1989 Butte Copper Kings Statistics
Team Record: 41-25
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Bump Wills (41-25)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Butte, Montana
Ballpark: Alumni Stadium
Attendance: 26,711, Avg. 809
Playoffs - Great Falls Dodgers 3 games, Butte Copper Kings 0
The Butte Copper Kings of the Pioneer League ended the 1989 season with a record of 41 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Copper Kings scored 400 runs and yielded 316 runs. Daren Hays drove in 50 runs. Barry Winford led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .359 clip. Brian Steiner topped the team with 6 wins, while David Perez recorded a 2.5 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1989 Butte Copper Kings who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joey Eischen, José Oliva, Donald Harris and Dan Peltier.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Steiner | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.95 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 65 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Brian Romero | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.79 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 36 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Chris Shiflett | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.3 | 67 | 36 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 7 | |
| Steve Rowley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.12 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 59.0 | 52 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 37 | 0 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 9 | |
| John Graves | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.96 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.7 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eric Bickhardt | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Scott Asche | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Young | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.72 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.0 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| David Perez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.50 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 57 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Eischen | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 50 | 45 | 31 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 13 | |
| Jose Borges | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.46 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 35 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jay Franklin | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.90 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 47 | 34 | 33 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 9 | |
| Ed Ohman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takaaki Matsumura | 0 | 0 | 9.35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Craig Newkirk | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Koji Sugiura | 0 | 0 | 11.42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tim Morrow | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brian Crowley | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Totals | 41 | 25 | .621 | 4.01 | 188 | 66 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 559.0 | 580 | 316 | 249 | 26 | 272 | 2 | 534 | 36 | 44 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Harris | 65 | 285 | 264 | 50 | 75 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 54 | .284 | .326 | .439 | .766 | 116 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Barry Winford | 61 | 240 | 198 | 54 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 39 | 24 | .359 | .464 | .505 | .969 | 100 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Daren Hays | 62 | 235 | 212 | 34 | 67 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 35 | .316 | .379 | .481 | .860 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Craig Newkirk | 58 | 209 | 180 | 21 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 24 | .339 | .423 | .456 | .879 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tim Morrow | 60 | 241 | 225 | 40 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 44 | .271 | .308 | .373 | .682 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Manuel Garcia | 61 | 250 | 212 | 42 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 66 | .264 | .369 | .425 | .794 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dan Peltier | 33 | 148 | 122 | 35 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 16 | .402 | .507 | .648 | 1.154 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Geoff Flinn | 54 | 197 | 162 | 34 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 28 | 33 | .296 | .413 | .420 | .833 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Marshall | 56 | 194 | 172 | 27 | 46 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 27 | .267 | .351 | .407 | .757 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Clinton | 60 | 151 | 137 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 37 | .219 | .291 | .270 | .561 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| José Oliva | 41 | 131 | 114 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 41 | .211 | .298 | .386 | .684 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Brian Crowley | 33 | 78 | 73 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | .247 | .273 | .329 | .601 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Buddy Micheu | 15 | 45 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | .343 | .467 | .371 | .838 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joe Lewis | 11 | 28 | 26 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .385 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Roper | 17 | 43 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .175 | .233 | .175 | .408 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Eklund | 6 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .273 | .320 | .455 | .775 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Stacy Parker | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .333 | .455 | .333 | .788 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 699 | 2511 | 2203 | 400 | 644 | 111 | 26 | 45 | 346 | 95 | 40 | 260 | 458 | .292 | .372 | .428 | .799 | 942 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Marshall | 1B | 55 | 432 | 39 | 9 | 56 | .981 | 8.564 | ||||
| Jim Clinton | 1B | 22 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 3.591 | ||||
| Geoff Flinn | 1B | 9 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .984 | 6.778 | ||||
| Daren Hays | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Manuel Garcia | 2B | 61 | 106 | 147 | 19 | 37 | .930 | 4.148 | ||||
| Geoff Flinn | 2B | 11 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 11 | .977 | 3.909 | ||||
| Jim Clinton | 2B | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.800 | ||||
| Craig Newkirk | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Newkirk | 3B | 56 | 26 | 89 | 6 | 10 | .950 | 2.054 | ||||
| Geoff Flinn | 3B | 16 | 9 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .829 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jim Clinton | 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| José Oliva | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Barry Winford | C | 51 | 390 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .991 | 8.275 | 10 | |||
| Brian Roper | C | 15 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 5.867 | 0 | |||
| Buddy Micheu | C | 8 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Joe Lewis | C | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.250 | 3 | |||
| Jim Clinton | C | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | 0 | |||
| Donald Harris | OF | 65 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .984 | 1.877 | ||||
| Tim Morrow | OF | 58 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.414 | ||||
| Dan Peltier | OF | 31 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.032 | ||||
| Daren Hays | OF | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .960 | ||||
| Brian Crowley | OF | 25 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .857 | .720 | ||||
| Jim Clinton | OF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| John Graves | P | 26 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Jay Franklin | P | 21 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .524 | ||||
| Mark Young | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| David Perez | P | 17 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.647 | ||||
| Eric Bickhardt | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Chris Shiflett | P | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Joey Eischen | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .917 | ||||
| Brian Steiner | P | 11 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Steve Rowley | P | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Brian Romero | P | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Scott Asche | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Koji Sugiura | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Borges | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Takaaki Matsumura | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Craig Newkirk | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ed Ohman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Morrow | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Crowley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Oliva | SS | 38 | 38 | 93 | 15 | 22 | .897 | 3.447 | ||||
| Jim Clinton | SS | 27 | 41 | 82 | 12 | 24 | .911 | 4.556 | ||||
| Geoff Flinn | SS | 15 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 8 | .883 | 3.533 | ||||
| Totals | 804 | 1677 | 717 | 114 | 192 | .955 | 2.978 | 14 | 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.
