1989 Tidewater Tides Statistics
Team Record: 77-69
Finished 3rd in the IL's West Division
Manager: Mike Cubbage (77-69)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Norfolk, Virginia
Ballpark: Metropolitan Park
Attendance: 210,258, Avg. 2,880
The Tidewater Tides of the International League ended the 1989 season with a record of 77 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Tides scored 603 runs and conceded 547 runs. Tom O'Malley led Tidewater with 15 home runs and drove in 84 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time by hitting .295. Blaine Beatty topped the squad with 12 wins, and John Mitchell recorded a 3.03 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1989 Tidewater Tides who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included John Mitchell, Darren Reed, Marcus Lawton, Tom Edens, Dave Liddell, Mark Carreon, Gary Carter, Jeff McKnight, Ken Dowell, Mike Trujillo, Manny Hernández, Kevin Brown, Mark Bailey, Scott Nielsen, Keith Miller, Tom O'Malley, Tim Drummond, Wally Whitehurst, Lou Thornton, Jeff Innis, Bill Scherrer, Blaine Beatty, Barry Lyons, Kevin Tapani, Ray Soff, Julio Machado, Jeff Gardner, Kip Gross, Jack Savage, Shawn Barton, Julio Valera, David West, Craig Shipley and Phil Lombardi.
Mike Cubbage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaine Beatty | 12 | 10 | .545 | 3.31 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 185.0 | 173 | 86 | 68 | 14 | 43 | 0 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| John Mitchell | 11 | 11 | .500 | 3.03 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 178.3 | 169 | 78 | 60 | 5 | 57 | 2 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Wally Whitehurst | 8 | 7 | .533 | 3.25 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.0 | 123 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 95 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| David West | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.37 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 87.3 | 60 | 31 | 23 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kevin Tapani | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.47 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 109.0 | 113 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 25 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kevin Brown | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.44 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 81 | 41 | 37 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tim Drummond | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.27 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 63 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 5 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kip Gross | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.97 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 72 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeff Innis | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.12 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 29.7 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jack Savage | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.59 | 33 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42.7 | 41 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bill Scherrer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.03 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Manny Hernández | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.69 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42.7 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ray Soff | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.30 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Julio Valera | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.08 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Julio Machado | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.62 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 29.0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Trujillo | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Nielsen | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom Edens | 18 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Jeff Gardner | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Shawn Barton | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.28 | 38 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.7 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 73 | 59 | .553 | 3.17 | 363 | 137 | 95 | 29 | 9 | 26 | 1139.3 | 1064 | 485 | 401 | 56 | 347 | 20 | 700 | 23 | 13 | 39 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom O'Malley | 132 | 566 | 492 | 64 | 145 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 63 | .295 | .380 | .445 | .825 | 219 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| Tony Brown | 128 | 487 | 455 | 41 | 123 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 60 | 13 | 6 | 23 | 77 | .270 | .307 | .402 | .709 | 183 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| Darren Reed | 133 | 520 | 444 | 57 | 119 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 70 | .268 | .366 | .390 | .756 | 173 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Joaquin Contreras | 127 | 445 | 401 | 49 | 115 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 92 | .287 | .350 | .426 | .776 | 171 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jeff McKnight | 116 | 509 | 425 | 84 | 106 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 56 | .249 | .368 | .367 | .735 | 156 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Phil Lombardi | 113 | 474 | 403 | 50 | 105 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 61 | 59 | .261 | .364 | .412 | .776 | 166 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike Debutch | 95 | 363 | 315 | 41 | 78 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 63 | .248 | .335 | .343 | .678 | 108 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gardner | 101 | 301 | 269 | 28 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | .279 | .337 | .320 | .656 | 86 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Lou Thornton | 71 | 237 | 229 | 34 | 62 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 29 | .271 | .287 | .358 | .645 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Keith Miller | 48 | 204 | 184 | 33 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 24 | .266 | .338 | .348 | .686 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Bailey | 72 | 232 | 190 | 17 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35 | .242 | .365 | .321 | .686 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mark Carreon | 32 | 139 | 122 | 22 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 20 | .279 | .338 | .336 | .674 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Craig Shipley | 44 | 142 | 131 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .206 | .243 | .260 | .502 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Dowell | 74 | 177 | 140 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 21 | .179 | .311 | .221 | .533 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Lundblade | 46 | 128 | 111 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .171 | .260 | .405 | .665 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dave Liddell | 24 | 84 | 73 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 25 | .151 | .262 | .260 | .522 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blaine Beatty | 27 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .300 | .300 | .350 | .650 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| David West | 12 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kip Gross | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Carter | 5 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .188 | .278 | .375 | .653 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | 13 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .176 | .235 | .412 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Salinas | 13 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .158 | .200 | .158 | .358 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alan Hayden | 8 | 28 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .130 | .231 | .217 | .448 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Tapani | 17 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Whitehurst | 21 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barry Lyons | 5 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Mitchell | 27 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Valera | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zoilo Sanchez | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .667 | .833 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Savage | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Julio Machado | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Soff | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Hernández | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Drummond | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1622 | 5243 | 4590 | 579 | 1174 | 217 | 23 | 84 | 535 | 78 | 27 | 528 | 759 | .256 | .335 | .368 | .703 | 1689 | 0 | 38 | 52 | 35 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McKnight | 1B | 76 | 584 | 47 | 3 | 55 | .995 | 8.303 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | 1B | 68 | 539 | 50 | 6 | 49 | .990 | 8.662 | ||||
| Lou Thornton | 1B | 10 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .968 | 6.100 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 1B | 7 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.286 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 1B | 5 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Tony Brown | 1B | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Bailey | 1B | 5 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Barry Lyons | 1B | 4 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 8.250 | ||||
| Gary Carter | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Mark Carreon | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Gardner | 2B | 90 | 145 | 234 | 8 | 47 | .979 | 4.211 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 2B | 25 | 34 | 56 | 4 | 8 | .957 | 3.600 | ||||
| Keith Miller | 2B | 24 | 52 | 84 | 4 | 22 | .971 | 5.667 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | 2B | 20 | 29 | 37 | 2 | 6 | .971 | 3.300 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 2B | 11 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .968 | 2.727 | ||||
| Craig Shipley | 2B | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Manny Salinas | 2B | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 121 | 80 | 231 | 11 | 18 | .966 | 2.570 | ||||
| Craig Shipley | 3B | 15 | 8 | 37 | 5 | 2 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 3B | 10 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.900 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 3B | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Keith Miller | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Phil Lombardi | C | 60 | 288 | 27 | 4 | 6 | .987 | 5.250 | 5 | |||
| Mark Bailey | C | 55 | 255 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .989 | 4.873 | 4 | |||
| Rick Lundblade | C | 24 | 115 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 5.125 | 1 | |||
| Dave Liddell | C | 24 | 127 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 5.708 | 1 | |||
| Barry Lyons | C | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Gary Carter | C | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | 1 | |||
| Darren Reed | OF | 129 | 232 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 1.946 | ||||
| Joaquin Contreras | OF | 121 | 239 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .984 | 2.033 | ||||
| Tony Brown | OF | 82 | 151 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 1.915 | ||||
| Marcus Lawton | OF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Thornton | OF | 48 | 91 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.042 | ||||
| Keith Miller | OF | 15 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 2.467 | ||||
| Mark Carreon | OF | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | OF | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Alan Hayden | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Zoilo Sanchez | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shawn Barton | P | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .316 | ||||
| Tim Drummond | P | 35 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .286 | ||||
| Jack Savage | P | 33 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Blaine Beatty | P | 27 | 11 | 37 | 3 | 2 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 26 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 2.077 | ||||
| Jeff Innis | P | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .520 | ||||
| Wally Whitehurst | P | 21 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.238 | ||||
| Scott Nielsen | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bill Scherrer | P | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Tom Edens | P | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Tapani | P | 17 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.412 | ||||
| Julio Machado | P | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 13 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| David West | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Soff | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Kip Gross | P | 12 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mike Trujillo | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Hernández | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Julio Valera | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Gardner | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | SS | 69 | 78 | 208 | 16 | 36 | .947 | 4.145 | ||||
| Ken Dowell | SS | 48 | 48 | 117 | 14 | 26 | .922 | 3.438 | ||||
| Craig Shipley | SS | 28 | 32 | 65 | 1 | 11 | .990 | 3.464 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | SS | 28 | 29 | 53 | 7 | 12 | .921 | 2.929 | ||||
| Keith Miller | SS | 5 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1726 | 3628 | 1613 | 134 | 348 | .975 | 3.037 | 12 | 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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