1997 Eugene Emeralds Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 31-45
Finished 4th in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Jim Saul (31-45)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 135,926, Avg. 3,577 in 38 home dates
1997 Eugene Emeralds RosterTeam Record: 31-45
Finished 4th in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Jim Saul (31-45)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Ballpark: Civic Stadium
Attendance: 135,926, Avg. 3,577 in 38 home dates
The Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 31 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the league's South Division.
The Emeralds scored 383 runs and yielded 495 runs. Jeff Spencer led Eugene with 12 home runs and drove in 54 runs. Mark Burke paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .305. Mike Roberts topped the team with 7 wins, while Ryan Schurman recorded a 3.24 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Ramón Castro played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Eugene Emeralds to do so.
Jim Saul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Roberts | 7 | 6 | .538 | 7.08 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 104 | 63 | 59 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 359 |
| Richard Thieme | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.81 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 92 | 50 | 45 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 332 |
| Jason Flach | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.97 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39.3 | 40 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 180 |
| Ryan Schurman | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.23 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 75 | 46 | 31 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 379 |
| Ryan Greene | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.59 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 96 | 52 | 43 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 72 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 381 |
| Jamie Wise | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.77 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 59 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 210 |
| Brett Newell | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.62 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34.3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 140 |
| Richard Dishman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.0 | 47 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 213 |
| Rodney Allen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.0 | 56 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 213 |
| Yan Lagrandeur | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.91 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 41 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 169 |
| John Arnold | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jacob Shumate | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.89 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 19 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 126 |
| David Lebejko | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.19 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 44 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 175 |
| Ben Wyatt | 0 | 10 | .000 | 7.02 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 88 | 65 | 46 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 311 |
| Totals | 31 | 45 | .408 | 5.24 | 239 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 671.7 | 781 | 495 | 391 | 53 | 384 | 14 | 602 | 40 | 14 | 76 | 3194 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pooh Hines | 69 | 316 | 266 | 40 | 73 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 52 | .274 | .371 | .376 | .747 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Mark Burke | 62 | 280 | 236 | 37 | 72 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 41 | .305 | .405 | .466 | .871 | 110 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Spencer | 67 | 308 | 275 | 46 | 72 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 83 | .262 | .325 | .458 | .783 | 126 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Manny Sanchez | 58 | 256 | 229 | 46 | 66 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 39 | .288 | .345 | .389 | .734 | 89 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Stewart Smothers | 59 | 258 | 233 | 31 | 64 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 21 | 57 | .275 | .337 | .399 | .736 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Strickland | 55 | 226 | 204 | 33 | 58 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 62 | .284 | .326 | .353 | .679 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mark Mortimer | 53 | 194 | 174 | 25 | 53 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .305 | .366 | .402 | .768 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Collin Wissen | 73 | 292 | 260 | 40 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 75 | .204 | .273 | .254 | .527 | 66 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Brett Pierce | 57 | 206 | 176 | 23 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 25 | .278 | .366 | .347 | .712 | 61 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Ramón Castro | 71 | 263 | 226 | 20 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 56 | .199 | .290 | .274 | .564 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| John Arnold | 50 | 191 | 159 | 25 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 50 | .245 | .361 | .409 | .770 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Terhune | 14 | 67 | 61 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .213 | .262 | .230 | .491 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Pugh | 30 | 94 | 88 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | .148 | .202 | .182 | .384 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Ashley | 4 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .267 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Strangfeld | 11 | 46 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .068 | .109 | .091 | .200 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Flach | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Dishman | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Wyatt | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Wise | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 812 | 3018 | 2649 | 383 | 677 | 111 | 27 | 37 | 328 | 58 | 28 | 275 | 610 | .256 | .331 | .360 | .691 | 953 | 47 | 38 | 27 | 29 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Burke | 1B | 62 | 521 | 26 | 4 | 47 | .993 | 8.823 | ||||
| Aaron Strangfeld | 1B | 11 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 9 | .975 | 1.455 | ||||
| John Arnold | 1B | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .960 | 6.000 | ||||
| Brett Pierce | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manny Sanchez | 2B | 54 | 123 | 140 | 19 | 32 | .933 | 4.870 | ||||
| Pooh Hines | 2B | 16 | 45 | 45 | 1 | 8 | .989 | 5.625 | ||||
| Mike Terhune | 2B | 7 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 11 | .977 | 6.143 | ||||
| Brett Pierce | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Spencer | 3B | 44 | 33 | 116 | 24 | 9 | .861 | 3.386 | ||||
| Pooh Hines | 3B | 25 | 15 | 51 | 11 | 2 | .857 | 2.640 | ||||
| Mike Terhune | 3B | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 2.286 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Manny Sanchez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brett Pierce | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | C | 43 | 326 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .992 | 8.326 | 10 | 65 | 15 | 18.8 |
| Josh Pugh | C | 21 | 126 | 18 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 6.857 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 11.4 |
| John Arnold | C | 20 | 117 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 6.400 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 30.8 |
| Steve Ashley | C | 4 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.250 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Collin Wissen | CF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Strickland | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Pierce | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Strickland | LF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Collin Wissen | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pooh Hines | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Mortimer | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stewart Smothers | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Collin Wissen | OF | 72 | 136 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .958 | 1.903 | ||||
| Stewart Smothers | OF | 58 | 104 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .950 | 1.948 | ||||
| Greg Strickland | OF | 52 | 84 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .935 | 1.654 | ||||
| Brett Pierce | OF | 35 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .951 | 1.114 | ||||
| Pooh Hines | OF | 18 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mark Mortimer | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Josh Pugh | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Flach | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Jamie Wise | P | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .545 | ||||
| Yan Lagrandeur | P | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| David Lebejko | P | 20 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .450 | ||||
| Rodney Allen | P | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .500 | ||||
| Jacob Shumate | P | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .158 | ||||
| Brett Newell | P | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Richard Dishman | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Ryan Schurman | P | 16 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Ben Wyatt | P | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .533 | ||||
| Mike Roberts | P | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 1.067 | ||||
| Ryan Greene | P | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard Thieme | P | 14 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| John Arnold | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stewart Smothers | RF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pooh Hines | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Strickland | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Collin Wissen | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Pierce | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Pugh | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Castro | SS | 69 | 74 | 219 | 27 | 36 | .916 | 4.246 | ||||
| Brett Pierce | SS | 13 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 6 | .881 | 2.846 | ||||
| Pooh Hines | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Arnold | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1129 | 2015 | 842 | 152 | 174 | .949 | 2.531 | 25 | 123 | 27 | 18.0 |
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.
