1988 Knoxville Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 75-69
Finished 3rd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Barry Foote (75-69)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 87,434, Avg. 1,214
The Knoxville Blue Jays of the Southern League ended the 1988 season with a record of 75 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Blue Jays tallied 559 runs and allowed 531 runs. Francisco Cabrera paced Knoxville with 20 home runs Domingo Martínez recorded 70 runs batted in. Francisco Cabrera topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .284 clip. Steve Cummings led the team with 14 wins, while Alex Sanchez recorded a 2.54 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1988 Knoxville Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tom Quinlan, Darren Hall, Woody Williams, Alex Sanchez, Domingo Martínez, Francisco Cabrera, Webster Garrison, Mark Whiten, Xavier Hernandez, Stu Pederson, Shawn Jeter, Derek Bell, José Escobar, Carlos Diaz, Willie Blair, Junior Félix, Juan Guzmán, Glenallen Hill, Tony Castillo, Steve Cummings, Kevin Batiste, Matt Stark and Vince Horsman.
Barry Foote 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Cummings | 14 | 11 | .560 | 2.75 | 35 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 212.7 | 206 | 88 | 65 | 5 | 64 | 3 | 131 | 5 | 6 | 10 | |
| Alex Sanchez | 12 | 5 | .706 | 2.53 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 149.3 | 100 | 56 | 42 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 166 | 3 | 7 | 5 | |
| Speedboat Jones | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.62 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.3 | 57 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 64 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hugh Brinson | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.18 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 103.0 | 76 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 49 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| Chris Jones | 6 | 9 | .400 | 4.28 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134.7 | 133 | 74 | 64 | 8 | 61 | 3 | 119 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| Willie Blair | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.62 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102.0 | 94 | 49 | 41 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Darren Balsley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.35 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 76.7 | 55 | 31 | 20 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Juan Guzmán | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.36 | 46 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 84.0 | 52 | 29 | 22 | 1 | 61 | 5 | 90 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| Darren Hall | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.23 | 37 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40.3 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Vince Horsman | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.63 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 57 | 34 | 30 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Woody Williams | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.81 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Xavier Hernandez | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.90 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 73 | 32 | 22 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Tony Castillo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Mumaw | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.00 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 36.0 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| John Shea | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.40 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Omar Bencomo | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.86 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Lindsay Foster | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Sanders | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Steve Oliverio | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Scherer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 75 | 69 | .521 | 3.07 | 389 | 144 | 134 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 1238.7 | 1048 | 531 | 423 | 58 | 547 | 26 | 1024 | 33 | 42 | 72 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domingo Martínez | 143 | 568 | 516 | 54 | 136 | 25 | 2 | 13 | 70 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 88 | .264 | .319 | .395 | .714 | 204 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | |
| Webster Garrison | 138 | 594 | 534 | 61 | 136 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 42 | 15 | 53 | 74 | .255 | .321 | .318 | .639 | 170 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| Francisco Cabrera | 119 | 464 | 429 | 59 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 75 | .284 | .325 | .473 | .798 | 203 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Junior Félix | 93 | 386 | 360 | 52 | 91 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 82 | .253 | .297 | .350 | .647 | 126 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Matt Stark | 97 | 386 | 334 | 37 | 89 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 54 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 28 | .266 | .352 | .422 | .774 | 141 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Kevin Batiste | 112 | 399 | 363 | 44 | 85 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 31 | 13 | 31 | 119 | .234 | .298 | .320 | .618 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jimy Kelly | 118 | 380 | 352 | 39 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 72 | .210 | .257 | .301 | .558 | 106 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| Glenallen Hill | 79 | 302 | 269 | 37 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 75 | .264 | .334 | .461 | .795 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tom Quinlan | 98 | 371 | 326 | 33 | 71 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 99 | .218 | .302 | .356 | .657 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Omar Malave | 66 | 217 | 196 | 18 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 28 | .306 | .364 | .429 | .793 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shawn Jeter | 80 | 266 | 238 | 31 | 59 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 46 | .248 | .316 | .349 | .664 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Stu Pederson | 46 | 174 | 144 | 24 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 20 | .285 | .391 | .396 | .787 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mark Whiten | 28 | 121 | 108 | 20 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .259 | .339 | .361 | .700 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lindsay Foster | 35 | 94 | 89 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .270 | .286 | .326 | .612 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hector De La Cruz | 35 | 117 | 105 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 24 | .181 | .256 | .257 | .514 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derek Bell | 14 | 53 | 52 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .250 | .264 | .346 | .610 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Rivers | 17 | 57 | 49 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .204 | .298 | .265 | .564 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Jones | 17 | 54 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .192 | .204 | .269 | .473 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| José Escobar | 11 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .292 | .346 | .333 | .679 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carlos Diaz | 7 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .217 | .280 | .261 | .541 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kennedy Infante | 11 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen McElroy | 14 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | .133 | .381 | .200 | .581 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1378 | 5104 | 4606 | 557 | 1157 | 210 | 36 | 84 | 487 | 179 | 94 | 408 | 908 | .251 | .314 | .367 | .681 | 1691 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 38 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domingo Martínez | 1B | 143 | 1141 | 87 | 21 | 79 | .983 | 8.587 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 1B | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Stu Pederson | 1B | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Shawn Jeter | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Quinlan | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Webster Garrison | 2B | 137 | 225 | 351 | 16 | 59 | .973 | 4.204 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 2B | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Lindsay Foster | 2B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| José Escobar | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Tom Quinlan | 3B | 98 | 83 | 188 | 25 | 17 | .916 | 2.765 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 3B | 43 | 17 | 67 | 7 | 4 | .923 | 1.953 | ||||
| Kennedy Infante | 3B | 10 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .810 | 1.700 | ||||
| Hector De La Cruz | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Domingo Martínez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Francisco Cabrera | C | 108 | 783 | 68 | 23 | 6 | .974 | 7.880 | 13 | |||
| Ken Rivers | C | 16 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 5.625 | 3 | |||
| Glen McElroy | C | 13 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.231 | 2 | |||
| Matt Stark | C | 12 | 78 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 7.250 | 1 | |||
| Carlos Diaz | C | 7 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 8.143 | 1 | |||
| Kevin Batiste | OF | 111 | 257 | 11 | 10 | 3 | .964 | 2.414 | ||||
| Junior Félix | OF | 93 | 190 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .949 | 2.183 | ||||
| Glenallen Hill | OF | 76 | 130 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .965 | 1.789 | ||||
| Shawn Jeter | OF | 68 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 1.529 | ||||
| Mark Whiten | OF | 28 | 62 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .942 | 2.321 | ||||
| Hector De La Cruz | OF | 28 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 2.107 | ||||
| Derek Bell | OF | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Omar Malave | OF | 12 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.583 | ||||
| Mike Jones | OF | 8 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Kash Beauchamp | OF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stu Pederson | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Juan Guzmán | P | 46 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .435 | ||||
| Darren Hall | P | 37 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .378 | ||||
| Darren Balsley | P | 36 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Jones | P | 35 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .862 | .714 | ||||
| Steve Cummings | P | 35 | 10 | 36 | 5 | 2 | .902 | 1.314 | ||||
| Willie Blair | P | 34 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .529 | ||||
| Hugh Brinson | P | 25 | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.280 | ||||
| Alex Sanchez | P | 24 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Steve Mumaw | P | 23 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Vince Horsman | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Speedboat Jones | P | 19 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .765 | .684 | ||||
| John Shea | P | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Omar Bencomo | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Xavier Hernandez | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Woody Williams | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Tony Castillo | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Scherer | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Earl Sanders | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Steve Oliverio | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lindsay Foster | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jimy Kelly | SS | 115 | 164 | 247 | 31 | 35 | .930 | 3.574 | ||||
| Lindsay Foster | SS | 23 | 36 | 52 | 6 | 11 | .936 | 3.826 | ||||
| Omar Malave | SS | 10 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .852 | 2.300 | ||||
| José Escobar | SS | 9 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .833 | 2.778 | ||||
| Totals | 1605 | 3709 | 1378 | 216 | 241 | .959 | 3.169 | 20 | 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.
