1998 Greensboro Bats Statistics
Team Record: 79-63
Finished 2nd in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Tom Nieto (79-63)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark: War Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 160,465, Avg. 2,469 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Greensboro Bats 2 games, Augusta GreenJackets 0
Playoffs - Greensboro Bats 2 games, Cape Fear Crocs 0
Finals - Capital City Bombers 2 games, Greensboro Bats 1
The Greensboro Bats of the South Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 79 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the league's Central Division.
The Bats scored 625 runs and allowed 631 runs. Allen Butler paced Greensboro with 19 home runs, while Ryan Soules and Scott Kidd walloped 15 or more also. Allen Butler drove in 81 runs. Scott Kidd led all regular batters by hitting .274. Randy Flores topped the squad with 12 wins, and Brian Reith recorded a 2.29 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1998 Greensboro Bats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Alberto Castillo, Randy Flores, Scott Seabol, Zach Day, John Rodriguez, Scott Wiggins, Erick Almonte, Brian Reith, Chris Spurling and Randy Choate.
Tom Nieto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Flores | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2.62 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 130.7 | 119 | 48 | 38 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 139 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 535 |
| Craig Lewis | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.37 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7 | 170 | 77 | 65 | 16 | 34 | 1 | 178 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 721 |
| Rick Cremer | 8 | 1 | .889 | 2.50 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.3 | 56 | 28 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 316 |
| Brian Reith | 6 | 7 | .462 | 2.28 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 118.3 | 86 | 42 | 30 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 475 |
| Stanton Wood | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.90 | 31 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64.7 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 269 |
| Eric Schaffner | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.35 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 53 | 26 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 179 |
| Jeremy Blevins | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.81 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.7 | 121 | 80 | 64 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 110 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 545 |
| Yoiset Valle | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.18 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.7 | 53 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 234 |
| Jason Ellison | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.17 | 54 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 65.3 | 56 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 279 |
| Chris Wallace | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.02 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 89.3 | 89 | 43 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 8 | 79 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 389 |
| Cam Spence | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.06 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 151 |
| Omar Obando | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.60 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
| Francisco De La Cruz | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.98 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
| Brian Rogers | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 71 |
| Scott Wiggins | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.98 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.3 | 37 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| Chris Spurling | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Jason Mathys | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Zach Day | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.75 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 155 |
| Randy Choate | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.00 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 46 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 165 |
| Alberto Castillo | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | |
| Scott Seabol | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| Clay Eavenson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Jason McBride | 0 | 0 | 11.48 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 | |
| Eric Krall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.63 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 27 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
| Brien Taylor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.59 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 126 |
| Totals | 79 | 63 | .556 | 3.63 | 405 | 142 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 41 | 1243.0 | 1192 | 631 | 502 | 98 | 421 | 21 | 1228 | 48 | 14 | 76 | 5310 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Kidd | 126 | 525 | 468 | 74 | 128 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 58 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 118 | .274 | .338 | .447 | .785 | 209 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Allen Butler | 125 | 528 | 469 | 70 | 126 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 139 | .269 | .344 | .450 | .794 | 211 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jackson Melian | 135 | 520 | 467 | 66 | 119 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 45 | 15 | 12 | 41 | 120 | .255 | .322 | .353 | .675 | 165 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Marc Mirizzi | 103 | 412 | 373 | 57 | 104 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 85 | .279 | .341 | .450 | .791 | 168 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| John Rodriguez | 119 | 479 | 408 | 64 | 103 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 64 | 93 | .252 | .357 | .390 | .747 | 159 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Vernon Maxwell | 104 | 463 | 418 | 53 | 98 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 121 | .234 | .299 | .328 | .626 | 137 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Erick Almonte | 120 | 491 | 450 | 53 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 121 | .209 | .260 | .278 | .538 | 125 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Soules | 98 | 397 | 332 | 48 | 89 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 58 | 107 | .268 | .375 | .482 | .857 | 160 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Rene Pinto | 109 | 408 | 365 | 31 | 83 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 87 | .227 | .303 | .301 | .604 | 110 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Seabol | 71 | 229 | 210 | 24 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 40 | .286 | .333 | .438 | .771 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Matt Purkiss | 55 | 207 | 180 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 77 | .206 | .291 | .389 | .680 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Aylor | 47 | 147 | 130 | 18 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 67 | .238 | .312 | .423 | .736 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Twombley | 40 | 140 | 133 | 13 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 45 | .188 | .216 | .376 | .592 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Darjean | 23 | 93 | 84 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | .190 | .242 | .262 | .504 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cody Samuel | 14 | 57 | 50 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | .200 | .298 | .260 | .558 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Carey | 34 | 87 | 78 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | .128 | .218 | .141 | .359 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Washington | 16 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .120 | .228 | .120 | .348 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Amerson | 4 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 | .263 | .222 | .485 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Staubach | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Montilla | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1346 | 5266 | 4689 | 625 | 1144 | 214 | 22 | 122 | 558 | 84 | 49 | 458 | 1309 | .244 | .317 | .377 | .694 | 1768 | 96 | 58 | 26 | 35 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Soules | 1B | 75 | 685 | 50 | 10 | 52 | .987 | 9.800 | ||||
| Matt Purkiss | 1B | 35 | 310 | 11 | 6 | 24 | .982 | 9.171 | ||||
| Marc Mirizzi | 1B | 15 | 114 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .984 | 8.333 | ||||
| Cody Samuel | 1B | 14 | 116 | 3 | 6 | 11 | .952 | 8.500 | ||||
| Scott Seabol | 1B | 7 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.714 | ||||
| Scott Kidd | 2B | 124 | 221 | 331 | 26 | 65 | .955 | 4.452 | ||||
| Marc Mirizzi | 2B | 21 | 32 | 54 | 4 | 12 | .956 | 4.095 | ||||
| Allen Butler | 3B | 124 | 71 | 230 | 23 | 17 | .929 | 2.427 | ||||
| Marc Mirizzi | 3B | 15 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 4 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Scott Seabol | 3B | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Rene Pinto | C | 108 | 909 | 93 | 4 | 2 | .996 | 9.278 | 16 | 99 | 39 | 28.3 |
| Dennis Twombley | C | 38 | 286 | 34 | 1 | 0 | .997 | 8.421 | 5 | 55 | 8 | 12.7 |
| Jeff Staubach | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Seabol | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vernon Maxwell | CF | 91 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Aylor | CF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orlando Carey | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Darjean | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordie Amerson | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Rodriguez | LF | 102 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Seabol | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orlando Carey | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Aylor | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Darjean | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dion Washington | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marc Mirizzi | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vernon Maxwell | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackson Melian | OF | 131 | 201 | 13 | 8 | 2 | .964 | 1.634 | ||||
| John Rodriguez | OF | 103 | 129 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .958 | 1.320 | ||||
| Vernon Maxwell | OF | 95 | 166 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .966 | 1.811 | ||||
| Brian Aylor | OF | 41 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .933 | 1.366 | ||||
| Orlando Carey | OF | 28 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.786 | ||||
| John Darjean | OF | 19 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.684 | ||||
| Scott Seabol | OF | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.389 | ||||
| Dion Washington | OF | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Gordie Amerson | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.250 | ||||
| Marc Mirizzi | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Chris Wallace | P | 54 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .407 | ||||
| Jason Ellison | P | 54 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .241 | ||||
| Yoiset Valle | P | 33 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .303 | ||||
| Stanton Wood | P | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .290 | ||||
| Craig Lewis | P | 28 | 9 | 28 | 4 | 1 | .902 | 1.321 | ||||
| Jeremy Blevins | P | 24 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 4 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Omar Obando | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .286 | ||||
| Randy Flores | P | 21 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 3 | .974 | 1.762 | ||||
| Brian Reith | P | 20 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Scott Wiggins | P | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eric Schaffner | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Eric Krall | P | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Brien Taylor | P | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Rick Cremer | P | 13 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Cam Spence | P | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Randy Choate | P | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason McBride | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Zach Day | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Francisco De La Cruz | P | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Alberto Castillo | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jason Mathys | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Rogers | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Scott Seabol | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Spurling | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Clay Eavenson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jackson Melian | RF | 131 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Aylor | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Orlando Carey | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vernon Maxwell | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Seabol | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Rodriguez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordie Amerson | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erick Almonte | SS | 120 | 176 | 307 | 47 | 61 | .911 | 4.025 | ||||
| Marc Mirizzi | SS | 23 | 27 | 65 | 4 | 14 | .958 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2034 | 3729 | 1491 | 189 | 290 | .965 | 2.566 | 21 | 154 | 47 | 23.4 |
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.
