1988 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 47-29
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Rick Patterson (47-29)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 65,384, Avg. 1,721
1988 Utica Blue Sox RosterTeam Record: 47-29
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Rick Patterson (47-29)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 65,384, Avg. 1,721
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1988 season with a record of 47 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the league's McNamara Division.
The Blue Sox plated 397 runs and allowed 352 runs. Rob Lukachyk drove in 48 runs. Derek Lee topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .341. Fred Dabney paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.68 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1988 Utica Blue Sox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Derek Lee, Rob Lukachyk, Dwayne Hosey and Clemente Álvarez.
Rick Patterson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Dabney | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.67 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.7 | 83 | 40 | 26 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| Riley Stephens | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.92 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 58.7 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bill Carey | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.80 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 43 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Carlos De La Cruz | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.96 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 91.3 | 70 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 4 | 16 | |
| Keith Felden | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.61 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.3 | 72 | 43 | 34 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Scott Fuller | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.61 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 54 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Virgil Cooper | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.84 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 84.3 | 86 | 49 | 36 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Stephen Parascand | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Mitchener | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Merigliano | 1 | 4 | .200 | 1.60 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 45.0 | 36 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Rob Lukachyk | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Chafin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Galvan | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Brett Marshall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Pena | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.67 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |
| Patrick Mehrtens | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.68 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.3 | 60 | 46 | 34 | 2 | 44 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Totals | 47 | 29 | .618 | 3.50 | 193 | 76 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 657.7 | 599 | 352 | 256 | 18 | 346 | 5 | 532 | 25 | 33 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Lee | 76 | 312 | 252 | 51 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 47 | 54 | 15 | 50 | 48 | .341 | .450 | .433 | .882 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Rob Lukachyk | 71 | 264 | 227 | 42 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 48 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 48 | .282 | .374 | .489 | .863 | 111 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Mehl | 68 | 262 | 226 | 50 | 62 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 40 | 10 | 25 | 40 | .274 | .355 | .367 | .722 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Leo Tejada | 71 | 241 | 223 | 28 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 47 | .247 | .291 | .305 | .596 | 68 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mark Chasey | 75 | 283 | 225 | 38 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 46 | 60 | .231 | .389 | .276 | .664 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Marcus Trammell | 66 | 259 | 221 | 35 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 15 | 25 | 30 | .204 | .286 | .249 | .535 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |
| Paul Fuller | 48 | 170 | 144 | 21 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | .306 | .401 | .368 | .769 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Furch | 30 | 118 | 104 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .337 | .390 | .596 | .986 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Clemente Álvarez | 53 | 150 | 132 | 15 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 36 | .235 | .301 | .288 | .589 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Randy Warren | 42 | 128 | 104 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 17 | 29 | .212 | .339 | .327 | .666 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Keith Harris | 23 | 73 | 66 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .273 | .319 | .333 | .653 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Raul Bedoya | 47 | 76 | 63 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .254 | .365 | .317 | .682 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brett Berry | 32 | 75 | 63 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .238 | .351 | .286 | .637 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Murdock | 20 | 73 | 65 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .200 | .274 | .246 | .520 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Todd Bargman | 27 | 75 | 68 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .118 | .173 | .206 | .379 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jesus Merejo | 16 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .222 | .241 | .222 | .464 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Zaksek | 17 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .172 | .286 | .241 | .527 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dwayne Hosey | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Walsh | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .250 | .472 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mitchener | 14 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos De La Cruz | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Merigliano | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 843 | 2660 | 2271 | 368 | 580 | 72 | 35 | 20 | 291 | 234 | 84 | 287 | 489 | .255 | .347 | .344 | .691 | 782 | 0 | 46 | 30 | 26 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Chasey | 1B | 73 | 573 | 44 | 8 | 37 | .987 | 8.452 | ||||
| John Furch | 1B | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 6.000 | ||||
| Todd Bargman | 1B | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ed Walsh | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Paul Fuller | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marcus Trammell | 2B | 58 | 107 | 123 | 8 | 23 | .966 | 3.966 | ||||
| Randy Warren | 2B | 19 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 9 | .931 | 2.842 | ||||
| Raul Bedoya | 2B | 16 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .973 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jesus Merejo | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rob Lukachyk | 3B | 68 | 49 | 116 | 20 | 8 | .892 | 2.426 | ||||
| Raul Bedoya | 3B | 21 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| Jesus Merejo | 3B | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Randy Warren | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Derek Lee | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Clemente Álvarez | C | 52 | 302 | 43 | 3 | 2 | .991 | 6.635 | 7 | |||
| Paul Fuller | C | 31 | 193 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 6.774 | 9 | |||
| Kevin Murdock | C | 8 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .953 | 7.625 | 2 | |||
| Rob Lukachyk | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | |||
| Derek Lee | OF | 70 | 129 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .958 | 1.943 | ||||
| Steve Mehl | OF | 66 | 107 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .957 | 1.697 | ||||
| Vince Harris | OF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Harris | OF | 20 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 2.100 | ||||
| Brett Berry | OF | 20 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| Randy Warren | OF | 19 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 2.105 | ||||
| John Zaksek | OF | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Todd Bargman | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dwayne Hosey | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Frank Merigliano | P | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Riley Stephens | P | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .455 | ||||
| Fred Dabney | P | 19 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Scott Fuller | P | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .588 | ||||
| Keith Felden | P | 17 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .889 | 1.412 | ||||
| Bill Carey | P | 17 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
| Patrick Mehrtens | P | 16 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Carlos De La Cruz | P | 15 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 2.400 | ||||
| Virgil Cooper | P | 15 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jose Pena | P | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Mitchener | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mike Galvan | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Stephen Parascand | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Brett Marshall | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Chafin | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Lukachyk | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leo Tejada | SS | 71 | 106 | 172 | 36 | 27 | .885 | 3.915 | ||||
| Raul Bedoya | SS | 10 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .792 | 1.900 | ||||
| Jesus Merejo | SS | 8 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Totals | 907 | 1907 | 779 | 135 | 131 | .952 | 2.961 | 19 | 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.
