1995 Fort Myers Miracle Statistics
Team Record: 75-55
Finished 1st in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Al Newman (75-55)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Myers, Florida
Ballpark: W.H. Hammond Stadium
Attendance: 78,431, Avg. 1,265 in 62 home dates
Playoffs - Fort Myers Miracle 2 games, Tampa Yankees 1
Finals - Daytona Cubs 3 games, Fort Myers Miracle 2
The Fort Myers Miracle of the Florida State League ended the 1995 season with a record of 75 wins and 55 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Miracle led the league with just 450 runs allowed. Fort Myers scored 552 runs. Bubba Smith paced the team with 13 home runs Gary Caraballo accounted for 55 RBI. Chad Rupp topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .266 clip. Shane Bowers paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.17 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Greg Harris, Aaron Fultz, Ryan Radmanovich, Mark Redman, Torii Hunter, Doug Mientkiewicz, Benj Sampson and Shane Bowers were all players from the 1995 Fort Myers Miracle who played in the Majors during their careers.
Al Newman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bowers | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.16 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145.7 | 119 | 43 | 35 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 103 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 580 |
| Troy Carrasco | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.13 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138.0 | 131 | 62 | 48 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 96 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 596 |
| Rob DeBrino | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.14 | 41 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.7 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 206 |
| Benj Sampson | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.49 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 | 148 | 71 | 62 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 664 |
| Keith Linebarger | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.10 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 103.0 | 74 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 73 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 418 |
| Shawn Miller | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.90 | 30 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 68 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 288 |
| Jason Tatar | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.61 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82.7 | 64 | 33 | 24 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 339 |
| Paul Morse | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.82 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 61.3 | 57 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 247 |
| Aaron Fultz | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.25 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 122.0 | 115 | 52 | 44 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 127 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 516 |
| Rod Biehl | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.05 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 81 |
| Mark Redman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.76 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 134 |
| Ron Caridad | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.40 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41.3 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 171 |
| Greg Harris | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.95 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 69 |
| Jay Maldonado | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
| Brian O'Brien | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.88 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 31 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 147 |
| Russ Lehoisky | 0 | 5 | .000 | 3.29 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 45 | 25 | 19 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 240 |
| Totals | 75 | 55 | .577 | 2.85 | 348 | 131 | 121 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 1136.0 | 978 | 450 | 360 | 60 | 409 | 13 | 823 | 62 | 9 | 66 | 4719 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Rupp | 107 | 419 | 376 | 44 | 100 | 23 | 1 | 12 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 38 | 77 | .266 | .334 | .428 | .762 | 161 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Torii Hunter | 113 | 447 | 391 | 64 | 96 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 77 | .246 | .330 | .348 | .678 | 136 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Caraballo | 85 | 351 | 309 | 51 | 95 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 44 | .307 | .382 | .466 | .848 | 144 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| James Motte | 119 | 432 | 392 | 47 | 92 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 78 | .235 | .293 | .319 | .612 | 125 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Marlo Nava | 112 | 413 | 376 | 47 | 91 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 45 | .242 | .286 | .298 | .584 | 112 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Ben Jones | 109 | 399 | 335 | 60 | 80 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 41 | 53 | .239 | .332 | .281 | .612 | 94 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Knauss | 99 | 353 | 316 | 37 | 75 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 72 | .237 | .310 | .313 | .623 | 99 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Champion | 99 | 354 | 308 | 38 | 70 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 88 | .227 | .309 | .328 | .637 | 101 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jason Baker | 91 | 324 | 276 | 35 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 38 | .239 | .326 | .272 | .598 | 75 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Jim McCalmont | 92 | 323 | 285 | 30 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 54 | .228 | .300 | .330 | .630 | 94 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bubba Smith | 60 | 195 | 176 | 27 | 58 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 38 | .330 | .379 | .636 | 1.016 | 112 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jeff Horn | 66 | 245 | 199 | 25 | 53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 30 | .266 | .389 | .302 | .691 | 60 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Stricklin | 65 | 212 | 166 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 25 | .187 | .348 | .193 | .541 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 38 | 131 | 110 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .245 | .357 | .345 | .702 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Radmanovich | 12 | 44 | 41 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .317 | .364 | .366 | .729 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Venezia | 16 | 57 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | .245 | .333 | .306 | .639 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Armann Brown | 23 | 68 | 63 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .190 | .235 | .317 | .553 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Hilt | 19 | 46 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .167 | .239 | .238 | .477 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Nihart | 4 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .200 | .273 | .400 | .673 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1329 | 4824 | 4220 | 552 | 1045 | 196 | 22 | 54 | 471 | 84 | 73 | 440 | 784 | .248 | .327 | .343 | .669 | 1447 | 99 | 70 | 62 | 32 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Champion | 1B | 57 | 442 | 43 | 5 | 46 | .990 | 8.509 | ||||
| Chad Rupp | 1B | 55 | 468 | 24 | 3 | 41 | .994 | 8.945 | ||||
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 1B | 24 | 160 | 12 | 1 | 22 | .994 | 7.167 | ||||
| Bubba Smith | 1B | 8 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.375 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jim McCalmont | 2B | 71 | 132 | 147 | 5 | 46 | .982 | 3.930 | ||||
| Marlo Nava | 2B | 61 | 85 | 116 | 10 | 24 | .953 | 3.295 | ||||
| Danny Venezia | 2B | 15 | 30 | 50 | 5 | 10 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | 3B | 83 | 74 | 197 | 19 | 22 | .934 | 3.265 | ||||
| Marlo Nava | 3B | 35 | 30 | 66 | 7 | 7 | .932 | 2.743 | ||||
| Jim McCalmont | 3B | 13 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .889 | 2.462 | ||||
| Ryan Radmanovich | 3B | 11 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 0 | .806 | 2.636 | ||||
| Bubba Smith | 3B | 6 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Scott Stricklin | C | 65 | 352 | 54 | 4 | 7 | .990 | 6.246 | 5 | 43 | 33 | 43.4 |
| Jeff Horn | C | 65 | 424 | 40 | 5 | 5 | .989 | 7.138 | 3 | 52 | 21 | 28.8 |
| Scott Hilt | C | 13 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 4.538 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Tim Nihart | C | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Ben Jones | CF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | CF | 58 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armann Brown | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Baker | LF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Jones | LF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Champion | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armann Brown | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marlo Nava | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Jones | OF | 103 | 221 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.243 | ||||
| Torii Hunter | OF | 103 | 242 | 15 | 7 | 7 | .973 | 2.495 | ||||
| Tom Knauss | OF | 88 | 152 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .976 | 1.830 | ||||
| Jason Baker | OF | 84 | 136 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 1.631 | ||||
| Jim Champion | OF | 31 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.452 | ||||
| Armann Brown | OF | 19 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Marlo Nava | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob DeBrino | P | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .122 | ||||
| Paul Morse | P | 35 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .514 | ||||
| Shawn Miller | P | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .300 | ||||
| Keith Linebarger | P | 29 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .621 | ||||
| Benj Sampson | P | 28 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .821 | ||||
| Russ Lehoisky | P | 26 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .346 | ||||
| Troy Carrasco | P | 25 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .880 | ||||
| Brian O'Brien | P | 24 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Shane Bowers | P | 23 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.261 | ||||
| Jason Tatar | P | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Aaron Fultz | P | 21 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.190 | ||||
| Ron Caridad | P | 17 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Rod Biehl | P | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mark Redman | P | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Jay Maldonado | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Harris | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Knauss | RF | 88 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | RF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Baker | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Jones | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marlo Nava | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Champion | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Motte | SS | 116 | 155 | 336 | 23 | 70 | .955 | 4.233 | ||||
| Marlo Nava | SS | 22 | 29 | 53 | 4 | 10 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1948 | 3408 | 1382 | 129 | 344 | .974 | 2.459 | 9 | 104 | 58 | 35.8 |
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.
