1988 Spartanburg Phillies Statistics
Team Record: 69-69
Finished 2nd in the SAL's North Division
Manager: Mel Roberts (69-69)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Ballpark: Duncan Park
Attendance: 61,108, Avg. 886
Playoffs - Spartanburg Phillies 2 games, Greensboro Hornets 0
Finals - Spartanburg Phillies 3 games, Charleston Rainbows 0
The Spartanburg Phillies of the South Atlantic League ended the 1988 season with a record of 69 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Phillies scored 590 runs and surrendered 573 runs. Jim Vatcher led Spartanburg with 12 home runs and drove in 72 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Matt Rambo topped the squad with 12 wins, and Andy Carter recorded a 2.3 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Andy Ashby, Jim Vatcher, Doug Lindsey, Greg McCarthy, Kim Batiste, Tim Mauser and Andy Carter were all players from the 1988 Spartanburg Phillies who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mel Roberts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Rambo | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.73 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 166.3 | 180 | 98 | 69 | 11 | 54 | 0 | 105 | 16 | 2 | 9 | |
| Andy Carter | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.30 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 156.7 | 110 | 55 | 40 | 7 | 75 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 5 | |
| Bob Hurta | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.60 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117.3 | 124 | 69 | 60 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 61 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Tim Peek | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.87 | 37 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 105.7 | 77 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Shelby McDonald | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.52 | 47 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 75.0 | 70 | 33 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Darrell Coulter | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.66 | 26 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 115.7 | 126 | 63 | 47 | 5 | 58 | 3 | 92 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Royal Thomas | 6 | 13 | .316 | 3.03 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 145.7 | 134 | 74 | 49 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 7 | |
| Greg McCarthy | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.04 | 34 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.7 | 52 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 52 | 0 | 65 | 10 | 3 | 8 | |
| Richard Tracy | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 45 | 27 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| John Larosa | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.78 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.7 | 53 | 28 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tim Mauser | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.96 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pete Maldonado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Andy Ashby | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Phil Fagnano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.55 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.0 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Todd Elam | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.98 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 35 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 69 | 69 | .500 | 3.26 | 307 | 138 | 120 | 18 | 5 | 28 | 1178.7 | 1088 | 573 | 427 | 59 | 497 | 6 | 776 | 64 | 32 | 78 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Vatcher | 137 | 605 | 496 | 90 | 150 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 26 | 13 | 89 | 73 | .302 | .414 | .448 | .862 | 222 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Barragan | 125 | 525 | 468 | 56 | 122 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 66 | .261 | .331 | .372 | .703 | 174 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Steve Kirkpatrick | 121 | 531 | 457 | 68 | 114 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 33 | 15 | 63 | 41 | .249 | .340 | .304 | .644 | 139 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |
| Kim Batiste | 122 | 451 | 430 | 51 | 107 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 101 | .249 | .274 | .363 | .636 | 156 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rod Robertson | 124 | 459 | 430 | 54 | 104 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 39 | 29 | 14 | 13 | 83 | .242 | .278 | .330 | .608 | 142 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mark Cobb | 92 | 363 | 321 | 39 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 83 | .296 | .366 | .389 | .755 | 125 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Scotti Reaves | 99 | 411 | 347 | 54 | 93 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 67 | .268 | .380 | .349 | .728 | 121 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Lindsey | 90 | 362 | 324 | 29 | 76 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 68 | .235 | .303 | .330 | .633 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Marty Foley | 85 | 320 | 293 | 34 | 73 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 78 | .249 | .301 | .365 | .666 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Ruckman | 79 | 299 | 274 | 32 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 53 | .234 | .285 | .361 | .647 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Gary Maasberg | 52 | 212 | 190 | 27 | 48 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 37 | .253 | .318 | .363 | .681 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary White | 51 | 206 | 190 | 23 | 43 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 39 | .226 | .267 | .363 | .630 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jeff Stark | 25 | 97 | 83 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | .241 | .344 | .253 | .597 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Britt | 22 | 80 | 72 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .181 | .262 | .222 | .485 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Ellison | 23 | 78 | 66 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | .152 | .282 | .182 | .464 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Rosado | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .267 | .267 | .267 | .533 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Felton | 13 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Zayas | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .571 | .600 | 1.171 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Trevino | 7 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .071 | .235 | .143 | .378 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1275 | 5078 | 4509 | 590 | 1143 | 220 | 20 | 63 | 511 | 125 | 65 | 432 | 853 | .253 | .326 | .353 | .679 | 1592 | 0 | 68 | 37 | 32 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Barragan | 1B | 118 | 1012 | 47 | 9 | 114 | .992 | 8.975 | ||||
| Scott Ruckman | 1B | 24 | 189 | 10 | 3 | 23 | .985 | 8.292 | ||||
| Rod Robertson | 2B | 107 | 249 | 291 | 18 | 79 | .968 | 5.047 | ||||
| Marty Foley | 2B | 31 | 81 | 84 | 6 | 31 | .965 | 5.323 | ||||
| Tony Trevino | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gary Maasberg | 3B | 40 | 34 | 79 | 17 | 7 | .869 | 2.825 | ||||
| Marty Foley | 3B | 39 | 25 | 66 | 15 | 6 | .858 | 2.333 | ||||
| Scotti Reaves | 3B | 33 | 16 | 56 | 9 | 9 | .889 | 2.182 | ||||
| Scott Ruckman | 3B | 29 | 14 | 58 | 7 | 4 | .911 | 2.483 | ||||
| Doug Lindsey | C | 75 | 461 | 59 | 9 | 6 | .983 | 6.933 | 10 | |||
| Gary White | C | 39 | 197 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .978 | 5.795 | 8 | |||
| Paul Ellison | C | 23 | 104 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .966 | 4.870 | 1 | |||
| Ed Rosado | C | 6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 3.667 | 2 | |||
| Carlos Zayas | C | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 0 | |||
| Marty Foley | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Jim Vatcher | OF | 129 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 1.837 | ||||
| Steve Kirkpatrick | OF | 118 | 316 | 11 | 9 | 6 | .973 | 2.771 | ||||
| Mark Cobb | OF | 92 | 177 | 16 | 8 | 4 | .960 | 2.098 | ||||
| Scotti Reaves | OF | 25 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 1.640 | ||||
| Jeff Stark | OF | 24 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bob Britt | OF | 21 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.143 | ||||
| Todd Felton | OF | 13 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
| Shelby McDonald | P | 47 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .340 | ||||
| Tim Peek | P | 37 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .351 | ||||
| Greg McCarthy | P | 34 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .294 | ||||
| John Larosa | P | 30 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .367 | ||||
| Matt Rambo | P | 26 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 2.000 | ||||
| Darrell Coulter | P | 26 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .577 | ||||
| Andy Carter | P | 25 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .880 | ||||
| Bob Hurta | P | 23 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .913 | ||||
| Royal Thomas | P | 22 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 1.773 | ||||
| Richard Tracy | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Phil Fagnano | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Todd Elam | P | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Pete Maldonado | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Tim Mauser | P | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Andy Ashby | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Kim Batiste | SS | 122 | 202 | 363 | 60 | 81 | .904 | 4.631 | ||||
| Rod Robertson | SS | 17 | 22 | 69 | 12 | 15 | .883 | 5.353 | ||||
| Totals | 1436 | 3536 | 1453 | 219 | 403 | .958 | 3.474 | 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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