 2 | 13 | .977 | 7.818 | ||||
| Mike Hamilton | 1B | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff Frye | 2B | 48 | 96 | 149 | 7 | 44 | .972 | 5.104 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | 2B | 26 | 40 | 76 | 10 | 18 | .921 | 4.462 | ||||
| Dominic Pierce | 3B | 57 | 54 | 86 | 22 | 11 | .864 | 2.456 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | 3B | 12 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 6 | .868 | 2.750 | ||||
| Darryn Izzo | 3B | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .714 | ||||
| Bill Losa | C | 44 | 249 | 20 | 14 | 1 | .951 | 6.114 | 14 | |||
| Mike Hamilton | C | 17 | 116 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .968 | 7.176 | 3 | |||
| Joe Lewis | C | 15 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 6.400 | 8 | |||
| Brad Fontes | C | 7 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 5.714 | 1 | |||
| Rod Morris | OF | 69 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .985 | 1.913 | ||||
| Trey McCoy | OF | 49 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.306 | ||||
| Thayer Swain | OF | 48 | 95 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 2.062 | ||||
| Mike Spear | OF | 36 | 49 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | OF | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Travis Law | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jim Hvizda | P | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Tim MacNeil | P | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .125 | ||||
| Carl Randle | P | 19 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Kyle Spencer | P | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .917 | .611 | ||||
| Kenichi Shiozaki | P | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Steve Allen | P | 17 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .647 | ||||
| Robb Nen | P | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Everett Cunningham | P | 14 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Denney Tomori | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Cedric Shaw | P | 12 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Kenneth Penland | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Greg Kuzma | P | 11 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .909 | ||||
| William Schorr | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Roger Pavlik | P | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Francisco Saavedra | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Hamilton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cris Colón | SS | 48 | 68 | 136 | 27 | 38 | .883 | 4.250 | ||||
| Monty Fariss | SS | 17 | 36 | 52 | 4 | 17 | .957 | 5.176 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | SS | 9 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 2.778 | ||||
| Darryn Izzo | SS | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 828 | 1823 | 730 | 130 | 232 | .952 | 3.083 | 26 | 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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