1989 Omaha Barnstormers Index Page

1989 Omaha Barnstormers

Record: 83-80
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 835
Runs Allowed: 899
Exp W-L: 76-87

Ballpark: The Barn
Attendance: 2,874,859
Manager: Lee Honigsfeld

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-67, 5th in the Johnson League
AA: 71-68, 5th in the Johnson League
A: 58-81, 11th in the Johnson League

Postseason Results:
Lost JL Cartwright Cup 3-4 to Louisville Sluggers
Won Doubleday Series 3-2 over Greenville Moonshiners

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
3B	*Donnie Rotten	28	157	601	116	183	35	6	32	112	26	8	74	24	.304	.379	.542	.921	117.6	24.4	3.5
SS	*Kewpie Medlinger	29	158	597	91	161	37	9	28	105	8	13	63	15	.270	.345	.503	.847	98.8	17.3	5.8
RF	*Jack Spratt	30	155	607	76	187	27	13	12	86	25	13	25	70	.308	.332	.455	.786	84.1	13.0	2.6
LF	*Stephen Sax	27	145	476	84	147	45	3	29	99	0	2	58	92	.309	.384	.599	.983	99.7	22.6	2.1
CF	Daron McNair	26	109	479	81	154	43	8	3	44	22	6	24	66	.322	.352	.463	.815	73.3	14.5	2.4
2B	*Cory Gehringer	27	148	453	66	124	18	5	14	66	9	9	36	74	.274	.331	.428	.759	62.4	9.0	2.6
3B	#Jake Mills	22	134	450	71	146	30	6	10	52	24	13	34	68	.324	.381	.484	.865	75.1	15.0	2.4
C	Sterling Wong	24	115	370	55	95	13	0	11	52	2	0	20	94	.257	.296	.381	.677	40.9	4.0	6.0
2B	#James Reid	33	127	309	44	76	8	0	14	42	0	1	28	96	.246	.317	.408	.725	39.9	5.0	1.3
C	Terry Santana	32	94	265	28	73	22	6	0	30	13	3	14	30	.275	.314	.404	.718	31.7	4.7	3.5
CF	#Michael Malkowski	23	79	233	37	67	15	4	7	29	12	5	11	56	.288	.317	.476	.793	33.7	5.4	1.3
3B	Karl Samuels	32	80	229	29	57	12	4	6	29	0	0	9	42	.249	.276	.415	.691	25.8	2.5	1.2
1B	*Trevor James	26	111	202	15	55	9	0	2	20	0	1	14	35	.272	.317	.347	.663	22.5	2.3	0.7
1B	*Bill Powers	31	112	155	20	42	6	3	4	21	1	0	6	23	.271	.294	.426	.720	17.8	2.0	0.4
P	*Tex Avery	34	36	67	5	4	1	1	1	8	1	0	2	31	.060	.086	.149	.235	-0.8	0.0	0.0
P	*Greg Hibbard	24	29	56	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	23	.036	.053	.036	.088	-4.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Denny Gonzales	22	31	54	3	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	27	.185	.214	.204	.418	1.9	0.0	0.0
P	*Howie Shoope	32	35	32	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.094	.094	.125	.219	-1.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Christian Spliemal	33	31	21	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.048	.091	.095	.186	-0.7	0.0	0.0
P	Stephen Thiel	33	12	21	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.238	.304	.238	.542	1.8	0.1	0.0
P	#Dominick Noble	26	27	20	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.200	.238	.200	.438	0.8	0.0	0.0
P	#Joe Matson	28	43	16	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.188	.278	.250	.528	1.2	0.0	0.0
P	*Pedro Urena	34	77	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0.0	0.0	0.0
P	*Larry Trinkle	36	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	Porter Capps	27	92	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
P	*Michael Battaglia	23	65	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.5	2207	5722	834	1600	325	68	173	810	143	74	428	911	.280	.331	.451	.782	822.0	142.0	35.7
	Rank among 12 JL teams			1	2	1	2	4	3	2	8	6	10	1	1	3	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
*Tex Avery	34	14	8	.636	34	34	0	204.0	195	93	22	53	165	4.10	12.7
*Denny Gonzales	22	9	10	.474	31	28	0	174.0	189	111	27	62	152	5.74	4.4
*Greg Hibbard	24	12	7	.632	29	27	0	166.7	189	66	9	33	76	3.56	12.2
Howie Shoope	32	4	8	.333	35	18	0	116.3	116	63	16	54	72	4.87	4.1
*Pedro Urena	34	8	9	.471	77	0	0	98.0	117	57	13	42	71	5.23	4.2
Porter Capps	27	3	1	.750	92	0	1	96.0	82	60	18	58	86	5.63	3.6
*Christian Spliemal	33	5	7	.417	31	13	2	88.3	89	52	15	30	65	5.30	2.8
Joe Matson	28	8	4	.667	43	7	0	88.0	99	44	9	29	49	4.50	5.7
Dominick Noble	26	3	6	.333	27	10	0	85.7	96	56	14	33	66	5.88	1.3
*Gary Bowling	34	4	2	.667	78	0	0	78.3	81	41	11	33	58	4.71	4.9
Michael Battaglia	23	6	3	.667	65	0	40	75.0	68	26	9	28	52	3.12	14.1
Stephen Thiel	33	3	5	.375	12	12	0	67.3	73	44	8	38	55	5.88	1.4
Graeme Zagorsky	32	1	0	1.000	13	0	1	15.0	31	21	4	9	8	12.60	0.0
*Larry Trinkle	36	0	0	.000	5	0	0	10.0	16	10	2	1	10	9.00	0.0
Team Totals	29.9	80	70	.533	572	149	44	1362.6	1441	744	177	503	985	4.91	71.3
Rank among 12 JL teams				8	2	5	4	12	5	10	10	7	10	12
* - 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	31.4
S.Wong	888.3	100	109	665	68	6	1	.992	38.6
T.Santana	565.0	63	68	431	36	8	2	.983	29.2
B.Powers	1.0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.0
Team Total	1454.3	163	178	1098	104	14	3	.988	34.6
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	10.07
J.Reid	504.3	55	66	472	27	3	37	.994	8.90
T.James	349.0	40	47	357	21	2	16	.995	9.75
K.Samuels	219.0	26	26	220	11	0	14	1.000	9.49
B.Powers	191.0	19	32	174	18	2	26	.990	9.05
C.Gehringer	190.0	23	23	176	20	2	19	.990	9.28
T.Santana	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1454.3	163	195	1399	97	9	112	.994	9.26
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	5.02
D.Rotten	1087.3	122	126	237	352	13	71	.978	4.88
C.Gehringer	235.0	27	29	38	85	5	12	.961	4.71
J.Reid	115.0	12	19	28	39	1	9	.985	5.24
J.Mills	16.0	2	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.81
K.Medlinger	1.0	0	1	1	0	1	0	.500	9.00
Team Total	1454.3	163	177	307	478	20	92	.975	4.86
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.954	2.54
C.Gehringer	482.0	56	63	43	104	8	6	.948	2.74
J.Mills	425.7	46	62	35	96	3	6	.978	2.77
K.Samuels	262.0	34	35	21	56	3	4	.963	2.65
D.Rotten	243.0	26	28	9	57	1	2	.985	2.44
J.Reid	15.0	1	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.40
B.Powers	13.7	0	6	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.98
K.Medlinger	8.0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.38
T.James	3.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
M.Malkowski	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1454.3	163	200	109	322	15	18	.966	2.67
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.969	4.40
K.Medlinger	1367.3	154	154	195	452	26	80	.961	4.26
C.Gehringer	43.0	5	5	7	16	2	1	.920	4.81
J.Mills	38.0	4	5	4	10	0	2	1.000	3.32
J.Reid	6.0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1454.3	163	166	208	479	28	83	.961	4.25
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.978	1.97
S.Sax	1043.3	114	130	253	9	3	2	.989	2.26
J.Mills	371.0	45	49	89	0	3	0	.967	2.16
M.Malkowski	27.0	3	4	4	0	1	0	.800	1.33
K.Medlinger	8.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
J.Spratt	3.0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
B.Powers	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1454.3	163	187	349	9	7	2	.981	2.22

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.986	2.60
D.McNair	954.3	109	109	285	8	2	5	.993	2.76
M.Malkowski	432.0	48	51	147	3	4	1	.974	3.13
J.Mills	49.0	4	6	9	1	1	1	.909	1.84
D.Rotten	17.0	2	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.65
C.Gehringer	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1454.3	163	169	446	12	7	7	.985	2.83
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.982	2.10
J.Spratt	1343.3	151	151	343	7	8	1	.978	2.34
S.Sax	48.0	5	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.06
M.Malkowski	36.0	4	4	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
J.Mills	27.0	3	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Team Total	1454.3	163	165	372	7	8	1	.979	2.35
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.966	1.90
T.Avery	204.0	34	34	12	23	0	1	1.000	1.54
D.Gonzales	174.0	28	31	2	29	1	3	.969	1.60
G.Hibbard	166.7	27	29	7	25	1	0	.970	1.73
H.Shoope	116.3	18	35	4	14	0	2	1.000	1.39
P.Urena	98.0	0	77	4	10	1	1	.933	1.29
P.Capps	96.0	0	92	5	14	0	1	1.000	1.78
C.Spliemal	88.3	13	31	4	5	0	0	1.000	0.92
J.Matson	88.0	7	43	4	12	1	0	.941	1.64
D.Noble	85.7	10	27	4	10	1	1	.933	1.47
G.Bowling	78.3	0	78	6	24	0	1	1.000	3.45
M.Battaglia	75.0	0	65	2	7	0	1	1.000	1.08
S.Thiel	67.3	12	12	5	9	0	1	1.000	1.87
G.Zagorsky	15.0	0	13	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.80
L.Trinkle	10.0	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1362.6	149	572	60	184	5	12	.980	1.61

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	McNair	.322
On-Base Pct	Sax	.384
Slugging Pct	Sax	.599
OPS	Sax	.983
XR	Rotten	117.6
Games	Medlinger	158
At-Bats	Spratt	607
Runs	Rotten	116
Hits	Spratt	187
Total Bases	Rotten	326
Singles	Spratt	135
Doubles	Sax	45
Triples	Spratt	13
Homeruns	Rotten	32
RBIs	Rotten	112
Stolen Bases	Rotten	26
Caught Stealing	Medlinger, Mills, Spratt	13
Walks	Rotten	74
Strikeouts	Reid	96

ERA	Hibbard	3.56
Wins	Avery	14
Losses	Gonzales	10
Winning Pct	Avery	.636
Saves	Battaglia	40
Games Pitched	Capps	92
Games Started	Avery	34
Complete Games	Gonzales	1
Shutouts	No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched	Avery	204.0
Hits Allowed	Avery	195
Homeruns Allowed	Gonzales	27
Strikeouts	Avery	165
Walks Allowed	Gonzales	62
Walks per 9IP	Hibbard	1.8
Hits per 9IP	Avery	8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP	Gonzales	7.9
WHiP	Avery	1.22
OAVG	Avery	.250
OOBP	Avery	.295
OSLG	Hibbard	.398
OOPS	Avery	.702

Team All-Stars

Kewpie Medlinger

Donnie Rotten

Player Salaries
Donnie Rotten	$ 19,000,000
Kewpie Medlinger	$ 9,500,000
Tex Avery	$ 8,600,000
Stephen Sax	$ 5,000,000
Stephen Thiel	$ 4,300,000
Jack Spratt	$ 2,378,571
James Reid	$ 860,000
Cory Gehringer	$ 820,000
Howie Shoope	$ 610,000
Gary Bowling	$ 575,000
Christian Spliemal	$ 528,000
Danny Ramirez	$ 500,000
Pedro Urena	$ 500,000
Joe Matson	$ 500,000
Larry Trinkle	$ 420,000
Graeme Zagorsky	$ 354,286
Bill Powers	$ 350,000
Norris Adkins	$ 350,000
Denny Gonzales	$ 300,000
Porter Capps	$ 300,000
Michael Battaglia	$ 300,000
Greg Hibbard	$ 300,000
Trevor James	$ 300,000
Michael Malkowski	$ 300,000
Daron McNair	$ 300,000
Dominick Noble	$ 300,000
Terry Santana	$ 300,000
Sterling Wong	$ 300,000
Jake Mills	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
2/7	Signed			Gary Bowling
2/10	Released	Claudio Rodriguez
2/10	Released	Johnny Johnson
2/10	Released	Eloy Maldonado
2/10	Traded	Ruben Fears	Vancouver	Vancouver Waiver
2/10	Released	Vancouver Waiver
2/11	Signed			Danny Ramirez
2/14	Signed			Joe Matson
3/2	Signed			Greg Hibbard
7/31	Traded	Brick Prezwalski Alan Prime	Austin	Stephen Thiel
8/11	Released	Frank Tanana
10/6	Released	Karl Samuels
10/6	Released	Derrick Bingham