1996 Lubbock Crickets Statistics

Texas-Louisiana League (TTL) - Independent
Team Record: 59-40
Finished 2nd in the TTL
Manager: Greg Minton (59-40)
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Ballpark: Dan Law Field
Attendance: 81,257, Avg. 1,642

1996 Lubbock Crickets Roster

Playoffs - Lubbock Crickets 2 games, Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings 0
Finals - Abilene Prairie Dogs 3 games, Lubbock Crickets 0

The Lubbock Crickets of the Texas-Louisiana League ended the 1996 season with a record of 59 wins and 40 losses, finishing second in the TTL.

The Crickets scored 542 runs and allowed 472 runs. Greg Sparks led Lubbock with 16 home runs, and Chris Norton walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Hardge drove in 64 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Ron Gerstein paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.56 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Frank Bolick and Bill Landrum both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Greg Minton 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
Ron Gerstein	14	4	.778	3.56	23	23	0	2	1	0	149.3	143	79	59	2	66	1	109	8	0	24	654
Steve Duda	11	8	.579	3.76	24	22	2	6	0	0	160.3	182	84	67	4	43	1	120	7	0	5	698
Rick Forney	9	7	.562	4.50	22	22	0	1	0	0	142.0	151	88	71	14	56	1	123	12	0	14	634
Steve Zongor	6	3	.667	3.43	31	0	20	0	0	8	42.0	44	22	16	2	16	0	27	3	0	2	178
Greg Bicknell	5	1	.833	2.23	17	0	13	0	0	4	40.3	29	13	10	3	13	1	24	0	0	8	166
Ryan Brewer	5	3	.625	2.05	8	8	0	4	1	0	61.3	49	20	14	3	17	3	39	2	1	3	247
David Baine	4	8	.333	4.41	21	17	1	2	0	0	104.0	118	75	51	9	42	1	76	2	3	9	476
Zane Leiber	2	0	1.000	7.88	26	0	11	0	0	1	40.0	48	36	35	4	31	0	29	3	0	14	199
Bill Landrum	2	1	.667	2.18	8	4	1	1	0	0	33.0	27	9	8	0	6	1	31	0	0	3	130
Brian Madigan	1	0	1.000	3.74	11	1	6	0	0	0	21.7	20	9	9	3	6	0	9	1	0	4	89
Greg Sparks	0	0		0.00	4	1	2	0	0	0	7.3	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	29
Chris Norton	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Mike Hardge	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8
Jeff Huber	0	0		0.49	17	0	16	0	0	11	18.3	9	2	1	0	6	0	19	0	0	0	69
Paul Petrulis	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Ron Green	0	0		36.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9
Ruben Felix	0	5	.000	6.61	20	1	8	0	0	0	31.3	39	28	23	7	17	1	24	2	0	4	144
Totals	59	40	.596	3.89	237	99	83	16	2	24	856.0	873	472	370	51	325	10	634	40	4	91	3740

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
Mike Hardge	98	437	393	77	119	24	7	8	64	26	5	35	57	.303	.365	.461	.825	181	5	4	4	1	2
Dave Lowery	88	391	339	57	100	14	3	0	21	33	14	31	31	.295	.359	.354	.713	120	7	4	15	2	0
Derek Vaughn	91	353	322	44	96	20	3	4	42	17	9	22	31	.298	.345	.416	.761	134	11	2	5	2	2
Paul Petrulis	97	375	337	59	96	17	3	6	40	2	3	32	50	.285	.349	.407	.756	137	6	2	3	1	0
Greg Sparks	93	384	349	41	84	17	0	16	62	3	1	28	99	.241	.297	.427	.724	149	6	2	0	5	3
Chris Norton	51	220	187	39	71	13	1	15	54	6	0	27	27	.380	.464	.701	1.164	131	7	4	0	2	3
Glenn Sullivan	71	291	250	37	70	16	1	2	18	8	3	37	18	.280	.378	.376	.754	94	5	3	0	1	2
J. D. Ramirez	45	182	172	27	63	15	1	4	29	0	0	5	14	.366	.385	.535	.919	92	6	2	0	3	0
Roberto Ramirez	46	200	180	35	55	14	1	11	45	1	0	18	29	.306	.365	.578	.943	104	2	0	0	2	1
John Stratton	75	276	236	30	55	11	1	9	33	1	1	34	38	.233	.337	.403	.739	95	7	4	0	2	2
Frank Bolick	33	146	125	22	47	15	1	6	35	0	0	19	14	.376	.452	.656	1.108	82	1	0	0	2	2
Scott Hoyes	73	222	185	32	40	8	1	7	24	5	2	27	57	.216	.335	.384	.719	71	4	7	1	2	0
Ron Green	48	156	141	23	28	8	2	1	11	8	4	11	41	.199	.253	.305	.558	43	3	0	2	2	0
Sy Jones	29	117	92	12	22	4	1	1	12	0	0	16	27	.239	.357	.337	.694	31	1	2	5	2	0
Mitchell King	15	29	22	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	5	.227	.414	.273	.687	6	1	1	0	0	0
Brett Kim	8	12	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	961	3791	3341	542	952	197	26	90	490	111	42	348	540	.285	.356	.440	.797	1471	72	38	35	29	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Greg Sparks	1B	52	430	28	4	37	.991	8.808
Chris Norton	1B	39	337	28	6	39	.984	9.359
Glenn Sullivan	1B	11	98	6	3	7	.972	9.455
Frank Bolick	1B	2	16	1	0	1	1.000	8.500
John Stratton	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Scott Hoyes	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dave Lowery	2B	79	164	223	19	49	.953	4.899
J. D. Ramirez	2B	17	33	42	1	11	.987	4.412
Mike Hardge	2B	6	16	15	0	1	1.000	5.167
Mitchell King	2B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Hardge	3B	59	35	126	21	7	.885	2.729
Frank Bolick	3B	30	31	66	4	3	.960	3.233
J. D. Ramirez	3B	18	19	21	7	1	.851	2.222
Paul Petrulis	3B	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
John Stratton	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roberto Ramirez	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Chris Norton	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mitchell King	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
John Stratton	C	65	421	30	8	0	.983	6.938	13	63	17	21.2
Sy Jones	C	27	167	21	2	2	.989	6.963	8	30	8	21.1
Chris Norton	C	11	51	7	0	0	1.000	5.273	2	2	4	66.7
Brett Kim	C	5	2	2	0	0	1.000	.800	2	0	0
Mitchell King	C	4	8	0	1	0	.889	2.000	0	2	0	0.0
Paul Petrulis	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Mike Hardge	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0	0	0
Scott Hoyes	CF	65						.000
Derek Vaughn	CF	45						.000
Ron Green	CF	2						.000
Mike Hardge	CF	1						.000
Derek Vaughn	LF	49						.000
Mike Hardge	LF	34						.000
Ron Green	LF	26						.000
Greg Sparks	LF	7						.000
Mitchell King	LF	6						.000
Scott Hoyes	LF	2						.000
Derek Vaughn	OF	88	149	5	10	0	.939	1.750
Scott Hoyes	OF	67	122	3	4	1	.969	1.866
Roberto Ramirez	OF	45	95	4	6	1	.943	2.200
Ron Green	OF	45	66	2	4	0	.944	1.511
Greg Sparks	OF	36	55	2	3	0	.950	1.583
Mike Hardge	OF	36	51	6	2	0	.966	1.583
Mitchell King	OF	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Chris Norton	OF	3	5	0	1	0	.833	1.667
Glenn Sullivan	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
John Stratton	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Zongor	P	31	1	5	1	2	.857	.194
Zane Leiber	P	26	4	8	0	1	1.000	.462
Steve Duda	P	24	12	22	0	2	1.000	1.417
Ron Gerstein	P	23	12	33	1	4	.978	1.957
Rick Forney	P	22	1	20	3	1	.875	.955
David Baine	P	21	3	10	2	0	.867	.619
Ruben Felix	P	20	2	10	2	0	.857	.600
Jeff Huber	P	17	1	1	0	0	1.000	.118
Greg Bicknell	P	17	4	12	1	0	.941	.941
Brian Madigan	P	11	1	4	0	1	1.000	.455
Bill Landrum	P	8	2	3	0	0	1.000	.625
Ryan Brewer	P	8	3	16	0	0	1.000	2.375
Greg Sparks	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Hardge	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Petrulis	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Norton	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ron Green	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roberto Ramirez	RF	45						.000
Greg Sparks	RF	29						.000
Ron Green	RF	24						.000
Derek Vaughn	RF	7						.000
Chris Norton	RF	3						.000
Glenn Sullivan	RF	2						.000
Scott Hoyes	RF	2						.000
Mike Hardge	RF	2						.000
John Stratton	RF	1						.000
Mitchell King	RF	1						.000
Paul Petrulis	SS	96	129	328	32	57	.935	4.760
Mike Hardge	SS	8	8	11	2	5	.905	2.375
J. D. Ramirez	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Norton	SS	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Dave Lowery	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1463	2568	1129	150	233	.961	2.527	25	97	29	23.0

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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