1996 Fort Wayne Wizards Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-67
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Dan Rohn (69-67)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 226,740, Avg. 3,334 in 68 home dates
1996 Fort Wayne Wizards RosterTeam Record: 69-67
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Dan Rohn (69-67)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 226,740, Avg. 3,334 in 68 home dates
The Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 69 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Wizards scored 632 runs and allowed 661 runs. Johnny Schroeder led Fort Wayne with 14 home runs A. J. Pierzynski accounted for 70 RBI. Rafael Alvarez paced all regular batters by connecting at a .302 clip. Robert Boggs topped the team with 9 wins, while Kasey Richardson registered a 3.48 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1996 Fort Wayne Wizards who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Harris, Cleatus Davidson, Chad Allen, Fred Rath and A. J. Pierzynski.
Dan Rohn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Boggs | 9 | 12 | .429 | 4.02 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150.0 | 153 | 81 | 67 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 134 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 660 |
| Jeff Harris | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.11 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.7 | 90 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 387 |
| Tom LaRosa | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.53 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.3 | 77 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 33 | 0 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 367 |
| Alan Mahaffey | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.84 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 126.3 | 139 | 84 | 68 | 13 | 35 | 1 | 75 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 545 |
| Brad Niedermaier | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.25 | 32 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 69.3 | 64 | 39 | 25 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 295 |
| Kasey Richardson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.47 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 111.7 | 113 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 481 |
| Walker Chapman | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.73 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 107 | 61 | 51 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 436 |
| Dave Hooten | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.41 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.3 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 155 |
| Phil Haigler | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.27 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 80 | 42 | 40 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 305 |
| Tim Peters | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.31 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Scott Tanksley | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.14 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
| Jamie Splittorff | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.23 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 124 |
| Matt Vanderbush | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.32 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 92 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 314 |
| Todd Bartels | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.10 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 51 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 220 |
| Jason McKenzie | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 38 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 165 |
| Fred Rath | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.51 | 32 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 41.7 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 163 |
| Charlie Gillian | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22.7 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 | |
| Corey Spiers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Rodney McBride | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.08 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 69 | 47 | 41 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 235 |
| Totals | 69 | 67 | .507 | 4.09 | 402 | 136 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 1187.0 | 1224 | 661 | 540 | 67 | 440 | 9 | 969 | 50 | 19 | 75 | 5165 |
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 Alvarez | 119 | 522 | 473 | 61 | 143 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 58 | 11 | 9 | 43 | 55 | .302 | .363 | .421 | .784 | 199 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Israel Paez | 128 | 514 | 451 | 86 | 120 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 51 | 76 | .266 | .345 | .370 | .715 | 167 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| A. J. Pierzynski | 114 | 461 | 431 | 48 | 118 | 30 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 53 | .274 | .308 | .406 | .714 | 175 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Johnny Schroeder | 111 | 460 | 425 | 54 | 112 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 58 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 119 | .264 | .309 | .419 | .728 | 178 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Adrian Gordon | 110 | 407 | 343 | 58 | 102 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 47 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 90 | .297 | .381 | .391 | .772 | 134 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Joe Fraser | 101 | 375 | 331 | 42 | 74 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 60 | .224 | .294 | .335 | .630 | 111 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Anthony Felston | 62 | 251 | 201 | 53 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 43 | 36 | .313 | .442 | .343 | .785 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Knauss | 56 | 239 | 207 | 30 | 62 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 46 | .300 | .374 | .507 | .881 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| T. J. Johnson | 57 | 228 | 183 | 32 | 60 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 49 | .328 | .454 | .497 | .951 | 91 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 63 | 233 | 208 | 20 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 32 | .236 | .306 | .293 | .599 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Peterman | 58 | 190 | 175 | 17 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 30 | .251 | .295 | .366 | .660 | 64 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Steve Huls | 60 | 222 | 201 | 21 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 53 | .214 | .259 | .254 | .513 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Antuan Bunkley | 58 | 196 | 172 | 19 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 39 | .233 | .323 | .326 | .649 | 56 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Raul Juarez | 54 | 195 | 170 | 24 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 51 | .224 | .314 | .294 | .609 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cleatus Davidson | 59 | 229 | 203 | 20 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 45 | .177 | .259 | .246 | .505 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Garcia | 40 | 151 | 128 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 20 | 24 | .211 | .325 | .250 | .575 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Lakovic | 36 | 118 | 94 | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | .255 | .386 | .287 | .673 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Cey | 27 | 93 | 85 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | .259 | .323 | .306 | .628 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Allen | 7 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .429 | .480 | .429 | .909 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Eli Herdman | 7 | 30 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .190 | .367 | .333 | .700 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Heath Johnson | 8 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .160 | .344 | .200 | .544 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Niedermaier | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasey Richardson | 30 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Harris | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Chapman | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1458 | 5176 | 4552 | 632 | 1196 | 229 | 35 | 58 | 566 | 96 | 65 | 470 | 911 | .263 | .338 | .367 | .705 | 1669 | 95 | 72 | 36 | 46 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Schroeder | 1B | 106 | 894 | 57 | 9 | 80 | .991 | 8.972 | ||||
| Tommy Peterman | 1B | 31 | 214 | 23 | 5 | 30 | .979 | 7.645 | ||||
| Antuan Bunkley | 1B | 6 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | 1B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Carlos Garcia | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 2B | 97 | 187 | 231 | 6 | 55 | .986 | 4.309 | ||||
| Israel Paez | 2B | 35 | 69 | 111 | 7 | 28 | .963 | 5.143 | ||||
| Steve Huls | 2B | 14 | 17 | 29 | 5 | 8 | .902 | 3.286 | ||||
| Carlos Garcia | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Israel Paez | 3B | 89 | 75 | 146 | 13 | 15 | .944 | 2.483 | ||||
| Carlos Garcia | 3B | 26 | 15 | 51 | 4 | 3 | .943 | 2.538 | ||||
| Antuan Bunkley | 3B | 20 | 3 | 28 | 9 | 1 | .775 | 1.550 | ||||
| Greg Lakovic | 3B | 7 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .857 | 2.571 | ||||
| Eli Herdman | 3B | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .643 | 1.286 | ||||
| Steve Huls | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 95 | 656 | 80 | 20 | 6 | .974 | 7.747 | 22 | 86 | 36 | 29.5 |
| Jeff Smith | C | 50 | 314 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 6.900 | 6 | 39 | 16 | 29.1 |
| Greg Lakovic | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rafael Alvarez | CF | 113 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Felston | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adrian Gordon | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Allen | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. J. Johnson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Garcia | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adrian Gordon | LF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Felston | LF | 47 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. J. Johnson | LF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Garcia | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. J. Pierzynski | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Israel Paez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raul Juarez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Alvarez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Alvarez | OF | 115 | 293 | 6 | 8 | 1 | .974 | 2.600 | ||||
| Adrian Gordon | OF | 80 | 117 | 2 | 9 | 0 | .930 | 1.488 | ||||
| Anthony Felston | OF | 59 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.085 | ||||
| Tom Knauss | OF | 56 | 81 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .944 | 1.500 | ||||
| T. J. Johnson | OF | 51 | 75 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.569 | ||||
| Raul Juarez | OF | 50 | 80 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 1.740 | ||||
| Carlos Garcia | OF | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Heath Johnson | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chad Allen | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| A. J. Pierzynski | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Israel Paez | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Harris | P | 42 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Matt Vanderbush | P | 35 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .343 | ||||
| Fred Rath | P | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .062 | ||||
| Brad Niedermaier | P | 32 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .900 | .281 | ||||
| Kasey Richardson | P | 30 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .964 | .900 | ||||
| Alan Mahaffey | P | 30 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .533 | ||||
| Robert Boggs | P | 28 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.250 | ||||
| Dave Hooten | P | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .476 | ||||
| Charlie Gillian | P | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Walker Chapman | P | 19 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .750 | .947 | ||||
| Jason McKenzie | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Scott Tanksley | P | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Rodney McBride | P | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Tom LaRosa | P | 15 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Phil Haigler | P | 15 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tim Peters | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Todd Bartels | P | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Jamie Splittorff | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Corey Spiers | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tom Knauss | RF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raul Juarez | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. J. Johnson | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Heath Johnson | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adrian Gordon | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. J. Pierzynski | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Israel Paez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Fraser | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Allen | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cleatus Davidson | SS | 59 | 86 | 185 | 24 | 36 | .919 | 4.593 | ||||
| Steve Huls | SS | 47 | 49 | 160 | 12 | 31 | .946 | 4.447 | ||||
| Dan Cey | SS | 27 | 41 | 62 | 10 | 20 | .912 | 3.815 | ||||
| Israel Paez | SS | 9 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 6 | .911 | 4.556 | ||||
| Carlos Garcia | SS | 4 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2018 | 3561 | 1463 | 194 | 346 | .963 | 2.490 | 28 | 128 | 52 | 28.9 |
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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