1996 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Statistics
Team Record: 53-31
Finished 1st in the NL's West Division
Manager: Doug Simunic (53-31)
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Newman Outdoor Field
Attendance: 155,052, Avg. 3,782 in 41 home dates
Playoffs - Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 2 games, Winnipeg Goldeyes 1
Finals - St. Paul Saints 3 games, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 0
The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the Northern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 53 wins and 31 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Fargo- RedHawks plated 598 runs, tops in the circuit. Moorhead yielded 476 runs. Darryl Motley paced the team with 26 home runs, while Brian Traxler and Johnny Knott walloped 15 or more, too. Darryl Motley drove in 103 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .346 average. Tim Smith led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.01 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1996 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jeff Bittiger, Chris Coste, Brian Traxler and Darryl Motley.
Doug Simunic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Smith | 11 | 3 | .786 | 4.01 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 114 | 66 | 54 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 533 |
| Stephen Lukas | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.93 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 56.0 | 43 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 237 |
| Jeff Bittiger | 9 | 1 | .900 | 4.06 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 97 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 40 | 1 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 413 |
| Steve Shoemaker | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.86 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 | 149 | 83 | 69 | 18 | 48 | 3 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 576 |
| Jeff Isom | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.89 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 77.3 | 66 | 46 | 42 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 338 |
| Ernie Fisher | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.72 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 53.3 | 64 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 236 |
| Larry Shenk | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.13 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 62 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 |
| Max Valencia | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.24 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 68 |
| Shawn Alazaus | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.32 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
| Tony Kunka | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Brad Keenan | 0 | 0 | 19.50 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |
| Dewayne Walters | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.97 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 48 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 153 |
| Jason Chandler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.34 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
| Greg Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 17.05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Pete Alamillo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 57 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 181 |
| Jeff Antolick | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.89 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
| Totals | 53 | 31 | .631 | 4.92 | 253 | 84 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 741.3 | 832 | 476 | 405 | 86 | 332 | 17 | 569 | 26 | 4 | 53 | 3358 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Motley | 82 | 382 | 324 | 77 | 112 | 23 | 1 | 26 | 103 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 59 | .346 | .428 | .664 | 1.091 | 215 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Brian Traxler | 83 | 391 | 328 | 73 | 110 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 40 | .335 | .419 | .543 | .962 | 178 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Chris Coste | 81 | 350 | 315 | 40 | 99 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 56 | .314 | .364 | .467 | .831 | 147 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Aaron Iatarola | 82 | 367 | 314 | 47 | 94 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 66 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 53 | .299 | .395 | .503 | .898 | 158 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Chad Akers | 83 | 403 | 330 | 84 | 90 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 13 | 12 | 57 | 32 | .273 | .392 | .352 | .743 | 116 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Johnny Knott | 84 | 382 | 290 | 82 | 84 | 26 | 3 | 15 | 80 | 20 | 2 | 77 | 86 | .290 | .454 | .555 | 1.009 | 161 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Rundels | 76 | 361 | 305 | 71 | 83 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 64 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 67 | .272 | .372 | .479 | .850 | 146 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lance Migita | 69 | 289 | 255 | 40 | 68 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 25 | .267 | .327 | .337 | .665 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Derek Reams | 43 | 163 | 138 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 26 | .217 | .331 | .319 | .650 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Kunka | 37 | 129 | 108 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 32 | .213 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Chris Powell | 24 | 122 | 88 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 23 | .250 | .459 | .432 | .891 | 38 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrin Doty | 18 | 64 | 58 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .190 | .266 | .362 | .628 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Mangual | 15 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .216 | .326 | .216 | .542 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Crosby | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Carpenter | 5 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .062 | .000 | .062 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 785 | 3472 | 2914 | 598 | 835 | 177 | 14 | 105 | 561 | 82 | 31 | 440 | 527 | .287 | .387 | .465 | .852 | 1355 | 61 | 63 | 19 | 36 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Traxler | 1B | 81 | 720 | 35 | 10 | 70 | .987 | 9.321 | ||||
| Tony Kunka | 1B | 7 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 6.429 | ||||
| Lance Migita | 2B | 52 | 118 | 143 | 17 | 31 | .939 | 5.019 | ||||
| Chris Coste | 2B | 27 | 53 | 88 | 2 | 21 | .986 | 5.222 | ||||
| Danny Mangual | 2B | 11 | 21 | 23 | 3 | 4 | .936 | 4.000 | ||||
| Johnny Knott | 3B | 82 | 64 | 181 | 25 | 23 | .907 | 2.988 | ||||
| Chris Coste | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 2.333 | ||||
| Chris Coste | C | 48 | 312 | 28 | 6 | 3 | .983 | 7.083 | 10 | 48 | 17 | 26.2 |
| Derek Reams | C | 32 | 216 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 7.531 | 6 | 40 | 11 | 21.6 |
| Jerry Carpenter | C | 5 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .925 | 7.400 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Mike Crosby | C | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Matt Rundels | CF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Powell | CF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lance Migita | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derrin Doty | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Iatarola | LF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derrin Doty | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Rundels | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lance Migita | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darryl Motley | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Kunka | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Iatarola | OF | 77 | 111 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.506 | ||||
| Matt Rundels | OF | 73 | 149 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 2.123 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | OF | 45 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Chris Powell | OF | 24 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 2.958 | ||||
| Lance Migita | OF | 19 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.579 | ||||
| Derrin Doty | OF | 15 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Johnny Knott | OF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tony Kunka | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stephen Lukas | P | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Shawn Alazaus | P | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .385 | ||||
| Jeff Isom | P | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Ernie Fisher | P | 24 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .800 | .500 | ||||
| Pete Alamillo | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Tim Smith | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .632 | ||||
| Steve Shoemaker | P | 19 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | .947 | ||||
| Larry Shenk | P | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Max Valencia | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Dewayne Walters | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Greg Williams | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .429 | ||||
| Brad Keenan | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Jeff Antolick | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jason Chandler | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Kunka | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Darryl Motley | RF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Rundels | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Iatarola | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lance Migita | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Knott | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Akers | SS | 83 | 123 | 269 | 24 | 55 | .942 | 4.723 | ||||
| Danny Mangual | SS | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Chris Coste | SS | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1206 | 2224 | 924 | 109 | 226 | .967 | 2.610 | 16 | 99 | 32 | 24.4 |
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.
