1988 Wichita Pilots Statistics
Team Record: 60-76
Finished 4th in the TL's West Division
Manager: Pat Kelly (60-76)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Wichita, Kansas
Ballpark: Lawrence-Dumont Stadium
Attendance: 70,525, Avg. 1,037
The Wichita Pilots of the Texas League ended the 1988 season with a record of 60 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Pilots tallied 639 runs and allowed 671 runs. Bill Stevenson, Jeff Yurtin and Chris Knabenshue paced Wichita with 16 home runs apiece. Jeff Yurtin drove in 77 runs and topped all regular hitters by hitting .287. Terry Gilmore led the squad with 11 wins, while Matt Maysey recorded a 3.71 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1988 Wichita Pilots who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jim Tatum, Thomas Howard, Matt Maysey, Carlos Baerga, Steve Luebber and Jim Austin.
Pat Kelly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Gilmore | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.61 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 168.0 | 170 | 94 | 86 | 20 | 35 | 3 | 112 | 9 | 4 | 7 | |
| Matt Maysey | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.71 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 187.0 | 180 | 88 | 77 | 15 | 68 | 1 | 120 | 5 | 5 | 18 | |
| Mike Costello | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.70 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 106.7 | 87 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 70 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Mike Mills | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.47 | 52 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 76.7 | 76 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Jim Austin | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.81 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 76 | 46 | 39 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Greg Harris | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.68 | 33 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 109.7 | 112 | 74 | 57 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 10 | 3 | |
| Brian Wood | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.63 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 74.3 | 85 | 40 | 30 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Pete Roberts | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.65 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 70 | 43 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Paul Quinzer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.63 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 89.3 | 86 | 39 | 36 | 13 | 27 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Jeff Reece | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.11 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jeff Childers | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 39 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |
| Eric Bauer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9.13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 38 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 3 | |
| Rusty Ford | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.48 | 53 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74.3 | 75 | 40 | 37 | 1 | 43 | 7 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Brown | 1 | 8 | .111 | 6.38 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86.0 | 88 | 67 | 61 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jeff Yurtin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Luebber | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 60 | 76 | .441 | 4.33 | 341 | 136 | 116 | 20 | 9 | 27 | 1192.3 | 1212 | 671 | 574 | 105 | 452 | 22 | 847 | 38 | 44 | 86 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Yurtin | 132 | 562 | 512 | 84 | 147 | 36 | 4 | 16 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 106 | .287 | .339 | .467 | .806 | 239 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Carlos Baerga | 122 | 487 | 444 | 67 | 121 | 28 | 1 | 12 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 83 | .273 | .331 | .421 | .752 | 187 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Bill Wrona | 120 | 501 | 460 | 68 | 112 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 6 | 29 | 59 | .243 | .293 | .326 | .619 | 150 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Jim Tatum | 118 | 446 | 402 | 38 | 105 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 73 | .261 | .318 | .391 | .709 | 157 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Chris Knabenshue | 116 | 499 | 412 | 68 | 101 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 56 | 16 | 16 | 84 | 138 | .245 | .375 | .434 | .809 | 179 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Craig Cooper | 99 | 383 | 350 | 39 | 93 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 77 | .266 | .323 | .371 | .694 | 130 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bill Stevenson | 99 | 362 | 330 | 51 | 83 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 54 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 77 | .252 | .315 | .458 | .772 | 151 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jimmy Lester | 93 | 365 | 318 | 45 | 80 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 60 | .252 | .337 | .299 | .636 | 95 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Mike Basso | 84 | 310 | 279 | 32 | 73 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 35 | .262 | .332 | .348 | .680 | 97 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Debutch | 59 | 254 | 218 | 33 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 37 | .252 | .352 | .321 | .673 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Craig Wiley | 75 | 233 | 208 | 23 | 50 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 20 | .240 | .319 | .356 | .675 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Hermann | 73 | 227 | 203 | 27 | 47 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 47 | .232 | .308 | .369 | .678 | 75 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Pat Jelks | 63 | 229 | 207 | 34 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 67 | .227 | .294 | .362 | .656 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thomas Howard | 29 | 116 | 103 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | .301 | .379 | .427 | .806 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Maysey | 28 | 28 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .250 | .250 | .357 | .607 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Austin | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .375 | .444 | .375 | .819 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Parsons | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .231 | .286 | .462 | .747 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Costello | 15 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Harris | 33 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Gilmore | 26 | 31 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .125 | .125 | .167 | .292 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mark Verstandig | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .250 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Wood | 14 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eric Bauer | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pete Roberts | 11 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Reece | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Quinzer | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Mills | 52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kevin Brown | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .125 | .000 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Childers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1577 | 5152 | 4600 | 639 | 1170 | 232 | 28 | 100 | 583 | 63 | 57 | 460 | 941 | .254 | .325 | .382 | .707 | 1758 | 86 | 35 | 32 | 25 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Cooper | 1B | 87 | 749 | 51 | 11 | 76 | .986 | 9.195 | ||||
| Bill Stevenson | 1B | 58 | 465 | 36 | 13 | 44 | .975 | 8.638 | ||||
| Jeff Hermann | 1B | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | 2B | 58 | 98 | 157 | 8 | 33 | .970 | 4.397 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 2B | 53 | 102 | 158 | 6 | 44 | .977 | 4.906 | ||||
| Carlos Baerga | 2B | 29 | 62 | 87 | 6 | 17 | .961 | 5.138 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | 2B | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Tatum | 3B | 110 | 97 | 195 | 27 | 25 | .915 | 2.655 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | 3B | 15 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 7 | .913 | 2.800 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | 3B | 13 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .773 | 1.308 | ||||
| Jeff Yurtin | 3B | 6 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Basso | C | 79 | 505 | 53 | 8 | 3 | .986 | 7.063 | 9 | |||
| Craig Wiley | C | 59 | 350 | 59 | 13 | 3 | .969 | 6.932 | 9 | |||
| Mark Verstandig | C | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.250 | 1 | |||
| Bill Stevenson | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Yurtin | OF | 124 | 210 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .974 | 1.798 | ||||
| Chris Knabenshue | OF | 101 | 217 | 13 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 2.277 | ||||
| Pat Jelks | OF | 62 | 116 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .960 | 1.919 | ||||
| Mike Debutch | OF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Hermann | OF | 43 | 75 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .951 | 1.791 | ||||
| Thomas Howard | OF | 23 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 2.304 | ||||
| Jimmy Lester | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Scott Parsons | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rusty Ford | P | 53 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .547 | ||||
| Mike Mills | P | 52 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .826 | .365 | ||||
| Paul Quinzer | P | 40 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .350 | ||||
| Greg Harris | P | 33 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .810 | .515 | ||||
| Matt Maysey | P | 28 | 10 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.250 | ||||
| Kevin Brown | P | 28 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .321 | ||||
| Terry Gilmore | P | 25 | 11 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.440 | ||||
| Jeff Reece | P | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Costello | P | 15 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 2.267 | ||||
| Brian Wood | P | 14 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jim Austin | P | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Pete Roberts | P | 10 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Jeff Childers | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Bauer | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Luebber | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jeff Yurtin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Baerga | SS | 88 | 159 | 238 | 27 | 61 | .936 | 4.511 | ||||
| Bill Wrona | SS | 52 | 84 | 164 | 9 | 24 | .965 | 4.769 | ||||
| Totals | 1485 | 3483 | 1471 | 178 | 367 | .965 | 3.336 | 19 | 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.
