1989 Buffalo Bison Index Page

1989 Buffalo Bison

Record: 103-59
Finish: 1st in FL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 854
Runs Allowed: 627
Exp W-L: 103-59

Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 3,952,625
Manager: Justin Lorenz

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 7th in the Frick League
AA: 50-88, 11th in the Frick League
A: 57-81, 11th in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 1-4 to Las Vegas Hustlers
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Des Moines Kernels

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
CF	#Frank Boerner	29	155	573	105	142	40	9	29	114	20	7	65	95	.248	.332	.501	.833	91.9	14.7	5.8
3B	#Jack Dark	26	150	560	103	182	25	3	27	106	2	0	49	153	.325	.382	.525	.907	104.3	20.5	4.9
2B	#Michael Diamond	25	150	554	90	165	52	6	11	63	47	22	44	32	.298	.355	.473	.828	88.5	15.5	8.2
RF	*Rick Leach	32	141	502	92	145	34	11	16	65	2	0	40	24	.289	.343	.496	.839	83.3	15.0	2.0
3B	Amos Moses South	28	149	490	73	112	28	10	26	77	0	0	39	104	.229	.292	.486	.778	69.4	9.4	3.5
1B	*Willie Mays Aikens	34	118	377	48	128	29	1	8	68	0	0	28	58	.340	.385	.485	.871	63.9	12.9	1.2
2B	Johnny Fever	35	118	298	53	81	15	1	11	40	10	4	38	58	.272	.356	.440	.795	46.6	7.5	2.6
RF	Christopher Crawford	29	101	300	34	82	16	4	4	34	0	1	28	50	.273	.334	.393	.728	39.2	5.6	2.5
C	Doug Gwosdz	29	83	293	38	78	27	2	7	48	1	1	34	56	.266	.338	.444	.782	40.9	6.0	3.1
SS	Joseph Saddler	30	95	302	41	91	36	4	2	46	20	8	18	25	.301	.348	.467	.815	44.6	7.8	5.5
C	Alberto Suarez	31	96	279	42	86	11	5	7	44	0	2	25	35	.308	.369	.459	.828	42.8	7.5	3.0
SS	*Joseph Akins	33	87	194	19	51	4	2	2	20	0	0	18	17	.263	.330	.335	.665	22.4	2.4	2.2
2B	William Johnson	33	88	155	23	40	8	3	6	24	1	0	17	37	.258	.341	.465	.805	23.5	3.6	1.1
RF	*Dale Parks	30	72	142	29	43	7	0	10	28	0	0	18	20	.303	.385	.563	.948	28.4	5.7	0.9
P	Steve Nebraska	36	39	97	2	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	5	41	.031	.078	.041	.119	-5.3	0.0	0.0
P	Matt Ryan	32	39	88	7	16	3	0	0	6	0	0	7	36	.182	.242	.216	.458	4.1	0.0	0.0
P	Avagadro Pompeii	32	39	85	9	12	1	1	0	6	1	1	5	37	.141	.189	.176	.365	1.4	0.0	0.0
RF	*Carmelo Murillo	27	69	72	24	23	5	2	0	11	14	4	10	18	.319	.402	.444	.847	13.8	2.8	0.3
LF	#Gerry Frey	28	26	73	9	17	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	19	.233	.291	.274	.565	4.8	0.0	0.4
P	#Sam Morton	28	38	60	6	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	25	.133	.172	.167	.339	0.9	0.0	0.0
C	#Biff Pocoroba	35	16	29	4	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	2	.241	.389	.241	.630	3.1	0.2	0.3
P	Eric Beckmeyer	33	88	17	1	4	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	.235	.235	.412	.647	1.5	0.2	0.0
P	Christopher Pump	33	71	7	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.286	.250	.571	.821	1.4	0.1	0.0
P	Mario Soto	32	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Marty Powers	26	66	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
DH	Wayne Harshaw	25	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Leo Chavarria	32	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Trevor Heath	24	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Steven Cuvelier	31	64	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Michael Shick	34	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	30.4	2189	5569	852	1519	349	64	167	821	118	50	503	956	.273	.336	.448	.785	814.1	137.5	47.5
	Rank among 12 FL teams			11	1	5	4	3	4	1	8	4	2	4	5	3	1	1	1
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
Steve Nebraska	36	22	4	.846	39	39	0	275.0	183	55	13	51	351	1.80	32.7
Matt Ryan	32	20	7	.741	39	39	0	263.0	244	92	11	48	209	3.15	24.5
Avagadro Pompeii	32	22	10	.688	39	39	0	256.0	244	97	11	79	153	3.41	21.5
Sam Morton	28	10	13	.435	38	38	0	212.3	260	117	15	51	107	4.96	6.7
Eric Beckmeyer	33	9	4	.692	88	0	34	123.0	117	53	20	31	127	3.88	18.1
Marty Powers	26	5	6	.455	66	3	1	89.3	86	43	11	28	68	4.33	5.7
Christopher Pump	33	7	7	.500	71	0	2	86.0	96	56	21	25	86	5.86	2.2
Steven Cuvelier	31	4	4	.500	64	0	5	73.3	66	22	7	28	68	2.70	9.0
*Melvin Ripken	20	0	1	.000	21	0	2	22.7	22	12	0	10	16	4.77	1.5
Mario Soto	32	1	0	1.000	3	3	0	19.3	27	6	2	2	12	2.79	1.3
Trevor Heath	24	1	1	.500	14	0	0	15.0	15	8	2	4	10	4.80	0.9
Leo Chavarria	32	1	2	.333	4	1	0	7.7	10	7	2	2	3	8.22	0.0
Michael Shick	34	1	0	1.000	7	0	0	4.3	11	8	0	3	4	16.59	0.0
Team Totals	30.2	103	59	.636	493	162	44	1447.0	1381	576	115	362	1214	3.58	124.0
Rank among 12 FL teams				1	1	4	1	6	1	3	1	1	2	1
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	30.0
D.Gwosdz	683.3	77	80	600	47	7	0	.989	32.1
A.Suarez	651.0	73	77	544	43	9	1	.985	30.3
B.Pocoroba	42.8	4	4	28	3	1	0	.969	33.3
W.Johnson	36.0	4	4	21	1	0	0	1.000	0.0
J.Saddler	7.5	1	1	13	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1420.6	159	166	1206	94	17	1	.987	30.5
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	10.20
W.Aikens	828.0	95	100	816	75	8	51	.991	9.68
J.Fever	307.7	35	35	313	16	4	30	.988	9.62
A.South	171.3	19	19	172	13	5	14	.974	9.72
R.Leach	61.0	6	10	69	6	1	4	.987	11.07
A.Suarez	35.0	4	7	30	1	0	5	1.000	7.97
W.Johnson	32.0	2	12	32	1	0	5	1.000	9.28
W.Harshaw	10.0	1	1	13	2	0	0	1.000	13.50
J.Dark	1.9	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	9.47
Team Total	1446.9	162	185	1446	115	18	109	.989	9.71
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.983	5.10
M.Diamond	1150.0	142	142	217	420	7	74	.989	4.99
A.South	122.0	10	26	29	43	2	8	.973	5.31
W.Johnson	95.0	7	27	12	26	1	2	.974	3.60
J.Fever	60.3	3	18	12	18	0	1	1.000	4.48
W.Aikens	15.7	0	7	3	7	1	1	.909	5.75
C.Murillo	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
J.Saddler	1.9	0	1	0	2	0	1	1.000	9.47
Team Total	1446.9	162	222	273	516	11	87	.986	4.91
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.962	2.62
J.Dark	1245.9	140	143	85	257	11	16	.969	2.47
A.South	91.0	10	10	9	14	0	0	1.000	2.27
W.Johnson	77.0	9	10	4	8	1	0	.923	1.40
A.Suarez	20.0	2	6	0	8	0	1	1.000	3.60
B.Pocoroba	11.1	0	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	4.05
M.Diamond	2.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
C.Murillo	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1449.0	161	176	99	291	12	17	.970	2.42
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	4.42
J.Saddler	721.4	89	90	98	257	6	42	.983	4.43
J.Akins	284.7	30	42	45	85	0	15	1.000	4.11
J.Fever	280.0	29	39	43	90	2	17	.985	4.28
W.Johnson	70.3	4	18	10	20	0	4	1.000	3.84
M.Diamond	47.0	5	10	2	15	0	1	1.000	3.26
J.Dark	1.9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
C.Murillo	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1406.3	157	201	198	467	8	79	.988	4.26
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.986	1.96
A.South	696.0	76	87	152	1	3	0	.981	1.98
R.Leach	419.0	49	51	67	2	0	0	1.000	1.48
C.Crawford	124.7	14	15	38	2	0	1	1.000	2.89
D.Parks	75.0	9	10	14	0	2	0	.875	1.68
C.Murillo	74.7	8	11	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.57
G.Frey	52.7	6	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.03
F.Boerner	5.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1447.0	162	183	290	5	5	1	.983	1.83

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	2.59
F.Boerner	1333.0	149	152	373	6	1	0	.997	2.56
D.Parks	105.0	12	14	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.14
J.Saddler	22.5	3	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	3.20
C.Murillo	8.0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
Team Total	1468.5	165	172	406	7	1	0	.998	2.53
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.971	2.04
R.Leach	562.0	59	80	100	4	14	0	.881	1.67
C.Crawford	531.0	63	66	122	2	1	1	.992	2.10
J.Akins	128.0	15	18	24	0	0	0	1.000	1.69
D.Parks	113.0	13	15	26	1	0	0	1.000	2.15
G.Frey	92.0	11	11	21	0	0	0	1.000	2.05
C.Murillo	18.0	1	7	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
B.Pocoroba	2.8	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	3.21
Team Total	1446.8	162	198	299	7	15	1	.953	1.90
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.960	1.91
S.Nebraska	275.0	39	39	12	36	2	2	.960	1.57
M.Ryan	263.0	39	39	18	33	5	5	.911	1.75
A.Pompeii	256.0	39	39	21	42	3	1	.955	2.21
S.Morton	212.3	38	38	23	37	1	1	.984	2.54
E.Beckmeyer	123.0	0	88	4	11	0	0	1.000	1.10
M.Powers	89.3	3	66	13	15	1	2	.966	2.82
C.Pump	86.0	0	71	4	9	4	1	.765	1.36
S.Cuvelier	73.3	0	64	1	10	0	0	1.000	1.35
M.Ripken	22.7	0	21	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.40
M.Soto	19.3	3	3	0	3	1	1	.750	1.40
T.Heath	15.0	0	14	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.40
L.Chavarria	7.7	1	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
M.Shick	4.3	0	7	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1447.0	162	493	97	200	17	13	.946	1.85

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Dark	.325
On-Base Pct	Dark	.382
Slugging Pct	Dark	.525
OPS	Dark	.907
XR	Dark	104.3
Games	Boerner	155
At-Bats	Boerner	573
Runs	Boerner	105
Hits	Dark	182
Total Bases	Dark	294
Singles	Dark	127
Doubles	Diamond	52
Triples	Leach	11
Homeruns	Boerner	29
RBIs	Boerner	114
Stolen Bases	Diamond	47
Caught Stealing	Diamond	22
Walks	Boerner	65
Strikeouts	Dark	153

ERA	Nebraska	1.80
Wins	Nebraska, Pompeii	22
Losses	Morton	13
Winning Pct	Nebraska	.846
Saves	Beckmeyer	34
Games Pitched	Beckmeyer	88
Games Started	Nebraska, Pompeii, Ryan	39
Complete Games	Ryan	5
Shutouts	Ryan	4
Innings Pitched	Nebraska	275.0
Hits Allowed	Morton	260
Homeruns Allowed	Pump	21
Strikeouts	Nebraska	351
Walks Allowed	Pompeii	79
Walks per 9IP	Ryan	1.6
Hits per 9IP	Nebraska	6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP	Nebraska	11.5
WHiP	Nebraska	0.85
OAVG	Nebraska	.187
OOBP	Nebraska	.250
OSLG	Nebraska	.299
OOPS	Nebraska	.549

Team All-Stars

Eric Beckmeyer

Steve Nebraska

Player Salaries
Steve Nebraska	$ 20,000,000
Frank Boerner	$ 12,000,000
Eric Beckmeyer	$ 10,000,000
Matt Ryan	$ 8,000,000
Amos Moses South	$ 5,350,000
Jack Dark	$ 3,640,000
Johnny Fever	$ 3,500,000
Doug Gwosdz	$ 3,114,286
Joseph Saddler	$ 3,000,000
Steven Cuvelier	$ 2,750,000
Rick Leach	$ 2,500,000
Michael Diamond	$ 2,378,571
Christopher Pump	$ 1,800,000
Christopher Crawford	$ 1,365,714
Marty Powers	$ 1,350,000
Avagadro Pompeii	$ 1,340,000
Dale Parks	$ 990,000
Joseph Akins	$ 900,000
Mario Soto	$ 600,000
Gerry Frey	$ 350,000
William Johnson	$ 350,000
Wayne Harshaw	$ 300,000
Willie Mays Aikens	$ 300,000
Alberto Suarez	$ 300,000
Sam Morton	$ 300,000
Carmelo Murillo	$ 300,000
Melvin Ripken	$ 300,000
Trevor Heath	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/8	Signed			Mario Soto
2/19	Signed			Dale Parks
3/2	Signed			Julio Machado
4/11	Traded	Geoff Aldridge Patches O'Houlihan Jr. Rakim Allah Douglas Howser	Vancouver	Jack Dark Joseph Saddler Ivan Kovishkov
4/21	Traded	Willie Lozado	Des Moines	Bruce Strom
4/21	Traded	Ivan Kovishkov	Las Vegas	Leon Sloss
7/11	Traded	Edward Kirschner Michael Shick	Seattle	Biff Pocoroba
11/2	Released	Biff Pocoroba
11/2	Released	Leo Chavarria