1988 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 84-78
Finish: 2nd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 703
Runs Allowed: 657
Exp W-L: 86-76
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,964,910
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 45-92, 12th in the Frick League
AA: 54-83, 10th in the Frick League
A: 58-79, 9th 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 27 158 595 100 160 40 3 32 79 16 11 48 112 .269 .328 .508 .836 93.0 13.2 7.9
C #Willie McShane 25 152 494 84 146 30 4 34 84 1 1 72 156 .296 .385 .579 .964 103.4 19.2 7.4
RF *Mitchell Page 35 149 460 53 123 42 3 7 42 4 3 47 123 .267 .340 .417 .758 63.2 8.7 1.6
1B #Luis Abdullah 34 125 419 46 97 15 0 18 54 0 0 37 134 .232 .302 .396 .699 50.9 5.0 3.8
CF *George Kobayashi 33 113 415 68 116 20 4 24 83 12 6 33 108 .280 .337 .520 .857 68.9 10.3 1.7
RF  Bill Slover 38 104 409 54 131 15 4 3 25 19 15 25 36 .320 .362 .399 .761 55.3 7.5 1.4
LF  Jan Kranz 24 123 391 42 111 24 3 9 39 3 2 23 66 .284 .327 .430 .757 51.6 6.6 5.3
CF #Brandon Slughausen 32 136 353 45 80 10 0 18 62 0 0 21 103 .227 .276 .408 .684 40.7 3.3 1.9
LF *Stephen Sax 26 98 334 46 82 25 3 10 43 4 1 31 58 .246 .310 .428 .738 41.9 4.5 1.3
3B  Karl Samuels 31 99 340 28 63 15 2 12 40 3 3 16 59 .185 .220 .347 .567 25.7 0.0 1.2
SS  Pietro Guzman 24 114 253 38 69 10 7 3 22 17 17 12 61 .273 .313 .403 .717 27.5 2.3 4.9
3B #Randy Spratt 32 56 207 33 57 12 1 15 39 1 1 22 68 .275 .346 .560 .907 37.7 6.1 1.4
1B *Steve Perreault 32 31 120 14 35 11 1 3 13 2 1 7 15 .292 .333 .475 .808 17.5 2.5 0.9
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 33 102 110 16 28 3 1 0 6 7 2 2 20 .255 .293 .300 .593 8.6 0.1 0.2
2B  Avery Medwick 30 65 103 8 21 5 0 2 11 0 0 6 28 .204 .248 .311 .558 7.5 0.0 1.1
P *Ray Fontenot 30 32 69 5 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 2 32 .087 .111 .130 .242 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P *Darius Campbell 34 33 64 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 28 .031 .061 .063 .123 -3.7 0.0 0.0
C  Terry Santana 31 28 64 7 16 8 0 0 5 2 0 3 5 .250 .290 .375 .665 7.2 0.6 1.0
C *John Mizerock 27 27 65 3 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 15 .200 .246 .246 .493 3.8 0.0 0.7
P  J.R. Richard 37 31 53 1 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .132 .132 .189 .321 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Luther Zick 31 29 49 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .020 .040 .041 .081 -3.4 0.0 0.0
P *Tex Avery 33 24 46 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 24 .130 .130 .152 .283 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Hardy Hoppus 27 51 41 5 13 4 0 1 5 4 3 4 12 .317 .378 .488 .866 6.8 1.1 0.3
P  Claver Olmeda 32 13 33 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 22 .030 .030 .061 .091 -2.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Jeffrey Griffin 34 13 17 0 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 4 .294 .333 .412 .745 1.9 0.2 0.2
P *Allan Atkins 25 101 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Jerry Neal 32 4 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Patterson 23 26 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Kevin Saucier 30 86 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 28 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P #Jack May 30 53 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Avagadro Pompeii 31 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Romanick 27 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.2 2265 5542 703 1392 302 38 191 670 96 66 420 1348 .251 .308 .423 .730 700.6 91.2 44.3
  Rank among 12 FL teams 8 10 10 11 12 2 10 9 10 7 12 11 10 6 9 9  
* - 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 30 13 8 .619 32 32 0 210.7 217 69 2 24 101 2.95 19.9
*Darius Campbell 34 11 13 .458 33 33 0 201.7 190 90 17 64 156 4.02 11.4
 J.R. Richard 37 7 7 .500 31 29 0 167.0 147 85 15 82 160 4.58 8.1
 Luther Zick 31 10 11 .476 29 24 1 160.3 157 70 21 40 122 3.93 9.7
*Tex Avery 33 9 8 .529 24 24 0 146.0 147 65 16 25 103 4.01 9.8
*Allan Atkins 25 6 11 .353 100 0 25 145.7 126 51 5 47 183 3.15 21.8
*Kevin Saucier 30 11 6 .647 86 1 7 107.7 91 40 2 45 101 3.34 14.6
 Claver Olmeda 32 6 4 .600 13 13 0 97.3 93 28 3 7 42 2.59 10.0
 Alfonzo Casella 28 1 1 .500 64 0 2 58.0 67 27 0 25 38 4.19 4.2
 Jack May 30 4 2 .667 53 0 4 54.3 65 30 10 6 41 4.97 3.9
*Ken Patterson 23 2 4 .333 26 2 4 40.7 52 30 3 13 16 6.64 0.1
 Jerry Neal 32 2 1 .667 4 3 0 23.3 20 7 2 6 11 2.70 2.7
 Ron Romanick 27 1 1 .500 11 0 2 14.7 21 9 6 1 4 5.53 0.3
 Avagadro Pompeii 31 1 1 .500 13 8 1 12.3 22 16 3 7 10 11.68 0.0
Team Totals 30.2 84 78 .519 519 169 46 1439.6 1415 617 105 392 1088 3.86 116.5
Rank among 12 FL teams 5 6 5 5 10 3 1 3 4 5 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 .991 29.6
W.McShane 1176.7 131 147 905 60 4 1 .996 27.1
T.Santana 145.3 21 22 120 8 2 1 .985 25.0
J.Mizerock 143.7 16 19 106 8 4 0 .966 29.4
R.Romanick 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1466.6 168 189 1131 76 10 2 .992 27.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.28
L.Abdullah 970.9 101 108 1070 84 4 97 .997 10.70
R.Spratt 299.0 34 35 322 27 2 27 .994 10.51
S.Perreault 238.6 22 23 261 22 3 22 .990 10.67
H.Hoppus 66.0 8 13 67 7 1 1 .987 10.09
B.Slughausen 49.0 5 9 58 6 0 8 1.000 11.76
A.Medwick 31.0 3 9 45 5 0 2 1.000 14.52
J.Mizerock 6.0 0 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
T.Santana 2.6 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 13.85
Team Total 1663.1 173 201 1831 152 10 157 .995 10.73
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.02
E.Miller 1306.0 148 153 265 503 14 89 .982 5.29
A.Medwick 71.0 8 8 17 31 1 9 .980 6.08
B.Slughausen 48.0 6 6 12 18 3 1 .909 5.63
P.Guzman 14.7 0 3 4 3 0 1 1.000 4.30
J.Griffin 6.4 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.63
Team Total 1446.1 163 171 299 558 18 100 .979 5.33
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.65
K.Samuels 825.0 98 98 50 200 8 12 .969 2.73
R.Spratt 166.6 19 19 13 44 3 3 .950 3.08
A.Medwick 53.0 5 12 1 13 2 0 .875 2.38
B.Slughausen 47.7 4 7 4 9 1 2 .929 2.45
H.Hoppus 21.7 1 14 1 8 0 1 1.000 3.74
J.Kranz 20.9 2 3 1 5 0 0 1.000 2.58
Team Total 1134.8 129 153 70 279 14 18 .961 2.77
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 4.44
J.Kranz 756.2 90 97 116 257 11 51 .971 4.44
P.Guzman 578.3 71 77 75 240 7 35 .978 4.90
B.Slughausen 63.3 3 15 8 26 0 6 1.000 4.83
A.Medwick 31.0 3 9 7 10 1 4 .944 4.94
J.Griffin 22.6 2 7 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.98
D.Lipscomb 7.7 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.52
E.Miller 6.0 0 3 2 3 0 1 1.000 7.50
T.Santana 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Perreault 0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.0 169 212 213 544 19 99 .976 4.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.05
S.Sax 467.0 53 54 106 1 1 0 .991 2.06
B.Slover 461.3 53 55 88 4 5 0 .948 1.79
G.Kobayashi 245.0 27 32 46 3 0 0 1.000 1.80
B.Slughausen 50.0 6 8 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.36
M.Page 48.3 3 15 9 0 1 0 .900 1.68
D.Lipscomb 31.3 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
J.Kranz 18.6 2 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Medwick 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Hoppus 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1325.6 147 176 260 8 7 0 .975 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.58
G.Kobayashi 588.0 67 67 154 0 2 0 .987 2.36
B.Slughausen 449.7 55 57 103 1 5 0 .954 2.08
M.Page 336.0 35 40 83 1 1 0 .988 2.25
D.Lipscomb 35.0 3 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.06
J.Kranz 18.6 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.42
B.Slover 3.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Mizerock 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Guzman 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.6 162 178 352 3 8 0 .978 2.23
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.01
M.Page 596.0 67 73 113 1 0 0 1.000 1.72
B.Slover 375.3 45 45 94 4 6 1 .942 2.35
S.Sax 286.3 31 39 49 2 1 1 .981 1.60
G.Kobayashi 86.0 10 10 11 0 1 0 .917 1.15
J.Kranz 75.6 10 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.79
D.Lipscomb 48.3 3 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
B.Slughausen 38.0 4 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
A.Medwick 21.3 2 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
Team Total 1526.9 172 198 302 8 8 2 .975 1.83
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.91
R.Fontenot 210.7 32 32 13 45 3 6 .951 2.48
D.Campbell 201.7 33 33 16 30 2 3 .958 2.05
J.Richard 167.0 29 31 5 25 0 3 1.000 1.62
L.Zick 160.3 24 29 17 26 0 1 1.000 2.41
T.Avery 146.0 24 24 8 23 1 1 .969 1.91
A.Atkins 145.7 0 100 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.17
K.Saucier 107.7 1 86 9 25 2 4 .944 2.84
C.Olmeda 97.3 13 13 7 22 2 2 .935 2.68
A.Casella 58.0 0 64 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.86
J.May 54.3 0 53 2 8 2 1 .833 1.66
K.Patterson 40.7 2 26 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.21
J.Neal 23.3 3 4 2 5 0 1 1.000 2.70
R.Romanick 14.7 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.84
A.Pompeii 12.3 8 13 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
Team Total 1439.6 169 519 91 243 12 23 .965 2.09
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McShane .296
On-Base Pct McShane .385
Slugging Pct McShane .579
OPS McShane .964
XR McShane 103.4
Games Miller 158
At-Bats Miller 595
Runs Miller 100
Hits Miller 160
Total Bases Miller 302
Singles Slover 109
Doubles Page 42
Triples Guzman 7
Homeruns McShane 34
RBIs McShane 84
Stolen Bases Slover 19
Caught Stealing Guzman 17
Walks McShane 72
Strikeouts McShane 156
ERA Fontenot 2.95
Wins Fontenot 13
Losses Campbell 13
Winning Pct Saucier .647
Saves Atkins 25
Games Pitched Atkins 100
Games Started Campbell 33
Complete Games Olmeda 2
Shutouts Avery, Fontenot, Zick 1
Innings Pitched Fontenot 210.7
Hits Allowed Fontenot 217
Homeruns Allowed Zick 21
Strikeouts Atkins 183
Walks Allowed Richard 82
Walks per 9IP Fontenot 1.0
Hits per 9IP Richard 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 8.6
WHiP Fontenot 1.14
OAVG Richard .232
OOBP Fontenot .285
OSLG Fontenot .338
OOPS Fontenot .623
Team All-Stars
Allan Atkins
Ray Fontenot
Willie McShane
Player Salaries
Randy Spratt $ 18,250,000
George Kobayashi $ 5,000,000
Kevin Saucier $ 5,000,000
Claver Olmeda $ 4,900,000
Allan Atkins $ 4,777,143
Ed Miller $ 4,330,000
Darius Campbell $ 3,650,000
Luis Abdullah $ 3,590,000
Mitchell Page $ 3,500,000
Ray Fontenot $ 2,650,000
Brandon Slughausen $ 2,200,000
Jack May $ 1,834,286
Jan Kranz $ 1,620,000
Bill Slover $ 1,530,000
J.R. Richard $ 1,304,000
Luther Zick $ 1,271,429
Darnell Lipscomb $ 1,250,000
Efren Sachs $ 850,000
Matt Lynch $ 383,571
Avery Medwick $ 350,000
Hardy Hoppus $ 300,000
Pietro Guzman $ 300,000
John Mizerock $ 300,000
Alfonzo Casella $ 300,000
Ken Patterson $ 300,000
Ron Romanick $ 300,000
Willie McShane $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Emile Santos
Paul Mirabella
Las Vegas Avagadro Pompeii
Mitchell Page
Donald Israel
2/6 Traded Oscar Arguelles Hackensack Felix Santana
2/15 Traded Terrance Guimond Austin John Mizerock
Scott Caraway
3/2 Signed     Ken Patterson
3/2 Traded Ronald Darling
James Weyer
Birmingham J.R. Richard
5/11 Traded Steve Perreault
Stewart Foo
Birmingham Luis Abdullah
5/11 Traded Jerry Neal Chicago Jan Kranz
Antonio Carrasco
6/1 Traded Avagadro Pompeii
Jeffrey Griffin
Birmingham Bill Slover
6/1 Traded Wilson Martinez Seattle Gerardo Mirlo
$3,000,000
7/31 Traded Stephen Sax
Karl Samuels
Tex Avery
Terry Santana
Omaha Randy Spratt
Claver Olmeda
Brian Melillo