1999 Michigan Battle Cats Statistics
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Al Pedrique (76-62)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 108,033, Avg. 1,662 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Lansing Lugnuts 2 games, Michigan Battle Cats 0
The Michigan Battle Cats of the Midwest League ended the 1999 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Battle Cats scored 810 runs and allowed 732 runs. Aaron McNeal walloped 38 home runs for Michigan, and Colin Porter added 15 or more, too. Aaron McNeal drove in 131 runs. Aaron Miles led all regular hitters with a .317 average. Roy Oswalt topped the squad with 13 wins, while Darwin Peguero registered a 4.11 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1999 Michigan Battle Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tim Hamulack, Johan Santana, Jason Alfaro, Colin Porter, Aaron Miles, Tim Redding, John Buck, Mike Gallo, Félix Escalona and Roy Oswalt.
Al Pedrique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Oswalt | 13 | 4 | .765 | 4.46 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 144 | 78 | 75 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 143 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 643 |
| Jake Whitney | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.61 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 136.7 | 152 | 81 | 70 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 121 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 570 |
| Tim Redding | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.97 | 43 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 105.0 | 84 | 69 | 58 | 4 | 76 | 1 | 141 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 470 |
| Johan Santana | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.66 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.3 | 162 | 94 | 83 | 14 | 55 | 0 | 150 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 688 |
| Darwin Peguero | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.11 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 115 | 58 | 52 | 7 | 35 | 1 | 88 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 483 |
| Reece Borges | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.04 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.3 | 74 | 45 | 36 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 295 |
| Gabe Garcia | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.63 | 38 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 89.3 | 100 | 49 | 46 | 11 | 37 | 1 | 79 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 393 |
| Brian Hecht | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.15 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 42 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 152 |
| Mike Nannini | 4 | 10 | .286 | 4.43 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 107 | 56 | 43 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 398 |
| Tim Hamulack | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.04 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 112 |
| John Blackmore | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.48 | 37 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49.3 | 64 | 44 | 41 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 241 |
| Garrett Zyskowski | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.71 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 78 |
| Mike Gallo | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.85 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 76 | 47 | 39 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 268 |
| Dave Glick | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.55 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 66 |
| Brandon Smith | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.66 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 117 |
| Doug Sessions | 0 | 0 | 0.69 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Dave Spykstra | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 30 | |
| Travis Wade | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.0 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 | |
| Tony Ferguson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.71 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| Jairo Pineda | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 30 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
| Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 4.83 | 418 | 138 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 1192.0 | 1264 | 732 | 640 | 96 | 483 | 15 | 1055 | 62 | 19 | 102 | 5245 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron McNeal | 133 | 581 | 536 | 95 | 166 | 29 | 3 | 38 | 131 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 121 | .310 | .358 | .588 | .946 | 315 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Aaron Miles | 112 | 513 | 470 | 72 | 149 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 17 | 12 | 28 | 33 | .317 | .353 | .474 | .828 | 223 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| Tyler Turnquist | 118 | 531 | 456 | 89 | 141 | 25 | 7 | 11 | 67 | 5 | 4 | 62 | 69 | .309 | .392 | .467 | .860 | 213 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Colin Porter | 127 | 524 | 453 | 91 | 132 | 28 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 23 | 13 | 53 | 123 | .291 | .369 | .512 | .881 | 232 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Jason Alfaro | 118 | 509 | 473 | 74 | 128 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 62 | .271 | .302 | .372 | .674 | 176 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| Félix Escalona | 116 | 452 | 396 | 78 | 114 | 29 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 60 | .288 | .360 | .427 | .786 | 169 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Kevin Jordan | 116 | 443 | 413 | 60 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 66 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 98 | .252 | .294 | .392 | .686 | 162 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Roberto Alleyne | 95 | 361 | 323 | 61 | 94 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 59 | .291 | .344 | .461 | .806 | 149 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Luis Lopez | 95 | 376 | 335 | 55 | 89 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 48 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 96 | .266 | .338 | .475 | .812 | 159 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Nicholson | 66 | 250 | 216 | 40 | 69 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 25 | .319 | .402 | .444 | .846 | 96 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Chapman | 64 | 248 | 226 | 37 | 61 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 32 | .270 | .331 | .500 | .831 | 113 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Dimmick | 53 | 201 | 180 | 27 | 55 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 25 | .306 | .363 | .456 | .819 | 82 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Danny Fatheree | 38 | 131 | 118 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 19 | .203 | .275 | .305 | .580 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian O'Connor | 21 | 76 | 64 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 29 | .156 | .257 | .188 | .444 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pat Cutshall | 8 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .238 | .304 | .238 | .542 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Joyce | 8 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .167 | .231 | .417 | .647 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Schaffer | 7 | 24 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .130 | .167 | .130 | .297 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rosamond | 4 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .231 | .100 | .331 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Buck | 4 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .100 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1303 | 5295 | 4747 | 810 | 1350 | 277 | 54 | 141 | 741 | 105 | 67 | 401 | 873 | .284 | .344 | .455 | .799 | 2158 | 97 | 61 | 31 | 55 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron McNeal | 1B | 129 | 1013 | 111 | 17 | 101 | .985 | 8.713 | ||||
| Derek Nicholson | 1B | 6 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 6.333 | ||||
| Danny Fatheree | 1B | 5 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tyler Turnquist | 1B | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Aaron Miles | 2B | 73 | 131 | 164 | 11 | 46 | .964 | 4.041 | ||||
| Félix Escalona | 2B | 63 | 118 | 152 | 6 | 35 | .978 | 4.286 | ||||
| Tyler Turnquist | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jake Schaffer | 2B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Tyler Turnquist | 3B | 105 | 77 | 201 | 23 | 15 | .924 | 2.648 | ||||
| Félix Escalona | 3B | 22 | 10 | 39 | 6 | 6 | .891 | 2.227 | ||||
| Pat Cutshall | 3B | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jason Alfaro | 3B | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Derek Nicholson | 3B | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Jesse Joyce | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Jordan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Scott Chapman | C | 54 | 401 | 22 | 9 | 3 | .979 | 7.833 | 14 | 47 | 16 | 25.4 |
| Josh Dimmick | C | 42 | 313 | 24 | 4 | 2 | .988 | 8.024 | 3 | 31 | 13 | 29.5 |
| Danny Fatheree | C | 28 | 206 | 12 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 7.786 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 25.9 |
| Brian O'Connor | C | 20 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 7.150 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 31.2 |
| John Buck | C | 4 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.750 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Colin Porter | CF | 111 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Lopez | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Rosamond | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Jordan | LF | 58 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Alleyne | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derek Nicholson | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Lopez | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Colin Porter | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tyler Turnquist | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Joyce | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Colin Porter | OF | 122 | 303 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .987 | 2.566 | ||||
| Kevin Jordan | OF | 103 | 143 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .968 | 1.456 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | OF | 91 | 176 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .973 | 2.000 | ||||
| Roberto Alleyne | OF | 81 | 114 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .960 | 1.481 | ||||
| Derek Nicholson | OF | 22 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.955 | ||||
| Tyler Turnquist | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Rosamond | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jesse Joyce | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tim Redding | P | 43 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .815 | .512 | ||||
| Gabe Garcia | P | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .316 | ||||
| Reece Borges | P | 37 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .432 | ||||
| John Blackmore | P | 37 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .297 | ||||
| Jake Whitney | P | 33 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .879 | ||||
| Johan Santana | P | 27 | 13 | 50 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 2.333 | ||||
| Brian Hecht | P | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Tim Hamulack | P | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .120 | ||||
| Darwin Peguero | P | 24 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .792 | ||||
| Roy Oswalt | P | 22 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brandon Smith | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .444 | ||||
| Mike Nannini | P | 15 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Garrett Zyskowski | P | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Doug Sessions | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Mike Gallo | P | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Travis Wade | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Dave Glick | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Dave Spykstra | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Ferguson | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jairo Pineda | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | RF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Jordan | RF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Alleyne | RF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derek Nicholson | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Colin Porter | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Joyce | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Alfaro | SS | 109 | 161 | 270 | 21 | 60 | .954 | 3.954 | ||||
| Félix Escalona | SS | 31 | 31 | 94 | 9 | 16 | .933 | 4.032 | ||||
| Jake Schaffer | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1997 | 3576 | 1376 | 153 | 322 | .970 | 2.480 | 21 | 112 | 42 | 27.3 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
