1988 Myrtle Beach Blue Jays Statistics
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 2nd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Richie Hebner (83-56)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Ballpark: Coastal Carolina College Field
Attendance: 78,212, Avg. 1,125
Playoffs - Charleston Rainbows 2 games, Myrtle Beach Blue Jays 1
The Myrtle Beach Blue Jays of the South Atlantic League ended the 1988 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Blue Jays led the league with 674 runs, ignited by 105 home runs. Myrtle Beach yielded 495 runs. Greg Vella and Greg David paced the team with 15 home runs apiece. Juan De La Rosa accounted for 66 RBI. Luis Sojo topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .289 average. Jimmy Rogers paced the squad with 18 wins, while Xavier Hernandez registered a 2.55 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1988 Myrtle Beach Blue Jays who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Luis Sojo, Mike Timlin, Denis Boucher, Jeff Hearron, Derek Bell, Steve Wapnick, Graeme Lloyd, Randy Knorr, Jimmy Rogers, Xavier Hernandez, Bob Macdonald and William Suero.
Richie Hebner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rogers | 18 | 4 | .818 | 3.35 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 188.3 | 145 | 84 | 70 | 10 | 95 | 1 | 198 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Xavier Hernandez | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.55 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 148.0 | 116 | 52 | 42 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 111 | 7 | 4 | 10 | |
| Denis Boucher | 13 | 12 | .520 | 2.84 | 33 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 196.7 | 161 | 81 | 62 | 11 | 63 | 1 | 169 | 8 | 21 | 15 | |
| Mike Timlin | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.86 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.0 | 119 | 68 | 48 | 4 | 77 | 2 | 106 | 19 | 4 | 8 | |
| Nate Cromwell | 8 | 8 | .500 | 2.90 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 124.3 | 88 | 47 | 40 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 86 | 8 | 6 | 8 | |
| Al Silverstein | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.55 | 39 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 116.7 | 105 | 55 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 106 | 0 | 8 | 6 | |
| Steve Woide | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.34 | 44 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.3 | 50 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 80 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Steve Wapnick | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.24 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 60.3 | 44 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 5 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Graeme Lloyd | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.62 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.7 | 71 | 33 | 24 | 2 | 30 | 5 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Bob Macdonald | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.69 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 53.3 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dan Dodd | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Curtis Johnson | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Steve Towey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 83 | 56 | .597 | 2.96 | 392 | 139 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 1196.3 | 971 | 495 | 394 | 57 | 494 | 28 | 1047 | 55 | 55 | 84 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Sojo | 135 | 586 | 536 | 83 | 155 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 14 | 9 | 35 | 35 | .289 | .332 | .377 | .708 | 202 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| William Suero | 125 | 555 | 493 | 88 | 140 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 49 | 72 | .284 | .350 | .387 | .737 | 191 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Bernie Nunez | 130 | 516 | 484 | 69 | 126 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 60 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 108 | .260 | .287 | .386 | .674 | 187 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |
| Derek Bell | 91 | 377 | 352 | 55 | 121 | 29 | 5 | 12 | 60 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 67 | .344 | .377 | .557 | .933 | 196 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| Juan De La Rosa | 134 | 516 | 477 | 54 | 109 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 66 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 108 | .229 | .277 | .319 | .596 | 152 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
| Greg Vella | 109 | 395 | 345 | 53 | 100 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 56 | .290 | .372 | .484 | .856 | 167 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Greg David | 122 | 490 | 423 | 64 | 95 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 5 | 2 | 56 | 104 | .225 | .320 | .364 | .684 | 154 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Randy Knorr | 117 | 416 | 364 | 43 | 85 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 91 | .234 | .310 | .343 | .653 | 125 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | |
| Todd Provence | 92 | 315 | 270 | 50 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 114 | .204 | .303 | .330 | .632 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rolando Pino | 71 | 274 | 214 | 33 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 53 | 54 | .248 | .401 | .355 | .757 | 76 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jeff Hearron | 47 | 200 | 174 | 22 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 53 | .218 | .300 | .414 | .714 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Mark Young | 46 | 167 | 145 | 21 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 33 | .241 | .341 | .366 | .707 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lem Pilkinton | 26 | 77 | 63 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .270 | .373 | .492 | .865 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Omar Malave | 8 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .450 | .500 | .600 | 1.100 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dan Etzweiler | 16 | 46 | 31 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | .290 | .457 | .387 | .844 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Edgar Marquez | 16 | 52 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16 | .200 | .275 | .244 | .519 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jason Townley | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 | .438 | .733 | 1.171 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Martinez | 12 | 38 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .171 | .237 | .200 | .437 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Floyd | 5 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .545 | .500 | 1.045 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Kolecki | 21 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .139 | .179 | .167 | .346 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Marcos Taveras | 18 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .174 | .321 | .174 | .495 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bryan Dixon | 12 | 35 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | .174 | .441 | .174 | .615 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harding | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1359 | 5175 | 4581 | 674 | 1186 | 206 | 30 | 105 | 582 | 98 | 51 | 471 | 980 | .259 | .330 | .386 | .715 | 1767 | 0 | 38 | 33 | 52 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Provence | 1B | 79 | 599 | 56 | 8 | 44 | .988 | 8.291 | ||||
| Greg Vella | 1B | 76 | 579 | 42 | 7 | 44 | .989 | 8.171 | ||||
| Dan Etzweiler | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| William Suero | 2B | 123 | 254 | 303 | 26 | 65 | .955 | 4.528 | ||||
| Roy Kolecki | 2B | 9 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.556 | ||||
| Rafael Martinez | 2B | 8 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | 2B | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Greg David | 3B | 111 | 69 | 194 | 37 | 11 | .877 | 2.369 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | 3B | 25 | 12 | 39 | 6 | 1 | .895 | 2.040 | ||||
| Mark Young | 3B | 6 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.333 | ||||
| Omar Malave | 3B | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roy Kolecki | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Knorr | C | 117 | 870 | 75 | 15 | 6 | .984 | 8.077 | 25 | |||
| Lem Pilkinton | C | 24 | 146 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 6.458 | 3 | |||
| Jason Townley | C | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 4.800 | 3 | |||
| Chris Floyd | C | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 3 | |||
| Juan De La Rosa | OF | 133 | 228 | 6 | 10 | 2 | .959 | 1.759 | ||||
| Bernie Nunez | OF | 129 | 202 | 15 | 10 | 3 | .956 | 1.682 | ||||
| Derek Bell | OF | 90 | 148 | 12 | 10 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Mark Young | OF | 35 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .931 | 1.543 | ||||
| Marcos Taveras | OF | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Greg Vella | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.182 | ||||
| Bryan Dixon | OF | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Edgar Marquez | OF | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Rolando Pino | OF | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Provence | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Wapnick | P | 54 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Bob Macdonald | P | 52 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .365 | ||||
| Steve Woide | P | 44 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Graeme Lloyd | P | 41 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .463 | ||||
| Al Silverstein | P | 39 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .308 | ||||
| Mike Timlin | P | 35 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .881 | 1.057 | ||||
| Jimmy Rogers | P | 33 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 2 | .821 | .697 | ||||
| Denis Boucher | P | 33 | 13 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 1.515 | ||||
| Xavier Hernandez | P | 23 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.304 | ||||
| Nate Cromwell | P | 21 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 1.571 | ||||
| Steve Towey | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Dan Dodd | P | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Curtis Johnson | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Luis Sojo | SS | 133 | 191 | 407 | 28 | 65 | .955 | 4.496 | ||||
| Roy Kolecki | SS | 11 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rafael Martinez | SS | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Omar Malave | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1581 | 3589 | 1421 | 193 | 261 | .963 | 3.169 | 34 | 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.
