1991 Charleston Wheelers Statistics
Team Record: 92-50
Finished 1st in the SAL's North Division
Manager: P. J. Carey (0-0), Dave Miley (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Charleston, West Virginia
Ballpark: Watt Powell Stadium
Attendance: 185,389, Avg. 2,611
Finals - Columbia Mets 3 games, Charleston Wheelers 0
The Charleston Wheelers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1991 season with a record of 92 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Wheelers led the league with just 471 runs allowed. Charleston scored 601 runs. Tommy Raffo paced the squad with 13 home runs Steve Gibralter accounted for 71 RBI. Tommy Raffo topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .277 clip. Johnny Ray paced the team with 16 wins, while John Roper recorded a 2.27 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
John Roper, Chris Hook, Steve Gibralter, Keith Gordon, Darron Cox, Gino Minutelli and Dan Wilson were all players from the 1991 Charleston Wheelers who played in the Majors during their careers.
P. J. Carey and Dave Miley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Ray | 16 | 9 | .640 | 3.36 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.3 | 161 | 72 | 64 | 9 | 57 | 1 | 120 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 713 |
| John Roper | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.27 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 186.7 | 135 | 59 | 47 | 5 | 67 | 0 | 189 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 741 |
| Chris Hook | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.41 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.0 | 52 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 306 |
| Scott Duff | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.72 | 40 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 49.7 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 207 |
| Tim Cecil | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.18 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 130.3 | 129 | 52 | 46 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 542 |
| Carl Stewart | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.56 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136.3 | 117 | 73 | 69 | 6 | 88 | 0 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 607 |
| Ernie Nieves | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.98 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.7 | 96 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 377 |
| Doug King | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.45 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 107.0 | 102 | 56 | 41 | 5 | 43 | 2 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 457 |
| Kevin Tatar | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 72.0 | 49 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 280 |
| Reggie Leslie | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.83 | 44 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.3 | 66 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 376 |
| Sean Doty | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.94 | 47 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 55.7 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 233 |
| Gino Minutelli | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Steve McCarthy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 |
| Mike Ferry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.47 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 44.3 | 41 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 191 |
| Totals | 92 | 50 | .648 | 2.92 | 372 | 142 | 126 | 16 | 7 | 42 | 1222.3 | 1028 | 471 | 396 | 38 | 521 | 12 | 1079 | 50 | 7 | 81 | 5089 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gibralter | 140 | 588 | 544 | 72 | 145 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 71 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 117 | .267 | .309 | .392 | .700 | 213 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Tommy Raffo | 133 | 526 | 473 | 63 | 131 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 81 | .277 | .339 | .414 | .753 | 196 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Bobby Perna | 136 | 550 | 460 | 71 | 114 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 7 | 10 | 83 | 71 | .248 | .359 | .380 | .740 | 175 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Keith Gordon | 123 | 451 | 388 | 63 | 104 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 25 | 9 | 50 | 135 | .268 | .358 | .418 | .776 | 162 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Elliot Quinones | 120 | 467 | 428 | 57 | 99 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 64 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 67 | .231 | .287 | .381 | .668 | 163 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rafael Bustamante | 117 | 459 | 382 | 50 | 98 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 64 | 49 | .257 | .363 | .275 | .638 | 105 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Chris Gill | 106 | 431 | 370 | 57 | 86 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 14 | 46 | 45 | .232 | .323 | .292 | .615 | 108 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Darron Cox | 79 | 328 | 294 | 37 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 39 | .241 | .297 | .316 | .613 | 93 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Dan Wilson | 52 | 225 | 197 | 25 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 21 | .315 | .396 | .426 | .822 | 84 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lenny Wentz | 78 | 268 | 227 | 26 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 31 | .264 | .355 | .330 | .685 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Vasquez | 51 | 175 | 163 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 40 | .252 | .293 | .307 | .600 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Vondran | 52 | 197 | 178 | 15 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 28 | .213 | .281 | .309 | .590 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tucker Hammargren | 47 | 171 | 138 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 42 | .188 | .318 | .268 | .586 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Herb Erhardt | 30 | 94 | 82 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .280 | .355 | .366 | .721 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| John Gast | 19 | 73 | 60 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .233 | .338 | .417 | .755 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Hammond | 36 | 110 | 93 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 20 | .151 | .273 | .215 | .488 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Arland | 7 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .278 | .409 | .389 | .798 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Enrique Duncan | 27 | 46 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .105 | .244 | .158 | .402 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jesperson | 8 | 25 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .158 | .360 | .263 | .623 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Riggs | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1362 | 5209 | 4554 | 601 | 1139 | 208 | 37 | 63 | 533 | 97 | 81 | 523 | 832 | .250 | .330 | .354 | .684 | 1610 | 113 | 47 | 35 | 50 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Raffo | 1B | 132 | 1079 | 72 | 11 | 92 | .991 | 8.720 | ||||
| Herb Erhardt | 1B | 10 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 6.900 | ||||
| Greg Hammond | 1B | 4 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Steve Vondran | 1B | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Tucker Hammargren | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Chris Gill | 2B | 84 | 184 | 236 | 9 | 58 | .979 | 5.000 | ||||
| Lenny Wentz | 2B | 51 | 83 | 119 | 7 | 24 | .967 | 3.961 | ||||
| Enrique Duncan | 2B | 15 | 25 | 25 | 3 | 5 | .943 | 3.333 | ||||
| Bobby Perna | 2B | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Bobby Perna | 3B | 115 | 75 | 186 | 18 | 19 | .935 | 2.270 | ||||
| Steve Vondran | 3B | 21 | 22 | 43 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 3.095 | ||||
| John Gast | 3B | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Herb Erhardt | 3B | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Chris Gill | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Bustamante | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darron Cox | C | 68 | 500 | 73 | 2 | 2 | .997 | 8.426 | 6 | |||
| Dan Wilson | C | 45 | 355 | 41 | 3 | 4 | .992 | 8.800 | 2 | |||
| Greg Hammond | C | 21 | 130 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 7.048 | 2 | |||
| Tucker Hammargren | C | 15 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 8.000 | 4 | |||
| Steve Gibralter | OF | 136 | 234 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .961 | 1.831 | ||||
| Keith Gordon | OF | 118 | 208 | 11 | 8 | 3 | .965 | 1.856 | ||||
| Elliot Quinones | OF | 112 | 168 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 1.571 | ||||
| Chris Vasquez | OF | 37 | 58 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .940 | 1.703 | ||||
| Bobby Perna | OF | 19 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.632 | ||||
| Bob Jesperson | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Lenny Wentz | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mark Arland | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Herb Erhardt | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sean Doty | P | 47 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .340 | ||||
| Chris Hook | P | 45 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .289 | ||||
| Reggie Leslie | P | 44 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .545 | ||||
| Scott Duff | P | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .350 | ||||
| Doug King | P | 30 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 1 | .906 | .967 | ||||
| Johnny Ray | P | 28 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| John Roper | P | 27 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .966 | 1.037 | ||||
| Ernie Nieves | P | 27 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .667 | ||||
| Carl Stewart | P | 24 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .839 | 1.083 | ||||
| Tim Cecil | P | 24 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 1.542 | ||||
| Mike Ferry | P | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Kevin Tatar | P | 11 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Gino Minutelli | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve McCarthy | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rafael Bustamante | SS | 116 | 165 | 310 | 38 | 65 | .926 | 4.095 | ||||
| Chris Gill | SS | 19 | 10 | 49 | 3 | 9 | .952 | 3.105 | ||||
| Lenny Wentz | SS | 11 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .895 | 3.091 | ||||
| Enrique Duncan | SS | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1558 | 3667 | 1483 | 158 | 331 | .970 | 3.306 | 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.
