1997 Kissimmee Cobras Statistics
Florida State League (FSL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 71-66
Finished 1st in the FSL's East Division
Manager: John Tamargo (71-66)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Kissimmee, Florida
Ballpark: Osceola County Stadium
Attendance: 37,989, Avg. 594 in 64 home dates
1997 Kissimmee Cobras RosterTeam Record: 71-66
Finished 1st in the FSL's East Division
Manager: John Tamargo (71-66)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Kissimmee, Florida
Ballpark: Osceola County Stadium
Attendance: 37,989, Avg. 594 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - Vero Beach Dodgers 2 games, Kissimmee Cobras 1
The Kissimmee Cobras of the Florida State League ended the 1997 season with a record of 71 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Cobras paced the league with just 562 runs allowed. Kissimmee scored 615 runs. Lance Berkman powered the squad with 12 home runs Ramón Castro drove in 65 runs. Billy Owens led batters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Wade Miller and Freddy García topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Freddy García registered a 2.56 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1997 Kissimmee Cobras who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Wade Miller, Brian Sikorski, Mark Johnson, Óscar Robles, Donaldo Méndez, Brian Dallimore, Ramón Castro, Chris Truby, Lance Berkman, Freddy García, Jason Green, Félix Escalona and Julio Lugo.
John Tamargo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade Miller | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.80 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 79 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 76 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 395 |
| Freddy García | 10 | 8 | .556 | 2.56 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 179.0 | 165 | 63 | 51 | 6 | 49 | 3 | 131 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 741 |
| Brian Sikorski | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.06 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 64 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 279 |
| Julien Tucker | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.22 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 | 79 | 48 | 40 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 324 |
| Mark Johnson | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.07 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 155.3 | 150 | 67 | 53 | 8 | 39 | 1 | 127 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 652 |
| Alberto Blanco | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.83 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 114.3 | 83 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 467 |
| Eric Stachler | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.13 | 48 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 65.3 | 76 | 38 | 30 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 291 |
| Derek Root | 4 | 14 | .222 | 4.19 | 26 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 131 | 76 | 60 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 555 |
| Mike Diorio | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.97 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 39.3 | 33 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 161 |
| Jon DeClue | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| Paul O'Malley | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.80 | 24 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35.3 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 145 |
| Eric Smith | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.41 | 32 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.7 | 84 | 44 | 39 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 347 |
| Chad Hale | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.82 | 46 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52.3 | 56 | 30 | 28 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 225 |
| Niuman Loiz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.82 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 37 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 141 |
| Doug Mlicki | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Shane Barksdale | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | |
| Billy Hall | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | |
| Earl Steinmetz | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | |
| Dan Lock | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.67 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 123 |
| Jason Green | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.19 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 |
| Totals | 71 | 66 | .518 | 3.36 | 399 | 137 | 121 | 16 | 5 | 37 | 1192.0 | 1134 | 562 | 445 | 54 | 385 | 25 | 862 | 57 | 24 | 46 | 5061 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Lugo | 125 | 565 | 505 | 89 | 135 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 61 | 35 | 8 | 46 | 99 | .267 | .329 | .408 | .736 | 206 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Ric Johnson | 121 | 487 | 453 | 47 | 127 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 67 | .280 | .318 | .329 | .647 | 149 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chad Alexander | 129 | 534 | 469 | 67 | 127 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 46 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 91 | .271 | .352 | .388 | .740 | 182 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ramón Castro | 115 | 476 | 410 | 53 | 115 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 73 | .280 | .357 | .398 | .755 | 163 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Billy Owens | 96 | 405 | 381 | 51 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 68 | .283 | .319 | .420 | .738 | 160 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Noel Rodriguez | 65 | 256 | 228 | 26 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 24 | .316 | .384 | .443 | .827 | 101 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jhonny Perez | 69 | 291 | 273 | 40 | 72 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 38 | .264 | .294 | .392 | .686 | 107 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nelson Samboy | 48 | 201 | 190 | 20 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | .316 | .347 | .400 | .747 | 76 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Ross | 74 | 238 | 215 | 30 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 40 | .256 | .316 | .326 | .642 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lance Berkman | 53 | 223 | 184 | 31 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 38 | .293 | .417 | .543 | .961 | 100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Óscar Robles | 66 | 290 | 236 | 39 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 28 | .225 | .344 | .242 | .585 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Truby | 57 | 216 | 199 | 23 | 49 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 40 | .246 | .278 | .332 | .610 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy Bovender | 52 | 195 | 177 | 16 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 56 | .215 | .287 | .322 | .609 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Coe | 52 | 179 | 161 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 36 | .217 | .292 | .311 | .603 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hassan Robinson | 35 | 121 | 115 | 12 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .252 | .275 | .287 | .562 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Adams | 31 | 109 | 95 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 13 | .211 | .296 | .274 | .570 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Gonzalez | 12 | 49 | 44 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .341 | .388 | .705 | 1.092 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pedro Lopez | 25 | 74 | 69 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .203 | .243 | .290 | .533 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Mansavage | 9 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .273 | .333 | .424 | .758 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Miller | 13 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .265 | .359 | .265 | .624 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adan Amezcua | 9 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .400 | .458 | .550 | 1.008 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| R. J. Bowers | 10 | 40 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .206 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Duffy | 19 | 46 | 41 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | .146 | .222 | .171 | .393 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Wheeler | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .417 | .462 | .417 | .878 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donaldo Méndez | 5 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .188 | .235 | .188 | .423 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Chapman | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Félix Escalona | 3 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .462 | .222 | .684 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy DeShazer | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dallimore | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1306 | 5156 | 4618 | 615 | 1230 | 214 | 43 | 62 | 533 | 122 | 63 | 415 | 823 | .266 | .330 | .372 | .702 | 1716 | 108 | 43 | 40 | 40 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Owens | 1B | 84 | 759 | 53 | 7 | 61 | .991 | 9.667 | ||||
| Ryan Coe | 1B | 27 | 232 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 8.889 | ||||
| Jim Duffy | 1B | 17 | 107 | 8 | 1 | 6 | .991 | 6.765 | ||||
| Noel Rodriguez | 1B | 9 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.778 | ||||
| Jimmy Gonzalez | 1B | 8 | 67 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .961 | 9.250 | ||||
| Chris Truby | 1B | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Andy Bovender | 1B | 4 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| Tony Ross | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Óscar Robles | 2B | 65 | 119 | 170 | 8 | 35 | .973 | 4.446 | ||||
| Nelson Samboy | 2B | 48 | 92 | 126 | 5 | 21 | .978 | 4.542 | ||||
| Julio Lugo | 2B | 9 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 3.444 | ||||
| Ryan Miller | 2B | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Jhonny Perez | 2B | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jay Mansavage | 2B | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 3.750 | ||||
| Jason Adams | 2B | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Félix Escalona | 2B | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Chris Truby | 2B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Brian Dallimore | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Truby | 3B | 54 | 25 | 114 | 16 | 8 | .897 | 2.574 | ||||
| Andy Bovender | 3B | 48 | 28 | 100 | 17 | 5 | .883 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jason Adams | 3B | 23 | 9 | 52 | 8 | 3 | .884 | 2.652 | ||||
| Ryan Miller | 3B | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ryan Coe | 3B | 6 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Wheeler | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Jay Mansavage | 3B | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Julio Lugo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chad Alexander | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ramón Castro | C | 104 | 630 | 88 | 6 | 6 | .992 | 6.904 | 15 | 77 | 62 | 44.6 |
| Pedro Lopez | C | 24 | 145 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 6.542 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 30.0 |
| Ryan Coe | C | 9 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 5.778 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21.4 |
| Adan Amezcua | C | 7 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 3.286 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jimmy Gonzalez | C | 5 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 4.400 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Scott Chapman | C | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ric Johnson | CF | 121 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ross | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hassan Robinson | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ross | LF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lance Berkman | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hassan Robinson | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Noel Rodriguez | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Alexander | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jhonny Perez | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Duffy | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy DeShazer | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Alexander | OF | 128 | 231 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .992 | 1.867 | ||||
| Ric Johnson | OF | 121 | 274 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 2.322 | ||||
| Tony Ross | OF | 60 | 99 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.667 | ||||
| Lance Berkman | OF | 44 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Hassan Robinson | OF | 32 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.531 | ||||
| Noel Rodriguez | OF | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| R. J. Bowers | OF | 10 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.900 | ||||
| Jhonny Perez | OF | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Jim Duffy | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeremy DeShazer | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Eric Stachler | P | 48 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .125 | ||||
| Chad Hale | P | 46 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .239 | ||||
| Mike Diorio | P | 36 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Julien Tucker | P | 33 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .333 | ||||
| Eric Smith | P | 32 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .719 | ||||
| Freddy García | P | 27 | 10 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Derek Root | P | 26 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.038 | ||||
| Mark Johnson | P | 26 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Paul O'Malley | P | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Alberto Blanco | P | 19 | 9 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 1.632 | ||||
| Dan Lock | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Wade Miller | P | 14 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.071 | ||||
| Brian Sikorski | P | 11 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .842 | 1.455 | ||||
| Niuman Loiz | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Jason Green | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Jon DeClue | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Hall | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Earl Steinmetz | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Shane Barksdale | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Doug Mlicki | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chad Alexander | RF | 118 | .000 | |||||||||
| R. J. Bowers | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ross | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hassan Robinson | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy DeShazer | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Lugo | SS | 114 | 176 | 410 | 40 | 64 | .936 | 5.140 | ||||
| Jhonny Perez | SS | 12 | 18 | 36 | 4 | 6 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jason Adams | SS | 6 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .935 | 4.833 | ||||
| Donaldo Méndez | SS | 5 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 4.800 | ||||
| Chris Truby | SS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ryan Miller | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1979 | 3576 | 1581 | 172 | 292 | .968 | 2.606 | 21 | 122 | 76 | 38.4 |
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.
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