1986 Huntsville Stars Statistics
Team Record: 78-63
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Brad Fischer (78-63)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Ballpark: Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 263,198, Avg. 3,733
Playoffs - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 1
Finals - Columbus Astros 3 games, Huntsville Stars 1
The Huntsville Stars of the Southern League ended the 1986 season with a record of 78 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Stars led the league with 881 runs. Huntsville allowed 762 runs. Terry Steinbach paced the team with 24 home runs, while José Tolentino walloped 15 or more also. Terry Steinbach accounted for 132 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .325. Kirk McDonald and Greg Cadaret paced the squad with 12 wins each, and Todd Burns recorded a 3.77 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1986 Huntsville Stars who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wally Whitehurst, Tim Belcher, Roy Johnson, Joe Strong, Mark McGwire, Walt Weiss, Rick Rodriguez, Greg Cadaret, Terry Steinbach, José Tolentino, Todd Burns and Kevin Tapani.
Brad Fischer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk McDonald | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.68 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 136.7 | 165 | 88 | 71 | 5 | 58 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Greg Cadaret | 12 | 5 | .706 | 5.41 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 141.3 | 166 | 106 | 85 | 6 | 98 | 0 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wally Whitehurst | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.64 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 104.7 | 114 | 66 | 54 | 4 | 46 | 3 | 54 | 7 | 3 | 12 | |
| Todd Burns | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.75 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 124.7 | 122 | 59 | 52 | 16 | 39 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Stan Kyles | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.50 | 24 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 72.0 | 64 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mark Leonette | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.78 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 100.0 | 108 | 56 | 42 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Stan Hilton | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.52 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.7 | 136 | 69 | 65 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Scott Whaley | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.18 | 51 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 118.3 | 114 | 57 | 55 | 10 | 48 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Brian Criswell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.98 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 52 | 29 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greg Brake | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.81 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.0 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Belcher | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.57 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 50 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Doug Scherer | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.59 | 54 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 84.3 | 101 | 50 | 43 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| Mark Beavers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.53 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.0 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Tapani | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Strong | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Cox | 1 | 3 | .250 | 11.49 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 49 | 41 | 40 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Joe Law | 1 | 4 | .200 | 8.24 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 55 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ray Thoma | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Rick Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16.0 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| José Tolentino | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chip Conklin | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 78 | 63 | .553 | 4.89 | 387 | 141 | 130 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 1212.0 | 1388 | 762 | 659 | 89 | 568 | 12 | 709 | 34 | 20 | 88 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Tolentino | 137 | 606 | 540 | 80 | 170 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 53 | 57 | .315 | .376 | .456 | .831 | 246 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | |
| Terry Steinbach | 138 | 611 | 505 | 113 | 164 | 33 | 2 | 24 | 132 | 10 | 9 | 94 | 74 | .325 | .430 | .541 | .971 | 273 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Damon Farmar | 137 | 592 | 520 | 94 | 143 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 88 | 25 | 8 | 65 | 113 | .275 | .353 | .385 | .737 | 200 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Gary Jones | 130 | 592 | 450 | 116 | 140 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 34 | 17 | 128 | 60 | .311 | .464 | .393 | .857 | 177 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dave Wilder | 126 | 559 | 445 | 91 | 134 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 22 | 8 | 100 | 104 | .301 | .434 | .454 | .888 | 202 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Brian Guinn | 121 | 531 | 463 | 87 | 131 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 63 | 19 | 11 | 52 | 78 | .283 | .356 | .380 | .736 | 176 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | |
| Ray Thoma | 112 | 444 | 404 | 62 | 98 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 82 | .243 | .295 | .344 | .639 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Rocky Coyle | 90 | 322 | 282 | 53 | 82 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 22 | .291 | .359 | .447 | .806 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Roy Johnson | 52 | 217 | 183 | 33 | 63 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 20 | .344 | .438 | .503 | .941 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mark McGwire | 55 | 249 | 195 | 40 | 59 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 45 | .303 | .427 | .533 | .961 | 104 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Joe Kramer | 53 | 195 | 167 | 29 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 34 | .329 | .404 | .389 | .793 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Walt Weiss | 46 | 175 | 160 | 19 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 39 | .250 | .305 | .275 | .580 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Nix | 61 | 189 | 168 | 24 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 22 | .232 | .314 | .327 | .641 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chip Conklin | 28 | 99 | 91 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .264 | .323 | .418 | .741 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Amin David | 42 | 111 | 92 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 19 | .239 | .342 | .283 | .625 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tyler Brilinski | 14 | 57 | 50 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .220 | .298 | .440 | .738 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Loscalzo | 13 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | .065 | .194 | .097 | .291 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Stromer | 6 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .056 | .190 | .056 | .246 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1361 | 5606 | 4764 | 881 | 1378 | 231 | 34 | 104 | 789 | 164 | 74 | 722 | 822 | .289 | .382 | .418 | .800 | 1989 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 57 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Tolentino | 1B | 134 | 1253 | 95 | 8 | 112 | .994 | 1.060 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | 1B | 6 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.167 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | 1B | 6 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Gary Jones | 2B | 88 | 158 | 245 | 8 | 49 | .981 | 4.580 | ||||
| Brian Guinn | 2B | 27 | 55 | 78 | 4 | 23 | .971 | 4.926 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | 2B | 22 | 43 | 46 | 4 | 6 | .957 | 4.045 | ||||
| Dave Nix | 2B | 17 | 25 | 35 | 2 | 5 | .968 | 3.529 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | 3B | 79 | 62 | 180 | 14 | 14 | .945 | 3.063 | ||||
| Mark McGwire | 3B | 55 | 34 | 124 | 16 | 6 | .908 | 2.873 | ||||
| Dave Nix | 3B | 19 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 4 | .913 | 2.211 | ||||
| Terry Steinbach | C | 122 | 596 | 72 | 14 | 1 | .979 | 5.475 | 22 | |||
| Amin David | C | 37 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 3.838 | 6 | |||
| Damon Farmar | OF | 134 | 316 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .979 | 2.433 | ||||
| Dave Wilder | OF | 126 | 239 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rocky Coyle | OF | 64 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.781 | ||||
| Roy Johnson | OF | 48 | 91 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .959 | 1.958 | ||||
| Joe Kramer | OF | 47 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .952 | 1.702 | ||||
| Bob Loscalzo | OF | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Doug Scherer | P | 54 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .426 | ||||
| Scott Whaley | P | 51 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .275 | ||||
| Mark Leonette | P | 47 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .833 | .426 | ||||
| Greg Cadaret | P | 28 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .929 | ||||
| Stan Kyles | P | 24 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .625 | ||||
| Brian Criswell | P | 24 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kirk McDonald | P | 22 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .949 | 1.682 | ||||
| Todd Burns | P | 20 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.800 | ||||
| Wally Whitehurst | P | 19 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.526 | ||||
| Stan Hilton | P | 19 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .579 | ||||
| John Cox | P | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Greg Brake | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Rick Rodriguez | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | P | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Joe Law | P | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| Mark Beavers | P | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Joe Strong | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| José Tolentino | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Tapani | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Guinn | SS | 86 | 158 | 256 | 28 | 46 | .937 | 4.814 | ||||
| Walt Weiss | SS | 46 | 72 | 142 | 11 | 36 | .951 | 4.652 | ||||
| Ray Thoma | SS | 13 | 27 | 35 | 1 | 7 | .984 | 4.769 | ||||
| Chip Conklin | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1590 | 3636 | 1580 | 156 | 338 | .971 | 3.281 | 28 | 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.
