1993 Des Moines Kernels
Record: 95-67
Finish: 1st in FL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 914
Runs Allowed: 772
Exp W-L: 93-69
 
Ballpark: Keith Chea Park
Attendance: 2,872,209
Manager: Mike Lynch

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 82-56, 1st in the Frick League
AA: 73-65, 6th in the Frick League
A: 64-74, 9th in the Frick League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 2-3 to Montreal Blazers
 
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
SS  Zebediah Williams 30 155 624 119 189 26 12 13 75 109 19 48 115 .303 .363 .446 .808 109.2 21.0 7.7
1B #Randy Spratt 37 153 603 100 179 31 4 28 111 1 0 47 185 .297 .349 .501 .850 101.4 18.7 2.1
3B #Lorenzo Picou 30 158 582 93 192 28 0 23 121 0 0 36 68 .330 .365 .497 .862 99.5 18.7 3.0
LF *Ben Green 32 151 511 98 134 12 2 6 64 53 16 94 97 .262 .377 .329 .706 79.7 12.3 2.7
CF *Bob Skube 35 153 562 92 180 53 4 17 105 1 1 45 82 .320 .368 .520 .888 95.6 18.6 3.7
RF *Reddie Ray 30 150 460 80 151 22 6 20 83 22 20 53 28 .328 .397 .533 .930 86.9 16.8 3.4
C  Billy Brubaker 32 138 406 58 127 24 4 11 71 2 1 36 106 .313 .372 .473 .845 64.0 11.7 4.4
2B *Bob Leighton 34 89 299 40 85 9 2 8 41 16 13 11 18 .284 .323 .408 .731 37.8 4.8 2.8
2B  Richard Deschenes 29 120 275 43 85 19 2 4 34 11 3 10 46 .309 .331 .436 .767 37.6 6.1 2.4
RF  Medric Wood 25 74 189 31 57 13 0 10 38 9 4 13 18 .302 .351 .529 .880 32.4 6.0 1.4
2B *Cory Gehringer 31 47 186 28 60 16 3 4 38 3 2 12 29 .323 .365 .505 .870 30.1 6.0 1.5
C #Mario Cascio 27 56 175 33 46 9 3 5 26 1 1 21 43 .263 .347 .434 .781 25.9 4.0 2.1
LF *Arthur Jagger 24 71 160 19 46 10 2 1 19 3 0 6 14 .288 .315 .394 .709 19.5 2.8 1.1
3B  Hardy Hoppus 32 75 129 30 33 9 0 2 11 9 5 10 23 .256 .319 .372 .691 13.7 1.4 0.6
RF #Junior Felix 25 65 111 15 23 8 1 1 12 1 2 8 25 .207 .264 .324 .589 8.5 0.1 0.4
P  Rene Arocha 27 34 80 6 7 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 27 .088 .120 .125 .245 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eddie Harris 26 36 78 2 5 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 32 .064 .075 .077 .152 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P *Butch Henry 24 33 72 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 18 .153 .184 .181 .365 0.9 0.0 0.0
1B #Terry Blass 27 26 44 7 15 5 0 1 7 0 1 2 6 .341 .362 .523 .884 7.6 1.4 0.1
P *David Cone 30 20 41 1 6 2 1 0 5 0 0 3 11 .146 .205 .244 .448 1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Phil Longwell 36 17 33 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .000 .081 .000 .081 -2.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Leon Durham 35 14 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 .125 .276 .167 .443 1.1 0.0 0.1
C  Del Heaven 36 14 28 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .310 .357 .667 2.6 0.3 0.2
P  Darius Widowmaker 35 12 26 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .077 .077 .077 .154 -1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Manny Hernandez 32 30 20 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .100 .143 .100 .243 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B  Lynus Lymp 23 12 17 2 7 1 1 0 4 0 1 2 5 .412 .474 .588 1.062 3.7 0.8 0.1
LF #Gerald Young 28 15 13 6 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 .231 .313 .462 .774 2.6 0.2 0.1
1B  Jerry Johnson 32 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P #John Fessler 38 54 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Brad Holman 25 22 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Curt Young 33 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Steve Cooke 23 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Luke Sciortino 35 104 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  George Thrilkil 38 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Simon Astudillo 26 70 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 0.9 0.3 0.0
P #Woodrow Talamantes 31 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Marlon Candelaria 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2299 5774 914 1659 308 49 154 883 245 90 477 1059 .287 .344 .438 .781 854.3 152.0 39.7
  Rank among 12 FL teams 4 1 1 9 9 9 1 1 10 3 5 1 1 7 3 2  
* - 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
 Eddie Harris 26 15 10 .600 36 35 0 239.7 254 92 20 24 188 3.45 15.8
 Rene Arocha 27 17 5 .773 34 34 0 235.7 252 96 28 22 158 3.67 16.3
*Butch Henry 24 15 7 .682 33 33 0 219.0 234 91 17 45 107 3.74 15.6
 David Cone 30 10 3 .769 20 20 0 117.0 112 65 16 55 112 5.00 5.5
 Phil Longwell 36 4 8 .333 17 17 0 98.0 122 58 15 17 69 5.33 1.4
 Luke Sciortino 35 2 6 .250 102 0 17 95.3 91 46 10 33 87 4.34 10.5
 Manny Hernandez 32 6 5 .545 30 11 0 85.0 108 43 4 24 40 4.55 4.0
 Darius Widowmaker 35 3 4 .429 12 12 0 70.3 55 28 4 29 51 3.58 4.5
 John Fessler 38 6 2 .750 54 0 4 61.0 67 38 12 17 33 5.61 3.2
*Simon Astudillo 26 3 2 .600 70 0 6 56.7 72 32 4 27 29 5.08 2.4
*Steve Cooke 23 1 2 .333 37 0 3 39.3 54 28 10 4 19 6.41 0.0
 Brad Holman 25 3 1 .750 22 0 0 35.0 30 11 4 13 19 2.83 3.8
*Woodrow Talamantes 31 2 1 .667 37 0 1 35.0 43 15 2 8 20 3.86 3.2
 George Thrilkil 38 4 4 .500 32 0 15 32.0 32 19 5 4 27 5.35 4.5
*Ed Vande Berg 34 2 3 .400 40 0 0 31.7 43 18 3 4 10 5.12 1.7
 Abraham Mackenzie 27 1 0 1.000 12 0 0 16.0 20 12 5 9 15 6.75 0.0
*Curt Young 33 1 4 .200 10 1 0 14.0 17 9 0 5 5 5.79 0.1
 Marlon Candelaria 33 1 0 1.000 10 0 5 7.4 9 5 1 3 6 6.11 0.8
Team Totals 30.7 96 67 .589 608 163 51 1488.0 1615 706 160 343 995 4.27 93.2
Rank among 12 FL teams 2 2 2 2 2 10 8 6 2 9 6  
* - 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 .988 26.7
B.Brubaker 878.0 98 107 606 52 6 2 .991 30.4
M.Cascio 385.7 35 37 260 29 3 1 .990 33.9
A.Jagger 140.3 15 19 85 5 1 0 .989 11.1
D.Heaven 42.4 4 6 25 2 0 0 1.000 14.3
H.Hoppus 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1447.4 152 170 976 88 10 3 .991 29.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.31
R.Spratt 1291.7 143 147 1457 114 14 112 .991 10.95
H.Hoppus 74.7 6 15 102 6 0 11 1.000 13.02
L.Lymp 37.7 4 7 43 1 0 2 1.000 10.52
T.Blass 18.0 2 3 19 0 0 0 1.000 9.50
L.Durham 16.9 2 2 19 2 0 2 1.000 11.18
J.Johnson 16.0 2 2 24 1 0 3 1.000 14.06
M.Cascio 4.0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1458.9 159 176 1667 124 14 131 .992 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.96
B.Leighton 668.6 68 75 147 233 8 47 .979 5.12
C.Gehringer 389.7 43 43 80 138 7 29 .969 5.03
R.Deschenes 237.7 24 32 44 86 2 13 .985 4.92
L.Picou 147.3 16 19 35 74 3 16 .973 6.66
H.Hoppus 11.7 0 2 6 4 0 2 1.000 7.72
B.Skube 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1457.0 151 172 313 536 20 108 .977 5.24
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.68
L.Picou 1092.0 124 125 73 249 19 17 .944 2.65
H.Hoppus 220.7 25 32 11 44 3 5 .948 2.24
R.Deschenes 128.0 12 20 5 37 0 4 1.000 2.95
T.Blass 15.0 1 2 0 3 1 0 .750 1.80
R.Spratt 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Leighton 4.9 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.84
Z.Williams 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .500 9.00
B.Green 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Felix 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Gehringer 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1472.3 162 190 91 336 24 28 .947 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.42
Z.Williams 1261.7 149 151 182 502 28 87 .961 4.88
R.Deschenes 175.0 13 39 31 65 2 11 .980 4.94
B.Leighton 23.7 2 4 6 10 0 1 1.000 6.08
L.Picou 21.3 0 12 2 9 0 2 1.000 4.64
C.Gehringer 5.9 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.05
A.Jagger 1.2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 7.50
H.Hoppus 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Green 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1490.8 164 211 222 588 30 101 .964 4.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.95
B.Green 1187.0 143 145 230 6 0 0 1.000 1.79
M.Wood 80.0 6 19 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.36
A.Jagger 55.5 5 14 11 1 0 0 1.000 1.95
T.Blass 30.0 1 10 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
L.Durham 22.9 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.97
G.Young 17.3 1 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56
B.Skube 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
R.Ray 3.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
H.Hoppus 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Felix 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Heaven 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1404.6 158 204 273 10 0 0 1.000 1.81
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.56
B.Skube 790.3 89 92 207 7 0 1 1.000 2.44
R.Ray 466.0 52 57 147 2 0 0 1.000 2.88
M.Wood 186.2 21 24 63 2 1 1 .985 3.14
A.Jagger 60.2 7 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.54
J.Felix 49.0 4 12 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.94
G.Young 18.0 2 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.50
B.Green 7.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
L.Lymp 3.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Sciortino 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
Team Total 1582.4 175 203 459 12 1 2 .998 2.68
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.04
R.Ray 571.7 61 76 127 7 5 4 .964 2.11
B.Skube 460.3 53 54 92 1 0 0 1.000 1.82
J.Felix 164.7 20 23 25 2 2 0 .931 1.48
M.Wood 121.4 14 15 25 1 1 0 .963 1.93
A.Jagger 45.6 5 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.17
Z.Williams 18.0 0 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
H.Hoppus 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Green 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1392.7 153 185 287 12 8 4 .974 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 1.86
E.Harris 239.7 35 36 17 57 2 5 .974 2.78
R.Arocha 235.7 34 34 22 45 3 2 .957 2.56
B.Henry 219.0 33 33 8 33 0 0 1.000 1.68
D.Cone 117.0 20 20 4 17 1 1 .955 1.62
P.Longwell 98.0 17 17 4 14 1 1 .947 1.65
L.Sciortino 95.3 0 102 6 11 1 0 .944 1.60
M.Hernandez 85.0 11 30 2 16 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Widowmaker 70.3 12 12 5 11 1 0 .941 2.05
J.Fessler 61.0 0 54 7 10 0 1 1.000 2.51
S.Astudillo 56.7 0 70 3 6 1 1 .900 1.43
S.Cooke 39.3 0 37 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.29
B.Holman 35.0 0 22 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.57
W.Talamantes 35.0 0 37 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.06
G.Thrilkil 32.0 0 32 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.41
E.Vande Berg 31.7 0 40 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.99
A.Mackenzie 16.0 0 12 0 2 1 0 .667 1.13
C.Young 14.0 1 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Candelaria 7.4 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.22
Team Total 1488.0 163 608 90 251 11 12 .969 2.06
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Picou .330
On-Base Pct Ray .397
Slugging Pct Ray .533
OPS Ray .930
XR Williams 109.2
Games Picou 158
At-Bats Williams 624
Runs Williams 119
Hits Picou 192
Total Bases Spratt 302
Singles Picou 141
Doubles Skube 53
Triples Williams 12
Homeruns Spratt 28
RBIs Picou 121
Stolen Bases Williams 109
Caught Stealing Ray 20
Walks Green 94
Strikeouts Spratt 185
ERA Harris 3.45
Wins Arocha 17
Losses Harris 10
Winning Pct Arocha .773
Saves Sciortino 17
Games Pitched Sciortino 102
Games Started Harris 35
Complete Games Arocha 4
Shutouts Harris 1
Innings Pitched Harris 239.7
Hits Allowed Harris 254
Homeruns Allowed Arocha 28
Strikeouts Harris 188
Walks Allowed Cone 55
Walks per 9IP Arocha 0.8
Hits per 9IP Harris 9.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Harris 7.1
WHiP Harris 1.16
OAVG Harris .268
OOBP Harris .286
OSLG Harris .398
OOPS Harris .684
Team All-Stars
Butch Henry
Player Salaries
Randy Spratt $ 20,250,000
David Cone $ 11,100,000
Zebediah Williams $ 10,999,000
Darius Widowmaker $ 7,500,001
Cory Gehringer $ 4,500,000
George Thrilkil $ 3,990,000
Reddie Ray $ 3,800,000
Luke Sciortino $ 3,690,000
Woodrow Talamantes $ 3,500,000
Ben Green $ 3,500,000
Bob Skube $ 2,950,000
Eddie Harris $ 2,514,286
Billy Brubaker $ 1,250,000
Terry Blass $ 850,000
Curt Young $ 850,000
Medric Wood $ 650,000
Manny Hernandez $ 600,000
John Fessler $ 500,000
Ed Vande Berg $ 411,429
Hardy Hoppus $ 360,000
Butch Henry $ 300,000
Rene Arocha $ 300,000
Junior Felix $ 300,000
Richard Deschenes $ 300,000
Gerald Young $ 300,000
Mario Cascio $ 300,000
Lynus Lymp $ 300,000
Lorenzo Picou $ 300,000
Simon Astudillo $ 300,000
Brad Holman $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Signed     Curt Young
Curt Young
2/2 Signed     Bob Leighton
Bob Leighton
2/4 Signed     John Fessler
John Fessler
2/5 Signed     David Cone
David Cone
2/6 Traded Dwight Smith
Willie Lozado
Philip Blake
Mark Breazeale
Philip Blake
Mark Breazeale
Dwight Smith
Willie Lozado
Washington Marlon Candelaria
Marlon Candelaria
2/10 Traded Jeff Rosenrosen Jr.
Jeff Rosenrosen Jr.
Las Vegas Reddie Ray
Reddie Ray
2/10 Traded Michal Kroeker
Michal Kroeker
Las Vegas Phil Longwell
Luke Sciortino
Phil Longwell
Luke Sciortino
2/20 Traded Danny Ainge
Derrick May
Danny Ainge
Derrick May
Birmingham Simon Astudillo
$750,000
Simon Astudillo
$750,000
2/20 Traded Joe Belinda
Joe Belinda
Phoenix Terry Blass
Stanley Loyd
Terry Blass
Stanley Loyd
2/20 Traded Cary Bogen
Jim Oneill
Cary Bogen
Jim Oneill
Madison Ben Green
Ben Green
3/2 Traded Shane Wookey
Tsukasa Sato
Drew Grafton
Charlie Dale
Bill Sizemore
Shane Wookey
Tsukasa Sato
Drew Grafton
Charlie Dale
Bill Sizemore
Vancouver Zebediah Williams
Zebediah Williams
3/2 Traded Tyrone Getoblaster
Tyrone Getoblaster
Vancouver Yahoo! Williams Trade
Yahoo! Williams Trade
3/2 Released Waiver Waiver
Waiver Waiver
   
3/2 Signed     Rene Arocha
Rene Arocha
3/2 Signed     Brad Holman
Brad Holman
3/2 Traded Ron Romanick
Ron Romanick
Las Vegas Michal Kroeker
Michal Kroeker
3/2 Signed     Ken Gerhart
Ken Gerhart
3/2 Signed     Gerald Young
Gerald Young
3/2 Signed     Jerry Johnson
Jerry Johnson
3/2 Signed     Samuel Pantaleon
Samuel Pantaleon
3/2 Signed     Bill Choizza
Bill Choizza
3/2 Signed     Logan Gillett
Logan Gillett
3/2 Signed     Fernando Sala
Fernando Sala
3/2 Signed     Bryan Clutterbuck
Bryan Clutterbuck
4/21 Traded Des Moines Waiver
Des Moines Waiver
Washington Manny Hernandez
Manny Hernandez
5/1 Traded Marlon Candelaria
Abraham Mackenzie
Marlon Candelaria
Abraham Mackenzie
Washington Christian Martorell
Camilo Sanchez
Christian Martorell
Camilo Sanchez
6/11 Traded Jose Abellan
Mark Santana
Jose Abellan
Mark Santana
Austin Leon Durham
Leon Durham
6/22 Released Jerry Johnson
Jerry Johnson
   
7/1 Traded Christian Martorell
Christian Martorell
Austin Medric Wood
Medric Wood
7/11 Traded Gregorio Gonzales
John Mizerock
Alfonzo Casella
Leon Durham
Thad Bosley
Gregorio Gonzales
John Mizerock
Alfonzo Casella
Leon Durham
Thad Bosley
Greenville Woodrow Talamantes
George Thrilkil
Lynus Lymp
Woodrow Talamantes
George Thrilkil
Lynus Lymp
7/21 Traded Del Heaven
Arthur Jagger
Steve Cooke
Del Heaven
Arthur Jagger
Steve Cooke
Long Beach Mario Cascio
$2,000,000
Mario Cascio
$2,000,000
8/1 Released Phil Longwell
Phil Longwell
   
8/1 Signed     Darius Widowmaker
Darius Widowmaker
8/1 Signed     Cory Gehringer
Cory Gehringer
8/1 Released Stanley Loyd
Stanley Loyd
   
8/1 Released Bob Leighton
Bob Leighton