1992 Denver Zephyrs Statistics
Team Record: 73-71
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Tony Muser (73-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 347,616, Avg. 4,828 in 72 home dates
The Denver Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1992 season with a record of 73 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Zephyrs led the circuit with 767 runs. Denver surrendered 704 runs. Matt Mieske and Jim Tatum paced the team with 19 home runs apiece., and John Jaha walloped 15 or more as well. Jim Tatum recorded 101 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .329. Otis Green paced the squad with 11 wins, while Cal Eldred recorded a 3 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1992 Denver Zephyrs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cal Eldred, Charlie Montoyo, Andy Allanson, Efrain Valdez, Chris George, Teddy Higuera, Neal Heaton, Mark Lee, Dave Liddell, Dave Nilsson, Jeff Kunkel, Ken Williams, Eric Nolte, Jim Hunter, Paul McClellan, Jim Olander, Mike Ignasiak, Darren Holmes, Joe Kmak, William Suero, John Jaha, Mark Kiefer, Bruce Ruffin, Matt Mieske, José Valentín, Alex Diaz, Nelson Simmons, Jim Tatum, Ángel Miranda and Ced Landrum.
Tony Muser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Green | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.61 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.3 | 148 | 85 | 78 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 662 |
| Cal Eldred | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.00 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 122 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 570 |
| Bob Wishnevski | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.03 | 44 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.0 | 87 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 357 |
| Mike Ignasiak | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.93 | 62 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 92.0 | 83 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 388 |
| Mark Kiefer | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.59 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.7 | 168 | 95 | 83 | 25 | 65 | 1 | 145 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 706 |
| Jim Hunter | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.68 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 134.7 | 144 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 590 |
| Ángel Miranda | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.77 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 183 | 100 | 85 | 16 | 77 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 714 |
| Eric Nolte | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.12 | 49 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 74 | 53 | 41 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 316 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 |
| Neal Heaton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.52 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Chris George | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.64 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 190 |
| Mark Lee | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.19 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 78 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 309 |
| Teddy Higuera | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Paul McClellan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| Efrain Valdez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.43 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 76 | 45 | 41 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 295 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Darren Holmes | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Totals | 73 | 71 | .507 | 4.16 | 421 | 144 | 133 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1277.3 | 1318 | 704 | 590 | 123 | 500 | 26 | 885 | 42 | 22 | 47 | 5544 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Tatum | 130 | 556 | 492 | 74 | 162 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 87 | .329 | .382 | .530 | .913 | 261 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Matt Mieske | 134 | 575 | 524 | 80 | 140 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 77 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 90 | .267 | .319 | .473 | .792 | 248 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Alex Diaz | 106 | 494 | 455 | 67 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 12 | 24 | 36 | .268 | .309 | .330 | .638 | 150 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| José Valentín | 139 | 565 | 492 | 78 | 118 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 99 | .240 | .317 | .341 | .658 | 168 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| John Jaha | 79 | 333 | 274 | 61 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 60 | .321 | .434 | .599 | 1.032 | 164 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenny Jackson | 94 | 378 | 338 | 49 | 88 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 79 | .260 | .321 | .438 | .759 | 148 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Charlie Montoyo | 84 | 310 | 259 | 40 | 84 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 36 | .324 | .429 | .405 | .834 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Guerrero | 76 | 284 | 257 | 39 | 82 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 21 | .319 | .350 | .482 | .832 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Andy Allanson | 72 | 294 | 266 | 42 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 29 | .297 | .354 | .425 | .779 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Nilsson | 66 | 270 | 240 | 38 | 76 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 19 | .317 | .369 | .479 | .849 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 69 | 291 | 274 | 41 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 56 | .277 | .302 | .445 | .747 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| William Suero | 75 | 313 | 276 | 42 | 71 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 33 | .257 | .332 | .370 | .702 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Kmak | 67 | 254 | 225 | 27 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 39 | .311 | .369 | .436 | .805 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ced Landrum | 43 | 163 | 144 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | .312 | .365 | .382 | .747 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Williams | 36 | 151 | 134 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | .291 | .371 | .433 | .804 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Olander | 21 | 95 | 78 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | .372 | .463 | .641 | 1.104 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Liddell | 47 | 137 | 123 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .195 | .248 | .285 | .533 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Shamburg | 18 | 62 | 57 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .281 | .339 | .404 | .742 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Hillemann | 15 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .217 | .379 | .348 | .727 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Simmons | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .500 | .773 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dobrolsky | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1376 | 5596 | 4965 | 767 | 1421 | 259 | 69 | 114 | 717 | 162 | 99 | 465 | 789 | .286 | .349 | .435 | .784 | 2160 | 106 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jaha | 1B | 75 | 652 | 50 | 7 | 50 | .990 | 9.360 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 1B | 22 | 189 | 13 | 2 | 16 | .990 | 9.182 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | 1B | 16 | 134 | 11 | 3 | 9 | .980 | 9.062 | ||||
| Dave Nilsson | 1B | 13 | 126 | 8 | 4 | 14 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Andy Allanson | 1B | 9 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.778 | ||||
| Dave Liddell | 1B | 7 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.857 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 1B | 6 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 12.167 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Williams | 1B | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| William Suero | 2B | 74 | 178 | 214 | 10 | 53 | .975 | 5.297 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 2B | 39 | 61 | 93 | 4 | 19 | .975 | 3.949 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 2B | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Diaz | 2B | 10 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 11 | .967 | 5.800 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 2B | 6 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.167 | ||||
| Jim Tatum | 3B | 123 | 87 | 272 | 24 | 20 | .937 | 2.919 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 3B | 16 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 5 | .935 | 2.688 | ||||
| Dave Nilsson | 3B | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Kmak | C | 63 | 351 | 54 | 3 | 6 | .993 | 6.429 | 7 | |||
| Dave Nilsson | C | 36 | 220 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 6.944 | 0 | |||
| Andy Allanson | C | 33 | 204 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 6.879 | 3 | |||
| Dave Liddell | C | 29 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .986 | 4.793 | 3 | |||
| Matt Mieske | OF | 131 | 252 | 23 | 13 | 4 | .955 | 2.099 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | OF | 95 | 207 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 2.274 | ||||
| Kenny Jackson | OF | 83 | 127 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 1.639 | ||||
| Ced Landrum | OF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Williams | OF | 30 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.967 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | OF | 25 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 2.040 | ||||
| Jim Olander | OF | 20 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.350 | ||||
| Charles Hillemann | OF | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | OF | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Jim Tatum | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Andy Allanson | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Jaha | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Ignasiak | P | 62 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .355 | ||||
| Eric Nolte | P | 49 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Lee | P | 48 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Bob Wishnevski | P | 44 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .341 | ||||
| Efrain Valdez | P | 36 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .361 | ||||
| Jim Hunter | P | 34 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .939 | .912 | ||||
| Ángel Miranda | P | 28 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .860 | 1.321 | ||||
| Otis Green | P | 28 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .893 | ||||
| Mark Kiefer | P | 27 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.741 | ||||
| Cal Eldred | P | 19 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.737 | ||||
| Darren Holmes | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chris George | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Paul McClellan | P | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Neal Heaton | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bruce Ruffin | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Teddy Higuera | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Valentín | SS | 138 | 187 | 414 | 38 | 70 | .941 | 4.355 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Diaz | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1638 | 3650 | 1556 | 149 | 330 | .972 | 3.178 | 13 | 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.
