1988 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics

Florida State League (FSL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-68
Finished 3rd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Dave Bialas (68-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 170,534, Avg. 2,508

1988 St. Petersburg Cardinals Roster

The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1988 season with a record of 68 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Cardinals scored 524 runs and yielded 556 runs. Scott Melvin drove in 58 runs. Mike Senne led all regular batters by hitting .285. Len Picota topped the squad with 11 wins, while Jay North earned a 2.68 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1988 St. Petersburg Cardinals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Tim Sherrill, Mike Pérez, Geronimo Pena and Lonnie Maclin.

Dave Bialas served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Len Picota	11	10	.524	2.89	23	23	0	4	0	0	143.3	130	57	46	3	44	3	65	9	5	4
Jay North	8	7	.533	2.67	35	16	11	4	1	2	124.7	112	42	37	1	40	6	83	2	0	10
Scott Hamilton	8	7	.533	3.62	33	18	6	1	0	1	129.3	132	69	52	6	41	3	95	4	0	9
Larry Pierson	7	10	.412	3.64	32	18	4	0	0	0	143.3	170	77	58	9	27	2	59	3	3	4
Jerry Daniels	5	5	.500	2.39	46	0	33	0	0	4	86.7	70	29	23	2	30	5	85	3	3	6
Rob Livchak	4	6	.400	5.56	18	10	2	0	0	0	66.3	97	53	41	3	26	0	42	2	0	8
Steve Hill	3	1	.750	2.16	11	0	8	0	0	3	25.0	22	6	6	1	11	3	25	1	1	3
Scott Lawrence	3	1	.750	3.58	10	5	2	2	1	0	37.7	39	21	15	1	13	0	10	1	1	1
Mike Hinkle	3	3	.500	2.13	6	6	0	2	1	0	38.0	33	10	9	1	5	0	25	1	0	2
Bob Faron	3	3	.500	2.97	6	5	1	1	1	0	36.3	41	12	12	1	11	0	22	2	1	1
Stan Zaltsman	3	4	.429	3.53	35	12	6	1	1	0	119.7	115	59	47	7	29	1	73	4	5	8
Ken Smith	2	0	1.000	0.00	3	1	1	0	0	0	14.0	10	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
Tim Sherrill	2	0	1.000	1.54	16	0	11	0	0	6	23.3	14	4	4	0	8	1	25	1	2	0
Mike Pérez	2	2	.500	2.08	35	0	28	0	0	17	43.3	24	12	10	0	16	1	45	4	4	2
Gab Ozuna	1	0	1.000	4.50	5	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	9	0	0	2
Scott Broadfoot	1	2	.333	3.98	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.7	33	22	14	4	7	1	22	3	0	3
Lee Plemel	1	2	.333	6.97	3	3	0	0	0	0	10.3	19	12	8	1	4	0	1	1	3	0
Bill Hershman	1	3	.250	4.59	14	6	2	0	0	0	51.0	55	32	26	2	24	0	27	1	2	8
Tom Mauch	0	2	.000	4.20	19	7	4	0	0	2	55.7	57	34	26	3	17	2	21	2	1	5
Totals	68	68	.500	3.32	356	136	121	15	5	35	1189.7	1183	556	439	46	358	28	739	44	31	76	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
Scott Melvin	126	524	451	50	126	18	5	1	58	2	1	59	86	.279	.359	.348	.707	157	11	1	6	7	2
Geronimo Pena	130	593	484	82	125	25	10	4	35	35	18	88	103	.258	.378	.376	.754	182	5	8	8	5	3
Mike Senne	109	453	414	60	118	24	2	6	55	22	9	29	58	.285	.332	.396	.728	164	4	2	4	4	2
Joe Cunningham	116	471	402	46	108	15	6	3	35	0	3	55	56	.269	.357	.358	.715	144	15	4	3	7	3
Dennis Carter	115	437	403	34	100	22	5	6	50	7	0	22	130	.248	.293	.372	.665	150	7	5	3	4	4
Julian Martinez	113	432	375	54	94	17	1	3	39	16	9	46	79	.251	.333	.325	.658	122	6	2	5	4	1
Crucito Lara	96	354	334	33	69	12	2	1	20	7	6	12	64	.207	.239	.263	.502	88	10	3	2	3	0
John Balfanz	88	334	293	23	62	8	5	5	43	0	2	32	61	.212	.300	.324	.625	95	8	6	1	2	8
Terry Elliot	88	334	301	20	60	7	1	0	29	0	1	27	38	.199	.265	.229	.494	69	12	1	2	3	0
Pat Hewes	57	190	180	11	39	4	0	0	17	0	0	6	20	.217	.254	.239	.493	43	5	3	1	0	0
Bill Mann	38	150	134	20	38	7	1	1	22	1	0	12	11	.284	.347	.373	.720	50	2	2	0	2	0
Joey Fernandez	45	194	160	22	36	7	1	3	25	0	0	30	18	.225	.344	.338	.681	54	3	0	2	2	4
Lonnie Maclin	51	197	175	22	33	3	1	3	12	9	7	18	41	.189	.272	.269	.540	47	2	2	2	0	1
Kevin Maxey	70	126	117	19	26	5	0	1	4	3	0	7	39	.222	.264	.291	.555	34	1	0	1	1	0
Paul Thoutsis	30	106	91	14	25	4	0	0	8	0	1	14	7	.275	.368	.319	.687	29	1	0	0	1	3
Terry Green	21	64	61	6	19	0	1	0	5	4	2	2	4	.311	.328	.344	.672	21	1	0	0	1	0
Darren Nelson	16	67	57	7	14	3	0	1	6	0	0	8	13	.246	.348	.351	.699	20	3	1	1	0	0
Rob Livchak	22	12	12	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.333	.583	4		0	0	0	0
Mark Schulte	7	30	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.103	.133	.103	.237	3	1	0	0	0	1
Orlando Thomas	5	16	14	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	.143	.250	.143	.393	2	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	1343	5084	4487	524	1100	182	41	38	469	106	59	470	838	.245	.319	.329	.649	1478	98	40	41	46	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Joe Cunningham	1B	51	420	38	6	43	.987	8.980
Scott Melvin	1B	50	470	22	3	48	.994	9.840
John Balfanz	1B	47	418	27	5	34	.989	9.468
Bill Mann	1B	2	16	1	2	1	.895	8.500
Rob Livchak	1B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Geronimo Pena	2B	130	301	402	20	103	.972	5.408
Scott Melvin	2B	6	14	18	0	4	1.000	5.333
Julian Martinez	2B	1	2	2	1	0	.800	4.000
Scott Melvin	3B	69	61	174	20	17	.922	3.406
Joe Cunningham	3B	67	36	168	11	20	.949	3.045
Julian Martinez	3B	9	0	4	2	0	.667	.444
Terry Elliot	C	88	499	73	9	6	.985	6.500	13
Pat Hewes	C	53	234	36	6	1	.978	5.094	8
Orlando Thomas	C	5	23	2	3	0	.893	5.000	0
Dennis Carter	OF	110	202	7	8	1	.963	1.900
Mike Senne	OF	109	208	12	2	2	.991	2.018
Julian Martinez	OF	61	141	14	7	2	.957	2.541
Kevin Maxey	OF	57	84	3	0	1	1.000	1.526
Lonnie Maclin	OF	45	79	1	0	0	1.000	1.778
Bill Mann	OF	24						.000
Paul Thoutsis	OF	18	19	1	0	0	1.000	1.111
Darren Nelson	OF	14	14	1	2	0	.882	1.071
Joe Cunningham	OF	7	5	1	1	0	.857	.857
Mark Schulte	OF	5	7	1	0	0	1.000	1.600
Terry Green	OF	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.000
Jerry Daniels	P	46	2	10	2	0	.857	.261
Stan Zaltsman	P	35	7	23	4	1	.882	.857
Mike Pérez	P	35	5	4	1	2	.900	.257
Jay North	P	35	14	13	0	1	1.000	.771
Scott Hamilton	P	33	14	17	2	3	.939	.939
Larry Pierson	P	32	12	38	5	6	.909	1.562
Len Picota	P	23	8	19	2	4	.931	1.174
Tom Mauch	P	19	3	12	2	0	.882	.789
Rob Livchak	P	18	5	9	5	3	.737	.778
Tim Sherrill	P	16	2	3	0	0	1.000	.312
Bill Hershman	P	14	7	8	2	0	.882	1.071
Steve Hill	P	11	1	1	0	1	1.000	.182
Scott Lawrence	P	10	4	8	2	1	.857	1.200
Mike Hinkle	P	6	2	6	1	0	.889	1.333
Bob Faron	P	6	1	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Scott Broadfoot	P	6	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.333
Gab Ozuna	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Ken Smith	P	3	0	5	0	0	1.000	1.667
Lee Plemel	P	3	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Crucito Lara	SS	94	137	311	38	67	.922	4.766
Julian Martinez	SS	45	44	127	19	17	.900	3.800
Totals		1525	3530	1636	194	389	.964	3.388	21	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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