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1983 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 85-77
Finish: 3rd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 702
Runs Allowed: 680
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 3,155,170
Manager: Ted Williams

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 83-55, 3rd in the Frick League
AA: 51-87, 11th in the Frick League
A: 68-70, 8th in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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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
2B #Anthony Walker 26 155 628 114 181 23 9 22 69 95 28 33 143 .288 .328 .459 .787 99.3 19.4 8.8
RF *Davis Birch 27 130 460 72 142 22 2 18 71 1 0 69 62 .309 .401 .483 .884 87.1 19.6 3.3
CF #Brian Melillo 28 133 484 62 139 23 4 13 75 1 4 23 60 .287 .324 .432 .755 62.0 10.8 3.8
1B #Luis Abdullah 29 103 392 45 89 20 2 15 59 1 0 27 111 .227 .282 .403 .685 44.1 5.4 0.8
SS  Jeffrey Griffin 29 97 381 41 108 19 2 3 40 24 7 18 73 .283 .314 .367 .682 43.8 6.5 3.6
LF *Oswaldo Gaona 33 90 322 65 84 12 2 11 48 9 5 53 21 .261 .364 .413 .777 51.0 9.4 2.3
1B  Rich Barbato 25 93 288 30 74 13 0 0 26 9 13 26 49 .257 .333 .302 .635 28.2 2.7 1.6
C  Thurman Munson 35 83 295 26 86 15 1 5 43 0 0 16 43 .292 .326 .400 .726 37.9 6.8 2.3
1B  Paul Loftus 29 55 199 20 43 12 0 1 18 0 0 12 37 .216 .273 .291 .565 15.1 0.7 0.6
CF *Nathaniel Ortiz 30 62 199 25 47 7 4 11 31 13 8 9 41 .236 .265 .477 .743 26.4 3.5 1.5
3B *Brad Nowell 25 79 182 23 47 7 1 4 20 2 1 21 68 .258 .340 .374 .713 24.5 4.2 1.1
3B *Andreas Ayes 26 53 185 26 51 9 0 2 17 4 2 16 4 .276 .340 .357 .697 22.4 3.6 1.3
C  Tyler Ryan 20 53 178 15 40 11 0 3 17 0 0 9 49 .225 .263 .337 .600 15.6 1.1 1.5
SS  Bill Almon 29 63 163 18 33 4 0 5 20 4 6 11 32 .202 .258 .319 .577 13.0 0.0 2.7
CF *Tony Reyes 33 59 155 21 47 11 0 3 25 0 0 13 12 .303 .360 .432 .793 22.5 4.2 1.0
2B  Frank Guitierrez 32 87 157 18 45 7 0 3 13 1 1 6 32 .287 .313 .389 .701 17.1 2.6 1.7
CF  Raul Montero 28 52 148 20 45 4 1 2 15 3 1 6 6 .304 .340 .385 .725 18.7 3.1 1.1
CF *Ruppert Pena 34 29 96 12 26 7 3 0 13 6 4 5 19 .271 .311 .406 .717 11.5 1.7 0.7
P  Jose Ramos 27 38 84 5 6 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 27 .071 .093 .143 .236 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Mangual 33 39 79 3 9 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 29 .114 .136 .152 .288 -0.4 0.0 0.0
C  Edwin Cifonte 26 39 75 9 21 4 0 4 18 0 0 5 21 .280 .325 .493 .818 11.9 2.4 0.3
C  Maxwell Weiss 37 31 70 6 14 2 0 1 6 8 2 2 15 .200 .219 .271 .491 4.0 0.0 0.6
P #John Fessler 28 33 64 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 .031 .031 .031 .063 -4.9 0.0 0.0
LF *Vince Milani 35 27 60 10 14 7 0 3 8 0 0 4 10 .233 .277 .500 .777 8.9 1.5 0.3
3B  Luis Persaud 36 39 53 5 13 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 12 .245 .286 .321 .606 4.7 0.4 0.2
P  Lincoln Hoots 28 23 51 2 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 23 .059 .077 .137 .214 -1.4 0.0 0.0
3B  Hilton Watson 34 21 29 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 6 .345 .345 .414 .759 3.0 0.6 0.1
CF *Andre Palladino 33 19 25 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .240 .345 .320 .665 2.3 0.4 0.1
RF  Carlos Cron 30 21 24 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 1 0 11 .125 .115 .292 .407 0.9 0.0 0.2
P  Johan Schmatzhagen 40 12 21 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 .143 .143 .190 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Lewis Bauder 25 13 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
CF *Darnell Lipscomb 28 14 23 3 8 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 .348 .348 .435 .783 3.4 0.8 0.2
P *Howie Shoope 26 13 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 25 87 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bailey Madison 28 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Clardy 30 67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Urena 28 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Lynch 26 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *James Smith 32 75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Christian McDonald 32 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Luke Sciortino 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Louis Mattison 33 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 2246 5613 702 1442 256 32 132 678 183 84 396 1071 .257 .309 .384 .694 669.1 111.6 42.1
  Rank among 12 FL teams 7 9 8 11 11 3 9 2 8 10 9 8 10 9 10 10  
* - 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
 Jose Ramos 27 19 8 .704 38 38 0 264.0 272 100 11 23 180 3.41 19.8
 Michael Mangual 33 17 13 .567 39 39 0 258.7 236 70 4 33 202 2.44 24.9
 John Fessler 28 15 13 .536 33 33 0 199.0 189 77 17 32 148 3.48 12.7
 Lincoln Hoots 28 6 12 .333 23 13 0 142.7 146 83 32 22 144 5.24 1.7
*Kevin Saucier 25 7 7 .500 87 0 2 113.3 93 43 2 47 99 3.41 10.5
*Jerry Clardy 30 6 4 .600 67 0 31 76.3 65 26 1 23 72 3.07 15.5
*James Smith 32 2 2 .500 75 0 5 73.3 80 35 6 27 29 4.30 4.0
*Lewis Bauder 25 2 3 .400 13 13 0 73.3 72 42 9 16 42 5.15 1.4
 Johan Schmatzhagen 40 5 4 .556 12 12 0 68.0 55 31 7 23 49 4.10 3.8
 Bailey Madison 28 2 3 .400 43 0 2 48.7 61 34 12 14 28 6.29 0.0
 Louis Mattison 33 2 0 1.000 43 1 1 37.7 39 17 1 11 35 4.06 2.9
 Howie Shoope 26 0 4 .000 12 5 0 35.3 47 25 7 15 22 6.37 0.0
*Pedro Urena 28 0 0 .000 25 0 1 33.0 34 15 2 17 10 4.09 1.8
 Matt Lynch 26 1 1 .500 20 0 0 20.3 23 12 2 19 14 5.31 0.4
 Christian McDonald 32 1 1 .500 21 0 1 17.0 14 7 2 4 14 3.70 1.9
 Luke Sciortino 25 0 0 .000 5 0 0 6.7 8 4 0 1 6 5.40 0.1
*Vince Milani 35 0 2 .000 2 0 0 2.7 5 4 1 1 0 13.53 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 85 77 .525 558 154 43 1470.0 1439 625 116 328 1094 3.83 101.3
Rank among 12 FL teams 5 5 6 5 1 4 5 5 1 3 4  
* - 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 .987 29.9
T.Munson 705.0 78 79 529 42 7 2 .988 28.1
T.Ryan 438.5 51 52 328 32 6 0 .984 31.4
M.Weiss 177.3 21 22 136 13 1 1 .993 31.8
E.Cifonte 126.0 15 15 95 5 3 0 .971 15.0
Team Total 1446.8 165 168 1088 92 17 3 .986 28.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.21
L.Abdullah 857.7 87 90 897 75 2 75 .998 10.20
P.Loftus 350.5 27 32 393 32 3 34 .993 10.91
B.Nowell 46.0 6 6 51 2 0 1 1.000 10.37
R.Barbato 43.0 4 7 51 2 1 5 .981 11.09
N.Ortiz 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1298.2 124 135 1392 111 6 115 .996 10.42
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 5.04
A.Walker 887.3 97 102 182 336 10 54 .981 5.25
B.Almon 346.3 42 44 65 127 2 20 .990 4.99
F.Guitierrez 237.3 24 40 61 82 2 24 .986 5.42
A.Ayes 42.8 3 7 10 11 1 1 .955 4.42
H.Watson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Loftus 1.4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1517.2 166 194 318 557 15 99 .983 5.19
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.61
R.Barbato 633.3 74 79 31 142 14 8 .925 2.46
B.Nowell 364.0 44 58 22 80 5 8 .953 2.52
A.Ayes 338.5 34 36 10 70 2 4 .976 2.13
L.Persaud 67.0 5 16 6 14 1 2 .952 2.69
H.Watson 44.0 4 10 2 11 2 0 .867 2.66
P.Loftus 25.1 2 2 1 6 1 0 .875 2.51
L.Abdullah 2.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Guitierrez 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
R.Montero 1.9 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.74
T.Ryan 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.8 163 204 72 325 25 22 .941 2.42
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.40
J.Griffin 831.9 76 86 112 257 11 41 .971 3.99
A.Walker 408.0 47 49 61 177 5 29 .979 5.25
B.Almon 61.0 5 12 12 25 1 6 .974 5.46
R.Montero 58.4 5 10 7 22 2 5 .935 4.47
D.Birch 44.0 5 5 6 11 2 2 .895 3.48
P.Loftus 38.3 3 3 4 17 1 1 .955 4.93
A.Ayes 29.0 3 6 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.97
B.Melillo 17.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.06
H.Watson 13.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
L.Persaud 8.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Abdullah 7.4 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.65
T.Reyes 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1516.5 148 177 213 526 22 85 .971 4.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.01
O.Gaona 726.4 80 85 169 2 0 0 1.000 2.12
D.Birch 285.0 32 34 65 3 0 1 1.000 2.15
T.Reyes 132.5 12 15 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.17
R.Montero 68.7 8 9 9 3 0 0 1.000 1.57
V.Milani 66.0 8 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
R.Pena 52.8 4 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
N.Ortiz 41.1 5 5 9 0 1 0 .900 1.97
A.Palladino 24.0 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Cron 19.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Team Total 1415.5 153 170 311 9 1 1 .997 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.70
B.Melillo 687.0 77 80 186 2 3 0 .984 2.46
N.Ortiz 175.0 19 20 49 2 0 0 1.000 2.62
T.Reyes 154.8 12 24 42 1 1 0 .977 2.50
R.Montero 70.6 7 9 26 0 1 0 .963 3.31
R.Pena 64.1 5 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
V.Milani 60.0 7 8 19 1 1 1 .952 3.00
D.Lipscomb 38.8 9 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
C.Cron 16.0 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
A.Palladino 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1268.3 138 167 357 6 6 1 .984 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.16
D.Birch 774.7 84 86 177 3 5 2 .973 2.09
B.Melillo 385.7 45 47 92 3 0 1 1.000 2.22
N.Ortiz 224.1 24 27 50 1 1 0 .981 2.05
R.Montero 116.7 12 15 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.77
R.Pena 90.8 9 10 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.28
O.Gaona 36.3 4 5 8 0 1 0 .889 1.98
C.Cron 22.7 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
A.Palladino 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Milani 9.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Reyes 4.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Nowell 4.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lipscomb 3.8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1682.8 184 201 379 9 7 3 .982 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 1.91
J.Ramos 264.0 38 38 22 37 2 1 .967 2.01
M.Mangual 258.7 39 39 14 42 6 4 .903 1.95
J.Fessler 199.0 33 33 11 27 1 3 .974 1.72
L.Hoots 142.7 13 23 12 25 1 2 .974 2.33
K.Saucier 113.3 0 87 7 14 4 1 .840 1.67
J.Clardy 76.3 0 67 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.71
J.Smith 73.3 0 75 4 10 1 1 .933 1.72
L.Bauder 73.3 13 13 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.33
J.Schmatzhagen 68.0 12 12 6 6 1 0 .923 1.59
B.Madison 48.7 0 43 3 10 0 1 1.000 2.40
L.Mattison 37.7 1 43 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.15
H.Shoope 35.3 5 12 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.29
P.Urena 33.0 0 25 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.36
M.Lynch 20.3 0 20 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.33
C.McDonald 17.0 0 21 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.53
L.Sciortino 6.7 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
V.Milani 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 154 558 93 211 16 15 .950 1.86
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Birch .309
On-Base Pct Birch .401
Slugging Pct Birch .483
OPS Birch .884
XR Walker 99.3
Games Walker 155
At-Bats Walker 628
Runs Walker 114
Hits Walker 181
Total Bases Walker 288
Singles Walker 127
Doubles Walker, Melillo 23
Triples Walker 9
Homeruns Walker 22
RBIs Melillo 75
Stolen Bases Walker 95
Caught Stealing Walker 28
Walks Birch 69
Strikeouts Walker 143
ERA Mangual 2.44
Wins Ramos 19
Losses Fessler, Mangual 13
Winning Pct Ramos .704
Saves Clardy 31
Games Pitched Saucier 87
Games Started Mangual 39
Complete Games Ramos 4
Shutouts Ramos 2
Innings Pitched Ramos 264.0
Hits Allowed Ramos 272
Homeruns Allowed Hoots 32
Strikeouts Mangual 202
Walks Allowed Saucier 47
Walks per 9IP Ramos 0.8
Hits per 9IP Mangual 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Mangual 7.0
WHiP Mangual 1.04
OAVG Mangual .241
OOBP Mangual .267
OSLG Mangual .312
OOPS Mangual .579
Team All-Stars
Jerry Clardy
Anthony Walker
Player Salaries
Oswaldo Gaona $ 12,000,000
Davis Birch $ 11,000,000
Michael Mangual $ 10,500,000
Jerry Clardy $ 5,250,000
Kevin Saucier $ 5,000,000
Johan Schmatzhagen $ 3,470,000
Louis Mattison $ 3,100,000
Anthony Walker $ 2,907,143
Jose Ramos $ 2,907,143
Thurman Munson $ 2,100,000
Bill Almon $ 1,200,000
Bailey Madison $ 1,142,857
Carlos Cron $ 950,000
Rich Barbato $ 928,571
Frank Guitierrez $ 828,571
Danny Ainge $ 800,000
Michael Hawkins $ 750,000
Jerome McDunnell $ 675,000
Hilton Watson $ 650,000
Edwin Cifonte $ 627,000
Raz Nugent $ 625,000
Raul Montero $ 620,000
Alvin Harrison $ 600,000
Luis Persaud $ 575,000
Marcelo Anaya $ 350,000
Matt Lynch $ 300,000
James Smith $ 300,000
John Fessler $ 300,000
Howie Shoope $ 300,000
Pedro Urena $ 300,000
Brian Melillo $ 300,000
Vince Milani $ 300,000
Andre Palladino $ 300,000
Andreas Ayes $ 300,000
Paul Loftus $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Kevin Saucier
2/2 Signed     Jerry Clardy
2/3 Traded Michael Sturgeon
Ramon Baque		 Greenville Frank Guitierrez
Francisco Cortez
2/3 Traded Dave Whipple
Guy Dall		 Baltimore John Fessler
Hilton Watson
2/3 Released Scott Peyton    
2/3 Released James Hunter    
2/12 Signed     Bill Almon
2/15 Traded Deris Millon
Leron Lee		 Honolulu Christian Mcdonald
Rich Barbato
Buster Hall
Michael Diamond
2/15 Released Buster Hall    
2/16 Signed     Jeffrey Griffin
2/19 Signed     Jerome Mcdunnell
2/20 Traded Larry Kopecky Honolulu Marcelo Anaya
2/20 Traded Scott Bucher Valencia Brian Melillo
2/21 Signed     Luis Persaud
2/22 Signed     Alvin Harrison
2/23 Signed     Michael Hawkins
2/28 Signed     Raz Nugent
3/1 Signed     Dan Chase
3/2 Signed     Dm Mlber
5/11 Traded Christian Mcdonald Greenville Luke Sciortino
Nathaniel Ortiz
5/11 Traded Ruppert Pena Manhattan Al Olmsted
5/21 Signed     Vince Milani
6/11 Traded Tyler Ryan
Kyle Claiborne
Lewis Bauder		 Louisville Oswaldo Gaona
Thurman Munson
Jack Spratt
Denny Carney
6/11 Released Tony Reyes    
6/21 Traded Darnell Lipscomb
Delmontico Anderson
Luke Sciortino		 Las Vegas Howie Shoope
Edwin Cifonte
7/11 Released Brad Aramathal    
7/11 Released Ronald Harris    
7/11 Released Mitchell Jamison    
7/11 Released Sabino Sanchez    
7/11 Released Pierre Segovia    
7/11 Released Barry Embry    
7/11 Released Rufus Crippen    
7/11 Released Maurice Camacho    
7/11 Released Pedro Guillaume    
7/11 Released Santos Martinez    
7/11 Released Amaury Soto    
7/11 Released Maxwell Weiss    
7/21 Traded Brad Nowell
Manuel Calavera		 Manhattan Louis Mattison
7/31 Traded Nathaniel Ortiz
Al Olmsted		 Omaha Andreas Ayes
Raul Montero
7/31 Traded Alex Vargas California Johan Schmatzhagen
Elio Stengel
7/31 Traded Luis Abdullah Birmingham Paul Loftus
Edward Mcginley
7/31 Traded Lincoln Hoots Vancouver Alfonzo Casella
Sam Morton
7/31 Traded Jeffrey Griffin Chicago Hardy Hoppus
Alfredo Martinez
 
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