1988 Watertown Pirates Statistics
Team Record: 35-39
Finished 5th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Stan Cliburn (35-39)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Watertown, New York
Ballpark: Alex Duffy Stadium
Attendance: 19,649, Avg. 531
The Watertown Pirates of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1988 season with a record of 35 wins and 39 losses, finishing fifth in the league's McNamara Division.
The Pirates plated 348 runs and allowed 352 runs. Chris Estep drove in 34 runs. Darwin Pennye led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .314 clip. Randy Tomlin topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2.18 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1988 Watertown Pirates who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Joe Ausanio, Randy Tomlin, Tim Wakefield and John Wehner.
Stan Cliburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Tomlin | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.18 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 103.3 | 75 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Keith Richardson | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joel Forrest | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.89 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 55 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Steve Buckholz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.96 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.7 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mike Stevanus | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.55 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ernesto Santana | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mark Koller | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.16 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 49 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Tim Holmes | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.29 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.3 | 54 | 37 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Joe Ausanio | 2 | 4 | .333 | 1.32 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 47.7 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tom Studstill | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.69 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 50 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Rod Byerly | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Craig Lewis | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.91 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 31 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rodger Castner | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.03 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 47 | 36 | 25 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bobby Underwood | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.84 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 34 | 31 | 24 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dan Nielsen | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.00 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 29 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Totals | 35 | 39 | .473 | 3.84 | 204 | 74 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 640.7 | 570 | 352 | 273 | 25 | 329 | 18 | 555 | 41 | 20 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin Pennye | 72 | 306 | 274 | 41 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 41 | .314 | .373 | .405 | .778 | 111 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| John Wehner | 70 | 293 | 265 | 41 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 39 | .275 | .329 | .332 | .661 | 88 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Domingo Merejo | 67 | 281 | 257 | 44 | 64 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 52 | .249 | .302 | .444 | .746 | 114 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Chris Estep | 71 | 285 | 232 | 50 | 55 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 42 | 72 | .237 | .367 | .409 | .777 | 95 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Ralph Denkenberger | 60 | 215 | 199 | 26 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 43 | .266 | .307 | .357 | .664 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Flavio Williams | 59 | 199 | 168 | 19 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 17 | .274 | .352 | .310 | .662 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ken Buksa | 44 | 148 | 136 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .265 | .301 | .324 | .625 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Paul Spalt | 59 | 237 | 182 | 23 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 42 | 34 | .192 | .345 | .225 | .570 | 41 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tim Wakefield | 54 | 192 | 159 | 24 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 57 | .189 | .328 | .308 | .636 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Arnold | 37 | 105 | 94 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 36 | .181 | .250 | .298 | .548 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fernando Arguelles | 30 | 79 | 68 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 17 | .235 | .325 | .265 | .589 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mickey Peyton | 28 | 72 | 69 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .203 | .214 | .203 | .417 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Huyler | 42 | 97 | 87 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .161 | .223 | .184 | .407 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Cowley | 20 | 72 | 57 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 18 | .228 | .389 | .263 | .652 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jay Bluthardt | 15 | 45 | 39 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .308 | .386 | .385 | .771 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Stone | 19 | 56 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .245 | .321 | .347 | .668 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Young | 16 | 48 | 43 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .140 | .208 | .233 | .441 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Steve Montejano | 6 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Deron Johnson | 8 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .045 | .192 | .045 | .238 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Valla | 16 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Stevanus | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 817 | 2793 | 2435 | 348 | 584 | 78 | 21 | 32 | 281 | 141 | 42 | 262 | 525 | .240 | .321 | .329 | .649 | 800 | 0 | 40 | 31 | 25 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Wakefield | 1B | 44 | 377 | 25 | 8 | 29 | .980 | 9.136 | ||||
| Ralph Denkenberger | 1B | 34 | 222 | 14 | 10 | 17 | .959 | 6.941 | ||||
| Bryan Arnold | 1B | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Stone | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Flavio Williams | 2B | 41 | 68 | 83 | 7 | 16 | .956 | 3.683 | ||||
| Mike Huyler | 2B | 41 | 56 | 65 | 5 | 12 | .960 | 2.951 | ||||
| Mickey Peyton | 2B | 9 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 3.333 | ||||
| Steve Montejano | 2B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Paul Spalt | 2B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Wehner | 3B | 70 | 65 | 137 | 17 | 14 | .922 | 2.886 | ||||
| Dave Stone | 3B | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .615 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bryan Arnold | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Huyler | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Buksa | C | 41 | 278 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 7.488 | 14 | |||
| Bryan Arnold | C | 27 | 175 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 7.037 | 11 | |||
| Michael Valla | C | 11 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 2.909 | 1 | |||
| Fernando Arguelles | C | 10 | 71 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .941 | 8.000 | 4 | |||
| Chris Estep | OF | 69 | 135 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .948 | 2.116 | ||||
| Darwin Pennye | OF | 66 | 117 | 6 | 6 | 3 | .953 | 1.864 | ||||
| Domingo Merejo | OF | 50 | 67 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .918 | 1.560 | ||||
| Scott Cowley | OF | 18 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.444 | ||||
| Mickey Peyton | OF | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Young | OF | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Deron Johnson | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Jay Bluthardt | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Ausanio | P | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Mike Stevanus | P | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .217 | ||||
| Bobby Underwood | P | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .263 | ||||
| Steve Buckholz | P | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tim Holmes | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .938 | ||||
| Randy Tomlin | P | 15 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.933 | ||||
| Dan Nielsen | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Ernesto Santana | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Lewis | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Mark Koller | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Joel Forrest | P | 10 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 2.200 | ||||
| Rodger Castner | P | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .889 | ||||
| Tom Studstill | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Keith Richardson | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rod Byerly | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Spalt | SS | 56 | 102 | 152 | 21 | 28 | .924 | 4.536 | ||||
| Flavio Williams | SS | 24 | 17 | 32 | 8 | 5 | .860 | 2.042 | ||||
| Steve Montejano | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 869 | 1922 | 745 | 133 | 153 | .952 | 3.069 | 30 | 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.
