1989 Charleston Rainbows Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 3rd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Jack Krol (72-68)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Ballpark: Hampton Park
Attendance: 78,438, Avg. 1,121
Playoffs - Augusta Pirates 2 games, Charleston Rainbows 1
The Charleston Rainbows of the South Atlantic League ended the 1989 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Rainbows scored 573 runs and allowed 611 runs. John Kuehl led Charleston with 20 home runs and drove in 98 runs. Matt Witkowski paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .283 clip. Pedro Martínez and A. J. Sager topped the team with 14 wins each, while Pedro Martínez registered a 1.97 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Nikco Riesgo, Pablo Martínez, Pedro Martínez, Bryce Florie, Jeremy Hernandez, A. J. Sager and Luis López were all players from the 1989 Charleston Rainbows who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jack Krol 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Martínez | 14 | 8 | .636 | 1.97 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 187.0 | 147 | 53 | 41 | 5 | 64 | 1 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| A. J. Sager | 14 | 9 | .609 | 3.38 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 167.7 | 166 | 77 | 63 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 10 | |
| Joe Murdock | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.09 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 148.3 | 136 | 69 | 51 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Chris Haslock | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.78 | 56 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 101.3 | 68 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 38 | 9 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |
| Renay Bryand | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.53 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 91.7 | 90 | 46 | 36 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob Brucato | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.24 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 96 | 53 | 35 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Brian Wood | 7 | 7 | .500 | 1.53 | 53 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 105.7 | 57 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 153 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jeremy Hernandez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.53 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.7 | 65 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Vance Tucker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.39 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 75 | 62 | 45 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bryce Florie | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.95 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 54 | 47 | 34 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mark Verstandig | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerry Knox | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Stan Tukes | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Hart | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rob Cantwell | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.66 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.7 | 86 | 44 | 33 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| David Bond | 0 | 4 | .000 | 12.54 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 31 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Beavers | 0 | 5 | .000 | 4.14 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 48 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 3.41 | 358 | 140 | 124 | 16 | 5 | 34 | 1219.7 | 1149 | 611 | 462 | 61 | 505 | 23 | 919 | 42 | 18 | 62 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kuehl | 139 | 599 | 534 | 84 | 138 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 98 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 126 | .258 | .328 | .434 | .763 | 232 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Matt Witkowski | 119 | 526 | 448 | 67 | 127 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 65 | 81 | .283 | .378 | .346 | .724 | 155 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Greg Smith | 116 | 480 | 417 | 49 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 86 | .259 | .351 | .381 | .733 | 159 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vince Harris | 128 | 556 | 456 | 86 | 106 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 60 | 20 | 92 | 81 | .232 | .364 | .254 | .619 | 116 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Luis López | 127 | 489 | 460 | 50 | 102 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 85 | .222 | .251 | .265 | .516 | 122 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Nikco Riesgo | 119 | 491 | 402 | 74 | 96 | 25 | 1 | 13 | 53 | 34 | 13 | 73 | 81 | .239 | .367 | .403 | .770 | 162 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Greg Conley | 111 | 436 | 390 | 32 | 94 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 99 | .241 | .307 | .323 | .630 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Gerard Cifarelli | 80 | 284 | 230 | 21 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 35 | .213 | .338 | .287 | .625 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Matt Toole | 59 | 230 | 215 | 15 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 54 | .219 | .259 | .247 | .505 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Briggs | 77 | 286 | 268 | 12 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 53 | .175 | .218 | .209 | .427 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Shawn Whalen | 62 | 259 | 236 | 20 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 37 | .182 | .249 | .288 | .537 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jimmy Lester | 36 | 143 | 120 | 22 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 18 | .317 | .397 | .458 | .855 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Scot Welish | 40 | 141 | 120 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .208 | .319 | .267 | .586 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mark Verstandig | 32 | 110 | 78 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 17 | .282 | .462 | .397 | .860 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brian Span | 40 | 140 | 129 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 54 | .163 | .223 | .233 | .456 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pablo Martínez | 31 | 95 | 80 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 21 | .175 | .272 | .200 | .472 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1316 | 5265 | 4583 | 573 | 1077 | 187 | 16 | 61 | 491 | 152 | 72 | 545 | 953 | .235 | .322 | .323 | .645 | 1479 | 0 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kuehl | 1B | 68 | 556 | 49 | 9 | 56 | .985 | 8.897 | ||||
| Greg Smith | 1B | 43 | 363 | 19 | 5 | 30 | .987 | 8.884 | ||||
| Scot Welish | 1B | 23 | 167 | 17 | 1 | 9 | .995 | 8.000 | ||||
| Greg Conley | 1B | 10 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 7.800 | ||||
| Gerard Cifarelli | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 8.500 | ||||
| Matt Witkowski | 2B | 119 | 263 | 321 | 44 | 67 | .930 | 4.908 | ||||
| Matt Toole | 2B | 14 | 19 | 26 | 1 | 8 | .978 | 3.214 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | 2B | 7 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 7 | .921 | 5.000 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | 2B | 3 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| John Kuehl | 3B | 52 | 20 | 75 | 20 | 4 | .826 | 1.827 | ||||
| Matt Toole | 3B | 45 | 37 | 80 | 13 | 9 | .900 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | 3B | 24 | 10 | 48 | 8 | 5 | .879 | 2.417 | ||||
| Gerard Cifarelli | 3B | 15 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .879 | 1.933 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | 3B | 14 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| Brian Span | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Conley | C | 95 | 627 | 76 | 17 | 6 | .976 | 7.400 | 18 | |||
| Gerard Cifarelli | C | 39 | 213 | 24 | 11 | 1 | .956 | 6.077 | 9 | |||
| Mark Verstandig | C | 17 | 97 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .991 | 6.412 | 2 | |||
| Vince Harris | OF | 127 | 243 | 18 | 9 | 1 | .967 | 2.055 | ||||
| Nikco Riesgo | OF | 76 | 134 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .940 | 1.855 | ||||
| Dave Briggs | OF | 70 | 128 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.914 | ||||
| Shawn Whalen | OF | 62 | 142 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 2.306 | ||||
| Greg Smith | OF | 61 | 96 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .946 | 1.721 | ||||
| Brian Span | OF | 34 | 67 | 1 | 9 | 0 | .883 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Haslock | P | 56 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .304 | ||||
| Brian Wood | P | 53 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .453 | ||||
| Renay Bryand | P | 48 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .885 | .479 | ||||
| Joe Murdock | P | 30 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Pedro Martínez | P | 27 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| A. J. Sager | P | 26 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .925 | 1.423 | ||||
| Vance Tucker | P | 25 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .680 | ||||
| Rob Cantwell | P | 25 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .360 | ||||
| Bob Brucato | P | 19 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
| Mark Beavers | P | 13 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .722 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bryce Florie | P | 12 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .692 | .750 | ||||
| Jeremy Hernandez | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| David Bond | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jeff Hart | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Stan Tukes | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Kerry Knox | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Verstandig | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis López | SS | 126 | 256 | 373 | 74 | 78 | .895 | 4.992 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | SS | 12 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | SS | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 4.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1522 | 3659 | 1472 | 296 | 318 | .945 | 3.371 | 29 | 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.
