1997 Macon Braves Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the SAL's South Division
Manager: Brian Snitker (80-60)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Macon, Georgia
Ballpark: Luther Williams Park
Attendance: 129,723, Avg. 1,880 in 69 home dates

1997 Macon Braves Roster

Playoffs - Greensboro Bats 2 games, Macon Braves 0
Playoffs - Macon Braves 2 games, Augusta GreenJackets 1

The Macon Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1997 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Braves tallied 689 runs and surrendered 573 runs. Steve Hacker walloped 33 home runs for Macon, while Jim Scharrer, Jerrod Wong and Mike Hessman each swatted 15 or more, too. Steve Hacker drove in 119 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .324 average. Jason Marquis and Rob Bell led the team with 14 wins each, and Jason Shiell recorded a 2.86 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1997 Macon Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Winkelsas, Fernando Lunar, David Cortés, Jimmy Osting, Odalis Pérez, Luis Rivera, Jason Shiell, Jason Marquis, Glenn Williams, Mike Hessman, Bruce Chen and Rob Bell.

Brian Snitker 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
Rob Bell	14	7	.667	3.68	27	27	0	1	0	0	146.7	144	72	60	15	41	1	140	3	0	7	614
Jason Marquis	14	10	.583	4.38	28	28	0	0	0	0	141.7	156	78	69	10	55	1	121	2	2	8	627
Bruce Chen	12	7	.632	3.51	28	28	0	1	1	0	146.3	120	67	57	19	44	0	182	7	1	5	602
Jason Shiell	10	5	.667	2.86	27	24	0	0	0	0	129.0	113	53	41	12	32	0	101	8	0	6	523
Adam Milburn	4	1	.800	3.34	46	0	18	0	0	4	70.0	71	29	26	6	23	2	51	3	0	2	301
Odalis Pérez	4	5	.444	1.65	36	0	12	0	0	5	87.3	67	31	16	4	27	1	100	5	0	3	358
David Cortés	3	0	1.000	0.57	27	0	24	0	0	15	31.3	16	3	2	0	4	0	32	2	0	0	114
Joe Bauldree	3	1	.750	4.62	39	2	13	0	0	0	60.3	65	40	31	5	25	0	66	5	0	2	271
Joe Winkelsas	3	2	.600	2.01	38	0	15	0	0	5	62.7	44	17	14	1	13	0	45	4	2	4	242
Ray Beasley	3	4	.429	2.65	49	0	30	0	0	8	71.3	52	28	21	4	26	2	102	5	0	2	294
P. K. Koehler	3	7	.300	4.48	26	7	6	0	0	0	62.3	60	44	31	6	24	0	46	1	0	3	278
Luis Rivera	2	0	1.000	1.29	4	4	0	0	0	0	21.0	13	4	3	1	7	0	27	1	0	2	81
Jimmy Osting	2	3	.400	3.28	15	15	0	0	0	0	57.7	54	28	21	3	29	0	62	2	0	5	251
Billy Blythe	2	5	.286	5.22	35	1	13	0	0	0	58.7	54	40	34	2	38	1	57	5	0	4	279
Delvis Pacheco	1	3	.250	4.05	35	4	7	0	0	2	80.0	77	39	36	8	23	0	74	3	0	1	335
Totals	80	60	.571	3.39	460	140	138	2	1	39	1226.3	1106	573	462	96	411	8	1206	56	5	54	5170

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
Steve Hacker	117	508	460	80	149	35	1	33	119	1	0	34	91	.324	.370	.620	.990	285	5	5	0	9	7
Tyrone Pendergrass	127	564	489	81	127	16	5	6	37	70	15	60	101	.260	.344	.350	.693	171	5	4	8	3	0
Jerrod Wong	118	467	439	46	122	22	5	15	60	6	5	18	92	.278	.310	.453	.763	199	3	4	2	4	0
Jason Ross	112	479	430	70	111	20	5	9	59	16	7	37	121	.258	.328	.391	.718	168	7	9	0	3	0
Jim Scharrer	121	484	444	67	109	19	2	20	57	0	3	37	136	.245	.306	.432	.738	192	1	2	0	1	1
Mike Hessman	122	508	459	69	108	25	0	21	74	0	2	41	167	.235	.305	.427	.732	196	6	6	0	2	0
Fernando Lunar	105	406	380	41	99	26	2	7	37	0	1	18	42	.261	.302	.395	.697	150	11	5	2	1	1
A. D. Thorpe	97	397	350	52	87	9	1	2	29	29	17	42	46	.249	.331	.297	.628	104	5	1	4	0	0
Glenn Williams	77	331	297	52	79	18	2	14	52	9	6	24	105	.266	.327	.481	.809	143	4	5	1	4	1
Mike Terhune	92	366	328	33	74	11	4	1	28	8	3	25	45	.226	.289	.293	.582	96	4	5	6	2	0
Gavin Brown	66	262	227	27	53	7	2	3	25	8	4	30	40	.233	.328	.322	.650	73	11	3	0	2	0
Jason Katz	74	263	222	36	52	9	0	6	24	11	4	32	41	.234	.336	.356	.692	79	5	3	4	2	0
Alex Borges	39	132	118	14	23	2	0	3	14	1	0	8	45	.195	.258	.288	.546	34	3	2	4	0	0
Pooh Hines	32	122	104	19	17	3	2	0	7	3	2	16	29	.163	.287	.231	.518	24	2	2	0	0	0
John Arnold	2	8	7	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.429	.500	.857	1.357	6	0	0	0	0	0
David Cortés	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Marquis	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1356	5300	4757	689	1213	222	31	141	623	162	69	423	1101	.255	.321	.404	.725	1920	72	56	31	33	10

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jim Scharrer	1B	90	741	39	13	52	.984	8.667
Steve Hacker	1B	49	372	38	4	34	.990	8.367
Jerrod Wong	1B	3	23	1	2	3	.923	8.000
Mike Terhune	2B	58	86	139	13	21	.945	3.879
A. D. Thorpe	2B	38	47	90	7	17	.951	3.605
Jason Katz	2B	34	63	71	10	18	.931	3.941
Pooh Hines	2B	20	37	51	6	11	.936	4.400
Alex Borges	2B	1	4	2	0	0	1.000	6.000
Mike Hessman	3B	116	74	184	29	17	.899	2.224
Mike Terhune	3B	23	8	47	6	1	.902	2.391
Jason Katz	3B	6	5	5	1	0	.909	1.667
Fernando Lunar	C	105	888	135	13	7	.987	9.743	2	57	64	52.9
Alex Borges	C	37	296	23	7	1	.979	8.622	8	59	13	18.1
John Arnold	C	2	14	3	0	1	1.000	8.500	1	0	2	100.0
Gavin Brown	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0	0	0
Tyrone Pendergrass	CF	127						.000
Jason Katz	CF	9						.000
Jason Ross	CF	5						.000
Gavin Brown	CF	4						.000
Jerrod Wong	LF	105						.000
Gavin Brown	LF	24						.000
Jason Katz	LF	16						.000
Pooh Hines	LF	4						.000
Tyrone Pendergrass	OF	127	251	16	11	4	.960	2.102
Jason Ross	OF	111	199	6	6	2	.972	1.847
Jerrod Wong	OF	110	157	6	9	2	.948	1.482
Gavin Brown	OF	53	83	0	2	0	.976	1.566
Jason Katz	OF	25	32	1	0	0	1.000	1.320
Pooh Hines	OF	5	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.400
Ray Beasley	P	49	2	10	1	1	.923	.245
Adam Milburn	P	46	2	13	0	0	1.000	.326
Joe Bauldree	P	39	2	10	3	1	.800	.308
Joe Winkelsas	P	38	4	18	1	3	.957	.579
Odalis Pérez	P	36	4	12	2	1	.889	.444
Delvis Pacheco	P	35	9	4	0	1	1.000	.371
Billy Blythe	P	35	7	9	1	1	.941	.457
Jason Marquis	P	28	8	15	2	1	.920	.821
Bruce Chen	P	28	3	22	0	0	1.000	.893
Jason Shiell	P	27	4	14	4	1	.818	.667
David Cortés	P	27	4	10	1	2	.933	.519
Rob Bell	P	27	10	11	3	0	.875	.778
P. K. Koehler	P	26	5	8	2	0	.867	.500
Jimmy Osting	P	15	4	12	1	0	.941	1.067
Luis Rivera	P	4	4	0	1	0	.800	1.000
Jason Ross	RF	108						.000
Gavin Brown	RF	28						.000
Jerrod Wong	RF	8						.000
Pooh Hines	RF	1						.000
Glenn Williams	SS	74	113	171	17	39	.944	3.838
A. D. Thorpe	SS	58	85	138	26	30	.896	3.845
Mike Terhune	SS	13	18	42	1	8	.984	4.615
Totals		2058	3679	1376	205	280	.961	2.456	11	116	79	40.5

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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