1992 Denver Zephyrs Statistics
Team Record: 73-71
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Tony Muser (73-71)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Brewers
Location: Denver, Colorado
Ballpark: Mile High Stadium
Attendance: 347,616, Avg. 4,828 in 72 home dates
The Denver Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1992 season with a record of 73 wins and 71 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Zephyrs led the circuit with 767 runs. Denver surrendered 704 runs. Jim Tatum and Matt Mieske paced the team with 19 home runs apiece., and John Jaha walloped 15 or more as well. Jim Tatum recorded 101 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .329. Otis Green paced the squad with 11 wins, while Cal Eldred recorded a 3 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1992 Denver Zephyrs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jim Hunter, Ken Williams, Jeff Kunkel, Eric Nolte, Andy Allanson, Efrain Valdez, Chris George, Cal Eldred, Charlie Montoyo, Dave Nilsson, Dave Liddell, Mark Lee, Teddy Higuera, Neal Heaton, José Valentín, Matt Mieske, Nelson Simmons, Alex Diaz, William Suero, Joe Kmak, Bruce Ruffin, Jim Olander, Mark Kiefer, Mike Ignasiak, Paul McClellan, Darren Holmes, John Jaha, Jim Tatum, Ced Landrum and Ángel Miranda.
Tony Muser 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Green | 11 | 8 | .579 | 4.61 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.3 | 148 | 85 | 78 | 17 | 70 | 1 | 114 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 662 |
| Cal Eldred | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.00 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 122 | 49 | 47 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 570 |
| Bob Wishnevski | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.03 | 44 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.0 | 87 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 357 |
| Mike Ignasiak | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.93 | 62 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 92.0 | 83 | 37 | 30 | 6 | 33 | 4 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 388 |
| Mark Kiefer | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.59 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.7 | 168 | 95 | 83 | 25 | 65 | 1 | 145 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 706 |
| Jim Hunter | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.68 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 134.7 | 144 | 68 | 55 | 13 | 46 | 2 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 590 |
| Ángel Miranda | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.77 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 183 | 100 | 85 | 16 | 77 | 0 | 122 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 714 |
| Eric Nolte | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.12 | 49 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.0 | 74 | 53 | 41 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 316 |
| Bruce Ruffin | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.94 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 119 |
| Neal Heaton | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.52 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
| Chris George | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.64 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 190 |
| Mark Lee | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.19 | 48 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 78 | 45 | 32 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 309 |
| Teddy Higuera | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Paul McClellan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 137 |
| Efrain Valdez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.43 | 36 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 76 | 45 | 41 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 295 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Darren Holmes | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| Totals | 73 | 71 | .507 | 4.16 | 421 | 144 | 133 | 11 | 2 | 26 | 1277.3 | 1318 | 704 | 590 | 123 | 500 | 26 | 885 | 42 | 22 | 47 | 5544 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Tatum | 130 | 556 | 492 | 74 | 162 | 36 | 3 | 19 | 101 | 8 | 9 | 40 | 87 | .329 | .382 | .530 | .913 | 261 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 |
| Matt Mieske | 134 | 575 | 524 | 80 | 140 | 29 | 11 | 19 | 77 | 13 | 9 | 39 | 90 | .267 | .319 | .473 | .792 | 248 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Alex Diaz | 106 | 494 | 455 | 67 | 122 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 42 | 12 | 24 | 36 | .268 | .309 | .330 | .638 | 150 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| José Valentín | 139 | 565 | 492 | 78 | 118 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 9 | 4 | 53 | 99 | .240 | .317 | .341 | .658 | 168 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 |
| John Jaha | 79 | 333 | 274 | 61 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 18 | 69 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 60 | .321 | .434 | .599 | 1.032 | 164 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenny Jackson | 94 | 378 | 338 | 49 | 88 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 79 | .260 | .321 | .438 | .759 | 148 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Charlie Montoyo | 84 | 310 | 259 | 40 | 84 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 36 | .324 | .429 | .405 | .834 | 105 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandy Guerrero | 76 | 284 | 257 | 39 | 82 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 21 | .319 | .350 | .482 | .832 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Andy Allanson | 72 | 294 | 266 | 42 | 79 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 29 | .297 | .354 | .425 | .779 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Nilsson | 66 | 270 | 240 | 38 | 76 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 19 | .317 | .369 | .479 | .849 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 69 | 291 | 274 | 41 | 76 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 56 | .277 | .302 | .445 | .747 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| William Suero | 75 | 313 | 276 | 42 | 71 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 31 | 33 | .257 | .332 | .370 | .702 | 102 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Kmak | 67 | 254 | 225 | 27 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 39 | .311 | .369 | .436 | .805 | 98 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ced Landrum | 43 | 163 | 144 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 16 | .312 | .365 | .382 | .747 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Williams | 36 | 151 | 134 | 16 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 31 | .291 | .371 | .433 | .804 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Olander | 21 | 95 | 78 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | .372 | .463 | .641 | 1.104 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Liddell | 47 | 137 | 123 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .195 | .248 | .285 | .533 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Shamburg | 18 | 62 | 57 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .281 | .339 | .404 | .742 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Hillemann | 15 | 58 | 46 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .217 | .379 | .348 | .727 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Simmons | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .273 | .500 | .773 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Dobrolsky | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1376 | 5596 | 4965 | 767 | 1421 | 259 | 69 | 114 | 717 | 162 | 99 | 465 | 789 | .286 | .349 | .435 | .784 | 2160 | 106 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Jaha | 1B | 75 | 652 | 50 | 7 | 50 | .990 | 9.360 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 1B | 22 | 189 | 13 | 2 | 16 | .990 | 9.182 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | 1B | 16 | 134 | 11 | 3 | 9 | .980 | 9.062 | ||||
| Dave Nilsson | 1B | 13 | 126 | 8 | 4 | 14 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Andy Allanson | 1B | 9 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.778 | ||||
| Dave Liddell | 1B | 7 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.857 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 1B | 6 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 12.167 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 1B | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Williams | 1B | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| William Suero | 2B | 74 | 178 | 214 | 10 | 53 | .975 | 5.297 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 2B | 39 | 61 | 93 | 4 | 19 | .975 | 3.949 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 2B | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Diaz | 2B | 10 | 29 | 29 | 2 | 11 | .967 | 5.800 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 2B | 6 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.167 | ||||
| Jim Tatum | 3B | 123 | 87 | 272 | 24 | 20 | .937 | 2.919 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | 3B | 16 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 5 | .935 | 2.688 | ||||
| Dave Nilsson | 3B | 6 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | 3B | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Sandy Guerrero | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Kmak | C | 63 | 351 | 54 | 3 | 6 | .993 | 6.429 | 7 | |||
| Dave Nilsson | C | 36 | 220 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .992 | 6.944 | 0 | |||
| Andy Allanson | C | 33 | 204 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 6.879 | 3 | |||
| Dave Liddell | C | 29 | 128 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .986 | 4.793 | 3 | |||
| Matt Mieske | OF | 131 | 252 | 23 | 13 | 4 | .955 | 2.099 | ||||
| Alex Diaz | OF | 95 | 207 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .982 | 2.274 | ||||
| Kenny Jackson | OF | 83 | 127 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 1.639 | ||||
| Ced Landrum | OF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Williams | OF | 30 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.967 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | OF | 25 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .981 | 2.040 | ||||
| Jim Olander | OF | 20 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.350 | ||||
| Charles Hillemann | OF | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Charlie Montoyo | OF | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Jim Tatum | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Andy Allanson | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.500 | ||||
| John Jaha | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Ignasiak | P | 62 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .355 | ||||
| Eric Nolte | P | 49 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Lee | P | 48 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Bob Wishnevski | P | 44 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .341 | ||||
| Efrain Valdez | P | 36 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .361 | ||||
| Jim Hunter | P | 34 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .939 | .912 | ||||
| Ángel Miranda | P | 28 | 9 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .860 | 1.321 | ||||
| Otis Green | P | 28 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .962 | .893 | ||||
| Mark Kiefer | P | 27 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.741 | ||||
| Cal Eldred | P | 19 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.737 | ||||
| Darren Holmes | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Chris George | P | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Paul McClellan | P | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Neal Heaton | P | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bruce Ruffin | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Teddy Higuera | P | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Valentín | SS | 138 | 187 | 414 | 38 | 70 | .941 | 4.355 | ||||
| Jeff Kunkel | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Diaz | SS | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1638 | 3650 | 1556 | 149 | 330 | .972 | 3.178 | 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.
