1996 Michigan Battle Cats Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 60-78
Finished 4th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Tommy Barrett (60-78)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 161,520, Avg. 2,375 in 68 home dates
1996 Michigan Battle Cats RosterTeam Record: 60-78
Finished 4th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Tommy Barrett (60-78)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 161,520, Avg. 2,375 in 68 home dates
The Michigan Battle Cats of the Midwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 60 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Battle Cats plated 638 runs and yielded 675 runs. Damian Sapp paced Michigan with 18 home runs Virgil Chevalier accounted for 62 RBI. Roy Padilla led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .280 average. Juan Peña topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.98 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1996 Michigan Battle Cats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Juan Peña, Rafael Betancourt, Cole Liniak, Paxton Crawford and Jim Chamblee.
Tommy Barrett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Peña | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.97 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 187.7 | 149 | 70 | 62 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 156 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 743 |
| Jay Yennaco | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.61 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 169.7 | 195 | 112 | 87 | 13 | 68 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 763 |
| Jim Farrell | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 185 |
| Paxton Crawford | 6 | 11 | .353 | 3.58 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 128.3 | 120 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 105 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 548 |
| Andy Noffke | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.86 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74.0 | 74 | 51 | 40 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 347 |
| Darrell Tillmon | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 170 |
| Larry Wimberly | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.85 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.3 | 58 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 272 |
| Mike Spinelli | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.25 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 58 | 43 | 35 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 275 |
| Curt Romboli | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.22 | 41 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 78 | 43 | 37 | 4 | 45 | 3 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 351 |
| Denis McLaughlin | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.25 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 59 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 280 |
| Joe Barksdale | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 42 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 210 |
| Kevan Cannon | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.59 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73.0 | 70 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 308 |
| Craig Bush | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Willie Rivera | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.86 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 42 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 213 |
| Jim Chamblee | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Greg Tippin | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lance Rathmell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Kevin Clark | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mike Symmonds | 0 | 0 | 11.88 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 46 | |
| Scooby Morgan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.87 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 72 |
| Jeff Sauve | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.09 | 36 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 51 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 258 |
| Scott Jones | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.44 | 48 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 44.7 | 32 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 219 |
| Totals | 60 | 78 | .435 | 4.16 | 386 | 138 | 125 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 1211.0 | 1147 | 675 | 560 | 75 | 573 | 26 | 901 | 71 | 18 | 121 | 5315 |
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 Clark | 126 | 521 | 474 | 53 | 131 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 94 | .276 | .333 | .420 | .753 | 199 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Virgil Chevalier | 126 | 523 | 483 | 61 | 120 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 62 | 11 | 4 | 33 | 69 | .248 | .295 | .375 | .670 | 181 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Cole Liniak | 121 | 517 | 437 | 65 | 115 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 59 | .263 | .358 | .352 | .710 | 154 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Damian Sapp | 90 | 380 | 335 | 55 | 108 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 88 | .322 | .395 | .570 | .965 | 191 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Roy Padilla | 103 | 425 | 386 | 58 | 108 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 21 | 8 | 34 | 56 | .280 | .340 | .378 | .718 | 146 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Hamilton | 108 | 437 | 389 | 54 | 102 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 5 | 45 | 117 | .262 | .341 | .424 | .765 | 165 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| John Raifstanger | 111 | 416 | 345 | 55 | 100 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 48 | .290 | .398 | .388 | .786 | 134 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Ortiz | 73 | 269 | 242 | 37 | 73 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 44 | .302 | .366 | .417 | .783 | 101 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Chamblee | 100 | 334 | 303 | 31 | 66 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 75 | .218 | .270 | .290 | .560 | 88 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Goodwin | 66 | 274 | 238 | 40 | 65 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 25 | 52 | .273 | .343 | .361 | .705 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Greg Tippin | 93 | 257 | 229 | 29 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 62 | .271 | .323 | .424 | .746 | 97 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Willie Rivera | 65 | 160 | 149 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .248 | .283 | .376 | .659 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Prodanov | 44 | 167 | 147 | 21 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 23 | .231 | .311 | .354 | .665 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Tony Sheffield | 48 | 151 | 133 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 38 | .233 | .291 | .436 | .727 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 62 | 187 | 168 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 39 | .167 | .228 | .250 | .478 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ruben Lebron | 38 | 117 | 107 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .178 | .241 | .224 | .466 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Rathmell | 20 | 58 | 54 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .130 | .172 | .259 | .432 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richie Borrero | 11 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .219 | .200 | .419 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwight Ferguson | 10 | 40 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scooby Morgan | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Sauve | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Romboli | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1500 | 5274 | 4693 | 638 | 1216 | 261 | 35 | 84 | 567 | 83 | 50 | 443 | 945 | .259 | .327 | .383 | .711 | 1799 | 87 | 56 | 32 | 50 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Clark | 1B | 72 | 623 | 36 | 11 | 53 | .984 | 9.153 | ||||
| Greg Tippin | 1B | 39 | 262 | 14 | 1 | 17 | .996 | 7.077 | ||||
| Virgil Chevalier | 1B | 23 | 177 | 14 | 3 | 18 | .985 | 8.304 | ||||
| Damian Sapp | 1B | 9 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 8.222 | ||||
| John Raifstanger | 1B | 8 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Lance Rathmell | 1B | 7 | 50 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 8.143 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .769 | 5.000 | ||||
| John Raifstanger | 2B | 54 | 104 | 123 | 8 | 25 | .966 | 4.204 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | 2B | 43 | 87 | 144 | 7 | 21 | .971 | 5.372 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | 2B | 33 | 66 | 96 | 9 | 24 | .947 | 4.909 | ||||
| Rafael Betancourt | 2B | 14 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 7 | .980 | 3.571 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 2B | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Lance Rathmell | 2B | 4 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Cole Liniak | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Cole Liniak | 3B | 116 | 78 | 248 | 11 | 13 | .967 | 2.810 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 3B | 13 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .947 | 2.769 | ||||
| Kevin Clark | 3B | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Rafael Betancourt | 3B | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Lance Rathmell | 3B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| John Raifstanger | 3B | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | 3B | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jim Chamblee | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Virgil Chevalier | C | 76 | 431 | 57 | 14 | 5 | .972 | 6.421 | 11 | 81 | 29 | 26.4 |
| Damian Sapp | C | 55 | 388 | 40 | 7 | 7 | .984 | 7.782 | 16 | 51 | 15 | 22.7 |
| Richie Borrero | C | 11 | 66 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 6.273 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Kevin Clark | C | 8 | 43 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 6.000 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 26.7 |
| Peter Prodanov | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Padilla | CF | 98 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Goodwin | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Sheffield | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dwight Ferguson | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Raifstanger | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hamilton | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hamilton | LF | 99 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Raifstanger | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Tippin | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Virgil Chevalier | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Goodwin | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Chamblee | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hamilton | OF | 102 | 134 | 15 | 4 | 2 | .974 | 1.461 | ||||
| Roy Padilla | OF | 98 | 225 | 5 | 8 | 1 | .966 | 2.347 | ||||
| Keith Goodwin | OF | 62 | 106 | 9 | 7 | 0 | .943 | 1.855 | ||||
| Tony Sheffield | OF | 48 | 78 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .957 | 1.833 | ||||
| Willie Rivera | OF | 41 | 64 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.659 | ||||
| John Raifstanger | OF | 38 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.289 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | OF | 24 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 1.333 | ||||
| Greg Tippin | OF | 22 | 54 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 2.545 | ||||
| Dwight Ferguson | OF | 10 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.800 | ||||
| Virgil Chevalier | OF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Jim Chamblee | OF | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Scooby Morgan | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Jones | P | 48 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .146 | ||||
| Curt Romboli | P | 41 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .537 | ||||
| Denis McLaughlin | P | 39 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .256 | ||||
| Kevan Cannon | P | 37 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .703 | ||||
| Jeff Sauve | P | 36 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jay Yennaco | P | 28 | 7 | 26 | 4 | 2 | .892 | 1.179 | ||||
| Andy Noffke | P | 28 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .818 | .643 | ||||
| Juan Peña | P | 26 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .962 | ||||
| Paxton Crawford | P | 22 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.045 | ||||
| Willie Rivera | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Larry Wimberly | P | 14 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Spinelli | P | 11 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.091 | ||||
| Joe Barksdale | P | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darrell Tillmon | P | 7 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jim Farrell | P | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Mike Symmonds | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Scooby Morgan | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Craig Bush | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Greg Tippin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lance Rathmell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Clark | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Chamblee | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Willie Rivera | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Sheffield | RF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Goodwin | RF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Raifstanger | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Tippin | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Hamilton | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scooby Morgan | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Chamblee | SS | 92 | 112 | 257 | 25 | 41 | .937 | 4.011 | ||||
| Rafael Betancourt | SS | 46 | 56 | 95 | 11 | 14 | .932 | 3.283 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | SS | 21 | 30 | 55 | 9 | 10 | .904 | 4.048 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cole Liniak | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Totals | 2116 | 3633 | 1511 | 197 | 298 | .963 | 2.431 | 30 | 151 | 49 | 24.5 |
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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