1997 Peoria Chiefs Statistics
Team Record: 70-69
Finished 3rd in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Joe Cunningham (70-69)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Pete Vonachen Stadium
Attendance: 148,585, Avg. 2,358 in 63 home dates
The Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 69 losses, finishing third in the league's Central Division.
The Chiefs scored 662 runs and yielded 746 runs. Joe Freitas walloped 33 home runs for Peoria, while Bryan Britt, Brent Butler and José León each swatted 15 or more, too. Joe Freitas drove in 86 runs. Brent Butler led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .306 average. Jose DeLeon topped the squad with 11 wins, and Jay Reames recorded a 3.99 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Peoria Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Brent Butler, José León, Matt DeWitt, Luis Saturria and Jason Karnuth.
Joe Cunningham 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose DeLeon | 11 | 3 | .786 | 5.01 | 60 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 73.7 | 79 | 46 | 41 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 329 |
| Matt DeWitt | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.09 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | 152 | 84 | 72 | 16 | 57 | 2 | 121 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 672 |
| Mark Nussbeck | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.58 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 151.3 | 181 | 92 | 77 | 14 | 56 | 3 | 132 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 683 |
| Kevin Crafton | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.96 | 50 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 55.0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 219 |
| Jay Reames | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.98 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 | 132 | 77 | 59 | 6 | 86 | 3 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 599 |
| Jose Villafana | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.82 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 59 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 260 |
| Tim Onofrei | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.78 | 42 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 111 | 66 | 52 | 6 | 45 | 1 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 442 |
| Tim Riegert | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.11 | 55 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 79 | 35 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 324 |
| Steve Reed | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.95 | 38 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 107 | 56 | 50 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 349 |
| Corey Avrard | 4 | 5 | .444 | 6.36 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.3 | 97 | 76 | 66 | 5 | 69 | 1 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 437 |
| Adam West | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.02 | 62 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 46 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 274 |
| Keith Gallagher | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.79 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 68 | 45 | 36 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 43 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 269 |
| Greg Montgomery | 2 | 8 | .200 | 8.53 | 40 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 82.3 | 103 | 89 | 78 | 6 | 69 | 4 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 424 |
| Mickey Rivera | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jason Karnuth | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.65 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 102 |
| Totals | 70 | 69 | .504 | 4.69 | 494 | 139 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 1202.7 | 1284 | 746 | 627 | 89 | 578 | 34 | 1001 | 61 | 18 | 91 | 5387 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Butler | 129 | 552 | 480 | 81 | 147 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 71 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 69 | .306 | .388 | .485 | .873 | 233 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Luis Saturria | 122 | 498 | 445 | 81 | 122 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 51 | 23 | 10 | 44 | 95 | .274 | .341 | .413 | .755 | 184 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Todd Hogan | 112 | 492 | 449 | 57 | 111 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 104 | .247 | .303 | .341 | .643 | 153 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Joe Freitas | 122 | 504 | 436 | 78 | 109 | 16 | 1 | 33 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 58 | 148 | .250 | .345 | .518 | .864 | 226 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Billy Deck | 114 | 441 | 383 | 51 | 103 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 51 | 89 | .269 | .359 | .371 | .730 | 142 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Bryan Britt | 123 | 464 | 413 | 58 | 93 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 104 | .225 | .302 | .402 | .704 | 166 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| José León | 118 | 444 | 399 | 50 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 54 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 122 | .231 | .301 | .444 | .745 | 177 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Cameron | 105 | 372 | 323 | 51 | 84 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 21 | 8 | 35 | 50 | .260 | .339 | .365 | .704 | 118 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Paul Tanner | 104 | 344 | 318 | 31 | 74 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 76 | .233 | .280 | .321 | .601 | 102 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Gargiulo | 96 | 345 | 305 | 39 | 73 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 54 | .239 | .313 | .305 | .618 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodger Harris | 85 | 278 | 250 | 30 | 57 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 19 | 62 | .228 | .287 | .308 | .595 | 77 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Haas | 36 | 142 | 115 | 23 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 38 | .313 | .430 | .539 | .969 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pepe McNeal | 56 | 169 | 142 | 18 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 32 | .246 | .325 | .415 | .741 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Mickey Rivera | 49 | 123 | 114 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 20 | .149 | .205 | .167 | .372 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Abell | 13 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | .160 | .300 | .160 | .460 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trav McClendon | 6 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .214 | .353 | .214 | .567 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Schmidt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1391 | 5216 | 4611 | 662 | 1160 | 244 | 27 | 120 | 579 | 125 | 69 | 472 | 1079 | .252 | .327 | .394 | .721 | 1818 | 87 | 63 | 36 | 34 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Deck | 1B | 79 | 645 | 56 | 6 | 61 | .992 | 8.873 | ||||
| Bryan Britt | 1B | 71 | 498 | 41 | 6 | 48 | .989 | 7.592 | ||||
| José León | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Tanner | 2B | 85 | 168 | 213 | 13 | 44 | .967 | 4.482 | ||||
| Rodger Harris | 2B | 51 | 74 | 98 | 13 | 21 | .930 | 3.373 | ||||
| Mickey Rivera | 2B | 22 | 29 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.091 | ||||
| Todd Schmidt | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José León | 3B | 107 | 68 | 163 | 25 | 21 | .902 | 2.159 | ||||
| Chris Haas | 3B | 26 | 16 | 52 | 6 | 7 | .919 | 2.615 | ||||
| Mickey Rivera | 3B | 17 | 11 | 37 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 2.824 | ||||
| Paul Tanner | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jim Gargiulo | C | 95 | 636 | 97 | 13 | 3 | .983 | 7.716 | 19 | 92 | 50 | 35.2 |
| Pepe McNeal | C | 54 | 345 | 33 | 5 | 2 | .987 | 7.000 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 37.7 |
| Trav McClendon | C | 5 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 6.000 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Todd Hogan | CF | 112 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Cameron | CF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rodger Harris | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Saturria | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Abell | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Cameron | LF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Saturria | LF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Deck | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rodger Harris | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Abell | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Freitas | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| José León | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Tanner | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Saturria | OF | 115 | 196 | 24 | 9 | 3 | .961 | 1.913 | ||||
| Todd Hogan | OF | 112 | 240 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .980 | 2.196 | ||||
| Ken Cameron | OF | 96 | 166 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .977 | 1.781 | ||||
| Joe Freitas | OF | 52 | 65 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .921 | 1.346 | ||||
| Billy Deck | OF | 31 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.613 | ||||
| Rodger Harris | OF | 29 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Tony Abell | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| José León | OF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Paul Tanner | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mickey Rivera | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bryan Britt | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Adam West | P | 62 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .833 | .161 | ||||
| Jose DeLeon | P | 60 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .929 | .217 | ||||
| Tim Riegert | P | 55 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 1 | .774 | .436 | ||||
| Kevin Crafton | P | 50 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .240 | ||||
| Tim Onofrei | P | 42 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .857 | .571 | ||||
| Greg Montgomery | P | 40 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .475 | ||||
| Steve Reed | P | 38 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .316 | ||||
| Keith Gallagher | P | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .258 | ||||
| Jay Reames | P | 27 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 6 | .820 | 1.519 | ||||
| Mark Nussbeck | P | 27 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .926 | ||||
| Matt DeWitt | P | 27 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 1.148 | ||||
| Corey Avrard | P | 20 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 2 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Villafana | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Jason Karnuth | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mickey Rivera | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Saturria | RF | 79 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Freitas | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Cameron | RF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Abell | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Rivera | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Britt | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Butler | SS | 129 | 220 | 345 | 35 | 71 | .942 | 4.380 | ||||
| Paul Tanner | SS | 16 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 5 | .944 | 3.188 | ||||
| Mickey Rivera | SS | 7 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Totals | 2174 | 3608 | 1436 | 198 | 319 | .962 | 2.320 | 22 | 128 | 72 | 36.0 |
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.
