1986 Phoenix Talons
Record: 75-87
Finish: 1st in JL Midwest Division
Runs Scored: 896
Runs Allowed: 932
Exp W-L: 78-84
 
Ballpark: RSI Cactus Dome
Attendance: 2,414,846
Manager: Ray DeRoy

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-67, 5th in the Johnson League
AA: 85-53, 2nd in the Johnson League
A: 65-73, 7th in the Johnson League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Doubleday Series 1-3 to Valencia Stars
 
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
LF  John F. Kennedy, Jr. 25 157 595 121 190 48 13 7 69 17 14 89 149 .319 .425 .479 .904 114.9 19.3 2.9
RF  Emile Santos 31 157 594 103 191 87 5 19 128 8 2 66 22 .322 .388 .581 .969 118.6 20.0 2.7
C  Joe Farner 29 151 550 86 154 33 0 22 99 0 0 58 116 .280 .353 .460 .813 85.3 10.7 3.5
2B  Al Bluhm 36 145 536 70 154 23 7 22 89 1 1 33 129 .287 .338 .479 .817 82.9 10.8 4.5
SS *Andreas Ayes 29 147 477 73 156 17 4 14 64 2 3 51 29 .327 .390 .468 .857 84.2 12.6 3.8
LF  Theo Reckley 35 141 476 61 123 14 0 21 73 0 1 40 141 .258 .324 .420 .745 62.5 6.2 1.9
3B  Clem Aberson 26 143 460 74 134 25 1 34 82 0 0 26 100 .291 .329 .572 .901 81.9 11.9 2.8
CF *Robert Nolan 23 110 291 56 81 23 4 4 33 29 15 16 56 .278 .318 .426 .744 38.7 4.1 2.1
C  Billy Brubaker 25 108 258 39 70 11 1 5 38 1 4 34 47 .271 .365 .380 .744 35.0 3.4 2.9
3B *Leroy Lane 21 75 271 38 80 9 3 3 31 29 12 25 20 .295 .353 .384 .737 38.6 4.3 1.6
C #Gus Sinski 33 76 225 30 60 6 1 9 29 0 1 19 23 .267 .325 .422 .747 29.7 3.0 2.6
1B  Dave Whipple 34 119 201 32 61 7 0 12 35 0 0 17 58 .303 .356 .517 .873 36.0 5.1 0.6
2B  Bill Maddux 29 56 147 22 34 5 3 8 20 0 0 13 21 .231 .296 .469 .766 20.6 1.9 0.9
1B #Bango Vadabonceour 28 32 107 23 34 8 1 9 25 0 0 12 18 .318 .377 .664 1.041 25.5 4.4 0.5
3B *Colby Vicknair 36 53 97 13 32 5 0 3 20 1 0 6 11 .330 .381 .474 .855 15.4 2.4 0.6
P  Dennis Eckersley 31 36 74 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 35 .041 .041 .054 .095 -5.2 0.0 0.0
P  Guy Corngood 24 33 69 4 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 34 .058 .096 .072 .168 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  Stephen Thiel 30 33 62 10 10 3 0 1 6 0 0 3 22 .161 .197 .258 .455 2.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Jay Shoupe 35 35 55 10 15 1 0 3 11 0 1 6 10 .273 .355 .455 .809 9.0 1.1 0.4
P #Tenchi Masaki 30 32 48 2 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 23 .042 .075 .063 .138 -1.4 0.0 0.0
LF *Bob Shallix 27 46 47 19 7 2 0 0 2 6 4 5 20 .149 .226 .191 .418 1.3 0.0 0.3
P *David Lillis 32 34 23 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .087 .125 .130 .255 -0.6 0.0 0.0
P  Chad Laughlin 24 37 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .067 .222 .067 .289 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Larry Trinkle 33 58 16 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .063 .211 .063 .273 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Bernie Due 37 67 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .143 .000 .143 -0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Tucker Concepcion 27 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 .000 .143 .000 .143 0.0 0.0 0.0
P *Antonio Montana 32 28 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
P  Thomas Money 30 63 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Rogers 34 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Antwan Hagberg 28 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  William Golliday 29 72 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Lazaro Ruvalcaba 30 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Dennis McGahan 32 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.8 2356 5727 896 1601 331 43 196 867 95 58 533 1116 .280 .345 .455 .800 872.7 121.4 34.8
  Rank among 12 JL teams 1 3 1 2 7 4 3 11 4 10 5 2 4 2 3 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
 Dennis Eckersley 31 12 13 .480 36 36 0 229.7 268 106 26 32 154 4.15 14.5
 Guy Corngood 24 9 12 .429 33 33 0 197.3 232 103 22 20 124 4.70 9.3
 Stephen Thiel 30 11 8 .579 33 33 0 177.3 160 103 16 127 185 5.23 7.8
*Tenchi Masaki 30 8 10 .444 32 32 0 164.7 176 96 36 49 178 5.25 5.6
*Larry Trinkle 33 3 7 .300 58 6 4 101.0 105 56 15 40 73 4.99 5.9
*David Lillis 32 4 5 .444 34 11 1 93.7 85 50 23 38 104 4.80 5.1
 Bernie Due 37 4 4 .500 67 0 2 88.3 108 62 25 21 57 6.32 2.3
 Chad Laughlin 24 4 5 .444 37 8 0 79.0 77 46 18 35 75 5.24 3.2
 Thomas Money 30 6 0 1.000 63 0 4 73.3 69 34 10 33 50 4.17 6.5
 William Golliday 29 2 5 .286 72 0 14 70.3 76 34 10 31 64 4.35 6.4
 Dennis McGahan 32 2 8 .200 45 0 0 53.0 64 49 10 39 53 8.32 0.0
*Frank Rogers 34 6 6 .500 43 0 12 51.3 58 42 12 19 58 7.37 1.8
*Antonio Montana 32 2 3 .400 28 4 1 45.7 58 37 13 9 32 7.29 0.0
 Lazaro Ruvalcaba 30 0 0 .000 7 0 1 7.7 7 5 1 2 5 5.87 0.4
*Antwan Hagberg 28 2 0 1.000 6 0 0 7.3 10 10 5 8 8 12.28 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 75 86 .466 594 163 39 1439.6 1553 833 242 503 1220 5.21 68.8
Rank among 12 JL teams 7 7 9 7 9 9 11 9 2 3 9  
* - 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 .986 29.3
J.Farner 496.0 55 56 423 29 11 1 .976 18.3
B.Brubaker 487.3 56 60 446 41 3 2 .994 31.6
G.Sinski 465.0 51 59 391 36 3 2 .993 37.5
Team Total 1448.3 162 175 1260 106 17 5 .988 27.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.53
J.Farner 717.3 80 87 722 43 4 49 .995 9.60
D.Whipple 237.0 25 35 238 15 5 17 .981 9.61
B.Vadabonceour 237.0 27 28 255 16 3 12 .989 10.29
T.Reckley 235.0 28 29 230 7 3 17 .988 9.08
B.Maddux 18.0 2 3 22 2 1 1 .960 12.00
T.Concepcion 4.0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Lane 3.9 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.23
Team Total 1452.2 162 186 1473 84 16 97 .990 9.65
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.78
A.Bluhm 1203.3 136 137 226 405 28 63 .958 4.72
L.Lane 156.1 20 20 35 48 1 11 .988 4.79
C.Aberson 83.0 9 11 17 20 1 4 .974 4.01
B.Maddux 73.0 8 11 14 17 0 1 1.000 3.82
J.Shoupe 49.0 5 10 7 18 1 1 .962 4.59
A.Ayes 36.0 4 5 6 12 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Nolan 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Concepcion 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1604.4 182 196 306 520 31 81 .964 4.63
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.50
C.Aberson 653.7 73 80 36 138 4 8 .978 2.40
L.Lane 406.7 48 49 32 87 5 9 .960 2.63
B.Maddux 65.3 7 10 6 16 1 2 .957 3.03
C.Vicknair 65.0 7 11 3 18 1 0 .955 2.91
A.Ayes 30.0 3 4 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.50
A.Bluhm 4.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Shoupe 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
B.Shallix 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Nolan 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1231.4 138 160 80 265 11 22 .969 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.27
A.Ayes 1011.3 117 128 136 308 9 43 .980 3.95
C.Aberson 255.3 29 36 38 86 2 8 .984 4.37
B.Maddux 105.0 11 17 11 23 0 2 1.000 2.91
J.Shoupe 57.0 5 12 9 21 2 2 .938 4.74
C.Vicknair 7.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86
L.Lane 6.7 1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.69
R.Nolan 4.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 6.75
B.Shallix 3.0 0 2 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00
T.Concepcion 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
B.Brubaker 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.4 163 202 198 446 13 58 .980 3.99
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.95
T.Reckley 749.3 88 89 147 7 8 0 .951 1.85
J.Kennedy, Jr. 555.0 61 67 100 3 1 1 .990 1.67
R.Nolan 70.0 6 11 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.31
B.Shallix 60.0 7 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
E.Santos 9.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
B.Brubaker 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.McGahan 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1448.3 162 183 282 11 9 2 .970 1.82
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.62
J.Kennedy, Jr. 760.3 84 89 184 5 2 4 .990 2.24
R.Nolan 512.0 60 62 153 4 5 0 .969 2.76
C.Vicknair 75.0 7 16 29 0 0 0 1.000 3.48
B.Maddux 74.0 9 9 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.31
B.Shallix 19.0 2 7 6 0 1 0 .857 2.84
T.Reckley 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Concepcion 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Brubaker 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1448.3 162 186 392 9 8 4 .980 2.49
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.19
E.Santos 1268.7 145 147 277 5 8 1 .972 2.00
R.Nolan 61.3 6 12 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
D.Whipple 56.0 6 8 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.Reckley 24.0 3 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
B.Shallix 21.3 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
C.Vicknair 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
C.Aberson 6.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Kennedy, Jr. 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Lane 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1450.3 162 182 325 5 8 1 .976 2.05
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 1.79
D.Eckersley 229.7 36 36 9 40 3 5 .942 1.92
G.Corngood 197.3 33 33 9 30 3 3 .929 1.78
S.Thiel 177.3 33 33 3 31 0 0 1.000 1.73
T.Masaki 164.7 32 32 6 28 1 0 .971 1.86
L.Trinkle 101.0 6 58 3 19 0 1 1.000 1.96
D.Lillis 93.7 11 34 4 20 1 0 .960 2.31
B.Due 88.3 0 67 8 17 1 2 .962 2.55
C.Laughlin 79.0 8 37 4 15 1 0 .950 2.16
T.Money 73.3 0 63 3 11 0 1 1.000 1.72
W.Golliday 70.3 0 72 3 10 1 2 .929 1.66