1990 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 51-16
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Ray Smith (51-16)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 17,013, Avg. 508
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1990 season with a record of 51 wins and 16 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Twins scored 423 runs, best in the league. Elizabethton conceded 268 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Paul Russo led the squad with 22 home runs and drove in 67 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .335 clip. Tim Persing topped the team with 8 wins, and Todd Ritchie recorded a 1.94 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1990 Elizabethton Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Denny Hocking, Brent Brede, Damian Miller, Todd Ritchie and Rich Becker.
Ray Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Persing | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.93 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 81 | 47 | 31 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |
| Dickie Dixon | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.79 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 66 | 34 | 26 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Jon Henry | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.61 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 81 | 40 | 35 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 89 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |
| Tom Benson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.70 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 47.7 | 32 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Bigham | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.15 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56.3 | 50 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Todd Ritchie | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.94 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 45 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 2 | |
| Steve Taylor | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.30 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Diaz | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.07 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 67 | 40 | 24 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jose Bethancourt | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.65 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49.3 | 34 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Scott Fritz | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 51 | 16 | .761 | 3.00 | 150 | 67 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 22 | 588.0 | 494 | 268 | 196 | 47 | 241 | 5 | 506 | 32 | 17 | 31 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Russo | 62 | 263 | 221 | 58 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 56 | .335 | .433 | .706 | 1.139 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tom Gavin | 59 | 262 | 222 | 43 | 73 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 49 | .329 | .414 | .450 | .864 | 100 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Denny Hocking | 54 | 250 | 201 | 45 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 40 | 26 | .294 | .422 | .433 | .855 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Matthew Morse | 63 | 268 | 235 | 34 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 26 | 31 | .251 | .326 | .353 | .679 | 83 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| Rich Becker | 56 | 255 | 194 | 54 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 53 | 54 | .289 | .448 | .418 | .866 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gumpf | 51 | 211 | 191 | 31 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 71 | .236 | .303 | .403 | .706 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Todd Blakeman | 49 | 197 | 180 | 27 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 39 | .233 | .291 | .378 | .669 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Brent Brede | 46 | 174 | 143 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 30 | .245 | .374 | .280 | .653 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kurt Pfeffer | 29 | 115 | 96 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .281 | .391 | .417 | .808 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cisco Pichardo | 33 | 117 | 105 | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 18 | .229 | .287 | .257 | .544 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charles Wallgren | 23 | 88 | 80 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .262 | .330 | .312 | .642 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Brown | 28 | 98 | 90 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .233 | .296 | .278 | .574 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Bruno | 28 | 122 | 103 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 32 | .184 | .279 | .330 | .609 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Tony Spaan | 24 | 80 | 73 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .205 | .262 | .233 | .495 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Damian Miller | 14 | 54 | 45 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | .222 | .352 | .311 | .663 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devin Peppers | 17 | 49 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 28 | .143 | .265 | .143 | .408 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Ewing | 8 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .148 | .258 | .148 | .406 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 644 | 2634 | 2248 | 423 | 590 | 87 | 12 | 61 | 357 | 79 | 26 | 315 | 517 | .262 | .360 | .393 | .753 | 884 | 0 | 38 | 11 | 22 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Russo | 1B | 34 | 274 | 32 | 4 | 26 | .987 | 9.000 | ||||
| Todd Blakeman | 1B | 34 | 288 | 24 | 7 | 27 | .978 | 9.176 | ||||
| John Gumpf | 1B | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.200 | ||||
| Matthew Morse | 2B | 62 | 125 | 172 | 9 | 34 | .971 | 4.790 | ||||
| Denny Hocking | 2B | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Tony Spaan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cisco Pichardo | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Gavin | 3B | 57 | 35 | 90 | 22 | 11 | .850 | 2.193 | ||||
| Paul Russo | 3B | 8 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 2.000 | ||||
| Denny Hocking | 3B | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Brown | C | 26 | 150 | 26 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 6.769 | 3 | |||
| Charles Wallgren | C | 21 | 149 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 7.905 | 2 | |||
| Damian Miller | C | 12 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 9.000 | 4 | |||
| Paul Bruno | C | 12 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.667 | 1 | |||
| Paul Russo | C | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | |||
| Rich Becker | OF | 55 | 87 | 2 | 9 | 1 | .908 | 1.618 | ||||
| John Gumpf | OF | 45 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 2.022 | ||||
| Brent Brede | OF | 44 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
| Cisco Pichardo | OF | 31 | 69 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .949 | 2.387 | ||||
| Kurt Pfeffer | OF | 20 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Devin Peppers | OF | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Brian Ewing | OF | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Tom Benson | P | 30 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Dave Bigham | P | 29 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .552 | ||||
| Tim Persing | P | 14 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .926 | 1.786 | ||||
| Jon Henry | P | 14 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Dickie Dixon | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Sandy Diaz | P | 13 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .783 | 1.385 | ||||
| Jose Bethancourt | P | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Ritchie | P | 11 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 2.636 | ||||
| Steve Taylor | P | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Scott Fritz | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Denny Hocking | SS | 48 | 69 | 160 | 19 | 22 | .923 | 4.771 | ||||
| Tony Spaan | SS | 22 | 31 | 57 | 13 | 18 | .871 | 4.000 | ||||
| Matthew Morse | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 718 | 1764 | 758 | 125 | 156 | .953 | 3.513 | 10 | 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.
