1998 Danville Braves Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 30-38
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Manager: Franklin Stubbs (30-38)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 50,711, Avg. 1,749 in 29 home dates

1998 Danville Braves Roster

The Danville Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1998 season with a record of 30 wins and 38 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.

The Braves tallied 359 runs and allowed 412 runs. Travis Wilson drove in 48 runs. Rafael Furcal led all regular batters by hitting .328. Cory Simpson topped the team with 6 wins, while Justin Willoughby earned a 4.06 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1998 Danville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cory Aldridge, Román Colón, J. C. Boscán, Aaron Taylor and Rafael Furcal.

Franklin Stubbs 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
Cory Simpson	6	1	.857	5.02	14	6	4	1	1	1	52.0	47	29	29	6	34	0	44	2	0	2	224
Doug Dent	5	3	.625	3.61	9	9	0	1	0	0	47.3	57	28	19	4	19	0	29	3	1	1	212
Justin Willoughby	4	5	.444	4.03	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.7	87	42	33	5	20	0	53	1	2	7	320
Simon Birrell	3	0	1.000	0.96	14	0	6	0	0	2	28.0	14	8	3	1	15	0	26	2	0	4	109
Aaron Taylor	3	6	.333	6.25	14	14	0	1	0	0	72.0	87	60	50	9	36	0	55	3	1	3	334
Brian Holden	2	0	1.000	3.86	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	10	3	3	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	33
Pat Schmidt	2	1	.667	5.59	12	0	5	0	0	0	19.3	14	14	12	2	15	0	16	2	0	1	86
Joe Holzbauer	1	0	1.000	4.72	17	0	1	0	0	0	26.7	22	17	14	1	24	1	24	3	0	11	126
Jason Bowers	1	0	1.000	9.31	13	0	9	0	0	0	19.3	32	23	20	0	14	0	9	0	2	4	103
Randy Phillips	1	2	.333	9.95	13	0	3	0	0	0	19.0	19	23	21	1	24	0	14	2	3	12	99
Eric Herndon	1	3	.250	5.31	21	0	11	0	0	3	42.3	45	29	25	1	22	0	48	4	3	3	195
Román Colón	1	7	.125	5.77	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.3	92	59	47	7	28	0	53	2	0	11	336
Bubba Scarce	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	12
Nathan Harden	0	0		6.60	11	0	9	0	0	0	15.0	12	11	11	1	14	0	12	6	0	2	76
Mike Gray	0	3	.000	4.23	20	1	13	0	0	4	27.7	27	15	13	0	11	0	41	1	2	3	125
Derrick Truitt	0	7	.000	6.91	13	12	0	0	0	0	54.7	72	51	42	3	27	0	38	6	1	2	258
Totals	30	38	.441	5.30	203	68	65	3	1	12	580.3	638	412	342	41	307	1	475	38	15	66	2648

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
Rafael Furcal	66	309	268	56	88	15	4	0	23	60	15	36	29	.328	.412	.414	.827	111	2	3	1	1	0
Travis Wilson	65	291	269	48	87	25	5	9	48	16	5	17	54	.323	.371	.554	.925	149	5	4	0	1	1
Troy Allen	63	271	236	32	64	17	0	3	32	2	2	32	63	.271	.362	.381	.743	90	3	2	0	1	2
Cory Aldridge	60	247	214	37	63	16	1	3	33	16	2	29	48	.294	.382	.421	.803	90	3	2	1	1	1
Juan Velazquez	65	260	230	34	57	8	3	2	24	16	5	22	36	.248	.314	.335	.649	77	7	1	5	2	0
Prinz Milton	58	238	220	24	56	5	0	4	33	10	2	7	77	.255	.304	.332	.636	73	4	9	1	1	0
J. C. Boscán	51	211	170	35	37	3	0	4	24	2	3	37	44	.218	.362	.306	.668	52	4	2	1	1	0
John Zydowsky	49	194	165	27	35	4	0	0	14	8	4	23	38	.212	.316	.236	.552	39	1	3	1	2	0
Greg Ward	52	199	168	25	31	8	0	3	19	5	0	25	58	.185	.302	.286	.587	48	4	4	0	2	0
Jose Villar	39	169	151	22	26	6	3	3	20	14	7	12	61	.172	.256	.311	.567	47	2	5	1	0	0
Chris Poulsen	19	77	70	7	19	3	1	0	9	0	0	5	12	.271	.312	.343	.655	24	1	0	0	2	0
Ryan Massimo	22	68	63	6	13	2	0	0	6	1	0	4	18	.206	.265	.238	.503	15	1	1	0	0	0
Drue James	27	94	73	6	13	2	0	1	9	1	0	17	25	.178	.340	.247	.587	18	2	2	0	2	0
Totals	636	2628	2297	359	589	114	17	32	294	151	45	266	563	.256	.341	.363	.704	833	39	38	11	16	4

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Troy Allen	1B	50	414	33	4	47	.991	8.940
Ryan Massimo	1B	17	116	7	6	10	.953	7.235
John Zydowsky	1B	7	40	3	0	8	1.000	6.143
Rafael Furcal	2B	65	183	198	14	51	.965	5.862
John Zydowsky	2B	4	8	9	2	1	.895	4.250
Ryan Massimo	2B	1	1	1	1	0	.667	2.000
Travis Wilson	3B	65	55	150	14	13	.936	3.154
John Zydowsky	3B	2	2	10	0	0	1.000	6.000
Ryan Massimo	3B	1	1	2	2	0	.600	3.000
J. C. Boscán	C	49	341	52	7	1	.982	8.020	20	56	28	33.3
Drue James	C	23	135	16	1	1	.993	6.565	5	21	12	36.4
Jose Villar	CF	39						.000
John Zydowsky	CF	31						.000
Greg Ward	CF	3						.000
Cory Aldridge	LF	58						.000
Prinz Milton	LF	12						.000
Greg Ward	LF	1						.000
Cory Aldridge	OF	58	64	0	3	0	.955	1.103
Prinz Milton	OF	46	69	6	7	0	.915	1.630
Greg Ward	OF	39	49	1	2	0	.962	1.282
Jose Villar	OF	39	74	3	4	1	.951	1.974
John Zydowsky	OF	31	51	1	2	0	.963	1.677
Drue James	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Eric Herndon	P	21	5	10	1	1	.938	.714
Mike Gray	P	20	4	2	2	0	.750	.300
Joe Holzbauer	P	17	3	2	1	0	.833	.294
Aaron Taylor	P	14	4	13	3	1	.850	1.214
Cory Simpson	P	14	3	1	1	0	.800	.286
Simon Birrell	P	14	0	1	1	0	.500	.071
Justin Willoughby	P	13	7	15	2	2	.917	1.692
Derrick Truitt	P	13	4	14	3	0	.857	1.385
Randy Phillips	P	13	2	4	0	1	1.000	.462
Román Colón	P	13	3	11	2	0	.875	1.077
Jason Bowers	P	13	1	3	1	0	.800	.308
Pat Schmidt	P	12	1	2	0	1	1.000	.250
Nathan Harden	P	11	0	2	0	0	1.000	.182
Doug Dent	P	9	2	5	1	0	.875	.778
Brian Holden	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Bubba Scarce	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Prinz Milton	RF	36						.000
Greg Ward	RF	35						.000
Drue James	RF	1						.000
Juan Velazquez	SS	65	93	188	19	42	.937	4.323
John Zydowsky	SS	6	5	10	2	2	.882	2.500
Ryan Massimo	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		989	1741	778	108	183	.959	2.547	25	77	40	34.2

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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