1989 Louisville Redbirds Statistics
Team Record: 71-74
Finished 4th in the AA's East Division
Manager: Mike Jorgensen (71-74)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Ballpark: Cardinal Stadium
Attendance: 580,270, Avg. 8,004
The Louisville Redbirds of the American Association ended the 1989 season with a record of 71 wins and 74 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Redbirds scored 624 runs and conceded 628 runs. Todd Zeile led Louisville with 19 home runs and drove in 85 runs, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .289 clip. Bob Tewksbury topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.43 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1989 Louisville Redbirds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Gibson Alba, Mike Fitzgerald, Ricky Horton, Bob Tewksbury, Bien Figueroa, Todd Zeile, Jeff Fassero, Cris Carpenter, Greg Mathews, Randy Byers, Todd Worrell, Jim Lindeman, Bryan Oelkers, Ron Shepherd, Willie McGee, Alex Cole, Howard Hilton, Nelson Simmons, Steve Peters, Luis Alicea, Greg Jelks, Ted Power, Rod Booker, Matt Kinzer, Ken Hill, John Costello, Craig Wilson, Leon Durham, Roger Erickson, Scott Arnold and Don Heinkel.
Mike Jorgensen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Tewksbury | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.43 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 189.0 | 170 | 63 | 51 | 9 | 34 | 1 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Howard Hilton | 12 | 5 | .706 | 3.74 | 70 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.3 | 86 | 44 | 40 | 7 | 42 | 7 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Scott Arnold | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.97 | 34 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147.3 | 130 | 78 | 65 | 11 | 61 | 0 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 7 | |
| Gibson Alba | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.61 | 50 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 104.7 | 68 | 45 | 42 | 6 | 65 | 2 | 109 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
| Bryan Oelkers | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.68 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 101.3 | 107 | 73 | 64 | 9 | 48 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.63 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 111.7 | 129 | 58 | 45 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cris Carpenter | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.19 | 27 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 36.7 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ted Power | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.22 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 136 | 79 | 65 | 13 | 47 | 1 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Frank Potestio | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.74 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 78 | 45 | 39 | 7 | 39 | 4 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ricky Horton | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinkel | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Roger Erickson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.59 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 66 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.25 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 72.0 | 69 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Steve Peters | 1 | 7 | .125 | 2.93 | 65 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 83.0 | 81 | 38 | 27 | 2 | 49 | 4 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Greg Mathews | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jim Puzey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Todd Worrell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Costello | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bien Figueroa | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Hill | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 71 | 74 | .490 | 3.76 | 459 | 145 | 139 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 1270.0 | 1228 | 628 | 530 | 86 | 493 | 32 | 822 | 40 | 25 | 56 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Zeile | 118 | 506 | 453 | 71 | 131 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 85 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 78 | .289 | .350 | .486 | .835 | 220 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Alex Cole | 127 | 532 | 455 | 75 | 128 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 47 | 19 | 71 | 76 | .281 | .379 | .327 | .706 | 149 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tom Baine | 125 | 467 | 380 | 53 | 110 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 9 | 5 | 76 | 48 | .289 | .411 | .361 | .772 | 137 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Luis Alicea | 124 | 482 | 412 | 53 | 102 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 13 | 5 | 59 | 55 | .248 | .344 | .369 | .713 | 152 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| Romy Cucjen | 105 | 379 | 348 | 42 | 96 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 50 | .276 | .322 | .417 | .739 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Greg Jelks | 113 | 424 | 375 | 57 | 90 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 73 | .240 | .317 | .419 | .735 | 157 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Randy Byers | 94 | 336 | 316 | 30 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 50 | .259 | .286 | .373 | .659 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Craig Wilson | 75 | 298 | 278 | 37 | 81 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 25 | .291 | .329 | .388 | .717 | 108 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron Shepherd | 99 | 331 | 304 | 35 | 76 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 73 | .250 | .308 | .405 | .713 | 123 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 103 | 359 | 343 | 22 | 75 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 47 | .219 | .248 | .318 | .566 | 109 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rod Booker | 94 | 320 | 276 | 37 | 64 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 39 | .232 | .324 | .301 | .625 | 83 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Leon Durham | 59 | 204 | 178 | 31 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 38 | .287 | .368 | .511 | .879 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bien Figueroa | 74 | 239 | 221 | 18 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 22 | .217 | .256 | .231 | .487 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindeman | 29 | 123 | 109 | 18 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 | .303 | .382 | .532 | .914 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jim Puzey | 36 | 121 | 103 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | .301 | .405 | .456 | .861 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Willie McGee | 8 | 32 | 27 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .407 | .438 | .556 | .993 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Mike Fox | 19 | 67 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .177 | .209 | .226 | .435 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jesus Mendez | 10 | 39 | 37 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .216 | .256 | .297 | .554 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tewksbury | 28 | 45 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .189 | .231 | .189 | .420 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nelson Simmons | 5 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .316 | .350 | .579 | .929 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Potestio | 22 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .231 | .462 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gibson Alba | 50 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .231 | .286 | .385 | .670 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Hilton | 70 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Hill | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Oelkers | 18 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .200 | .143 | .343 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Arnold | 34 | 28 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .091 | .130 | .091 | .221 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ricky Horton | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Matt Kinzer | 51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck McGrath | 21 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .062 | .062 | .062 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Fassero | 23 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Peters | 65 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Murphy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Heinkel | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Erickson | 27 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Power | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1842 | 5482 | 4866 | 624 | 1259 | 223 | 39 | 89 | 575 | 94 | 44 | 494 | 780 | .259 | .328 | .375 | .704 | 1827 | 0 | 29 | 52 | 41 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Fitzgerald | 1B | 76 | 601 | 41 | 8 | 46 | .988 | 8.447 | ||||
| Greg Jelks | 1B | 40 | 351 | 19 | 3 | 30 | .992 | 9.250 | ||||
| Leon Durham | 1B | 32 | 240 | 23 | 2 | 24 | .992 | 8.219 | ||||
| Romy Cucjen | 1B | 6 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 6 | .979 | 7.833 | ||||
| Jim Lindeman | 1B | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Todd Zeile | 1B | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 115 | 240 | 310 | 16 | 62 | .972 | 4.783 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 38 | 98 | 84 | 7 | 22 | .963 | 4.789 | ||||
| Romy Cucjen | 2B | 8 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Bien Figueroa | 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rod Booker | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Romy Cucjen | 3B | 63 | 38 | 116 | 9 | 8 | .945 | 2.444 | ||||
| Greg Jelks | 3B | 47 | 31 | 85 | 17 | 3 | .872 | 2.468 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 38 | 32 | 67 | 11 | 9 | .900 | 2.605 | ||||
| Rod Booker | 3B | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Todd Zeile | C | 101 | 565 | 64 | 5 | 6 | .992 | 6.228 | 17 | |||
| Jim Puzey | C | 32 | 199 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 6.688 | 2 | |||
| Mike Fox | C | 19 | 103 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .991 | 5.684 | 3 | |||
| Alex Cole | OF | 127 | 320 | 14 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.630 | ||||
| Tom Baine | OF | 112 | 220 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 2.071 | ||||
| Ron Shepherd | OF | 96 | 152 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 1.625 | ||||
| Randy Byers | OF | 69 | 119 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 1.725 | ||||
| Jim Lindeman | OF | 28 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.571 | ||||
| Greg Jelks | OF | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Jesus Mendez | OF | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 8 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 2.625 | ||||
| Leon Durham | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nelson Simmons | OF | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Howard Hilton | P | 70 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .243 | ||||
| Steve Peters | P | 65 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .215 | ||||
| Matt Kinzer | P | 51 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .176 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 50 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | .420 | ||||
| Scott Arnold | P | 34 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .471 | ||||
| Bob Tewksbury | P | 28 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.036 | ||||
| Roger Erickson | P | 27 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .704 | ||||
| Cris Carpenter | P | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .185 | ||||
| Frank Potestio | P | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .409 | ||||
| Jeff Fassero | P | 22 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.045 | ||||
| Chuck McGrath | P | 21 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Bryan Oelkers | P | 18 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ted Power | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| John Costello | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ken Hill | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Puzey | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ricky Horton | P | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Don Heinkel | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Worrell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Mathews | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bien Figueroa | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rod Booker | SS | 85 | 119 | 225 | 14 | 42 | .961 | 4.047 | ||||
| Bien Figueroa | SS | 68 | 85 | 172 | 12 | 24 | .955 | 3.779 | ||||
| Romy Cucjen | SS | 20 | 29 | 50 | 6 | 9 | .929 | 3.950 | ||||
| Totals | 1747 | 3810 | 1522 | 150 | 311 | .973 | 3.052 | 22 | 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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