1989 Utica Blue Sox Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 39-39
Finished 4th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Ron Vaughn (39-39)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 56,836, Avg. 1,457

1989 Utica Blue Sox Roster

The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1989 season with a record of 39 wins and 39 losses, finishing fourth in the league's McNamara Division.

The Blue Sox plated 338 runs and gave up 359 runs. Greg Kobza drove in 31 runs. Jerry Wolak led all regular batters by hitting .274. Michael Davino topped the team with 6 wins, while Brian Keyser recorded a 2.99 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Brian Keyser and Johnny Ruffin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ron Vaughn served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Michael Davino	6	1	.857	2.82	19	1	8	0	2	54.3	42	25	17	1	22	1	63	1	2	0
Scott Stevens	4	3	.571	1.96	22	0	17	0	4	46.0	40	25	10	4	13	0	51	1	0	4
Virgil Cooper	4	3	.571	4.18	10	10	0	0	0	56.0	52	28	26	3	29	0	33	0	1	3
Scott Middaugh	4	4	.500	2.90	11	11	0	0	0	62.0	57	26	20	5	22	0	50	4	0	6
Brian Keyser	4	4	.500	2.98	14	13	0	2	0	93.7	79	37	31	6	22	0	70	4	3	5
Patrick Mehrtens	4	6	.400	3.77	16	16	0	0	0	93.0	75	49	39	8	54	0	66	7	0	2
Johnny Ruffin	4	8	.333	3.36	15	15	0	0	0	88.3	67	43	33	3	46	0	92	1	0	8
David Van Winkle	3	1	.750	5.13	17	2	8	0	2	40.3	40	28	23	2	26	0	32	2	1	4
Rich Long	3	3	.500	3.63	20	0	11	0	2	52.0	44	28	21	0	29	2	54	4	2	2
Richard Capparelli	2	0	1.000	3.42	12	0	8	0	0	23.7	20	11	9	1	12	0	30	1	1	2
David Gorman	1	3	.250	5.88	13	4	6	0	0	33.7	38	29	22	3	23	0	17	5	2	4
Mike Galvan	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	4.3	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
Greg Perschke	0	0		1.59	14	0	14	0	9	17.0	5	3	3	0	4	0	20	1	3	0
John Smith	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Ken Burroughs	0	2	.000	7.45	9	5	4	0	0	19.3	21	23	16	1	33	0	12	1	0	8
Totals	39	39	.500	3.56	195	78	76	2	19	689.7	588	359	273	37	339	3	597	32	15	48	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
Keith Harris	57	222	193	30	63	6	4	1	27	14	12	21	36	.326	.396	.415	.811	80	4	4	0	4	1
Ron Plemmons	69	294	257	37	62	12	4	2	24	7	6	34	47	.241	.333	.342	.676	88	2	2	0	1	0
Jerry Wolak	57	240	223	28	61	13	5	0	24	12	4	12	35	.274	.322	.377	.699	84	3	4	1	0	0
Dennis Walker	72	281	256	28	59	6	5	0	20	11	6	18	72	.230	.287	.293	.580	75	4	3	2	2	1
Jeff Ingram	50	191	171	19	50	6	0	2	20	1	7	14	32	.292	.358	.363	.720	62	3	4	1	1	0
John Furch	61	244	224	22	50	8	1	4	26	1	2	18	75	.223	.287	.321	.608	72	4	2	0	0	0
Dean Tatarian	49	193	167	29	48	10	0	2	25	10	2	20	38	.287	.375	.383	.758	64	4	4	1	1	0
Greg Kobza	68	265	219	28	47	11	3	3	31	6	6	39	61	.215	.340	.333	.673	73	1	4	0	3	3
Joe Singley	30	118	107	15	30	6	0	1	14	2	0	8	31	.280	.330	.364	.695	39	3	0	3	0	0
Jesus Merejo	37	141	128	14	29	6	0	0	10	3	1	11	32	.227	.288	.273	.561	35	6	0	2	0	0
Alex Tejada	36	133	120	13	26	2	0	1	10	8	4	7	29	.217	.258	.258	.516	31	2	0	5	1	0
Mike Eatinger	21	92	86	13	25	5	1	2	11	1	0	5	11	.291	.330	.442	.772	38	2	0	1	0	0
John Zaksek	32	131	117	16	25	3	3	0	17	7	3	14	17	.214	.298	.291	.588	34	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Davis	46	146	135	20	25	3	0	2	12	6	1	8	49	.185	.236	.252	.488	34	1	1	2	0	0
Ken Coleman	27	106	90	16	16	0	0	0	4	9	2	14	17	.178	.292	.178	.470	16	2	1	0	1	0
Robert Thompson	18	59	56	6	12	2	0	1	10	0	1	1	8	.214	.228	.304	.532	17	1	0	2	0	0
Adam Sanders	16	55	46	3	5	3	0	0	3	0	1	8	20	.109	.236	.174	.410	8	0	0	0	1	0
Glenn Braxton	5	20	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8	.133	.350	.133	.483	2	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	751	2931	2610	338	635	102	26	21	289	98	60	256	618	.243	.316	.326	.643	852	43	30	20	15	6

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Greg Kobza	1B	49	359	28	5	18	.987	7.898
John Furch	1B	31	245	20	4	11	.985	8.548
Dean Tatarian	1B	4	30	2	0	1	1.000	8.000
Jesus Merejo	2B	32	59	61	5	8	.960	3.750
Ken Coleman	2B	27	57	66	5	13	.961	4.556
Mike Eatinger	2B	18	37	43	3	5	.964	4.444
Dean Tatarian	2B	5	8	5	0	2	1.000	2.600
Dennis Walker	3B	68	61	108	13	8	.929	2.485
Greg Kobza	3B	12	6	17	4	0	.852	1.917
Mike Eatinger	3B	2	3	4	1	0	.875	3.500
Jeff Ingram	C	47	353	39	8	4	.980	8.340	9
Joe Singley	C	21	154	25	6	0	.968	8.524	8
Robert Thompson	C	16	92	17	3	1	.973	6.812	3
Ron Plemmons	OF	66	125	3	1	0	.992	1.939
Jerry Wolak	OF	54	88	2	6	0	.938	1.667
Keith Harris	OF	52	110	2	5	0	.957	2.154
Brian Davis	OF	42	64	5	3	0	.958	1.643
John Zaksek	OF	31	71	3	1	2	.987	2.387
Glenn Braxton	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Scott Stevens	P	22	4	7	1	0	.917	.500
Rich Long	P	20	1	11	3	0	.800	.600
Michael Davino	P	19	2	10	2	0	.857	.632
David Van Winkle	P	17	2	2	2	0	.667	.235
Patrick Mehrtens	P	16	4	20	5	0	.828	1.500
Johnny Ruffin	P	15	7	15	2	0	.917	1.467
Greg Perschke	P	14	1	4	0	0	1.000	.357
Brian Keyser	P	14	3	17	2	0	.909	1.429
David Gorman	P	13	2	12	2	0	.875	1.077
Richard Capparelli	P	12	2	3	2	0	.714	.417
Scott Middaugh	P	11	2	16	0	0	1.000	1.636
Virgil Cooper	P	10	6	6	5	0	.706	1.200
Ken Burroughs	P	9	1	5	0	1	1.000	.667
Mike Galvan	P	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
John Smith	P	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Alex Tejada	SS	36						.000
Dean Tatarian	SS	25	31	49	7	3	.920	3.200
Adam Sanders	SS	16	21	35	6	7	.903	3.500
Jesus Merejo	SS	4	3	10	1	1	.929	3.250
Totals		854	2016	678	114	85	.959	3.155	20	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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