1988 Salem Buccaneers Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: A
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 2nd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Jay Ward (73-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 119,966, Avg. 1,726
1988 Salem Buccaneers RosterTeam Record: 73-66
Finished 2nd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Jay Ward (73-66)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Salem, Virginia
Ballpark: Salem Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 119,966, Avg. 1,726
Playoffs - Lynchburg Red Sox 2 games, Salem Buccaneers 1
The Salem Buccaneers of the Carolina League ended the 1988 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Buccaneers plated 708 runs and conceded 698 runs. Junior Vizcaino, Wes Chamberlain and Tony Longmire paced Salem with 11 home runs apiece. Junior Vizcaino accounted for 58 RBI. Julio Peguero led all regular hitters by hitting .261. Mike York and Pete Murphy topped the team with 9 wins each, while Pete Murphy recorded a 3.29 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1988 Salem Buccaneers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Tommy Shields, Bill Sampen, Mike Walker, Tony Longmire, Orlando Merced, Keith Shepherd, Julio Peguero, Mike York, Carlos García, Wes Chamberlain, Scott Ruskin, Stan Belinda, Steve Carter, José Meléndez and Rick Reed.
Jay Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike York | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.68 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 65 | 31 | 25 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Pete Murphy | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.29 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126.0 | 127 | 64 | 46 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Chip Duncan | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.54 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.7 | 168 | 103 | 79 | 18 | 70 | 2 | 102 | 5 | 8 | 17 | |
| Rick Reed | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.74 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.3 | 56 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Stan Belinda | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.76 | 53 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 71.7 | 54 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 32 | 4 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Ben Webb | 6 | 4 | .600 | 6.37 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 89 | 63 | 58 | 20 | 33 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
| Steve Adams | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.33 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.3 | 103 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Kirk | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.96 | 57 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 79.0 | 86 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| José Meléndez | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.02 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 53.7 | 55 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ron Downs | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.36 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 45 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bill Sampen | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 47 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Doug Torborg | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.67 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 93 | 57 | 46 | 10 | 59 | 1 | 75 | 10 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mike Walker | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 42 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Keith Shepherd | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.83 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 26 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Dave Takach | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Henion | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.28 | 46 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73.3 | 81 | 55 | 43 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Keith Richardson | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clyde Reichard | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| John Rigos | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Butch Schlopy | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Scott Runge | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Lein | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Buckholz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.02 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Joel Forrest | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.82 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 29 | 21 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73 | 66 | .525 | 4.05 | 384 | 139 | 128 | 11 | 3 | 31 | 1219.3 | 1226 | 698 | 549 | 122 | 508 | 19 | 903 | 42 | 32 | 82 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Peguero | 128 | 589 | 517 | 89 | 135 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 43 | 11 | 64 | 81 | .261 | .348 | .342 | .690 | 177 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Wes Chamberlain | 92 | 405 | 365 | 66 | 100 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 59 | .274 | .341 | .411 | .752 | 150 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orlando Merced | 80 | 332 | 298 | 47 | 87 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 27 | 64 | .292 | .347 | .450 | .797 | 134 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Junior Vizcaino | 89 | 364 | 333 | 48 | 87 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 58 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 82 | .261 | .310 | .408 | .719 | 136 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Kevin Burdick | 64 | 282 | 249 | 42 | 80 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 20 | .321 | .388 | .514 | .902 | 128 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Andy Hall | 79 | 306 | 283 | 35 | 74 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 82 | .261 | .317 | .406 | .723 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Moser | 68 | 287 | 257 | 36 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 26 | .284 | .345 | .366 | .711 | 94 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Yacopino | 66 | 288 | 262 | 40 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 34 | 16 | 4 | 24 | 34 | .263 | .323 | .416 | .739 | 109 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos García | 62 | 250 | 236 | 21 | 65 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 32 | .275 | .304 | .352 | .656 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Love | 59 | 235 | 212 | 24 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 29 | .283 | .345 | .387 | .731 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Longmire | 64 | 256 | 218 | 46 | 60 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 44 | .275 | .380 | .500 | .880 | 109 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rigos | 59 | 257 | 217 | 36 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 43 | .258 | .354 | .456 | .810 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Tommy Shields | 45 | 181 | 156 | 20 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 24 | .314 | .394 | .404 | .798 | 63 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Chance | 54 | 222 | 207 | 25 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 51 | .213 | .255 | .319 | .573 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oscar Escobar | 50 | 192 | 177 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 22 | .226 | .268 | .373 | .641 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Keith Raisanen | 49 | 192 | 154 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 35 | .247 | .382 | .455 | .837 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim McKinley | 64 | 216 | 171 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 44 | .181 | .347 | .234 | .581 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Scott Ruskin | 26 | 107 | 96 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 26 | .292 | .355 | .542 | .897 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Julio Perez | 26 | 101 | 97 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | .216 | .248 | .299 | .546 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Crowley | 26 | 108 | 93 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .215 | .318 | .344 | .662 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim McMillan | 12 | 47 | 45 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .267 | .298 | .400 | .698 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fortuna | 15 | 59 | 51 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .196 | .305 | .275 | .580 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Carter | 6 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Hartman | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .556 | .545 | 1.222 | 1.768 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilberto Roca | 7 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .036 | .069 | .036 | .105 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Torborg | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1318 | 5338 | 4753 | 706 | 1251 | 218 | 44 | 109 | 637 | 190 | 66 | 491 | 869 | .263 | .335 | .396 | .731 | 1884 | 109 | 40 | 12 | 42 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Vizcaino | 1B | 77 | 677 | 46 | 18 | 56 | .976 | 9.390 | ||||
| John Rigos | 1B | 47 | 415 | 36 | 6 | 34 | .987 | 9.596 | ||||
| Scott Ruskin | 1B | 8 | 64 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .959 | 8.750 | ||||
| John Love | 1B | 3 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Ed Hartman | 1B | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tim McKinley | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Gilberto Roca | 1B | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steve Moser | 2B | 33 | 64 | 79 | 14 | 14 | .911 | 4.333 | ||||
| Oscar Escobar | 2B | 31 | 56 | 83 | 10 | 11 | .933 | 4.484 | ||||
| Kevin Burdick | 2B | 31 | 56 | 105 | 5 | 15 | .970 | 5.194 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | 2B | 15 | 37 | 60 | 5 | 7 | .951 | 6.467 | ||||
| Julio Perez | 2B | 13 | 35 | 53 | 4 | 12 | .957 | 6.769 | ||||
| Mike Fortuna | 2B | 12 | 26 | 36 | 6 | 7 | .912 | 5.167 | ||||
| Terry Crowley | 2B | 7 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 3.286 | ||||
| Julio Peguero | 2B | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | 3B | 58 | 30 | 123 | 26 | 10 | .855 | 2.638 | ||||
| John Love | 3B | 40 | 41 | 71 | 14 | 7 | .889 | 2.800 | ||||
| Kevin Burdick | 3B | 21 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 1 | .918 | 2.143 | ||||
| Oscar Escobar | 3B | 17 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 2.059 | ||||
| Junior Vizcaino | 3B | 7 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 2.286 | ||||
| Mike Fortuna | 3B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Andy Hall | C | 76 | 482 | 46 | 10 | 4 | .981 | 6.947 | 11 | |||
| Tim McKinley | C | 62 | 392 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 6.677 | 12 | |||
| Gilberto Roca | C | 6 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.167 | 1 | |||
| Julio Peguero | OF | 124 | 283 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .980 | 2.323 | ||||
| Wes Chamberlain | OF | 89 | 161 | 11 | 9 | 0 | .950 | 1.933 | ||||
| Tony Longmire | OF | 47 | 91 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Raisanen | OF | 46 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.609 | ||||
| Tony Chance | OF | 46 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .987 | 1.630 | ||||
| Ed Yacopino | OF | 36 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.833 | ||||
| Scott Ruskin | OF | 13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| John Rigos | OF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.583 | ||||
| Tim McMillan | OF | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Steve Carter | OF | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Julio Perez | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Kirk | P | 57 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .439 | ||||
| Stan Belinda | P | 53 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .358 | ||||
| Scott Henion | P | 46 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .457 | ||||
| Steve Adams | P | 32 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .769 | .625 | ||||
| Pete Murphy | P | 30 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Chip Duncan | P | 28 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.357 | ||||
| Doug Torborg | P | 25 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .720 | ||||
| Ben Webb | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .714 | ||||
| Rick Reed | P | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Mike York | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Steve Buckholz | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Keith Shepherd | P | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Sampen | P | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.125 | ||||
| José Meléndez | P | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Ron Downs | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Mike Walker | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Joel Forrest | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Dave Takach | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Butch Schlopy | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Rigos | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Richardson | P | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Clyde Reichard | P | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Runge | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Lein | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos García | SS | 61 | 131 | 151 | 24 | 34 | .922 | 4.623 | ||||
| Tommy Shields | SS | 44 | 62 | 112 | 7 | 26 | .961 | 3.955 | ||||
| Terry Crowley | SS | 17 | 23 | 43 | 7 | 9 | .904 | 3.882 | ||||
| Kevin Burdick | SS | 14 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 4 | .917 | 3.143 | ||||
| Julio Perez | SS | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 7 | .963 | 5.200 | ||||
| Oscar Escobar | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Orlando Merced | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1538 | 3657 | 1434 | 233 | 287 | .956 | 3.310 | 24 | 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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