1989 St. Petersburg Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 3rd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Dave Bialas (75-64)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Ballpark: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 202,383, Avg. 2,912
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, Baseball City Royals 0
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Cardinals 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 1
Finals - Charlotte Rangers 2 games, St. Petersburg Cardinals 1
The St. Petersburg Cardinals of the Florida State League ended the 1989 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Cardinals plated 546 runs and yielded 526 runs. Ed Fulton recorded 75 runs batted in. Joe Hall topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .292. Rheal Cormier led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.23 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Geronimo Pena, Alex Cole, Tim Sherrill, Joe Hall, Brian Jordan, Rheal Cormier, Jeremy Hernandez and Mark Grater were all players from the 1989 St. Petersburg Cardinals who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dave Bialas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheal Cormier | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.23 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 169.7 | 141 | 63 | 42 | 9 | 33 | 2 | 122 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| Rich Hoffman | 11 | 12 | .478 | 3.40 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 161.3 | 150 | 76 | 61 | 2 | 66 | 3 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Shawn Hathaway | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.11 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 159.3 | 186 | 67 | 55 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ken Smith | 8 | 9 | .471 | 4.53 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 163 | 78 | 66 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bill Bivens | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64.7 | 50 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Larry Pierson | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.34 | 52 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.7 | 78 | 34 | 21 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Tim Sherrill | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.12 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 68.0 | 52 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Steffen Majer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.47 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.3 | 56 | 28 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Greg Becker | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.34 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 77.0 | 71 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Lee Plemel | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.46 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 83 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mark Grater | 3 | 8 | .273 | 1.87 | 56 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 67.3 | 44 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 2 | |
| John Burgos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Conroy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.29 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tony Russo | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.33 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 48 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rich Buonantony | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Frank Abreu | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jeremy Hernandez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 75 | 64 | .540 | 3.13 | 418 | 139 | 126 | 13 | 7 | 42 | 1208.3 | 1178 | 526 | 420 | 47 | 335 | 23 | 700 | 28 | 23 | 47 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hall | 134 | 584 | 504 | 72 | 147 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 54 | 45 | 28 | 60 | 57 | .292 | .370 | .321 | .691 | 162 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Chuck Johnson | 121 | 521 | 467 | 61 | 115 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 34 | 23 | 43 | 45 | .246 | .317 | .291 | .608 | 136 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Ed Fulton | 125 | 498 | 432 | 38 | 105 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 64 | .243 | .313 | .347 | .660 | 150 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 |
| Joey Fernandez | 107 | 413 | 362 | 39 | 102 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 48 | .282 | .358 | .423 | .780 | 153 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Scott Melvin | 112 | 446 | 376 | 50 | 96 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 56 | .255 | .357 | .322 | .678 | 121 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Todd Crosby | 105 | 449 | 368 | 60 | 95 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 68 | 40 | .258 | .374 | .321 | .695 | 118 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Greg Carmona | 116 | 430 | 348 | 52 | 78 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 72 | 84 | .224 | .358 | .261 | .619 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Christian | 117 | 339 | 308 | 48 | 71 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 27 | 18 | 27 | 75 | .231 | .291 | .312 | .602 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paul Thoutsis | 74 | 273 | 243 | 21 | 70 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 17 | .288 | .355 | .379 | .734 | 92 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Art Calvert | 70 | 264 | 237 | 25 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 53 | .232 | .292 | .312 | .605 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Abreu | 90 | 288 | 254 | 18 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 48 | .201 | .269 | .213 | .482 | 54 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Terry Elliot | 40 | 114 | 104 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .260 | .325 | .317 | .642 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Fox | 23 | 91 | 82 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | .256 | .322 | .329 | .651 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Nichols | 35 | 103 | 86 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 19 | .198 | .314 | .291 | .604 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Jordan | 11 | 45 | 43 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | .349 | .378 | .628 | 1.006 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Federico | 33 | 124 | 103 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 24 | .136 | .282 | .184 | .467 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Graham | 15 | 49 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .289 | .347 | .378 | .725 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Cole | 8 | 35 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | .188 | .257 | .188 | .445 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Elci | 15 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .132 | .227 | .158 | .385 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Geronimo Pena | 6 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .190 | .370 | .238 | .608 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Thomas | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .286 | .375 | .286 | .661 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Redman | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1365 | 5157 | 4472 | 541 | 1111 | 155 | 30 | 30 | 477 | 167 | 107 | 548 | 684 | .248 | .333 | .317 | .650 | 1416 | 112 | 47 | 34 | 56 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Melvin | 1B | 47 | 391 | 21 | 3 | 33 | .993 | 8.766 | ||||
| Joe Federico | 1B | 31 | 305 | 20 | 3 | 30 | .991 | 1.484 | ||||
| Joey Fernandez | 1B | 26 | 252 | 19 | 6 | 22 | .978 | 1.423 | ||||
| Mike Fox | 1B | 18 | 159 | 15 | 5 | 19 | .972 | 9.667 | ||||
| Paul Thoutsis | 1B | 17 | 147 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .987 | 9.118 | ||||
| Lee Elci | 1B | 5 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.200 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | 1B | 3 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.333 | ||||
| Ed Fulton | 1B | 2 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 9.500 | ||||
| Orlando Thomas | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Crosby | 2B | 102 | 200 | 309 | 9 | 51 | .983 | 4.990 | ||||
| Frank Abreu | 2B | 30 | 55 | 106 | 7 | 34 | .958 | 5.367 | ||||
| Geronimo Pena | 2B | 6 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 4 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 2B | 4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Joe Hall | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Hall | 3B | 71 | 46 | 138 | 17 | 14 | .915 | 2.592 | ||||
| Scott Melvin | 3B | 46 | 33 | 88 | 9 | 9 | .931 | 2.630 | ||||
| Frank Abreu | 3B | 27 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 2 | .902 | 2.037 | ||||
| Todd Crosby | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Greg Carmona | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Fulton | C | 103 | 520 | 73 | 9 | 9 | .985 | 5.757 | 3 | |||
| Terry Elliot | C | 37 | 145 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .971 | 4.541 | 3 | |||
| Scott Nichols | C | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.889 | 0 | |||
| Orlando Thomas | C | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | |||
| Tim Redman | C | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 1 | |||
| Lee Elci | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | |||
| Mike Fox | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | |||
| Chuck Johnson | OF | 121 | 321 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .979 | 2.744 | ||||
| Rick Christian | OF | 109 | 179 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 1.706 | ||||
| Joe Hall | OF | 67 | 143 | 8 | 8 | 2 | .950 | 2.254 | ||||
| Art Calvert | OF | 59 | 92 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 1.593 | ||||
| Paul Thoutsis | OF | 43 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.605 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | OF | 18 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.111 | ||||
| Steve Graham | OF | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Brian Jordan | OF | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Alex Cole | OF | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Lee Elci | OF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mark Grater | P | 56 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .810 | .304 | ||||
| Greg Becker | P | 56 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .339 | ||||
| Tim Sherrill | P | 52 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .173 | ||||
| Larry Pierson | P | 52 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .442 | ||||
| Ken Smith | P | 29 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.448 | ||||
| Shawn Hathaway | P | 29 | 19 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .930 | 1.379 | ||||
| Rich Hoffman | P | 27 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 1.222 | ||||
| Rheal Cormier | P | 26 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.077 | ||||
| Tony Russo | P | 24 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Lee Plemel | P | 21 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .952 | ||||
| Jim Conroy | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Steffen Majer | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Bill Bivens | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Frank Abreu | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeremy Hernandez | P | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| John Burgos | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rich Buonantony | P | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Carmona | SS | 116 | 152 | 372 | 48 | 69 | .916 | 4.517 | ||||
| Frank Abreu | SS | 34 | 48 | 76 | 5 | 13 | .961 | 3.647 | ||||
| Totals | 1622 | 3625 | 1578 | 177 | 356 | .967 | 3.208 | 8 | 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.
