Chicago American Giants History - 1989 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1989 Chicago American Giants	85	77	.525	2^nd	3	79-83	6	.256	3.67	X		2,876,361	$60,005,084	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Jack Roosevelt Robinson Award	Rafael Palmeiro	1
All-Star	Boots Day	1
Pitcher of the Month	Rex Cecil (Jul), Sam Gray (Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Rafael Palmeiro (Aug 14)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
3B	Oyster Burns	26	159	622	162	39	8	30	102	90	50	1	1	9	70	13	8	.260	.312	.494	.806	4.3	136
2B	Barney Serrell	24	160	619	161	21	3	8	56	80	48	1	6	6	42	11	9	.260	.312	.342	.654	2.0	95
1B	Edgar Wesley	24	160	616	149	18	3	25	90	82	55	0	0	5	135	5	3	.242	.302	.403	.704	1.0	108
SS	Jack Hudson	26	158	550	131	20	2	2	56	46	29	0	4	4	43	2	0	.238	.274	.293	.567	1.9	70
LF	Rafael Palmeiro	21	130	495	137	34	4	20	76	61	40	1	0	6	42	0	1	.277	.328	.483	.811	2.5	138
C	Rip Williams	33	119	439	132	25	3	0	35	51	41	1	8	2	70	2	6	.301	.360	.371	.732	3.0	119
CF	Adam C Eaton	33	130	384	93	14	8	8	41	45	49	0	3	2	61	4	0	.242	.326	.383	.709	2.3	111
RF	Willie Keeler	27	126	380	120	17	2	1	26	45	17	0	0	0	67	4	8	.316	.345	.379	.724	1.6	116
RF	Tony Gwynn	41	94	310	89	19	0	4	43	24	8	0	0	1	19	0	1	.287	.304	.387	.691	0.4	105
C	Carl Taylor	26	89	254	65	11	1	3	26	41	52	1	0	2	36	2	4	.256	.382	.343	.724	2.0	119
CF	Juan Encarnacion	22	91	261	62	11	4	5	21	30	16	0	0	1	50	5	1	.238	.281	.368	.648	0.5	92
CF	Fats Jenkins	39	46	154	41	7	0	3	20	16	0	0	0	2	15	1	1	.266	.263	.370	.633	-0.1	86
3B	Craig Shipley	30	51	111	32	6	0	0	10	11	3	0	0	1	17	1	0	.288	.304	.342	.647	-0.2	93
P	Len Barker	26	39	74	11	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	16	0	23	0	0	.149	.182	.189	.371	-0.7	11
P	Sam Gray	27	34	66	8	1	0	0	3	3	8	0	10	0	8	0	0	.121	.216	.136	.353	-0.6	9
P	Rex Cecil	31	35	63	10	3	0	0	4	4	4	0	7	1	14	0	0	.159	.206	.206	.412	-0.6	24
P	Andy Cooper	30	27	64	10	2	0	0	2	3	4	0	6	0	5	0	0	.156	.206	.188	.393	-0.4	19
P	Dickey Kerr	28	32	53	10	1	0	0	3	8	3	0	9	0	13	0	0	.189	.232	.208	.440	-0.4	33
C	Rick Ferrell	28	11	31	5	1	0	0	6	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	.161	.229	.194	.422	-0.1	28
C	Pinch Thomas	33	10	30	8	2	0	1	2	5	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	.267	.290	.433	.724	0.0	112
CF	Boots Day	22	14	20	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	0.1	65
P	Pedro Astacio	29	61	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	.136	.136	.136	.273	-0.2	-18
LF	Eddie Rosario	30	17	19	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	.316	.316	.316	.632	0.1	90
P	A J Griffin	35	11	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Frank Lamanske	30	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Mark Brandenburg	30	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Octavio Dotel	24	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Warren Bogle	33	17	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	200
P	Mark Huismann	30	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Orel Hershiser	34	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Paul Quantrill	31	51	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
31 Players		27.4	1955	5657	1450	252	38	111	628	656	438	5	73	43	764	52	42	.256	.308	.373	.681	18.1	102
NL Rank				1	1	3	1	8	7	6	7	8	3	4	8	4	4	2	6	8	8	4
ABBA Rank				5	8	9	3	16	15	14	14	16	3	9	14	11	10	10	14	16	16	10

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Len Barker	26	39	39	14	14	0	3.96	252.0	245	127	111	26	87	196	0	3	0	1.32	.295	4.5	94
Sam Gray	27	34	34	16	10	0	2.78	229.7	201	91	71	27	63	186	0	3	3	1.15	.266	4.4	134
Rex Cecil	31	35	28	16	6	0	3.70	192.3	166	89	79	14	87	96	0	1	1	1.32	.248	2.0	101
Andy Cooper	30	27	27	13	9	0	3.05	191.7	154	69	65	24	17	123	0	2	0	.89	.225	3.7	123
Dickey Kerr	28	32	24	8	10	0	3.83	171.3	188	93	73	18	49	90	0	2	1	1.38	.292	1.9	98
Pedro Astacio	29	61	9	9	14	12	5.27	141.7	135	84	83	24	42	139	5	1	0	1.25	.294	1.1	71
Paul Quantrill	31	51	0	3	6	18	4.20	83.7	92	40	39	4	31	36	1	0	0	1.47	.306	0.8	89
Rafael Soriano	29	31	0	3	0	0	1.84	44.0	31	11	9	3	14	38	6	0	0	1.02	.235	0.8	203
Orel Hershiser	34	32	0	1	6	7	3.92	41.3	38	18	18	4	13	42	1	0	0	1.23	.309	0.7	95
Mark Brandenburg	30	20	0	1	0	2	3.19	31.0	26	12	11	3	12	16	0	0	0	1.23	.240	0.0	117
Warren Bogle	33	17	0	1	0	1	4.71	21.0	15	12	11	1	11	12	1	0	0	1.24	.219	0.1	79
Octavio Dotel	24	12	1	0	0	0	2.61	20.7	16	6	6	2	6	16	0	0	0	1.06	.246	0.3	143
Frank Lamanske	30	11	0	0	0	1	2.08	17.3	15	4	4	2	3	11	0	0	0	1.04	.271	0.1	180
A J Griffin	35	11	0	0	0	0	4.02	15.7	20	7	7	1	3	10	0	0	0	1.47	.345	0.3	93
Mark Huismann	30	8	0	0	2	1	7.71	14.0	16	14	12	8	2	13	0	0	0	1.29	.222	-0.9	48
15 Pitchers	28.8	421	162	85	77	42	3.67	1467.3	1358	677	599	161	440	1024	14	12	5	1.23	.271	19.8	108
NL Rank		2	1	4	5	2	4	1	5	5	5	4	2	3	5	7	4	2	3	3
ABBA Rank		3	3	6	11	4	4	1	5	5	5	5	4	3	7	13	5	2	3	7

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Barker	39	39	12	19	0	31	0	1.000	252.0	1.11	1.9
S. Gray	34	34	10	18	0	31	3	.903	229.7	1.10	0.5
R. Cecil	35	28	11	11	0	25	3	.880	192.3	1.03	0.3
A. Cooper	27	27	5	17	0	24	2	.917	191.7	1.03	1.8
D. Kerr	32	24	8	13	0	23	2	.913	171.3	1.10	0.6
P. Astacio	61	9	4	8	0	12	0	1.000	141.7	0.76	0.5
P. Quantrill	51	0	6	8	0	15	1	.933	83.7	1.51	1.2
R. Soriano	30	0	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	44.0	1.02	0.6
O. Hershiser	31	0	0	3	1	3	0	1.000	41.3	0.65	0.4
M. Brandenburg	20	0	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	31.0	1.45	0.6
W. Bogle	17	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	21.0	0.43	-0.1
O. Dotel	12	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	20.7	0.87	0.1
F. Lamanske	11	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	17.3	2.08	0.1
A. Griffin	11	0	1	2	1	3	0	1.000	15.7	1.72	-0.0
M. Huismann	8	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	0.1
Totals	419	162	66	110	2	188	12	.936	1467.3	1.08	8.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
R. Williams	105	104	670	64	7	742	8	.989	945.3	6.99	-1.2	7	33.8
C. Taylor	46	43	290	28	1	320	2	.994	390.3	7.33	0.7	1	47.6
R. Ferrell	9	8	56	9	0	65	0	1.000	71.7	8.16	0.2	0	40.0
P. Thomas	7	7	28	3	0	31	0	1.000	60.0	4.65	-0.2	2	33.3
Totals	167	162	1044	104	8	1158	10	.991	1467.3	7.04	-0.5	10	36.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Wesley	159	159	1321	78	98	1412	13	.991	1438.3	8.75	1.5
R. Williams	2	1	9	0	1	9	0	1.000	11.0	7.36	0.1
R. Palmeiro	1	1	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	9.0	7.00	0.0
C. Shipley	1	1	9	2	1	11	0	1.000	8.0	12.38	0.0
C. Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	164	162	1345	81	100	1439	13	.991	1467.3	8.75	1.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Serrell	156	156	343	396	91	758	19	.975	1396.7	4.76	5.0
C. Shipley	10	6	16	19	4	36	1	.972	70.7	4.46	-0.5
Totals	166	162	359	415	95	794	20	.975	1467.3	4.75	4.4

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
O. Burns	151	151	69	278	17	370	23	.938	1362.3	2.29	-3.6
C. Shipley	15	11	5	17	0	22	0	1.000	105.0	1.89	0.2
Totals	166	162	74	295	17	392	23	.941	1467.3	2.26	-3.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Hudson	156	155	210	495	75	719	14	.981	1353.3	4.69	18.3
C. Shipley	23	3	13	22	7	36	1	.972	77.7	4.06	-2.5
O. Burns	7	4	4	10	2	16	2	.875	36.3	3.47	-2.4
Totals	186	162	227	527	84	771	17	.978	1467.3	4.62	13.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Palmeiro	123	122	257	6	2	266	3	.989	1103.3	2.15	-8.4
C. Taylor	27	27	64	2	0	69	3	.957	237.0	2.51	-0.6
A. Eaton	7	7	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	54.0	1.50	0.3
W. Keeler	7	2	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	29.0	2.79	0.5
F. Jenkins	2	2	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	18.0	2.00	0.6
J. Encarnacion	4	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	16.0	2.25	-0.0
E. Rosario	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	347	8	2	361	6	.983	1467.3	2.18	-7.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Eaton	94	92	331	11	1	347	5	.986	832.0	3.70	3.8
J. Encarnacion	53	49	157	1	0	158	0	1.000	436.0	3.26	-0.4
F. Jenkins	18	18	47	2	0	50	1	.980	159.3	2.77	-1.6
B. Day	7	2	16	0	0	16	0	1.000	30.0	4.80	0.3
W. Keeler	1	1	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	10.0	4.50	0.2
Totals	173	162	556	14	1	576	6	.990	1467.3	3.50	2.3

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Keeler	74	72	165	8	0	182	9	.951	651.3	2.39	0.7
T. Gwynn	71	71	169	6	0	177	2	.989	632.3	2.49	-3.1
F. Jenkins	14	13	28	2	0	32	2	.938	118.0	2.29	-1.0
J. Encarnacion	7	6	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	50.0	1.98	0.1
A. Eaton	4	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	15.7	4.60	1.2
Totals	170	162	381	16	0	410	13	.968	1467.3	2.44	-2.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rafael Palmeiro	.277
On-Base Percentage	Rafael Palmeiro	.328
Slugging Percentage	Oyster Burns	.494
OPS	Rafael Palmeiro	.811
Games	Barney Serrell, Edgar Wesley	160
At-Bats	Oyster Burns	622
Runs	Oyster Burns	90
Hits	Oyster Burns	162
Doubles	Oyster Burns	39
Triples	Oyster Burns, Adam C Eaton	8
Home Runs	Oyster Burns	30
Runs Batted In	Oyster Burns	102
Stolen Bases	Oyster Burns	13
Caught Stealing	Barney Serrell	9
Walks	Edgar Wesley	55
Strikeouts	Edgar Wesley	135

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Sam Gray, Rex Cecil	16
Losses	Len Barker, Pedro Astacio	14
Saves	Paul Quantrill	18
Games	Pedro Astacio	61
Games Started	Len Barker	39
Complete Games	Len Barker, Sam Gray	3
Shutouts	Sam Gray	3
Innings Pitched	Len Barker	252.0
Hits Allowed	Len Barker	245
Home Runs Allowed	Sam Gray	27
Strikeouts	Len Barker	196
Walks Allowed	Len Barker, Rex Cecil	87
Earned Run Average	Sam Gray	2.78
Walks + Hits per IP	Andy Cooper	0.89
BABIP	Andy Cooper	.225

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
April 10th	3B Merl Combs	to the Houston Eagles for	C Einar Diaz P Haddie Gill 3rd Round Draft Pick
June 19th		to the Memphis Red Sox for	C Rick Ferrell 3rd Round Draft Pick