1984 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 78-84
Finish: 4th in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 733
Runs Allowed: 686
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,567,451
Manager: Ted Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 62-76, 10th in the Frick League
AA: 65-73, 8th in the Frick League
A: 70-68, 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
SS #Anthony Walker 27 151 579 105 164 22 11 11 51 97 19 49 117 .283 .349 .416 .765 93.0 15.4 6.4
3B  Gregorio Cazares 34 140 526 72 153 21 1 4 55 6 0 61 52 .291 .369 .357 .726 70.5 10.4 3.6
2B *Andreas Ayes 27 153 522 52 136 15 3 9 68 8 5 44 14 .261 .317 .352 .670 60.2 6.3 7.6
C  Thurman Munson 36 141 507 64 159 25 2 11 68 1 1 28 87 .314 .347 .436 .783 73.2 11.7 6.1
RF *Davis Birch 28 136 471 76 121 17 1 27 89 0 0 57 83 .257 .338 .469 .807 78.0 12.0 2.6
CF #Brian Melillo 29 134 428 51 109 16 4 13 62 1 5 21 59 .255 .298 .402 .699 46.2 4.3 2.7
1B  Rich Barbato 26 126 306 47 95 14 3 3 46 6 4 41 31 .310 .403 .405 .808 49.4 8.5 0.7
LF *Oswaldo Gaona 34 78 279 42 79 12 4 12 50 7 3 35 14 .283 .363 .484 .847 47.4 7.5 1.8
1B *Steve Kemp 28 74 208 28 57 11 0 8 36 1 0 22 19 .274 .345 .442 .787 30.9 4.6 0.6
CF *Santana Trail 31 70 201 28 46 16 2 5 24 14 8 12 55 .229 .279 .403 .682 20.7 1.1 1.3
CF  Anthony Shippee 33 51 195 30 59 9 2 3 22 11 3 19 5 .303 .364 .415 .780 29.1 4.7 0.6
LF *Liam Carr 29 51 186 31 46 11 3 3 24 17 4 10 13 .247 .285 .387 .672 22.3 2.5 1.0
C  Edwin Cifonte 27 78 162 16 35 6 0 6 26 0 0 14 39 .216 .287 .364 .651 17.8 1.7 1.2
SS  Paul Loftus 30 49 129 14 37 7 0 1 8 0 0 7 28 .287 .321 .364 .686 13.4 1.4 0.4
3B  Hilton Watson 35 54 116 11 30 4 0 1 11 3 0 7 45 .259 .312 .319 .631 12.0 1.3 1.3
RF *Jack Spratt 25 58 99 13 26 6 0 1 10 5 1 2 14 .263 .284 .354 .638 9.4 0.8 0.2
RF  Raul Montero 29 46 91 6 27 4 1 0 4 3 2 7 3 .297 .360 .363 .723 10.7 1.5 0.4
LF  Jose Primo 30 24 83 10 21 5 1 2 10 1 0 12 23 .253 .361 .410 .770 12.4 1.9 0.5
SS  Bill Almon 30 31 89 11 25 2 0 3 9 1 0 4 13 .281 .319 .404 .724 11.8 1.6 1.0
P  Michael Mangual 34 36 74 2 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 27 .122 .122 .149 .270 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jose Ramos 28 33 62 3 5 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 .081 .081 .129 .210 -1.8 0.0 0.0
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 29 55 62 15 16 6 0 2 11 4 3 7 6 .258 .338 .452 .790 9.5 1.4 0.5
P  Lorenzo Diaz 35 28 53 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 21 .075 .123 .113 .236 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Shoope 27 26 52 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 .000 .000 .000 .000 -4.6 0.0 0.0
P #John Fessler 29 14 23 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 .130 .130 .217 .348 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Kingman 29 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Urena 29 6 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .250 .200 .450 0.2 0.0 0.0
CF  Carlos Cron 31 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .182 .000 .182 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Roland Goodwyn 32 3 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  John Fulgham 27 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 26 80 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Johan Schmatzhagen 41 35 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 21 81 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Louis Mattison 34 89 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Lynch 27 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Sherman 24 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Bailey Madison 29 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Clardy 31 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2254 5575 734 1464 239 38 125 698 186 58 467 855 .263 .323 .386 .710 705.7 100.5 40.6
  Rank among 12 FL teams 8 5 6 12 9 6 7 5 4 4 2 5 3 10 7 5  
* - 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 34 12 13 .480 36 36 0 239.3 227 83 10 33 175 3.12 17.9
 Jose Ramos 28 11 11 .500 33 33 0 212.3 191 74 15 22 148 3.14 15.0
 Lorenzo Diaz 35 8 10 .444 28 28 0 171.3 196 81 12 24 116 4.25 7.3
 Howie Shoope 27 12 8 .600 26 26 0 156.0 145 57 12 46 82 3.29 11.3
*Kevin Saucier 26 6 6 .500 80 0 2 120.7 107 48 9 61 94 3.58 9.8
*Allan Atkins 21 7 5 .583 80 0 0 101.0 78 33 2 39 92 2.94 10.0
 Louis Mattison 34 5 5 .500 89 0 7 94.3 89 43 6 44 65 4.10 8.1
 John Fessler 29 6 3 .667 14 14 0 79.7 91 41 9 13 62 4.63 3.6
 Johan Schmatzhagen 41 1 2 .333 35 4 1 57.3 57 31 6 35 35 4.87 1.6
 Brian Kingman 29 2 6 .250 17 10 2 57.3 69 30 4 24 39 4.71 0.6
*Pedro Urena 29 3 3 .500 6 6 0 36.3 35 13 2 8 18 3.22 2.7
*Jerry Clardy 31 1 4 .200 30 0 18 34.3 41 15 2 15 19 3.93 3.5
 John Fulgham 27 1 3 .250 17 2 0 33.3 33 23 4 15 27 6.21 0.0
 Matt Lynch 27 1 3 .250 26 0 0 27.0 32 14 1 18 15 4.67 0.7
 Bailey Madison 29 0 0 .000 17 0 2 18.3 22 12 4 5 12 5.89 0.2
*Roland Goodwyn 32 1 2 .333 3 3 0 17.3 18 13 4 7 10 6.75 0.0
 Bob Sherman 24 1 1 .500 6 0 0 6.0 8 3 0 3 3 4.50 0.4
*James Smith 33 1 1 .500 5 0 0 4.3 12 13 4 4 3 27.02 0.0
Team Totals 29.8 79 86 .479 548 162 32 1466.3 1451 627 106 416 1015 3.85 92.9
Rank among 12 FL teams 8 8 11 8 2 6 1 3 5 4 3  
* - 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 27.8
T.Munson 1145.7 127 134 835 81 12 1 .987 31.7
E.Cifonte 303.0 35 38 198 14 5 0 .977 21.4
Team Total 1448.7 162 172 1033 95 17 1 .985 29.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.24
R.Barbato 552.0 66 71 553 41 6 52 .990 9.68
A.Shippee 319.7 34 36 342 29 2 29 .995 10.44
S.Kemp 293.8 31 34 312 24 2 27 .994 10.29
P.Loftus 268.0 28 35 311 22 4 32 .988 11.18
J.Spratt 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
E.Cifonte 1.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00
D.Lipscomb 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1438.8 159 178 1527 116 14 140 .992 10.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 5.02
A.Ayes 1209.0 136 143 253 498 18 105 .977 5.59
B.Almon 139.7 16 20 30 46 1 9 .987 4.90
A.Walker 92.0 10 11 18 35 0 7 1.000 5.18
H.Watson 8.0 0 2 4 4 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 176 305 583 19 121 .979 5.52
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.61
G.Cazares 1174.7 134 136 86 248 14 16 .960 2.56
R.Barbato 120.7 12 19 8 24 2 0 .941 2.39
H.Watson 69.3 7 14 4 21 2 6 .926 3.25
A.Ayes 46.0 5 5 3 14 1 4 .944 3.33
P.Loftus 38.0 4 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 3.32
Team Total 1448.7 162 179 105 317 19 26 .957 2.62
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.39
A.Walker 1149.0 130 137 173 419 14 85 .977 4.64
H.Watson 166.7 17 27 30 59 4 10 .957 4.81
B.Almon 78.0 9 11 8 23 2 7 .939 3.58
R.Montero 41.0 5 6 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.98
A.Ayes 11.0 1 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.45
S.Trail 1.9 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.6 162 184 217 507 20 103 .973 4.50
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.03
O.Gaona 629.5 70 71 152 5 2 2 .987 2.24
L.Carr 131.4 16 18 33 1 1 0 .971 2.33
S.Kemp 100.2 10 16 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Primo 98.4 11 12 23 0 1 0 .958 2.10
J.Spratt 86.0 9 13 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
S.Trail 42.8 5 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.05
R.Montero 40.0 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
D.Birch 13.7 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.66
A.Shippee 8.4 0 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
C.Cron 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lipscomb 6.6 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.36
Team Total 1165.0 127 152 258 7 4 2 .985 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.70
B.Melillo 749.7 81 93 209 4 2 0 .991 2.56
S.Trail 386.6 45 46 107 3 2 1 .982 2.56
D.Lipscomb 101.7 21 25 33 1 1 0 .971 3.01
A.Shippee 83.6 8 10 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.69
J.Spratt 29.0 3 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55
R.Montero 13.0 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15
C.Cron 7.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
E.Cifonte 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1372.6 159 188 386 8 5 1 .987 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.16
D.Birch 1068.0 122 124 237 8 7 1 .972 2.06
L.Carr 282.0 33 34 64 1 4 1 .942 2.07
B.Melillo 184.0 20 22 31 0 1 0 .969 1.52
J.Primo 97.3 11 12 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.31
R.Montero 63.0 7 7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
J.Spratt 39.0 5 6 5 0 2 0 .714 1.15
S.Kemp 30.9 3 3 11 1 1 0 .923 3.50
S.Trail 17.5 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.54
O.Gaona 16.7 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16
D.Lipscomb 11.6 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
R.Barbato 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1814.0 206 219 399 11 15 2 .965 2.03
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.96
M.Mangual 239.3 36 36 25 56 2 6 .976 3.05
J.Ramos 212.3 33 33 13 38 3 3 .944 2.16
L.Diaz 171.3 28 28 11 15 2 0 .929 1.37
H.Shoope 156.0 26 26 10 18 1 2 .966 1.62
K.Saucier 120.7 0 80 9 21 1 3 .968 2.24
A.Atkins 101.0 0 80 3 15 0 3 1.000 1.60
L.Mattison 94.3 0 89 11 12 0 1 1.000 2.19
J.Fessler 79.7 14 14 5 10 2 0 .882 1.69
J.Schmatzhagen 57.3 4 35 3 13 0 3 1.000 2.51
B.Kingman 57.3 10 17 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.73
P.Urena 36.3 6 6 0 10 0 1 1.000 2.48
J.Clardy 34.3 0 30 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.57
J.Fulgham 33.3 2 17 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.35
M.Lynch 27.0 0 26 1 2 0 1 1.000 1.00
B.Madison 18.3 0 17 3 2 0 1 1.000 2.45
R.Goodwyn 17.3 3 3 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.12
B.Sherman 6.0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Smith 4.3 0 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.24
Team Total 1466.3 162 548 103 235 11 26 .968 2.07
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Munson .314
On-Base Pct Cazares .369
Slugging Pct Birch .469
OPS Birch .807
XR Walker 93.0
Games Ayes 153
At-Bats Walker 579
Runs Walker 105
Hits Walker 164
Total Bases Walker 241
Singles Cazares 127
Doubles Munson 25
Triples Walker 11
Homeruns Birch 27
RBIs Birch 89
Stolen Bases Walker 97
Caught Stealing Walker 19
Walks Cazares 61
Strikeouts Walker 117
ERA Mangual 3.12
Wins Shoope, Mangual 12
Losses Mangual 13
Winning Pct Shoope .600
Saves Clardy 18
Games Pitched Mattison 89
Games Started Mangual 36
Complete Games Diaz, Ramos, Shoope 1
Shutouts Shoope 1
Innings Pitched Mangual 239.3
Hits Allowed Mangual 227
Homeruns Allowed Ramos 15
Strikeouts Mangual 175
Walks Allowed Saucier 61
Walks per 9IP Ramos 0.9
Hits per 9IP Ramos 8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Mangual 6.6
WHiP Ramos 1.00
OAVG Ramos .235
OOBP Ramos .257
OSLG Mangual .341
OOPS Mangual .619
Team All-Stars
Thurman Munson
Player Salaries
Steve Kemp $ 13,500,000
Davis Birch $ 11,000,000
Michael Mangual $ 10,500,000
Jerry Clardy $ 5,250,000
Kevin Saucier $ 5,000,000
Jose Ramos $ 4,500,000
Anthony Shippee $ 4,000,000
Anthony Walker $ 3,135,714
Louis Mattison $ 3,100,000
Gregorio Cazares $ 3,000,000
Lorenzo Diaz $ 2,800,000
Liam Carr $ 2,550,000
Thurman Munson $ 2,100,000
Brian Kingman $ 2,000,000
Brian Melillo $ 1,278,571
Bill Almon $ 1,200,000
Bailey Madison $ 1,142,857
Darnell Lipscomb $ 960,000
Rich Barbato $ 928,571
Danny Ainge $ 800,000
Johan Schmatzhagen $ 775,000
Michael Hawkins $ 750,000
Hilton Watson $ 650,000
Edwin Cifonte $ 627,000
Raul Montero $ 620,000
Luis Persaud $ 575,000
Marcelo Anaya $ 350,000
Andreas Ayes $ 300,000
Allan Atkins $ 300,000
Matt Lynch $ 300,000
Bob Sherman $ 300,000
Howie Shoope $ 300,000
James Smith $ 300,000
Jack Spratt $ 300,000
Pedro Urena $ 300,000
Paul Loftus $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Released Timothy Edens    
2/2 Signed     John Fulgham
2/2 Signed     Gregorio Cazares
2/3 Signed     Brian Kingman
3/2 Released Andre Palladino    
3/2 Traded Fuamato Jones Chicago Santana Trail
4/2 Waived Jose Ortiz Louisville  
5/1 Traded Sam Morton
Anibal Lucero
Washington Lorenzo Diaz
Freddy Angell
6/1 Traded Carlos Cron
Roland Goodwyn
Chicago Virgil Carrawell
6/11 Signed     Carlos Pastrana
7/1 Traded John Fessler
Oswaldo Gaona
Santana Trail
John Fulgham
Las Vegas Steve Kemp
Jose Primo
Darnell Lipscomb
Bob Sherman
7/31 Traded Jose Primo Washington Anthony Shippee
Liam Carr
Sam Morton