1997 Grand Forks Varmints Statistics
Prairie League (PL) - Independent
Team Record: 33-34
Finished 3rd in the PL's Southern Division
Manager: Mike Verdi (33-34)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Kraft Field
Attendance: 38,097, Avg. 1,229 in 31 home dates
1997 Grand Forks Varmints RosterTeam Record: 33-34
Finished 3rd in the PL's Southern Division
Manager: Mike Verdi (33-34)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Kraft Field
Attendance: 38,097, Avg. 1,229 in 31 home dates
The Grand Forks Varmints of the Prairie League ended the 1997 season with a record of 33 wins and 34 losses, finishing third in the league's Southern Division.
The Varmints scored 385 runs and conceded 408 runs. Ty Griffin and James Wambach paced Grand Forks with 14 home runs apiece. James Wambach drove in 54 runs and topped all regular batters with a .332 average. Rob Gaiko paced the team with 9 wins and a team-best 4.12 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Mike Verdi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Gaiko | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.12 | 35 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72.0 | 87 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 3 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 327 |
| Dickie Brown | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.95 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 79 | 43 | 41 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 279 |
| David Prosser | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 87.0 | 107 | 63 | 54 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 403 |
| Trevor Strandlund | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.26 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 99.3 | 129 | 72 | 58 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 445 |
| Craig Clayton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.64 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 44 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 191 |
| Neil Forsythe | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.19 | 35 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.7 | 67 | 43 | 35 | 4 | 29 | 2 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 285 |
| Mark Parantala | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.98 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 187 |
| Troy Cota | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Brian Sosa | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| K. P. Paull | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.74 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 112 |
| Craig Baumann | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.72 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 19.3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Aaron Knieper | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Jamie Hoffner | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Chad Weisner | 0 | 0 | 8.59 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Derron Spiller | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Chad Angerhofer | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Sammie Mathis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.57 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 |
| Ryan Heuchert | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.79 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 29 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 86 |
| Totals | 33 | 34 | .493 | 5.33 | 213 | 68 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 584.0 | 710 | 408 | 346 | 79 | 209 | 12 | 418 | 29 | 7 | 35 | 2674 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hoffner | 68 | 311 | 274 | 44 | 84 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 21 | .307 | .375 | .394 | .769 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| James Wambach | 68 | 293 | 238 | 46 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 46 | .332 | .445 | .567 | 1.012 | 135 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Ty Griffin | 66 | 294 | 220 | 55 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 72 | 53 | .277 | .456 | .532 | .988 | 117 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Larry Hisle | 64 | 268 | 213 | 43 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 55 | .263 | .395 | .455 | .850 | 97 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Dunn | 43 | 205 | 178 | 38 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 19 | 26 | .298 | .378 | .517 | .895 | 92 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sosa | 58 | 234 | 216 | 28 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 71 | .241 | .289 | .440 | .729 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Carcione | 62 | 254 | 218 | 28 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 62 | .220 | .317 | .381 | .698 | 83 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Mack Steele | 28 | 127 | 113 | 17 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 12 | .239 | .312 | .319 | .631 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Wardwell | 43 | 172 | 142 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 39 | .190 | .311 | .254 | .565 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Kopriva | 27 | 104 | 85 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 9 | .282 | .408 | .424 | .831 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Whetter | 31 | 103 | 91 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .187 | .250 | .231 | .481 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tristan Paul | 18 | 57 | 46 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .304 | .429 | .304 | .733 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Quintana | 25 | 85 | 81 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | .173 | .202 | .259 | .462 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Clayton | 21 | 34 | 32 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .406 | .412 | .594 | 1.006 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryan Pell | 10 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .278 | .435 | .333 | .768 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Strandlund | 31 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .227 | .190 | .418 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Prosser | 19 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Barta | 8 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dickie Brown | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Wafer | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .100 | .100 | .100 | .200 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Gaiko | 40 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Forsythe | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Baumann | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Weisner | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Parantala | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 833 | 2652 | 2244 | 385 | 585 | 99 | 8 | 76 | 338 | 93 | 24 | 326 | 473 | .261 | .362 | .414 | .775 | 928 | 54 | 38 | 29 | 15 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wambach | 1B | 68 | 660 | 50 | 10 | 59 | .986 | 1.441 | ||||
| Trevor Strandlund | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Parantala | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brian Sosa | 2B | 33 | 66 | 95 | 5 | 22 | .970 | 4.879 | ||||
| Mack Steele | 2B | 25 | 49 | 75 | 2 | 15 | .984 | 4.960 | ||||
| Billy Dunn | 2B | 12 | 31 | 34 | 5 | 9 | .929 | 5.417 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | 2B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Clayton | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Dunn | 3B | 30 | 14 | 92 | 8 | 12 | .930 | 3.533 | ||||
| Dan Kopriva | 3B | 22 | 12 | 49 | 7 | 6 | .897 | 2.773 | ||||
| Brian Sosa | 3B | 16 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 | .815 | 2.750 | ||||
| David Prosser | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Carcione | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Carcione | C | 60 | 364 | 29 | 4 | 1 | .990 | 6.550 | 11 | 58 | 15 | 20.5 |
| Jim Barta | C | 7 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 6.857 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 37.5 |
| Bryan Pell | C | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.833 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Jamie Hoffner | C | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ty Griffin | CF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shea Wardwell | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Hisle | LF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hoffner | LF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shea Wardwell | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trevor Strandlund | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Parantala | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dickie Brown | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ty Griffin | OF | 66 | 143 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 2.212 | ||||
| Larry Hisle | OF | 44 | 52 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jamie Hoffner | OF | 43 | 60 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .940 | 1.465 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | OF | 41 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.707 | ||||
| Brian Sosa | OF | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bryan Pell | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Trevor Strandlund | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mark Parantala | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Clayton | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dickie Brown | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Gaiko | P | 35 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .714 | ||||
| Neil Forsythe | P | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .286 | ||||
| Trevor Strandlund | P | 25 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.080 | ||||
| Mark Parantala | P | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Craig Baumann | P | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| David Prosser | P | 16 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| Dickie Brown | P | 15 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Craig Clayton | P | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Ryan Heuchert | P | 9 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Chad Weisner | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| K. P. Paull | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Sammie Mathis | P | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Aaron Knieper | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jamie Hoffner | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Sosa | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derron Spiller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Cota | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chad Angerhofer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shea Wardwell | RF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hoffner | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Sosa | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Pell | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Hisle | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trevor Strandlund | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Gaiko | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Clayton | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Whetter | SS | 29 | 28 | 67 | 11 | 11 | .896 | 3.276 | ||||
| Al Quintana | SS | 25 | 21 | 89 | 10 | 9 | .917 | 4.400 | ||||
| Tristan Paul | SS | 16 | 11 | 52 | 5 | 8 | .926 | 3.938 | ||||
| Mack Steele | SS | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Cory Wafer | SS | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
| Billy Dunn | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jamie Hoffner | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1009 | 1752 | 797 | 101 | 164 | .962 | 2.526 | 16 | 68 | 19 | 21.8 |
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.
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