1988 Syracuse Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 70-71
Finished 2nd in the IL's West Division
Manager: Bob Bailor (70-71)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: MacArthur Stadium
Attendance: 184,910, Avg. 2,623
The Syracuse Chiefs of the International League ended the 1988 season with a record of 70 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Chiefs scored 523 runs and surrendered 564 runs. Otis Green led Syracuse with 10 home runs Gerónimo Berroa accounted for 64 RBI. Otis Green paced all regular batters by hitting .266. Steve Davis topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.29 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1988 Syracuse Chiefs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kevin Batiste, Pat Borders, Nelson Liriano, Bob Shirley, Glenallen Hill, Rob Ducey, Mark Ross, Sal Butera, Carlos Diaz, José Escobar, Alexis Infante, Gerónimo Berroa, Jack O'Connor, Sil Campusano, Enrique Burgos, Doug Bair, Eric Yelding, David Wells, Cliff Young, Frank Wills, Mark Eichhorn, Greg Myers, Steve Davis, Kelly Heath, Alex Sanchez, Stu Pederson, José Núñez, Todd Stottlemyre, Dave Walsh, Lou Thornton and Jeff Musselman.
Bob Bailor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Davis | 10 | 15 | .400 | 3.29 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 178.0 | 166 | 94 | 65 | 13 | 66 | 1 | 130 | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Colin McLaughlin | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.88 | 47 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 68.7 | 47 | 24 | 22 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Cliff Young | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.42 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 147.3 | 133 | 68 | 56 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 75 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Frank Wills | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.24 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80.7 | 70 | 40 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.05 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 36 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| José Núñez | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.90 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 62 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Jeff Musselman | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.94 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Alex Sanchez | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.59 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 47 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 43 | 1 | 57 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Eichhorn | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.17 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.3 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Bair | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.34 | 39 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 65.3 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 60 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Mike Yearout | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.39 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106.7 | 112 | 63 | 52 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Bob Shirley | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.90 | 36 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 90.0 | 98 | 50 | 39 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Ross | 3 | 8 | .273 | 3.61 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 | 101 | 50 | 40 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jack O'Connor | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.11 | 40 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 81.0 | 86 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Hector De La Cruz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| David Wells | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Omar Bencomo | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Enrique Burgos | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Dave Walsh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kelly Faulk | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 70 | 71 | .496 | 3.36 | 374 | 141 | 125 | 16 | 4 | 37 | 1212.7 | 1112 | 564 | 453 | 90 | 402 | 25 | 879 | 22 | 37 | 59 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Yelding | 138 | 594 | 556 | 69 | 139 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 59 | 23 | 36 | 102 | .250 | .296 | .290 | .585 | 161 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gerónimo Berroa | 131 | 526 | 470 | 55 | 122 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 64 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 88 | .260 | .323 | .377 | .700 | 177 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 5 | |
| Otis Green | 109 | 439 | 410 | 59 | 109 | 23 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 13 | 4 | 22 | 68 | .266 | .306 | .429 | .735 | 176 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Alexis Infante | 97 | 368 | 340 | 48 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 10 | 19 | 27 | .300 | .342 | .385 | .728 | 131 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Kelly Heath | 90 | 345 | 287 | 48 | 89 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 49 | .310 | .414 | .439 | .854 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Rob Ducey | 90 | 369 | 317 | 40 | 81 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 81 | .256 | .346 | .391 | .737 | 124 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Stu Pederson | 67 | 250 | 212 | 30 | 59 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 31 | .278 | .384 | .396 | .780 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Lou Thornton | 69 | 260 | 246 | 23 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 46 | .207 | .244 | .329 | .573 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hector De La Cruz | 75 | 260 | 228 | 25 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 29 | 74 | .202 | .293 | .289 | .583 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Glenallen Hill | 51 | 192 | 172 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 59 | .233 | .297 | .343 | .640 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Luis Reyna | 54 | 210 | 200 | 14 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 31 | .195 | .229 | .285 | .514 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Greg Myers | 34 | 128 | 120 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .283 | .328 | .533 | .861 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pat Borders | 35 | 138 | 120 | 11 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | .242 | .326 | .383 | .709 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Rivers | 37 | 131 | 123 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .228 | .250 | .301 | .551 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| José Escobar | 46 | 136 | 124 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .210 | .259 | .234 | .493 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin Batiste | 34 | 113 | 105 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 39 | .229 | .268 | .333 | .601 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sal Butera | 42 | 140 | 127 | 8 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | .157 | .230 | .197 | .427 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Tonucci | 43 | 151 | 145 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 54 | .138 | .172 | .228 | .400 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Diaz | 27 | 87 | 83 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .169 | .176 | .265 | .442 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chris Shaddy | 29 | 97 | 90 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 30 | .156 | .206 | .211 | .417 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sil Campusano | 17 | 64 | 62 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | .210 | .234 | .258 | .492 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nelson Liriano | 8 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .194 | .242 | .290 | .533 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen McElroy | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1325 | 5035 | 4571 | 523 | 1105 | 214 | 33 | 64 | 473 | 180 | 76 | 375 | 937 | .242 | .302 | .345 | .647 | 1577 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 35 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Green | 1B | 87 | 679 | 44 | 6 | 60 | .992 | 8.310 | ||||
| Luis Reyna | 1B | 45 | 371 | 27 | 9 | 23 | .978 | 8.844 | ||||
| Hector De La Cruz | 1B | 11 | 96 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .980 | 9.091 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Eric Yelding | 2B | 88 | 146 | 194 | 21 | 41 | .942 | 3.864 | ||||
| Chris Shaddy | 2B | 25 | 56 | 62 | 6 | 13 | .952 | 4.720 | ||||
| José Escobar | 2B | 12 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 2B | 11 | 23 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.727 | ||||
| Nelson Liriano | 2B | 8 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.625 | ||||
| Alexis Infante | 2B | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Hector De La Cruz | 3B | 45 | 36 | 91 | 6 | 7 | .955 | 2.822 | ||||
| Norm Tonucci | 3B | 41 | 32 | 106 | 13 | 7 | .914 | 3.366 | ||||
| José Escobar | 3B | 22 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 5 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | 3B | 19 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 6 | .873 | 2.526 | ||||
| Lou Thornton | 3B | 15 | 10 | 30 | 7 | 2 | .851 | 2.667 | ||||
| Alexis Infante | 3B | 13 | 11 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 2.923 | ||||
| Sal Butera | C | 42 | 245 | 23 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 6.381 | 3 | |||
| Ken Rivers | C | 37 | 202 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .978 | 6.027 | 4 | |||
| Pat Borders | C | 30 | 202 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 7.300 | 4 | |||
| Carlos Diaz | C | 25 | 174 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.480 | 2 | |||
| Greg Myers | C | 10 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 7.200 | 0 | |||
| Glen McElroy | C | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 17.000 | 0 | |||
| Gerónimo Berroa | OF | 131 | 243 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .981 | 1.947 | ||||
| Rob Ducey | OF | 81 | 233 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.951 | ||||
| Lou Thornton | OF | 50 | 96 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 1.940 | ||||
| Glenallen Hill | OF | 45 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.289 | ||||
| Stu Pederson | OF | 41 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.829 | ||||
| Kevin Batiste | OF | 34 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 2.559 | ||||
| Hector De La Cruz | OF | 21 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .975 | 1.857 | ||||
| Sil Campusano | OF | 16 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 2.750 | ||||
| Otis Green | OF | 12 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| Kelly Heath | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Luis Reyna | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Colin McLaughlin | P | 47 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .340 | ||||
| Jack O'Connor | P | 40 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Doug Bair | P | 39 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .282 | ||||
| Bob Shirley | P | 36 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .472 | ||||
| Cliff Young | P | 33 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .913 | .636 | ||||
| Steve Davis | P | 31 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .944 | .548 | ||||
| Mike Yearout | P | 28 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .464 | ||||
| Frank Wills | P | 25 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .640 | ||||
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .333 | ||||
| Mark Ross | P | 17 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.412 | ||||
| José Núñez | P | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .917 | ||||
| Alex Sanchez | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jeff Musselman | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Todd Stottlemyre | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| David Wells | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Omar Bencomo | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Walsh | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kelly Faulk | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Enrique Burgos | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hector De La Cruz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alexis Infante | SS | 79 | 127 | 207 | 23 | 39 | .936 | 4.228 | ||||
| Eric Yelding | SS | 50 | 76 | 116 | 14 | 20 | .932 | 3.840 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 13 | 19 | 43 | 6 | 5 | .912 | 4.769 | ||||
| Totals | 1544 | 3638 | 1347 | 171 | 276 | .967 | 3.229 | 13 | 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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