1998 Clinton LumberKings Statistics
Team Record: 65-73
Finished 3rd in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Tom Levasseur (65-73)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Clinton, Iowa
Ballpark: Alliant Energy Field
Attendance: 44,401, Avg. 694 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Clinton LumberKings 0
Playoffs - Clinton LumberKings 2 games, Quad Cities River Bandits 1
The Clinton LumberKings of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 65 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The LumberKings scored 592 runs and conceded 668 runs. Johnny Hunter and Kevin Eberwein led Clinton with 10 home runs apiece. Wil Nieves and Kevin Burford each recorded 55 runs batted in. Kevin Burford paced all regular batters by connecting at a .258 clip. Junior Herndon and Rick Guttormson topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Rick Guttormson registered a 2.6 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Kevin Walker, Junior Herndon, Brian Lawrence, Wil Nieves, Wascar Serrano, Shawn Camp and Rod Lindsey were all players from the 1998 Clinton LumberKings who played in the Majors during their careers.
Tom Levasseur 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Guttormson | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.60 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 159.0 | 155 | 66 | 46 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 141 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 673 |
| Junior Herndon | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.99 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 132.3 | 119 | 59 | 44 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 543 |
| Wascar Serrano | 9 | 7 | .562 | 3.22 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.7 | 150 | 74 | 56 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 143 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 663 |
| Angel Aragon | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.43 | 42 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91.3 | 100 | 57 | 45 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 400 |
| Brian Lawrence | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.80 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.3 | 67 | 34 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 323 |
| Wilbert Ortega | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.95 | 33 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 178 |
| Jerry Parent | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.51 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 77 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 47 | 3 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 356 |
| Shawn Camp | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.62 | 47 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 55.0 | 48 | 19 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 240 |
| Pat Ryan | 3 | 5 | .375 | 8.05 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 63 | 51 | 48 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 249 |
| Dustin Viator | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.28 | 42 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 113 | 67 | 54 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 416 |
| Jon Oiseth | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.99 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 85 | 55 | 47 | 4 | 45 | 6 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 336 |
| Kevin Walker | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
| Aaron Kramer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Tim Perry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.06 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 50 | 32 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 210 |
| Todd Naff | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.11 | 42 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.3 | 94 | 53 | 39 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 396 |
| Johnny Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orlando Verdugo | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | |
| Shane Cronin | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Ryan Lynch | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.80 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 86 |
| Totals | 65 | 73 | .471 | 3.95 | 406 | 138 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 1198.7 | 1207 | 668 | 526 | 67 | 459 | 20 | 1020 | 75 | 9 | 82 | 5220 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Burford | 123 | 523 | 446 | 68 | 115 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 15 | 4 | 62 | 125 | .258 | .358 | .374 | .733 | 167 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Matt Halloran | 123 | 510 | 459 | 48 | 103 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 12 | 33 | 92 | .224 | .289 | .290 | .579 | 133 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Wil Nieves | 115 | 444 | 380 | 47 | 97 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 7 | 9 | 47 | 69 | .255 | .343 | .337 | .680 | 128 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Shane Cronin | 112 | 420 | 380 | 34 | 96 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 28 | 47 | .253 | .313 | .318 | .632 | 121 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Johnny Hunter | 116 | 497 | 407 | 65 | 92 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 9 | 82 | 116 | .226 | .359 | .366 | .725 | 149 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Clay Snellgrove | 104 | 406 | 368 | 42 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 27 | 32 | .239 | .301 | .304 | .605 | 112 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Eberwein | 65 | 283 | 247 | 42 | 73 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 66 | .296 | .374 | .522 | .896 | 129 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Ruotsinoja | 96 | 392 | 341 | 50 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 91 | .214 | .312 | .334 | .646 | 114 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Lawrence | 86 | 338 | 296 | 35 | 69 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 93 | .233 | .312 | .378 | .691 | 112 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Santos Gonzalez | 89 | 310 | 274 | 31 | 55 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 27 | 71 | .201 | .279 | .277 | .556 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Brent Horsman | 67 | 225 | 208 | 25 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 49 | .240 | .298 | .337 | .634 | 70 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Rakers | 55 | 209 | 172 | 20 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 53 | .256 | .379 | .360 | .739 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Thrower | 43 | 171 | 145 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 22 | .290 | .398 | .483 | .880 | 70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Lindsey | 40 | 177 | 155 | 32 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 17 | 54 | .271 | .352 | .426 | .778 | 66 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan McDaniel | 41 | 103 | 93 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .183 | .262 | .204 | .466 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Rutherford | 23 | 91 | 81 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 9 | .148 | .242 | .160 | .402 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Tegland | 13 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .206 | .300 | .324 | .624 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shawn Camp | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leobardo Arauz | 5 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1363 | 5152 | 4495 | 592 | 1075 | 211 | 34 | 66 | 509 | 194 | 78 | 518 | 1036 | .239 | .326 | .345 | .672 | 1552 | 118 | 78 | 31 | 30 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Cronin | 1B | 112 | 988 | 72 | 10 | 98 | .991 | 9.464 | ||||
| Clay Snellgrove | 1B | 17 | 108 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .983 | 6.647 | ||||
| Tony Lawrence | 1B | 11 | 93 | 6 | 5 | 9 | .952 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jason Rakers | 1B | 8 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 6 | .973 | 9.000 | ||||
| Johnny Hunter | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Eberwein | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Clay Snellgrove | 2B | 74 | 148 | 215 | 10 | 55 | .973 | 4.905 | ||||
| Santos Gonzalez | 2B | 73 | 131 | 197 | 16 | 38 | .953 | 4.493 | ||||
| Kevin Eberwein | 3B | 51 | 41 | 115 | 17 | 15 | .902 | 3.059 | ||||
| Jake Thrower | 3B | 41 | 29 | 69 | 8 | 8 | .925 | 2.390 | ||||
| Jason Rakers | 3B | 37 | 13 | 62 | 10 | 8 | .882 | 2.027 | ||||
| Clay Snellgrove | 3B | 14 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Wil Nieves | C | 90 | 665 | 82 | 14 | 11 | .982 | 8.300 | 10 | 70 | 36 | 34.0 |
| Ryan McDaniel | C | 34 | 153 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 5.206 | 8 | 26 | 14 | 35.0 |
| Tony Lawrence | C | 32 | 218 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 7.344 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 40.0 |
| Ron Tegland | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Johnny Hunter | CF | 78 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Lindsey | CF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Horsman | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daryl Rutherford | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leobardo Arauz | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Burford | LF | 110 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Horsman | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jacob Ruotsinoja | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daryl Rutherford | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Hunter | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leobardo Arauz | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Burford | OF | 110 | 138 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .942 | 1.318 | ||||
| Johnny Hunter | OF | 107 | 176 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .960 | 1.785 | ||||
| Jacob Ruotsinoja | OF | 82 | 108 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .933 | 1.354 | ||||
| Brent Horsman | OF | 61 | 109 | 13 | 4 | 4 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rod Lindsey | OF | 40 | 72 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.850 | ||||
| Daryl Rutherford | OF | 23 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.217 | ||||
| Leobardo Arauz | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Shawn Camp | P | 47 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .191 | ||||
| Dustin Viator | P | 42 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 1 | .933 | .667 | ||||
| Todd Naff | P | 42 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .429 | ||||
| Angel Aragon | P | 42 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .963 | .619 | ||||
| Wilbert Ortega | P | 33 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .242 | ||||
| Jon Oiseth | P | 31 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .258 | ||||
| Rick Guttormson | P | 30 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .897 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jerry Parent | P | 29 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .414 | ||||
| Wascar Serrano | P | 26 | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.538 | ||||
| Junior Herndon | P | 21 | 11 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 2.238 | ||||
| Ryan Lynch | P | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Pat Ryan | P | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Lawrence | P | 12 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Tim Perry | P | 9 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Orlando Verdugo | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Aaron Kramer | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Kevin Walker | P | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Johnny Hunter | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane Cronin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jacob Ruotsinoja | RF | 73 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Horsman | RF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Hunter | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daryl Rutherford | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leobardo Arauz | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Halloran | SS | 123 | 180 | 335 | 38 | 66 | .931 | 4.187 | ||||
| Santos Gonzalez | SS | 15 | 22 | 28 | 3 | 9 | .943 | 3.333 | ||||
| Clay Snellgrove | SS | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jake Thrower | SS | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2007 | 3596 | 1527 | 205 | 357 | .962 | 2.553 | 29 | 115 | 62 | 35.0 |
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.
