1988 Las Vegas Stars Statistics
Team Record: 74-66
Finished 2nd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Steve Smith (74-66)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Ballpark: Cashman Field
Attendance: 305,622, Avg. 4,366
Playoffs - Las Vegas Stars 3 games, Albuquerque Dukes 0
Finals - Las Vegas Stars 3 games, Vancouver Canadians 1
The Las Vegas Stars of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1988 season with a record of 74 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Stars scored 795 runs, most in the league. Las Vegas conceded 758 runs. Rob Nelson paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Sandy Alomar walloped 15 or more, too. Rob Nelson drove in 77 runs. Mike Brumley led batters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Todd Simmons topped the squad with 12 wins, and Joe Bitker recorded a 3.59 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1988 Las Vegas Stars who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joel McKeon, Shane Mack, Greg Harris, Keith Comstock, Randy Byers, Joey Cora, Joe Bitker, Jerald Clark, Ed Vosberg, Roberto Alomar, Stan Jefferson, Rob Nelson, Thomas Howard, Eric Nolte, Shawn Abner, Gary Green, Bip Roberts, Bruce Bochy, Sandy Alomar and Mike Brumley.
Steve 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Simmons | 12 | 5 | .706 | 4.28 | 54 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 107.3 | 124 | 65 | 51 | 11 | 39 | 7 | 83 | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Ed Vosberg | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.15 | 45 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 128.0 | 137 | 67 | 59 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
| Greg Harris | 9 | 5 | .643 | 4.11 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 159.7 | 160 | 84 | 73 | 15 | 65 | 2 | 147 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Eric Nolte | 8 | 7 | .533 | 6.03 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 128.3 | 168 | 97 | 86 | 11 | 53 | 2 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |
| Joe Bitker | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.58 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 178.3 | 195 | 98 | 71 | 11 | 41 | 3 | 106 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Mike Costello | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.34 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 102 | 58 | 40 | 11 | 34 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Lynch | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.27 | 58 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 88.0 | 93 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 39 | 9 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Keith Comstock | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.14 | 50 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 71.7 | 67 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Pete Roberts | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.68 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.7 | 90 | 55 | 51 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Kevin Towers | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.84 | 27 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 103 | 69 | 56 | 7 | 60 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 9 | 4 | |
| Joel McKeon | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.96 | 36 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99.7 | 113 | 73 | 66 | 9 | 67 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Terry Gilmore | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Brassil | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 74 | 66 | .529 | 4.58 | 390 | 140 | 126 | 14 | 3 | 30 | 1222.7 | 1380 | 758 | 622 | 110 | 528 | 31 | 839 | 18 | 48 | 42 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Cora | 127 | 517 | 460 | 73 | 136 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 55 | 31 | 7 | 44 | 19 | .296 | .356 | .361 | .717 | 166 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| Mike Brumley | 113 | 486 | 425 | 77 | 134 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 41 | 14 | 56 | 84 | .315 | .393 | .407 | .800 | 173 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jerald Clark | 107 | 438 | 408 | 65 | 123 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 67 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 66 | .301 | .342 | .468 | .810 | 191 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bip Roberts | 100 | 383 | 343 | 73 | 121 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 51 | 29 | 7 | 32 | 45 | .353 | .406 | .522 | .928 | 179 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Brad Pounders | 110 | 414 | 376 | 47 | 105 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 94 | .279 | .338 | .457 | .796 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| Rob Nelson | 116 | 455 | 388 | 68 | 101 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 62 | 130 | .260 | .359 | .503 | .862 | 195 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Sandy Alomar | 93 | 374 | 337 | 59 | 100 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 35 | .297 | .354 | .496 | .849 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Randy Byers | 100 | 393 | 360 | 52 | 96 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 89 | .267 | .316 | .406 | .721 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |
| Stan Jefferson | 74 | 319 | 278 | 60 | 88 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 36 | 43 | .317 | .396 | .453 | .849 | 126 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary Green | 88 | 327 | 302 | 39 | 82 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 50 | .272 | .306 | .338 | .643 | 102 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tom Brassil | 83 | 252 | 239 | 31 | 74 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 28 | .310 | .333 | .414 | .748 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Shane Mack | 55 | 230 | 196 | 43 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 29 | 44 | .347 | .435 | .546 | .981 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Shawn Abner | 63 | 268 | 252 | 35 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39 | .254 | .284 | .381 | .665 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| Thomas Howard | 44 | 181 | 167 | 29 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 31 | .251 | .306 | .317 | .623 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bruce Bochy | 53 | 166 | 147 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 28 | .231 | .313 | .367 | .681 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Basso | 17 | 66 | 61 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .197 | .258 | .377 | .635 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roberto Alomar | 9 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .270 | .282 | .459 | .742 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Wrona | 8 | 29 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .375 | .448 | .458 | .907 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Bitker | 29 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .286 | .250 | .536 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Costello | 18 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harris | 26 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .133 | .188 | .133 | .321 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Nolte | 27 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .111 | .158 | .278 | .436 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Gilmore | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Todd Simmons | 54 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Vosberg | 45 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joel McKeon | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Lynch | 58 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Roberts | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Towers | 27 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Comstock | 50 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1750 | 5454 | 4900 | 795 | 1413 | 244 | 52 | 111 | 726 | 153 | 51 | 444 | 878 | .288 | .348 | .427 | .775 | 2094 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 46 | 34 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Nelson | 1B | 77 | 615 | 50 | 5 | 66 | .993 | 8.636 | ||||
| Brad Pounders | 1B | 76 | 588 | 32 | 5 | 68 | .992 | 8.158 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | 1B | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Jerald Clark | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joey Cora | 2B | 117 | 277 | 337 | 24 | 90 | .962 | 5.248 | ||||
| Bip Roberts | 2B | 14 | 34 | 39 | 2 | 13 | .973 | 5.214 | ||||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 9 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 7 | .981 | 5.667 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 2B | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.333 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | 3B | 49 | 17 | 89 | 21 | 4 | .835 | 2.163 | ||||
| Bip Roberts | 3B | 47 | 39 | 90 | 13 | 11 | .908 | 2.745 | ||||
| Gary Green | 3B | 44 | 20 | 76 | 11 | 14 | .897 | 2.182 | ||||
| Brad Pounders | 3B | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 1.400 | ||||
| Joey Cora | 3B | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 3.400 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 3B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jerald Clark | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Sandy Alomar | C | 90 | 573 | 46 | 14 | 5 | .978 | 6.878 | 3 | |||
| Bruce Bochy | C | 43 | 207 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .987 | 5.256 | 2 | |||
| Mike Basso | C | 17 | 97 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.294 | 4 | |||
| Jerald Clark | OF | 95 | 194 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 2.126 | ||||
| Randy Byers | OF | 86 | 126 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.570 | ||||
| Stan Jefferson | OF | 66 | 163 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .960 | 2.530 | ||||
| Shawn Abner | OF | 61 | 147 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .961 | 2.426 | ||||
| Shane Mack | OF | 54 | 116 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 2.278 | ||||
| Thomas Howard | OF | 40 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .975 | 1.925 | ||||
| Bip Roberts | OF | 19 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.632 | ||||
| Rob Nelson | OF | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.889 | ||||
| Mike Brumley | OF | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Sandy Alomar | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Lynch | P | 58 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | .875 | .362 | ||||
| Todd Simmons | P | 54 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .259 | ||||
| Keith Comstock | P | 50 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .260 | ||||
| Ed Vosberg | P | 45 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .897 | .578 | ||||
| Joel McKeon | P | 36 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .472 | ||||
| Joe Bitker | P | 28 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.286 | ||||
| Kevin Towers | P | 27 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .370 | ||||
| Eric Nolte | P | 27 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .926 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 26 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .862 | .962 | ||||
| Mike Costello | P | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Pete Roberts | P | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Terry Gilmore | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Brumley | SS | 100 | 126 | 321 | 27 | 63 | .943 | 4.470 | ||||
| Gary Green | SS | 44 | 59 | 118 | 7 | 22 | .962 | 4.023 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | SS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Tom Brassil | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1586 | 3668 | 1477 | 192 | 385 | .964 | 3.244 | 9 | 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.
