1988 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 24-47
Finished 5th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Glenn Gulliver (24-47)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 25,683, Avg. 723
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1988 season with a record of 24 wins and 47 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Orioles scored 331 runs and surrendered 443 runs, most in the circuit. Carey Metts drove in 32 runs. Luis Mercedes led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .274 clip. Steve Williams topped the team with 5 wins and a team-best 3.48 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1988 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Arthur Rhodes, Chuck Ricci, Luis Mercedes and Ricky Gutiérrez.
Glenn Gulliver 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Williams | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.48 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 59 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chuck Ricci | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.66 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 92 | 61 | 54 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Christopher Shebby | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.76 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 56 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Arthur Rhodes | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.31 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 29 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bob Bretwisch | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.10 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 74 | 41 | 34 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Charles Brown | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.20 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 56 | 39 | 31 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Rick Slomkowski | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.26 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.0 | 79 | 51 | 38 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Brent Bell | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.89 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.7 | 44 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | |
| Zack Kerr | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.69 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 76 | 53 | 47 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Robert Somerville | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.68 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.7 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wesley Holmes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Marett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.89 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 44 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Don Fowler | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.21 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.3 | 43 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 24 | 47 | .338 | 4.98 | 188 | 71 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 610.7 | 696 | 443 | 338 | 51 | 271 | 5 | 520 | 23 | 24 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Mercedes | 59 | 253 | 215 | 36 | 59 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 39 | .274 | .372 | .349 | .721 | 75 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carey Metts | 48 | 182 | 172 | 20 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .302 | .330 | .459 | .789 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Nicosia | 50 | 204 | 192 | 20 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 38 | .266 | .300 | .292 | .592 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ricky Gutiérrez | 62 | 263 | 208 | 35 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 40 | .245 | .383 | .332 | .715 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hector Bautista | 46 | 184 | 163 | 28 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 22 | .288 | .364 | .313 | .677 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Fowler | 60 | 240 | 218 | 22 | 45 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 60 | .206 | .259 | .303 | .562 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Jeff Champ | 42 | 172 | 150 | 19 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 34 | .287 | .366 | .347 | .713 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mike Richardson | 44 | 179 | 154 | 25 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 26 | .279 | .352 | .351 | .703 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Aman Hicks | 50 | 206 | 186 | 22 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 43 | .226 | .301 | .253 | .554 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Juan Ramirez | 53 | 215 | 190 | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 61 | .205 | .285 | .305 | .590 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steven Meredith | 40 | 144 | 116 | 27 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 31 | .267 | .406 | .431 | .837 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chris LaFollette | 29 | 111 | 101 | 14 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 29 | .297 | .360 | .386 | .746 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Twentey | 26 | 84 | 78 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 25 | .218 | .265 | .269 | .534 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Janutolo | 31 | 95 | 89 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 31 | .146 | .189 | .213 | .403 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joseph Redman | 24 | 78 | 63 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 | .175 | .321 | .190 | .511 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Brown | 29 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .194 | .342 | .226 | .568 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fritsroy Marsham | 15 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 15 | .121 | .293 | .121 | .414 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Israel Frias | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .600 | .667 | 1.800 | 2.467 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Perez | 6 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .188 | .333 | .188 | .521 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 716 | 2716 | 2380 | 331 | 590 | 79 | 15 | 24 | 271 | 77 | 44 | 276 | 552 | .248 | .329 | .324 | .653 | 771 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 25 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richardson | 1B | 42 | 313 | 11 | 5 | 22 | .985 | 7.714 | ||||
| John Fowler | 1B | 22 | 156 | 13 | 6 | 9 | .966 | 7.682 | ||||
| Charles Brown | 1B | 8 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 6.125 | ||||
| Carey Metts | 1B | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 7.667 | ||||
| Chris LaFollette | 1B | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jeff Champ | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Mercedes | 2B | 59 | 127 | 152 | 26 | 25 | .915 | 4.729 | ||||
| Joseph Redman | 2B | 11 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 2.364 | ||||
| Brian Janutolo | 2B | 5 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steven Meredith | 3B | 35 | 23 | 44 | 9 | 5 | .882 | 1.914 | ||||
| John Fowler | 3B | 25 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 1 | .737 | 1.680 | ||||
| Brian Janutolo | 3B | 9 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .853 | 3.222 | ||||
| Joseph Redman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Charles Brown | 3B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jeff Champ | C | 38 | 283 | 40 | 9 | 2 | .973 | 8.500 | 21 | |||
| Carey Metts | C | 34 | 226 | 19 | 8 | 1 | .968 | 7.206 | 8 | |||
| Israel Frias | C | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0 | |||
| Steve Nicosia | OF | 49 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.551 | ||||
| Aman Hicks | OF | 49 | 100 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .922 | 2.163 | ||||
| Juan Ramirez | OF | 46 | 93 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 2.130 | ||||
| Hector Bautista | OF | 31 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .934 | 2.290 | ||||
| Mark Twentey | OF | 24 | 48 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fritsroy Marsham | OF | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris LaFollette | OF | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .857 | ||||
| John Perez | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Meredith | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Joseph Redman | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don Fowler | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .450 | ||||
| Charles Brown | P | 19 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .750 | .632 | ||||
| Steve Williams | P | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Zack Kerr | P | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Marett | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Brent Bell | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Chuck Ricci | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Robert Somerville | P | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Rick Slomkowski | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Christopher Shebby | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Bob Bretwisch | P | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Wesley Holmes | P | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .250 | ||||
| Ricky Gutiérrez | SS | 61 | 100 | 175 | 34 | 27 | .890 | 4.508 | ||||
| Brian Janutolo | SS | 13 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 5 | .855 | 3.615 | ||||
| Luis Mercedes | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joseph Redman | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 792 | 1832 | 687 | 181 | 118 | .933 | 3.181 | 29 | 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.
