1986 Pulaski Braves Statistics
Team Record: 41-25
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Grady Little (41-25)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Pulaski, Virginia
Ballpark: Calfee Park
Attendance: 14,040, Avg. 425
Playoffs - Pulaski Braves 2 games, Johnson City Cardinals 1
The Pulaski Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1986 season with a record of 41 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Braves scored 413 runs, best in the league. Pulaski conceded 337 runs. Brian Deak led the squad with 12 home runs Jesse Minton drove in 50 runs. Brian Deak paced all regular batters by hitting .325. Jim Lemasters topped the team with 7 wins, while John Stewart recorded a 2.25 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Matt Turner and Andy Tomberlin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Grady Little 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Lemasters | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.38 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 68 | 38 | 28 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rich Taylor | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.42 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| John Stewart | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.25 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 49 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rex Roth | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.40 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.7 | 47 | 32 | 22 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Steve O'Quinn | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.78 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49.0 | 61 | 29 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Sid Akins | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.36 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walt Williams | 3 | 2 | .600 | 8.08 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 47 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Andy Tomberlin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Miller | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Nezelek | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.71 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 69 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Thomas Watson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.91 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 42 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Featherstone | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.28 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.7 | 45 | 35 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Wilson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.63 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.3 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Matt Turner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.62 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.7 | 55 | 36 | 25 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 41 | 25 | .621 | 4.01 | 193 | 66 | 59 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 558.7 | 573 | 337 | 249 | 37 | 276 | 8 | 486 | 31 | 6 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Pennington | 58 | 261 | 223 | 44 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 25 | .291 | .379 | .444 | .823 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Brian Deak | 62 | 252 | 197 | 45 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 49 | 57 | .325 | .460 | .604 | 1.064 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jesse Minton | 63 | 252 | 231 | 46 | 64 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 49 | .277 | .337 | .494 | .831 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Maloney | 59 | 244 | 216 | 41 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 20 | .282 | .358 | .315 | .673 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Cantrell | 61 | 264 | 199 | 45 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 61 | 37 | .276 | .445 | .382 | .827 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Jay Johnson | 58 | 216 | 192 | 38 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 26 | .266 | .311 | .411 | .723 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Carl Jones-Pointer | 55 | 215 | 196 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 49 | .250 | .313 | .362 | .675 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex Smith | 24 | 109 | 98 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .357 | .394 | .551 | .946 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Lynn Robinson | 51 | 159 | 132 | 32 | 32 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 23 | 38 | .242 | .371 | .447 | .818 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arthur Smith | 52 | 147 | 133 | 19 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 33 | .211 | .269 | .248 | .517 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Hamilton | 35 | 111 | 93 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 22 | .258 | .378 | .430 | .808 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| William Ragland | 25 | 76 | 70 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .300 | .342 | .386 | .728 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Scott Kickbush | 34 | 102 | 86 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 22 | .186 | .314 | .221 | .535 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob McNally | 29 | 80 | 58 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 5 | .241 | .425 | .345 | .770 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Stewart | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thomas Watson | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .429 | .500 | .571 | 1.071 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve O'Quinn | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Williams | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Featherstone | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Tomberlin | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adrian Wills | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Turner | 18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Akins | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Nezelek | 12 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lemasters | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Wilson | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 822 | 2582 | 2202 | 410 | 592 | 107 | 17 | 53 | 343 | 99 | 15 | 318 | 437 | .269 | .364 | .405 | .770 | 892 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 22 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse Minton | 1B | 54 | 414 | 33 | 11 | 33 | .976 | 8.278 | ||||
| Scott Kickbush | 1B | 16 | 98 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .991 | 6.625 | ||||
| Bob McNally | 1B | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Alex Smith | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jay Johnson | 2B | 52 | 102 | 132 | 17 | 31 | .932 | 4.500 | ||||
| William Ragland | 2B | 9 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rich Maloney | 2B | 8 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | .964 | 3.375 | ||||
| Tom Cantrell | 2B | 6 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Ken Pennington | 3B | 53 | 40 | 92 | 24 | 3 | .846 | 2.491 | ||||
| Alex Smith | 3B | 8 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.875 | ||||
| William Ragland | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 1.667 | ||||
| Scott Kickbush | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tom Cantrell | 3B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brian Deak | C | 20 | 391 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .990 | 2.750 | 6 | |||
| Bob McNally | C | 18 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .971 | 5.611 | 2 | |||
| Scott Kickbush | C | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | |||
| Adrian Wills | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Carl Jones-Pointer | OF | 53 | 81 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .938 | 1.698 | ||||
| Tom Cantrell | OF | 51 | 102 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .965 | 2.157 | ||||
| Arthur Smith | OF | 47 | 46 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .862 | 1.064 | ||||
| Lynn Robinson | OF | 45 | 53 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .859 | 1.222 | ||||
| Mike Hamilton | OF | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Scott Kickbush | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .400 | ||||
| William Ragland | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Johnson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rex Roth | P | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .273 | ||||
| Thomas Watson | P | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Featherstone | P | 19 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| Matt Turner | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Steve O'Quinn | P | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .611 | ||||
| John Stewart | P | 16 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.062 | ||||
| Jim Lemasters | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rich Taylor | P | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .143 | ||||
| Mike Wilson | P | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Walt Williams | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Andy Nezelek | P | 12 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.333 | ||||
| Sid Akins | P | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Dave Miller | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Andy Tomberlin | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rich Maloney | SS | 49 | 85 | 125 | 19 | 26 | .917 | 4.286 | ||||
| Alex Smith | SS | 12 | 20 | 28 | 4 | 10 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
| William Ragland | SS | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 4 | .826 | 2.714 | ||||
| Jay Johnson | SS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 745 | 1676 | 637 | 140 | 134 | .943 | 3.105 | 9 | 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.
