1999 Knoxville Smokies Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Omar Malave (71-69)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 119,571, Avg. 1,785 in 67 home dates

1999 Knoxville Smokies Roster

Playoffs - Orlando Rays 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 1

The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League ended the 1999 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Smokies scored 824 runs, most in the league. Knoxville conceded 757 runs. Adam Melhuse led the squad with 19 home runs, while Chad Rupp, Rudy Gomez, Tim Giles and Andy Thompson each walloped 15 or more, too. Tim Giles recorded 114 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Clayton Andrews paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.95 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1999 Knoxville Smokies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rob Butler, Vernon Wells, Joe Lawrence, Adam Melhuse, Brent Abernathy, Clayton Andrews, Jim Mann, Brian Smith, Mark Hendrickson, Ryan Freel, Andy Thompson, Gary Glover and John Bale.

Omar Malave 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
Clayton Andrews	10	8	.556	3.93	25	25	0	0	0	0	132.7	143	85	58	13	69	0	93	4	2	4	593
Gary Glover	8	2	.800	3.56	13	13	0	1	0	0	86.0	70	39	34	5	27	0	77	4	0	4	346
Isabel Giron	7	5	.583	4.89	17	16	0	0	0	0	95.7	97	59	52	12	39	0	81	7	1	1	423
Dave Bleazard	5	3	.625	3.22	15	15	0	1	1	0	86.7	81	36	31	4	34	0	49	4	2	7	358
Josh Bradford	5	4	.556	5.31	34	12	6	0	0	2	105.0	109	65	62	9	53	1	83	5	0	11	465
Ernie Delgado	4	1	.800	3.51	31	0	12	0	0	0	51.3	49	27	20	1	23	0	33	1	0	5	219
Ty Hartshorn	4	1	.800	4.79	10	7	0	0	0	0	47.0	60	32	25	4	15	0	24	4	0	0	206
Benny Lowe	4	6	.400	5.14	58	0	19	0	0	3	68.3	68	44	39	8	40	0	70	3	0	7	309
Scott Rivette	4	7	.364	3.81	56	0	33	0	0	10	78.0	85	40	33	2	29	4	74	5	2	7	341
Jason Stevenson	4	7	.364	6.24	21	19	1	1	0	0	92.3	99	69	64	8	57	0	73	2	4	4	429
John Sneed	3	1	.750	5.08	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.3	33	17	16	2	21	0	28	2	0	1	131
Jay Yennaco	3	4	.429	6.60	8	8	0	1	0	0	43.7	52	34	32	9	17	0	30	0	0	0	193
John Bale	2	2	.500	3.75	33	4	9	0	0	1	62.3	64	32	26	7	16	1	91	0	0	4	265
D. J. Harris	2	4	.333	7.05	25	4	6	0	0	0	60.0	73	50	47	9	31	0	36	2	0	3	283
Mark Hendrickson	2	7	.222	6.63	12	11	0	0	0	0	55.7	73	46	41	4	21	0	39	2	1	2	254
Sean McClellan	1	0	1.000	3.48	14	0	4	0	0	1	20.7	18	8	8	1	11	0	24	0	0	0	88
Jim Mann	1	2	.333	0.93	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.7	6	2	1	1	1	0	12	2	0	0	39
Brian Smith	1	2	.333	5.14	29	0	21	0	0	13	35.0	42	25	20	4	6	0	27	3	1	2	154
Trevor Schaffer	1	3	.250	5.67	38	0	19	0	0	1	54.0	69	43	34	10	38	2	23	3	0	6	265
Luis Arroyo	0	0		1.35	5	0	2	0	0	1	6.7	2	1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	22
Billy Hibbard	0	0		8.10	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.3	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18
Totals	71	69	.507	4.76	459	140	136	4	1	32	1222.3	1300	757	647	114	549	8	974	54	13	68	5401

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
Brent Abernathy	136	650	577	108	168	42	1	13	62	34	15	55	47	.291	.355	.435	.790	251	11	6	5	7	1
Tim Giles	133	578	505	76	157	24	2	18	114	0	2	56	93	.311	.380	.473	.853	239	13	6	1	10	5
Rudy Gomez	122	521	427	74	120	26	3	17	92	10	4	75	63	.281	.390	.475	.865	203	16	6	5	8	0
Adam Melhuse	107	489	374	79	110	25	0	19	69	5	6	108	76	.294	.454	.513	.967	192	10	4	0	3	7
Fausto Solano	104	415	348	62	106	18	0	14	61	11	15	57	54	.305	.408	.477	.885	166	9	6	1	3	1
Brian Loyd	104	424	364	53	102	18	1	11	65	9	2	46	57	.280	.362	.426	.788	155	11	4	4	6	3
Ryan Stromsborg	99	408	377	54	94	17	3	9	45	5	4	28	91	.249	.300	.382	.682	144	6	0	1	2	0
Rob Butler	64	282	258	48	87	13	6	2	36	4	5	19	21	.337	.384	.457	.842	118	6	2	1	2	0
Joe Lawrence	70	311	250	52	66	16	2	7	24	7	6	56	48	.264	.402	.428	.830	107	10	3	0	2	0
Chad Rupp	67	287	241	49	62	19	2	16	44	7	2	44	73	.257	.376	.552	.928	133	1	2	0	0	0
Andy Thompson	67	301	254	56	62	16	3	15	53	7	3	34	55	.244	.346	.508	.853	129	2	8	0	5	2
Chris Hayes	36	152	129	25	37	11	1	2	16	4	4	18	29	.287	.395	.434	.829	56	3	5	0	0	0
Vernon Wells	26	120	106	18	36	6	2	3	17	6	2	12	15	.340	.400	.519	.919	55	0	0	0	2	1
Selwyn Langaigne	40	135	123	18	30	4	1	0	10	3	4	10	25	.244	.301	.293	.593	36	10	0	2	0	0
Tony Schifano	27	98	92	12	25	4	1	0	15	5	3	3	15	.272	.299	.337	.636	31	3	1	1	1	0
Bobby Cripps	25	96	87	13	15	6	0	2	9	0	0	6	37	.172	.240	.310	.550	27	0	2	0	1	0
Alan Probst	21	74	66	5	14	3	0	1	7	0	0	5	23	.212	.260	.303	.563	20	3	0	1	2	0
Ryan Freel	11	55	46	9	13	5	1	1	9	4	2	8	4	.283	.382	.500	.882	23	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Strange	29	81	54	10	5	0	0	0	4	1	0	26	24	.093	.395	.093	.488	5	3	1	0	0	0
Paul Chiaffredo	11	43	39	3	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	10	.077	.122	.179	.301	7	2	2	2	0	0
Totals	1299	5520	4717	824	1312	274	29	151	755	122	79	666	860	.278	.370	.445	.815	2097	119	58	24	55	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tim Giles	1B	102	831	75	7	91	.992	8.882
Adam Melhuse	1B	27	203	15	2	21	.991	8.074
Mike Strange	1B	5	31	5	1	2	.973	7.200
Chad Rupp	1B	5	32	1	2	3	.943	6.600
Bobby Cripps	1B	4	36	2	0	5	1.000	9.500
Selwyn Langaigne	1B	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Chris Hayes	1B	2	13	2	2	1	.882	7.500
Brent Abernathy	2B	132	292	361	16	89	.976	4.947
Rudy Gomez	2B	6	13	15	2	1	.933	4.667
Mike Strange	2B	3	8	5	1	1	.929	4.333
Joe Lawrence	3B	67	29	112	14	14	.910	2.104
Rudy Gomez	3B	43	20	71	3	11	.968	2.116
Chris Hayes	3B	17	7	27	4	3	.895	2.000
Fausto Solano	3B	7	3	7	1	0	.909	1.429
Adam Melhuse	3B	6	6	15	2	2	.913	3.500
Mike Strange	3B	5	3	8	1	0	.917	2.200
Ryan Stromsborg	3B	2	1	1	2	0	.500	1.000
Brian Loyd	C	102	740	80	17	3	.980	8.039	5	114	54	32.1
Alan Probst	C	16	112	16	2	1	.985	8.000	0	26	10	27.8
Paul Chiaffredo	C	11	88	8	2	0	.980	8.727	0	11	2	15.4
Adam Melhuse	C	7	35	1	0	0	1.000	5.143	2	12	0	0.0
Bobby Cripps	C	6	35	3	1	0	.974	6.333	3	12	1	7.7
Ryan Stromsborg	CF	50						.000
Selwyn Langaigne	CF	34						.000
Vernon Wells	CF	26						.000
Tony Schifano	CF	20						.000
Ryan Freel	CF	11						.000
Rob Butler	CF	8						.000
Chris Hayes	CF	1						.000
Rob Butler	LF	55						.000
Adam Melhuse	LF	41						.000
Chris Hayes	LF	16						.000
Chad Rupp	LF	12						.000
Rudy Gomez	LF	8						.000
Ryan Stromsborg	LF	6						.000
Selwyn Langaigne	LF	4						.000
Tim Giles	LF	1						.000
Bobby Cripps	LF	1						.000
Ryan Stromsborg	OF	97	194	7	5	0	.976	2.072
Andy Thompson	OF	66	108	3	4	1	.965	1.682
Rob Butler	OF	62	111	7	3	1	.975	1.903
Adam Melhuse	OF	44	66	5	2	1	.973	1.614
Chad Rupp	OF	42	71	2	1	0	.986	1.738
Selwyn Langaigne	OF	38	86	3	1	1	.989	2.342
Vernon Wells	OF	26	56	4	0	3	1.000	2.308
Tony Schifano	OF	20	32	2	0	0	1.000	1.700
Chris Hayes	OF	17	37	3	0	0	1.000	2.353
Ryan Freel	OF	11	23	1	0	0	1.000	2.182
Rudy Gomez	OF	8	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.375
Tim Giles	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Bobby Cripps	OF	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.000
Benny Lowe	P	58	2	13	2	2	.882	.259
Scott Rivette	P	56	6	7	1	2	.929	.232
Trevor Schaffer	P	38	4	6	1	0	.909	.263
Josh Bradford	P	34	10	12	0	3	1.000	.647
John Bale	P	33	3	4	1	0	.875	.212
Ernie Delgado	P	31	6	10	1	0	.941	.516
Brian Smith	P	29	4	8	1	0	.923	.414
D. J. Harris	P	25	7	8	1	0	.938	.600
Clayton Andrews	P	25	4	18	1	0	.957	.880
Jason Stevenson	P	21	7	9	0	0	1.000	.762
Isabel Giron	P	17	6	14	0	0	1.000	1.176
Dave Bleazard	P	15	11	14	0	2	1.000	1.667
Sean McClellan	P	14	3	1	0	0	1.000	.286
Gary Glover	P	13	6	12	1	1	.947	1.385
Mark Hendrickson	P	12	5	10	0	0	1.000	1.250
Ty Hartshorn	P	10	3	7	1	0	.909	1.000
Jay Yennaco	P	8	1	3	0	0	1.000	.500
John Sneed	P	6	0	1	1	0	.500	.167
Jim Mann	P	6	1	1	1	0	.667	.333
Luis Arroyo	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Billy Hibbard	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Andy Thompson	RF	66						.000
Ryan Stromsborg	RF	42						.000
Chad Rupp	RF	30						.000
Adam Melhuse	RF	3						.000
Rob Butler	RF	1						.000
Fausto Solano	SS	93	157	265	23	58	.948	4.538
Rudy Gomez	SS	44	68	102	14	22	.924	3.864
Tony Schifano	SS	8	12	15	0	5	1.000	3.375
Joe Lawrence	SS	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Totals		2052	3667	1412	149	350	.971	2.475	10	175	67	27.7

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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