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1978 Des Moines Kernels

Record: 88-74
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 752
Runs Allowed: 743
Exp W-L: 82-80

Ballpark: The Corn Field
Attendance: 3,026,075
Manager: Ted Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 6th in the Frick League
AA: 79-59, 3rd in the Frick League
A: 78-60, 3rd in the Frick League

Postseason Results:
Lost FL Cartwright Cup 0-4 to Montreal Blazers
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Buffalo Bisons

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
SS	Jeffrey Griffin	24	152	619	80	175	20	6	8	59	46	9	35	86	.283	.323	.373	.696	79.8	13.1	6.1
RF	*Davis Birch	22	157	567	90	170	28	4	29	100	5	3	71	147	.300	.383	.517	.900	105.4	23.1	4.2
2B	*Rod Carew	31	152	588	92	232	53	10	9	79	34	15	51	43	.395	.444	.565	1.009	123.2	32.1	2.2
RF	*Colby Vicknair	28	153	551	70	159	19	8	5	53	37	11	43	102	.289	.344	.379	.723	70.7	11.3	5.0
1B	#Luis Abdullah	24	141	547	77	185	28	1	6	72	2	2	34	75	.338	.379	.426	.805	80.0	15.8	3.6
2B	Alan Lipsky	28	149	474	58	123	19	6	12	63	25	4	62	90	.259	.346	.401	.747	72.3	12.6	4.7
C	Blast McBearett	36	136	440	59	106	25	0	23	77	2	1	28	67	.241	.287	.455	.741	52.6	6.3	4.9
LF	#Moses Cepeda	29	102	414	57	119	30	2	2	45	27	14	23	54	.287	.327	.384	.711	49.2	7.5	2.5
C	#Alex Cordero	32	65	202	17	52	20	1	2	29	0	2	9	68	.257	.291	.396	.687	21.6	3.0	2.4
LF	Theo Reckley	27	52	191	24	56	5	1	10	43	1	0	14	53	.293	.340	.487	.827	30.0	5.3	1.0
2B	Thom McGee	33	85	148	32	40	9	4	5	20	6	1	21	44	.270	.366	.486	.853	27.7	5.9	1.4
1B	Dave Whipple	26	82	134	14	36	11	0	6	26	0	0	4	40	.269	.287	.485	.772	19.4	3.1	0.4
3B	Bill Haubrich	33	68	120	15	21	6	0	3	9	3	0	8	34	.175	.231	.300	.531	7.6	0.0	1.1
CF	*Darnell Lipscomb	23	63	108	20	33	6	0	1	9	6	3	11	15	.306	.380	.389	.769	16.5	3.1	0.7
P	Michael Mangual	28	39	112	7	13	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	44	.116	.132	.125	.257	-3.1	0.0	0.0
P	Jose Ramos	22	34	91	6	8	3	0	1	6	1	0	3	34	.088	.117	.154	.271	-0.7	0.0	0.0
RF	Carlos Cron	25	91	84	20	25	2	2	2	10	4	1	6	21	.298	.362	.440	.802	12.9	2.1	0.2
P	Keith Chea	27	25	69	4	8	4	0	1	2	0	0	4	25	.116	.164	.217	.382	0.9	0.0	0.0
RF	Greg Marvin	33	34	65	6	14	3	2	1	8	2	2	8	19	.215	.297	.369	.667	6.6	0.4	0.4
P	*David Lillis	24	25	63	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	.063	.063	.063	.127	-3.4	0.0	0.0
P	Haystack Duggeler	32	20	45	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	28	.089	.128	.089	.217	-1.2	0.0	0.0
P	Larry Dierker	30	9	19	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.053	.143	.105	.248	-0.6	0.0	0.0
P	Bernie Crotchmeyer	32	20	13	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	.231	.231	.462	.692	1.6	0.3	0.0
P	Lincoln Hoots	23	26	14	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.143	.214	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	#Tyson Mihewon	33	42	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Bernardo Henriques	30	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Jeffrey Geoghegan	33	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Zachary Cambridge	24	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Arturo Culionara	37	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Homer Gimlicker	34	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.8	2044	5691	752	1588	295	48	126	719	202	69	443	1139	.279	.334	.414	.748	768.0	145.0	40.8
	Rank among 12 FL teams			1	2	1	1	6	5	3	1	11	6	6	1	1	2	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
Michael Mangual	28	21	7	.750	39	39	0	294.7	266	81	15	56	253	2.47	26.9
Jose Ramos	22	11	17	.393	34	32	0	247.0	235	128	47	42	160	4.66	6.2
Keith Chea	27	10	10	.500	25	25	0	191.7	171	74	16	59	134	3.47	12.3
*David Lillis	24	12	7	.632	25	25	0	169.3	183	86	26	38	171	4.57	4.7
Haystack Duggeler	32	8	10	.444	20	20	0	119.0	146	81	11	70	59	6.13	0.0
*Curt McBearett	31	7	2	.778	68	0	44	66.7	62	15	0	11	62	2.03	16.8
Larry Dierker	30	4	3	.571	9	9	0	56.0	71	27	8	32	40	4.34	1.4
Bernie Crotchmeyer	32	2	1	.667	20	10	0	55.3	66	38	6	16	39	6.18	0.0
Tyson Mihewon	33	1	4	.200	42	0	0	54.7	73	35	6	22	41	5.76	0.0
Lincoln Hoots	23	3	5	.375	26	5	0	52.7	74	43	13	19	27	7.35	0.0
*Homer Gimlicker	34	4	3	.571	43	0	0	41.7	30	11	3	10	18	2.38	5.0
Bernardo Henriques	30	1	2	.333	26	0	1	28.0	31	13	1	13	13	4.18	1.5
Jeffrey Geoghegan	33	0	1	.000	19	0	1	21.3	27	18	1	20	20	7.59	0.0
Zachary Cambridge	24	1	1	.500	18	0	0	19.7	25	14	4	2	12	6.41	0.0
*Miguel Benites	27	1	1	.500	25	0	1	18.3	29	17	4	5	8	8.35	0.0
Arturo Culionara	37	2	0	1.000	15	0	1	16.3	6	1	1	9	5	0.55	3.3
Team Totals	29.2	88	74	.543	454	165	48	1452.3	1495	682	162	424	1062	4.23	78.2
Rank among 12 FL teams				5	5	1	5	10	10	11	11	9	8	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	.989	27.2
B.McBearett	974.0	106	125	762	44	8	0	.990	22.2
A.Cordero	478.3	56	58	328	28	3	2	.992	30.3
Team Total	1452.3	162	183	1090	72	11	2	.991	24.8
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.992	9.85
R.Carew	1266.7	140	151	1284	103	11	104	.992	9.86
D.Whipple	183.7	22	23	191	21	2	14	.991	10.39
T.Reckley	9.1	1	1	11	1	1	2	.923	11.87
L.Abdullah	9.0	1	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.00
Team Total	1468.4	164	176	1491	125	14	120	.991	9.90
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	4.84
A.Lipsky	1246.0	145	149	265	410	10	83	.985	4.88
T.McGee	194.3	17	44	50	57	1	15	.991	4.96
B.Haubrich	10.3	0	6	2	3	1	0	.833	4.36
R.Carew	1.7	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.42
Team Total	1452.3	162	200	317	471	12	98	.985	4.88
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	2.59
L.Abdullah	1178.7	134	135	83	268	19	23	.949	2.68
B.Haubrich	270.7	28	43	24	66	2	5	.978	2.99
T.McGee	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
D.Lipscomb	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1452.3	162	180	107	334	21	28	.955	2.73
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	4.18
J.Griffin	1282.7	147	151	181	438	21	63	.967	4.34
T.McGee	169.7	15	30	27	47	4	8	.949	3.93
Team Total	1452.3	162	181	208	485	25	71	.965	4.29
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	1.99
M.Cepeda	888.5	97	101	193	6	1	1	.995	2.02
T.Reckley	394.2	44	47	75	3	2	0	.975	1.78
D.Lipscomb	99.0	11	17	25	0	0	0	1.000	2.27
G.Marvin	52.0	6	8	19	0	1	0	.950	3.29
C.Cron	25.0	2	7	1	0	1	0	.500	0.36
D.Birch	7.0	0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	6.43
Team Total	1465.7	160	185	318	9	5	1	.985	2.01

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	2.56
C.Vicknair	1301.3	150	153	346	16	0	4	1.000	2.50
D.Lipscomb	64.7	7	10	18	0	0	0	1.000	2.51
C.Cron	51.0	2	21	16	0	0	0	1.000	2.82
G.Marvin	31.3	3	6	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.01
D.Whipple	4.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
Team Total	1452.3	162	191	388	16	0	4	1.000	2.50
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	2.06
D.Birch	1308.3	146	152	324	7	7	3	.979	2.28
D.Lipscomb	76.3	9	10	12	0	0	0	1.000	1.41
G.Marvin	41.0	4	6	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.54
C.Cron	25.3	3	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.42
T.Reckley	18.0	2	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
D.Whipple	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1470.0	164	176	351	7	7	3	.981	2.19
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.85
M.Mangual	294.7	39	39	22	51	2	6	.973	2.23
J.Ramos	247.0	32	34	15	41	5	1	.918	2.04
K.Chea	191.7	25	25	13	26	1	2	.975	1.83
D.Lillis	169.3	25	25	13	35	2	4	.960	2.55
H.Duggeler	119.0	20	20	4	11	3	1	.833	1.13
C.McBearett	66.7	0	68	6	10	0	1	1.000	2.16
L.Dierker	56.0	9	9	3	10	0	1	1.000	2.09
B.Crotchmeyer	55.3	10	20	4	8	1	0	.923	1.95
T.Mihewon	54.7	0	42	3	9	1	0	.923	1.98
L.Hoots	52.7	5	26	2	14	0	1	1.000	2.73
H.Gimlicker	41.7	0	43	3	4	0	1	1.000	1.51
B.Henriques	28.0	0	26	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.61
J.Geoghegan	21.3	0	19	1	2	1	1	.750	1.27
Z.Cambridge	19.7	0	18	3	3	1	0	.857	2.75
M.Benites	18.3	0	25	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.98
A.Culionara	16.3	0	15	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.76
Team Total	1452.3	165	454	94	234	17	19	.951	2.03

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Carew	.395
On-Base Pct	Carew	.444
Slugging Pct	Carew	.565
OPS	Carew	1.009
XR	Carew	123.2
Games	Birch	157
At-Bats	Griffin	619
Runs	Carew	92
Hits	Carew	232
Total Bases	Carew	332
Singles	Carew	160
Doubles	Carew	53
Triples	Carew	10
Homeruns	Birch	29
RBIs	Birch	100
Stolen Bases	Griffin	46
Caught Stealing	Carew	15
Walks	Birch	71
Strikeouts	Birch	147

ERA	Mangual	2.47
Wins	Mangual	21
Losses	Ramos	17
Winning Pct	Mangual	.750
Saves	McBearett	44
Games Pitched	McBearett	68
Games Started	Mangual	39
Complete Games	Mangual, Ramos	10
Shutouts	Mangual	4
Innings Pitched	Mangual	294.7
Hits Allowed	Mangual	266
Homeruns Allowed	Ramos	47
Strikeouts	Mangual	253
Walks Allowed	Duggeler	70
Walks per 9IP	Ramos	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Chea	8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP	Lillis	9.1
WHiP	Mangual	1.09
OAVG	Mangual	.236
OOBP	Mangual	.276
OSLG	Mangual	.310
OOPS	Mangual	.586

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Rod Carew	$ 16,000,000
Homer Gimlicker	$ 4,125,000
Keith Chea	$ 3,861,071
Davis Birch	$ 3,738,929
Michael Mangual	$ 3,684,643
Curt McBearett	$ 3,500,000
Haystack Duggeler	$ 3,430,000
Arturo Culionara	$ 3,000,000
Blast McBearett	$ 2,400,000
Bill Wilkerson	$ 1,800,000
Thom McGee	$ 1,750,000
Colby Vicknair	$ 1,710,000
Dusty Reynolds	$ 1,500,000
Bernardo Henriques	$ 1,472,500
Bill Haubrich	$ 1,200,000
Alex Cordero	$ 1,000,000
Dick Lotz	$ 1,000,000
Tyson Mihewon	$ 850,000
Raphael Plaza	$ 500,000
Miguel Benites	$ 495,357
Alan Lipsky	$ 441,071
Michael Votaw	$ 320,000
Darnell Lipscomb	$ 300,000
Zachary Cambridge	$ 300,000
Carlos Cron	$ 300,000
Jeffrey Griffin	$ 300,000
Luis Abdullah	$ 300,000
David Lillis	$ 300,000
Jose Ramos	$ 300,000
Theo Reckley	$ 300,000
Dave Whipple	$ 300,000
Lincoln Hoots	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
3/2		Jesus Canao Franklin Resendiz		Haystack Duggeler
3/2		Cornelius Lattimore		Freddie Cisco
3/2		Bill Powers		Jeffrey Geoghegan Dorian Woods
3/2		Jesus Martinez		Blast Mcbearett
3/2		Luciano Malave Mathew Reese		Bill Wilkerson
5/28		Mark Bobovnik Curtis Eckhoff John Mahar Ivan Kovishkov		David Lillis Keith Chea
5/28		Jeffrey Geoghegan Greg Marvin		Homer Gimlicker
7/1		Tito Martos		Bernardo Henriques
7/2		Bernie Crotchmeyer Frank Young		Arturo Culionara Sabas Vargas
7/31		Steve Blackburn Moses Cepeda		Theo Reckley