1985 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 69-93
Finish: 4th in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 717
Runs Allowed: 807
Exp W-L: 72-90
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,808,865
Manager: Ted Williams

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-70, 7th in the Frick League
AA: 62-76, 7th in the Frick League
A: 68-70, 6th 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
SS #Anthony Walker 28 158 620 119 179 35 10 13 76 91 23 57 110 .289 .356 .440 .796 103.5 20.5 5.2
CF  Anthony Shippee 34 154 547 72 153 36 3 4 65 33 14 89 16 .280 .383 .378 .761 83.1 15.2 1.9
LF *Liam Carr 30 154 565 71 159 24 8 9 72 37 23 33 22 .281 .324 .400 .724 68.6 9.8 1.4
C  Thurman Munson 37 147 538 63 155 32 2 13 85 1 1 20 103 .288 .313 .428 .740 65.7 10.6 4.6
1B *Steve Kemp 29 145 410 57 114 13 2 21 70 5 3 41 37 .278 .341 .473 .815 66.0 11.9 1.4
3B  Gregorio Cazares 35 133 357 44 96 12 1 1 42 3 0 45 20 .269 .364 .317 .680 46.3 7.2 2.2
1B  Rich Barbato 27 145 333 46 102 18 1 1 29 4 5 39 42 .306 .388 .375 .763 51.4 9.6 1.7
RF *Jack Spratt 26 116 357 43 103 10 5 5 47 16 6 12 55 .289 .312 .387 .699 42.0 6.0 0.9
CF #Brian Melillo 30 129 313 37 90 12 3 11 45 2 3 21 48 .288 .339 .450 .790 46.5 8.7 0.6
2B #Michael Diamond 21 107 294 40 65 19 0 1 35 17 9 30 44 .221 .298 .296 .594 27.1 1.9 2.8
SS  Bill Almon 31 66 201 17 44 7 0 2 16 4 4 7 31 .219 .242 .284 .525 11.4 0.0 1.4
C  Edwin Cifonte 28 70 147 17 33 5 0 4 13 0 0 6 36 .224 .263 .340 .603 11.8 0.4 1.2
LF *Davis Birch 29 35 123 15 25 4 0 4 12 1 0 23 29 .203 .327 .333 .660 14.8 1.8 0.3
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 30 97 124 24 32 6 3 2 20 9 1 11 13 .258 .319 .403 .722 16.9 2.3 0.2
3B *Chris Manush 27 72 127 19 31 3 1 4 16 6 2 12 46 .244 .309 .378 .687 15.6 2.2 0.9
3B  Karl Samuels 28 29 106 7 26 6 0 5 13 0 0 5 20 .245 .277 .443 .720 12.6 1.7 0.5
P  Jose Ramos 29 36 72 1 3 2 1 0 6 1 0 2 41 .042 .066 .097 .163 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Mangual 35 35 65 5 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .185 .209 .200 .409 2.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Buzz Myrhh 24 21 54 3 8 4 0 0 1 1 0 4 18 .148 .207 .222 .429 0.7 0.0 0.5
2B  Danny Ainge 25 24 52 5 10 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 10 .192 .236 .288 .525 3.5 0.1 0.3
P  Lorenzo Diaz 36 18 37 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17 .081 .103 .081 .184 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Urena 30 40 29 5 3 2 0 0 5 0 0 4 15 .103 .212 .172 .385 1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Romanick 24 14 30 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .067 .067 .067 .133 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Shoope 28 65 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 .080 .179 .080 .259 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Neal 29 11 18 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .111 .158 .222 .380 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 25 10 16 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .125 .125 .188 .313 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 22 77 8 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 4 .125 .222 .500 .722 1.1 0.1 0.0
P  Ferdinan Estrada 18 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 27 72 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Bailey Madison 30 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jerry Clardy 32 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.5 2262 5580 717 1455 256 40 102 686 232 94 473 842 .261 .322 .376 .698 686.1 109.9 28.0
  Rank among 12 FL teams 10 8 8 11 7 12 9 2 11 4 2 9 5 11 11 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 29 13 9 .591 36 36 0 247.3 242 91 12 30 166 3.31 16.7
 Michael Mangual 35 11 14 .440 35 35 0 220.0 234 88 10 30 154 3.60 14.6
 Howie Shoope 28 5 8 .385 65 15 0 135.3 155 96 19 43 84 6.38 0.0
*Pedro Urena 30 6 9 .400 40 19 0 120.7 153 91 16 54 65 6.79 0.0
 Lorenzo Diaz 36 4 7 .364 18 11 0 113.3 119 55 10 14 78 4.37 4.3
*Allan Atkins 22 6 9 .400 77 2 10 108.0 91 44 3 45 95 3.67 10.4
*Kevin Saucier 27 4 7 .364 72 0 4 97.3 87 32 2 48 83 2.96 8.4
 Ron Romanick 24 3 5 .375 14 14 0 85.7 103 42 5 18 20 4.41 3.1
 Louis Mattison 35 7 5 .583 63 0 4 68.7 81 37 5 34 46 4.85 3.9
 Bailey Madison 30 3 4 .429 46 0 1 60.3 79 41 10 18 34 6.12 0.3
 Jerry Neal 29 1 6 .143 11 11 0 54.7 57 36 4 24 38 5.93 0.0
 Alfonzo Casella 25 0 6 .000 10 9 0 50.7 56 32 6 24 21 5.68 0.0
*Jerry Clardy 32 4 3 .571 33 0 18 34.0 40 12 3 6 37 3.18 5.7
 Brian Kingman 30 1 1 .500 29 0 0 31.0 42 24 10 8 17 6.97 0.0
 Ferdinan Estrada 18 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 14.7 10 8 1 7 17 4.91 0.7
 Kit Freeman 22 0 0 .000 4 0 1 3.3 1 0 0 2 3 0.00 1.0
Team Totals 28.3 69 93 .426 556 155 38 1444.9 1550 729 116 405 958 4.54 69.1
Rank among 12 FL teams 8 8 10 8 8 9 3 10 3 9 10  
* - 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 .986 26.0
T.Munson 1169.3 131 140 792 67 10 1 .988 22.5
E.Cifonte 275.7 31 34 203 20 5 1 .978 33.3
Team Total 1445.0 162 174 995 87 15 2 .986 24.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.38
S.Kemp 817.0 90 104 887 51 8 77 .992 10.33
R.Barbato 592.0 70 71 611 61 6 40 .991 10.22
G.Cazares 23.0 2 4 27 1 0 0 1.000 10.96
C.Manush 4.9 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 9.18
A.Shippee 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
J.Spratt 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1441.9 162 185 1536 114 14 117 .992 10.30
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.03
M.Diamond 801.3 96 103 148 317 6 49 .987 5.22
B.Almon 382.1 38 45 87 120 4 26 .981 4.88
C.Manush 69.5 8 20 15 24 0 6 1.000 5.05
D.Ainge 46.3 3 13 11 17 1 2 .966 5.44
R.Barbato 29.0 3 3 4 8 0 0 1.000 3.72
B.Myrhh 13.0 1 4 3 5 0 0 1.000 5.54
D.Lipscomb 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 6.00
A.Walker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1345.3 149 190 270 491 11 84 .986 5.09
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.64
G.Cazares 787.0 91 102 54 167 6 13 .974 2.53
C.Manush 249.9 39 42 15 53 3 4 .958 2.45
K.Samuels 231.4 27 29 17 39 3 3 .949 2.18
R.Barbato 132.0 10 37 11 40 4 3 .927 3.48
B.Myrhh 86.0 11 11 4 19 1 0 .958 2.41
D.Ainge 8.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.38
E.Cifonte 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Spratt 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
D.Lipscomb 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Melillo 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Diamond 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Almon 1.6 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 11.25
Team Total 1510.9 179 231 103 321 18 23 .959 2.53
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.38
A.Walker 1295.0 145 154 162 441 22 76 .965 4.19
B.Almon 77.5 7 10 10 25 2 2 .946 4.06
D.Ainge 47.0 6 6 5 4 0 1 1.000 1.72
B.Myrhh 28.0 3 4 4 12 0 1 1.000 5.14
M.Diamond 2.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
C.Manush 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 161 177 181 484 24 81 .965 4.13
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.07
L.Carr 1248.0 145 149 308 4 6 1 .981 2.25
D.Birch 217.9 21 22 48 1 1 1 .980 2.02
D.Lipscomb 119.3 12 18 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.49
J.Spratt 34.0 4 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
S.Kemp 33.7 1 12 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.53
A.Shippee 5.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40
M.Diamond 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1658.9 183 210 401 6 7 2 .983 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.65
A.Shippee 1275.0 143 145 376 7 0 4 1.000 2.70
B.Melillo 94.0 11 13 22 0 1 0 .957 2.11
J.Spratt 42.0 5 6 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
D.Ainge 18.0 2 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
D.Lipscomb 16.0 1 6 5 0 1 0 .833 2.81
Team Total 1445.0 162 172 420 7 2 4 .995 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.18
J.Spratt 634.0 78 79 170 8 7 1 .962 2.53
B.Melillo 479.3 51 73 106 4 2 2 .982 2.07
D.Birch 83.4 7 10 23 0 1 0 .958 2.48
D.Lipscomb 24.0 1 12 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
L.Carr 11.3 0 6 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
C.Manush 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1233.1 137 181 308 12 10 3 .970 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 1.99
J.Ramos 247.3 36 36 18 41 3 4 .952 2.15
M.Mangual 220.0 35 35 10 40 3 6 .943 2.05
H.Shoope 135.3 15 65 9 15 0 3 1.000 1.60
P.Urena 120.7 19 40 4 22 1 1 .963 1.94
L.Diaz 113.3 11 18 8 17 2 0 .926 1.99
A.Atkins 108.0 2 77 3 8 0 0 1.000 0.92
K.Saucier 97.3 0 72 7 14 4 0 .840 1.94
R.Romanick 85.7 14 14 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.68
L.Mattison 68.7 0 63 4 10 2 1 .875 1.84
B.Madison 60.3 0 46 8 7 0 0 1.000 2.24
J.Neal 54.7 11 11 4 9 0 1 1.000 2.14
A.Casella 50.7 9 10 6 6 1 1 .923 2.13
J.Clardy 34.0 0 33 1 5 0 2 1.000 1.59
B.Kingman 31.0 0 29 3 6 0 0 1.000 2.61
F.Estrada 14.7 3 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.23
K.Freeman 3.3 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1444.9 155 556 90 213 16 19 .950 1.89
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Walker .289
On-Base Pct Shippee .383
Slugging Pct Walker .440
OPS Walker .796
XR Walker 103.5
Games Walker 158
At-Bats Walker 620
Runs Walker 119
Hits Walker 179
Total Bases Walker 273
Singles Walker 121
Doubles Shippee 36
Triples Walker 10
Homeruns Kemp 21
RBIs Munson 85
Stolen Bases Walker 91
Caught Stealing Carr, Walker 23
Walks Shippee 89
Strikeouts Walker 110
ERA Ramos 3.31
Wins Ramos 13
Losses Mangual 14
Winning Pct Ramos .591
Saves Clardy 18
Games Pitched Atkins 77
Games Started Ramos 36
Complete Games Ramos 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Ramos 247.3
Hits Allowed Ramos 242
Homeruns Allowed Shoope 19
Strikeouts Ramos 166
Walks Allowed Urena 54
Walks per 9IP Ramos 1.1
Hits per 9IP Ramos 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Mangual 6.3
WHiP Ramos 1.10
OAVG Ramos .253
OOBP Ramos .280
OSLG Ramos .358
OOPS Ramos .638
Team All-Stars
Anthony Walker
Player Salaries
Steve Kemp $ 13,500,000
Karl Samuels $ 6,000,000
Kevin Saucier $ 5,000,000
Louis Mattison $ 4,500,000
Jose Ramos $ 4,500,000
Anthony Shippee $ 4,000,000
Anthony Walker $ 3,135,714
Gregorio Cazares $ 3,000,000
Liam Carr $ 2,550,000
Jerry Neal $ 2,500,000
Thurman Munson $ 2,100,000
Brian Kingman $ 2,000,000
Brian Melillo $ 1,278,571
Rich Barbato $ 1,208,571
Bailey Madison $ 1,142,857
Darnell Lipscomb $ 960,000
Danny Ainge $ 800,000
Michael Hawkins $ 750,000
Edwin Cifonte $ 627,000
Buzz Myrhh $ 300,000
Ron Romanick $ 300,000
Kit Freeman $ 300,000
Ferdinan Estrada $ 300,000
Michael Diamond $ 300,000
Howie Shoope $ 300,000
Alfonzo Casella $ 300,000
Jack Spratt $ 300,000
Pedro Urena $ 300,000
Allan Atkins $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Andreas Ayes Phoenix Chris Manush
Ron Romanick
3/8 Signed     Karl Burt
3/8 Signed     Brian Venuti
3/8 Signed     Gerald Robinson
4/11 Released Hilton Watson    
5/11 Traded Davis Birch Valencia Geoff Aldridge
Bryon Davis
7/11 Traded Raul Montero
$380,000
Birmingham Kit Freeman
7/11 Traded Lorenzo Diaz
Jerry Clardy
Bill Almon
Las Vegas Karl Samuels
Jessie Knickerbocker
Len Randle
8/1 Released Chris Manush    
8/1 Signed     Jerry Neal
8/1 Signed     Terry Santana
8/1 Signed     Buzz Myrhh
9/1 Released Bob Sherman    
9/28 Released Michael Mangual    
9/28 Signed     Frank Reilly