1986 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 80-82
Finish: 4th in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 839
Runs Allowed: 883
Exp W-L: 77-85
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,202,740
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 63-75, 8th in the Frick League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the Frick League
A: 73-65, 5th 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
2B  Ed Miller 25 156 584 101 170 41 7 30 107 22 17 77 111 .291 .380 .539 .919 113.5 20.6 6.5
1B *Steve Kemp 30 154 503 83 148 18 2 24 81 4 1 48 53 .294 .355 .481 .836 85.5 14.3 1.8
3B  Karl Samuels 29 139 510 74 134 28 3 31 91 6 3 35 90 .263 .310 .512 .821 80.2 12.3 3.9
SS *Cory Gehringer 24 152 488 83 130 22 2 15 63 13 4 43 110 .266 .331 .412 .743 68.1 9.4 4.4
C #Willie McShane 23 129 458 81 140 32 1 30 92 1 0 43 144 .306 .372 .576 .948 90.1 17.4 5.6
LF *Liam Carr 31 137 458 60 116 19 8 12 64 42 15 19 30 .253 .292 .408 .701 57.1 6.0 1.5
CF #Brian Melillo 31 115 398 54 107 22 4 12 50 0 4 17 73 .269 .302 .435 .736 48.9 5.9 1.9
RF *Jack Spratt 27 116 396 51 114 23 2 11 48 18 5 13 80 .288 .321 .439 .760 53.7 7.4 1.4
1B  Rich Barbato 28 130 347 58 105 16 1 4 34 4 10 43 47 .303 .392 .389 .781 52.2 8.2 1.5
CF *Arthur Michael 34 103 316 44 73 16 2 7 38 9 7 45 73 .231 .334 .361 .695 42.7 4.8 1.2
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 31 131 283 55 82 16 0 9 42 18 6 23 38 .290 .354 .442 .795 45.3 7.1 0.9
C  Thurman Munson 38 110 220 27 74 16 1 7 34 0 2 8 38 .336 .361 .514 .874 37.1 6.9 2.5
SS #George Simms 33 98 144 19 40 8 0 6 22 0 0 23 9 .278 .381 .458 .839 25.4 4.6 1.1
3B  Buzz Myrhh 25 52 135 18 28 9 0 6 17 0 1 2 35 .207 .236 .407 .643 12.8 0.6 1.4
P  Ferdinan Estrada 19 36 70 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 41 .043 .056 .057 .113 -4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Romanick 25 31 66 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 38 .061 .061 .076 .136 -3.5 0.0 0.0
2B #Michael Diamond 22 31 60 8 14 4 1 0 12 4 2 7 6 .233 .313 .333 .647 6.7 0.7 0.7
P  Jerry Neal 30 35 57 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 31 .088 .117 .105 .222 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Chuck Schaller 34 20 33 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 .091 .088 .212 .300 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Howie Shoope 29 49 33 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 14 .061 .088 .152 .240 -0.9 0.0 0.0
LF *Stephen Sax 24 7 22 4 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 .227 .320 .455 .775 3.2 0.4 0.1
P *Ray Fontenot 28 9 18 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .111 .105 .167 .272 0.1 0.0 0.0
C  Edwin Cifonte 29 8 16 3 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 3 5 .188 .316 .375 .691 2.5 0.2 0.4
P  Brian Kingman 31 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 28 79 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .091 .154 .091 .245 0.3 0.0 0.0
2B #Patrivit Prabhakar 21 6 11 4 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 .273 .273 .545 .818 1.7 0.3 0.3
P  Tom Shelton 34 36 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Kit Freeman 23 43 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 23 78 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 26 75 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Pedro Urena 31 70 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Efren Sachs 33 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bailey Madison 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.2 2390 5677 839 1508 300 37 206 816 144 78 459 1120 .266 .326 .440 .766 815.3 127.0 36.9
  Rank among 12 FL teams 5 7 7 8 9 4 6 8 8 11 5 8 10 5 8 8  
* - 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
 Ferdinan Estrada 19 11 10 .524 36 36 0 213.0 162 101 38 88 271 4.27 13.0
 Ron Romanick 25 10 11 .476 31 31 0 192.0 245 95 17 52 57 4.45 9.9
 Jerry Neal 30 10 11 .476 35 35 0 188.0 192 99 19 80 133 4.74 8.9
*Kevin Saucier 28 7 6 .538 79 6 0 137.3 121 59 8 68 126 3.87 10.8
 Howie Shoope 29 6 6 .500 49 17 0 123.7 133 75 19 63 80 5.46 4.5
*Chuck Schaller 34 4 7 .364 20 19 0 101.7 123 66 22 34 97 5.84 2.1
 Alfonzo Casella 26 2 3 .400 75 0 3 85.3 97 50 9 59 42 5.27 3.3
*Allan Atkins 23 9 9 .500 74 0 38 85.0 70 35 3 36 108 3.71 15.6
*Pedro Urena 31 3 3 .500 70 0 1 80.3 92 60 18 41 50 6.72 0.7
 Brian Kingman 31 3 4 .429 26 8 0 62.7 87 51 9 46 42 7.33 0.0
*Ray Fontenot 28 4 5 .444 9 4 0 56.0 60 23 3 5 27 3.70 4.3
 Kit Freeman 23 4 0 1.000 43 0 2 50.7 70 35 10 12 17 6.22 1.2
 Tom Shelton 34 4 4 .500 36 0 0 46.7 56 44 15 28 46 8.49 0.0
*Efren Sachs 33 2 1 .667 14 0 0 18.7 16 8 1 9 12 3.86 1.8
 Bailey Madison 31 1 2 .333 15 0 0 14.3 18 14 3 8 14 8.79 0.0
 Porter Capps 24 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 28.1 80 82 .494 613 156 44 1457.3 1545 816 195 630 1124 5.04 76.1
Rank among 12 FL teams 6 6 5 6 6 9 7 8 11 6 7  
* - 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 29.8
W.McShane 1005.0 111 123 746 62 5 1 .994 29.2
T.Munson 403.3 46 52 346 29 5 2 .987 37.7
E.Cifonte 49.0 5 8 58 3 1 0 .984 25.0
Team Total 1457.3 162 183 1150 94 11 3 .991 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.00
S.Kemp 933.3 103 117 952 85 11 86 .990 10.00
R.Barbato 483.3 54 60 492 43 4 50 .993 9.96
B.Myrhh 40.7 5 7 50 4 1 7 .982 11.95
Team Total 1457.3 162 184 1494 132 16 143 .990 10.04
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.02
E.Miller 543.7 61 63 115 199 3 38 .991 5.20
C.Gehringer 469.0 48 66 95 179 7 35 .975 5.26
B.Myrhh 209.0 26 28 42 75 2 16 .983 5.04
M.Diamond 71.2 9 12 19 25 0 6 1.000 5.56
G.Simms 68.7 7 17 21 21 1 8 .977 5.51
P.Prabhakar 31.0 4 4 8 18 0 6 1.000 7.55
Team Total 1392.5 155 190 300 517 13 109 .984 5.28
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 2.64
K.Samuels 1125.7 128 136 78 261 9 15 .974 2.71
R.Barbato 220.0 24 30 17 50 3 3 .957 2.74
C.Gehringer 62.7 6 10 6 13 2 2 .905 2.73
B.Myrhh 26.0 3 6 3 7 0 0 1.000 3.46
M.Diamond 10.4 1 3 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.33
A.Atkins 6.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Spratt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Miller 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.7 162 188 105 337 14 20 .969 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.36
E.Miller 801.0 89 90 122 285 14 61 .967 4.57
C.Gehringer 474.0 55 59 88 148 8 28 .967 4.48
G.Simms 144.0 16 21 22 55 2 11 .975 4.81
M.Diamond 63.2 8 9 6 18 2 3 .923 3.42
B.Myrhh 28.3 2 5 5 13 0 1 1.000 5.72
A.Michael 5.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40
P.Prabhakar 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Carr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1518.5 170 187 245 520 26 105 .967 4.53
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.92
J.Spratt 513.3 60 61 100 2 4 0 .962 1.79
A.Michael 446.0 53 57 94 1 2 0 .979 1.92
D.Lipscomb 243.7 22 43 40 2 1 1 .977 1.55
S.Kemp 196.3 21 25 34 2 2 0 .947 1.65
S.Sax 44.0 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
L.Carr 12.0 1 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75
M.Diamond 4.7 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91
Team Total 1460.0 163 197 280 7 9 1 .970 1.77
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.52
B.Melillo 722.3 85 87 192 4 3 0 .985 2.44
J.Spratt 266.0 30 36 67 6 0 4 1.000 2.47
D.Lipscomb 234.0 22 38 57 5 3 1 .954 2.38
A.Michael 234.0 25 29 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
L.Carr 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 162 191 377 15 6 5 .985 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.00
L.Carr 1102.7 126 127 224 3 12 2 .950 1.85
B.Melillo 220.0 24 26 46 2 3 1 .941 1.96
D.Lipscomb 78.0 7 13 18 0 1 0 .947 2.08
J.Spratt 45.7 4 10 8 0 1 0 .889 1.58
S.Sax 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
C.Gehringer 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1457.3 162 178 298 5 17 3 .947 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.86
F.Estrada 213.0 36 36 10 19 0 3 1.000 1.23
R.Romanick 192.0 31 31 22 29 2 1 .962 2.39
J.Neal 188.0 35 35 9 34 0 5 1.000 2.06
K.Saucier 137.3 6 79 13 28 2 1 .953 2.69
H.Shoope 123.7 17 49 3 18 1 2 .955 1.53
C.Schaller 101.7 19 20 7 15 1 1 .957 1.95
A.Casella 85.3 0 75 9 12 3 1 .875 2.21
A.Atkins 85.0 0 74 1 12 1 2 .929 1.38
P.Urena 80.3 0 70 3 12 0 2 1.000 1.68
B.Kingman 62.7 8 26 5 8 1 0 .929 1.87
R.Fontenot 56.0 4 9 6 11 1 1 .944 2.73
K.Freeman 50.7 0 43 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.49
T.Shelton 46.7 0 36 2 5 1 1 .875 1.35
E.Sachs 18.7 0 14 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.89
B.Madison 14.3 0 15 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.88
P.Capps 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1457.3 156 613 98 218 13 21 .960 1.95
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McShane .306
On-Base Pct Miller .380
Slugging Pct McShane .576
OPS McShane .948
XR Miller 113.5
Games Miller 156
At-Bats Miller