1988 Rockford Expos Statistics
Team Record: 84-56
Finished 1st in the MWL's North Division
Manager: Alan Bannister (84-56)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Ballpark: Marinelli Stadium
Attendance: 158,674, Avg. 2,267
Playoffs - Kenosha Twins 2 games, Rockford Expos 0
The Rockford Expos of the Midwest League ended the 1988 season with a record of 84 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Expos paced the league with 682 runs, ignited by 114 home runs. Rockford surrendered 544 runs. César Hernández led the team with 19 home runs, while Archi Cianfrocco and Troy Ricker walloped 15 or more, too. Paul Frye recorded 69 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .280. Howard Farmer paced the squad with 15 wins and a team-best 2.52 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Greg Colbrunn, Jeff Carter, César Hernández, Nate Minchey, Mel Rojas, Delino DeShields, Archi Cianfrocco, Edgar Cáceres and Howard Farmer were all players from the 1988 Rockford Expos who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Alan Bannister 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Farmer | 15 | 7 | .682 | 2.51 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 193.7 | 153 | 70 | 54 | 10 | 58 | 2 | 145 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Mario Brito | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.00 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 186.0 | 161 | 83 | 62 | 11 | 52 | 1 | 144 | 5 | 7 | 4 | |
| Jeff Carter | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.77 | 39 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 107.3 | 100 | 38 | 33 | 8 | 35 | 3 | 91 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Nate Minchey | 11 | 12 | .478 | 4.79 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.3 | 148 | 93 | 80 | 4 | 87 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 14 | |
| Mel Rojas | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.45 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 52 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Chris Pollack | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.97 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 105 | 58 | 40 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 101 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Tim Peters | 5 | 2 | .714 | 0.61 | 42 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 58.7 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Matt Shiflett | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.46 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 57 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Scott Bromby | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.62 | 34 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 48.0 | 51 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Chris Marchok | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.01 | 33 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.7 | 57 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| John Marino | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Pat Heiderscheit | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kent Willis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.43 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Rob Kerrigan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.54 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Clark | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.85 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 34 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kevin Sheary | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 51 | 26 | 21 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Christopher Lariviere | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.06 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 84 | 56 | .600 | 3.15 | 354 | 140 | 121 | 19 | 4 | 43 | 1230.3 | 1082 | 544 | 431 | 58 | 477 | 15 | 933 | 38 | 52 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delino DeShields | 129 | 562 | 460 | 97 | 116 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 59 | 18 | 95 | 110 | .252 | .380 | .413 | .793 | 190 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Archi Cianfrocco | 126 | 494 | 455 | 54 | 115 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 99 | .253 | .299 | .426 | .725 | 194 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Greg Colbrunn | 115 | 455 | 417 | 55 | 111 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 46 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 60 | .266 | .318 | .369 | .687 | 154 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Troy Ricker | 133 | 494 | 450 | 63 | 108 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 31 | 11 | 27 | 140 | .240 | .295 | .413 | .708 | 186 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |
| Paul Frye | 106 | 426 | 379 | 49 | 106 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 103 | .280 | .336 | .441 | .776 | 167 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Trevor Penn | 130 | 476 | 426 | 47 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 51 | .244 | .319 | .326 | .645 | 139 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| César Hernández | 117 | 442 | 411 | 71 | 101 | 20 | 4 | 19 | 60 | 28 | 8 | 25 | 109 | .246 | .295 | .453 | .747 | 186 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| John Mello | 109 | 430 | 393 | 51 | 96 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 10 | 3 | 30 | 82 | .244 | .301 | .379 | .681 | 149 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Faulk | 113 | 413 | 366 | 55 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 6 | 40 | 69 | .257 | .335 | .369 | .704 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Russ Schueler | 44 | 164 | 136 | 27 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 23 | 25 | .309 | .414 | .375 | .789 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rob Leary | 60 | 205 | 176 | 19 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 37 | .233 | .323 | .341 | .664 | 60 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bill Mann | 50 | 199 | 155 | 27 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 18 | .239 | .392 | .381 | .773 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Edgar Cáceres | 36 | 135 | 117 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 12 | .265 | .331 | .282 | .613 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kelvin Shephard | 42 | 128 | 111 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 32 | .189 | .270 | .261 | .531 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Steve Pearse | 20 | 54 | 54 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .222 | .222 | .296 | .519 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Paredes | 21 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | .176 | .276 | .176 | .452 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Piechowski | 17 | 50 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .133 | .200 | .222 | .422 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jorge Mitchell | 9 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .185 | .241 | .185 | .427 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Corey Viltz | 13 | 53 | 39 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 17 | .128 | .358 | .179 | .538 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Kerrigan | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1405 | 5270 | 4669 | 682 | 1160 | 221 | 28 | 114 | 589 | 234 | 81 | 462 | 994 | .248 | .323 | .381 | .704 | 1779 | 0 | 69 | 29 | 41 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Penn | 1B | 128 | 1147 | 61 | 16 | 86 | .987 | 9.438 | ||||
| John Mello | 1B | 19 | 153 | 4 | 2 | 10 | .987 | 8.263 | ||||
| Paul Frye | 1B | 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 14.000 | ||||
| Jorge Mitchell | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Mello | 2B | 58 | 130 | 146 | 7 | 28 | .975 | 4.759 | ||||
| Edgar Cáceres | 2B | 35 | 56 | 86 | 6 | 23 | .959 | 4.057 | ||||
| Russ Schueler | 2B | 31 | 52 | 87 | 4 | 12 | .972 | 4.484 | ||||
| Steve Pearse | 2B | 20 | 33 | 34 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 3.350 | ||||
| Jesus Paredes | 2B | 17 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 7 | .932 | 3.235 | ||||
| Archi Cianfrocco | 3B | 125 | 94 | 240 | 29 | 17 | .920 | 2.672 | ||||
| John Mello | 3B | 18 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .952 | 2.222 | ||||
| Russ Schueler | 3B | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Paul Frye | 3B | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Greg Colbrunn | C | 94 | 595 | 81 | 15 | 5 | .978 | 7.191 | 19 | |||
| Rob Leary | C | 54 | 358 | 36 | 6 | 5 | .985 | 7.296 | 4 | |||
| Troy Ricker | OF | 132 | 246 | 10 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 1.939 | ||||
| César Hernández | OF | 115 | 188 | 9 | 16 | 4 | .925 | 1.713 | ||||
| Jim Faulk | OF | 92 | 149 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 1.728 | ||||
| Paul Frye | OF | 54 | 54 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.185 | ||||
| Kelvin Shephard | OF | 34 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .978 | 1.324 | ||||
| Corey Viltz | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Tim Piechowski | OF | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jorge Mitchell | OF | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Bill Mann | OF | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Peters | P | 42 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Jeff Carter | P | 39 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Scott Bromby | P | 34 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .382 | ||||
| Chris Marchok | P | 33 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .636 | ||||
| Nate Minchey | P | 28 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .891 | 1.464 | ||||
| Howard Farmer | P | 27 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 7 | .945 | 1.926 | ||||
| Mario Brito | P | 27 | 17 | 42 | 5 | 1 | .922 | 2.185 | ||||
| Chris Pollack | P | 20 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.400 | ||||
| Kevin Sheary | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Dave Clark | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Rob Kerrigan | P | 15 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Shiflett | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Mel Rojas | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Kent Willis | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| John Marino | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Christopher Lariviere | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Pat Heiderscheit | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Delino DeShields | SS | 126 | 173 | 344 | 42 | 59 | .925 | 4.103 | ||||
| John Mello | SS | 15 | 23 | 45 | 1 | 10 | .986 | 4.533 | ||||
| Russ Schueler | SS | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Jesus Paredes | SS | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1575 | 3691 | 1539 | 190 | 297 | .965 | 3.321 | 23 | 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.
