1989 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 47-21
Finished 1st in the AL's South Division
Manager: Ray Smith (47-21)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 17,952, Avg. 528
Playoffs - Elizabethton Twins 2 games, Pulaski Braves 0
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1989 season with a record of 47 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Twins led the league with 424 runs, ignited by 54 home runs. Elizabethton allowed 251 runs, least in the league. Mike House paced the team with 12 home runs and drove in 68 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .376 clip. Mike Misuraca and Phil Wiese topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Tim Nedin earned a 1.58 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1989 Elizabethton Twins who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dan Masteller, Mike Misuraca, Denny Neagle, Marty Cordova, Kerry Taylor and Steve Dunn.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Wiese | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.48 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 98.0 | 79 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Mike Misuraca | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.53 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 103.0 | 92 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 89 | 5 | 6 | 8 | |
| Jayson Best | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.36 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 61.0 | 34 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tim Nedin | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.58 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 74.0 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 102 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Sandy Diaz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.37 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 56 | 41 | 33 | 4 | 43 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kerry Taylor | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tom Benson | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.23 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marc Lipson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.02 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Denny Neagle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Karl Johnson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.05 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.0 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jody Harrington | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9.72 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 24 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Rick Freeman | 0 | 0 | 4.70 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Bryan Asp | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Bigham | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.47 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 47 | 21 | .691 | 3.27 | 135 | 68 | 49 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 572.7 | 457 | 251 | 208 | 30 | 275 | 7 | 564 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike House | 63 | 274 | 221 | 54 | 83 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 43 | .376 | .474 | .633 | 1.108 | 140 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Steve Dunn | 57 | 237 | 210 | 34 | 64 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 41 | .305 | .364 | .476 | .841 | 100 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |
| Bob McCreary | 62 | 257 | 229 | 38 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 13 | .279 | .342 | .371 | .714 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Rex De La Nuez | 55 | 234 | 193 | 47 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 36 | .321 | .432 | .539 | .970 | 104 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Randy Gentile | 61 | 248 | 211 | 32 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 30 | .270 | .363 | .379 | .742 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mike Lloyd | 66 | 302 | 233 | 54 | 51 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 59 | 40 | .219 | .377 | .313 | .690 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Marty Cordova | 38 | 165 | 148 | 32 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 29 | .284 | .358 | .500 | .858 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willie Mota | 32 | 121 | 115 | 17 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .339 | .355 | .470 | .825 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Morris | 45 | 184 | 146 | 42 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 31 | 30 | .247 | .388 | .315 | .703 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Amadeo Garcia | 34 | 115 | 101 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19 | .248 | .339 | .307 | .646 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Hinde | 38 | 138 | 120 | 19 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 47 | .192 | .290 | .383 | .673 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jose Leon | 23 | 83 | 75 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .253 | .301 | .280 | .581 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dan Masteller | 9 | 44 | 38 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .342 | .432 | .500 | .932 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Siwa | 9 | 41 | 35 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .257 | .366 | .371 | .737 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angel Lugo | 19 | 65 | 61 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | .148 | .200 | .148 | .348 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cisco Pichardo | 13 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .242 | .286 | .364 | .649 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Milene | 14 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .167 | .250 | .194 | .444 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenny Briggs | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .154 | .231 | .385 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wade Wacker | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .154 | .154 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 644 | 2610 | 2231 | 424 | 614 | 107 | 18 | 54 | 359 | 53 | 21 | 309 | 392 | .275 | .367 | .412 | .779 | 919 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 32 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Dunn | 1B | 57 | 480 | 36 | 3 | 42 | .994 | 9.053 | ||||
| Mike House | 1B | 11 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .991 | 9.545 | ||||
| Amadeo Garcia | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Lloyd | 2B | 66 | 134 | 172 | 12 | 34 | .962 | 4.636 | ||||
| Angel Lugo | 2B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Marty Cordova | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Gentile | 3B | 59 | 35 | 98 | 11 | 11 | .924 | 2.254 | ||||
| Angel Lugo | 3B | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Marty Cordova | 3B | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 2.600 | ||||
| Willie Mota | C | 27 | 199 | 29 | 5 | 2 | .979 | 8.444 | 9 | |||
| Jose Leon | C | 23 | 188 | 26 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 9.304 | 3 | |||
| Jeff Milene | C | 12 | 79 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 7.167 | 3 | |||
| Joe Siwa | C | 8 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.375 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Briggs | C | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.333 | 1 | |||
| Rex De La Nuez | OF | 54 | 72 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.444 | ||||
| Mike House | OF | 46 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .943 | 1.087 | ||||
| Steve Morris | OF | 43 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.163 | ||||
| Amadeo Garcia | OF | 27 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 1.407 | ||||
| Mike Hinde | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Cisco Pichardo | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Dan Masteller | OF | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Marty Cordova | OF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Wade Wacker | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Angel Lugo | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Phil Wiese | P | 14 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Tim Nedin | P | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Mike Misuraca | P | 13 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.231 | ||||
| Karl Johnson | P | 13 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Sandy Diaz | P | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Jayson Best | P | 12 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Marc Lipson | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kerry Taylor | P | 9 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jody Harrington | P | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .889 | ||||
| Dave Bigham | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Benson | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Denny Neagle | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rick Freeman | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Bryan Asp | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob McCreary | SS | 62 | 97 | 185 | 23 | 36 | .925 | 4.548 | ||||
| Angel Lugo | SS | 7 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 4.286 | ||||
| Totals | 700 | 1718 | 714 | 92 | 141 | .964 | 3.474 | 16 | 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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