1986 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Gaylen Pitts (87-53)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 151,815, Avg. 2,169
Playoffs - Peoria Chiefs 2 games, Springfield Cardinals 0
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1986 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Cardinals scored 736 runs, most in the league. Springfield conceded 577 runs. Mike Fitzgerald paced the team with 19 home runs and accounted for 93 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .297 average. Jeff Oyster topped the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.03 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1986 Springfield Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Hartley, Craig Wilson, Steve Peters, Paul Wilmet, Ricky Horton and Mike Fitzgerald.
Gaylen Pitts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Oyster | 17 | 7 | .708 | 3.03 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 184.0 | 170 | 73 | 62 | 14 | 42 | 2 | 142 | 8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve Peters | 10 | 1 | .909 | 2.53 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 103.0 | 78 | 32 | 29 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mick Freed | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.42 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 137.0 | 144 | 60 | 52 | 11 | 35 | 2 | 92 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.15 | 56 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 96.3 | 66 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 33 | 3 | 99 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tom Mauch | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.46 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 143.3 | 151 | 88 | 71 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Sassone | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.69 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 85 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Scott Norman | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.39 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | 83 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bill Bivens | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.45 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 69 | 53 | 47 | 10 | 35 | 1 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.62 | 33 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49.7 | 56 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Doug Bates | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.61 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 70 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Chris Forrest | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tim Atkinson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.84 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.7 | 59 | 38 | 31 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| Mark Davis | 19 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Robertson | 8 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ricky Horton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hartley | 0 | 0 | 9.60 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brad Blunt | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 83 | 50 | .624 | 3.65 | 334 | 134 | 100 | 31 | 6 | 36 | 1129.0 | 1086 | 542 | 458 | 93 | 374 | 13 | 804 | 42 | 13 | 45 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fitzgerald | 126 | 535 | 498 | 74 | 148 | 30 | 4 | 19 | 93 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 90 | .297 | .327 | .488 | .815 | 243 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Dennis Carter | 138 | 566 | 518 | 82 | 140 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 82 | 28 | 8 | 39 | 123 | .270 | .322 | .421 | .742 | 218 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Craig Wilson | 127 | 575 | 496 | 106 | 136 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 49 | 44 | 12 | 65 | 49 | .274 | .357 | .339 | .696 | 168 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | |
| Brett Harrison | 134 | 543 | 482 | 70 | 135 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 18 | 5 | 45 | 57 | .280 | .340 | .398 | .738 | 192 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | |
| John Murphy | 89 | 391 | 348 | 76 | 113 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 75 | 37 | 6 | 32 | 42 | .325 | .385 | .506 | .890 | 176 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Mike Fox | 111 | 442 | 396 | 47 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 51 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 38 | .278 | .330 | .351 | .681 | 139 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| Larry Breedlove | 108 | 443 | 362 | 74 | 106 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 65 | 52 | .293 | .398 | .348 | .746 | 126 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mark Schulte | 77 | 301 | 271 | 45 | 92 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 17 | .339 | .386 | .476 | .862 | 129 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Joe Cunningham | 101 | 354 | 291 | 50 | 67 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 49 | .230 | .334 | .344 | .678 | 100 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ron Leon | 82 | 224 | 199 | 17 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 28 | .251 | .317 | .291 | .608 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dave Pregon | 70 | 214 | 193 | 26 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 48 | .238 | .308 | .399 | .707 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Maloney | 68 | 189 | 165 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .230 | .319 | .285 | .604 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Keith Traylor | 67 | 189 | 163 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 47 | .221 | .317 | .294 | .612 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jose Rodriguez | 43 | 153 | 137 | 19 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .226 | .275 | .270 | .545 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Peters | 16 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .300 | .364 | .600 | .964 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Warmbier | 5 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .308 | .357 | .308 | .665 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Mauch | 23 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .300 | .500 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Forrest | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Freed | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Davis | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Bates | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Wilmet | 56 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Sassone | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Robertson | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bivens | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Oyster | 28 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .000 | .033 | .000 | .033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Norman | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brad Blunt | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Kavanaugh | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Atkinson | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1672 | 5228 | 4619 | 735 | 1263 | 213 | 35 | 78 | 656 | 175 | 50 | 462 | 714 | .273 | .340 | .385 | .725 | 1780 | 0 | 31 | 56 | 60 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fitzgerald | 1B | 76 | 656 | 39 | 15 | 64 | .979 | 9.145 | ||||
| Dave Pregon | 1B | 49 | 359 | 26 | 0 | 32 | 1.000 | 7.857 | ||||
| Chris Maloney | 1B | 23 | 151 | 16 | 1 | 16 | .994 | 7.261 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 1B | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 5.500 | ||||
| Mike Fox | 1B | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 11.000 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 126 | 292 | 343 | 18 | 86 | .972 | 5.040 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | 2B | 14 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 6 | .885 | 3.857 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 2B | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Cunningham | 3B | 73 | 39 | 139 | 8 | 15 | .957 | 2.438 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | 3B | 69 | 46 | 160 | 21 | 20 | .907 | 2.986 | ||||
| Chris Maloney | 3B | 9 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 1 | .733 | 1.222 | ||||
| Mike Fox | C | 105 | 684 | 63 | 12 | 3 | .984 | 7.114 | 15 | |||
| Mike Fitzgerald | C | 35 | 163 | 24 | 7 | 0 | .964 | 5.343 | 4 | |||
| Chris Maloney | C | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 3 | |||
| Harry McCulla | C | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennis Carter | OF | 137 | 237 | 17 | 7 | 0 | .973 | 1.854 | ||||
| John Murphy | OF | 89 | 201 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 2.281 | ||||
| Mark Schulte | OF | 74 | 156 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .970 | 2.216 | ||||
| Keith Traylor | OF | 64 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .969 | 1.922 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | OF | 43 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 2.535 | ||||
| Ron Leon | OF | 41 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.390 | ||||
| Chris Maloney | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Harry McCulla | OF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Breedlove | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Wilmet | P | 56 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Tim Kavanaugh | P | 33 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .424 | ||||
| Mick Freed | P | 29 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .828 | ||||
| Tim Atkinson | P | 29 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .621 | ||||
| Jeff Oyster | P | 28 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Norman | P | 25 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .680 | ||||
| Tom Mauch | P | 23 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.609 | ||||
| Doug Bates | P | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
| Mark Davis | P | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Bivens | P | 16 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Steve Peters | P | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.467 | ||||
| Mike Sassone | P | 14 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Michael Robertson | P | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Hartley | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brad Blunt | P | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Forrest | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ricky Horton | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brett Harrison | SS | 134 | 168 | 379 | 41 | 56 | .930 | 4.082 | ||||
| Larry Breedlove | SS | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 2.111 | ||||
| Totals | 1520 | 3586 | 1453 | 172 | 322 | .967 | 3.315 | 22 | 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.
