1997 Massachusetts Mad Dogs Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 45-37
Finished 2nd in the NL's North Division
Manager: George Scott (45-37)
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fraser Field
Attendance: 72,681, Avg. 1,817 in 40 home dates
1997 Massachusetts Mad Dogs RosterTeam Record: 45-37
Finished 2nd in the NL's North Division
Manager: George Scott (45-37)
Location: Lynn, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fraser Field
Attendance: 72,681, Avg. 1,817 in 40 home dates
Playoffs - Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs 2 games, Massachusetts Mad Dogs 1
The Massachusetts Mad Dogs of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Mad Dogs scored 473 runs and conceded 427 runs. Andre Keene led Massachusetts with 11 home runs Felix Colon drove in 65 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .355 average. Gardner O'Flynn paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.85 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Oil Can Boyd played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Massachusetts Mad Dogs to do so.
George Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner O'Flynn | 13 | 4 | .765 | 2.85 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 139.0 | 144 | 65 | 44 | 6 | 38 | 3 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 579 |
| Jay Murphy | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.58 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 148.3 | 158 | 68 | 59 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 631 |
| Oil Can Boyd | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.71 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 69 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 264 |
| Tim Lucey | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.52 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 77 | 43 | 34 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 313 |
| Nick Rizzo | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.3 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 142 |
| Pablo Reyes | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.60 | 27 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 50.0 | 56 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 219 |
| Dan Shannon | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.83 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 44 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 153 |
| Mike Pogue | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.76 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39.7 | 48 | 26 | 21 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 183 |
| Rafael Pimental | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Jason Falcon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.04 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 28 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 105 |
| Chris Worthley | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.08 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 178 |
| Sammie Mathis | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | |
| Sean Conlin | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 65 | |
| Scott Jones | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | |
| Andy Holaren | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 60 | |
| Pete McHugh | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| Chris Ennico | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| Marcus Tyner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.97 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 101 |
| Scott Rhodes | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Totals | 45 | 37 | .549 | 4.14 | 217 | 84 | 66 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 725.3 | 809 | 427 | 334 | 53 | 265 | 16 | 526 | 38 | 15 | 44 | 3205 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Colon | 77 | 343 | 304 | 50 | 108 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 29 | .355 | .420 | .523 | .943 | 159 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Andre Keene | 79 | 347 | 298 | 64 | 96 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 61 | .322 | .403 | .513 | .917 | 153 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Rocco Giardi | 81 | 344 | 296 | 53 | 82 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 55 | .277 | .372 | .466 | .838 | 138 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Wayne Weinheimer | 74 | 273 | 238 | 35 | 64 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 47 | .269 | .342 | .429 | .770 | 102 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Julian Martinez | 63 | 249 | 213 | 40 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 38 | .277 | .352 | .404 | .756 | 86 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Essex Burton | 37 | 174 | 149 | 34 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 26 | .349 | .433 | .450 | .882 | 67 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Danny Montero | 59 | 204 | 185 | 22 | 52 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 30 | .281 | .301 | .351 | .652 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| John Riccio | 47 | 147 | 135 | 13 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | .296 | .349 | .363 | .712 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose DeLeon | 30 | 125 | 116 | 17 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | .319 | .358 | .353 | .711 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrey Pettiford | 38 | 154 | 137 | 13 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .270 | .311 | .350 | .661 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Eddie Mitchell | 40 | 146 | 118 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .271 | .379 | .331 | .709 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| David Lawson | 36 | 112 | 97 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 30 | .309 | .396 | .505 | .902 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Edwards | 22 | 71 | 61 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .328 | .397 | .459 | .856 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Brown | 16 | 68 | 62 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .290 | .343 | .387 | .730 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Colon | 17 | 57 | 53 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .302 | .351 | .358 | .709 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Shwartzer | 23 | 87 | 73 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 23 | .219 | .345 | .329 | .674 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Terry | 24 | 83 | 73 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .219 | .269 | .274 | .543 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Moon | 19 | 85 | 74 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .216 | .301 | .230 | .531 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Holmes | 14 | 54 | 50 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .220 | .264 | .300 | .564 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Stelly | 23 | 51 | 48 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | .188 | .220 | .271 | .491 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaias Nunez | 13 | 37 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .222 | .257 | .479 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kory Witmer | 6 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Darowin Hernandez | 7 | 29 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .148 | .207 | .148 | .355 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Griggs | 7 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Byron Thomas | 3 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .182 | .308 | .182 | .490 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Norman | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Walker | 3 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 862 | 3306 | 2901 | 473 | 833 | 158 | 29 | 44 | 414 | 67 | 23 | 285 | 543 | .287 | .357 | .407 | .764 | 1181 | 46 | 45 | 51 | 24 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Riccio | 1B | 39 | 276 | 12 | 2 | 17 | .993 | 7.385 | ||||
| Felix Colon | 1B | 22 | 149 | 16 | 3 | 11 | .982 | 7.500 | ||||
| Andre Keene | 1B | 17 | 157 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .982 | 9.588 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | 1B | 12 | 96 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .981 | 8.417 | ||||
| Isaias Nunez | 1B | 10 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.400 | ||||
| Torrey Pettiford | 2B | 38 | 85 | 86 | 9 | 15 | .950 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rocco Giardi | 2B | 29 | 68 | 83 | 6 | 14 | .962 | 5.207 | ||||
| Duane Stelly | 2B | 20 | 24 | 42 | 3 | 11 | .957 | 3.300 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | 2B | 11 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 2.273 | ||||
| Rod Walker | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Felix Colon | 3B | 56 | 28 | 94 | 9 | 7 | .931 | 2.179 | ||||
| Rocco Giardi | 3B | 41 | 22 | 87 | 8 | 7 | .932 | 2.659 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duane Stelly | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ty Norman | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Danny Montero | C | 57 | 329 | 52 | 8 | 1 | .979 | 6.684 | 25 | 48 | 25 | 34.2 |
| Mike Shwartzer | C | 22 | 129 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .986 | 6.591 | 12 | 23 | 11 | 32.4 |
| Frank Colon | C | 16 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 5.250 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 11.8 |
| Essex Burton | CF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reggie Terry | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Mitchell | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Javier Brown | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kory Witmer | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ty Norman | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Moon | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Isaias Nunez | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darowin Hernandez | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | LF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Mitchell | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose DeLeon | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darowin Hernandez | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Moon | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Lawson | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Edwards | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reggie Terry | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ty Norman | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Keene | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | OF | 56 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .931 | 1.196 | ||||
| Eddie Mitchell | OF | 35 | 73 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .962 | 2.171 | ||||
| Essex Burton | OF | 35 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.486 | ||||
| David Lawson | OF | 32 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.812 | ||||
| Jose DeLeon | OF | 29 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.621 | ||||
| Reggie Terry | OF | 21 | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 2.286 | ||||
| Jay Edwards | OF | 21 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ray Moon | OF | 19 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | ||||
| Javier Brown | OF | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .938 | ||||
| Rod Griggs | OF | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Darowin Hernandez | OF | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kory Witmer | OF | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .727 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ty Norman | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andre Keene | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Isaias Nunez | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pablo Reyes | P | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .259 | ||||
| Mike Pogue | P | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Jay Murphy | P | 22 | 6 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.636 | ||||
| Chris Worthley | P | 21 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .476 | ||||
| Gardner O'Flynn | P | 20 | 7 | 52 | 4 | 1 | .937 | 2.950 | ||||
| Tim Lucey | P | 20 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .750 | ||||
| Dan Shannon | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Sean Conlin | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Oil Can Boyd | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Pete McHugh | P | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jason Falcon | P | 9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Sammie Mathis | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Marcus Tyner | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Nick Rizzo | P | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Chris Ennico | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Rhodes | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Andy Holaren | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Rafael Pimental | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Jones | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Lawson | RF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose DeLeon | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Edwards | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Moon | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Griggs | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Essex Burton | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kory Witmer | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reggie Terry | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Keene | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julian Martinez | SS | 61 | 77 | 160 | 21 | 19 | .919 | 3.885 | ||||
| Rocco Giardi | SS | 24 | 29 | 52 | 5 | 8 | .942 | 3.375 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | SS | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 4 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Essex Burton | SS | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Duane Stelly | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1283 | 2176 | 940 | 119 | 149 | .963 | 2.429 | 39 | 101 | 40 | 28.4 |
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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