1997 Lakeland Tigers Statistics
Team Record: 81-57
Finished 2nd in the FSL's West Division
Manager: Mark Meleski (81-57)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Ballpark: Joker Marchant Stadium
Attendance: 21,198, Avg. 348 in 61 home dates
Playoffs - St. Petersburg Devil Rays 2 games, Lakeland Tigers 0
The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League ended the 1997 season with a record of 81 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Tigers scored 650 runs and gave up 569 runs. Alejandro Freire led Lakeland with 24 home runs, while Gabe Kapler walloped 15 or more, too. Alejandro Freire accounted for 92 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .323. Brian Powell paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.51 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1997 Lakeland Tigers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Víctor Santos, Matt Walbeck, Brian Powell, Glen Barker, Santiago Pérez, Alejandro Freire, Phil Nevin, Javier Cardona, Gabe Kapler, José Macias and Orlando Miller.
Mark Meleski 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Powell | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.50 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 183.3 | 153 | 70 | 51 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 122 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 732 |
| Dave Darwin | 10 | 1 | .909 | 2.50 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 70 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 326 |
| Víctor Santos | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.23 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 136 | 74 | 52 | 10 | 59 | 1 | 108 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 623 |
| Keilan Smith | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.57 | 40 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 77.0 | 65 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 314 |
| Dave Melendez | 8 | 4 | .667 | 1.76 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 102.3 | 70 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 409 |
| Justin Jensen | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.14 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.3 | 143 | 78 | 66 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 624 |
| Peter Durkovic | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.47 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 65.7 | 50 | 21 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 263 |
| Leonardo Patino | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.62 | 40 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72.0 | 61 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 289 |
| Ben Bailey | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.87 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 102 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 394 |
| Chris Bauer | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.63 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 43 | 31 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 164 |
| Mark Zamarripa | 2 | 1 | .667 | 8.03 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Keith Kimsey | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.04 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.3 | 92 | 57 | 45 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 377 |
| Matt Oakley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.98 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 54 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 211 |
| Aaron Alvord | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| Derek Dace | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Eric Dinyar | 0 | 0 | 5.62 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | |
| David Malenfant | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 | |
| Trad Sobik | 0 | 1 | .000 | 40.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Chad Schroeder | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.76 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 98 |
| Totals | 81 | 57 | .587 | 3.43 | 365 | 138 | 121 | 17 | 6 | 30 | 1192.7 | 1122 | 569 | 455 | 63 | 430 | 11 | 829 | 49 | 13 | 63 | 5064 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Freire | 130 | 546 | 477 | 85 | 154 | 30 | 2 | 24 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 50 | 84 | .323 | .396 | .545 | .941 | 260 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Gabe Kapler | 137 | 588 | 519 | 87 | 153 | 40 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 68 | .295 | .361 | .505 | .865 | 262 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| Juan Hernaiz | 118 | 465 | 438 | 58 | 122 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 56 | 29 | 13 | 22 | 107 | .279 | .317 | .418 | .735 | 183 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Santiago Pérez | 111 | 480 | 445 | 66 | 122 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 46 | 21 | 9 | 20 | 98 | .274 | .305 | .400 | .705 | 178 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| José Macias | 122 | 488 | 424 | 54 | 113 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 52 | 33 | .267 | .348 | .333 | .680 | 141 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Jayson Bass | 108 | 423 | 376 | 58 | 97 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 53 | 17 | 7 | 41 | 130 | .258 | .331 | .431 | .762 | 162 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Ryan Balfe | 86 | 346 | 312 | 40 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 75 | .269 | .322 | .449 | .770 | 140 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Javier Cardona | 85 | 314 | 284 | 28 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 51 | .289 | .346 | .415 | .762 | 118 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Decomba Conner | 56 | 226 | 201 | 35 | 64 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 47 | .318 | .381 | .498 | .879 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Lackey | 71 | 266 | 247 | 24 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 58 | .223 | .254 | .279 | .533 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Lindstrom | 76 | 247 | 213 | 25 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 25 | .207 | .293 | .286 | .580 | 61 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Villalobos | 39 | 161 | 147 | 19 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 25 | .252 | .312 | .306 | .619 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Salzano | 40 | 160 | 135 | 20 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 27 | .222 | .340 | .311 | .651 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Fuller | 45 | 144 | 129 | 13 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 26 | .217 | .270 | .295 | .564 | 38 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Barker | 13 | 64 | 57 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | .316 | .361 | .439 | .799 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Freeman | 13 | 56 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .226 | .268 | .283 | .551 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Airoso | 22 | 75 | 62 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 23 | .194 | .324 | .274 | .599 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Bream | 11 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .216 | .268 | .297 | .566 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Nevin | 3 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .556 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Walbeck | 4 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .500 | .643 | .600 | 1.243 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orlando Miller | 5 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .190 | .227 | .333 | .561 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rayner Bautista | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1301 | 5151 | 4608 | 650 | 1251 | 216 | 44 | 112 | 583 | 123 | 67 | 412 | 926 | .271 | .334 | .410 | .744 | 1891 | 82 | 42 | 44 | 45 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Freire | 1B | 124 | 1114 | 76 | 17 | 87 | .986 | 9.597 | ||||
| Dave Lindstrom | 1B | 19 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 6 | .986 | 7.474 | ||||
| Carlos Villalobos | 1B | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 13.000 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Phil Nevin | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Macias | 2B | 120 | 255 | 349 | 7 | 65 | .989 | 5.033 | ||||
| Steve Lackey | 2B | 18 | 45 | 44 | 5 | 8 | .947 | 4.944 | ||||
| Scott Bream | 2B | 4 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.250 | ||||
| Rayner Bautista | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ryan Balfe | 3B | 75 | 44 | 161 | 21 | 14 | .907 | 2.733 | ||||
| Carlos Villalobos | 3B | 28 | 22 | 58 | 11 | 6 | .879 | 2.857 | ||||
| Steve Lackey | 3B | 26 | 13 | 44 | 11 | 4 | .838 | 2.192 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | 3B | 11 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .897 | 2.364 | ||||
| Scott Bream | 3B | 5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.800 | ||||
| Phil Nevin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Javier Cardona | C | 80 | 498 | 75 | 12 | 7 | .979 | 7.162 | 12 | 83 | 38 | 31.4 |
| Dave Lindstrom | C | 53 | 250 | 49 | 7 | 2 | .977 | 5.642 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 48.5 |
| Brian Fuller | C | 18 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.778 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 26.3 |
| Matt Walbeck | C | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 4.667 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Juan Hernaiz | CF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
| Decomba Conner | CF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Barker | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jayson Bass | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jayson Bass | LF | 80 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Hernaiz | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Airoso | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Salzano | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Macias | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gabe Kapler | OF | 137 | 252 | 14 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 1.942 | ||||
| Juan Hernaiz | OF | 104 | 197 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .976 | 1.923 | ||||
| Jayson Bass | OF | 86 | 146 | 7 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 1.779 | ||||
| Decomba Conner | OF | 56 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.393 | ||||
| Kurt Airoso | OF | 16 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Glen Barker | OF | 13 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.615 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| José Macias | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keilan Smith | P | 40 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Leonardo Patino | P | 40 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .300 | ||||
| Peter Durkovic | P | 40 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Brian Powell | P | 27 | 24 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.852 | ||||
| Matt Oakley | P | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Víctor Santos | P | 26 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.308 | ||||
| Keith Kimsey | P | 26 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Justin Jensen | P | 25 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .833 | .800 | ||||
| Chris Bauer | P | 19 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .526 | ||||
| Dave Melendez | P | 15 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .960 | 1.600 | ||||
| Eric Dinyar | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ben Bailey | P | 15 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Chad Schroeder | P | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Dave Darwin | P | 12 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mark Zamarripa | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| David Malenfant | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Aaron Alvord | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Trad Sobik | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Derek Dace | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gabe Kapler | RF | 137 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Airoso | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Santiago Pérez | SS | 109 | 148 | 322 | 34 | 50 | .933 | 4.312 | ||||
| Steve Lackey | SS | 28 | 32 | 82 | 7 | 13 | .942 | 4.071 | ||||
| Orlando Miller | SS | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Rayner Bautista | SS | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Scott Bream | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1938 | 3578 | 1550 | 178 | 289 | .966 | 2.646 | 15 | 133 | 75 | 36.1 |
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.
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