1996 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Heath (74-65)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 296,131, Avg. 4,292 in 69 home dates
1996 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Barons scored 670 runs and surrendered 624 runs. Mike Cameron led Birmingham with 28 home runs, while Jimmy Hurst and Magglio Ordóñez walloped 15 or more, too. Jimmy Hurst drove in 88 runs. Mike Cameron paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Rich Pratt topped the squad with 13 wins, and Nelson Cruz recorded a 3.2 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1996 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jason Bere, Mike Cameron, Chris Clemons, Nelson Cruz, Robert Ellis, Scott Eyre, Tom Fordham, Mike Heathcott, Jimmy Hurst, Stacy Jones, Robert Machado, Frank Menechino, Greg Norton, Magglio Ordóñez, Todd Rizzo, Pete Rose, Chuck Smith, John Snyder, Mario Valdez and Craig Wilson.

Mike Heath 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
Rich Pratt139.5913.8627270520177.3180877624402122615732
Scott Eyre127.6324.3827270000158.31709077127931378012709
Mike Heathcott118.5794.0223230100147.713872669553108405625
Nelson Cruz66.5003.2037188211149.0150655310412142813627
Steve Worrell51.8332.123501600351.0281412421055000200
Chris Clemons52.7143.151916210094.3913933740269611400
Brian Woods55.5003.765302600567.05932281138246701301
Todd Rizzo44.5002.7546019001068.7612821040748107300
John Snyder35.3754.8399000054.05935291016158134236
Greg Perschke21.6672.2590600012.012630301202152
Chuck Smith21.6672.6473200130.725119115230110124
Tom Fordham21.6672.6566000037.3261311414137002147
Mike Place23.4007.09220900133.0432626918220102154
Stacy Jones11.5002.5727024001428.02511806131200115
Tim Moore14.2008.5496200026.343312566123100127
Barry Johnson000.0090700410.72000101500035
Jason Bere004.151100004.3422240500121
Robert Ellis01.00011.052200007.3699180810135
Archie Vazquez06.0006.61311900165.36853481148351604313
Totals7465.5323.9539913913093401222.31190624536121493321017539495253

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
Mike Cameron12356347312014234122877391571117.300.402.6001.002284512346
Magglio Ordóñez1305284796612641018679103974.263.330.461.792221169101
Jimmy Hurst126536472621252311888191153128.265.338.432.770204103082
Frank Menechino125496415771212531262796484.292.391.453.84418858360
Pete Rose1084413994097131344133254.243.300.303.60412192531
Scott Vollmer983993614194210431003260.260.327.352.67812784110
Greg Norton763232874081143844553355.282.357.436.79312551115
Robert Machado873433093574160628142056.239.291.350.641108931011
Eddie Pearson853593233872200840223157.223.292.359.65211662033
Glenn Disarcina43185175256410373640745.366.389.577.96610131021
Craig Wilson58253202365790326114028.282.397.371.7687571641
Ed Larregui65233213265191014111631.239.291.291.5826240311
Mario Valdez502081682246102328003234.274.399.411.8106935032
Gabe Duross3714914014313001511717.221.268.243.5113442001
Wil Polidor258481719300600213.235.253.272.5252210100
Harold Williams145246313400411412.283.365.370.7351712001
Warren Sawkiw2068567132005231117.232.368.268.6361501001
Troy Fryman145649810201300511.204.291.306.5971501100
Nilson Robledo730263610160032.231.300.385.6851030010
Archie Vazquez31110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Scott Eyre27110000000000.000.000.000.000000000
Totals1349530846766701242260261206249366502896.266.342.409.75119149957353827


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Eddie Pearson1B6852942932.9848.397
Mario Valdez1B3327325231.9939.030
Gabe Duross1B2824222317.9899.429
Pete Rose1B858127.9677.375
Nilson Robledo1B327521.9411.667
Glenn Disarcina1B3193021.0007.333
Scott Vollmer1B10000.000
Frank Menechino2B1232733081374.9784.724
Warren Sawkiw2B561210.9473.600
Wil Polidor2B5811011.0003.800
Glenn Disarcina2B51210041.0004.400
Craig Wilson2B24613.9095.000
Pete Rose2B214001.0002.500
Scott Vollmer2B110001.0001.000
Pete Rose3B97732011712.9422.825
Glenn Disarcina3B25164843.9412.560
Craig Wilson3B1162523.9392.818
Scott Vollmer3B7214011.0002.286
Wil Polidor3B641212.9412.667
Warren Sawkiw3B10000.000
Scott VollmerC7154346152.9758.29610623032.6
Robert MachadoC7050267510.9918.12911293856.7
Nilson RobledoC283001.0005.50002133.3
Mike CameronCF109.000
Magglio OrdóñezCF26.000
Jimmy HurstCF11.000
Magglio OrdóñezLF49.000
Ed LarreguiLF45.000
Jimmy HurstLF44.000
Mike CameronLF6.000
Troy FrymanLF5.000
Mario ValdezLF4.000
Magglio OrdóñezOF1292311263.9761.884
Mike CameronOF120249871.9732.142
Jimmy HurstOF1192341172.9722.059
Ed LarreguiOF4556110.9831.267
Troy FrymanOF8140001.0001.750
Mario ValdezOF7111001.0001.714
Warren SawkiwOF220001.0001.000
Brian WoodsP533910.923.226
Todd RizzoP4611312.933.304
Nelson CruzP37111540.867.703
Steve WorrellP353510.889.229
Archie VazquezP3115001.000.194
Rich PrattP27839001.0001.741
Stacy JonesP271210.750.111
Scott EyreP27717001.000.889
Mike HeathcottP23172021.9491.609
Mike PlaceP2232001.000.227
Chris ClemonsP1981310.9551.105
John SnyderP946001.0001.111
Greg PerschkeP910001.000.111
Tim MooreP90320.600.333
Barry JohnsonP901001.000.111
Chuck SmithP70210.667.286
Tom FordhamP605011.000.833
Robert EllisP202001.0001.000
Jason BereP110001.0001.000
Jimmy HurstRF71.000
Magglio OrdóñezRF61.000
Mike CameronRF8.000
Mario ValdezRF4.000
Troy FrymanRF3.000
Warren SawkiwRF2.000
Greg NortonSS761042141734.9494.184
Craig WilsonSS40571171328.9304.350
Warren SawkiwSS12162335.9293.250
Wil PolidorSS1293015.9753.250
Glenn DisarcinaSS47911.9414.000
Pete RoseSS11210.7503.000
Totals199936671452148288.9722.56121936942.6

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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