1997 Canton Crocodiles Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 45-35
Finished 2nd in the FL's East Division
Manager: Mike Burton (45-35)
Location: Canton, Ohio
Ballpark: Thurman Munson Stadium
Attendance: 75,503, Avg. 1,936 in 39 home dates
1997 Canton Crocodiles RosterTeam Record: 45-35
Finished 2nd in the FL's East Division
Manager: Mike Burton (45-35)
Location: Canton, Ohio
Ballpark: Thurman Munson Stadium
Attendance: 75,503, Avg. 1,936 in 39 home dates
Playoffs - Canton Crocodiles 2 games, Johnstown Steal 0
Finals - Canton Crocodiles 2 games, Evansville Otters 0
The Canton Crocodiles of the Frontier League ended the 1997 season with a record of 45 wins and 35 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Crocodiles scored 514 runs, most in the league. Canton conceded 468 runs. Steve Mitrovich led the team with 10 home runs Jason Klam drove in 65 runs. Danny Johnson paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .337 clip. Danny Crawford, Eric Schultz and Mike Arner topped the squad with 6 wins each, while Mike Arner recorded a 2.28 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Mike Burton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Arner | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.28 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 76 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 342 |
| Eric Schultz | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 64 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 280 |
| Danny Crawford | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.23 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78.7 | 84 | 48 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 340 |
| Jim Klemyk | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.80 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 51 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 207 |
| Cliff Foster | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.99 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 | 63 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 299 |
| Chris Hill | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.53 | 33 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46.3 | 41 | 24 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 205 |
| Brent Miller | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.43 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 128 |
| Tony Eannacony | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.60 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 53 | 47 | 32 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 216 |
| Chris Havens | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.89 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.3 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81 |
| Gregg Prenzlin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.79 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Rick Lapka | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.91 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 47 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 228 |
| Craig Scheffler | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.88 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 42 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 159 |
| Clark Maxwell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.88 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 38 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 152 |
| Chris Knollin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Chris Briller | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Chad Snowden | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 | |
| Waylon Reed | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | |
| Brent Sachs | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jim Cingel | 0 | 0 | 10.24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 54 | |
| Jeff Bawlson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Mitch Bowen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 13.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| Travis Mueller | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.07 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 39 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 165 |
| Totals | 45 | 35 | .562 | 4.60 | 228 | 80 | 72 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 695.0 | 732 | 468 | 355 | 53 | 352 | 7 | 494 | 47 | 6 | 41 | 3137 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Johnson | 76 | 359 | 291 | 67 | 98 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 33 | 6 | 58 | 62 | .337 | .453 | .464 | .916 | 135 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Rod Williams | 77 | 305 | 274 | 43 | 91 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 37 | .332 | .383 | .467 | .850 | 128 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Chris Briller | 78 | 345 | 287 | 61 | 90 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 21 | 5 | 50 | 40 | .314 | .420 | .439 | .859 | 126 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jason Klam | 68 | 313 | 276 | 63 | 84 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 47 | .304 | .367 | .496 | .864 | 137 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Brent Sachs | 67 | 315 | 287 | 49 | 84 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 51 | .293 | .342 | .411 | .753 | 118 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Matt Bryant | 64 | 255 | 224 | 40 | 73 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 36 | .326 | .380 | .469 | .849 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Steve Mitrovich | 67 | 283 | 252 | 48 | 70 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 61 | .278 | .344 | .452 | .796 | 114 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Garrett Larkin | 55 | 226 | 201 | 36 | 52 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 49 | .259 | .329 | .383 | .712 | 77 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dan Fernandez | 51 | 201 | 171 | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 58 | .240 | .338 | .345 | .683 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Preston Aspeslet | 30 | 128 | 106 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 22 | .349 | .461 | .434 | .895 | 46 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Hunt | 41 | 113 | 103 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 23 | .291 | .348 | .301 | .649 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Pegg | 33 | 97 | 82 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | .244 | .330 | .268 | .598 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Keith English | 19 | 63 | 58 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .310 | .355 | .414 | .769 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul LaGreca | 12 | 41 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | .188 | .366 | .312 | .678 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Young | 11 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .176 | .317 | .206 | .523 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Munson | 11 | 32 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .200 | .344 | .280 | .624 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Evan Satinoff | 14 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .121 | .237 | .121 | .358 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randall Johnson | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Bumpers | 4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Schroeder | 8 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .048 | .200 | .095 | .295 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Laskovy | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. P. Burnwell | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 794 | 3208 | 2783 | 514 | 813 | 157 | 22 | 47 | 474 | 171 | 26 | 325 | 548 | .292 | .372 | .415 | .787 | 1155 | 26 | 49 | 19 | 32 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Briller | 1B | 54 | 421 | 33 | 6 | 48 | .987 | 8.407 | ||||
| Dan Fernandez | 1B | 27 | 196 | 18 | 1 | 20 | .995 | 7.926 | ||||
| Steve Mitrovich | 1B | 5 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .980 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Pegg | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Munson | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Paul LaGreca | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Preston Aspeslet | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Klam | 2B | 36 | 74 | 89 | 14 | 21 | .921 | 4.528 | ||||
| Garrett Larkin | 2B | 24 | 44 | 51 | 5 | 14 | .950 | 3.958 | ||||
| Steve Young | 2B | 11 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 12 | .984 | 5.545 | ||||
| Evan Satinoff | 2B | 9 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Keith English | 2B | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Brent Sachs | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 5.000 | ||||
| Chris Briller | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brent Sachs | 3B | 51 | 32 | 102 | 9 | 7 | .937 | 2.627 | ||||
| Chris Briller | 3B | 25 | 24 | 44 | 3 | 6 | .958 | 2.720 | ||||
| Keith English | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Garrett Larkin | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randall Johnson | 3B | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Mike Bumpers | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bryan Schroeder | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Evan Satinoff | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Bryant | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Mitrovich | C | 54 | 342 | 35 | 7 | 0 | .982 | 6.981 | 11 | 50 | 18 | 26.5 |
| Rob Pegg | C | 30 | 142 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 5.233 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 30.6 |
| Mike Munson | C | 7 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 5.429 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 37.5 |
| J. P. Burnwell | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rod Williams | CF | 59 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hunt | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Schroeder | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Sachs | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Aspeslet | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Klam | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Johnson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Fernandez | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Briller | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garrett Larkin | LF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Klam | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Williams | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Aspeslet | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul LaGreca | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hunt | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith English | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Sachs | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Fernandez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Munson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Laskovy | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Johnson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Briller | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Williams | OF | 73 | 154 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .958 | 2.192 | ||||
| Danny Johnson | OF | 70 | 131 | 6 | 10 | 0 | .932 | 1.957 | ||||
| Joe Hunt | OF | 28 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.536 | ||||
| Garrett Larkin | OF | 25 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.840 | ||||
| Jason Klam | OF | 22 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .907 | 2.227 | ||||
| Preston Aspeslet | OF | 16 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.562 | ||||
| Paul LaGreca | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Bryan Schroeder | OF | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Brent Sachs | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Fernandez | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith English | OF | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Eric Laskovy | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Munson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Briller | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Hill | P | 33 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Tony Eannacony | P | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .174 | ||||
| Danny Crawford | P | 20 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Jim Klemyk | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Havens | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .214 | ||||
| Travis Mueller | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Cliff Foster | P | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Mike Arner | P | 12 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Eric Schultz | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .545 | ||||
| Chad Snowden | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Craig Scheffler | P | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rick Lapka | P | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Cingel | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Gregg Prenzlin | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Brent Miller | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clark Maxwell | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Waylon Reed | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mitch Bowen | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Briller | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Bawlson | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Brent Sachs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Knollin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Danny Johnson | RF | 69 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Williams | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Preston Aspeslet | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hunt | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Schroeder | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Laskovy | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul LaGreca | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Briller | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Bryant | SS | 63 | 117 | 206 | 17 | 40 | .950 | 5.127 | ||||
| Brent Sachs | SS | 12 | 14 | 35 | 4 | 12 | .925 | 4.083 | ||||
| Keith English | SS | 6 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Evan Satinoff | SS | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .875 | 4.667 | ||||
| Randall Johnson | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 5.000 | ||||
| Chris Briller | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1203 | 2085 | 865 | 126 | 211 | .959 | 2.452 | 18 | 80 | 32 | 28.6 |
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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