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1987 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 88-74
Finish: 4th in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 803
Runs Allowed: 771
Exp W-L: 84-78
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,483,736
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 55-83, 11th in the Frick League
AA: 79-59, 2nd in the Frick League
A: 77-61, 3rd in the Frick League
 
 
 
 
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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
RF  Emile Santos 32 156 573 112 167 58 11 27 101 11 6 67 38 .291 .372 .572 .944 111.7 19.0 3.2
2B  Ed Miller 26 155 595 92 166 47 8 28 121 25 12 47 117 .279 .334 .526 .860 97.8 14.4 7.7
LF *Stephen Sax 25 156 554 82 132 25 5 28 85 1 2 83 126 .238 .340 .453 .793 89.0 11.7 3.5
1B *Steve Perreault 31 151 592 84 169 34 2 19 62 9 5 44 51 .285 .337 .446 .783 87.0 12.1 3.0
3B  Karl Samuels 30 151 556 82 163 40 4 25 106 11 8 46 74 .293 .350 .514 .865 92.4 13.8 4.2
SS  Pietro Guzman 23 154 544 72 157 26 4 5 39 39 15 37 126 .289 .343 .379 .722 71.6 8.6 4.5
C #Willie McShane 24 147 489 69 116 14 1 29 72 3 2 58 168 .237 .325 .448 .773 71.8 8.4 6.7
CF #Brandon Slughausen 31 145 442 61 115 17 1 28 75 0 0 30 153 .260 .315 .493 .808 68.6 9.4 3.8
2B  Avery Medwick 29 94 220 23 41 7 0 7 24 4 2 16 75 .186 .246 .314 .559 18.1 0.0 1.5
CF *George Kobayashi 32 54 196 33 48 9 1 10 24 4 5 22 58 .245 .330 .454 .784 28.4 3.3 1.3
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 32 123 171 23 51 11 2 3 19 7 5 12 22 .298 .366 .439 .805 26.4 3.6 0.5
C  Thurman Munson 39 97 178 23 46 6 0 7 24 1 0 11 35 .258 .302 .410 .712 21.6 2.2 1.6
SS  Jeffrey Griffin 33 87 106 17 32 5 0 1 18 3 2 3 20 .302 .333 .377 .711 12.5 1.4 0.5
P *Ray Fontenot 29 35 74 5 6 1 0 1 9 0 0 0 30 .081 .080 .135 .215 -2.0 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Neal 31 35 60 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 31 .083 .179 .117 .296 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Tex Avery 32 32 64 0 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 38 .063 .077 .078 .155 -3.5 0.0 0.0
P  Luther Zick 30 28 50 4 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 6 28 .080 .179 .140 .319 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Ferdinan Estrada 20 18 34 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .118 .143 .147 .290 -0.2 0.0 0.0
CF #Brian Melillo 32 40 32 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .250 .273 .250 .523 2.2 0.0 0.2
P *Darius Campbell 33 10 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Hardy Hoppus 26 12 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 .333 .400 .333 .733 1.7 0.3 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 27 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Romanick 26 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 29 99 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Mirabella 32 99 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Lynch 30 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 24 78 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Jack May 29 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 2303 5588 803 1438 304 39 219 783 123 66 495 1243 .257 .323 .443 .766 792.5 108.1 42.3
  Rank among 12 FL teams 11 8 11 9 6 4 8 7 7 8 8 11 10 7 7 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
*Ray Fontenot 29 13 11 .542 35 35 0 218.3 252 104 10 32 100 4.29 13.9
*Tex Avery 32 11 12 .478 32 32 0 205.7 204 77 29 35 152 3.37 16.8
 Jerry Neal 31 13 13 .500 35 35 0 194.3 201 96 12 72 147 4.45 11.2
 Luther Zick 30 13 11 .542 28 28 0 163.0 157 86 21 65 117 4.75 9.7
*Kevin Saucier 29 9 4 .692 99 0 0 115.7 83 40 4 54 130 3.11 14.2
 Ferdinan Estrada 20 8 2 .800 18 18 0 107.0 79 56 27 47 130 4.71 7.1
*Paul Mirabella 32 4 9 .308 99 0 4 105.7 109 58 11 55 81 4.94 6.4
 Jack May 29 4 1 .800 81 0 1 86.0 76 33 11 11 68 3.45 10.3
*Allan Atkins 24 6 3 .667 70 0 45 71.0 47 20 5 28 94 2.54 18.8
*Darius Campbell 33 2 3 .400 10 10 0 52.7 47 22 5 27 36 3.76 3.1
 Ron Romanick 26 1 0 1.000 31 0 0 47.3 76 41 8 15 21 7.80 0.0
 Alfonzo Casella 27 2 3 .400 11 4 0 32.7 41 23 3 28 22 6.34 0.0
 Matt Lynch 30 0 0 .000 24 0 1 29.3 31 17 3 14 18 5.22 1.5
*Efren Sachs 34 2 2 .500 17 0 0 20.0 25 14 3 14 17 6.30 0.7
Team Totals 29.0 88 74 .543 590 162 51 1448.6 1428 687 152 497 1133 4.27 113.6
Rank among 12 FL teams 7 7 3 7 7 4 1 4 6 7 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 .990 27.8
W.McShane 1169.0 129 140 940 63 10 2 .990 28.1
T.Munson 279.7 33 34 216 16 2 1 .991 32.4
Team Total 1448.7 162 174 1156 79 12 3 .990 28.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.14
S.Perreault 1246.7 143 147 1382 100 9 103 .994 10.70
A.Medwick 136.0 13 29 156 10 1 15 .994 10.99
B.Slughausen 53.0 5 14 52 2 3 4 .947 9.17
H.Hoppus 12.0 1 3 11 1 0 4 1.000 9.00
B.Melillo 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.5 162 194 1601 113 13 126 .992 10.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.90
E.Miller 1311.7 147 148 255 482 10 91 .987 5.06
A.Medwick 109.0 12 15 24 34 1 7 .983 4.79
B.Slughausen 25.0 3 3 2 4 1 1 .857 2.16
D.Lipscomb 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.7 162 167 281 520 13 99 .984 4.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.62
K.Samuels 1285.7 143 149 72 339 17 23 .960 2.88
A.Medwick 138.0 16 18 8 26 1 2 .971 2.22
B.Slughausen 25.0 3 4 1 11 0 0 1.000 4.32
Team Total 1448.7 162 171 81 376 18 25 .962 2.84
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 4.34
P.Guzman 1232.3 150 152 168 444 25 78 .961 4.47
J.Griffin 143.7 9 46 13 51 2 8 .970 4.01
B.Slughausen 38.0 2 10 7 14 1 6 .955 4.97
A.Medwick 27.7 1 7 4 5 1 0 .900 2.93
E.Miller 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
B.Melillo 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.5 162 219 192 515 29 92 .961 4.39
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.95
S.Sax 1305.0 147 151 256 10 3 2 .989 1.83
G.Kobayashi 285.3 33 33 53 3 1 1 .982 1.77
D.Lipscomb 60.0 7 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
A.Medwick 55.0 6 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.15
B.Slughausen 21.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Melillo 8.9 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.03
E.Santos 6.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1741.9 196 214 337 13 4 3 .989 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 2.52
B.Slughausen 864.0 100 100 229 7 10 5 .959 2.46
G.Kobayashi 152.9 18 18 37 1 0 0 1.000 2.24
D.Lipscomb 102.0 7 26 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
B.Melillo 28.9 4 10 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.80
A.Medwick 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1148.8 129 155 294 8 10 5 .968 2.37
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.90
E.Santos 1269.0 142 147 259 5 10 2 .964 1.87
D.Lipscomb 85.0 9 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.38
A.Medwick 55.0 7 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.31
B.Slughausen 22.0 3 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.68
B.Melillo 6.5 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
S.Sax 5.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Kobayashi 3.1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.90
T.Munson 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1447.3 162 182 294 5 11 2 .965 1.86
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.86
R.Fontenot 218.3 35 35 20 48 1 3 .986 2.80
T.Avery 205.7 32 32 11 21 2 1 .941 1.40
J.Neal 194.3 35 35 11 40 3 3 .944 2.36
L.Zick 163.0 28 28 5 25 1 1 .968 1.66
K.Saucier 115.7 0 99 11 25 2 1 .947 2.80
F.Estrada 107.0 18 18 5 14 1 0 .950 1.60
P.Mirabella 105.7 0 99 5 10 1 1 .938 1.28
J.May 86.0 0 81 5 11 1 1 .941 1.67
A.Atkins 71.0 0 70 1 10 0 1 1.000 1.39
D.Campbell 52.7 10 10 6 8 2 1 .875 2.39
R.Romanick 47.3 0 31 7 6 1 1 .929 2.47
A.Casella 32.7 4 11 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.48
M.Lynch 29.3 0 24 3 7 1 0 .909 3.07
E.Sachs 20.0 0 17 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1448.6 162 590 92 235 16 14 .953 2.03
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Samuels .293
On-Base Pct Santos .372
Slugging Pct Santos .572
OPS Santos .944
XR Santos 111.7
Games Santos, Sax 156
At-Bats Miller 595
Runs Santos 112
Hits Perreault 169
Total Bases Santos 328
Singles Guzman 122
Doubles Santos 58
Triples Santos 11
Homeruns McShane 29
RBIs Miller 121
Stolen Bases Guzman 39
Caught Stealing Guzman 15
Walks Sax 83
Strikeouts McShane 168
ERA Avery 3.37
Wins Fontenot, Neal, Zick 13
Losses Neal 13
Winning Pct Fontenot, Zick .542
Saves Atkins 45
Games Pitched Mirabella, Saucier 99
Games Started Fontenot, Neal 35
Complete Games Avery, Fontenot 1
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Fontenot 218.3
Hits Allowed Fontenot 252
Homeruns Allowed Avery 29
Strikeouts Avery 152
Walks Allowed Neal 72
Walks per 9IP Fontenot 1.3
Hits per 9IP Zick 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Neal 6.8
WHiP Avery 1.16
OAVG Zick .254
OOBP Avery .286
OSLG Neal .376
OOPS Neal .711
Team All-Stars
Allan Atkins
Emile Santos
Player Salaries
Emile Santos $ 10,500,000
Tex Avery $ 8,600,000
Steve Perreault $ 7,000,000
Brandon Slughausen $ 6,666,000
Stephen Sax $ 5,000,000
Kevin Saucier $ 5,000,000
George Kobayashi $ 5,000,000
Karl Samuels $ 4,500,000
Ed Miller $ 3,785,714
Darius Campbell $ 3,580,000
Jerry Neal $ 2,500,000
Jeffrey Griffin $ 2,490,000
Allan Atkins $ 2,240,000
Paul Mirabella $ 2,034,286
Ray Fontenot $ 1,605,000
Thurman Munson $ 1,350,000
Darnell Lipscomb $ 1,250,000
Efren Sachs $ 850,000
Jack May $ 840,000
Edwin Cifonte $ 627,000
Luther Zick $ 372,857
Alfonzo Casella $ 300,000
Pietro Guzman $ 300,000
Hardy Hoppus $ 300,000
Matt Lynch $ 300,000
Avery Medwick $ 300,000
Ron Romanick $ 300,000
Willie McShane $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/9 Traded Patrivit Prabhakar
Willie Lee, Jr.
Frank Reilly		 Montreal Luther Zick
Paul Mirabella
2/9 Traded Rueben Reda Valencia Avery Medwick
2/15 Traded Liam Carr
Emile Yost		 Phoenix Emile Santos
2/15 Traded Steve Kemp
George Simms
Buzz Myrhh		 Chicago Jack May
Steve Perreault
Jeffrey Griffin
2/15 Traded Trevor James
Porter Capps
Cory Gehringer
Jack Spratt		 Omaha Tex Avery
2/15 Traded Howie Shoope
Chuck Schaller
Arthur Michael		 Omaha Brandon Slughausen
3/2 Signed     Adam Peterson
6/28 Traded Robert Fish Calgary Mark Weigel
$1,000,000
6/28 Traded Steven Wright Hawaii Silvano Marin
$1,500,000
7/31 Traded Edwin Dussault
Brian Melillo
Stephen Clark
Frederick Kyser		 Phoenix Darius Campbell
7/31 Traded Kit Freeman
Ferdinan Estrada
Brian Kingman		 Manhattan George Kobayashi
$3,000,000
 
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