1997 Binghamton Mets Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-76
Finished 4th in the EL's North Division
Manager: Rick Sweet (66-76)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Binghamton, New York
Ballpark: NYSEG Park
Attendance: 200,513, Avg. 2,906 in 69 home dates

1997 Binghamton Mets Roster

The Binghamton Mets of the Eastern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 66 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Mets scored 654 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 732 runs. Matt Raleigh walloped 37 home runs for Binghamton, while Preston Wilson, Tate Seefried and Vance Wilson each added 15 or more also. Tate Seefried drove in 79 runs. Matt Raleigh led batters with significant playing time by hitting .196. Jesús Sánchez topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 4.31 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 1997 Binghamton Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Pulsipher, Kevin Tolar, Jesús Sánchez, Rafael Roque, Yorkis Pérez, Chris Howard, Octavio Dotel, Preston Wilson, Vance Wilson, Ed Yarnall, Kevin Morgan, Brian Edmondson, Scott Sauerbeck, Carlos Mendoza, Jason Hardtke and Nelson Figueroa.

Rick Sweet 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
Jesús Sánchez	13	10	.565	4.30	26	26	0	3	0	0	165.3	146	87	79	25	61	2	176	5	3	4	693
Arnie Gooch	10	12	.455	5.09	27	27	0	4	1	0	161.0	179	106	91	12	76	3	98	5	0	12	727
Scott Sauerbeck	8	9	.471	4.93	27	20	1	2	0	0	131.3	144	89	72	15	50	0	88	3	2	4	575
Chris Roberts	5	8	.385	4.96	19	19	0	1	0	0	105.3	103	69	58	18	33	0	66	8	1	1	448
Nelson Figueroa	5	11	.312	4.34	33	22	3	0	0	0	143.0	137	76	69	14	68	1	116	6	0	7	617
Mark Guerra	4	8	.333	3.23	48	7	17	1	0	7	94.7	96	46	34	10	30	1	74	1	0	2	403
Sean Fesh	3	1	.750	3.25	45	0	13	0	0	4	55.3	60	26	20	3	24	0	37	2	3	2	255
Ed Yarnall	3	2	.600	3.06	5	5	0	0	0	0	32.3	20	11	11	2	11	0	32	0	0	0	127
Octavio Dotel	3	4	.429	5.98	12	12	0	0	0	0	55.7	66	50	37	5	38	1	40	0	1	2	266
Brian Edmondson	2	0	1.000	1.23	14	0	7	0	0	3	22.0	17	4	3	0	7	0	18	0	0	1	85
Barry Short	2	0	1.000	2.61	6	0	2	0	0	0	10.3	9	3	3	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	45
Yorkis Pérez	2	1	.667	0.66	12	3	4	0	0	0	27.3	15	4	2	1	12	1	39	0	0	1	104
Jason Pierson	2	2	.500	7.88	13	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	33	22	14	3	7	0	7	1	0	0	88
Rich Turrentine	2	4	.333	5.23	61	0	45	0	0	13	62.0	66	38	36	3	54	2	58	2	0	17	292
Kevin Tolar	1	1	.500	5.12	22	0	9	0	0	0	31.7	38	20	18	3	22	1	26	2	0	6	157
Rafael Roque	1	1	.500	6.84	16	0	5	0	0	0	26.3	35	26	20	7	17	1	23	1	0	1	126
John Mahalik	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	10
Chris Howard	0	0		1.15	13	0	2	0	0	1	15.7	6	2	2	1	7	0	16	0	0	0	55
Bill Pulsipher	0	0		1.42	10	0	4	0	0	0	12.7	11	3	2	0	7	1	12	0	0	0	55
Luis Arroyo	0	0		3.07	7	0	1	0	0	0	14.7	14	6	5	2	6	0	9	0	1	0	60
John Carter	0	0		6.59	9	0	4	0	0	0	13.7	19	15	10	4	4	0	14	1	0	0	66
Brian Carpenter	0	1	.000	9.00	17	0	7	0	0	0	23.0	37	23	23	4	12	2	22	0	0	2	112
Leo Vasquez	0	1	.000	10.12	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.3	7	6	6	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	26
Totals	66	76	.465	4.51	446	142	131	11	1	28	1227.7	1258	732	615	136	553	16	983	37	11	62	5392

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
Tate Seefried	96	393	335	59	105	16	0	29	79	9	4	54	99	.313	.405	.621	1.025	208	2	0	0	4	10
Jesus Azuaje	100	396	331	50	92	15	1	6	37	11	9	45	42	.278	.374	.384	.757	127	13	8	8	4	1
Vance Wilson	92	351	322	46	89	17	0	15	40	2	5	20	46	.276	.328	.469	.797	151	6	5	3	1	0
Carlos Mendoza	59	253	228	36	87	12	2	1	13	14	12	14	25	.382	.427	.465	.892	106	4	4	7	0	1
Enohel Polanco	82	290	263	34	79	13	4	3	32	7	5	17	59	.300	.354	.414	.769	109	3	5	5	0	2
Matt Raleigh	122	479	398	71	78	15	0	37	74	0	2	79	169	.196	.330	.513	.842	204	7	1	0	1	6
Preston Wilson	70	285	259	37	74	12	1	19	47	7	1	21	71	.286	.340	.560	.900	145	5	2	0	3	0
Scott Hunter	80	323	289	45	74	12	2	10	31	24	9	25	52	.256	.320	.415	.735	120	6	4	1	4	1
Ramon Espinosa	67	276	255	32	69	7	1	11	37	10	1	13	39	.271	.314	.435	.749	111	10	4	2	2	1
Fletcher Bates	68	275	245	44	63	14	2	12	34	9	3	26	71	.257	.328	.478	.806	117	2	1	1	2	0
Jose Lopez	66	221	207	31	51	10	1	11	26	4	2	13	63	.246	.290	.464	.753	96	4	0	0	1	1
Dwight Maness	74	294	259	33	49	13	3	5	31	4	4	24	73	.189	.269	.320	.589	83	2	5	4	2	1
John Mahalik	74	208	189	19	41	12	0	1	18	2	3	11	39	.217	.272	.296	.568	56	6	4	2	2	1
Pedro Grifol	61	218	200	15	40	6	0	3	15	1	1	9	29	.200	.242	.275	.517	55	9	3	3	3	0
Mike Moore	50	150	130	19	39	11	1	2	13	7	3	18	47	.300	.387	.446	.833	58	2	1	0	1	1
Eric Knowles	51	176	157	16	37	10	0	3	22	7	0	16	34	.236	.307	.357	.664	56	2	1	0	2	1
Kevin Morgan	51	216	191	16	37	7	0	1	10	11	2	19	25	.194	.277	.246	.523	47	3	3	3	0	1
Chris Saunders	30	129	111	16	36	13	0	3	22	3	1	12	20	.324	.388	.523	.910	58	2	2	0	4	1
Jim Martin	36	108	90	17	21	2	0	8	14	6	4	16	37	.233	.361	.522	.883	47	0	2	0	0	0
Jason Hardtke	6	28	26	3	10	2	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	.385	.429	.577	1.005	15	0	0	0	0	0
Jesús Sánchez	26	35	26	4	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	.231	.286	.231	.516	6	0	0	7	0	0
Nelson Figueroa	34	24	22	1	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.227	.227	.227	.455	5	0	0	2	0	0
Mark Guerra	48	11	10	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	.455	.500	.955	5	0	0	0	0	0
Franklin Parra	5	16	15	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.267	.467	4	0	0	1	0	0
Julio Zorrilla	7	24	24	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.167	.292	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Roberts	23	30	26	2	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	10	.077	.111	.231	.342	6	0	0	3	0	0
Barry Short	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elvin Morales	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Sauerbeck	27	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.100	.182	.100	.282	1	0	0	2	0	0
Luis Arroyo	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Carpenter	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Yarnall	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Turrentine	61	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Octavio Dotel	12	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
John Carter	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Tolar	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Fesh	45	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Roque	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arnie Gooch	27	26	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.227	.000	.227	0	1	1	4	0	0
Chris Howard	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Yorkis Pérez	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Edmondson	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1772	5277	4662	654	1197	223	18	182	608	139	71	464	1097	.257	.329	.429	.758	2002	89	56	59	36	29

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tate Seefried	1B	91	830	55	14	83	.984	9.725
Matt Raleigh	1B	45	374	25	7	43	.983	8.867
John Mahalik	1B	8	30	2	0	3	1.000	4.000
Chris Saunders	1B	3	31	3	1	2	.971	11.333
Jim Martin	1B	3	24	1	1	1	.962	8.333
Pedro Grifol	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jesus Azuaje	2B	92	178	239	8	64	.981	4.533
John Mahalik	2B	27	43	80	3	18	.976	4.556
Kevin Morgan	2B	13	37	35	1	14	.986	5.538
Eric Knowles	2B	10	19	32	3	6	.944	5.100
Julio Zorrilla	2B	6	12	17	1	4	.967	4.833
Jason Hardtke	2B	6	13	20	0	3	1.000	5.500
Franklin Parra	2B	2	1	2	2	0	.600	1.500
Tate Seefried	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Matt Raleigh	3B	56	28	110	9	10	.939	2.464
Jose Lopez	3B	32	15	69	9	6	.903	2.625
Chris Saunders	3B	25	11	57	1	3	.986	2.720
John Mahalik	3B	21	6	24	1	5	.968	1.429
Eric Knowles	3B	19	8	39	5	2	.904	2.474
Jesus Azuaje	3B	6	3	8	0	1	1.000	1.833
Franklin Parra	3B	2	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.000
Preston Wilson	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tate Seefried	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Vance Wilson	C	91	604	69	11	4	.984	7.396	13	39	25	39.1
Pedro Grifol	C	55	383	47	10	5	.977	7.818	7	28	32	53.3
Elvin Morales	C	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	0	1	0	0.0
John Mahalik	C	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	1	1	0	0.0
Dwight Maness	CF	71						.000
Preston Wilson	CF	48						.000
Carlos Mendoza	CF	19						.000
Scott Hunter	CF	16						.000
Mike Moore	CF	2						.000
Scott Hunter	LF	67						.000
Carlos Mendoza	LF	28						.000
Ramon Espinosa	LF	22						.000
Fletcher Bates	LF	16						.000
Mike Moore	LF	8						.000
Jim Martin	LF	7						.000
Preston Wilson	LF	3						.000
Matt Raleigh	LF	2						.000
Chris Roberts	LF	1						.000
Dwight Maness	LF	1						.000
John Mahalik	LF	1						.000
Scott Hunter	OF	77	109	7	1	0	.991	1.506
Dwight Maness	OF	72	140	2	1	0	.993	1.972
Preston Wilson	OF	65	116	3	6	0	.952	1.831
Ramon Espinosa	OF	62	86	6	6	0	.939	1.484
Fletcher Bates	OF	62	96	7	4	0	.963	1.661
Carlos Mendoza	OF	46	79	5	1	0	.988	1.826
Mike Moore	OF	43	57	4	3	1	.953	1.419
Jim Martin	OF	25	29	1	1	0	.968	1.200
Matt Raleigh	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Roberts	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Mahalik	OF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Rich Turrentine	P	61	2	11	0	1	1.000	.213
Mark Guerra	P	48	9	12	2	0	.913	.438
Sean Fesh	P	45	3	14	1	0	.944	.378
Nelson Figueroa	P	33	12	22	3	1	.919	1.030
Scott Sauerbeck	P	27	5	23	2	1	.933	1.037
Arnie Gooch	P	27	10	31	5	1	.891	1.519
Jesús Sánchez	P	26	10	27	3	1	.925	1.423
Kevin Tolar	P	22	2	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Chris Roberts	P	19	4	16	0	0	1.000	1.053
Brian Carpenter	P	17	1	3	0	0	1.000	.235
Rafael Roque	P	16	0	2	1	0	.667	.125
Brian Edmondson	P	14	1	2	0	0	1.000	.214
Jason Pierson	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Chris Howard	P	13	3	1	0	0	1.000	.308
Yorkis Pérez	P	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Octavio Dotel	P	12	4	8	7	1	.632	1.000
Bill Pulsipher	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
John Carter	P	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Luis Arroyo	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Barry Short	P	6	0	1	1	0	.500	.167
Ed Yarnall	P	5	0	1	2	0	.333	.200
John Mahalik	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Leo Vasquez	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fletcher Bates	RF	47						.000
Ramon Espinosa	RF	41						.000
Mike Moore	RF	35						.000
Jim Martin	RF	19						.000
Preston Wilson	RF	14						.000
Dwight Maness	RF	2						.000
Carlos Mendoza	RF	1						.000
Enohel Polanco	SS	81	119	250	24	56	.939	4.556
Kevin Morgan	SS	39	75	139	13	28	.943	5.487
Eric Knowles	SS	21	31	42	10	12	.880	3.476
John Mahalik	SS	11	12	29	4	6	.911	3.727
Franklin Parra	SS	1	0	2	1	1	.667	2.000
Totals		2145	3683	1627	189	389	.966	2.476	21	69	57	45.2

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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