1997 Mobile BayBears Roster

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Ramsey (69-68)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 332,639, Avg. 4,821 in 69 home dates
1997 Mobile BayBears Statistics

Playoffs - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Mobile BayBears 2

The Mobile BayBears of the Southern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The BayBears plated 768 runs and conceded 687 runs. Dusty Allen paced Mobile with 17 home runs Gabe Alvarez drove in 78 runs. Chris Prieto led batters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Brett Walters and Dave Zancanaro topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Brian Tollberg registered a 3.73 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Dusty Allen, Gabe Alvarez, Jim Bowie, Matt Clement, Todd Erdos, Steve Finley, Wiki González, Aaron Guiel, Greg LaRocca, Gary Matthews, Juan Melo, Chris Prieto, Mandy Romero, Sean Runyan, Matt Skrmetta, Kerry Taylor, Brian Tollberg and Darío Veras were all players from the 1997 Mobile BayBears who played in the Majors during their careers.

Mike Ramsey served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Dusty AllenRRAugust 9, 19726'4"215Oklahoma City, OK US
Gabe AlvarezRRMarch 6, 19746'1"185Navojoa, Sonora MX
Bill AndersonRRSeptember 23, 19706'0"190Glens Falls, NY US
Jim BaronLLFebruary 22, 19746'3"230Cleveland, OH US
Jim BowieLLFebruary 17, 19656'0"205Tokyo, JP
Darryl BrinkleyRRDecember 23, 19685'11"210Stamford, CT US
Ray BrownLRJuly 30, 19726'2"205Simi Valley, CA US
Marino CastilloRRMarch 17, 19716'0"168Los Llanos, San Pedro de Macoris DO
Craig ClaytonRRNovember 29, 19706'0"185Bellflower, CA US
Matt ClementRRAugust 12, 19746'3"190McCandless, PA US
Bubba DixonLLJanuary 7, 19725'10"165Mobile, AL US
Todd ErdosRRNovember 21, 19736'1"205Washington, PA US
Steve FinleyLLMarch 12, 19656'2"175Union City, TN US
Rick GamaRRApril 27, 19735'10"180Mexico, Distrito Federal MX
Wiki GonzálezRRMay 17, 19745'11"175, Aragua VE
Aaron GuielLROctober 5, 19725'10"200Vancouver, BC CA
Rich HillsRRJuly 28, 19736'0"195Garden Grove, CA US
Earl JohnsonSROctober 3, 19715'10"165Detroit, MI US
Brad KaufmanRRApril 26, 19726'2"210Marshalltown, IA US
Jamie KeefeRRAugust 29, 19735'11"180Rochester, NH US
Tim KilleenLRJuly 26, 19706'0"195Phoenix, AZ US
Greg LaRoccaRRNovember 10, 19725'11"185Oswego, NY US
Justin MashoreRRFebruary 14, 19725'9"190Concord, CA US
Gary MatthewsSRAugust 25, 19746'3"200San Francisco, CA US
Juan MeloSRNovember 11, 19766'3"206Bani, Peravia DO
Charles PoeRRNovember 9, 19716'0"185West Covina, CA US
John PowersLRJune 2, 19745'10"170Mesa, AZ US
Chris PrietoLLAugust 24, 19725'11"180Carmel, CA US
Mandy RomeroSROctober 29, 19675'11"190Miami, FL US
Sean RunyanLLJune 21, 19746'3"220Fort Smith, AR US
Matt SchwenkeSRAugust 12, 19726'1"225Kankakee, IL US
Matt SkrmettaSRNovember 6, 19726'3"220Biloxi, MS US
Cam SmithRRSeptember 20, 19736'3"190Brooklyn, NY US
Kerry TaylorRRJanuary 25, 19716'3"200Bemidji, MN US
Brian TollbergRRSeptember 16, 19726'3"195Tampa, FL US
Chad TredawaySRJune 18, 19726'0"193Brownsville, TX US
Ryan Van De WegRRFebruary 24, 19746'0"180Grand Rapids, MI US
Darío VerasRRMarch 13, 19736'2"165Santiago, Santiago DO
Brett WaltersRRSeptember 30, 19746'0"185Port Hedland, Western Australia AU
Bryan WolffRRMarch 16, 19726'2"189Carbondale, IL US
Dave ZancanaroLLJanuary 8, 19696'1"190Carmichael, CA US

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.




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