1997 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 62-76
Finished 5th in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Ron Gideon (62-76)
Affiliation: Colorado Rockies
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: McCormick Stadium (new)
Attendance: 143,351, Avg. 2,108 in 68 home dates
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1997 season with a record of 62 wins and 76 losses, finishing fifth in the league's Central Division.
The Tourists tallied 599 runs and allowed 651 runs. Mark Hamlin paced Asheville with 18 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. Jake Westbrook topped the team with 14 wins, and John Nicholson registered a 3.79 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Asheville Tourists who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Shawn Chacón, David Lee, Mark Thompson, Jake Westbrook, John Lindsey and Tim Christman.
Ron Gideon served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Westbrook | 14 | 11 | .560 | 4.29 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 176 | 93 | 81 | 16 | 55 | 0 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 736 |
| Shawn Chacón | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.89 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.0 | 155 | 80 | 70 | 13 | 63 | 1 | 149 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 701 |
| John Nicholson | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.78 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.7 | 128 | 70 | 57 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 115 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 570 |
| Tim Christman | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.41 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63.3 | 55 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 263 |
| Steve Matcuk | 5 | 12 | .294 | 4.45 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 159.7 | 157 | 86 | 79 | 15 | 55 | 1 | 100 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 674 |
| Doug Walls | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.96 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 50 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 227 |
| Jason Romine | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.02 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 45 | 23 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 201 |
| David Lee | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.08 | 51 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 53.0 | 61 | 30 | 24 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 239 |
| Scott Schroeffel | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.74 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 185 |
| Dean Brueggemann | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.25 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 110.0 | 116 | 62 | 52 | 11 | 44 | 2 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 482 |
| John Slamka | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.75 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 61 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 250 |
| John Mahlberg | 0 | 0 | 5.03 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.7 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 96 | |
| Alvin Rivera | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Jamie Emiliano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.85 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 24 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 |
| Mark Thompson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.70 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| James Kammerer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.82 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162 |
| Marc D'Alessandro | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.62 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.7 | 87 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 296 |
| Totals | 62 | 76 | .449 | 4.07 | 382 | 139 | 131 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 1215.0 | 1225 | 651 | 549 | 112 | 445 | 6 | 1022 | 70 | 12 | 69 | 5249 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Hamlin | 134 | 576 | 497 | 79 | 144 | 31 | 0 | 18 | 74 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 107 | .290 | .372 | .461 | .833 | 229 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Doug Livingston | 128 | 533 | 468 | 53 | 123 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 61 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 82 | .263 | .334 | .359 | .693 | 168 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Whitley | 129 | 561 | 461 | 67 | 107 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 77 | 57 | .232 | .349 | .284 | .633 | 131 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| Rod Bair | 91 | 384 | 356 | 50 | 100 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 51 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 51 | .281 | .325 | .410 | .736 | 146 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bernard Hutchison | 108 | 472 | 419 | 59 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 81 | 18 | 35 | 91 | .232 | .294 | .265 | .559 | 111 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| John Lindsey | 110 | 443 | 399 | 54 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 67 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 110 | .236 | .303 | .386 | .689 | 154 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Brett Elam | 96 | 386 | 337 | 44 | 82 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 35 | 58 | .243 | .316 | .303 | .618 | 102 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Anthony | 83 | 322 | 296 | 41 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 75 | .257 | .315 | .443 | .757 | 131 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blake Anderson | 73 | 280 | 247 | 30 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 50 | .267 | .351 | .405 | .756 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rogelio Arias | 72 | 267 | 251 | 23 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 21 | .239 | .271 | .279 | .550 | 70 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint Bryant | 63 | 251 | 220 | 30 | 59 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 62 | .268 | .336 | .350 | .686 | 77 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Gordon | 79 | 282 | 231 | 34 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 21 | 10 | 32 | 73 | .199 | .317 | .229 | .547 | 53 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Keck | 37 | 140 | 124 | 8 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .234 | .286 | .258 | .544 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Efrain Alamo | 34 | 134 | 125 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 49 | .232 | .273 | .328 | .601 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvadore Duverge | 28 | 114 | 94 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 23 | .223 | .354 | .340 | .694 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Myers | 12 | 47 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .075 | .174 | .100 | .274 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Rodriguez | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1279 | 5196 | 4569 | 599 | 1136 | 207 | 14 | 70 | 531 | 180 | 78 | 437 | 940 | .249 | .323 | .346 | .669 | 1581 | 114 | 78 | 89 | 23 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Lindsey | 1B | 84 | 789 | 49 | 13 | 59 | .985 | 9.976 | ||||
| Brian Anthony | 1B | 60 | 510 | 38 | 4 | 44 | .993 | 9.133 | ||||
| Brett Elam | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Livingston | 2B | 121 | 227 | 365 | 20 | 70 | .967 | 4.893 | ||||
| Matt Whitley | 2B | 17 | 28 | 61 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 5.235 | ||||
| Brett Elam | 2B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Clint Bryant | 3B | 50 | 35 | 103 | 15 | 9 | .902 | 2.760 | ||||
| Brett Elam | 3B | 48 | 39 | 73 | 7 | 6 | .941 | 2.333 | ||||
| Brian Keck | 3B | 31 | 16 | 65 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 2.613 | ||||
| Aaron Myers | 3B | 12 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 2.417 | ||||
| Rogelio Arias | C | 72 | 589 | 66 | 15 | 5 | .978 | 9.097 | 15 | 72 | 36 | 33.3 |
| Blake Anderson | C | 69 | 442 | 57 | 7 | 2 | .986 | 7.232 | 9 | 82 | 29 | 26.1 |
| Chris Rodriguez | C | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
| Bernard Hutchison | CF | 100 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Alamo | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Gordon | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Hamlin | LF | 97 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Gordon | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Hamlin | OF | 113 | 138 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 1.283 | ||||
| Bernard Hutchison | OF | 100 | 200 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .958 | 2.050 | ||||
| Rod Bair | OF | 87 | 105 | 19 | 4 | 5 | .969 | 1.425 | ||||
| Gary Gordon | OF | 60 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.683 | ||||
| Efrain Alamo | OF | 31 | 60 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .914 | 2.065 | ||||
| Salvadore Duverge | OF | 28 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| David Lee | P | 51 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .176 | ||||
| Dean Brueggemann | P | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | .971 | ||||
| Marc D'Alessandro | P | 29 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .952 | .690 | ||||
| Tim Christman | P | 29 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .379 | ||||
| Jake Westbrook | P | 28 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 4 | .922 | 1.679 | ||||
| Jason Romine | P | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .214 | ||||
| Steve Matcuk | P | 28 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .912 | 1.107 | ||||
| Shawn Chacón | P | 28 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.107 | ||||
| John Slamka | P | 26 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .765 | .500 | ||||
| John Nicholson | P | 25 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.520 | ||||
| Scott Schroeffel | P | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Jamie Emiliano | P | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Mahlberg | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| James Kammerer | P | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Doug Walls | P | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Mark Thompson | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Alvin Rivera | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rod Bair | RF | 87 | .000 | |||||||||
| Salvadore Duverge | RF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Hamlin | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Alamo | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Whitley | SS | 106 | 174 | 351 | 31 | 61 | .944 | 4.953 | ||||
| Brett Elam | SS | 32 | 48 | 99 | 11 | 16 | .930 | 4.594 | ||||
| Brian Keck | SS | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1931 | 3645 | 1608 | 177 | 311 | .967 | 2.720 | 24 | 158 | 68 | 30.1 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
