1973 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 73-89
Finish: 3rd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 826
Runs Allowed: 929
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: The Corn Field
Attendance: 2,725,463
Manager: Mike Murray

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 1-1, 8th in the Frick League
AA: 1-1, 8th in the Frick League
A: 1-1, 8th in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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 *Paul Bender 30 162 703 114 222 36 6 18 85 31 7 55 110 .316 .369 .461 .830 119.0 23.3 1.5
3B  Fred Lorenzen 30 162 645 115 198 29 7 38 121 0 0 67 110 .307 .377 .550 .928 117.7 22.8 3.9
CF *Vince Milani 25 158 599 92 173 49 7 38 130 0 0 52 89 .289 .350 .584 .934 111.2 21.8 1.0
1B *Bill Bickerstaf 31 159 576 78 187 37 0 13 79 1 0 47 96 .325 .376 .457 .833 92.7 17.3 2.4
2B  Thom McGee 28 159 531 67 148 32 0 11 63 11 5 46 91 .279 .338 .401 .740 72.1 10.4 2.1
C #Eric Berman 28 144 500 81 125 19 2 31 82 0 1 59 89 .250 .351 .482 .833 83.7 13.4 4.9
SS  Walt Cherry 31 133 462 71 106 26 2 20 70 3 2 53 92 .229 .307 .424 .731 62.0 7.3 3.7
RF *Antonio Cade 30 144 430 61 128 36 2 6 50 2 2 40 104 .298 .363 .433 .795 60.8 10.4 0.7
RF  Ronnie Lonnette 32 149 324 51 83 10 1 10 27 6 7 33 57 .256 .326 .386 .712 40.4 4.4 0.4
C  Vic Alfonso 34 94 166 18 44 8 1 6 31 0 0 6 35 .265 .291 .434 .725 19.6 2.2 1.0
SS  Floyd Sherrill 30 66 143 13 40 7 0 1 9 0 0 10 34 .280 .335 .350 .685 15.5 1.9 1.1
1B *Bingo Long 34 113 106 19 27 5 0 5 25 0 0 11 16 .255 .331 .443 .774 16.4 2.6 0.2
P *Gavin Young 29 38 75 8 12 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 20 .160 .203 .187 .389 1.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Vivero 28 38 68 5 9 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .132 .130 .191 .322 0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Denny Estrada 30 38 61 6 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .213 .238 .230 .468 3.0 0.0 0.0
P *Ricky Sabien 30 33 63 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 22 .111 .125 .111 .236 -1.1 0.0 0.0
RF  George Chavez 28 67 62 7 20 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 15 .323 .364 .355 .718 7.5 1.2 0.0
2B  David Bang 27 56 37 9 13 2 1 0 7 1 2 5 3 .351 .432 .459 .891 6.2 1.0 0.2
P  Tommy Lesser 30 23 25 6 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 .280 .308 .320 .628 2.5 0.3 0.0
3B *Peter Fowler 28 19 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .087 .125 .087 .212 -1.0 0.0 0.0
C  Shelton Roehl 31 5 15 0 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .267 .267 .467 .733 1.7 0.3 0.2
RF  Joseph Southwell 29 17 14 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .571 .857 2.3 0.3 0.0
P  Dolf Guayma 31 95 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Dylan Petty 27 57 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Porter Ford 37 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Leroy Hardy 28 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Curt McBearett 26 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.7 2299 5651 826 1572 310 29 198 809 55 26 497 1046 .278 .341 .448 .789 832.3 140.8 23.2
  Rank among 12 FL teams 6 3 2 1 11 5 3 12 1 6 7 1 2 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
 Gavin Young 29 12 17 .414 38 38 0 236.0 263 142 27 88 140 5.42 7.4
 Ron Vivero 28 12 17 .414 38 38 0 225.0 257 140 20 82 156 5.60 5.8
 Denny Estrada 30 14 10 .583 38 38 0 219.7 215 104 26 75 253 4.26 14.5
 Ricky Sabien 30 8 14 .364 33 33 0 194.0 261 133 23 80 117 6.17 1.6
 Dolf Guayma 31 7 2 .778 95 0 0 117.0 114 77 14 60 75 5.92 4.1
 Tommy Lesser 30 1 8 .111 23 15 0 96.7 119 72 16 41 54 6.70 0.0
 Dylan Petty 27 5 4 .556 57 0 0 76.3 78 41 9 27 51 4.83 4.2
 Tyson Mihewon 28 3 2 .600 71 0 3 67.3 79 30 7 21 54 4.01 5.3
*Curt McBearett 26 2 3 .400 71 0 1 62.3 77 43 10 21 39 6.21 0.8
 Leroy Hardy 28 5 7 .417 59 0 31 58.7 58 21 5 22 35 3.22 11.2
 Porter Ford 37 1 3 .250 40 0 1 42.0 50 35 2 23 33 7.50 0.0
 Walter Cottone 34 3 2 .600 29 0 0 28.0 51 23 3 9 24 7.39 0.0
 George Cuadrado 28 0 0 .000 4 0 1 2.7 4 1 0 2 1 3.38 0.1
Team Totals 29.7 73 89 .451 596 162 37 1425.6 1626 862 162 551 1032 5.44 55.0
Rank among 12 FL teams 9 10 10 9 9 11 5 11 11 7 11  
* - 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 .992 30.7
E.Berman 1162.7 130 142 858 71 7 0 .993 38.8
V.Alfonso 226.0 28 32 170 11 1 0 .995 19.2
S.Roehl 34.0 4 5 20 3 0 0 1.000 40.0
D.Bang 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1425.7 162 180 1049 85 8 0 .993 35.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.05
B.Bickerstaf 1329.3 156 157 1386 118 8 134 .995 10.18
B.Long 94.3 6 26 101 13 2 11 .983 10.88
R.Lonnette 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
W.Cherry 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 185 1491 131 10 145 .994 10.24
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.20
T.McGee 1317.3 155 158 296 471 19 112 .976 5.24
D.Bang 107.3 7 36 26 38 1 8 .985 5.37
R.Lonnette 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 195 322 510 20 120 .977 5.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.67
F.Lorenzen 1401.7 159 161 115 310 13 22 .970 2.73
P.Fowler 14.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.29
V.Alfonso 10.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1425.7 162 166 117 312 13 22 .971 2.71
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.49
W.Cherry 1097.7 131 132 184 391 19 85 .968 4.71
F.Sherrill 328.0 31 56 44 126 5 26 .971 4.66
Team Total 1425.7 162 188 228 517 24 111 .969 4.70
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.02
V.Milani 1328.7 153 157 286 4 7 1 .976 1.96
R.Lonnette 42.7 4 12 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
G.Chavez 39.3 3 14 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
A.Cade 15.0 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 186 293 4 7 1 .977 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.71
P.Bender 1424.7 162 162 412 9 10 0 .977 2.66
R.Lonnette 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 163 412 9 10 0 .977 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.07
A.Cade 895.0 97 130 187 5 1 0 .995 1.93
R.Lonnette 517.3 64 71 109 1 1 0 .991 1.91
G.Chavez 12.3 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
J.Southwell 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1425.7 162 207 299 6 2 0 .993 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.69
G.Young 236.0 38 38 9 25 0 2 1.000 1.30
R.Vivero 225.0 38 38 11 40 0 3 1.000 2.04
D.Estrada 219.7 38 38 6 31 3 2 .925 1.52
R.Sabien 194.0 33 33 16 43 2 8 .967 2.74
D.Guayma 117.0 0 95 9 10 0 1 1.000 1.46
T.Lesser 96.7 15 23 10 14 3 3 .889 2.23
D.Petty 76.3 0 57 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.18
T.Mihewon 67.3 0 71 3 10 0 2 1.000 1.74
C.McBearett 62.3 0 71 1 6 2 1 .778 1.01
L.Hardy 58.7 0 59 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.30
P.Ford 42.0 0 40 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.86
W.Cottone 28.0 0 29 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.32
G.Cuadrado 2.7 0 4 0 2 1 0 .667 6.77
Team Total 1425.6 162 596 74 202 11 23 .962 1.74
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bickerstaf .325
On-Base Pct Lorenzen .377
Slugging Pct Milani .584
OPS Milani .934
XR Bender 119.0
Games Lorenzen, Bender 162
At-Bats Bender 703
Runs Lorenzen 115
Hits Bender 222
Total Bases Lorenzen 355
Singles Bender 162
Doubles Milani 49
Triples Lorenzen, Milani 7
Homeruns Lorenzen, Milani 38
RBIs Milani 130
Stolen Bases Bender 31
Caught Stealing Bender, Lonnette 7
Walks Lorenzen 67
Strikeouts Bender, Lorenzen 110
ERA Estrada 4.26
Wins Estrada 14
Losses Vivero, Young 17
Winning Pct Estrada .583
Saves Hardy 31
Games Pitched Guayma 95
Games Started Estrada, Vivero, Young 38
Complete Games No Qualifiers
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Young 236.0
Hits Allowed Young 263
Homeruns Allowed Young 27
Strikeouts Estrada 253
Walks Allowed Young 88
Walks per 9IP Estrada 3.1
Hits per 9IP Estrada 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Estrada 10.4
WHiP Estrada 1.32
OAVG Estrada .253
OOBP Estrada .316
OSLG Estrada .397
OOPS Estrada .713
Team All-Stars
Paul Bender
Denny Estrada
Fred Lorenzen
Vince Milani
Player Salaries
Denny Estrada $ 6,980,000
Fred Lorenzen $ 4,990,000
Ron Vivero $ 4,485,000
Eric Berman $ 3,790,000
Gavin Young $ 3,390,000
Antonio Cade $ 2,990,000
Leroy Hardy $ 2,990,000
Bill Bickerstaf $ 2,790,000
Ricky Sabien $ 2,495,000
Ronnie Lonnette $ 2,390,000
Bingo Long $ 2,390,000
Walt Cherry $ 2,000,000
Tommy Lesser $ 2,000,000
Vic Alfonso $ 1,914,000
Vince Milani $ 1,704,500
Paul Bender $ 1,600,000
Carlos Moralez $ 1,600,000
Curt McBearett $ 1,438,000
Shelton Roehl $ 1,295,000
Peter Fowler $ 1,295,000
Thom McGee $ 1,295,000
Dylan Petty $ 1,038,000
Joseph Southwell $ 1,000,000
Marcelo Pelaez $ 838,000
George Chavez $ 800,000
George Cuadrado $ 800,000
Dolf Guayma $ 800,000
Richard Nowell $ 800,000
Walter Cottone $ 769,600
Carlos Leon $ 714,000
Floyd Sherrill $ 695,000
Porter Ford $ 668,400
Joel Velez $ 628,500
David Bang $ 600,000
Domingo Rodriguez $ 562,000
Tyson Mihewon $ 552,500
Ed Hille $ 543,000
Thomas Ready $ 400,000
Charles Day $ 371,100
Walter Mitchell $ 362,000
Harold Suarez $ 339,200
 
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