1996 Hardware City Rock Cats Statistics
Team Record: 61-81
Finished 5th in the EL's North Division
Manager: Al Newman (61-81)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: New Britain Stadium
Attendance: 160,765, Avg. 2,593 in 62 home dates
The Hardware City Rock Cats of the Eastern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 61 wins and 81 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.
The Rock Cats plated 617 runs and yielded 726 runs. Ryan Radmanovich paced Hardware City with 25 home runs, while Chad Rupp, Anthony Lewis and J. J. Johnson each walloped 15 or more, too. Anthony Lewis drove in 95 runs. Ryan Radmanovich topped all regular batters with a .280 average. Keith Linebarger and Mark Redman led the team with 7 wins each, and Hector Trinidad registered a 3.85 earned run average, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1996 Hardware City Rock Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Shane Bowers, Benj Sampson, Todd Ritchie, Phil Stidham, Kevin Ohme, Javier Valentín, John Courtright, Ryan Radmanovich, Torii Hunter, Mark Redman and Matt Walbeck.
Al Newman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Linebarger | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.27 | 42 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 99.0 | 98 | 53 | 36 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 428 |
| Mark Redman | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.81 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 | 101 | 51 | 45 | 5 | 50 | 1 | 96 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 467 |
| Paul Morse | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.34 | 35 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 55.7 | 55 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 249 |
| Hector Trinidad | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.84 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 138.3 | 137 | 75 | 59 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 93 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 583 |
| Shane Bowers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.19 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 131.0 | 134 | 71 | 61 | 15 | 42 | 1 | 96 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 569 |
| Troy Carrasco | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.07 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 113 | 74 | 62 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 69 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 504 |
| Kevin Ohme | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.33 | 51 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.0 | 83 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 363 |
| Benj Sampson | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.73 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 108 | 54 | 48 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 353 |
| Todd Ritchie | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.44 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 82.7 | 101 | 55 | 50 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 376 |
| Marc Barcelo | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.06 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 98 | 53 | 45 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 377 |
| Sean Gavaghan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.46 | 28 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39.0 | 42 | 28 | 28 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 187 |
| Jason Bell | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.40 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 93 | 54 | 46 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 410 |
| Phil Stidham | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.63 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 61 |
| John Courtright | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.61 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 42 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 154 |
| Dom Konieczki | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.98 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.3 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 159 |
| Anthony Lewis | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Ron Caridad | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.01 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 29 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 148 |
| Totals | 61 | 81 | .430 | 4.62 | 409 | 142 | 129 | 13 | 4 | 24 | 1207.3 | 1278 | 726 | 620 | 104 | 513 | 22 | 886 | 73 | 12 | 83 | 5397 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Radmanovich | 125 | 510 | 453 | 77 | 127 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 86 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 122 | .280 | .353 | .523 | .876 | 237 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Tom Nevers | 127 | 513 | 459 | 65 | 121 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 87 | .264 | .333 | .399 | .731 | 183 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| J. J. Johnson | 119 | 492 | 440 | 62 | 120 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 59 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 90 | .273 | .341 | .448 | .789 | 197 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Chad Roper | 128 | 514 | 466 | 59 | 117 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 73 | .251 | .316 | .363 | .678 | 169 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Anthony Lewis | 134 | 512 | 458 | 58 | 116 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 95 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 99 | .253 | .320 | .452 | .772 | 207 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Torii Hunter | 99 | 387 | 342 | 49 | 90 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 60 | .263 | .331 | .401 | .731 | 137 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Ferguson | 89 | 325 | 284 | 46 | 81 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 67 | .285 | .372 | .408 | .781 | 116 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad Rupp | 77 | 303 | 278 | 38 | 70 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 56 | .252 | .290 | .496 | .786 | 138 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Gary Caraballo | 85 | 327 | 292 | 32 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 62 | .240 | .304 | .366 | .670 | 107 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Byrd | 59 | 217 | 194 | 23 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 35 | .247 | .313 | .314 | .628 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Rene Lopez | 61 | 203 | 180 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 28 | .233 | .310 | .333 | .644 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Javier Valentín | 48 | 185 | 165 | 22 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 35 | .236 | .308 | .339 | .647 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Turner | 48 | 179 | 157 | 19 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 35 | .242 | .297 | .408 | .705 | 64 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Hilt | 70 | 218 | 180 | 19 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 53 | .194 | .324 | .267 | .591 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Lane | 33 | 128 | 117 | 13 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 29 | .222 | .270 | .333 | .603 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Valette | 23 | 74 | 71 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .239 | .270 | .366 | .636 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Horn | 12 | 51 | 45 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .267 | .353 | .311 | .664 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Walbeck | 7 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 | .240 | .208 | .448 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1344 | 5163 | 4605 | 617 | 1174 | 227 | 26 | 137 | 563 | 71 | 88 | 446 | 950 | .255 | .324 | .405 | .728 | 1864 | 102 | 40 | 35 | 37 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Rupp | 1B | 68 | 573 | 35 | 9 | 47 | .985 | 8.941 | ||||
| Brian Turner | 1B | 41 | 310 | 34 | 3 | 24 | .991 | 8.390 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | 1B | 18 | 140 | 13 | 3 | 10 | .981 | 8.500 | ||||
| Anthony Lewis | 1B | 16 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .991 | 6.688 | ||||
| Chad Roper | 1B | 6 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 7.833 | ||||
| Jeff Ferguson | 2B | 88 | 170 | 229 | 14 | 43 | .966 | 4.534 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | 2B | 24 | 48 | 49 | 5 | 6 | .951 | 4.042 | ||||
| Tom Nevers | 2B | 20 | 43 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.100 | ||||
| Ryan Lane | 2B | 12 | 25 | 31 | 2 | 7 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Ramon Valette | 2B | 7 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Chad Roper | 3B | 108 | 64 | 205 | 24 | 16 | .918 | 2.491 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | 3B | 25 | 19 | 67 | 5 | 7 | .945 | 3.440 | ||||
| Javier Valentín | 3B | 15 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 5 | .970 | 2.133 | ||||
| Tom Nevers | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .667 | 2.667 | ||||
| Rene Lopez | C | 59 | 330 | 43 | 5 | 8 | .987 | 6.322 | 6 | 32 | 26 | 44.8 |
| Scott Hilt | C | 54 | 307 | 29 | 5 | 4 | .985 | 6.222 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 15.1 |
| Javier Valentín | C | 31 | 177 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .980 | 6.194 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 22.2 |
| Jeff Horn | C | 12 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Matt Walbeck | C | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Torii Hunter | CF | 95 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Byrd | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Radmanovich | CF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | LF | 94 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Lewis | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Byrd | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Turner | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Radmanovich | OF | 118 | 246 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .984 | 2.110 | ||||
| J. J. Johnson | OF | 115 | 201 | 9 | 9 | 1 | .959 | 1.826 | ||||
| Torii Hunter | OF | 96 | 207 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 2.271 | ||||
| Tony Byrd | OF | 49 | 98 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 2.041 | ||||
| Anthony Lewis | OF | 41 | 71 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 1.756 | ||||
| Brian Turner | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | OF | 8 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 3.375 | ||||
| Kevin Ohme | P | 51 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .431 | ||||
| Keith Linebarger | P | 42 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .381 | ||||
| Paul Morse | P | 35 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Troy Carrasco | P | 34 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .618 | ||||
| Todd Ritchie | P | 29 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .793 | ||||
| Dom Konieczki | P | 28 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Sean Gavaghan | P | 28 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Shane Bowers | P | 27 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .519 | ||||
| Hector Trinidad | P | 25 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ron Caridad | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Benj Sampson | P | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Mark Redman | P | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Bell | P | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .938 | ||||
| John Courtright | P | 14 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Marc Barcelo | P | 14 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Phil Stidham | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Anthony Lewis | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Radmanovich | RF | 96 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Byrd | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Caraballo | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Turner | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Nevers | SS | 106 | 153 | 310 | 24 | 54 | .951 | 4.368 | ||||
| Ryan Lane | SS | 22 | 30 | 46 | 9 | 7 | .894 | 3.455 | ||||
| Ramon Valette | SS | 15 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Chad Roper | SS | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 2.800 | ||||
| Gary Caraballo | SS | 5 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 3.200 | ||||
| Totals | 2048 | 3622 | 1455 | 168 | 279 | .968 | 2.479 | 17 | 109 | 45 | 29.2 |
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.
