1997 Jacksonville Suns Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Dave Anderson (66-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 238,238, Avg. 3,504 in 68 home dates
1997 Jacksonville Suns Roster

The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Suns tallied 699 runs and allowed 741 runs. Juan Encarnación paced Jacksonville with 26 home runs, and Jesse Ibarra walloped 15 or more, too. Jesse Ibarra drove in 91 runs. Juan Encarnación topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .323 clip. Brandon Reed led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.55 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Glen Barker, Bryan Corey, Roberto Durán, Juan Encarnación, Luis Garcia, Seth Greisinger, Jimmy Hurst, Orlando Miller, Dave Roberts, Willis Roberts and Marino Santana.

Dave Anderson 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
Brandon Reed119.5504.5527270200176.0190100892554090809754
Seth Greisinger106.6255.2028280100159.319410392295301053212710
Matt Drews811.4215.4924240410144.31601098823500851603652
Dave Melendez64.6005.331211020072.77747431024055500314
Willis Roberts615.2866.2826260200149.01811201041864086666685
Marino Santana41.8003.283901000174.05528278430981113317
Roberto Durán42.6672.3750034001660.74119162390952011265
Kenny Marrero43.5712.943701200064.3453221437160102275
Kevin Gallaher43.5716.471010020057.07045411032033605271
Gary Goldsmith45.4444.07318511197.39748441630045501415
Bryan Corey38.2734.765203600968.0744236821337104298
Mike Drumright11.5001.5755000028.71675013024302112
Scott Gentile15.1675.234302700263.7694137821052002273
Chad Schroeder000.002010003.7100010400011
Totals6673.4754.75386139125142291218.712707416431614824869579705352

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
Juan Encarnación1315614939115931426901734386.323.394.560.954276819066
Jesse Ibarra115504441731252412591325585.283.363.512.87622693054
Jesus Marquez114498465561242441274952277.267.301.413.714192123352
Dave Roberts105473415761232424412354562.296.366.393.75916352921
Luis Garcia12648145655122191548321059.268.284.346.631158153660
Julio Bruno12048043851116223657633870.265.327.370.69716293011
Rich Almanzar10343838755942025352063743.243.314.344.6571331131100
Del Marine9938432845782211243014892.238.346.421.767138117011
Tom Schmidt823232913775171944202981.258.328.416.74412192010
Glen Barker693022574772846291782972.280.361.412.77310645830
Ira Smith532081722953142520113530.308.428.500.9288641000
Earl Johnson3616114624333121371919.226.272.301.5744431320
Decomba Conner47187154223263417513045.208.342.364.7065642011
Kevin Lidle59210186182870116001777.151.227.204.4313842320
Scott Bream19705512151023101412.273.420.400.8202210100
Jimmy Hurst521175820260036.471.524.9411.4651600010
Orlando Miller313112410130011.364.462.7271.189801000
Adam Rodriguez2750100000020.200.429.200.629100000
Steve Lackey514131100001001.077.077.077.154120100
Totals12935335473069912632452912763011538467918.267.338.412.749194711157453616


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Jesse Ibarra1B1099251041690.9859.440
Tom Schmidt1B2117611524.9748.905
Del Marine1B1310511312.9758.923
Rich Almanzar2B1032372921785.9695.136
Julio Bruno2B265359515.9574.308
Scott Bream2B122038113.9834.833
Steve Lackey2B481822.9296.500
Tom Schmidt2B21210.7501.500
Julio Bruno3B91512071816.9352.835
Tom Schmidt3B482510379.9482.667
Del Marine3B212011.0001.500
Scott Bream3B211001.0001.000
Del MarineC8555059106.9847.16517753330.6
Kevin LidleC583365188.9806.6727283152.5
Adam RodriguezC2100001.0005.0000100.0
Decomba ConnerCF47.000
Glen BarkerCF46.000
Earl JohnsonCF29.000
Dave RobertsCF15.000
Juan EncarnaciónCF6.000
Ira SmithCF1.000
Jesus MarquezLF104.000
Ira SmithLF14.000
Dave RobertsLF12.000
Glen BarkerLF9.000
Kevin LidleLF1.000
Juan EncarnaciónOF1122081233.9871.964
Jesus MarquezOF1061821171.9651.821
Glen BarkerOF64154622.9882.500
Decomba ConnerOF4796140.9602.064
Dave RobertsOF3482141.9542.441
Ira SmithOF2948210.9801.724
Earl JohnsonOF2969412.9862.517
Jimmy HurstOF330001.0001.000
Kevin LidleOF10000.000
Julio BrunoOF10000.000
Bryan CoreyP52131010.958.442
Roberto DuránP5019001.000.200
Scott GentileP437812.938.349
Marino SantanaP3955001.000.256
Kenny MarreroP3751210.944.459
Gary GoldsmithP31111230.885.742
Seth GreisingerP28122514.9741.321
Brandon ReedP271522021.0001.370
Willis RobertsP26222363.8821.731
Matt DrewsP24141422.9331.167
Dave MelendezP12810011.0001.500
Kevin GallaherP106720.8671.300
Mike DrumrightP53521.8001.600
Chad SchroederP20000.000
Juan EncarnaciónRF107.000
Ira SmithRF14.000
Glen BarkerRF11.000
Dave RobertsRF7.000
Jesus MarquezRF3.000
Jimmy HurstRF3.000
Julio BrunoRF1.000
Luis GarciaSS1251763703074.9484.368
Tom SchmidtSS982244.8823.333
Scott BreamSS569011.0003.000
Orlando MillerSS33821.8463.667
Totals196236561566170385.9682.662241046438.1

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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