1989 Denver Zephyrs Statistics
Team Record: 69-77
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Dave Machemer (69-77)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 335,082, Avg. 4,590
The Denver Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1989 season with a record of 69 wins and 77 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Zephyrs led the league with 651 runs, ignited by 95 home runs. Denver surrendered 674 runs, most in the circuit. Greg Vaughn paced the team with 26 home runs, while George Canale and Joe Mitchell walloped 15 or more, too. Greg Vaughn drove in 92 runs. Darryl Hamilton topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .286. Jeff Peterek paced the squad with 9 wins and a team-best 3.62 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1989 Denver Zephyrs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Matías Carrillo, Mike Kinnunen, Dave Stapleton, Ronn Reynolds, Bill Spiers, Jay Aldrich, Darryl Hamilton, LaVel Freeman, Jeff Peterek, Tom Filer, Donnie Scott, Gary Sheffield, Tack Wilson, Juan Nieves, Billy Bates, Randy Veres, Juan Castillo, Scott May, Bill Krueger, Don August, Tony Fossas, Mike Birkbeck, Bill Dawley, Bob Stoddard, Odell Jones, Joey Meyer, Tom Waddell, Ray Krawczyk, Greg Vaughn, Jaime Navarro, Edgar Díaz, Rubén Rodríguez and George Canale.
Dave Machemer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Peterek | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.61 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 149.7 | 146 | 73 | 60 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Alan Sadler | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.25 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 171.3 | 169 | 96 | 81 | 11 | 85 | 1 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Bob Stoddard | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.92 | 42 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 80.3 | 77 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Odell Jones | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.11 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100.7 | 102 | 50 | 46 | 9 | 59 | 5 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Randy Veres | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.95 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 107.0 | 108 | 57 | 47 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tony Fossas | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.04 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35.3 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tom Filer | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.80 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 77 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tim Watkins | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.93 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Juan Nieves | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Birkbeck | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.04 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jay Aldrich | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.74 | 31 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 42.7 | 44 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Krawczyk | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.47 | 43 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 93.3 | 109 | 45 | 36 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dave Stapleton | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.10 | 34 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.3 | 86 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| Bill Krueger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.02 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaime Navarro | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don August | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 35 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Puig | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.75 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.3 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Costello | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.03 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 85 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Scott May | 12 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Simmons | 26 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Waddell | 6 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bill Dawley | 0 | 0 | 6.05 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Xavier | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Kinnunen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 62 | 68 | .477 | 4.04 | 395 | 134 | 118 | 14 | 3 | 42 | 1148.7 | 1211 | 596 | 515 | 81 | 467 | 26 | 750 | 28 | 17 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Hamilton | 129 | 554 | 497 | 72 | 142 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 42 | 58 | .286 | .344 | .362 | .706 | 180 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |
| George Canale | 144 | 584 | 503 | 80 | 140 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 71 | 5 | 8 | 71 | 134 | .278 | .366 | .487 | .853 | 245 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |
| Joe Mitchell | 138 | 543 | 486 | 75 | 121 | 24 | 4 | 19 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 119 | .249 | .309 | .432 | .741 | 210 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| Greg Vaughn | 110 | 452 | 387 | 74 | 107 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 92 | 20 | 3 | 62 | 94 | .276 | .376 | .548 | .923 | 212 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Matías Carrillo | 125 | 435 | 400 | 46 | 104 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 90 | .260 | .304 | .390 | .694 | 156 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Billy Bates | 95 | 408 | 363 | 50 | 99 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 5 | 36 | 26 | .273 | .340 | .322 | .662 | 117 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Donnie Scott | 111 | 380 | 330 | 36 | 84 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 37 | .255 | .338 | .327 | .665 | 108 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Edgar Díaz | 105 | 370 | 316 | 29 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 29 | .215 | .310 | .256 | .567 | 81 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mario Monico | 72 | 276 | 241 | 32 | 64 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 30 | .266 | .341 | .324 | .664 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | |
| Joe Xavier | 84 | 241 | 214 | 30 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 47 | .262 | .309 | .341 | .650 | 73 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| Nelson Rood | 63 | 200 | 174 | 22 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 27 | .259 | .335 | .282 | .617 | 49 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Joey Meyer | 41 | 165 | 146 | 20 | 41 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 42 | .281 | .358 | .534 | .892 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Darryel Walters | 34 | 121 | 113 | 18 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 30 | .230 | .267 | .372 | .638 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Jones | 39 | 89 | 80 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .225 | .303 | .262 | .566 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Spiers | 14 | 53 | 47 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .362 | .423 | .574 | .998 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Mattox | 9 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Castillo | 13 | 54 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .170 | .185 | .189 | .374 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronn Reynolds | 10 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .267 | .312 | .367 | .679 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rubén Rodríguez | 12 | 44 | 41 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .195 | .214 | .195 | .409 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Sheffield | 7 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .138 | .194 | .241 | .435 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. L. Smith | 5 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .214 | .231 | .445 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1360 | 5085 | 4496 | 617 | 1175 | 197 | 35 | 95 | 552 | 117 | 55 | 460 | 819 | .261 | .331 | .384 | .715 | 1727 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 45 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Canale | 1B | 141 | 1287 | 94 | 10 | 122 | .993 | 9.794 | ||||
| Joe Mitchell | 1B | 4 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 8.750 | ||||
| LaVel Freeman | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ronn Reynolds | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Joey Meyer | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Matías Carrillo | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Billy Bates | 2B | 93 | 192 | 285 | 13 | 65 | .973 | 5.129 | ||||
| Nelson Rood | 2B | 26 | 46 | 66 | 3 | 14 | .974 | 4.308 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | 2B | 21 | 44 | 65 | 1 | 15 | .991 | 5.190 | ||||
| Frank Mattox | 2B | 8 | 17 | 39 | 1 | 7 | .982 | 7.000 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | 2B | 5 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 4.600 | ||||
| Joe Mitchell | 3B | 112 | 66 | 148 | 32 | 18 | .870 | 1.911 | ||||
| Nelson Rood | 3B | 23 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 2 | .949 | 2.435 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | 3B | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Juan Castillo | 3B | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| D. L. Smith | 3B | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | 3B | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Donnie Scott | C | 103 | 543 | 80 | 11 | 9 | .983 | 6.049 | 15 | |||
| Jim Jones | C | 33 | 125 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 4.091 | 5 | |||
| Joe Mitchell | C | 18 | 89 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 5.389 | 2 | |||
| Rubén Rodríguez | C | 12 | 71 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.500 | 1 | |||
| Ronn Reynolds | C | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.400 | 0 | |||
| Darryl Hamilton | OF | 128 | 263 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.141 | ||||
| Matías Carrillo | OF | 118 | 235 | 15 | 7 | 3 | .973 | 2.119 | ||||
| Greg Vaughn | OF | 89 | 140 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .980 | 1.618 | ||||
| Tack Wilson | OF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Monico | OF | 34 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.471 | ||||
| LaVel Freeman | OF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darryel Walters | OF | 23 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.652 | ||||
| Nelson Rood | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ray Krawczyk | P | 43 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .846 | .512 | ||||
| Bob Stoddard | P | 42 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .926 | .595 | ||||
| Dave Stapleton | P | 34 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .529 | ||||
| Jay Aldrich | P | 31 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .387 | ||||
| Alan Sadler | P | 28 | 16 | 36 | 4 | 3 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Odell Jones | P | 28 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .821 | ||||
| Todd Simmons | P | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Fossas | P | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jeff Peterek | P | 23 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.652 | ||||
| Mike Costello | P | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Randy Veres | P | 17 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Ed Puig | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Scott May | P | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Filer | P | 12 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.750 | ||||
| Bill Dawley | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Tim Watkins | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Tom Waddell | P | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Birkbeck | P | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Don August | P | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Juan Nieves | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jaime Navarro | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Kinnunen | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Bill Krueger | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Edgar Díaz | SS | 104 | 198 | 307 | 24 | 70 | .955 | 4.856 | ||||
| Joe Xavier | SS | 28 | 45 | 69 | 5 | 12 | .958 | 4.071 | ||||
| Bill Spiers | SS | 14 | 32 | 33 | 2 | 10 | .970 | 4.643 | ||||
| Nelson Rood | SS | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Gary Sheffield | SS | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Joe Mitchell | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Mattox | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1655 | 3676 | 1574 | 148 | 381 | .973 | 3.172 | 23 | 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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