1991 Burlington Astros Statistics
Team Record: 67-70
Finished 4th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Tim Tolman (67-70)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 81,811, Avg. 1,194
Playoffs - Clinton Giants 2 games, Burlington Astros 1
The Burlington Astros of the Midwest League ended the 1991 season with a record of 67 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Astros plated 616 runs and allowed 640 runs. Chris Hatcher paced Burlington with 13 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Ruben Cruz led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .278 clip. Ken Wheeler topped the team with 8 wins, while Troy Dovey recorded a 3.02 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1991 Burlington Astros who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Donne Wall, Raúl Chávez, Chris Hatcher, Ray Montgomery and Roberto Petagine.
Tim Tolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wheeler | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.34 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 151.0 | 145 | 66 | 56 | 5 | 52 | 1 | 107 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 643 |
| Anthony Gutierrez | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.69 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 78 | 46 | 32 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 126 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 470 |
| Donne Wall | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.02 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 106.7 | 73 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 421 |
| Troy Dovey | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.02 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116.3 | 89 | 51 | 39 | 3 | 74 | 0 | 130 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 511 |
| Ben Gonzales | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.18 | 60 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 99.0 | 85 | 46 | 35 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 423 |
| Tyrone Scott | 7 | 14 | .333 | 5.94 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.3 | 179 | 117 | 94 | 12 | 89 | 1 | 98 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 690 |
| Bob Hurta | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.32 | 56 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62.3 | 40 | 35 | 23 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 285 |
| Kevin Lane | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.39 | 57 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.7 | 73 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 46 | 5 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 351 |
| Dave Allen | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.22 | 27 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 108.7 | 134 | 73 | 63 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 489 |
| Wally Trice | 4 | 2 | .667 | 0.99 | 35 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 45.7 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 177 |
| Mike McDowell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.56 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Craig Bjornson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 43 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 162 |
| Tom Anderson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.40 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 149 |
| Jeff Bennington | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Roy Nieto | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.09 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 38 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 187 |
| Guy Normand | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.63 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 54 | 35 | 24 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 220 |
| Totals | 67 | 70 | .489 | 3.75 | 421 | 137 | 130 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 1202.3 | 1119 | 640 | 501 | 68 | 583 | 21 | 1060 | 49 | 33 | 105 | 5305 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruben Cruz | 114 | 451 | 418 | 49 | 116 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 64 | .278 | .322 | .390 | .712 | 163 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Fletcher Thompson | 116 | 544 | 428 | 85 | 116 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 37 | 16 | 104 | 115 | .271 | .417 | .355 | .773 | 152 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Hatcher | 129 | 556 | 497 | 69 | 116 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 46 | 180 | .233 | .308 | .378 | .686 | 188 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Roberto Petagine | 124 | 509 | 432 | 72 | 112 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 58 | 7 | 5 | 71 | 74 | .259 | .368 | .403 | .771 | 174 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Ray Montgomery | 120 | 491 | 433 | 60 | 109 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 16 | 14 | 37 | 65 | .252 | .321 | .342 | .663 | 148 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Raúl Chávez | 114 | 462 | 420 | 54 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 65 | .257 | .312 | .319 | .631 | 134 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bryan Smith | 105 | 364 | 330 | 37 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 29 | 7 | 27 | 99 | .239 | .296 | .255 | .550 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Tony Gilmore | 82 | 310 | 276 | 25 | 75 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 45 | .272 | .338 | .326 | .664 | 90 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Manny Acta | 78 | 298 | 276 | 27 | 71 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 40 | .257 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Layne Lambert | 73 | 284 | 255 | 36 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 50 | .263 | .331 | .333 | .664 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Henderson | 75 | 255 | 211 | 27 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 30 | 71 | .199 | .322 | .303 | .625 | 64 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Gary Christopherson | 47 | 193 | 161 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 28 | .230 | .352 | .304 | .657 | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Davis | 55 | 204 | 171 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 65 | .187 | .314 | .304 | .618 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Raphael Lanfranco | 31 | 112 | 100 | 11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .210 | .288 | .260 | .548 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Bennington | 36 | 104 | 92 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | .185 | .252 | .272 | .524 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Burns | 16 | 49 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .196 | .229 | .391 | .620 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Beuerlein | 12 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .235 | .357 | .294 | .651 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lance Smith | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1330 | 5240 | 4592 | 616 | 1138 | 190 | 21 | 63 | 529 | 121 | 65 | 519 | 1033 | .248 | .330 | .340 | .670 | 1559 | 98 | 63 | 31 | 35 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Petagine | 1B | 119 | 940 | 60 | 22 | 75 | .978 | 8.403 | ||||
| Nick Davis | 1B | 15 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .992 | 8.200 | ||||
| Manny Acta | 1B | 6 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 6.667 | ||||
| Mike Burns | 1B | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.750 | ||||
| Fletcher Thompson | 2B | 113 | 226 | 271 | 20 | 62 | .961 | 4.398 | ||||
| Dave Henderson | 2B | 17 | 35 | 38 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 4.294 | ||||
| Manny Acta | 2B | 10 | 17 | 31 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 4.800 | ||||
| Layne Lambert | 3B | 68 | 46 | 107 | 26 | 8 | .855 | 2.250 | ||||
| Manny Acta | 3B | 57 | 30 | 105 | 17 | 4 | .888 | 2.368 | ||||
| Gary Christopherson | 3B | 17 | 13 | 25 | 7 | 1 | .844 | 2.235 | ||||
| Raúl Chávez | 3B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Burns | 3B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Tony Gilmore | C | 81 | 627 | 62 | 4 | 3 | .994 | 8.506 | 19 | |||
| Raphael Lanfranco | C | 27 | 197 | 25 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 8.222 | 18 | |||
| Jeff Bennington | C | 26 | 148 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 6.000 | 3 | |||
| Ed Beuerlein | C | 11 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 6.909 | 1 | |||
| Mike Burns | C | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
| Lance Smith | C | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 0 | |||
| Chris Hatcher | OF | 129 | 235 | 10 | 10 | 5 | .961 | 1.899 | ||||
| Ray Montgomery | OF | 118 | 249 | 12 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 2.212 | ||||
| Bryan Smith | OF | 103 | 194 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .971 | 1.951 | ||||
| Ruben Cruz | OF | 85 | 106 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .926 | 1.329 | ||||
| Dave Henderson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Gonzales | P | 60 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .383 | ||||
| Kevin Lane | P | 57 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .228 | ||||
| Bob Hurta | P | 56 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .250 | ||||
| Wally Trice | P | 35 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .400 | ||||
| Anthony Gutierrez | P | 32 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .700 | .438 | ||||
| Tyrone Scott | P | 27 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .861 | 1.148 | ||||
| Dave Allen | P | 27 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .519 | ||||
| Ken Wheeler | P | 25 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.200 | ||||
| Troy Dovey | P | 25 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .773 | .680 | ||||
| Roy Nieto | P | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Mike McDowell | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Donne Wall | P | 16 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Guy Normand | P | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Craig Bjornson | P | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Anderson | P | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jeff Bennington | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Raúl Chávez | SS | 112 | 141 | 293 | 41 | 54 | .914 | 3.875 | ||||
| Dave Henderson | SS | 30 | 54 | 80 | 6 | 15 | .957 | 4.467 | ||||
| Totals | 1579 | 3607 | 1327 | 217 | 263 | .958 | 3.125 | 42 | 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.
