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1986 South Atlantic League
1986 > Class A > League History
Overall: 679 games, 10 teams, approx. 135 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Season: Thu Apr 10 to Sun Aug 31 (144 days)
All-Star Game: Mon Jul 14 at
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Overall Standings

North Division

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Asheville Tourists HOU 90 50 .643 --
Sumter Braves ATL 77 60 .562 11.5
Greensboro Hornets BOS 75 63 .543 14
Gastonia Tigers DET 59 80 .424 30.5
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 40 95 .296 47.5

South Division

Tm Aff W L W-L% GB
Columbia Mets NYM 90 42 .682 --
Savannah Cardinals STL 75 60 .556 16.5
Charleston Rainbows SDP 63 69 .477 27
Florence Blue Jays TOR 56 76 .424 34
Macon Pirates PIT 54 84 .391 39

League Batting

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Tm Aff BatAge R/G G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
Columbia Mets NYM 21.0 6.33 132 5269 4514 836 1239 206 39 93 716 292 74 636 819 .274 .368 .399 .767 1802 55 21 43 18
Asheville Tourists HOU 21.3 6.21 140 5587 4764 870 1352 253 30 127 735 131 52 674 874 .284 .377 .429 .806 2046 56 60 33 16
Greensboro Hornets BOS 21.1 5.87 138 5623 4650 810 1234 210 41 120 713 120 49 818 877 .265 .377 .406 .782 1886 51 43 61 13
Sumter Braves ATL 20.7 5.34 137 5390 4584 731 1168 195 21 70 609 163 70 656 891 .255 .351 .352 .703 1615 46 62 42 22
Florence Blue Jays TOR 19.7 4.86 132 4941 4336 641 1080 158 34 105 551 167 69 514 1053 .249 .331 .374 .705 1621 36 19 36 11
Gastonia Tigers DET 21.3 4.76 139 5231 4452 661 1095 175 24 75 547 181 63 662 979 .246 .347 .347 .693 1543 41 44 32 16
Charleston Rainbows SDP 20.6 4.45 132 4932 4223 587 1002 165 33 65 498 175 80 593 816 .237 .334 .338 .672 1428 39 40 37 14
Savannah Cardinals STL 21.7 4.37 135 5101 4272 590 982 130 21 69 498 168 91 708 890 .230 .341 .319 .660 1361 34 51 36 18
Macon Pirates PIT 21.1 4.22 138 5081 4468 582 1086 187 24 65 516 156 52 508 960 .243 .322 .339 .661 1516 30 31 44 14
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 21.4 3.90 135 5048 4334 526 971 169 21 67 445 114 52 598 988 .224 .322 .319 .641 1383 46 25 45 13
League Totals 21.0 5.03 1358 52203 44597 6834 11209 1848 288 856 5828 1667 652 6367 9147 .251 .348 .363 .711 16201 434 396 409 155

League Pitching

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Tm Aff PitchAge R/G W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
Savannah Cardinals STL 22.8 4.17 75 60 .556 3.33 135 135 114 21 12 41 1169.0 1016 563 432 81 595 10 842 42 7 76 1.378 7.8 0.6 4.6 6.5 1.42
Columbia Mets NYM 21.2 4.26 90 42 .682 3.38 132 132 117 15 6 31 1167.2 1013 562 439 79 546 28 1036 37 10 71 1.335 7.8 0.6 4.2 8.0 1.90
Asheville Tourists HOU 22.0 4.44 90 50 .643 3.65 140 140 121 19 12 36 1214.1 1117 622 492 103 614 14 1071 44 8 96 1.425 8.3 0.8 4.6 7.9 1.74
Charleston Rainbows SDP 21.9 4.48 63 69 .477 3.69 132 132 113 19 9 22 1125.1 1055 592 462 75 507 27 864 30 17 83 1.388 8.4 0.6 4.1 6.9 1.70
Macon Pirates PIT 21.4 4.83 54 84 .391 4.22 138 138 119 19 7 19 1156.0 1122 667 542 76 680 12 934 38 16 102 1.559 8.7 0.6 5.3 7.3 1.37
Sumter Braves ATL 21.8 4.87 77 60 .562 4.15 137 137 117 20 8 32 1198.2 1073 667 553 91 662 12 965 44 14 138 1.447 8.1 0.7 5.0 7.2 1.46
Greensboro Hornets BOS 21.0 5.56 75 63 .543 4.46 138 138 115 23 6 33 1202.2 1324 767 596 87 608 18 998 50 11 125 1.606 9.9 0.7 4.5 7.5 1.64
Gastonia Tigers DET 21.4 5.60 59 80 .424 4.90 139 139 128 11 7 26 1170.2 1127 779 637 85 782 9 860 50 10 109 1.631 8.7 0.7 6.0 6.6 1.10
Florence Blue Jays TOR 21.1 6.00 56 76 .424 4.96 132 132 128 4 5 22 1116.2 1148 792 616 84 708 15 820 44 8 105 1.662 9.3 0.7 5.7 6.6 1.16
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 20.9 6.10 40 95 .296 5.14 135 135 122 13 5 19 1134.1 1214 823 648 95 665 10 757 55 6 87 1.656 9.6 0.8 5.3 6.0 1.14
League Totals 21.5 5.03 679 679 .500 4.18 1358 1358 1194 164 77 281 11655.1 11209 6834 5417 856 6367 155 9147 434 107 992 1.508 8.7 0.7 4.9 7.1 1.44

League Fielding

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Tm Aff G PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% Attendance Managers
Asheville Tourists HOU 140 3643 1491 189 109 .964 22 Ken Bolek
Sumter Braves ATL 137 3596 1410 187 130 .964 48 Brian Snitker
Columbia Mets NYM 132 3503 1402 199 100 .961 40 Tucker Ashford
Savannah Cardinals STL 135 3507 1499 206 148 .960 27 Mark DeJohn and William Gould
Gastonia Tigers DET 139 3512 1408 216 136 .958 34 Johnny Lipon
Greensboro Hornets BOS 138 3608 1339 235 110 .955 39 Doug Camilli
Macon Pirates PIT 138 3468 1348 229 98 .955 38 Mike Quade
Charleston Rainbows SDP 132 3376 1353 227 107 .954 34 Pat Kelly
Spartanburg Phillies PHI 135 3403 1342 234 115 .953 31 Roland Dearmas
Florence Blue Jays TOR 132 3350 1306 279 108 .943 48 Hector Torres
League Totals 1358 34966 13898 2201 1161 .957 361
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League Player Batting

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Rk Age Tm Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Rich Johnson 23 AVL A HOU 68 255 101 19 1 24 .396 .761 194
2 Carlo Colombino 21 AVL A HOU 92 360 122 35 4 5 .339 .500 180
3 Ben Abner 23 MAC A PIT 64 210 70 17 2 4 .333 .490 103
4 Allen Liebert 18 GST A DET 74 245 80 10 0 8 .327 .465 114
5 Cameron Drew 22 AVL A HOU 124 439 143 26 4 26 .326 .581 255
6 Carlos Quintana 20 GBO A BOS 126 443 144 19 4 11 .325 .460 204
7 Alan Hayden 22 CLM A NYM 109 404 130 16 5 2 .322 .401 162
8 Joaquin Contreras 22 CLM A NYM 77 277 89 15 4 12 .321 .534 148
9 Joe Kwolek 22 AVL A HOU 40 144 46 6 0 5 .319 .465 67
10 Scott Markley 22 AVL A HOU 119 466 147 23 7 4 .315 .421 196
11 Vic Hithe 21 AVL A HOU 47 149 46 8 0 3 .309 .423 63
12 Dodd Johnson 21 SUM A ATL 108 411 124 20 0 8 .302 .409 168
13 David Justice 20 SUM A ATL 61 220 66 16 0 10 .300 .509 112
14 Jeff Wetherby 22 SUM A ATL 62 212 63 13 3 4 .297 .443 94
15 Hector DeLaCruz 20 FLR A TOR 94 348 103 21 1 6 .296 .414 144
16 Rick Parker 23 SPB A PHI 62 233 69 7 3 5 .296 .416 97
17 John Roberts 22 GBO A BOS 124 478 141 18 12 7 .295 .427 204
18 Kurt Deluca 22 CLM A NYM 86 269 79 18 4 4 .294 .435 117
19 Pedro Munoz 17 FLR A TOR 122 445 131 16 5 14 .294 .447 199
20 Mike Goff 23 GBO A BOS 57 192 56 18 3 7 .292 .526 101
21 Pedro Perez 20 MAC A PIT 121 466 136 18 5 2 .292 .365 170
22 Craig Repoz 20 CLM A NYM 119 421 123 22 1 7 .292 .399 168
23 John Love 23 MAC A PIT 55 213 62 11 2 2 .291 .390 83
24 John Elliott 21 AVL A HOU 112 358 103 21 3 3 .288 .388 139
25 Felix Perdomo 22 CLM A NYM 62 208 60 14 2 9 .288 .505 105
26 Paul Thoutsis 20 GBO A BOS 106 364 105 16 3 15 .288 .473 172
27 Douglas Gonring 23 AVL A HOU 60 195 56 10 0 3 .287 .385 75
28 Ray Hansen 22 GBO A BOS 91 276 79 15 0 12 .286 .471 130
29 Juan Villanueva 20 CLM A NYM 92 333 95 17 5 6 .285 .420 140
30 Chris Knabenshue 22 CHS A SDP 102 335 95 20 4 10 .284 .457 153
31 Alex Smith 23 SUM A ATL 40 148 42 8 3 0 .284 .378 56
32 Blane Fox 22 GST A DET 110 386 108 25 0 7 .280 .399 154
33 Randy Whisler 24 FLR A TOR 84 280 78 12 2 6 .279 .400 112
34 Carey Cheek 23 MAC A PIT 98 356 99 20 2 3 .278 .371 132
35 James Lester 23 CHS A SDP 96 299 83 17 3 1 .278 .365 109
36 John Toale 21 GBO A BOS 100 338 94 27 4 11 .278 .479 162
37 Andy Donatelli 22 SPB A PHI 95 303 84 11 3 1 .277 .343 104
38 Dave Gelatt 23 CLM A NYM 118 415 115 19 6 3 .277 .373 155
39 Ruben Jackson 19 GST A DET 57 176 48 5 1 1 .273 .330 58
40 Thomas Temrowski 25 AVL A HOU 64 231 63 15 0 4 .273 .390 90
41 Jeff Baldwin 20 AVL A HOU 118 346 94 14 3 13 .272 .442 153
42 Mark Brunswick 21 CLM A NYM 62 184 50 5 0 0 .272 .299 55
43 Mark Lemke 20 SUM A ATL 126 448 122 24 2 18 .272 .455 204
44 Barry Jones 21 SUM A ATL 98 288 78 11 0 6 .271 .372 107
45 Jim Orsag 22 GBO A BOS 115 395 107 20 2 19 .271 .476 188
46 Carlos Baerga 17 CHS A SDP 111 378 102 14 4 7 .270 .384 145
47 Kevin Bradshaw 22 GST A DET 94 279 75 4 0 0 .269 .283 79
48 Jay Wollenburg 22 MAC A PIT 93 227 61 11 0 1 .269 .330 75
49 John Rigos 24 SAV A STL 113 401 107 10 4 6 .267 .357 143
50 Kevin Batiste 19 FLR A TOR 49 181 48 8 1 3 .265 .370 67
51 Rafael Muratti 19 MAC A PIT 128 405 106 21 0 11 .262 .395 160
52 Dan Walters 19 AVL A HOU 101 366 96 21 1 8 .262 .391 143
53 Johnny Monell 20 CLM A NYM 86 258 67 9 2 6 .260 .380 98
54 Jim Tatum 18 CHS A SDP 120 431 112 19 2 10 .260 .383 165
55 Wayne Housie 21 GST A DET 90 336 87 10 6 2 .259 .342 115
56 Julian Martinez 19 SAV A STL 70 217 56 5 0 2 .258 .309 67
57 Johnny Cuevas 20 SUM A ATL 61 175 45 5 0 4 .257 .354 62
58 Rodney McCray 22 CHS A SDP 123 417 107 13 3 4 .257 .331 138
59 Claude Patton 23 SAV A STL 97 265 68 10 0 2 .257 .317 84
60 Bob Pfaff 20 SUM A ATL 97 339 87 12 0 7 .257 .354 120
61 Greg Edge 21 SPB A PHI 53 211 54 4 0 0 .256 .275 58
62 Brant Alyea 19 FLR A TOR 83 322 82 17 1 8 .255 .388 125
63 Ellis Roby 22 SUM A ATL 105 358 91 12 4 1 .254 .318 114
64 Bill Stevenson 22 CHS A SDP 102 327 83 16 3 11 .254 .422 138
65 Dennis Hood 19 SUM A ATL 135 562 142 25 3 7 .253 .345 194
66 Ronnie Giddens 24 MAC A PIT 69 238 60 7 4 2 .252 .340 81
67 Scott Jaster 20 CLM A NYM 116 437 110 20 4 14 .252 .412 180
68 Rob Thomson 22 GST A DET 94 298 75 11 1 4 .252 .336 100
69 Alex Flores 18 GBO A BOS 80 258 64 6 4 0 .248 .302 78
70 Jeffrey Graham 23 SAV A STL 59 183 45 10 2 1 .246 .339 62
71 Manny Mantrana 21 GST A DET 64 233 57 9 3 2 .245 .335 78
72 Al Martin 18 SUM A ATL 44 156 38 5 0 1 .244 .295 46
73 Charles Romero 19 FLR A TOR 53 182 44 4 2 1 .242 .302 55
74 Greg David 19 FLR A TOR 112 377 91 13 1 11 .241 .369 139
75 Todd Pratt 19 GBO A BOS 107 348 84 16 0 12 .241 .391 136
76 Scott Raziano 23 SAV A STL 101 328 79 14 1 5 .241 .335 110
77 Carlos Zayas 19 SPB A PHI 74 245 59 11 0 6 .241 .359 88
78 Webster Garrison 20 FLR A TOR 105 354 85 10 0 3 .240 .294 104
79 Wayne Rogalski 21 AVL A HOU 91 293 70 14 2 11 .239 .413 121
80 Joey Zellner 22 MAC A PIT 102 306 73 15 0 2 .239 .307 94
81 Derek Bastinck 21 GST A DET 99 286 68 11 2 4 .238 .332 95
82 Ben Blackmun 20 SPB A PHI 70 256 61 14 1 1 .238 .313 80
83 Chris Gaeckle 23 GBO A BOS 82 273 65 8 1 4 .238 .319 87
84 Eddie Zambrano 20 GBO A BOS 112 395 94 16 5 12 .238 .395 156
85 Jose Diaz 20 FLR A TOR 61 203 48 4 1 5 .236 .340 69
86 Bernard Gilkey 19 SAV A STL 105 374 88 15 4 6 .235 .345 129
87 Greg Sparks 22 CHS A SDP 105 344 81 18 1 10 .235 .381 131
88 Brandon Bailey 19 CLM A NYM 103 333 78 16 0 14 .234 .408 136
89 Chris Clawson 23 AVL A HOU 64 175 41 9 0 8 .234 .423 74
90 Carlos Reyes 20 AVL A HOU 67 154 36 7 0 1 .234 .299 46
91 Mike Robertson 24 SAV A STL 115 387 90 11 0 12 .233 .354 137
92 Tony Chance 21 MAC A PIT 108 366 85 12 3 17 .232 .421 154
93 Gilberto Roca 20 MAC A PIT 90 285 66 10 2 2 .232 .302 86
94 Crucito Lara 19 SAV A STL 118 390 90 11 1 2 .231 .279 109
95 Joselito Reyes 19 FLR A TOR 105 342 79 11 11 4 .231 .363 124
96 Jim Rockey 21 SUM A ATL 67 225 52 9 1 1 .231 .293 66
97 Alan Ashkinazy 24 GBO A BOS 104 387 89 7 1 0 .230 .253 98
98 Richard Daily 22 GST A DET 128 417 96 17 5 9 .230 .360 150
99 Kevin Russ 19 CHS A SDP 91 261 60 6 4 4 .230 .330 86
100 Luis Iglesias 19 SAV A STL 102 310 71 14 2 7 .229 .355 110

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