1988 Louisville Sluggers
Record: 116-46
Finish: 1st in JL Atlantic Division
Runs Scored: 888
Runs Allowed: 577
Exp W-L: 111-51
 
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Locust Grove
Attendance: 3,986,046
Manager: Martin Lee

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 76-62, 2nd in the Johnson League
AA: 81-57, 2nd in the Johnson League
A: 82-56, 3rd in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Landis Memorial Series 0-4 to New Orleans Crawdads
Won JL Cartwright Cup 4-1 over Hawaii Tropics
Won Doubleday Series 3-1 over Madison Wolves
 
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  Rankin Johnson 28 151 594 111 148 39 12 20 71 10 4 70 138 .249 .333 .456 .789 91.5 17.1 6.6
1B #Fred Mahaffey 31 154 567 90 184 24 2 27 106 0 0 65 108 .325 .400 .517 .917 108.0 24.1 3.2
RF *Kevin Haubert 33 149 545 119 170 35 7 35 108 2 0 76 26 .312 .406 .594 1.000 120.1 28.2 5.1
CF #Henry Jones 30 146 507 115 141 21 4 42 102 1 7 92 112 .278 .391 .584 .975 109.4 24.1 4.8
SS *Mike Haden 30 151 503 58 144 13 7 1 47 57 17 16 78 .286 .318 .346 .664 59.5 8.7 7.7
C  Tyler Ryan 25 133 482 70 137 27 1 24 92 0 0 32 48 .284 .328 .494 .821 75.1 14.2 9.1
1B *David Smurf 24 98 345 58 85 29 4 22 89 7 1 33 74 .246 .326 .545 .871 61.5 12.1 3.6
CF *Jim Weaver 28 138 354 58 82 10 2 11 41 31 14 31 43 .232 .292 .364 .656 39.2 4.0 2.6
LF  Aurelio Gracia 33 144 305 45 73 12 10 12 44 15 4 40 83 .239 .327 .462 .789 47.8 8.3 2.6
RF  Manny Cosenza 25 119 302 55 88 10 2 11 44 20 8 22 39 .291 .344 .447 .791 45.9 8.1 1.8
CF *Jake Pease 31 74 266 29 71 13 8 2 27 6 1 18 36 .267 .318 .398 .717 32.8 5.6 2.6
C  Pedro Cruz 22 74 164 18 44 5 0 5 23 1 1 21 43 .268 .352 .390 .743 25.4 4.1 2.7
SS  Gern Blanston 27 83 148 25 39 5 1 0 18 13 4 9 9 .264 .306 .311 .617 14.7 1.8 1.9
3B *Chris Manush 30 87 134 25 40 8 3 8 29 2 3 11 28 .299 .365 .582 .947 26.1 5.8 1.0
P *Floyd Bannister 32 33 79 1 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 36 .089 .100 .114 .214 -3.2 0.0 0.0
P  Shelby Palubiak 32 32 74 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 32 .095 .107 .122 .228 -1.8 0.0 0.0
P  Hank Davidson 25 31 66 3 5 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 35 .076 .103 .167 .270 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P #Floyd Futon 30 31 55 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 .055 .088 .055 .142 -2.7 0.0 0.0
P *Luke Nastay 23 21 42 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .095 .116 .095 .212 -1.5 0.0 0.0
P  Les Straker 28 12 32 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Joe Cowley 29 21 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Rob Dibble 24 88 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2 0.0
P *Mitchell Lauderdale 28 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Bruce Sutter 35 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Philip Blake 32 106 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Marcos Ubarri 28 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Arlen Petrick 32 55 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 2311 5589 888 1478 258 65 220 860 165 64 543 1022 .264 .335 .452 .787 845.7 166.3 55.5
  Rank among 12 JL teams 5 1 5 5 6 1 1 5 5 2 4 5 2 1 1 1  
* - 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
*Floyd Bannister 32 18 9 .667 33 33 0 233.0 188 75 12 59 173 2.90 18.4
*Shelby Palubiak 32 14 6 .700 32 32 0 203.0 165 81 21 71 172 3.59 12.4
 Hank Davidson 25 12 7 .632 31 31 0 187.0 170 86 31 59 185 4.14 8.4
 Floyd Futon 30 11 2 .846 31 29 1 169.7 150 60 9 52 136 3.18 12.4
 Luke Nastay 23 10 2 .833 21 21 0 124.7 82 32 7 39 127 2.31 11.9
*Philip Blake 32 7 1 .875 106 1 3 108.0 89 33 4 22 75 2.75 14.0
 Rob Dibble 24 6 3 .667 88 0 44 92.3 74 24 2 34 89 2.34 19.7
 Les Straker 28 8 2 .800 12 12 0 80.0 78 38 10 16 66 4.28 4.1
 Mitchell Lauderdale 28 10 2 .833 47 0 0 63.7 70 29 7 9 41 4.10 5.3
 Bruce Sutter 35 9 5 .643 64 0 4 61.7 64 24 8 21 47 3.50 6.2
 Marcos Ubarri 28 4 3 .571 69 0 7 57.7 41 23 6 33 49 3.59 6.4
*Arlen Petrick 32 5 3 .625 55 0 0 50.3 50 22 10 24 30 3.93 3.3
 Joe Cowley 29 2 1 .667 21 3 1 46.0 31 16 2 19 26 3.13 3.6
Team Totals 29.1 116 46 .716 610 162 60 1477.0 1252 543 129 458 1216 3.31 126.1
Rank among 12 JL teams 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 5 2 1  
* - 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
T.Ryan 1121.7 122 125 923 84 8 1 .992 39.5
P.Cruz 354.3 40 40 303 21 4 0 .988 33.3
J.Pease 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1477.0 162 166 1227 105 12 1 .991 38.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.22
F.Mahaffey 1328.0 147 151 1244 90 8 89 .994 9.04
C.Manush 120.0 13 22 115 11 0 8 1.000 9.45
D.Smurf 18.0 2 2 13 3 1 1 .941 8.00
T.Ryan 10.0 0 4 12 1 0 1 1.000 11.70
G.Blanston 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1477.0 162 180 1386 105 9 99 .994 9.09
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.09
R.Johnson 1309.0 143 146 243 416 10 70 .985 4.53
G.Blanston 150.0 17 17 31 42 1 11 .986 4.38
C.Manush 18.0 2 3 5 6 0 3 1.000 5.50
Team Total 1477.0 162 166 279 464 11 84 .985 4.53
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.53
D.Smurf 817.0 88 92 65 170 7 8 .971 2.59
H.Jones 449.0 49 53 21 86 6 7 .947 2.14
C.Manush 102.0 13 14 10 22 0 2 1.000 2.82
J.Weaver 89.0 10 12 9 13 2 2 .917 2.22
G.Blanston 18.0 2 2 0 4 1 0 .800 2.00
R.Johnson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.0 162 174 105 295 16 19 .962 2.44
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 4.51
M.Haden 1265.0 148 151 178 385 7 62 .988 4.01
G.Blanston 192.3 14 48 24 59 0 9 1.000 3.88
H.Jones 6.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 6.00
C.Manush 5.7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 1.59
R.Johnson 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.60
A.Gracia 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
P.Cruz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.0 162 207 204 450 7 73 .989 3.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 1.91
M.Cosenza 542.0 59 69 113 1 3 0 .974 1.89
H.Jones 472.7 53 54 118 1 6 1 .952 2.27
J.Weaver 429.3 48 54 97 0 1 0 .990 2.03
K.Haubert 18.0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
T.Ryan 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Pease 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Manush 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Gracia 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1477.0 162 184 335 2 10 1 .971 2.05
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.56
J.Pease 533.3 67 67 164 0 2 0 .988 2.77
A.Gracia 350.0 38 59 111 2 0 1 1.000 2.91
H.Jones 324.0 35 35 92 5 1 1 .990 2.69
J.Weaver 214.7 17 44 61 1 0 0 1.000 2.60
K.Haubert 55.0 5 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.96
Team Total 1477.0 162 215 440 8 3 2 .993 2.73
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.09
K.Haubert 1190.0 131 134 304 7 2 2 .994 2.35
A.Gracia 213.0 25 26 49 0 1 0 .980 2.07
M.Cosenza 71.0 6 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.15
J.Weaver 3.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.0 162 171 370 7 4 2 .990 2.30
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 1.83
F.Bannister 233.0 33 33 13 22 1 1 .972 1.35
S.Palubiak 203.0 32 32 15 21 2 1 .947 1.60
H.Davidson 187.0 31 31 6 12 1 0 .947 0.87
F.Futon 169.7 29 31 11 16 2 2 .931 1.43
L.Nastay 124.7 21 21 5 11 1 1 .941 1.16
P.Blake 108.0 1 106 7 15 2 1 .917 1.83
R.Dibble 92.3 0 88 5 10 0 1 1.000 1.46
L.Straker 80.0 12 12 4 11 1 0 .938 1.69
M.Lauderdale 63.7 0 47 0 11 1 1 .917 1.56
B.Sutter 61.7 0 64 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.46
M.Ubarri 57.7 0 69 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.40
A.Petrick 50.3 0 55 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.79
J.Cowley 46.0 3 21 4 8 1 1 .923 2.35
Team Total 1477.0 162 610 76 160 12 10 .952 1.44
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Mahaffey .325
On-Base Pct Haubert .406
Slugging Pct Haubert .594
OPS Haubert 1.000
XR Haubert 120.1
Games Mahaffey 154
At-Bats Johnson 594
Runs Haubert 119
Hits Mahaffey 184
Total Bases Haubert 324
Singles Mahaffey 131
Doubles Johnson 39
Triples Johnson 12
Homeruns Jones 42
RBIs Haubert 108
Stolen Bases Haden 57
Caught Stealing Haden 17
Walks Jones 92
Strikeouts Johnson 138
ERA Bannister 2.90
Wins Bannister 18
Losses Bannister 9
Winning Pct Palubiak .700
Saves Dibble 44
Games Pitched Blake 106
Games Started Bannister 33
Complete Games Bannister 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Bannister 233.0
Hits Allowed Bannister 188
Homeruns Allowed Davidson 31
Strikeouts Davidson 185
Walks Allowed Palubiak 71
Walks per 9IP Bannister 2.3
Hits per 9IP Bannister 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Davidson 8.9
WHiP Bannister 1.06
OAVG Bannister .218
OOBP Bannister .272
OSLG Bannister .339
OOPS Bannister .612
Team All-Stars
Floyd Bannister
Philip Blake
Rob Dibble
Kevin Haubert
Henry Jones
Fred Mahaffey
Tyler Ryan
Player Salaries
Floyd Bannister $ 14,200,000
Kevin Haubert $ 9,720,000
Fred Mahaffey $ 8,000,000
Philip Blake $ 7,000,100
Bruce Sutter $ 6,500,100
Henry Jones $ 5,000,000
Rankin Johnson $ 4,028,571
Joe Cowley $ 4,000,100
Shelby Palubiak $ 3,960,000
Tyler Ryan $ 2,414,286
Floyd Futon $ 2,300,000
Jim Weaver $ 2,200,100
Manny Cosenza $ 1,892,857
Aurelio Gracia $ 1,600,100
Jake Pease $ 1,380,000
Arlen Petrick $ 735,000
Todd Hoyt $ 608,571
Chris Manush $ 402,857
Steve Stanley $ 350,000
Ron Roenicke $ 350,000
Jeffrey Mellinger $ 350,000
Mitchell Lauderdale $ 300,000
David Smurf $ 300,000
Rob Dibble $ 300,000
Hank Davidson $ 300,000
Pedro Cruz $ 300,000
Luke Nastay $ 300,000
Gern Blanston $ 300,000
Marcos Ubarri $ 300,000
Mike Haden $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/3 Traded Thaddeus Dolemite Madison Roosevelt Johnson
Enrique Demiras
2/8 Signed     Aurelio Gracia
2/8 Signed     Philip Blake
2/12 Signed     Anibal Lucero
3/2 Traded Scott Caraway Madison Madison Waiver
3/2 Released Waiver Waiver    
3/2 Signed     Rob Dibble
3/2 Signed     Chris Silver
3/2 Signed     Tom Hoffman
3/2 Signed     Byron Applebaum
3/2 Signed     James Turner
3/2 Signed     Lawrence Hopkins
3/2 Signed     Michael Rhein
3/2 Signed     Junior Realego
4/12 Traded Anibal Lucero Washington Washington Waiver
4/12 Released Waiver Waiver    
6/11 Traded Les Straker
Vernon Grasser
Quebec James Teems
Ivah Biggun