1988 Springfield Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 81-58
Finished 2nd in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Mark DeJohn (81-58)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 155,416, Avg. 2,236
Playoffs - Cedar Rapids Reds 2 games, Springfield Cardinals 0
The Springfield Cardinals of the Midwest League ended the 1988 season with a record of 81 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Cardinals plated 646 runs and conceded 548 runs. Scott Raziano paced Springfield with 15 home runs Ray Lankford drove in 66 runs. Rod Brewer led all regular batters with a .298 average. Frank Potestio topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.58 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1988 Springfield Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Grater, Rod Brewer, Jeremy Hernandez, Bernard Gilkey, Joe Hall and Ray Lankford.
Mark DeJohn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Potestio | 14 | 10 | .583 | 2.58 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 181.7 | 167 | 67 | 52 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 123 | 10 | 13 | 6 | |
| Jeremy Hernandez | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.54 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 147.3 | 133 | 73 | 58 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 97 | 7 | 8 | 4 | |
| Bill Bivens | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.79 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 140.0 | 112 | 72 | 59 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 112 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Bob Sudo | 10 | 9 | .526 | 3.15 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 148.7 | 163 | 58 | 52 | 8 | 36 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Bob Glisson | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.66 | 34 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 137.7 | 146 | 70 | 56 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 76 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Mark Grater | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.78 | 53 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 81.0 | 60 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
| Shawn Hathaway | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.09 | 45 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 82.0 | 83 | 32 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Henry | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.91 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 71 | 46 | 38 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |
| Greg Becker | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.36 | 58 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 66.0 | 39 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jim Gibbs | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.91 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 89 | 45 | 34 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 5 | 7 | |
| Dave Sala | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.06 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Dale Kisten | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Abreu | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Epple | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Andrew Taylor | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.76 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 37 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals | 81 | 58 | .583 | 3.18 | 373 | 139 | 120 | 19 | 7 | 42 | 1212.0 | 1153 | 548 | 428 | 66 | 378 | 24 | 834 | 51 | 57 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Johnson | 133 | 567 | 528 | 65 | 154 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 62 | 26 | 13 | 27 | 74 | .292 | .327 | .386 | .713 | 204 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Ray Lankford | 135 | 605 | 532 | 90 | 151 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 66 | 33 | 17 | 60 | 92 | .284 | .366 | .455 | .821 | 242 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rod Brewer | 133 | 530 | 457 | 57 | 136 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 52 | .298 | .386 | .414 | .799 | 189 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Bernard Gilkey | 125 | 564 | 491 | 84 | 120 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 56 | 18 | 65 | 53 | .244 | .336 | .346 | .683 | 170 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Alex Ojea | 135 | 537 | 457 | 56 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 92 | .234 | .331 | .317 | .649 | 145 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |
| Scott Raziano | 117 | 474 | 405 | 64 | 106 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 60 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 49 | .262 | .355 | .410 | .764 | 166 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Ed Fulton | 110 | 426 | 374 | 46 | 100 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 69 | .267 | .342 | .409 | .751 | 153 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | |
| Dave Payton | 116 | 454 | 389 | 57 | 99 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 55 | 58 | .254 | .355 | .380 | .735 | 148 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Frank Abreu | 116 | 408 | 359 | 44 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 58 | .209 | .285 | .256 | .542 | 92 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Norm Roberts | 66 | 245 | 206 | 42 | 57 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 36 | 60 | .277 | .389 | .495 | .884 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Nichols | 73 | 214 | 184 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 43 | .217 | .310 | .310 | .619 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Paul Thoutsis | 28 | 102 | 92 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .272 | .324 | .304 | .628 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Steve Meyer | 21 | 63 | 59 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .220 | .270 | .271 | .541 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Crucito Lara | 10 | 34 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .212 | .212 | .242 | .455 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Jeffers | 8 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .182 | .357 | .182 | .539 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carmelo Alvarez | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .100 | .308 | .100 | .408 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Gonzalez | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Grater | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Hall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1395 | 5272 | 4608 | 646 | 1195 | 188 | 48 | 82 | 559 | 160 | 72 | 549 | 730 | .259 | .342 | .374 | .716 | 1725 | 0 | 46 | 33 | 36 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rod Brewer | 1B | 129 | 1249 | 78 | 10 | 106 | .993 | 1.287 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | 1B | 12 | 90 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Scott Raziano | 1B | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Steve Meyer | 1B | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.500 | ||||
| Alex Ojea | 2B | 126 | 284 | 375 | 26 | 92 | .962 | 5.230 | ||||
| Dave Payton | 2B | 20 | 33 | 47 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Jeffers | 2B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Crucito Lara | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Scott Raziano | 3B | 110 | 47 | 260 | 30 | 16 | .911 | 2.791 | ||||
| Dave Payton | 3B | 31 | 22 | 73 | 13 | 6 | .880 | 3.065 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Crucito Lara | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Jeffers | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Fulton | C | 105 | 626 | 64 | 13 | 4 | .982 | 6.571 | 13 | |||
| Scott Nichols | C | 48 | 214 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .984 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| John Murphy | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Johnson | OF | 132 | 220 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .963 | 1.765 | ||||
| Ray Lankford | OF | 128 | 284 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .976 | 2.258 | ||||
| Bernard Gilkey | OF | 107 | 165 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .967 | 1.636 | ||||
| Norm Roberts | OF | 31 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .979 | 1.484 | ||||
| Dave Payton | OF | 26 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.346 | ||||
| Paul Thoutsis | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | OF | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Greg Becker | P | 58 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .224 | ||||
| Mark Grater | P | 53 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .972 | .660 | ||||
| Shawn Hathaway | P | 45 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .944 | .378 | ||||
| Bob Glisson | P | 34 | 6 | 33 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.147 | ||||
| Frank Potestio | P | 27 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.296 | ||||
| Jim Gibbs | P | 27 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bob Sudo | P | 24 | 11 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Jeremy Hernandez | P | 24 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bill Bivens | P | 24 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.417 | ||||
| Mike Henry | P | 23 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .696 | ||||
| Andrew Taylor | P | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .200 | ||||
| Dave Sala | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Epple | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dale Kisten | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Abreu | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Frank Abreu | SS | 116 | 124 | 379 | 48 | 54 | .913 | 4.336 | ||||
| Alex Ojea | SS | 17 | 20 | 45 | 3 | 8 | .956 | 3.824 | ||||
| Crucito Lara | SS | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.125 | ||||
| Orlando Gonzalez | SS | 6 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 5 | .880 | 3.667 | ||||
| Carmelo Alvarez | SS | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 3.750 | ||||
| Steve Jeffers | SS | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1562 | 3636 | 1673 | 193 | 339 | .965 | 3.399 | 16 | 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.
