1988 Bristol Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 46-27
Finished 2nd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Rick Magnante (46-27)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Bristol, Virginia
Ballpark: DeVault Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 20,224, Avg. 554
Playoffs - Kingsport Mets 1 game, Bristol Tigers 0 - One-game playoff for South title.
The Bristol Tigers of the Appalachian League ended the 1988 season with a record of 46 wins and 27 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Tigers topped the league with 456 runs, fueled by 62 home runs. Bristol allowed 311 runs. Mickey Delas and Tom Aldrich paced the squad with 10 home runs apiece. Tom Aldrich drove in 49 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Rusty Meacham paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 1.44 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1988 Bristol Tigers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rusty Meacham, Kurt Knudsen, Rich Rowland, Rico Brogna, Rudy Pemberton and John Kiely.
Rick Magnante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rusty Meacham | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.43 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75.3 | 55 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mike Koller | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.60 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 73 | 35 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mike Jones | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.56 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 | 75 | 33 | 27 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Marcos Betances | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63.7 | 48 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 50 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
| Blaine Rudolph | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.11 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.3 | 44 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Bob Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.22 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.3 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jim Hayes | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.05 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 35 | 31 | 24 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| Tim Brader | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.21 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 40.7 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| John Kiely | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Eric Shoup | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kurt Shea | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.52 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.7 | 50 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Ed Ferm | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.51 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 39 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kurt Knudsen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Nozling | 0 | 0 | 6.92 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chris Gollehon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.58 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 46 | 27 | .630 | 3.42 | 192 | 73 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 615.0 | 534 | 311 | 234 | 29 | 305 | 1 | 610 | 42 | 15 | 82 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Aldrich | 63 | 248 | 219 | 50 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 42 | .338 | .407 | .562 | .969 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mike Davidson | 58 | 229 | 187 | 43 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 38 | 32 | .305 | .421 | .380 | .801 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rico Brogna | 60 | 239 | 209 | 37 | 53 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 42 | .254 | .338 | .426 | .763 | 89 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Brett Roach | 57 | 209 | 187 | 30 | 52 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 41 | .278 | .343 | .417 | .760 | 78 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rich Rowland | 56 | 217 | 186 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 39 | .274 | .364 | .403 | .767 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tookie Spann | 61 | 241 | 191 | 43 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 54 | .267 | .412 | .476 | .889 | 91 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ron Howard | 62 | 245 | 213 | 40 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 43 | .235 | .324 | .300 | .624 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Mickey Delas | 56 | 196 | 169 | 28 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 38 | .284 | .378 | .509 | .886 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Duane Walker | 59 | 219 | 191 | 38 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 42 | .230 | .309 | .361 | .670 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Julio Rosa | 70 | 248 | 201 | 39 | 44 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 36 | 39 | .219 | .339 | .264 | .602 | 53 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Freddy Padilla | 26 | 64 | 62 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .323 | .344 | .435 | .779 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benny Castillo | 21 | 85 | 71 | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .268 | .388 | .451 | .839 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Rendina | 39 | 86 | 75 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 18 | .200 | .279 | .360 | .639 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Doug Biggs | 25 | 72 | 49 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 16 | .286 | .493 | .388 | .881 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Juan Estevez | 29 | 44 | 42 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .238 | .273 | .262 | .535 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Beau Hill | 17 | 50 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | .222 | .404 | .250 | .654 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Frassa | 33 | 60 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .122 | .283 | .184 | .467 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Maldonado | 23 | 53 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | .125 | .265 | .125 | .390 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Francisco Henriquez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Rojas | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Pemberton | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .375 | .000 | .375 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 830 | 2821 | 2388 | 456 | 623 | 109 | 11 | 62 | 389 | 67 | 26 | 364 | 514 | .261 | .361 | .394 | .755 | 940 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 25 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Brogna | 1B | 41 | 302 | 26 | 4 | 31 | .988 | 8.000 | ||||
| Tom Aldrich | 1B | 32 | 245 | 12 | 3 | 24 | .988 | 8.031 | ||||
| Mike Rendina | 1B | 11 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
| Ron Howard | 2B | 62 | 94 | 142 | 9 | 24 | .963 | 3.806 | ||||
| Carlos Maldonado | 2B | 11 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 8 | .972 | 3.182 | ||||
| Beau Hill | 2B | 9 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .939 | 3.444 | ||||
| Julio Rosa | 2B | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Francisco Henriquez | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Brett Roach | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jose Rojas | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brett Roach | 3B | 55 | 32 | 85 | 15 | 10 | .886 | 2.127 | ||||
| Freddy Padilla | 3B | 18 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 3 | .906 | 1.611 | ||||
| Tom Aldrich | 3B | 13 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 3 | .867 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Rowland | C | 36 | 253 | 31 | 7 | 1 | .976 | 7.889 | 3 | |||
| Mickey Delas | C | 33 | 232 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .981 | 7.727 | 9 | |||
| Juan Estevez | C | 29 | 120 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .970 | 4.483 | 3 | |||
| Tookie Spann | OF | 58 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 1.534 | ||||
| Duane Walker | OF | 57 | 96 | 8 | 9 | 4 | .920 | 1.825 | ||||
| Mike Davidson | OF | 54 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.130 | ||||
| Bobby Frassa | OF | 25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .640 | ||||
| Benny Castillo | OF | 21 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rico Brogna | OF | 15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
| Doug Biggs | OF | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jose Rojas | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Aldrich | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Brader | P | 29 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| Blaine Rudolph | P | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .882 | ||||
| Ed Ferm | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Mike Jones | P | 15 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Eric Shoup | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Kurt Shea | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Bob Thomas | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Rusty Meacham | P | 13 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.692 | ||||
| Mike Koller | P | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | .714 | 1.538 | ||||
| Marcos Betances | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Jim Hayes | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.083 | ||||
| John Kiely | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Chris Gollehon | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Nozling | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Kurt Knudsen | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Julio Rosa | SS | 66 | 95 | 149 | 30 | 29 | .891 | 3.697 | ||||
| Carlos Maldonado | SS | 13 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .857 | 1.846 | ||||
| Beau Hill | SS | 9 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .767 | 2.556 | ||||
| Totals | 887 | 1845 | 732 | 136 | 163 | .950 | 2.905 | 15 | 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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