1989 Gastonia Rangers Statistics
Team Record: 92-48
Finished 1st in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (92-48)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Gastonia, North Carolina
Ballpark: Sims Legion Park
Attendance: 51,290, Avg. 733
Finals - Augusta Pirates 3 games, Gastonia Rangers 1
The Gastonia Rangers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1989 season with a record of 92 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Rangers led the circuit with just 517 runs allowed. Gastonia scored 642 runs. Doug Cronk paced the squad with 22 home runs, while Trey McCoy walloped 15 or more, too. Trey McCoy drove in 89 runs. Jeff Frye topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .312. Francisco Valdez paced the team with 14 wins, and Robb Nen earned a 2.41 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Jeff Frye, José Hernández, Tug McGraw, Robb Nen, Kevin Belcher, Iván Rodríguez, Darren Oliver and Cris Colón were all players from the 1989 Gastonia Rangers who played in the Majors during their careers.
Orlando Gomez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francisco Valdez | 14 | 3 | .824 | 3.13 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 135.3 | 99 | 57 | 47 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 8 | 7 | |
| Kyle Spencer | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.22 | 43 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 85.0 | 63 | 35 | 21 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 105 | 9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Everett Cunningham | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.52 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139.3 | 112 | 47 | 39 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 118 | 10 | 4 | 10 | |
| Jim Hvizda | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.19 | 62 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 90.7 | 52 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Darren Oliver | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.16 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 122.3 | 86 | 54 | 43 | 4 | 82 | 1 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Robb Nen | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.41 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138.3 | 96 | 47 | 37 | 7 | 76 | 0 | 146 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Eric McCray | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.52 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.7 | 95 | 51 | 34 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 110 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Rob Brown | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.54 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.7 | 58 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Steve Allen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.02 | 51 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.0 | 60 | 33 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 5 | 84 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bryan Gore | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.96 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 42 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 7 | 4 | |
| Ronaldo Romero | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.82 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 81 | 56 | 45 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tim MacNeil | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.98 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.7 | 40 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mike Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Carl Randle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.55 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tug McGraw | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spencer Wilkinson | 0 | 0 | 162.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Fidel Compres | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.92 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 92 | 48 | .657 | 2.88 | 394 | 140 | 133 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 1226.7 | 927 | 517 | 392 | 50 | 576 | 21 | 1078 | 70 | 38 | 97 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Frye | 125 | 543 | 464 | 85 | 145 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 33 | 13 | 72 | 53 | .312 | .405 | .388 | .793 | 180 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Trey McCoy | 130 | 549 | 461 | 79 | 129 | 31 | 2 | 18 | 89 | 7 | 4 | 72 | 81 | .280 | .377 | .473 | .850 | 218 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 4 | |
| Doug Cronk | 133 | 562 | 478 | 72 | 120 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 77 | 4 | 1 | 74 | 132 | .251 | .351 | .437 | .788 | 209 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| Cris Colón | 125 | 500 | 473 | 58 | 107 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 95 | .226 | .243 | .298 | .541 | 141 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kevin Belcher | 93 | 385 | 338 | 61 | 100 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 59 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 62 | .296 | .357 | .488 | .845 | 165 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |
| Iván Rodríguez | 112 | 418 | 386 | 38 | 92 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 58 | .238 | .278 | .355 | .633 | 137 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Jeff Oller | 97 | 365 | 331 | 37 | 87 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 77 | .263 | .319 | .414 | .733 | 137 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Jim McCutchen | 119 | 433 | 370 | 38 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 50 | 84 | .216 | .310 | .270 | .580 | 100 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
| Thayer Swain | 60 | 257 | 212 | 25 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 47 | .297 | .408 | .401 | .809 | 85 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tim Piechowski | 73 | 250 | 213 | 31 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 29 | .225 | .320 | .329 | .648 | 70 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| José Hernández | 91 | 256 | 215 | 35 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 67 | .219 | .323 | .321 | .644 | 69 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Troy Eklund | 47 | 171 | 143 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 35 | .196 | .301 | .280 | .581 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dominic Pierce | 41 | 114 | 97 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 18 | .258 | .357 | .361 | .718 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Mendazona | 49 | 147 | 133 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .188 | .250 | .203 | .453 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Lewis | 37 | 121 | 103 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 19 | .233 | .333 | .282 | .615 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony Berry | 43 | 141 | 118 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 35 | .169 | .298 | .280 | .578 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Hamilton | 14 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .179 | .207 | .214 | .421 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Wardlow | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1392 | 5252 | 4572 | 642 | 1146 | 205 | 29 | 91 | 565 | 118 | 84 | 534 | 918 | .251 | .331 | .368 | .699 | 1682 | 0 | 40 | 57 | 49 | 33 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Cronk | 1B | 122 | 1120 | 94 | 14 | 111 | .989 | 9.951 | ||||
| Trey McCoy | 1B | 21 | 142 | 12 | 1 | 10 | .994 | 7.333 | ||||
| Mike Hamilton | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Frye | 2B | 125 | 242 | 340 | 14 | 82 | .977 | 4.656 | ||||
| José Hernández | 2B | 20 | 33 | 39 | 5 | 15 | .935 | 3.600 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dominic Pierce | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim McCutchen | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Oller | 3B | 97 | 49 | 201 | 30 | 22 | .893 | 2.577 | ||||
| José Hernández | 3B | 42 | 25 | 66 | 9 | 5 | .910 | 2.167 | ||||
| Dominic Pierce | 3B | 28 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 3 | .872 | 1.464 | ||||
| Joey Wardlow | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .600 | 1.000 | ||||
| Iván Rodríguez | C | 96 | 691 | 96 | 11 | 6 | .986 | 8.198 | 34 | |||
| Mike Mendazona | C | 46 | 289 | 26 | 3 | 2 | .991 | 6.848 | 15 | |||
| Joe Lewis | C | 12 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .981 | 4.250 | 3 | |||
| Mike Hamilton | C | 10 | 50 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .966 | 5.700 | 1 | |||
| Jim McCutchen | OF | 116 | 181 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .964 | 1.638 | ||||
| Kevin Belcher | OF | 93 | 172 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .978 | 1.903 | ||||
| Tim Piechowski | OF | 65 | 82 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 1.385 | ||||
| Troy Eklund | OF | 45 | 68 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .949 | 1.644 | ||||
| Thayer Swain | OF | 42 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Trey McCoy | OF | 42 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .846 | 1.048 | ||||
| Tony Berry | OF | 29 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.138 | ||||
| Joe Lewis | OF | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Hernández | OF | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jim Hvizda | P | 62 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .258 | ||||
| Steve Allen | P | 51 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .976 | .804 | ||||
| Kyle Spencer | P | 43 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .535 | ||||
| Everett Cunningham | P | 27 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 4 | .921 | 1.296 | ||||
| Francisco Valdez | P | 26 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .848 | 1.077 | ||||
| Darren Oliver | P | 24 | 11 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.875 | ||||
| Robb Nen | P | 24 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .854 | 1.458 | ||||
| Bryan Gore | P | 24 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ronaldo Romero | P | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .864 | ||||
| Eric McCray | P | 22 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.364 | ||||
| Tim MacNeil | P | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rob Brown | P | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .778 | ||||
| Carl Randle | P | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Fidel Compres | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Mike Hamilton | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Spencer Wilkinson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tug McGraw | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cris Colón | SS | 125 | 183 | 320 | 47 | 69 | .915 | 4.024 | ||||
| José Hernández | SS | 27 | 33 | 62 | 3 | 14 | .969 | 3.519 | ||||
| Totals | 1615 | 3680 | 1564 | 199 | 372 | .963 | 3.247 | 53 | 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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