1997 Southern Minny Stars Roster

Prairie League (PL) - Independent
Team Record: 42-24
Finished 1st in the PL's Southern Division
Manager: Kevin Graber (42-24)
Location: Austin, Minnesota
Ballpark: Marcusen Park
Attendance: 20,868, Avg. 632 in 33 home dates
1997 Southern Minny Stars Statistics

Playoffs - Minot Mallards 2 games, Southern Minny Stars 0

The Southern Minny Stars of the Prairie League ended the 1997 season with a record of 42 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the league's Southern Division.

The Stars scored 434 runs and surrendered 313 runs. Ed Gerald led Southern Minny with 18 home runs and recorded 76 runs batted in. Doug Kimbler paced all regular hitters with a .378 average. Justin Fletschock topped the team with 9 wins, while Juan Berenguer registered a 3.1 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Juan Berenguer played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Southern Minny Stars to do so.

Kevin Graber served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Chris BartosiewskiRRDecember 25, 1973
Juan BerenguerRRNovember 30, 19545'11"186Aguadulce, Cocle PA
Gerald DavisRRMarch 29, 19716'0"190Detroit, MI US
Shaun FigueroaRRDecember 30, 19755'11"185Hoboken, NJ US
Justin FletschockRRJuly 14, 19756'1"205Munich, ND US
Scott FlynnRRFebruary 4, 19755'11"180Vancouver, WA US
Dwayne GeraldRRDecember 27, 19726'3"189Lumberton, NC US
Ed GeraldSRJuly 18, 19706'3"205Lumberton, NC US
Chris GogolewskiLLAugust 4, 19736'5"182Fort Worth, TX US
Joe GordonRRNovember 21, 19736'0"195Burbank, CA US
Kevin GraberRR
Darrio GreenLRAugust 16, 19735'11"185Tupelo, MS US
Steve HaywardRRJanuary 1, 19716'2"185Westwood, NJ US
Mark Henry
Dennis HoganRRAugust 4, 19756'3"175Cheshire, CT US
Marv HornLLAugust 2, 19746'4"195Inglewood, CA US
Jonathan JenkinsRRJune 3, 19685'8"210Culpeper, VA US
Doug KimblerRRAugust 27, 19685'10"185Plattsburgh, NY US
Bob KneefeLL6'0"175
Brett LagerbladeRL
Sean McKamieRRSeptember 27, 19696'2"160St. Paul, MN US
Christopher McMillanRRSeptember 15, 19725'11"180Santa Maria, CA US
Matt PaulsenRR
Jason RogalskiRLApril 17, 19736'4"190
Kevin RyanRRSeptember 23, 19706'1"187Midwest City, OK US
Scott SheehanRRMarch 20, 19746'0"205Omaha, NE US
Brian SutterSRJune 12, 1973
Ramon VegaRRFebruary 12, 19745'11"173Arroyo, PR
Jarvis WhiteRRNovember 8, 19725'11"185Bradenton, FL 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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