1986 Waterloo Indians Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 1st in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Steve Swisher (78-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Waterloo, Iowa
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 80,124, Avg. 1,145
Playoffs - Waterloo Indians 2 games, Madison Muskies 0
Finals - Waterloo Indians 3 games, Peoria Chiefs 0
The Waterloo Indians of the Midwest League ended the 1986 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Indians scored 701 runs and yielded 616 runs. Luis Medina walloped 35 home runs for Waterloo, while Mark Higgins and Casey Webster added 15 or more, too. Luis Medina drove in 110 runs. Luis Medina and Mark Higgins topped all regular batters by hitting .317. Greg LaFever led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.31 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1986 Waterloo Indians who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott Jordan, Mark Higgins, Joe Skalski, Rod Nichols, Luis Medina and Greg Swindell.
Steve Swisher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg LaFever | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.30 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 152.3 | 134 | 49 | 39 | 15 | 28 | 0 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Charlie Scott | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.03 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 118.3 | 122 | 57 | 53 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Rod Nichols | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.06 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115.3 | 128 | 56 | 52 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 3 | |
| Greg Karpuk | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.41 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 97.7 | 100 | 46 | 37 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Andy Ghelfi | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.13 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172.0 | 198 | 110 | 79 | 14 | 42 | 0 | 100 | 15 | 2 | 8 | |
| Greg Williamson | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.43 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 66 | 48 | 39 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Greg Dube | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.83 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69.0 | 66 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 27 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 5 | |
| John Githens | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.36 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Farr | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.54 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46.0 | 47 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Poehl | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.50 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105.3 | 108 | 55 | 41 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kevin Kuykendall | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.42 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.7 | 42 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Joe Skalski | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Swindell | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Trudeau | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.30 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27.7 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mike Winbush | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.67 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Myron Gardner | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.03 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve Whitmyer | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.14 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 50 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Fritz Fedor | 20 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Johnigan | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Manny Mercado | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 60 | .552 | 3.80 | 301 | 140 | 92 | 31 | 5 | 20 | 1171.0 | 1199 | 607 | 494 | 109 | 335 | 4 | 822 | 71 | 10 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Medina | 136 | 587 | 505 | 107 | 160 | 25 | 5 | 35 | 110 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 109 | .317 | .407 | .594 | 1.001 | 300 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mark Higgins | 126 | 522 | 448 | 73 | 142 | 34 | 1 | 23 | 98 | 0 | 3 | 64 | 73 | .317 | .400 | .551 | .952 | 247 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| Keith Bennett | 130 | 570 | 471 | 88 | 123 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 83 | 94 | .261 | .374 | .312 | .686 | 147 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | |
| Casey Webster | 134 | 535 | 467 | 65 | 121 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 75 | .259 | .344 | .441 | .785 | 206 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Scott Jordan | 117 | 502 | 434 | 88 | 108 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 21 | 8 | 60 | 90 | .249 | .342 | .396 | .738 | 172 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Claudio Carrasco | 121 | 465 | 401 | 62 | 107 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 77 | .267 | .362 | .382 | .744 | 153 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mike Workman | 110 | 408 | 363 | 47 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 49 | .223 | .295 | .253 | .548 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Dave Alvis | 93 | 334 | 309 | 31 | 73 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 42 | .236 | .281 | .346 | .628 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| Dave Bresnahan | 89 | 340 | 281 | 32 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 72 | .221 | .347 | .327 | .674 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Eric Lane | 64 | 235 | 206 | 36 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 43 | .252 | .345 | .447 | .791 | 92 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turner Gill | 70 | 253 | 224 | 27 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 55 | .223 | .301 | .357 | .658 | 80 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Swain | 61 | 165 | 150 | 16 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 31 | .233 | .294 | .287 | .581 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Todd | 39 | 102 | 91 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 25 | .231 | .314 | .319 | .632 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Glenn Fairchild | 33 | 110 | 89 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 26 | .191 | .339 | .236 | .575 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Santos | 23 | 73 | 68 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 24 | .162 | .219 | .338 | .557 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trey Hillman | 14 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .107 | .265 | .143 | .408 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Johnigan | 18 | 41 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .091 | .225 | .091 | .316 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1378 | 5278 | 4568 | 701 | 1169 | 199 | 22 | 133 | 609 | 103 | 59 | 619 | 899 | .256 | .346 | .396 | .743 | 1811 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 35 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Alvis | 1B | 88 | 725 | 44 | 6 | 63 | .992 | 8.739 | ||||
| Mark Higgins | 1B | 61 | 496 | 29 | 5 | 36 | .991 | 8.607 | ||||
| Charles Todd | 1B | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Eric Lane | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Claudio Carrasco | 2B | 88 | 158 | 229 | 19 | 43 | .953 | 4.398 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 2B | 51 | 89 | 116 | 12 | 24 | .945 | 4.020 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | 2B | 19 | 37 | 46 | 3 | 9 | .965 | 4.368 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | 2B | 8 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Casey Webster | 3B | 133 | 98 | 259 | 30 | 30 | .922 | 2.684 | ||||
| Rob Swain | 3B | 8 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Glenn Fairchild | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Bresnahan | C | 78 | 503 | 51 | 9 | 8 | .984 | 7.103 | 9 | |||
| Eric Lane | C | 55 | 323 | 23 | 4 | 5 | .989 | 6.291 | 8 | |||
| Steve Johnigan | C | 15 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .962 | 5.067 | 2 | |||
| Charles Todd | C | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 0 | |||
| Luis Medina | OF | 124 | 208 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .977 | 1.742 | ||||
| Scott Jordan | OF | 110 | 212 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .966 | 2.036 | ||||
| Mike Workman | OF | 108 | 229 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 2.241 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | OF | 69 | 102 | 8 | 8 | 1 | .932 | 1.594 | ||||
| Don Santos | OF | 21 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.238 | ||||
| Glenn Fairchild | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Greg Karpuk | P | 28 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Farr | P | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Andy Ghelfi | P | 26 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Greg LaFever | P | 24 | 9 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.625 | ||||
| John Githens | P | 23 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .348 | ||||
| Charlie Scott | P | 20 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Rod Nichols | P | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Fritz Fedor | P | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Poehl | P | 18 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.667 | ||||
| Greg Williamson | P | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.062 | ||||
| Kevin Kuykendall | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .812 | ||||
| Greg Dube | P | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Steve Whitmyer | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Kevin Trudeau | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Mike Winbush | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .375 | ||||
| Myron Gardner | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Greg Swindell | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Skalski | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Johnigan | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Manny Mercado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Turner Gill | SS | 69 | 105 | 196 | 34 | 31 | .899 | 4.362 | ||||
| Keith Bennett | SS | 45 | 69 | 115 | 16 | 14 | .920 | 4.089 | ||||
| Glenn Fairchild | SS | 27 | 46 | 68 | 17 | 20 | .870 | 4.222 | ||||
| Trey Hillman | SS | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Rob Swain | SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1499 | 3597 | 1464 | 200 | 306 | .962 | 3.376 | 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.
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