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1988 Hawaii Tropics

Record: 99-63
Finish: 1st in JL Pacific Division
Runs Scored: 828
Runs Allowed: 697
Exp W-L: 94-68

Ballpark: Hormel Field
Attendance: 3,147,221
Manager: Joshua Gottesman

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 4th in the Johnson League
AA: 71-67, 6th in the Johnson League
A: 62-76, 9th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 1-4 to Louisville Sluggers
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Baltimore Monarchs

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
RF	Tom Laverriere	33	157	604	111	176	48	13	16	81	60	17	46	124	.291	.342	.493	.835	101.0	19.8	2.6
1B	#Jimmy Dugan	25	154	555	75	129	34	0	21	86	2	0	61	102	.232	.308	.407	.715	68.2	8.2	2.6
LF	John Zink	21	152	565	89	181	34	4	12	75	11	8	50	79	.320	.377	.458	.835	89.9	17.7	3.0
3B	Roach Kidd	26	150	541	86	161	40	3	21	95	20	5	58	110	.298	.367	.499	.866	97.9	20.1	5.9
CF	#Valentine Oestrich	34	155	544	80	145	24	8	20	71	54	23	37	82	.267	.315	.450	.765	77.0	11.7	4.2
2B	Dick Davis	28	145	528	89	194	29	7	6	55	23	16	48	89	.367	.420	.483	.903	94.2	21.0	6.4
C	#Larry Jenkins	24	141	506	77	149	43	5	15	83	1	0	57	109	.294	.365	.488	.854	87.3	17.4	6.4
SS	#Bill Choizza	30	128	351	53	105	22	0	10	58	8	1	29	56	.299	.356	.447	.803	52.8	9.6	3.4
SS	Tim Ferrick	32	120	305	28	79	22	3	2	43	7	1	21	9	.259	.315	.370	.686	35.9	5.0	4.4
RF	George Peralta	24	133	268	45	77	16	0	16	47	0	0	31	77	.287	.360	.526	.886	49.1	10.2	1.4
C	Adam Henderson	34	75	153	19	40	14	0	4	20	3	3	6	18	.261	.289	.431	.721	16.5	1.9	1.6
3B	*Rock Thundercrotch	28	84	111	20	34	9	0	4	30	1	3	16	26	.306	.394	.495	.889	21.4	4.1	1.1
1B	*Mike Aldrete	27	69	105	14	33	6	0	3	17	0	0	11	19	.314	.376	.457	.833	17.4	3.5	0.4
P	Hank Daniels	28	35	83	4	9	3	0	1	3	0	0	1	28	.108	.118	.181	.298	-0.5	0.0	0.0
P	Dennis Eckersley	33	34	82	8	15	3	0	0	9	0	0	0	22	.183	.181	.220	.400	1.8	0.0	0.0
P	*Al Alexander	24	33	74	4	12	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	32	.162	.167	.189	.356	1.4	0.0	0.0
P	Hector Salazar	37	32	68	3	6	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	33	.088	.101	.147	.249	-1.5	0.0	0.0
P	*Mike Parke	32	29	46	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	14	.109	.128	.152	.280	-1.0	0.0	0.0
RF	*Bob Barnes	33	24	28	4	5	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	6	.179	.250	.214	.464	2.0	0.0	0.2
SS	Donnie McClain	27	15	21	7	5	0	0	1	6	3	1	4	6	.238	.346	.381	.727	3.9	0.4	0.2
3B	Elmer Thundercrotch	28	8	18	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.211	.278	.488	0.9	0.0	0.3
1B	#Ian Kilmister, Jr.	26	6	15	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0	0.0	0.1
CF	*Hank Carl	25	8	13	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.308	.308	.462	.769	1.6	0.4	0.1
LF	*Al Chambers	27	16	10	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200	.273	.200	.473	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Curtis Eckhoff	34	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.9	0.0	0.0
P	#Randy Scarbery	35	82	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Bill Gullickson	29	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Dale Mohorcic	32	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Rod Scurry	32	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Roger Pinner	34	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Jose Abellan	26	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Donnie Moore	34	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Mark Everett	31	67	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Cordell Tidwell	33	97	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	Mike Powell	30	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.6	2340	5631	828	1573	358	44	152	796	196	81	482	1067	.279	.337	.440	.777	814.4	151.0	44.1
	Rank among 12 JL teams			3	2	1	1	10	7	2	2	8	5	6	1	1	2	2	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
Hank Daniels	28	17	8	.680	35	35	0	242.0	207	79	22	66	219	2.94	20.5
Dennis Eckersley	33	19	10	.655	34	34	0	228.7	225	104	25	37	147	4.09	13.8
*Al Alexander	24	15	5	.750	33	33	0	201.3	164	58	5	70	162	2.59	19.4
Hector Salazar	37	11	7	.611	32	32	0	192.7	197	92	14	44	134	4.30	8.7
Mike Parke	32	10	7	.588	26	26	0	139.0	138	69	10	68	98	4.47	5.7
Randy Scarbery	35	12	6	.667	82	0	3	99.7	107	55	16	40	74	4.97	5.7
*Cordell Tidwell	33	2	8	.200	97	0	3	82.0	83	37	3	38	81	4.06	5.5
Mark Everett	31	4	5	.444	67	0	38	66.7	68	29	7	11	56	3.92	10.8
Dale Mohorcic	32	3	2	.600	54	0	5	54.7	58	24	1	23	18	3.95	4.3
Mike Powell	30	0	1	.000	56	0	2	43.0	37	15	5	9	36	3.14	4.1
*Curtis Eckhoff	34	1	3	.250	6	2	0	36.7	34	24	4	22	30	5.89	0.0
*Jose Abellan	26	1	0	1.000	28	0	0	28.3	27	11	0	12	12	3.49	2.1
Roger Pinner	34	1	2	.333	20	0	1	27.0	29	17	9	16	25	5.67	0.1
*Rod Scurry	32	2	0	1.000	17	0	2	21.3	21	13	2	10	13	5.49	1.2
Bill Gullickson	29	0	1	.000	2	2	0	11.7	18	7	1	5	6	5.40	0.0
Donnie Moore	34	2	0	1.000	8	0	0	8.7	16	8	2	2	2	8.31	0.0
Larry Kopecky	26	0	1	.000	3	0	0	1.0	8	7	1	1	1	63.00	0.0
Team Totals	31.2	100	66	.602	600	164	54	1484.3	1437	649	127	474	1114	3.94	101.9
Rank among 12 JL teams				2	2	2	2	1	5	2	5	7	6	4
* - 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	.987	30.1
L.Jenkins	1163.3	129	136	904	69	6	2	.994	31.1
A.Henderson	284.3	33	36	219	19	5	0	.979	23.9
Team Total	1447.7	162	172	1123	88	11	2	.991	29.4
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	10.22
J.Dugan	1272.3	143	146	1318	110	8	135	.994	10.10
M.Aldrete	133.3	14	21	150	8	0	13	1.000	10.67
I.Kilmister, Jr.	30.0	4	5	31	3	1	2	.971	10.20
G.Peralta	8.0	1	1	9	1	0	0	1.000	11.25
R.Thundercrotch	2.1	0	1	4	0	0	1	1.000	17.14
A.Henderson	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1446.8	162	175	1512	122	9	151	.995	10.16
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	5.09
D.Davis	1183.0	137	138	223	428	7	104	.989	4.95
R.Thundercrotch	80.8	7	16	17	33	2	9	.962	5.57
B.Choizza	73.0	8	14	18	21	1	7	.975	4.81
D.McClain	40.7	4	6	8	11	0	3	1.000	4.21
T.Ferrick	21.0	2	4	2	5	0	0	1.000	3.00
E.Thundercrotch	18.0	3	3	8	8	0	3	1.000	8.00
R.Kidd	7.0	0	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	6.43
Team Total	1423.5	161	182	278	509	10	127	.987	4.98
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.959	2.53
R.Kidd	1248.3	140	143	72	289	11	25	.970	2.60
T.Ferrick	86.0	9	12	4	18	0	1	1.000	2.30
R.Thundercrotch	73.3	7	13	7	12	1	1	.950	2.33
B.Choizza	67.0	8	8	5	6	2	0	.846	1.48
D.Davis	10.0	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
E.Thundercrotch	7.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.57
Team Total	1491.6	166	179	89	326	15	27	.965	2.50
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	4.51
B.Choizza	672.3	80	92	94	233	24	48	.932	4.38
T.Ferrick	625.0	73	90	105	238	4	46	.988	4.94
R.Thundercrotch	72.1	3	30	6	22	1	5	.966	3.50
E.Thundercrotch	21.0	3	3	1	7	0	0	1.000	3.43
D.Davis	16.0	1	5	1	8	1	1	.900	5.06
R.Kidd	13.0	1	3	2	6	0	2	1.000	5.54
G.Peralta	4.0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1.000	4.50
V.Oestrich	4.0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.25
T.Laverriere	4.0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
D.McClain	2.3	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	7.73
M.Aldrete	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
A.Henderson	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1436.8	161	233	212	518	30	103	.961	4.57
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.972	1.91
J.Zink	1220.3	138	144	274	5	6	1	.979	2.06
G.Peralta	142.3	15	20	42	0	0	0	1.000	2.66
M.Aldrete	31.0	4	7	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.32
B.Barnes	29.0	3	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.48
A.Chambers	11.0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.82
T.Laverriere	8.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.13
H.Carl	4.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
V.Oestrich	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1447.7	162	183	337	5	6	1	.983	2.13

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.991	2.56
V.Oestrich	1238.7	147	150	344	6	2	4	.994	2.54
G.Peralta	92.3	7	25	27	1	1	0	.966	2.73
A.Henderson	54.7	4	17	15	1	0	0	1.000	2.63
T.Laverriere	19.0	0	10	7	0	1	0	.875	3.32
B.Barnes	15.0	1	3	5	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
H.Carl	14.0	2	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.57
A.Chambers	8.0	1	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.38
M.Aldrete	4.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
R.Thundercrotch	1.4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1447.1	162	210	405	8	5	4	.988	2.57
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.980	2.09
T.Laverriere	1200.3	142	149	243	5	10	3	.961	1.86
G.Peralta	239.3	20	54	47	2	1	0	.980	1.84
A.Chambers	5.0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
M.Aldrete	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1447.7	162	207	290	7	11	3	.964	1.85
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.83
H.Daniels	242.0	35	35	10	27	0	1	1.000	1.38
D.Eckersley	228.7	34	34	19	26	2	0	.957	1.77
A.Alexander	201.3	33	33	20	31	5	5	.911	2.28
H.Salazar	192.7	32	32	18	30	2	5	.960	2.24
M.Parke	139.0	26	26	9	15	2	1	.923	1.55
R.Scarbery	99.7	0	82	6	15	2	2	.913	1.90
C.Tidwell	82.0	0	97	2	10	4	2	.750	1.32
M.Everett	66.7	0	67	3	10	0	0	1.000	1.76
D.Mohorcic	54.7	0	54	4	13	0	4	1.000	2.80
M.Powell	43.0	0	56	1	10	0	2	1.000	2.30
C.Eckhoff	36.7	2	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.96
J.Abellan	28.3	0	28	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.59
R.Pinner	27.0	0	20	1	4	1	0	.833	1.67
R.Scurry	21.3	0	17	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.53
B.Gullickson	11.7	2	2	0	5	0	0	1.000	3.86
D.Moore	8.7	0	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.08
L.Kopecky	1.0	0	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Team Total	1484.3	164	600	97	214	18	23	.945	1.89

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Davis	.367
On-Base Pct	Davis	.420
Slugging Pct	Kidd	.499
OPS	Davis	.903
XR	Laverriere	101.0
Games	Laverriere	157
At-Bats	Laverriere	604
Runs	Laverriere	111
Hits	Davis	194
Total Bases	Laverriere	298
Singles	Davis	152
Doubles	Laverriere	48
Triples	Laverriere	13
Homeruns	Dugan, Kidd	21
RBIs	Kidd	95
Stolen Bases	Laverriere	60
Caught Stealing	Oestrich	23
Walks	Dugan	61
Strikeouts	Laverriere	124

ERA	Alexander	2.59
Wins	Eckersley	19
Losses	Eckersley	10
Winning Pct	Alexander	.750
Saves	Everett	38
Games Pitched	Tidwell	97
Games Started	Daniels	35
Complete Games	Daniels, Eckersley	2
Shutouts	Daniels	1
Innings Pitched	Daniels	242.0
Hits Allowed	Eckersley	225
Homeruns Allowed	Eckersley	25
Strikeouts	Daniels	219
Walks Allowed	Alexander	70
Walks per 9IP	Eckersley	1.5
Hits per 9IP	Alexander	7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP	Daniels	8.1
WHiP	Daniels	1.13
OAVG	Alexander	.218
OOBP	Daniels	.280
OSLG	Alexander	.282
OOPS	Alexander	.571

Team All-Stars

Al Alexander

Mark Everett

John Zink

Player Salaries
Tom Laverriere	$ 12,000,000
Dennis Eckersley	$ 11,100,200
Hank Daniels	$ 6,671,429
Hector Salazar	$ 6,000,000
Mike Powell	$ 4,900,000
Mark Everett	$ 4,500,000
Donnie Moore	$ 4,485,000
Cordell Tidwell	$ 4,135,000
Jimmy Dugan	$ 2,807,143
Roach Kidd	$ 2,685,714
Rod Scurry	$ 2,500,000
Valentine Oestrich	$ 2,500,000
Tim Ferrick	$ 2,255,000
Rock Thundercrotch	$ 2,078,571
Dick Davis	$ 1,342,857
Matthew Callahan	$ 1,160,000
Bob Barnes	$ 860,000
Randy Scarbery	$ 782,000
Adam Henderson	$ 750,000
Bill Gullickson	$ 500,000
Mike Parke	$ 442,857
Hank Carl	$ 300,000
Al Chambers	$ 300,000
Bill Choizza	$ 300,000
Al Alexander	$ 300,000
Mike Aldrete	$ 300,000
Jose Abellan	$ 300,000
Ian Kilmister, Jr.	$ 300,000
John Zink	$ 300,000
Larry Kopecky	$ 300,000
Donnie McClain	$ 300,000
Dale Mohorcic	$ 300,000
George Peralta	$ 300,000
Elmer Thundercrotch	$ 300,000
Larry Jenkins	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/3	Traded	John Fessler	Las Vegas	Mike Parke Dale Mohorcic
2/6	Released	Sammy Phillips
2/9	Signed			Adam Henderson
2/11	Signed			Bill Gullickson
2/11	Signed			Roger Pinner
3/2	Traded	Pat Larkin	Long Beach	Long Beach Waiver
3/2	Released	Waiver Waiver
3/2	Signed			Trevor Wilson
3/2	Signed			Bobby Gaetti
3/2	Signed			Michael Johnson
3/2	Signed			Jack Crim
3/2	Signed			Ronnie Mccarroll
3/2	Signed			Steve Verplunk
3/2	Signed			Curtis Eckhoff
4/23	Released	Curtis Eckhoff
5/11	Released	Jack Crim
5/11	Released	Bobby Gaetti
5/11	Released	Antonio Carrasco
5/21	Signed			Waiver Waiver
5/21	Traded	Hawaii Waiver	Madison	Rock Thundercrotch
6/11	Traded	Gerardo Grillo Jake Mills Curtis Eckhoff	Omaha	Mike Powell $2,500,000
8/21	Released	Tom Worcester
8/21	Released	Ronnie Mccarroll
8/21	Released	Steve Verplunk
8/21	Released	Nelson Crepeau
10/21	Released	Roger Pinner