1997 Fort Wayne Wizards Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 4th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Mike Boulanger (68-67)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 230,210, Avg. 3,336 in 69 home dates

1997 Fort Wayne Wizards Roster

Playoffs - Lansing Lugnuts 2 games, Fort Wayne Wizards 0
Playoffs - Fort Wayne Wizards 2 games, West Michigan Whitecaps 0

The Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The Wizards plated 627 runs and conceded 638 runs. Jake Patterson paced Fort Wayne with 20 home runs and accounted for 80 RBI. Tommy Peterman topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .293 clip. Nate Yeskie and Dave Hooten led the squad with 11 wins each, while Dave Hooten recorded a 2.62 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 Fort Wayne Wizards who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cleatus Davidson, Luis Rivas and Chad Moeller.

Mike Boulanger 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
Nate Yeskie	11	7	.611	4.84	27	27	0	2	0	0	165.3	190	99	89	12	41	1	111	5	3	7	718
Dave Hooten	11	8	.579	2.61	28	27	0	2	2	0	165.7	134	57	48	5	54	0	138	9	6	4	675
Kasey Richardson	7	5	.583	3.07	19	19	0	1	1	0	114.3	100	47	39	5	46	0	84	4	0	10	476
Mike Bauder	6	4	.600	3.72	40	10	5	0	0	0	104.0	94	51	43	5	33	0	96	1	3	10	435
Mario Opipari	6	7	.462	3.44	53	2	27	0	0	8	70.7	71	45	27	2	24	3	61	3	1	7	307
Chris Garza	5	2	.714	1.99	60	0	32	0	0	15	95.0	67	28	21	2	38	1	90	3	0	11	385
Corey Spiers	5	9	.357	4.86	24	23	0	0	0	0	120.3	154	83	65	5	33	0	94	2	1	12	530
Bryan Malko	4	4	.500	3.78	14	13	1	0	0	0	64.3	68	29	27	2	22	0	59	2	1	3	271
Rick Loonam	3	2	.600	5.66	34	1	6	0	0	0	49.3	63	36	31	3	33	0	35	1	2	8	245
Rodney McBride	3	4	.429	6.31	31	0	11	0	0	0	45.7	57	40	32	3	32	0	54	4	1	7	232
Darren Fidge	2	2	.500	2.84	8	0	5	0	0	0	12.7	15	4	4	0	4	1	8	5	0	1	61
Ryan Lynch	2	2	.500	3.15	15	2	5	0	0	0	34.3	38	20	12	2	10	0	39	3	0	0	155
Josh Gandy	2	4	.333	5.40	8	5	1	0	0	0	20.0	25	19	12	0	12	0	14	1	1	2	93
Gary Dose	1	4	.200	4.70	45	4	25	0	0	3	67.0	52	44	35	3	61	0	73	5	2	7	313
Scott Poepard	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	5
Charlie Gillian	0	0		3.16	22	0	7	0	0	3	25.7	21	11	9	1	13	0	24	6	0	2	114
Fred Lindberg	0	0		3.65	5	0	2	0	0	0	12.3	16	5	5	0	5	0	8	0	1	2	53
Steve Huls	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Scott Tanksley	0	1	.000	4.05	5	0	1	0	0	0	6.7	4	5	3	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	28
Greg Clark	0	1	.000	4.41	6	1	1	0	0	0	16.3	16	9	8	0	8	1	7	0	0	2	69
Matt Carnes	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	4	4	1	5	0	3	0	1	1	18
Totals	68	67	.504	3.88	447	135	130	5	3	29	1195.7	1191	638	516	51	480	7	1003	55	23	96	5189

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
Rick Moss	133	581	508	76	141	28	4	3	77	3	3	61	57	.278	.352	.366	.718	186	10	2	2	8	4
Tommy Peterman	113	452	417	46	122	22	0	7	57	0	4	28	69	.293	.335	.396	.730	165	9	1	1	5	4
Cleatus Davidson	124	540	478	80	122	16	8	6	52	39	9	52	100	.255	.327	.360	.687	172	7	1	5	4	1
Chad Moeller	108	448	384	58	111	18	3	9	39	11	8	48	76	.289	.386	.422	.808	162	8	13	2	1	0
Jake Patterson	121	524	469	61	101	16	2	20	80	11	2	38	131	.215	.289	.386	.675	181	10	12	2	3	1
Luis Rivas	121	465	419	61	100	20	6	1	30	28	18	33	90	.239	.301	.322	.623	135	5	5	6	2	1
Anthony Felston	94	409	338	63	94	10	2	2	29	45	15	55	53	.278	.384	.337	.722	114	6	4	11	1	1
Papo Bolivar	91	343	324	30	85	12	6	7	42	18	9	11	82	.262	.290	.401	.692	130	7	3	2	3	0
Freddy Reyes	85	330	306	37	80	19	2	8	45	0	0	12	79	.261	.313	.415	.728	127	11	11	1	0	1
Manny Lopez	87	364	327	43	80	13	4	5	29	10	9	29	76	.245	.314	.355	.669	116	11	4	4	0	1
Steve Huls	56	173	158	20	30	7	0	0	16	2	1	12	37	.190	.246	.234	.480	37	2	0	2	1	0
Nelson Prada	29	102	98	8	24	5	0	3	11	0	1	3	22	.245	.265	.388	.652	38	3	0	0	1	0
Scott Poepard	36	115	103	16	24	9	0	1	8	3	1	10	30	.233	.307	.350	.657	36	4	1	1	0	0
Heath Johnson	22	82	67	10	14	4	0	3	11	0	1	13	29	.209	.333	.403	.736	27	0	0	1	1	0
Shane Gunderson	13	50	45	3	12	1	0	0	7	1	1	3	3	.267	.306	.289	.595	13	2	0	1	1	0
Tom Knauss	14	64	58	3	11	1	0	1	7	1	0	6	18	.190	.266	.259	.524	15	1	0	0	0	0
Brad Meyer	12	27	20	5	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	4	6	.300	.417	.450	.867	9	0	0	3	0	0
Tom Buchman	13	47	42	7	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	14	.143	.213	.167	.379	7	0	0	0	1	0
Juan Lorenzo	4	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	1	0	1	1	0	0
Totals	1276	5125	4568	627	1164	203	38	76	548	173	82	422	973	.255	.324	.366	.689	1671	96	58	45	32	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jake Patterson	1B	57	566	35	2	54	.997	1.544
Freddy Reyes	1B	52	504	35	9	48	.984	1.365
Tommy Peterman	1B	31	247	10	3	27	.988	8.290
Cleatus Davidson	2B	121	271	405	20	98	.971	5.587
Steve Huls	2B	17	26	48	3	2	.961	4.353
Juan Lorenzo	2B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Rick Moss	3B	119	67	244	31	18	.909	2.613
Steve Huls	3B	18	12	49	4	4	.938	3.389
Juan Lorenzo	3B	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Chad Moeller	C	107	824	90	15	7	.984	8.542	8	79	41	34.2
Nelson Prada	C	29	174	21	3	2	.985	6.724	6	19	9	32.1
Tom Buchman	C	5	16	4	1	1	.952	4.000	0	3	1	25.0
Anthony Felston	CF	91						.000
Papo Bolivar	CF	24						.000
Shane Gunderson	CF	13						.000
Scott Poepard	CF	9						.000
Brad Meyer	CF	9						.000
Manny Lopez	CF	2						.000
Tommy Peterman	LF	60						.000
Papo Bolivar	LF	51						.000
Heath Johnson	LF	20						.000
Tom Knauss	LF	4						.000
Scott Poepard	LF	2						.000
Manny Lopez	LF	2						.000
Rick Moss	LF	1						.000
Brad Meyer	LF	1						.000
Steve Huls	LF	1						.000
Anthony Felston	OF	91	143	5	4	2	.974	1.626
Papo Bolivar	OF	90	110	4	5	1	.958	1.267
Manny Lopez	OF	87	145	8	7	0	.956	1.759
Tommy Peterman	OF	60	71	3	4	0	.949	1.233
Scott Poepard	OF	34	53	3	1	1	.982	1.647
Heath Johnson	OF	22	26	1	1	0	.964	1.227
Tom Knauss	OF	14	20	2	0	0	1.000	1.571
Shane Gunderson	OF	13	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.615
Brad Meyer	OF	10	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.300
Rick Moss	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Huls	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Cleatus Davidson	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Chris Garza	P	60	9	18	1	2	.964	.450
Mario Opipari	P	53	2	15	3	1	.850	.321
Gary Dose	P	45	5	5	0	0	1.000	.222
Mike Bauder	P	40	10	16	1	1	.963	.650
Rick Loonam	P	34	4	6	0	2	1.000	.294
Rodney McBride	P	31	4	4	0	1	1.000	.258
Dave Hooten	P	28	22	36	1	1	.983	2.071
Nate Yeskie	P	27	12	32	1	2	.978	1.630
Corey Spiers	P	24	8	25	2	3	.943	1.375
Charlie Gillian	P	22	0	1	0	0	1.000	.045
Kasey Richardson	P	19	7	28	1	3	.972	1.842
Ryan Lynch	P	15	1	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Bryan Malko	P	14	3	15	1	3	.947	1.286
Josh Gandy	P	8	1	2	1	0	.750	.375
Darren Fidge	P	8	0	6	0	1	1.000	.750
Greg Clark	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Scott Tanksley	P	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800
Fred Lindberg	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Scott Poepard	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Steve Huls	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Matt Carnes	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Manny Lopez	RF	84						.000
Scott Poepard	RF	23						.000
Papo Bolivar	RF	18						.000
Tom Knauss	RF	10						.000
Rick Moss	RF	2						.000
Heath Johnson	RF	2						.000
Cleatus Davidson	RF	1						.000
Luis Rivas	SS	119	169	394	58	92	.907	4.731
Steve Huls	SS	16	12	50	4	7	.939	3.875
Juan Lorenzo	SS	2	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.000
Totals		1998	3587	1635	187	385	.965	2.614	14	101	51	33.6

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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