1988 Phoenix Firebirds Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 67-76
Finished 4th in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Wendell Kim (67-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 171,030, Avg. 2,392

1988 Phoenix Firebirds Roster

The Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1988 season with a record of 67 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.

The Firebirds plated 696 runs and conceded 768 runs. Jessie Reid paced Phoenix with 18 home runs and drove in 72 runs. Charlie Hayes led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Dennis Cook topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.89 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1988 Phoenix Firebirds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bobby Ramos, Bob Melvin, Marty Bystrom, Karl Best, Kirt Manwaring, Dave Dravecky, Phil Garner, Randy McCament, Roger Samuels, Ángel Escobar, Harry Spilman, Rusty Tillman, Stu Tate, Tony Ferreira, Matt Williams, Ed Lynch, Randy Bockus, Francisco Meléndez, John Burkett, Trevor Wilson, Tony Perezchica, Alan Cockrell, Roger Mason, Gary Lucas, Ron Wotus, Charlie Hayes, Dennis Cook, Mike Benjamin, Mark Wasinger, Lary Sorensen, Bill Scherrer, Jessie Reid, Jeff Brantley, Terry Mulholland, Ron Davis and Mike Krukow.

Wendell Kim served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Dennis Cook	11	9	.550	3.88	26	25	0	5	1	0	141.3	138	73	61	14	51	1	110	3	4	5
Jeff Brantley	9	5	.643	4.33	27	19	1	1	0	0	122.7	130	65	59	6	39	2	83	5	8	2
Ron Davis	7	3	.700	2.72	42	0	25	0	0	6	43.0	35	19	13	3	26	0	38	8	1	4
Terry Mulholland	7	3	.700	3.58	19	14	1	3	0	0	100.7	116	45	40	2	44	0	57	0	4	5
John Burkett	5	11	.312	5.21	21	21	0	0	0	0	114.0	141	79	66	7	49	3	74	5	2	1
Mike Villa	4	1	.800	5.16	25	0	6	0	0	0	66.3	64	40	38	6	40	0	36	2	2	3
Lary Sorensen	4	2	.667	2.76	14	3	4	1	0	2	42.3	42	15	13	1	12	0	11	2	0	0
Randy Bockus	4	3	.571	5.96	23	3	10	0	0	2	51.3	63	36	34	2	22	0	27	0	0	0
Roger Samuels	3	2	.600	2.62	30	0	21	0	0	8	48.0	34	16	14	1	15	3	33	1	4	3
Marty Bystrom	3	3	.500	6.14	11	11	0	0	0	0	55.7	68	43	38	5	26	4	40	2	0	2
Trevor Wilson	2	3	.400	5.05	11	9	0	0	0	0	51.7	49	35	29	3	33	2	49	0	4	1
Stu Tate	2	4	.333	5.89	27	3	7	0	0	2	47.3	50	38	31	7	30	1	45	0	1	4
Roger Mason	2	9	.182	4.86	19	17	2	1	0	0	90.7	90	62	49	9	38	2	62	4	2	2
Mike Krukow	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0
Tony Ferreira	1	2	.333	3.64	21	0	10	0	0	3	29.7	24	12	12	4	8	1	23	0	2	1
Gary Lucas	1	3	.250	4.52	33	0	15	0	0	7	61.7	76	32	31	8	13	2	58	2	8	6
Brian Ohnoutka	1	8	.111	5.06	17	15	0	3	0	0	89.0	96	59	50	10	52	3	35	2	6	2
Karl Best					8						0.0
Bill Scherrer	0	0		5.51	12	0	5	0	0	0	16.3	17	10	10	1	8	0	11	0	3	0
Ed Puikunas	0	0		6.75	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.3	11	6	4	1	3	0	5	1	0	0
Deron McCue	0	0		24.30	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.3	10	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	1
Randy McCament	0	1	.000	7.56	19	0	14	0	0	1	25.0	40	26	21	2	16	2	7	2	0	1
Mike Hogan	0	1	.000	10.80	5	0	0	0	0	0	13.3	22	18	16	0	8	0	0	1	3	1
Dave Dravecky	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.7	11	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Lynch	0	1	.000	36.82	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.7	14	15	15	5	3	0	2	0	0	0
Totals	67	75	.472	4.81	418	143	125	14	1	31	1230.0	1341	758	658	98	538	26	812	41	54	44	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
Tony Perezchica	134	574	517	79	158	18	10	9	64	10	13	44	125	.306	.362	.431	.793	223		3	7	3	1
Charlie Hayes	131	533	492	71	151	26	4	7	71	4	4	34	91	.307	.348	.419	.767	206		0	2	5	1
Francisco Meléndez	96	417	368	61	133	26	2	4	58	5	2	40	40	.361	.423	.476	.899	175		3	1	5	9
Rusty Tillman	113	451	421	62	124	25	4	12	71	7	6	25	60	.295	.333	.458	.792	193		1	1	3	1
Jessie Reid	111	446	381	62	105	21	6	18	72	5	6	59	72	.276	.375	.504	.879	192		3	1	2	8
Matt Williams	82	324	306	45	83	19	1	12	51	6	5	13	56	.271	.299	.458	.757	140		1	0	4	2
Kirt Manwaring	81	293	273	29	77	12	2	2	35	3	4	14	32	.282	.322	.363	.685	99		3	1	2	1
Ron Wotus	82	312	261	46	75	8	3	1	33	7	6	43	35	.287	.382	.352	.734	92		0	3	5	0
Ángel Escobar	77	305	270	32	54	6	6	1	29	6	2	29	54	.200	.278	.278	.556	75		1	3	2	1
Ty Dabney	68	214	196	20	49	13	1	2	26	1	1	14	37	.250	.297	.357	.654	70		0	2	2	3
Paul Meyers	66	249	215	23	49	7	2	0	21	2	2	23	33	.228	.306	.279	.585	60		2	7	2	0
Everett Graham	44	136	119	27	36	6	1	3	11	7	1	17	17	.303	.390	.445	.835	53		0	0	0	2
Bobby Ramos	55	178	155	11	28	1	0	0	6	0	1	20	17	.181	.274	.187	.461	29		0	3	0	3
Bob Melvin	21	84	75	11	23	5	0	2	9	0	0	8	13	.307	.381	.453	.834	34		1	0	0	0
Mike Benjamin	37	124	106	13	18	4	1	0	6	2	1	13	32	.170	.270	.226	.497	24		2	2	1	0
Deron McCue	28	81	70	12	14	3	0	1	7	1	2	10	15	.200	.296	.286	.582	20		0	0	1	0
Phil Garner	17	50	45	5	12	2	1	1	5	0	1	4	4	.267	.340	.422	.762	19		1	0	0	0
Gary Jones	12	34	32	2	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	2	3	.281	.324	.406	.730	13		0	0	0	0
Randy Bockus	26	9	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.444	.889	4		0	0	0	0
John Burkett	21	19	19	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.158	.316	3		0	0	0	0
Roger Samuels	30	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.400	.500	.400	.900	2		0	0	0	0
Jeff Brantley	28	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.133	.235	.133	.369	2		0	0	0	0
Bill Scherrer	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0	0
Trevor Wilson	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1		0	1	0	0
Marty Bystrom	11	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	1		0	1	0	0
Roger Mason	19	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	1	0	0
Brian Ohnoutka	17	9	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.125	.222	.125	.347	1		0	0	0	0
Dennis Cook	26	12	12	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.083	.083	.083	.167	1		0	0	0	0
Mike Villa	25	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Stu Tate	27	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0	0
Lary Sorensen	14	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	0		0	0	0	0
Ron Davis	42	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0		0	0	0	0
Tony Ferreira	21	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Terry Mulholland	19	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Gary Lucas	33	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1637	4938	4422	616	1215	203	44	76	584	66	58	422	774	.275	.338	.392	.730	1734	0	21	36	37	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Francisco Meléndez	1B	88	738	45	11	62	.986	8.898
Rusty Tillman	1B	49	418	32	9	44	.980	9.184
Harry Spilman	1B	9						.000
Ron Wotus	1B	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Gary Jones	1B	1	8	1	0	3	1.000	9.000
Tony Perezchica	2B	96	196	270	18	55	.963	4.854
Ron Wotus	2B	46	94	124	9	32	.960	4.739
Phil Garner	2B	12	12	21	0	3	1.000	2.750
Matt Williams	2B	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mark Wasinger	2B	2						.000
Matt Williams	3B	67	50	167	12	16	.948	3.239
Charlie Hayes	3B	49	37	92	13	10	.908	2.633
Ron Wotus	3B	24	11	38	5	1	.907	2.042
Mark Wasinger	3B	11						.000
Phil Garner	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Rusty Tillman	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Kirt Manwaring	C	81	411	51	6	6	.987	5.704	11
Bobby Ramos	C	48	285	21	6	4	.981	6.375	5
Bob Melvin	C	20	123	6	1	0	.992	6.450	1
Gary Jones	C	5	41	3	1	0	.978	8.800	0
Deron McCue	C	2	9	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1
Jessie Reid	OF	101	195	6	6	0	.971	1.990
Charlie Hayes	OF	85	169	8	10	2	.947	2.082
Alan Cockrell	OF	85						.000
Paul Meyers	OF	65	155	8	2	3	.988	2.508
Everett Graham	OF	39	84	0	9	0	.903	2.154
Rusty Tillman	OF	37	73	4	0	0	1.000	2.081
Ty Dabney	OF	24	40	3	0	0	1.000	1.792
Deron McCue	OF	18	29	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
Francisco Meléndez	OF	9	14	0	1	0	.933	1.556
Mike Benjamin	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Matt Williams	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mark Wasinger	OF	1						.000
Ron Davis	P	42	1	5	1	1	.857	.143
Gary Lucas	P	33	4	4	0	0	1.000	.242
Roger Samuels	P	30	4	5	0	0	1.000	.300
Stu Tate	P	27	3	6	2	0	.818	.333
Jeff Brantley	P	27	4	6	0	1	1.000	.370
Dennis Cook	P	26	3	15	1	0	.947	.692
Mike Villa	P	25	2	11	0	4	1.000	.520
Randy Bockus	P	23	1	9	1	0	.909	.435
Tony Ferreira	P	21	0	2	0	0	1.000	.095
John Burkett	P	21	7	14	2	0	.913	1.000
Terry Mulholland	P	19	4	22	2	2	.929	1.368
Randy McCament	P	19	3	1	0	0	1.000	.211
Roger Mason	P	19	6	6	3	1	.800	.632
Brian Ohnoutka	P	17	6	19	2	1	.926	1.471
Lary Sorensen	P	14	7	6	0	2	1.000	.929
Bill Scherrer	P	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Trevor Wilson	P	11	1	7	2	0	.800	.727
Marty Bystrom	P	11	3	9	2	0	.857	1.091
Karl Best	P	8						.000
Mike Hogan	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Ed Puikunas	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Deron McCue	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ed Lynch	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Krukow	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dave Dravecky	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ángel Escobar	SS	72	93	189	21	43	.931	3.917
Tony Perezchica	SS	43	59	111	11	23	.939	3.953
Mike Benjamin	SS	32	41	74	4	11	.966	3.594
Mark Wasinger	SS	3	3	6	1	3	.900	3.000
Ron Wotus	SS	2	5	4	1	1	.900	4.500
Matt Williams	SS	2	2	6	1	0	.889	4.000
Totals		1657	3470	1444	176	334	.965	2.966	18	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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