1988 Burlington Braves Statistics
Team Record: 60-80
Finished 7th in the MWL's South Division
Manager: Grady Little (0-0), Rick Albert (0-0)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 78,308, Avg. 1,119
The Burlington Braves of the Midwest League ended the 1988 season with a record of 60 wins and 80 losses, finishing seventh in the league's South Division.
The Braves scored 603 runs and yielded 736 runs. Brian Hunter led Burlington with 22 home runs, while Brian Deak walloped 15 or more, too. Brian Hunter drove in 71 runs. Al Martin topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .279 clip. Mike Stanton paced the squad with 11 wins, and Pat Tilmon recorded a 3.38 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Matt Turner, Eddie Pérez, Andy Tomberlin, Steve Ziem, Brian Hunter, Al Martin and Mike Stanton were all players from the 1988 Burlington Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Grady Little and Rick Albert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Stanton | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.62 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 154 | 86 | 62 | 7 | 69 | 2 | 160 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Jaime Cuesta | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.45 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 129.3 | 120 | 74 | 64 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 88 | 9 | 6 | 12 | |
| Jim Lemasters | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.98 | 37 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50.0 | 40 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pat Tilmon | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.37 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 117.7 | 102 | 54 | 44 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Jim Nowlin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 6.26 | 34 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 64.7 | 73 | 57 | 45 | 7 | 34 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| Dave Karasinski | 5 | 9 | .357 | 4.09 | 33 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 140.7 | 155 | 82 | 64 | 6 | 50 | 5 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Brian Cummings | 5 | 14 | .263 | 5.05 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 137.3 | 154 | 93 | 77 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |
| Steve Ziem | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.18 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 28 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chad Smith | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.67 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.7 | 93 | 58 | 45 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 6 | 9 | |
| Matt Turner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.55 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 43 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kurczewski | 11 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Scott Bohlke | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Greene | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Scarborough | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian Murphy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.06 | 30 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.0 | 51 | 39 | 35 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Johnny Maldonado | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.66 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Walt Williams | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.7 | 50 | 35 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Craig Gourlay | 0 | 6 | .000 | 6.75 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 55 | 36 | 34 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Totals | 57 | 73 | .438 | 4.56 | 356 | 129 | 120 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 1122.0 | 1151 | 701 | 568 | 92 | 543 | 21 | 831 | 43 | 44 | 85 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Martin | 123 | 524 | 480 | 69 | 134 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 40 | 12 | 30 | 88 | .279 | .324 | .379 | .703 | 182 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Brian Hunter | 117 | 478 | 417 | 58 | 108 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 45 | 90 | .259 | .338 | .458 | .796 | 191 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |
| Rich Casarotti | 95 | 400 | 361 | 48 | 101 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 30 | 66 | .280 | .333 | .424 | .757 | 153 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Brian Champion | 113 | 455 | 408 | 57 | 98 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 95 | .240 | .315 | .377 | .692 | 154 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Steve Glass | 110 | 430 | 376 | 41 | 94 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 53 | .250 | .330 | .327 | .657 | 123 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Mitchell | 116 | 431 | 382 | 46 | 86 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 82 | .225 | .294 | .390 | .684 | 149 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| Brian Deak | 119 | 438 | 345 | 58 | 85 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 130 | .246 | .397 | .481 | .878 | 166 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Jerald Frost | 119 | 429 | 393 | 47 | 85 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 97 | .216 | .268 | .270 | .538 | 106 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Bohlke | 73 | 236 | 217 | 19 | 52 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 36 | .240 | .285 | .378 | .663 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Andy Tomberlin | 43 | 160 | 134 | 24 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 33 | .343 | .440 | .507 | .948 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Eddie Pérez | 64 | 199 | 186 | 14 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 33 | .231 | .269 | .339 | .608 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carl Jones-Pointer | 81 | 272 | 240 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 81 | .167 | .257 | .283 | .540 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Holcomb | 31 | 129 | 121 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | .322 | .364 | .364 | .728 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Ross | 31 | 131 | 121 | 31 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 21 | .306 | .359 | .397 | .755 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rick Berg | 47 | 142 | 113 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 21 | .195 | .345 | .221 | .567 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Mendoza | 22 | 77 | 70 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lynn Robinson | 46 | 104 | 95 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 29 | .168 | .240 | .200 | .440 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Clark | 11 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .257 | .297 | .257 | .554 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Grilione | 28 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .156 | .235 | .311 | .546 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1389 | 5123 | 4539 | 603 | 1123 | 213 | 19 | 106 | 517 | 132 | 76 | 457 | 1004 | .247 | .321 | .373 | .694 | 1692 | 0 | 54 | 37 | 36 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | 1B | 106 | 975 | 69 | 21 | 82 | .980 | 9.849 | ||||
| John Mitchell | 1B | 19 | 136 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .980 | 7.632 | ||||
| Jesus Mendoza | 1B | 14 | 125 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .985 | 9.286 | ||||
| Steve Glass | 1B | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 6.750 | ||||
| Eddie Pérez | 1B | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Casarotti | 2B | 95 | 196 | 241 | 18 | 48 | .960 | 4.600 | ||||
| Ted Holcomb | 2B | 31 | 63 | 63 | 11 | 12 | .920 | 4.065 | ||||
| Steve Glass | 2B | 22 | 34 | 46 | 6 | 13 | .930 | 3.636 | ||||
| Jerald Frost | 2B | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rick Berg | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brian Champion | 3B | 99 | 49 | 208 | 35 | 17 | .880 | 2.596 | ||||
| Steve Glass | 3B | 27 | 9 | 38 | 5 | 2 | .904 | 1.741 | ||||
| Rick Berg | 3B | 27 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 2 | .908 | 2.185 | ||||
| Brian Deak | C | 102 | 604 | 87 | 12 | 7 | .983 | 6.775 | 7 | |||
| Eddie Pérez | C | 40 | 227 | 40 | 11 | 3 | .960 | 6.675 | 6 | |||
| Rick Berg | C | 12 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.083 | 0 | |||
| Al Martin | OF | 122 | 224 | 4 | 8 | 0 | .966 | 1.869 | ||||
| Carl Jones-Pointer | OF | 79 | 141 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .973 | 1.823 | ||||
| Scott Bohlke | OF | 70 | 107 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .948 | 1.571 | ||||
| John Mitchell | OF | 48 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .937 | 1.542 | ||||
| Andy Tomberlin | OF | 41 | 62 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 1.659 | ||||
| Steve Glass | OF | 31 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.645 | ||||
| Lynn Robinson | OF | 29 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.310 | ||||
| Dave Grilione | OF | 27 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .960 | .889 | ||||
| Jeff Clark | OF | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.818 | ||||
| Brian Hunter | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Lemasters | P | 37 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .459 | ||||
| Jaime Cuesta | P | 36 | 13 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jim Nowlin | P | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .500 | ||||
| Dave Karasinski | P | 33 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | .879 | ||||
| Chad Smith | P | 31 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .742 | ||||
| Mike Stanton | P | 30 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 30 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Brian Cummings | P | 26 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
| Walt Williams | P | 18 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Pat Tilmon | P | 18 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Ziem | P | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Johnny Maldonado | P | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Tommy Kurczewski | P | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Gourlay | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Matt Turner | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Jeff Greene | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Stan Scarborough | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Bohlke | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerald Frost | SS | 117 | 167 | 334 | 39 | 62 | .928 | 4.282 | ||||
| Steve Glass | SS | 37 | 40 | 83 | 4 | 15 | .969 | 3.324 | ||||
| Totals | 1581 | 3551 | 1519 | 221 | 302 | .958 | 3.207 | 13 | 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.
