1996 Aberdeen Pheasants Statistics

Prairie League (PL) - Independent
Team Record: 54-24
Finished 1st in the PL
Manager: Bob Flori (54-24)
Location: Aberdeen, South Dakota
Ballpark: Fossum Field
Attendance: 29,552, Avg. 758

1996 Aberdeen Pheasants Roster

Playoffs - Minot Mallards 2 games, Aberdeen Pheasants 0

The Aberdeen Pheasants of the Prairie League ended the 1996 season with a record of 54 wins and 24 losses, finishing first in the PL.

The Pheasants scored 560 runs and allowed 381 runs. Ed Gerald led Aberdeen with 22 home runs, while Ken Tirpack and Steve Phillips walloped 15 or more, too. Ken Tirpack drove in 84 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .404 clip. Leo Vasquez paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.23 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Matt Maysey and Brian Dubois both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Bob Flori served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Leo Vasquez	11	2	.846	2.22	19	16	1	2	2	0	105.3	79	39	26	7	39	0	106	1	0	4	429
Johnny Ard	9	4	.692	3.37	17	17	0	6	2	0	120.3	108	53	45	14	19	0	104	2	0	8	482
Brian Dubois	8	3	.727	4.25	18	18	0	0	0	0	112.3	132	64	53	17	21	0	107	1	0	4	489
Steve Hayward	7	2	.778	6.40	21	7	5	0	0	1	64.7	84	56	46	9	25	1	76	3	1	4	304
Stewart Wilson	5	1	.833	3.96	23	5	9	1	0	3	52.3	63	30	23	2	23	0	37	0	0	1	242
Ron Rippo	3	1	.750	2.62	14	0	4	0	0	1	24.0	32	15	7	2	9	2	15	0	0	0	114
Jeff Thomas	3	2	.600	3.20	13	0	3	0	0	1	25.3	22	12	9	3	11	0	18	0	0	1	109
Chris Shafer	2	0	1.000	8.83	12	0	3	0	0	0	17.3	17	20	17	0	19	0	7	4	0	3	91
Brian Binversie	2	2	.500	2.40	36	0	27	0	0	10	48.7	49	18	13	1	16	0	56	3	0	3	211
Jon Henry	2	3	.400	3.16	10	3	1	0	0	0	31.3	33	15	11	1	18	0	30	1	0	2	146
Matt Maysey	1	0	1.000	6.75	5	4	0	0	0	0	21.3	33	20	16	2	13	0	22	1	0	3	106
James Wray	1	1	.500	5.40	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.3	40	18	17	5	0	0	17	0	0	1	124
Shane McCawley	0	0		3.93	7	3	0	0	0	0	18.3	18	8	8	2	11	0	13	1	0	1	84
Eric Miller	0	1	.000	3.80	17	0	14	0	0	7	21.3	24	11	9	1	11	2	22	3	0	0	102
Luke Smith	0	1	.000	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10
Shawn Alazaus	0	1	.000	5.40	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.7	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9
Totals	54	24	.692	3.91	219	78	69	9	4	23	694.7	738	381	302	66	239	5	631	20	1	35	3052

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Ken Tirpack	75	345	297	63	120	30	1	18	84	2	0	42	36	.404	.475	.694	1.169	206	6	2	0	4	10
Ed Gerald	78	368	316	86	106	17	3	22	81	18	2	44	57	.335	.416	.617	1.033	195	5	3	0	5	1
Aaron Gerteisen	78	342	298	49	90	16	4	5	38	15	4	34	34	.302	.371	.433	.804	129	6	1	5	4	3
Edgar Tovar	60	293	269	52	85	17	2	7	48	2	1	13	21	.316	.356	.472	.828	127	8	6	1	4	1
Steve Phillips	76	365	297	80	79	25	2	15	67	5	0	64	92	.266	.397	.515	.912	153	3	2	0	2	0
Enrique Duncan	75	315	272	53	78	10	2	4	42	15	5	26	36	.287	.375	.382	.757	104	6	14	0	3	1
Chris Huff	78	392	324	74	78	14	0	5	28	25	8	56	77	.241	.363	.330	.694	107	2	7	4	1	0
Luke Smith	57	240	223	44	76	19	1	4	31	1	2	14	32	.341	.388	.489	.876	109	7	3	0	0	1
Brad Gay	69	300	266	34	64	19	0	7	35	1	0	33	74	.241	.323	.391	.714	104	7	0	0	1	1
George Strus	44	179	160	17	46	9	0	2	23	1	0	15	41	.288	.360	.381	.741	61	4	3	1	0	1
Stewart Wilson	40	65	62	5	16	5	0	0	4	2	1	2	8	.258	.281	.339	.620	21	0	0	1	0	0
Gregg Cascaes	10	31	27	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	5	.222	.241	.296	.538	8	0	0	2	1	0
Kent Alm	5	14	12	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.250	.357	.333	.690	4	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Narcavage	3	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	748	3255	2827	560	847	182	16	89	483	87	23	347	517	.300	.381	.470	.851	1328	54	42	14	25	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ken Tirpack	1B	55	400	38	7	26	.984	7.964
Ed Gerald	1B	15	119	5	1	11	.992	8.267
George Strus	1B	9	87	1	2	5	.978	9.778
Gregg Cascaes	1B	1	12	0	0	2	1.000	12.000
Chris Huff	2B	58	120	155	11	24	.962	4.741
Enrique Duncan	2B	21	39	47	11	9	.887	4.095
Gregg Cascaes	2B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Luke Smith	3B	52	28	78	18	6	.855	2.038
Enrique Duncan	3B	17	12	34	14	3	.767	2.706
Gregg Cascaes	3B	6	10	12	1	1	.957	3.667
Ken Tirpack	3B	4	1	13	0	1	1.000	3.500
Michael Narcavage	3B	3	2	4	1	0	.857	2.000
Edgar Tovar	3B	2	0	5	1	0	.833	2.500
Kent Alm	3B	2	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.500
Brad Gay	C	67	534	57	5	3	.992	8.821	10	28	34	54.8
George Strus	C	17	112	6	3	0	.975	6.941	5	16	2	11.1
Jeff Thomas	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0	0	0
Aaron Gerteisen	CF	78						.000
Steve Phillips	LF	76						.000
Stewart Wilson	LF	2						.000
Aaron Gerteisen	OF	78	175	3	1	0	.994	2.282
Steve Phillips	OF	76	137	5	1	0	.993	1.868
Enrique Duncan	OF	39	72	6	7	0	.918	2.000
Ed Gerald	OF	24	39	1	1	2	.976	1.667
Stewart Wilson	OF	15	29	0	1	0	.967	1.933
Luke Smith	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Brian Binversie	P	36	1	9	0	1	1.000	.278
Stewart Wilson	P	23	1	4	0	0	1.000	.217
Steve Hayward	P	21	4	4	2	0	.800	.381
Leo Vasquez	P	19	3	15	0	2	1.000	.947
Brian Dubois	P	18	3	21	5	0	.828	1.333
Eric Miller	P	17	4	1	1	0	.833	.294
Johnny Ard	P	17	6	15	1	1	.955	1.235
Ron Rippo	P	14	2	3	0	0	1.000	.357
Jeff Thomas	P	13	2	5	0	0	1.000	.538
Chris Shafer	P	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Jon Henry	P	10	1	6	0	1	1.000	.700
Shane McCawley	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
James Wray	P	5	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.600
Matt Maysey	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Luke Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Shawn Alazaus	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Enrique Duncan	RF	39						.000
Ed Gerald	RF	24						.000
Stewart Wilson	RF	13						.000
Luke Smith	RF	4						.000
Edgar Tovar	SS	58	80	148	13	22	.946	3.931
Chris Huff	SS	20	36	58	8	11	.922	4.700
Kent Alm	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		1102	2084	776	116	131	.961	2.595	15	44	36	45.0

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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