1991 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 77-66
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Tony Franklin (77-66)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 313,412, Avg. 4,383
Playoffs - Birmingham Barons 3 games, Knoxville Blue Jays 1
Finals - Orlando SunRays 3 games, Birmingham Barons 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1991 season with a record of 77 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 583 runs and surrendered 534 runs. Kevin Garner led Birmingham with 14 home runs Ron Coomer drove in 76 runs and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .255 clip. Wilson Álvarez and Bo Kennedy paced the squad with 10 wins each, while Wilson Álvarez registered a 1.83 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1991 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rod Bolton, John Hudek, Ramón García, Wilson Álvarez, Bob Wickman, Bo Jackson, Roberto Hernández, Ron Coomer, Derek Lee, Larry Thomas, Matt Merullo, Chris Howard and Brian Keyser.
Tony Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo Kennedy | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.32 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 88 | 39 | 24 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 408 |
| Wilson Álvarez | 10 | 6 | .625 | 1.83 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 152.3 | 109 | 46 | 31 | 6 | 74 | 0 | 165 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 634 |
| Rod Bolton | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.62 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 89.0 | 73 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 360 |
| Argenis Cortes | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.31 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 | 126 | 63 | 49 | 9 | 61 | 1 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 579 |
| Jose Ventura | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.06 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 148.7 | 129 | 79 | 67 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 91 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 639 |
| Chris Howard | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.04 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 53.0 | 43 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 219 |
| Bob Wickman | 6 | 10 | .375 | 3.56 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 131.3 | 127 | 68 | 52 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 572 |
| John Hudek | 5 | 10 | .333 | 3.84 | 51 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 65.7 | 58 | 39 | 28 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 292 |
| Ramón García | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.93 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 38.7 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 152 |
| Frank Merigliano | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.89 | 36 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69.3 | 58 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 298 |
| Dave Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.97 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.7 | 36 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 189 |
| Roberto Hernández | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.99 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 85 |
| Scott Middaugh | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.41 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 145 |
| Mario Brito | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.30 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 53 | 31 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 284 |
| Michael Davino | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.45 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 47.0 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 201 |
| Larry Thomas | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Travis Chambers | 0 | 0 | 3.71 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | |
| Brian Keyser | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 78 |
| Totals | 77 | 66 | .538 | 2.94 | 333 | 143 | 123 | 20 | 10 | 32 | 1236.0 | 1049 | 534 | 404 | 61 | 493 | 16 | 885 | 56 | 14 | 59 | 5238 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Coomer | 137 | 579 | 505 | 81 | 129 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 76 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 78 | .255 | .330 | .406 | .736 | 205 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| Kevin Garner | 119 | 499 | 430 | 54 | 107 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 106 | .249 | .341 | .405 | .745 | 174 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Scott Tedder | 95 | 391 | 337 | 34 | 99 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 38 | .294 | .387 | .353 | .740 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Jaster | 104 | 410 | 362 | 40 | 96 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 73 | .265 | .335 | .384 | .719 | 139 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Javier Ocasio | 102 | 448 | 398 | 39 | 89 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 39 | 63 | .224 | .302 | .261 | .564 | 104 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Chasey | 110 | 421 | 332 | 42 | 79 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 97 | .238 | .397 | .352 | .749 | 117 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Kinnis Pledger | 117 | 432 | 363 | 53 | 79 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 60 | 104 | .218 | .334 | .380 | .714 | 138 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Lindsay Foster | 116 | 407 | 372 | 40 | 79 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 23 | 7 | 26 | 73 | .212 | .266 | .263 | .530 | 98 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Darrin Campbell | 94 | 327 | 289 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 94 | .221 | .301 | .339 | .640 | 98 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Aubrey Waggoner | 69 | 305 | 248 | 39 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 54 | 56 | .230 | .370 | .343 | .712 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Derek Lee | 45 | 207 | 154 | 36 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 23 | .325 | .493 | .513 | 1.006 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Wayne Busby | 67 | 233 | 198 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 75 | .162 | .275 | .212 | .487 | 42 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Sullivan | 45 | 142 | 128 | 11 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 32 | .234 | .295 | .367 | .662 | 47 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cesar Bernhardt | 26 | 117 | 103 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | .272 | .359 | .379 | .738 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory Roth | 41 | 148 | 126 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 21 | .190 | .288 | .294 | .581 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Al Liebert | 35 | 128 | 109 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .183 | .283 | .239 | .522 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Gay | 26 | 91 | 83 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .193 | .244 | .241 | .485 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Merullo | 8 | 30 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .214 | .267 | .429 | .695 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Tatarian | 8 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .412 | .467 | .878 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Wilson | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | .500 | .900 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Jackson | 4 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .308 | .471 | .308 | .778 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Castleberry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Kobza | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1372 | 5365 | 4608 | 583 | 1097 | 179 | 47 | 75 | 518 | 99 | 60 | 624 | 978 | .238 | .335 | .346 | .681 | 1595 | 95 | 62 | 38 | 33 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Chasey | 1B | 85 | 639 | 51 | 15 | 54 | .979 | 8.118 | ||||
| Kevin Garner | 1B | 66 | 606 | 38 | 7 | 58 | .989 | 9.758 | ||||
| Ron Coomer | 1B | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Javier Ocasio | 2B | 96 | 204 | 252 | 16 | 56 | .966 | 4.750 | ||||
| Cesar Bernhardt | 2B | 26 | 48 | 76 | 5 | 18 | .961 | 4.769 | ||||
| Wayne Busby | 2B | 14 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 6 | .951 | 4.143 | ||||
| Gregory Roth | 2B | 11 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 3 | .894 | 5.364 | ||||
| Dean Tatarian | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Coomer | 3B | 131 | 94 | 276 | 26 | 24 | .934 | 2.824 | ||||
| Gregory Roth | 3B | 10 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Wayne Busby | 3B | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Darrin Campbell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dean Tatarian | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lindsay Foster | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darrin Campbell | C | 91 | 512 | 49 | 10 | 3 | .982 | 6.165 | 14 | |||
| Al Liebert | C | 35 | 188 | 26 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 6.114 | 6 | |||
| Jeff Gay | C | 26 | 166 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 7.038 | 3 | |||
| Matt Merullo | C | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 5.600 | 2 | |||
| Greg Kobza | C | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Kinnis Pledger | OF | 112 | 198 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .962 | 1.786 | ||||
| Scott Jaster | OF | 99 | 218 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 2.273 | ||||
| Scott Tedder | OF | 94 | 152 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 1.660 | ||||
| Aubrey Waggoner | OF | 68 | 153 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .981 | 2.265 | ||||
| Derek Lee | OF | 43 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 1.628 | ||||
| Carl Sullivan | OF | 34 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.059 | ||||
| Mark Chasey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Hudek | P | 51 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .353 | ||||
| Chris Howard | P | 38 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .211 | ||||
| Frank Merigliano | P | 36 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Jose Ventura | P | 25 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .879 | 1.160 | ||||
| Michael Davino | P | 25 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .520 | ||||
| Wilson Álvarez | P | 23 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 1.217 | ||||
| Argenis Cortes | P | 22 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.545 | ||||
| Bob Wickman | P | 20 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .917 | 1.650 | ||||
| Dave Reynolds | P | 19 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Bo Kennedy | P | 15 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .906 | 1.933 | ||||
| Scott Middaugh | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Rod Bolton | P | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Travis Chambers | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Mario Brito | P | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .880 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ramón García | P | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Roberto Hernández | P | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Keyser | P | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Larry Thomas | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lindsay Foster | SS | 111 | 172 | 288 | 38 | 54 | .924 | 4.144 | ||||
| Wayne Busby | SS | 24 | 31 | 77 | 8 | 13 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| Gregory Roth | SS | 8 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 4 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Dean Tatarian | SS | 5 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .913 | 4.200 | ||||
| Brandon Wilson | SS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1545 | 3708 | 1497 | 192 | 324 | .964 | 3.369 | 26 | 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.
