1989 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 87-75
Finish: 2nd in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 804
Runs Allowed: 705
Exp W-L: 91-71
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 3,337,061
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-80, 10th in the Frick League
AA: 63-75, 7th in the Frick League
A: 63-75, 9th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Buffalo Bison
 
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
1B #Randy Spratt 33 156 600 97 207 40 7 29 110 1 1 48 167 .345 .393 .580 .973 121.4 23.7 3.4
2B  Ed Miller 28 156 568 100 139 32 9 22 70 19 15 67 103 .245 .332 .449 .781 84.0 11.1 8.2
RF *Davis Birch 33 157 548 83 148 25 3 25 89 1 0 62 85 .270 .342 .464 .806 87.6 12.7 2.0
C #Willie McShane 26 151 529 72 143 36 1 26 91 4 2 65 175 .270 .351 .490 .840 87.9 14.0 5.9
3B  Clem Aberson 29 148 562 79 172 29 3 22 101 0 1 24 95 .306 .339 .486 .825 82.3 12.2 3.8
LF *George Kobayashi 34 156 520 69 144 30 3 20 75 7 4 67 129 .277 .360 .462 .821 82.5 12.4 1.9
CF *Quentin Rolando 34 146 462 76 112 27 6 15 57 28 4 77 117 .242 .350 .424 .775 75.6 11.1 1.9
SS  Zebediah Williams 26 102 397 72 123 14 7 9 50 68 16 47 61 .310 .388 .448 .836 75.0 13.3 2.7
CF #Charlie Dale 25 109 194 35 58 16 3 0 17 33 7 13 39 .299 .351 .412 .763 31.0 5.0 0.8
SS  Willie Lozado 30 89 170 17 51 9 2 2 20 0 0 11 36 .300 .339 .412 .751 22.2 2.8 1.1
2B  Avery Medwick 31 79 159 16 29 7 0 4 14 1 0 5 58 .182 .206 .302 .508 8.0 0.0 1.6
C *John Mizerock 28 58 141 15 28 7 0 1 15 0 0 8 43 .199 .253 .270 .523 9.0 0.0 1.5
1B #Luis Abdullah 35 65 133 19 34 5 0 10 26 0 0 14 33 .256 .327 .519 .845 23.5 3.4 0.7
LF *Darnell Lipscomb 34 94 126 20 31 9 0 4 18 6 4 4 13 .246 .278 .413 .691 14.2 1.2 0.4
P  Claver Olmeda 33 36 83 3 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 33 .060 .093 .133 .226 -3.2 0.0 0.0
CF #Valentine Oestrich 35 32 77 9 20 3 0 2 8 6 4 4 3 .260 .293 .377 .669 8.2 0.6 0.3
P *Darius Campbell 35 34 68 2 6 2 1 0 3 0 0 3 33 .088 .125 .147 .272 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P *Ray Fontenot 31 35 71 5 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 .113 .113 .113 .225 -3.2 0.0 0.0
SS  Pietro Guzman 25 22 71 6 17 3 1 2 9 5 2 2 13 .239 .260 .394 .655 7.2 0.5 0.3
P  J.R. Richard 38 29 53 6 8 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 12 .151 .167 .226 .393 1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Van Leemer 28 27 34 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .059 .059 .088 .147 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 26 105 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Luther Zick 32 18 10 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0 0.0
3B  Hardy Hoppus 28 5 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 29 70 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Jack May 31 89 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Peter Sanborn 34 45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Amaury Guillen 31 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Ken Patterson 24 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Jose Abellan 27 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2300 5617 804 1489 302 47 194 782 179 61 525 1317 .265 .330 .439 .769 809.7 124.1 36.3
  Rank among 12 FL teams 7 4 7 10 8 2 4 4 7 1 12 8 4 3 3 3  
* - 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
 Claver Olmeda 33 19 8 .704 36 36 0 255.7 273 94 3 25 144 3.31 19.3
*Ray Fontenot 31 11 13 .458 35 35 0 224.0 275 99 10 30 92 3.98 12.3
*Darius Campbell 35 9 11 .450 34 34 0 211.7 213 95 22 75 149 4.04 10.1
 J.R. Richard 38 8 9 .471 29 29 0 162.0 163 91 14 82 140 5.06 5.5
*Allan Atkins 26 11 5 .688 101 2 19 140.3 79 43 3 46 171 2.76 21.6
 Eric Van Leemer 28 5 5 .500 27 19 1 121.7 104 41 9 55 85 3.03 9.7
 Jack May 31 9 4 .692 89 0 1 95.7 97 39 9 18 88 3.67 9.3
 Alfonzo Casella 29 4 6 .400 70 0 7 71.0 75 33 3 30 51 4.18 5.5
 Amaury Guillen 31 3 4 .429 44 0 5 48.0 64 19 6 14 29 3.56 4.0
 Luther Zick 32 2 4 .333 17 7 0 42.0 58 30 7 16 32 6.43 0.0
 Peter Sanborn 34 4 2 .667 45 0 1 36.3 43 22 4 11 30 5.45 1.6
*Ken Patterson 24 2 2 .500 27 0 2 25.7 33 18 1 11 11 6.31 0.1
*Jose Abellan 27 0 2 .000 16 0 3 18.0 23 7 1 6 8 3.50 1.6
Team Totals 30.7 87 75 .537 570 162 39 1452.0 1500 631 92 419 1030 3.91 100.6
Rank among 12 FL teams 4 4 6 4 4 4 1 3 5 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 .989 30.0
W.McShane 1184.0 131 140 858 67 11 4 .988 27.2
J.Mizerock 268.0 31 34 194 17 2 1 .991 42.3
Team Total 1452.0 162 174 1052 84 13 5 .989 29.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.20
R.Spratt 1148.0 130 133 1262 92 5 115 .996 10.61
L.Abdullah 242.3 32 35 262 23 1 18 .997 10.59
A.Medwick 45.7 4 11 46 5 0 6 1.000 10.05
J.Mizerock 45.0 4 10 51 2 0 7 1.000 10.60
Q.Rolando 31.0 3 6 32 2 0 3 1.000 9.87
Team Total 1512.0 173 195 1653 124 6 149 .997 10.58
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.10
E.Miller 1140.7 128 129 274 434 11 87 .985 5.59
Z.Williams 252.4 28 28 46 88 4 12 .971 4.78
C.Aberson 122.0 15 16 26 41 0 5 1.000 4.94
A.Medwick 103.3 10 15 30 47 4 16 .951 6.71
W.Lozado 83.0 9 14 21 29 0 13 1.000 5.42
G.Kobayashi 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Guzman 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1703.6 190 203 397 639 19 133 .982 5.47
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.62
C.Aberson 1099.3 127 127 71 279 21 27 .943 2.87
R.Spratt 147.0 17 19 3 38 1 3 .976 2.51
A.Medwick 114.3 12 22 5 28 3 1 .917 2.60
L.Abdullah 36.0 3 10 2 8 1 0 .909 2.50
H.Hoppus 12.3 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.46
W.Lozado 9.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Atkins 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.0 160 184 82 357 26 31 .944 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.42
Z.Williams 617.8 69 72 89 237 9 38 .973 4.75
W.Lozado 186.0 21 22 23 79 2 14 .981 4.94
E.Miller 165.3 17 21 29 71 2 13 .980 5.44
P.Guzman 157.5 21 21 20 52 2 9 .973 4.11
A.Medwick 66.3 4 10 12 29 0 4 1.000 5.56
C.Aberson 10.0 0 7 2 3 0 2 1.000 4.50
D.Lipscomb 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.McShane 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Q.Rolando 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Abdullah 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1208.0 132 156 175 471 15 80 .977 4.81
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.96
G.Kobayashi 1247.0 142 142 249 10 2 1 .992 1.87
D.Lipscomb 72.0 7 13 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
C.Dale 57.0 6 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.89
Q.Rolando 43.0 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
A.Medwick 18.0 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
D.Birch 12.0 0 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
V.Oestrich 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.2 162 182 296 10 2 1 .994 1.90
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.59
Q.Rolando 935.3 105 117 223 12 9 4 .963 2.26
C.Dale 293.0 35 42 75 4 0 1 1.000 2.43
V.Oestrich 146.1 13 14 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
D.Lipscomb 65.7 4 19 22 0 0 0 1.000 3.02
G.Kobayashi 6.0 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
Team Total 1446.1 157 197 362 16 9 5 .977 2.35
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.04
D.Birch 1269.7 142 144 274 8 6 1 .979 2.00
C.Dale 83.0 10 12 23 0 2 0 .920 2.49
Q.Rolando 51.7 6 6 9 0 1 0 .900 1.57
D.Lipscomb 42.7 4 8 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.11
A.Atkins 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Lozado 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kobayashi 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
C.Aberson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Oestrich 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Guzman 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 174 317 8 9 1 .973 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.91
C.Olmeda 255.7 36 36 16 51 3 5 .957 2.36
R.Fontenot 224.0 35 35 21 53 0 3 1.000 2.97
D.Campbell 211.7 34 34 13 41 5 7 .915 2.30
J.Richard 162.0 29 29 7 25 1 3 .970 1.78
A.Atkins 140.3 2 101 7 14 1 3 .955 1.35
E.Van Leemer 121.7 19 27 5 17 1 0 .957 1.63
J.May 95.7 0 89 3 7 1 0 .909 0.94
A.Casella 71.0 0 70 2 14 1 0 .941 2.03
A.Guillen 48.0 0 44 4 2 0 1 1.000 1.13
L.Zick 42.0 7 17 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.50
P.Sanborn 36.3 0 45 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.49
K.Patterson 25.7 0 27 1 8 1 0 .900 3.16
J.Abellan 18.0 0 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Team Total 1452.0 162 570 83 243 14 23 .959 2.02
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Spratt .345
On-Base Pct Spratt .393
Slugging Pct Spratt .580
OPS Spratt .973
XR Spratt 121.4
Games Birch 157
At-Bats Spratt 600
Runs Miller 100
Hits Spratt 207
Total Bases Spratt 348
Singles Spratt 131
Doubles Spratt 40
Triples Miller 9
Homeruns Spratt 29
RBIs Spratt 110
Stolen Bases Williams 68
Caught Stealing Williams 16
Walks Rolando 77
Strikeouts McShane 175
ERA Olmeda 3.31
Wins Olmeda 19
Losses Fontenot 13
Winning Pct Olmeda .704
Saves Atkins 19
Games Pitched Atkins 101
Games Started Olmeda 36
Complete Games Olmeda 6
Shutouts Olmeda 2
Innings Pitched Olmeda 255.7
Hits Allowed Fontenot 275
Homeruns Allowed Campbell 22
Strikeouts Atkins 171
Walks Allowed Richard 82
Walks per 9IP Olmeda 0.9
Hits per 9IP Richard 9.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Richard 7.8
WHiP Olmeda 1.17
OAVG Richard .260
OOBP Olmeda .292
OSLG Olmeda .354
OOPS Olmeda .645
Team All-Stars
Allan Atkins
Willie McShane
Randy Spratt
Zebediah Williams
Player Salaries
Randy Spratt $ 18,250,000
Davis Birch $ 10,000,000
George Kobayashi $ 5,000,000
Claver Olmeda $ 4,900,000
Allan Atkins $ 4,777,143
Ed Miller $ 4,330,000
Ray Fontenot $ 3,800,000
Darius Campbell $ 3,650,000
Luther Zick $ 2,900,000
Clem Aberson $ 2,807,143
Zebediah Williams $ 2,664,286
Peter Sanborn $ 2,500,000
Jack May $ 1,834,286
Alfonzo Casella $ 1,465,714
Quentin Rolando $ 1,344,000
J.R. Richard $ 1,304,000
Darnell Lipscomb $ 1,250,000
Amaury Guillen $ 1,050,000
Eric Van Leemer $ 1,014,286
Willie Lozado $ 700,000
Matt Lynch $ 383,571
Charlie Dale $ 350,000
Avery Medwick $ 350,000
Ron Romanick $ 350,000
Hardy Hoppus $ 300,000
Jose Abellan $ 300,000
John Mizerock $ 300,000
Ken Patterson $ 300,000
Willie McShane $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Signed     Davis Birch
2/15 Traded William Jock Las Vegas Eric Van Leemer
2/15 Traded Jan Kranz Phoenix Clem Aberson
3/2 Signed     Eric Anthony
3/2 Signed     Francisco Tarancon
3/2 Signed     Quinn Quentin
3/2 Signed     Red Gabrielson
3/2 Signed     Michal Kroeker
3/2 Traded Mitchell Page Greenville Charlie Dale
Colton Trombly
3/2 Traded Julian Duque Hawaii Valentine Oestrich
3/2 Signed     Quentin Rolando
4/1 Traded Brandon Slughausen
Donald Israel
Lino Abreu
Dennis Jarmain
Valencia Amaury Guillen
4/1 Signed     Waiver Waiver
4/1 Traded Des Moines Waiver Quebec Eddie Arevalo
Eddie Arevalo
4/12 Released Eddie Arevalo    
4/21 Traded Bruce Strom Buffalo Willie Lozado
5/11 Signed     Des Moines Waiver
5/11 Traded Des Moines Waiver Vancouver Joe Lobao
Joe Lobao
5/21 Traded Alex Lamabe
Pietro Guzman
Valentine Oestrich
Baltimore Zebediah Williams
Victor Lopez
7/1 Traded Eric Anthony
Colton Trombly
Victor Lopez
Austin Peter Sanborn
7/1 Traded Luis Abdullah Hawaii Jose Abellan
Alejandro Reis
7/12 Released Alejandro Reis