1996 Lethbridge Black Diamonds Statistics
Team Record: 50-22
Finished 1st in the PL's North Division
Manager: Chris Speier (50-22)
Affiliation: Arizona Diamondbacks
Location: Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Henderson Stadium
Attendance: 49,093, Avg. 1,403 in 35 home dates
Playoffs - Helena Brewers 2 games, Lethbridge Black Diamonds 1
The Lethbridge Black Diamonds of the Pioneer League ended the 1996 season with a record of 50 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Black Diamonds plated 637 runs, tops in the circuit. Lethbridge gave up 339 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. David Hayman paced the team with 17 home runs, and Ron Hartman walloped 15 or more, too. Ron Hartman and Kevin Sweeney each recorded 72 runs batted in. Kevin Sweeney led batters with significant playing time by hitting .424. Vladimir Núñez topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.22 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Rob Ryan, Rod Barajas, Jason Conti, Nick Bierbrodt, Erik Sabel, Junior Spivey and Vladimir Núñez were all players from the 1996 Lethbridge Black Diamonds who played in the Majors during their careers.
Chris Speier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Núñez | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 78 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 93 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 342 |
| Larry Rodriguez | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.83 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 56 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 231 |
| George Oleksik | 6 | 1 | .857 | 6.58 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 82 | 53 | 49 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 311 |
| Ryan Duffy | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.64 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.7 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 132 |
| Clay Crossan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.72 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 55 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 186 |
| Javier Gomez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.50 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 41 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 187 |
| Joe Verplancke | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.00 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 44 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 209 |
| Nick Bierbrodt | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
| Johnny Done | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.95 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 159 |
| Justin Bice | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 54 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 201 |
| Dallas Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.15 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 87 |
| Jason Crews | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.50 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 39.7 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
| Javier Samboy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 119 |
| Mark Chavez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.60 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30.0 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 134 |
| Erik Sabel | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.79 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 184 |
| Ben Norris | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 54 | |
| Totals | 50 | 22 | .694 | 3.68 | 260 | 72 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 632.7 | 650 | 339 | 259 | 41 | 234 | 6 | 576 | 44 | 7 | 57 | 2772 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Sweeney | 63 | 270 | 203 | 72 | 86 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 36 | .424 | .552 | .734 | 1.286 | 149 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Ron Hartman | 66 | 308 | 258 | 69 | 84 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 42 | .326 | .409 | .601 | 1.010 | 155 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jason Conti | 63 | 265 | 226 | 63 | 83 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 30 | 7 | 30 | 29 | .367 | .449 | .496 | .945 | 112 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| David Hayman | 63 | 291 | 233 | 68 | 73 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 78 | .313 | .419 | .601 | 1.020 | 140 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Rob Ryan | 59 | 264 | 211 | 55 | 64 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 23 | 6 | 43 | 33 | .303 | .421 | .408 | .828 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Boughton | 62 | 249 | 224 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 50 | .286 | .333 | .348 | .682 | 78 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Rod Barajas | 51 | 193 | 175 | 47 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 24 | .337 | .378 | .594 | .973 | 104 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jose Nunez | 40 | 153 | 122 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 25 | .311 | .451 | .459 | .910 | 56 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Gann | 49 | 142 | 129 | 19 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 42 | .287 | .345 | .426 | .771 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Moore | 47 | 186 | 151 | 34 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 61 | .245 | .376 | .444 | .820 | 67 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Junior Spivey | 31 | 136 | 107 | 30 | 36 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 24 | .336 | .459 | .495 | .955 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Chip Rhea | 43 | 156 | 139 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 47 | .252 | .327 | .381 | .708 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Hardy | 30 | 114 | 90 | 28 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 14 | .367 | .482 | .433 | .916 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reggie Davis | 31 | 104 | 89 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 19 | .315 | .408 | .449 | .857 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Stoner | 24 | 95 | 78 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .321 | .415 | .423 | .838 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Allison | 25 | 54 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .209 | .352 | .279 | .631 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Glasser | 9 | 33 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .296 | .424 | .407 | .832 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Kliner | 12 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .250 | .344 | .286 | .629 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Baltzell | 19 | 42 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .135 | .238 | .189 | .427 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Kinard | 5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 792 | 3101 | 2583 | 637 | 811 | 133 | 25 | 88 | 558 | 93 | 36 | 407 | 579 | .314 | .411 | .487 | .898 | 1258 | 51 | 53 | 12 | 46 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Moore | 1B | 42 | 326 | 22 | 5 | 30 | .986 | 8.286 | ||||
| David Hayman | 1B | 12 | 89 | 7 | 5 | 8 | .950 | 8.000 | ||||
| Mike Stoner | 1B | 11 | 69 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .961 | 6.727 | ||||
| Brett Hardy | 1B | 11 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 7 | .978 | 8.091 | ||||
| Chip Rhea | 1B | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
| Rod Barajas | 1B | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Josh Kliner | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ron Hartman | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Junior Spivey | 2B | 30 | 57 | 62 | 8 | 16 | .937 | 3.967 | ||||
| Chip Rhea | 2B | 27 | 45 | 71 | 4 | 17 | .967 | 4.296 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 2B | 21 | 42 | 53 | 8 | 7 | .922 | 4.524 | ||||
| Josh Kliner | 2B | 5 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 3.200 | ||||
| Scott Glasser | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ron Hartman | 3B | 58 | 33 | 112 | 20 | 15 | .879 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 3B | 11 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .786 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chip Rhea | 3B | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 2.167 | ||||
| Scott Glasser | 3B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Josh Kliner | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kirk Kinard | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rod Barajas | C | 42 | 282 | 40 | 5 | 1 | .985 | 7.667 | 1 | 26 | 27 | 50.9 |
| Brad Allison | C | 24 | 114 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 5.333 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 41.2 |
| Reggie Davis | C | 21 | 125 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 6.667 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 33.3 |
| Beau Baltzell | C | 16 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 4.000 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 23.1 |
| Rob Ryan | CF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Gann | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Conti | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Hardy | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Sweeney | LF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Hayman | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Hardy | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Gann | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chip Rhea | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Conti | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Ryan | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Ryan | OF | 56 | 107 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.964 | ||||
| Jason Conti | OF | 56 | 80 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .955 | 1.518 | ||||
| Kevin Sweeney | OF | 51 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .954 | 1.216 | ||||
| Jamie Gann | OF | 45 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| David Hayman | OF | 34 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.441 | ||||
| Brett Hardy | OF | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Chip Rhea | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ryan Duffy | P | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Jason Crews | P | 25 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .480 | ||||
| Mark Chavez | P | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .208 | ||||
| Johnny Done | P | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .045 | ||||
| Erik Sabel | P | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Javier Gomez | P | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Clay Crossan | P | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .474 | ||||
| Javier Samboy | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | .412 | ||||
| Justin Bice | P | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .647 | ||||
| Dallas Anderson | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| George Oleksik | P | 14 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 1.500 | ||||
| Vladimir Núñez | P | 14 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Verplancke | P | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Larry Rodriguez | P | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ben Norris | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nick Bierbrodt | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Conti | RF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Hayman | RF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Gann | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Sweeney | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Hardy | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Ryan | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Boughton | SS | 62 | 93 | 165 | 13 | 29 | .952 | 4.161 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | SS | 7 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.714 | ||||
| Scott Glasser | SS | 5 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 5.000 | ||||
| Junior Spivey | SS | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Kirk Kinard | SS | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Totals | 1225 | 1898 | 790 | 127 | 148 | .955 | 2.194 | 16 | 62 | 45 | 42.1 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
