1997 Kane County Cougars Statistics
Team Record: 70-68
Finished 2nd in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Lynn Jones (70-68)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Geneva, Illinois
Ballpark: Phillip Elfstrom Stadium
Attendance: 436,505, Avg. 6,614 in 66 home dates
Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Cedar Rapids Kernels 0
Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0
Finals - Lansing Lugnuts 3 games, Kane County Cougars 2
The Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's Central Division.
The Cougars plated 667 runs and allowed 620 runs. Tyrone Horne paced Kane County with 21 home runs and drove in 91 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Brent Billingsley topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.01 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Kane County Cougars who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Héctor Almonte, Brent Billingsley, Roosevelt Brown, Gary Knotts, Scott Podsednik and Julio Ramírez.
Lynn Jones 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brent Billingsley | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3.01 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 170.7 | 146 | 67 | 57 | 9 | 50 | 0 | 175 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 697 |
Bobby Rodgers | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.86 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7 | 154 | 81 | 71 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 138 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 699 |
Aaron Cames | 8 | 10 | .444 | 3.91 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 149.7 | 143 | 67 | 65 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 157 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 627 |
Geoff Duncan | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4.07 | 44 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86.3 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 7 | 30 | 5 | 96 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 375 |
Dave Townsend | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.40 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63.7 | 54 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 260 |
Alex Morris | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.34 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 39 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 149 |
Travis Wyckoff | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.68 | 40 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 50 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 226 |
Brandon Leese | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.83 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 171 |
Martin Sanchez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 51 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 54.0 | 40 | 31 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 237 |
Tim McClaskey | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.16 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 151 |
Matt Levan | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.09 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 44 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 183 |
Kevin Zaleski | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.47 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
Jon Widerski | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.71 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 76 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 307 |
Bobby Rector | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
Mark Richards | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.38 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
Nelson Lara | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.99 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.3 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 169 |
Adam Danner | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 92 |
Gary Knotts | 1 | 5 | .167 | 13.05 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 33 | 34 | 29 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 113 |
Derek Santiago | 1 | 6 | .143 | 8.02 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 72 | 46 | 41 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 224 |
Larry Rupcich | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Joe Aversa | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
Jeff Johannsen | 0 | 0 | 7.15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | |
Héctor Almonte | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 |
Totals | 70 | 68 | .507 | 4.03 | 415 | 138 | 128 | 10 | 5 | 29 | 1192.0 | 1164 | 620 | 534 | 82 | 439 | 23 | 1090 | 96 | 19 | 98 | 5148 |
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 Podsednik | 135 | 611 | 531 | 80 | 147 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 28 | 11 | 60 | 72 | .277 | .352 | .352 | .704 | 187 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 |
Tyrone Horne | 133 | 576 | 468 | 89 | 143 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 91 | 18 | 7 | 104 | 88 | .306 | .434 | .500 | .934 | 234 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Jason Garrett | 128 | 528 | 476 | 72 | 131 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 101 | .275 | .326 | .378 | .704 | 180 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Ryan Robertson | 116 | 471 | 376 | 64 | 107 | 22 | 1 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 69 | .285 | .414 | .436 | .850 | 164 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Jeff Venghaus | 128 | 529 | 416 | 71 | 98 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 86 | 105 | .236 | .370 | .298 | .668 | 124 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Julio RamÃrez | 99 | 434 | 376 | 70 | 96 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 37 | 122 | .255 | .329 | .452 | .781 | 170 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Larry Kleinz | 107 | 421 | 364 | 50 | 88 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 63 | .242 | .334 | .382 | .716 | 139 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Jon Heinrichs | 60 | 258 | 235 | 35 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 34 | .268 | .322 | .349 | .671 | 82 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Jay Jones | 64 | 222 | 210 | 20 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 29 | .295 | .330 | .381 | .711 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Roosevelt Brown | 61 | 234 | 211 | 29 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 52 | .237 | .312 | .336 | .648 | 71 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Joe Aversa | 63 | 243 | 203 | 17 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 58 | .202 | .304 | .236 | .540 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Larry Glozier | 55 | 182 | 159 | 21 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 29 | .176 | .275 | .208 | .482 | 33 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Larry Rupcich | 33 | 135 | 111 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 21 | .216 | .331 | .225 | .556 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Jason Alaimo | 36 | 99 | 90 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 25 | .244 | .293 | .367 | .660 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Earl Agnoly | 34 | 113 | 100 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 23 | .210 | .282 | .290 | .572 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Ismael Reynoso | 34 | 102 | 91 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 21 | .132 | .210 | .132 | .342 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Jorge Bautista | 20 | 76 | 67 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | .149 | .213 | .194 | .407 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Chris Clark | 21 | 55 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .170 | .291 | .234 | .525 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alex Melconian | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .250 | .100 | .350 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1330 | 5301 | 4541 | 667 | 1152 | 196 | 27 | 78 | 596 | 137 | 64 | 598 | 944 | .254 | .345 | .360 | .705 | 1636 | 102 | 53 | 69 | 40 | 37 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Garrett | 1B | 123 | 1084 | 76 | 9 | 90 | .992 | 9.431 | ||||
Jay Jones | 1B | 10 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 7.800 | ||||
Earl Agnoly | 1B | 9 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.556 | ||||
Jeff Venghaus | 2B | 125 | 234 | 313 | 24 | 77 | .958 | 4.376 | ||||
Larry Glozier | 2B | 12 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 3.917 | ||||
Larry Rupcich | 2B | 6 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.167 | ||||
Joe Aversa | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Larry Kleinz | 3B | 106 | 52 | 217 | 27 | 16 | .909 | 2.538 | ||||
Jorge Bautista | 3B | 20 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 2 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
Larry Rupcich | 3B | 12 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 4 | .879 | 2.417 | ||||
Larry Glozier | 3B | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
Ryan Robertson | C | 98 | 793 | 90 | 8 | 5 | .991 | 9.010 | 9 | 82 | 51 | 38.3 |
Jason Alaimo | C | 33 | 185 | 20 | 1 | 5 | .995 | 6.212 | 5 | 35 | 9 | 20.5 |
Jay Jones | C | 23 | 142 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 6.609 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 30.0 |
Julio RamÃrez | CF | 99 | .000 | |||||||||
Scott Podsednik | CF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
Chris Clark | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Scott Podsednik | LF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
Jon Heinrichs | LF | 60 | .000 | |||||||||
Chris Clark | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Earl Agnoly | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex Melconian | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Jeff Venghaus | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Scott Podsednik | OF | 133 | 202 | 10 | 5 | 1 | .977 | 1.594 | ||||
Julio RamÃrez | OF | 99 | 179 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 1.889 | ||||
Jon Heinrichs | OF | 60 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
Roosevelt Brown | OF | 59 | 75 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .930 | 1.356 | ||||
Tyrone Horne | OF | 34 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.529 | ||||
Earl Agnoly | OF | 20 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
Chris Clark | OF | 19 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.211 | ||||
Jeff Venghaus | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
Alex Melconian | OF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
Martin Sanchez | P | 51 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .275 | ||||
Geoff Duncan | P | 44 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | .477 | ||||
Travis Wyckoff | P | 40 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .400 | ||||
Nelson Lara | P | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .207 | ||||
Bobby Rodgers | P | 27 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.593 | ||||
Aaron Cames | P | 26 | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.192 | ||||
Brent Billingsley | P | 26 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .962 | .962 | ||||
Kevin Zaleski | P | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .190 | ||||
Alex Morris | P | 19 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.000 | ||||
Mark Richards | P | 18 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .667 | ||||
Tim McClaskey | P | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
Jon Widerski | P | 17 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.118 | ||||
Dave Townsend | P | 12 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
Derek Santiago | P | 12 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
Matt Levan | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
Adam Danner | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
Héctor Almonte | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
Brandon Leese | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
Gary Knotts | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .571 | ||||
Jeff Johannsen | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Bobby Rector | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
Larry Rupcich | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Joe Aversa | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Roosevelt Brown | RF | 59 | .000 | |||||||||
Tyrone Horne | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
Scott Podsednik | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
Earl Agnoly | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
Chris Clark | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Jeff Venghaus | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex Melconian | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Joe Aversa | SS | 62 | 83 | 175 | 9 | 39 | .966 | 4.161 | ||||
Larry Glozier | SS | 41 | 54 | 93 | 10 | 21 | .936 | 3.585 | ||||
Ismael Reynoso | SS | 34 | 33 | 79 | 9 | 11 | .926 | 3.294 | ||||
Larry Rupcich | SS | 16 | 19 | 46 | 4 | 7 | .942 | 4.062 | ||||
Totals | 2016 | 3576 | 1463 | 159 | 310 | .969 | 2.500 | 17 | 131 | 66 | 33.5 |
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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