1998 Bridgeport Bluefish Statistics

Atlantic League (AL) - Independent
Team Record: 64-36
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Willie Upshaw (64-36)
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Harbor Yard
Attendance: 296,145, Avg. 4,420 in 67 home dates

1998 Bridgeport Bluefish Roster

Playoffs - Atlantic City Surf 3 games, Bridgeport Bluefish 1

The Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 64 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the AL.

The Bluefish plated 568 runs and surrendered 453 runs. Kinnis Pledger paced Bridgeport with 26 home runs and accounted for 89 RBI, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .331 clip. Scott Conner topped the squad with 10 wins, and Steve Renko recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1998 Bridgeport Bluefish who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Duane Singleton, Terry McGriff, Pat Ahearne and Mike Felder.

Willie Upshaw 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
Scott Conner	10	5	.667	3.94	20	19	0	0	0	0	109.7	115	65	48	9	51	2	71	3	1	9	487
Ernie Nieves	9	3	.750	3.01	45	3	13	0	0	0	83.7	76	41	28	5	31	1	50	4	0	7	358
Terry Rosenkranz	8	2	.800	2.15	39	0	6	0	0	1	58.7	31	17	14	3	27	0	61	1	0	3	237
Jose Cintron	8	3	.727	4.31	15	14	0	1	1	0	94.0	86	49	45	16	16	0	51	5	2	1	384
Steve Renko	6	6	.500	2.41	16	16	0	2	2	0	97.0	79	38	26	2	25	0	79	2	0	2	393
Adam Meinershagen	5	2	.714	2.48	13	13	0	0	0	0	65.3	54	26	18	0	42	0	41	2	0	4	285
Carey Paige	5	3	.625	3.66	18	11	1	0	0	1	66.3	59	33	27	1	35	0	65	3	0	3	296
Alan Sontag	5	5	.500	4.94	17	17	0	1	0	0	102.0	119	73	56	10	35	0	79	2	0	1	453
Mike Guilfoyle	2	2	.500	2.28	45	0	43	0	0	30	51.3	39	17	13	3	12	1	56	1	0	1	205
Pat Ahearne	2	2	.500	2.57	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	29	12	8	3	5	0	16	1	0	1	123
Jim Klemyk	2	2	.500	4.75	33	1	9	0	0	0	55.0	50	35	29	4	39	0	34	2	0	5	252
Rafael Collazo	1	0	1.000	4.00	5	1	3	0	0	0	9.0	8	5	4	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	36
Fidel Compres	1	1	.500	8.06	21	0	7	0	0	0	25.7	39	25	23	6	7	1	21	1	0	1	126
Jason Yoder	0	0		4.00	10	0	7	0	0	0	18.0	18	8	8	1	5	0	10	1	1	0	81
John Duffy	0	0		6.57	9	0	7	0	0	0	12.3	17	9	9	3	6	0	10	2	0	2	59
Totals	64	36	.640	3.66	311	100	96	4	3	32	876.0	819	453	356	66	339	5	648	31	4	40	3775

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
Kinnis Pledger	97	420	344	90	114	21	1	26	89	14	4	64	84	.331	.432	.625	1.057	215	7	3	1	8	4
Brian Cornelius	78	336	298	61	96	14	3	11	53	7	7	27	31	.322	.376	.500	.876	149	7	3	1	7	2
Duane Singleton	78	363	335	45	93	19	5	2	30	19	9	22	49	.278	.331	.382	.714	128	3	5	1	0	0
Dan Fraraccio	87	365	305	53	84	19	2	6	42	9	5	44	25	.275	.378	.410	.788	125	7	9	3	4	1
Mike Felder	83	361	321	42	78	17	2	1	21	8	5	36	34	.243	.320	.318	.638	102	2	1	2	1	2
Asbel Ortiz	80	288	263	35	75	14	3	5	40	7	6	14	53	.285	.319	.418	.738	110	3	2	3	6	0
Lamont Edwards	75	299	261	39	74	7	2	4	45	7	4	30	49	.284	.364	.372	.735	97	4	4	2	2	0
James Landingham	75	250	224	36	66	10	3	0	29	19	5	22	34	.295	.361	.366	.728	82	2	2	1	1	4
Terry McGriff	59	253	211	39	62	16	1	3	33	0	1	37	24	.294	.395	.422	.817	89	7	1	0	4	4
Joe Walker	54	213	182	21	49	9	0	4	22	2	0	25	54	.269	.358	.385	.743	70	2	2	1	3	3
Mel Wearing	45	197	147	40	44	11	0	10	34	4	1	46	37	.299	.462	.578	1.040	85	3	1	0	3	0
Ruben Marquez	44	148	133	13	36	3	0	0	8	1	1	10	18	.271	.322	.293	.615	39	9	0	5	0	0
Malcolm Cepeda	52	184	152	21	29	4	0	0	19	7	1	22	38	.191	.311	.217	.529	33	3	6	1	3	0
Gerald Davis	41	119	111	12	27	4	0	1	17	0	1	3	19	.243	.294	.306	.600	34	4	5	0	0	0
Marshall Bennett	31	90	75	13	21	6	0	5	18	4	2	11	19	.280	.378	.560	.938	42	0	2	0	2	1
Todd Trafton	13	55	43	8	11	3	0	0	4	1	0	11	8	.256	.418	.326	.744	14	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	992	3941	3405	568	959	177	22	78	504	109	52	424	576	.282	.365	.415	.780	1414	63	47	21	44	21

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Kinnis Pledger	1B	82	713	59	15	58	.981	9.415
Mel Wearing	1B	12	91	5	3	5	.970	8.000
Malcolm Cepeda	1B	6	29	2	0	3	1.000	5.167
Joe Walker	1B	4	28	4	1	3	.970	8.000
Brian Cornelius	1B	3	21	2	2	3	.920	7.667
Asbel Ortiz	2B	70	128	180	23	39	.931	4.400
Ruben Marquez	2B	24	35	55	3	10	.968	3.750
Lamont Edwards	2B	11	21	27	2	4	.960	4.364
Malcolm Cepeda	2B	2	5	4	1	1	.900	4.500
Lamont Edwards	3B	63	42	97	13	11	.914	2.206
Malcolm Cepeda	3B	36	21	53	17	3	.813	2.056
Asbel Ortiz	3B	7	4	10	1	0	.933	2.000
Terry McGriff	C	57	387	34	8	1	.981	7.386	9	70	19	21.3
Joe Walker	C	47	289	24	7	5	.978	6.660	9	56	9	13.8
Mike Felder	CF	79						.000
Gerald Davis	CF	15						.000
Duane Singleton	CF	11						.000
James Landingham	CF	9						.000
Malcolm Cepeda	CF	1						.000
Duane Singleton	LF	69						.000
James Landingham	LF	26						.000
Gerald Davis	LF	12						.000
Marshall Bennett	LF	8						.000
Kinnis Pledger	LF	2						.000
Brian Cornelius	LF	1						.000
Malcolm Cepeda	LF	1						.000
Mike Felder	OF	78	157	4	0	2	1.000	2.064
Duane Singleton	OF	76	172	13	7	5	.964	2.434
Brian Cornelius	OF	74	121	10	1	2	.992	1.770
James Landingham	OF	43	57	2	5	0	.922	1.372
Gerald Davis	OF	37	45	2	3	0	.940	1.270
Marshall Bennett	OF	13	15	0	1	0	.938	1.154
Mel Wearing	OF	12	24	0	2	0	.923	2.000
Malcolm Cepeda	OF	4	9	1	2	1	.833	2.500
Kinnis Pledger	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Ernie Nieves	P	45	3	17	2	0	.909	.444
Mike Guilfoyle	P	45	3	9	0	1	1.000	.267
Terry Rosenkranz	P	39	1	9	1	0	.909	.256
Jim Klemyk	P	33	2	10	2	0	.857	.364
Fidel Compres	P	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	.286
Scott Conner	P	20	10	19	3	0	.906	1.450
Carey Paige	P	18	5	9	3	0	.824	.778
Alan Sontag	P	17	4	28	1	4	.970	1.882
Steve Renko	P	16	13	18	0	2	1.000	1.938
Jose Cintron	P	15	3	13	2	1	.889	1.067
Adam Meinershagen	P	12	0	5	2	0	.714	.417
Jason Yoder	P	10	1	0	0	0	1.000	.100
John Duffy	P	9	1	3	0	1	1.000	.444
Rafael Collazo	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Pat Ahearne	P	5	4	10	0	0	1.000	2.800
Brian Cornelius	RF	73						.000
Mel Wearing	RF	12						.000
James Landingham	RF	10						.000
Gerald Davis	RF	10						.000
Marshall Bennett	RF	5						.000
Malcolm Cepeda	RF	2						.000
Dan Fraraccio	SS	86	134	253	19	45	.953	4.500
Ruben Marquez	SS	24	27	39	11	10	.857	2.750
Totals		1529	2628	1037	163	220	.957	2.397	18	126	28	18.2

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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