1989 Bluefield Orioles Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 27-41
Finished 5th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Mike Young (27-41)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 25,548, Avg. 751

1989 Bluefield Orioles Roster

The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1989 season with a record of 27 wins and 41 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.

The Orioles tallied 389 runs and conceded 478 runs, most in the league. T. R. Lewis paced Bluefield with 10 home runs Sergio Cairo drove in 40 runs. Manny Alexander topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .310 clip. Mattie Belen led the team with 5 wins, while Daryl Moore recorded a 5.28 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1989 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included César Devarez, Brad Pennington, Keith Kessinger, Manny Alexander and Tom Martin.

Mike Young 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
Mattie Belen	5	3	.625	5.32	28	1	22	0	0	7	45.7	50	37	27	1	33	4	23	0	0	2
Robert Wheatcroft	4	3	.571	5.29	10	7	3	0	0	1	49.3	56	35	29	6	11	0	36	1	6	5
Tom Martin	3	3	.500	4.62	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.0	36	28	20	3	25	0	31	0	1	2
Daryl Moore	3	6	.333	5.28	12	9	2	1	1	1	58.0	76	46	34	4	12	0	45	3	0	2
Joe Teixeira	2	2	.500	4.14	19	0	10	0	0	2	45.7	58	32	21	3	12	0	33	2	1	1
Victor Medina	2	2	.500	5.88	21	0	6	0	0	1	49.0	59	38	32	7	28	0	34	2	5	2
Shawn Heiden	2	2	.500	8.73	9	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	35	32	32	4	30	0	31	3	0	8
John Marett	2	3	.400	4.82	11	7	1	0	0	0	52.3	58	33	28	5	28	1	35	3	0	1
Brad Pennington	2	7	.222	6.58	15	14	0	0	0	0	64.3	50	58	47	2	74	0	81	6	8	14
Al Sieradzki	1	3	.250	5.30	17	1	10	0	0	2	37.3	43	27	22	1	14	1	27	0	1	6
Tommy Taylor	1	3	.250	6.48	11	10	0	0	0	0	41.7	56	42	30	4	29	1	36	0	0	1
Juan Bautista	0	0		6.75	7	0	6	0	0	0	16.0	22	13	12	3	12	0	6	1	3	1
Rob Stiegele	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Douglas Sutton	0	0		31.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	7	7	0	11	0	4	0	0	8
Matt Anderson	0	4	.000	8.66	14	5	4	0	0	0	35.3	60	48	34	5	18	3	35	10	1	5
Totals	27	41	.397	5.95	186	68	67	1	1	14	570.7	663	478	377	48	338	10	458	32	26	59	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
Manny Alexander	65	299	274	49	85	13	2	2	34	19	8	20	49	.310	.361	.394	.755	108		3	0	2	1
John Fowler	62	237	220	43	66	19	0	9	39	7	6	16	39	.300	.347	.509	.857	112		0	1	0	1
Rob Stiegele	55	219	179	37	58	13	1	9	31	5	1	34	35	.324	.438	.559	.997	100		4	0	2	1
Sergio Cairo	57	225	207	30	55	13	2	2	40	1	7	13	19	.266	.312	.377	.689	78		2	1	2	0
T. R. Lewis	40	162	151	31	50	11	1	10	32	0	2	9	21	.331	.364	.616	.980	93		0	0	2	0
Jimmy Roso	48	183	153	32	47	10	0	4	25	0	3	22	25	.307	.401	.451	.852	69		4	1	3	1
Keith Schmidt	55	216	194	28	44	10	1	5	32	6	6	17	71	.227	.292	.366	.658	71		2	0	3	0
Christian Benitez	52	206	182	34	43	6	1	0	12	11	3	21	31	.236	.320	.280	.601	51		2	0	1	0
Earl Williams	43	150	126	20	34	5	0	6	28	3	2	20	42	.270	.373	.452	.826	57		2	0	2	0
Keith Kessinger	28	110	99	17	27	4	0	2	9	1	0	8	12	.273	.333	.374	.707	37		1	2	0	0
Bo Davis	43	152	127	17	26	4	0	0	12	4	0	22	47	.205	.325	.236	.561	30		1	1	1	0
Chris Batiste	35	109	98	10	24	2	0	0	8	1	4	7	39	.245	.306	.265	.571	26		2	1	1	0
Eric Alexander	26	98	75	14	22	1	0	1	8	2	1	19	18	.293	.459	.347	.806	26		4	0	0	0
Israel Frias	27	87	78	10	17	4	0	3	8	0	1	8	21	.218	.291	.385	.675	30		0	1	0	0
Aaron Norwood	42	123	110	14	15	1	0	0	2	5	2	7	32	.136	.202	.145	.347	16		2	4	0	0
César Devarez	12	43	42	3	9	4	0	0	7	0	0	1	5	.214	.233	.310	.542	13		0	0	0	0
Totals	690	2619	2315	389	622	120	8	53	327	65	46	244	506	.269	.343	.396	.739	917	0	29	12	19	4

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
John Fowler	1B	40	255	12	7	26	.974	6.675
Earl Williams	1B	39	303	14	7	19	.978	8.128
Christian Benitez	2B	48	76	129	15	17	.932	4.271
Keith Kessinger	2B	18	37	62	2	9	.980	5.500
Rob Stiegele	2B	5	7	14	0	4	1.000	4.200
Sergio Cairo	2B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
T. R. Lewis	3B	36	24	50	26	3	.740	2.056
Rob Stiegele	3B	28	27	42	7	2	.908	2.464
Keith Kessinger	3B	8	8	12	0	1	1.000	2.500
John Fowler	3B	5	3	4	1	0	.875	1.400
Jimmy Roso	C	43	288	43	7	2	.979	7.698	9
Israel Frias	C	21	129	16	6	0	.960	6.905	5
César Devarez	C	11	59	12	3	0	.959	6.455	4
Sergio Cairo	OF	56	101	6	5	0	.955	1.911
Bo Davis	OF	42	56	4	4	0	.938	1.429
Aaron Norwood	OF	40	48	4	5	1	.912	1.300
Chris Batiste	OF	33	25	2	8	0	.771	.818
Eric Alexander	OF	26	42	2	1	0	.978	1.692
Rob Stiegele	OF	19	24	4	3	0	.903	1.474
Keith Schmidt	OF	11	12	1	3	0	.812	1.182
Israel Frias	OF	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000
Mattie Belen	P	28	2	9	1	2	.917	.393
Victor Medina	P	21	3	8	0	1	1.000	.524
Joe Teixeira	P	19	3	7	1	1	.909	.526
Al Sieradzki	P	17	2	4	1	0	.857	.353
Brad Pennington	P	15	7	14	4	1	.840	1.400
Matt Anderson	P	14	2	7	1	0	.900	.643
Daryl Moore	P	12	2	10	1	0	.923	1.000
Tommy Taylor	P	11	1	4	0	0	1.000	.455
John Marett	P	11	2	7	1	0	.900	.818
Robert Wheatcroft	P	10	4	8	0	1	1.000	1.200
Shawn Heiden	P	9	2	0	0	0	1.000	.222
Tom Martin	P	8	5	5	2	2	.833	1.250
Juan Bautista	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Douglas Sutton	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Rob Stiegele	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Manny Alexander	SS	64	140	177	32	37	.908	4.953
Rob Stiegele	SS	4	7	6	1	0	.929	3.250
Keith Kessinger	SS	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Totals		787	1712	705	156	129	.939	3.071	18	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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