1988 Buffalo Bisons Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 72-70
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Rocky Bridges (72-70)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Coca Cola Field
Attendance: 1,146,651, Avg. 16,150

1988 Buffalo Bisons Roster

The Buffalo Bisons of the American Association ended the 1988 season with a record of 72 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Bisons scored 542 runs and surrendered 523 runs. Benny Distefano led Buffalo with 19 home runs and accounted for 63 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .263. Dave Johnson topped the team with 15 wins, and Dorn Taylor recorded a 2.14 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1988 Buffalo Bisons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Skeeter Barnes, John Cangelosi, Orestes Destrade, Benny Distefano, Logan Easley, Stan Fansler, Félix Fermín, Miguel García, Brett Gideon, Denny González, Tommy Gregg, Dave Hostetler, Dave Johnson, Sam Khalifa, Randy Kramer, Bryan Little, Scott Little, Morris Madden, Scott Medvin, Randy Milligan, Jim Neidlinger, Vicente Palacios, Bob Patterson, Al Pedrique, Tom Prince, Rick Reed, Rubén Rodríguez, Tom Romano, Rico Rossy, Dave Rucker, Dave Sax, Dorn Taylor, Mike Walker and Paul Wilmet.

Rocky Bridges served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dave Johnson	15	12	.556	3.51	29	29	0	9	2	0	192.3	213	93	75	6	55	2	90	2	7	5
Dorn Taylor	10	8	.556	2.14	22	22	0	6	2	0	139.0	125	45	33	10	44	1	65	3	2	2
Randy Kramer	10	8	.556	3.13	28	28	0	6	1	0	198.3	161	85	69	15	50	4	120	4	4	9
Miguel García	6	2	.750	2.58	25	1	14	0	0	2	66.3	71	26	19	3	21	2	34	0	2	9
Rick Reed	5	2	.714	1.64	10	9	0	3	2	0	77.0	62	15	14	0	12	2	50	1	1	1
Scott Medvin	5	4	.556	2.41	39	0	34	0	0	12	56.0	38	18	15	0	25	4	49	1	5	4
Morris Madden	5	6	.455	3.48	21	14	2	1	0	1	108.7	84	55	42	6	65	3	56	2	7	9
Vicente Palacios	3	0	1.000	1.99	5	5	0	1	1	0	31.7	26	7	7	0	5	0	23	1	1	2
Paul Wilmet	3	2	.600	1.24	19	0	15	0	0	4	29.0	25	5	4	1	11	4	19	1	0	1
Stan Fansler	3	7	.300	5.67	15	15	0	0	0	0	81.0	100	58	51	6	38	1	28	6	10	6
Bob Patterson	2	0	1.000	2.32	4	4	0	1	0	0	31.0	26	12	8	0	4	0	20	0	1	0
Mike Walker	2	3	.400	2.78	8	8	0	2	0	0	55.0	52	18	17	3	8	1	26	1	0	1
Larry Melton	1	4	.200	4.36	6	6	0	0	0	0	33.0	29	16	16	1	18	2	21	1	1	0
Logan Easley	1	5	.167	3.93	28	0	17	0	0	2	68.7	69	36	30	4	28	4	32	1	5	3
Brett Gideon	1	6	.143	3.64	24	0	21	0	0	9	42.0	33	17	17	2	19	3	41	1	1	1
Jim Neidlinger	0	0		6.23	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	7	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	1
Bill Copp	0	0		10.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	8	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Rucker	0	1	.000	0.88	16	0	9	0	0	4	30.7	16	8	3	1	18	3	16	1	0	0
Totals	72	70	.507	3.09	303	142	113	29	8	34	1248.3	1145	523	428	58	424	36	695	26	47	54	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
Benny Distefano	135	550	482	69	127	26	1	19	63	6	5	50	58	.263	.344	.440	.784	212		12	1	5	6
Bernie Tatis	124	486	431	50	101	14	9	6	45	27	15	45	88	.234	.307	.350	.657	151		2	4	4	4
Félix Fermín	87	375	352	38	92	11	1	0	31	8	6	17	18	.261	.296	.298	.595	105		1	4	1	0
Denny González	75	303	267	37	79	14	2	8	39	9	3	34	62	.296	.373	.453	.826	121		0	0	2	2
Tom Prince	86	338	304	35	79	16	0	14	42	3	6	23	53	.260	.325	.451	.776	137		7	3	1	2
Tommy Gregg	72	282	252	34	74	12	0	6	27	7	9	25	26	.294	.355	.413	.767	104		1	0	4	4
Jim Reboulet	79	293	264	29	74	4	0	0	13	26	12	25	22	.280	.343	.295	.638	78		0	4	0	2
Orestes Destrade	77	318	273	37	74	16	1	12	42	2	2	44	67	.271	.371	.469	.840	128		0	0	1	7
Tom Romano	79	299	280	27	74	9	4	5	19	11	2	17	43	.264	.304	.379	.683	106		0	0	2	0
Al Pedrique	61	238	218	23	67	14	2	1	22	0	5	13	20	.307	.354	.404	.758	88		4	1	2	0
Randy Milligan	63	263	221	37	61	15	3	2	30	1	2	36	40	.276	.373	.398	.771	88		1	0	5	2
Sam Khalifa	66	252	215	30	49	9	3	5	21	3	2	31	38	.228	.325	.367	.693	79		1	3	2	0
John Cangelosi	37	166	145	23	48	6	0	0	10	14	7	19	19	.331	.410	.372	.782	54		1	0	1	1
Rico Rossy	68	201	187	12	46	4	0	1	20	1	5	13	17	.246	.294	.283	.577	53		0	0	1	0
Dave Hostetler	84	257	225	21	42	8	4	4	29	0	1	24	67	.187	.276	.311	.587	70		5	0	3	3
Bryan Little	46	153	135	14	35	8	0	1	7	2	3	14	11	.259	.329	.341	.670	46		0	4	0	0
Dave Sax	38	120	103	7	23	3	0	3	11	1	1	14	21	.223	.311	.340	.651	35		0	1	2	2
Rubén Rodríguez	24	87	82	4	21	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	11	.256	.299	.317	.616	26		2	0	0	3
Randy Kramer	28	37	32	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.156	.312	5		0	5	0	0
Dave Johnson	29	44	41	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.122	.143	.122	.265	5		0	2	0	0
Morris Madden	21	18	12	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	3		0	6	0	0
Rick Reed	10	17	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.214	.353	.214	.567	3		0	0	0	0
Dorn Taylor	22	27	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.111	.111	.111	.222	3		0	0	0	0
Dave Rucker	16	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1		0	0	0	0
Stan Fansler	15	14	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	.100	.308	.100	.408	1		0	1	0	0
Mike Walker	8	16	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	2	0	0
Scott Little	4	16	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	.062	.062	.062	.125	1		0	0	0	0
Bob Patterson	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Vicente Palacios	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0		0	0	0	0
Larry Melton	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Scott Medvin	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Brett Gideon	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Miguel García	25	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Logan Easley	28	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Bill Copp	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Paul Wilmet	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1605	5212	4641	538	1189	192	31	87	479	122	87	457	759	.256	.325	.367	.693	1704	0	37	41	36	38

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Orestes Destrade	1B	72	732	43	9	68	.989	1.764
Randy Milligan	1B	58	550	47	4	47	.993	1.293
Dave Hostetler	1B	14	141	6	2	11	.987	1.500
Benny Distefano	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jim Reboulet	2B	65	124	205	17	36	.951	5.062
Bryan Little	2B	34	65	104	1	22	.994	4.971
Al Pedrique	2B	33	66	117	5	20	.973	5.545
Rico Rossy	2B	11	27	27	0	9	1.000	4.909
Denny González	2B	9	19	22	2	4	.953	4.556
Denny González	3B	68	45	144	15	10	.926	2.779
Sam Khalifa	3B	61	39	143	6	16	.968	2.984
Rico Rossy	3B	26	15	41	2	2	.966	2.154
Al Pedrique	3B	2	2	10	0	1	1.000	6.000
Bryan Little	3B	2	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.500
Dave Sax	3B	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Tom Prince	C	86	456	51	12	4	.977	5.895	11
Dave Sax	C	34	153	12	3	3	.982	4.853	6
Rubén Rodríguez	C	24	135	14	4	1	.974	6.208	5
Benny Distefano	OF	134	231	15	3	3	.988	1.836
Bernie Tatis	OF	121	254	17	7	2	.975	2.240
Tom Romano	OF	71	144	2	6	0	.961	2.056
Tommy Gregg	OF	66	134	3	2	0	.986	2.076
John Cangelosi	OF	37	89	3	0	2	1.000	2.486
Jim Reboulet	OF	6	7	1	0	1	1.000	1.333
Scott Little	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Randy Milligan	OF	3	1	1	1	0	.667	.667
Scott Medvin	P	39	4	12	3	0	.842	.410
Dave Johnson	P	29	13	38	2	1	.962	1.759
Randy Kramer	P	28	9	31	4	3	.909	1.429
Logan Easley	P	28	1	7	0	2	1.000	.286
Miguel García	P	25	2	7	0	2	1.000	.360
Brett Gideon	P	24	4	8	0	0	1.000	.500
Dorn Taylor	P	22	7	27	2	0	.944	1.545
Morris Madden	P	21	7	25	2	4	.941	1.524
Paul Wilmet	P	19	4	6	0	0	1.000	.526
Dave Rucker	P	16	2	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Stan Fansler	P	15	8	13	1	2	.955	1.400
Rick Reed	P	10	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.700
Mike Walker	P	8	4	10	0	0	1.000	1.750
Larry Melton	P	6	5	4	0	1	1.000	1.500
Vicente Palacios	P	5	0	3	0	1	1.000	.600
Bob Patterson	P	4	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.250
Jim Neidlinger	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Bill Copp	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Félix Fermín	SS	87	131	268	10	53	.976	4.586
Rico Rossy	SS	30	59	84	8	23	.947	4.767
Al Pedrique	SS	26	33	78	7	13	.941	4.269
Sam Khalifa	SS	3	6	11	1	4	.944	5.667
Totals		1492	3745	1692	141	373	.975	3.644	22	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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