1997 Modesto A's Statistics
California League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 74-67
Finished 3rd in the CL's Valley Division
Manager: Jeffrey Leonard (74-67)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: John Thurman Field
Attendance: 140,861, Avg. 2,167 in 65 home dates
1997 Modesto A's RosterTeam Record: 74-67
Finished 3rd in the CL's Valley Division
Manager: Jeffrey Leonard (74-67)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Modesto, California
Ballpark: John Thurman Field
Attendance: 140,861, Avg. 2,167 in 65 home dates
The Modesto A's of the California League ended the 1997 season with a record of 74 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the league's Valley Division.
The A's tallied 769 runs and conceded 737 runs. T. R. Marcinczyk paced Modesto with 23 home runs, while Mario Encarnación, A. J. Hinch, José Ortiz and Juan Dilone each walloped 15 or more, too. T. R. Marcinczyk accounted for 91 RBI. Justin Bowles led hitters with significant playing time with a .327 average. Flint Wallace topped the squad with 10 wins, and Scott Rivette recorded a 3.57 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Modesto A's who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mario Encarnación, Jay Witasick, Luis Vizcaíno, Mike Oquist, José Ortiz, A. J. Hinch, George Williams, Tilson Brito, Jeff D'Amico, Pat Lennon, Cody McKay, Dave Telgheder, Scott Brosius and Rafael Bournigal.
Jeffrey Leonard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Wallace | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.73 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 99.0 | 105 | 53 | 41 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 437 |
| Scott Rivette | 9 | 9 | .500 | 3.57 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 147 | 65 | 50 | 12 | 31 | 1 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 533 |
| Kevin Gunther | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.38 | 42 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 53.3 | 53 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 223 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.80 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 97.0 | 115 | 57 | 41 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 442 |
| Pete Della Ratta | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.33 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 83.7 | 73 | 45 | 31 | 5 | 31 | 8 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 362 |
| Tom Bennett | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.71 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 118 | 84 | 71 | 8 | 73 | 2 | 116 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 521 |
| Todd Bussa | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.75 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 46.3 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 192 |
| Ray Noriega | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.04 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 161 | 101 | 70 | 17 | 69 | 1 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 698 |
| Randy Niles | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.60 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 148 |
| Julian Leyva | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.92 | 28 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 139.0 | 148 | 99 | 76 | 21 | 38 | 1 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 596 |
| Chris Enochs | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.78 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 51 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 203 |
| Chris Nelson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.83 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 55 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 198 |
| Ryan Kjos | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.82 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 57 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 272 |
| Greg Winkleman | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.70 | 39 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 71 | 44 | 38 | 4 | 37 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 284 |
| Tim Manwiller | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.05 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 |
| Jon Valenti | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Doug Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dave Telgheder | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Brendan Hause | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Mike Oquist | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Rico Lagattuta | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Al Gogolin | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24 | |
| Jay Witasick | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 75 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 0 | 3 | .000 | 13.19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
| Totals | 74 | 67 | .525 | 4.14 | 409 | 141 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1233.7 | 1309 | 737 | 568 | 114 | 466 | 36 | 1076 | 60 | 14 | 91 | 5444 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bowles | 107 | 465 | 394 | 66 | 129 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 85 | .327 | .413 | .525 | .938 | 207 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 133 | 552 | 463 | 89 | 128 | 41 | 2 | 23 | 91 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 107 | .276 | .381 | .523 | .904 | 242 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| José Ortiz | 128 | 570 | 497 | 92 | 122 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 22 | 14 | 60 | 107 | .245 | .332 | .421 | .752 | 209 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Mario Encarnación | 111 | 413 | 364 | 70 | 108 | 17 | 9 | 18 | 78 | 14 | 11 | 42 | 121 | .297 | .378 | .541 | .919 | 197 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A. J. Hinch | 95 | 394 | 333 | 70 | 103 | 25 | 3 | 20 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 42 | 68 | .309 | .400 | .583 | .983 | 194 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Cody McKay | 125 | 459 | 390 | 47 | 97 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 69 | .249 | .349 | .359 | .708 | 140 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Jon Valenti | 105 | 328 | 283 | 43 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 55 | .293 | .380 | .413 | .794 | 117 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jose Soriano | 124 | 415 | 360 | 51 | 82 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 28 | 11 | 37 | 95 | .228 | .303 | .322 | .625 | 116 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| Jose Castro | 112 | 439 | 368 | 67 | 78 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 27 | 13 | 58 | 125 | .212 | .322 | .321 | .643 | 118 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Jones | 119 | 363 | 309 | 45 | 74 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 46 | 120 | .239 | .340 | .395 | .735 | 122 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Juan Dilone | 97 | 372 | 325 | 54 | 73 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 112 | .225 | .317 | .483 | .800 | 157 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Arturo Paulino | 88 | 243 | 217 | 26 | 45 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 70 | .207 | .272 | .290 | .562 | 63 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Penix | 58 | 175 | 160 | 12 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 40 | .225 | .277 | .331 | .609 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Polanco | 68 | 160 | 137 | 19 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 39 | .234 | .338 | .416 | .754 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Williams | 13 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .318 | .404 | .477 | .881 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rafael Bournigal | 7 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .238 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tilson Brito | 4 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 | .538 | .778 | 1.316 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Lennon | 5 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .188 | .316 | .438 | .753 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Figueroa | 7 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .182 | .438 | .455 | .892 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Brosius | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Kjos | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1543 | 5478 | 4704 | 769 | 1218 | 277 | 50 | 148 | 692 | 137 | 76 | 609 | 1238 | .259 | .350 | .433 | .784 | 2039 | 68 | 76 | 48 | 41 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 1B | 100 | 747 | 75 | 11 | 74 | .987 | 8.220 | ||||
| Troy Penix | 1B | 34 | 197 | 15 | 4 | 24 | .981 | 6.235 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | 1B | 20 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .989 | 4.300 | ||||
| Juan Dilone | 1B | 20 | 148 | 14 | 2 | 14 | .988 | 8.100 | ||||
| A. J. Hinch | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Jose Castro | 2B | 109 | 202 | 279 | 26 | 66 | .949 | 4.413 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | 2B | 40 | 66 | 81 | 6 | 23 | .961 | 3.675 | ||||
| José Ortiz | 2B | 6 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .931 | 4.500 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | 2B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Eddie Lara | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | 3B | 74 | 50 | 124 | 13 | 11 | .930 | 2.351 | ||||
| Cody McKay | 3B | 64 | 33 | 98 | 11 | 9 | .923 | 2.047 | ||||
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 3B | 20 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 6 | .914 | 2.650 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | 3B | 12 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 3 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Brosius | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Polanco | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Castro | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| A. J. Hinch | C | 86 | 615 | 65 | 3 | 6 | .996 | 7.907 | 9 | 46 | 26 | 36.1 |
| Cody McKay | C | 59 | 386 | 44 | 9 | 4 | .979 | 7.288 | 11 | 45 | 24 | 34.8 |
| George Williams | C | 8 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.750 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Jose Figueroa | C | 5 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 5.800 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Jon Valenti | C | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jose Soriano | CF | 114 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Jones | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Dilone | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Bowles | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Polanco | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Todd Bussa | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Jones | LF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Bowles | LF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Polanco | LF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Valenti | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Soriano | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. R. Marcinczyk | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Encarnación | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Soriano | OF | 116 | 212 | 15 | 5 | 6 | .978 | 1.957 | ||||
| Justin Bowles | OF | 102 | 157 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .959 | 1.618 | ||||
| Tim Jones | OF | 100 | 113 | 10 | 11 | 2 | .918 | 1.230 | ||||
| Mario Encarnación | OF | 92 | 145 | 7 | 12 | 0 | .927 | 1.652 | ||||
| Juan Polanco | OF | 50 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.140 | ||||
| Juan Dilone | OF | 24 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.708 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| T. R. Marcinczyk | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Lennon | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Todd Bussa | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete Della Ratta | P | 45 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .311 | ||||
| Kevin Gunther | P | 42 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Greg Winkleman | P | 39 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .333 | ||||
| Flint Wallace | P | 35 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .600 | ||||
| Ryan Kjos | P | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .324 | ||||
| Todd Bussa | P | 30 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .400 | ||||
| Ray Noriega | P | 28 | 13 | 38 | 6 | 0 | .895 | 1.821 | ||||
| Julian Leyva | P | 28 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 1.036 | ||||
| Tom Bennett | P | 25 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.120 | ||||
| Scott Rivette | P | 20 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 8 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Jeff D'Amico | P | 20 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Chris Enochs | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jay Witasick | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Chris Nelson | P | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Vizcaíno | P | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Randy Niles | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Tim Manwiller | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Al Gogolin | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rico Lagattuta | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Telgheder | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Oquist | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brendan Hause | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Robertson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mario Encarnación | RF | 91 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Bowles | RF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Polanco | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Dilone | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Jones | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Soriano | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Lennon | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Ortiz | SS | 116 | 170 | 362 | 53 | 80 | .909 | 4.586 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | SS | 27 | 36 | 52 | 11 | 8 | .889 | 3.259 | ||||
| Rafael Bournigal | SS | 5 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Tilson Brito | SS | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Castro | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2243 | 3701 | 1534 | 227 | 373 | .958 | 2.334 | 25 | 103 | 55 | 34.8 |
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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