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 Roster

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 Rafael Betancourt, Jim Chamblee, Paxton Crawford, Cole Liniak and Juan Peña.

Tommy Barrett 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
Juan Peña1210.5452.9726260400187.714970621634215610210743
Jay Yennaco1010.5004.6128280410169.719511287136801176120763
Jim Farrell61.8572.4577020044.0391512217132101185
Paxton Crawford611.3533.5822220100128.312062515421105818548
Andy Noffke53.6254.86287600374.0745140257134747347
Darrell Tillmon43.5715.2177000038.0382522417127202170
Larry Wimberly34.4292.851414021066.3582721524141421272
Mike Spinelli34.4295.251111000060.0584335139141409275
Curt Romboli35.3754.224121100079.07843374453752212351
Denis McLaughlin24.3336.253902200059.0594741643545329280
Joe Barksdale25.2865.3288000044.0423026333016709210
Kevan Cannon26.2502.593701700573.0702421021472415308
Craig Bush11.5003.384000008.01133020700136
Willie Rivera14.2004.86165300046.3422725436028217213
Jim Chamblee000.001010000.700000000003
Greg Tippin000.001010001.010000000004
Lance Rathmell000.001010001.014011011007
Kevin Clark009.001010001.011101010005
Mike Symmonds0011.885030008.31211111100410346
Scooby Morgan01.0005.8751000015.31613101120321072
Jeff Sauve03.0004.093601700061.7513428426455203258
Scott Jones03.0005.4448042001844.73233273452415114219
Totals6078.4354.16386138125132261211.01147675560755732690171181215315

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 Clark126521474531313231056453094.276.333.420.7531991112142
Virgil Chevalier126523483611203138621143369.248.295.375.670181111151
Cole Liniak12151743765115262346765959.263.358.352.7101541210381
Damian Sapp90380335551082141852323888.322.395.570.96519154031
Roy Padilla103425386581082062402183456.280.340.378.71814652122
Joe Hamilton1084373895410220213583545117.262.341.424.765165102011
John Raifstanger11141634555100171541546248.290.398.388.78613431621
Nick Ortiz732692423773144225112044.302.366.417.78310145111
Jim Chamblee1003343033166152139221675.218.270.290.5608817440
Keith Goodwin6627423840651801281162552.273.343.361.7058602630
Greg Tippin932572292962121731101662.271.323.424.7469724350
Willie Rivera6516014917379221810732.248.283.376.6595651120
Peter Prodanov44167147213471314211823.231.311.354.6655230021
Tony Sheffield481511332031101531321238.233.291.436.7275841050
Rafael Betancourt62187168142812314521239.167.228.250.4784272320
Ruben Lebron381171071719500630718.178.241.224.4662432100
Lance Rathmell2058545721150039.130.172.259.4321400010
Richie Borrero1132303510010125.167.219.200.419610000
Dwight Ferguson10403624000001414.111.200.111.311400000
Scooby Morgan7771100000002.143.143.143.286100000
Jeff Sauve37110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Curt Romboli41100000000000000100
Totals150052744693638121626135845678350443945.259.327.383.71117998756325011


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Kevin Clark1B72623361153.9849.153
Greg Tippin1B3926214117.9967.077
Virgil Chevalier1B2317714318.9858.304
Damian Sapp1B971313.9878.222
John Raifstanger1B8724051.0009.500
Lance Rathmell1B750716.9838.143
Peter Prodanov1B210031.7695.000
John Raifstanger2B54104123825.9664.204
Nick Ortiz2B4387144721.9715.372
Ruben Lebron2B336696924.9474.909
Rafael Betancourt2B14262417.9803.571
Peter Prodanov2B54711.9172.200
Lance Rathmell2B46910.9383.750
Cole Liniak2B110001.0001.000
Cole Liniak3B116782481113.9672.810
Peter Prodanov3B13102623.9472.769
Kevin Clark3B72210.800.571
Rafael Betancourt3B62611.8891.333
Lance Rathmell3B53512.8891.600
John Raifstanger3B510001.000.200
Nick Ortiz3B521111.9292.600
Jim Chamblee3B113011.0004.000
Virgil ChevalierC7643157145.9726.42111812926.4
Damian SappC553884077.9847.78216511522.7
Richie BorreroC1166320.9726.27318111.1
Kevin ClarkC843530.9416.000211426.7
Peter ProdanovC350001.0001.667000
Roy PadillaCF98.000
Keith GoodwinCF26.000
Tony SheffieldCF16.000
Dwight FergusonCF10.000
John RaifstangerCF2.000
Joe HamiltonCF2.000
Joe HamiltonLF99.000
John RaifstangerLF20.000
Greg TippinLF12.000
Virgil ChevalierLF8.000
Keith GoodwinLF7.000
Jim ChambleeLF7.000
Peter ProdanovLF6.000
Joe HamiltonOF1021341542.9741.461
Roy PadillaOF98225581.9662.347
Keith GoodwinOF62106970.9431.855
Tony SheffieldOF48781043.9571.833
Willie RiveraOF4164450.9321.659
John RaifstangerOF3847210.9801.289
Peter ProdanovOF2428431.9141.333
Greg TippinOF2254221.9662.545
Dwight FergusonOF1018030.8571.800
Virgil ChevalierOF85010.833.625
Jim ChambleeOF710321.8671.857
Scooby MorganOF220001.0001.000
Scott JonesP4852001.000.146
Curt RomboliP41814021.000.537
Denis McLaughlinP392820.833.256
Kevan CannonP3781812.963.703
Jeff SauveP3648001.000.333
Jay YennacoP2872642.8921.179
Andy NoffkeP2861241.818.643
Juan PeñaP2691620.926.962
Paxton CrawfordP2281521.9201.045
Willie RiveraP1603001.000.188
Larry WimberlyP1421221.8751.000
Mike SpinelliP1121030.8001.091
Joe BarksdaleP862001.0001.000
Darrell TillmonP717001.0001.143
Jim FarrellP73711.9091.429
Mike SymmondsP520001.000.400
Scooby MorganP502001.000.400
Craig BushP401001.000.250
Greg TippinP10000.000
Lance RathmellP10000.000
Kevin ClarkP10000.000
Jim ChambleeP10000.000
Willie RiveraRF41.000
Tony SheffieldRF35.000
Keith GoodwinRF35.000
John RaifstangerRF20.000
Peter ProdanovRF19.000
Greg TippinRF11.000
Joe HamiltonRF6.000
Scooby MorganRF2.000
Jim ChambleeSS921122572541.9374.011
Rafael BetancourtSS4656951114.9323.283
Nick OrtizSS213055910.9044.048
Peter ProdanovSS10000.000
Cole LiniakSS10010.000.000
Totals211636331511197298.9632.431301514924.5

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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