1996 Columbus RedStixx Statistics
Team Record: 79-63
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Joel Skinner (79-63)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Columbus, Georgia
Ballpark: Cougar Field
Attendance: 45,010, Avg. 692 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Savannah Sand Gnats 2 games, Columbus RedStixx 0
Playoffs - Columbus RedStixx 2 games, Augusta GreenJackets 1
The Columbus RedStixx of the South Atlantic League ended the 1996 season with a record of 79 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The RedStixx topped the circuit with 729 runs, sparked by 167 home runs. Columbus allowed 610 runs. Russell Branyan walloped 40 home runs for the team, while Scott Morgan, Heath Hayes and Darren Stumberger each swatted 15 or more also. Russell Branyan accounted for 106 RBI. Darren Stumberger topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .310 clip. Ross Atkins led the squad with 11 wins, and Frankie Sanders registered a 2.53 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Mike Glavine, Scott Winchester, Marco Scutaro, Mark Budzinski, Jason Rakers, Russell Branyan, Jim Crowell and J. J. Thobe were all players from the 1996 Columbus RedStixx who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joel Skinner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Atkins | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.93 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 169.7 | 156 | 85 | 74 | 19 | 64 | 0 | 129 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 712 |
| Frankie Sanders | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.52 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 103 | 52 | 34 | 8 | 37 | 1 | 109 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 508 |
| Sammie Mathis | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.01 | 31 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 85.3 | 84 | 43 | 38 | 6 | 31 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 359 |
| Greg Granger | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.31 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84.3 | 90 | 42 | 31 | 5 | 28 | 2 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 364 |
| Scott Winchester | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.23 | 52 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 61.3 | 50 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 254 |
| Jim Crowell | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.14 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 165.3 | 163 | 89 | 76 | 16 | 69 | 0 | 104 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 710 |
| Brett Merrick | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.82 | 44 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.3 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 224 |
| Marc Deschenes | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.40 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.7 | 70 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 343 |
| Jason Rakers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.61 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77.3 | 84 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 319 |
| Keith Horn | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.91 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.7 | 80 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 374 |
| Tony Dougherty | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.94 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.0 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 202 |
| Jason Bennett | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.49 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.7 | 51 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 289 |
| Rich Grife | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.88 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58.0 | 56 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 249 |
| Darren Loudermilk | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | |
| Derrick Hritz | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Brett Palmer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.23 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
| J. J. Thobe | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Jason Adge | 0 | 4 | .000 | 6.85 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 |
| Totals | 79 | 63 | .556 | 3.71 | 406 | 142 | 135 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 1218.7 | 1142 | 610 | 503 | 96 | 449 | 27 | 982 | 59 | 14 | 95 | 5188 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Stumberger | 129 | 536 | 471 | 77 | 146 | 30 | 3 | 22 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 72 | .310 | .385 | .527 | .912 | 248 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Russell Branyan | 130 | 552 | 482 | 102 | 129 | 20 | 4 | 40 | 106 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 166 | .268 | .355 | .575 | .930 | 277 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Scott Morgan | 87 | 366 | 305 | 62 | 95 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 70 | .311 | .415 | .616 | 1.032 | 188 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bryan Warner | 81 | 353 | 328 | 38 | 87 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 44 | .265 | .303 | .345 | .648 | 113 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Willy Valera | 116 | 420 | 393 | 47 | 84 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 88 | .214 | .254 | .295 | .549 | 116 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Heath Hayes | 104 | 395 | 348 | 51 | 81 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 106 | .233 | .311 | .463 | .774 | 161 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marco Scutaro | 85 | 366 | 315 | 66 | 79 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 86 | .251 | .334 | .403 | .737 | 127 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Jason Minici | 98 | 369 | 334 | 37 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 84 | .213 | .283 | .314 | .598 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Budzinski | 74 | 326 | 260 | 42 | 68 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 59 | 68 | .262 | .404 | .373 | .777 | 97 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Ricky Gonzalez | 75 | 268 | 247 | 19 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 42 | .235 | .283 | .291 | .575 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Milt Anderson | 81 | 299 | 251 | 46 | 58 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 42 | 53 | .231 | .347 | .355 | .701 | 89 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Chad Whitaker | 66 | 261 | 234 | 32 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 80 | .235 | .310 | .440 | .751 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Donati | 40 | 162 | 145 | 23 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 27 | .283 | .340 | .462 | .802 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Glavine | 38 | 149 | 119 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 33 | .277 | .416 | .471 | .887 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad Thornhill | 52 | 194 | 160 | 34 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 32 | .181 | .306 | .250 | .556 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Cristian Mota | 32 | 138 | 122 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 31 | .213 | .279 | .320 | .599 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mauricio Gonzalez | 25 | 99 | 95 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .242 | .253 | .316 | .568 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andreaus Lewis | 23 | 75 | 64 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 31 | .078 | .213 | .109 | .323 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Evans | 6 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1342 | 5346 | 4689 | 729 | 1170 | 216 | 25 | 167 | 654 | 99 | 49 | 535 | 1136 | .250 | .331 | .413 | .744 | 1937 | 82 | 59 | 19 | 44 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Stumberger | 1B | 127 | 1106 | 92 | 14 | 100 | .988 | 9.433 | ||||
| Heath Hayes | 1B | 16 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 8.125 | ||||
| Chad Thornhill | 1B | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Mike Glavine | 1B | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 7.667 | ||||
| Mauricio Gonzalez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marco Scutaro | 2B | 78 | 161 | 207 | 14 | 45 | .963 | 4.718 | ||||
| Cristian Mota | 2B | 31 | 58 | 86 | 9 | 15 | .941 | 4.645 | ||||
| Chad Thornhill | 2B | 25 | 54 | 58 | 4 | 14 | .966 | 4.480 | ||||
| Mauricio Gonzalez | 2B | 11 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .973 | 3.273 | ||||
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 117 | 82 | 256 | 44 | 24 | .885 | 2.889 | ||||
| Heath Hayes | 3B | 17 | 11 | 33 | 6 | 3 | .880 | 2.588 | ||||
| Chad Thornhill | 3B | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | .765 | 1.857 | ||||
| Marco Scutaro | 3B | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ricky Gonzalez | C | 75 | 523 | 73 | 15 | 6 | .975 | 7.947 | 5 | |||
| Heath Hayes | C | 68 | 439 | 64 | 11 | 4 | .979 | 7.397 | 10 | |||
| Pat Evans | C | 6 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 5.500 | 2 | |||
| Jason Minici | OF | 81 | 129 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .971 | 1.654 | ||||
| Bryan Warner | OF | 80 | 147 | 12 | 6 | 3 | .964 | 1.988 | ||||
| Milt Anderson | OF | 73 | 114 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .952 | 1.644 | ||||
| Scott Morgan | OF | 72 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mark Budzinski | OF | 65 | 125 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.969 | ||||
| Chad Whitaker | OF | 62 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .980 | 1.565 | ||||
| Andreaus Lewis | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Heath Hayes | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Scott Winchester | P | 52 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .192 | ||||
| Brett Merrick | P | 44 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .318 | ||||
| Jason Bennett | P | 40 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rich Grife | P | 36 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .875 | .389 | ||||
| Sammie Mathis | P | 31 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .774 | ||||
| Jim Crowell | P | 28 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.893 | ||||
| Ross Atkins | P | 28 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Keith Horn | P | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frankie Sanders | P | 22 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .852 | 1.045 | ||||
| Greg Granger | P | 20 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Tony Dougherty | P | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Marc Deschenes | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Jason Adge | P | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .438 | ||||
| Jason Rakers | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Brett Palmer | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Derrick Hritz | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Darren Loudermilk | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| J. J. Thobe | P | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Willy Valera | SS | 113 | 179 | 333 | 31 | 66 | .943 | 4.531 | ||||
| Chad Thornhill | SS | 17 | 16 | 50 | 2 | 6 | .971 | 3.882 | ||||
| Mauricio Gonzalez | SS | 13 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .891 | 3.154 | ||||
| Marco Scutaro | SS | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | .850 | 3.400 | ||||
| Totals | 1585 | 3656 | 1590 | 207 | 338 | .962 | 3.310 | 17 | 0 | 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.
