1991 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 91-71
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 822
Runs Allowed: 740
Exp W-L: 89-73
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 3,241,021
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 54-85, 12th in the Frick League
AA: 66-73, 8th in the Frick League
A: 71-68, 6th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 0-3 to Las Vegas Hustlers
 
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 30 154 586 92 166 61 11 23 114 13 8 60 80 .283 .354 .543 .897 105.5 17.6 8.1
CF *Bob Skube 33 154 592 80 183 64 0 8 62 2 3 56 107 .309 .365 .458 .823 93.9 15.7 1.3
1B #Randy Spratt 35 151 563 106 188 30 4 18 83 1 0 50 150 .334 .386 .497 .884 98.8 18.1 4.5
SS  Willie Lozado 32 141 520 74 167 41 6 8 62 0 0 49 90 .321 .377 .469 .846 85.4 14.6 6.4
RF *Dwight Smith 27 144 439 45 111 33 3 13 71 1 0 35 75 .253 .312 .431 .742 58.2 7.5 0.7
2B  Richard Deschenes 27 139 421 61 117 24 3 21 81 16 2 17 68 .278 .305 .499 .804 64.5 9.4 3.2
RF *Davis Birch 35 98 339 50 76 4 0 12 47 2 0 52 59 .224 .331 .342 .673 40.0 3.1 0.5
LF #Charlie Dale 27 124 302 61 92 14 6 4 28 50 11 21 61 .305 .366 .430 .796 51.3 8.9 0.5
2B *Matthew Burgoon 28 92 276 42 80 18 2 13 47 2 4 33 36 .290 .365 .511 .876 48.7 8.2 2.2
C  Billy Brubaker 30 69 227 33 68 8 2 6 32 2 2 30 52 .300 .386 .432 .818 37.4 5.9 4.2
3B  Hardy Hoppus 30 107 226 39 69 15 3 1 36 20 12 11 40 .305 .338 .412 .749 28.6 3.6 1.2
LF *Stephen Shier 35 56 171 26 32 6 0 4 21 0 0 19 41 .187 .273 .292 .566 14.9 0.0 1.2
C  Del Heaven 34 61 154 22 54 7 0 3 19 0 1 13 26 .351 .405 .455 .859 25.1 4.6 3.0
C #Willie McShane 28 47 150 18 26 7 1 7 19 1 0 13 52 .173 .242 .373 .616 14.7 0.5 2.9
C *John Mizerock 30 45 105 10 24 5 2 1 7 0 0 9 21 .229 .308 .343 .651 10.8 0.7 1.8
SS  Danny Ainge 31 71 109 19 30 4 1 2 13 1 1 6 18 .275 .310 .385 .696 13.4 1.4 1.0
RF *Derrick May 22 74 87 10 28 7 1 0 20 0 0 4 15 .322 .344 .425 .769 11.3 1.6 0.0
P  Claver Olmeda 35 38 80 2 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 35 .063 .118 .113 .230 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P *Ray Fontenot 33 38 85 2 7 2 1 0 5 0 0 4 34 .082 .122 .129 .252 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Eric Van Leemer 30 35 68 5 7 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 .103 .116 .162 .278 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P *Allan Atkins 28 39 63 5 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 32 .063 .132 .079 .212 -1.8 0.0 0.0
2B  Avery Medwick 33 26 59 8 11 3 0 3 11 1 0 3 18 .186 .226 .390 .616 5.7 0.1 1.0
RF *Darnell Lipscomb 36 25 24 6 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 .250 .269 .250 .519 2.3 0.0 0.0
P *Darius Campbell 37 41 25 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .120 .120 .240 .360 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Alfonzo Casella 31 55 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P #Jack May 33 106 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .600 .667 .800 1.467 1.9 0.5 0.0
P *Ken Patterson 26 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Peter Sanborn 36 106 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Scanlan 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Jose Abellan 29 54 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Romanick 30 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  John Fulgham 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Amaury Guillen 33 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Billy Winters 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Ed Vande Berg 32 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.1 2422 5698 822 1557 366 46 147 786 113 44 498 1163 .273 .333 .431 .764 803.4 122.1 43.7
  Rank among 12 FL teams 4 4 5 2 11 7 4 9 2 3 10 6 2 7 4 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 35 17 10 .630 38 38 0 262.3 304 108 17 32 158 3.71 19.7
*Ray Fontenot 33 13 10 .565 38 37 0 246.0 284 109 11 47 102 3.99 16.1
 Eric Van Leemer 30 10 10 .500 35 35 0 207.7 212 100 14 106 166 4.33 11.1
*Allan Atkins 28 16 7 .696 39 37 0 200.3 150 69 8 70 238 3.10 18.9
*Darius Campbell 37 1 8 .111 41 13 2 105.7 127 67 16 43 73 5.71 1.6
 Jack May 33 10 4 .714 105 0 4 102.3 99 42 11 25 75 3.69 12.4
 Peter Sanborn 36 5 7 .417 106 0 9 101.3 94 49 10 30 80 4.35 9.9
 Alfonzo Casella 31 4 5 .444 54 0 6 62.7 73 36 6 30 32 5.17 3.0
*Jose Abellan 29 4 1 .800 54 0 8 49.0 50 20 3 25 28 3.67 6.6
*Ed Vande Berg 32 2 3 .400 50 0 10 49.0 70 28 4 9 16 5.14 3.2
 Amaury Guillen 33 4 4 .500 56 0 2 46.3 56 22 6 15 32 4.27 3.5
*Ken Patterson 26 4 1 .800 20 0 2 20.3 30 21 0 10 10 9.30 0.0
 Ron Romanick 30 1 0 1.000 1 1 0 6.0 5 3 1 1 0 4.50 0.5
 Bob Scanlan 24 0 1 .000 1 1 0 4.3 9 6 0 3 3 12.47 0.0
 John Fulgham 34 0 1 .000 1 1 0 2.7 5 3 1 3 1 10.15 0.0
 Joe Lobao 26 0 0 .000 2 0 1 2.3 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.6
*Billy Winters 33 0 0 .000 3 2 0 1.7 6 4 1 2 1 21.56 0.0
Team Totals 31.2 91 72 .558 644 165 44 1469.9 1577 687 109 451 1015 4.21 107.2
Rank among 12 FL teams 3 3 6 3 1 9 3 3 6 9 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 29.3
B.Brubaker 554.6 62 67 399 36 5 0 .989 26.7
W.McShane 366.2 41 45 275 27 4 1 .987 35.2
D.Heaven 353.3 43 46 262 30 3 1 .990 42.9
J.Mizerock 231.3 27 28 166 14 3 1 .984 24.3
Team Total 1505.4 173 186 1102 107 15 3 .988 32.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.25
R.Spratt 1208.7 140 146 1270 113 4 121 .997 10.30
S.Shier 286.7 36 38 310 23 1 27 .997 10.45
H.Hoppus 190.0 17 27 219 18 3 25 .988 11.23
J.Mizerock 17.0 1 5 22 1 0 3 1.000 12.18
D.Ainge 9.0 0 4 7 2 1 1 .900 9.00
Team Total 1711.4 194 220 1828 157 9 177 .995 10.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.95
R.Deschenes 739.7 84 88 175 257 10 66 .977 5.26
M.Burgoon 359.5 43 50 88 123 5 29 .977 5.28
D.Ainge 88.3 8 22 12 41 0 7 1.000 5.40
A.Medwick 21.3 2 6 4 6 0 3 1.000 4.22
E.Miller 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Lozado 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1214.8 137 169 279 429 15 105 .979 5.25
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.64
E.Miller 1335.7 148 148 85 348 12 21 .973 2.92
M.Burgoon 249.7 29 33 18 51 4 4 .945 2.49
R.Deschenes 69.0 8 9 1 16 0 1 1.000 2.22
H.Hoppus 44.0 5 6 4 10 0 3 1.000 2.86
D.Ainge 14.0 1 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.57
R.Spratt 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1714.4 191 199 110 428 16 31 .971 2.82
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.46
W.Lozado 1159.7 135 138 167 421 27 85 .956 4.56
R.Deschenes 117.3 10 22 23 29 1 4 .981 3.99
D.Ainge 94.0 9 16 14 32 1 8 .979 4.40
A.Medwick 91.7 8 12 17 43 0 9 1.000 5.89
E.Miller 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Brubaker 2.1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.29
Team Total 1467.8 162 191 222 526 29 106 .963 4.59
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.03
D.Smith 638.0 70 83 131 7 3 3 .979 1.95
C.Dale 411.0 50 56 93 2 1 0 .990 2.08
S.Shier 105.5 13 15 27 0 1 0 .964 2.30
D.Birch 51.4 3 13 13 0 1 0 .929 2.28
D.May 31.3 3 9 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.44
D.Ainge 21.0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
A.Medwick 13.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
H.Hoppus 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lipscomb 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Skube 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1279.6 142 188 276 9 6 3 .979 2.00
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.58
B.Skube 1278.7 146 151 358 2 0 0 1.000 2.53
C.Dale 130.3 13 22 36 2 1 0 .974 2.62
D.Ainge 42.0 3 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.64
D.Lipscomb 11.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.82
H.Hoppus 3.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46
B.Brubaker 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.9 162 186 413 4 1 0 .998 2.56
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.06
D.Birch 701.3 63 63 134 2 2 0 .986 1.75
D.Smith 331.7 38 44 74 2 1 0 .987 2.06
H.Hoppus 217.0 25 27 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
C.Dale 63.0 7 12 14 0 2 0 .875 2.00
D.May 43.7 4 11 5 1 1 0 .857 1.24
R.Spratt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Lipscomb 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Ainge 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Heaven 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Casella 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1364.9 137 162 279 5 6 0 .979 1.87
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.90
C.Olmeda 262.3 38 38 26 48 0 5 1.000 2.54
R.Fontenot 246.0 37 38 19 42 7 7 .897 2.23
E.Van Leemer 207.7 35 35 15 34 3 5 .942 2.12
A.Atkins 200.3 37 39 8 20 1 1 .966 1.26
D.Campbell 105.7 13 41 12 14 4 2 .867 2.21
J.May 102.3 0 105 7 7 1 1 .933 1.23
P.Sanborn 101.3 0 106 5 15 0 0 1.000 1.78
A.Casella 62.7 0 54 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.44
J.Abellan 49.0 0 54 3 5 1 0 .889 1.47
E.Vande Berg 49.0 0 50 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.47
A.Guillen 46.3 0 56 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.55
K.Patterson 20.3 0 20 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.21
R.Romanick 6.0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Scanlan 4.3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
J.Fulgham 2.7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Lobao 2.3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Winters 1.7 2 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1469.9 165 644 110 214 17 23 .950 1.98
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Spratt .334
On-Base Pct Spratt .386
Slugging Pct Miller .543
OPS Miller .897
XR Miller 105.5
Games Miller, Skube 154
At-Bats Skube 592
Runs Spratt 106
Hits Spratt 188
Total Bases Miller 318
Singles Spratt 136
Doubles Skube 64
Triples Miller 11
Homeruns Miller 23
RBIs Miller 114
Stolen Bases Dale 50
Caught Stealing Hoppus 12
Walks Miller 60
Strikeouts Spratt 150
ERA Atkins 3.10
Wins Olmeda 17
Losses Fontenot, Olmeda, Van Leemer 10
Winning Pct Atkins .696
Saves Vande Berg 10
Games Pitched Sanborn 106
Games Started Olmeda 38
Complete Games Olmeda 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Olmeda 262.3
Hits Allowed Olmeda 304
Homeruns Allowed Olmeda 17
Strikeouts Atkins 238
Walks Allowed Van Leemer 106
Walks per 9IP Olmeda 1.1
Hits per 9IP Atkins 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Atkins 10.7
WHiP Atkins 1.10
OAVG Atkins .208
OOBP Atkins .302
OSLG Atkins .320
OOPS Atkins .622
Team All-Stars
Allan Atkins
Ed Miller
Player Salaries
Randy Spratt $ 20,250,000
Allan Atkins $ 10,000,000
Stephen Shier $ 7,000,000
Ray Fontenot $ 5,500,000
Claver Olmeda $ 4,900,000
Ed Miller $ 4,330,000
Jack May $ 3,000,000
Ed Vande Berg $ 2,850,000
Dwight Smith $ 2,664,286
Peter Sanborn $ 2,500,000
Billy Brubaker $ 2,210,000
Eric Van Leemer $ 1,500,000
Alfonzo Casella $ 1,465,714
Bob Skube $ 1,150,000
Del Heaven $ 870,000
Darius Campbell $ 800,000
Willie Lozado $ 700,000
Amaury Guillen $ 507,143
Jose Abellan $ 420,000
Charlie Dale $ 375,000
John Mizerock $ 350,000
Ron Romanick $ 350,000
Danny Ainge $ 300,000
Matthew Burgoon $ 300,000
Richard Deschenes $ 300,000
Hardy Hoppus $ 300,000
Derrick May $ 300,000
Bob Scanlan $ 300,000
Joe Lobao $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/10 Traded George Kobayashi
Clem Aberson
Baltimore Richard Deschenes
Hiram Rios
3/2 Signed     Bob Scanlan
6/1 Traded Willie Mcshane
John Fulgham
Hackensack Del Heaven
Andres Balbuena
6/1 Released Darnell Lipscomb    
6/11 Traded Andres Balbuena
Hiram Rios
Phoenix Matthew Burgoon
6/22 Released Avery Medwick    
7/11 Traded William Cordell
Ken Patterson
Billy Winters
Phoenix Ed Vande Berg
Billy Brubaker
7/31 Traded Reggie Neves
Davis Birch
Hackensack Stephen Shier