1996 Phoenix Firebirds Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 69-75
Finished 3rd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Ron Wotus (69-75)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Ballpark: Scottsdale Stadium
Attendance: 267,649, Avg. 3,770 in 71 home dates
1996 Phoenix Firebirds Roster

Playoffs - Phoenix Firebirds 3 games, Las Vegas Stars 0
Finals - Edmonton Trappers 3 games, Phoenix Firebirds 1

The Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1996 season with a record of 69 wins and 75 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Firebirds scored 700 runs and surrendered 734 runs. Kim Batiste led Phoenix with 14 home runs Jacob Cruz drove in 75 runs. Desi Wilson paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .339 clip. Dan Carlson topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.45 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1996 Phoenix Firebirds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rich Aurilia, Shawn Barton, Kim Batiste, José Bautista, Marvin Benard, Steve Bourgeois, Jamie Brewington, Jay Canizaro, Dan Carlson, Andy Carter, Jacob Cruz, Wilson Delgado, Shawn Estes, Lee Hancock, Glenallen Hill, Chris Hook, Marcus Jensen, Dax Jones, Kirt Manwaring, Dave McCarty, Steve Mintz, Doug Mirabelli, Bill Mueller, Calvin Murray, Dan Peltier, Ricky Pickett, Dante Powell, Kirk Rueter, Chris Singleton, Steve Soderstrom, Carlos Valdez, Keith Williams and Desi Wilson.

Ron Wotus 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
Dan Carlson136.6843.4433153201146.7135615618460123203604
Shawn Estes93.7503.4318180000110.3924342738195204446
Steve Bourgeois86.5713.622018021097.01125039642165615435
Steve Soderstrom78.4674.4129290000171.317894841358180759728
Chris Hook710.4124.7832203000128.013975681851170619560
Jamie Brewington69.4007.0235177001110.3130938614721756015526
Doug Vanderweele42.6675.36413600089.010155531335442204397
Carlos Valdez43.5714.984401700559.7633833434538416276
Shawn Barton44.5004.744401500249.3522726119427101213
Steve Mintz35.3755.3759045002757.0633934625335225256
José Bautista22.5004.3566000039.341191915018400159
Kirk Rueter12.3333.5155000025.7251210212015001112
Andy Carter15.1675.54378800079.7986149536250507373
Lee Hancock02.0004.33173600035.3421917012019004159
Ricky Pickett03.0008.648020008.31288150710143
Julian Heredia05.0004.915222710469.77140381223159603299
Totals6975.4794.6748014413951401276.71354734662121513248185410775586

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
Desi Wilson113431407561382675591541880.339.369.474.84319393033
Bill Mueller10648844073133146436254440.302.365.389.753171111034
Jacob Cruz12152043560124264775596277.285.378.411.79017916102115
Keith Williams108456398631092531363225296.274.354.450.80417990154
Marcus Jensen12045840541107224553114495.264.338.375.713152103244
Tim Florez11341336642106313439053456.290.363.423.7871551210034
Jay Canizaro10241936350952127641444677.262.347.388.73514174152
Dax Jones7431929852922066411381921.309.352.477.82914271101
Dan Peltier70299267407683027022839.285.352.337.6899071123
Calvin Murray8336331150761663281264360.244.341.363.70411313510
Darryl Kennedy642151922759113224221225.307.351.427.7788253443
Ken Woods562312083258121213341929.279.338.375.7137861030
Kim Batiste42173165324983144411625.297.324.636.96010571013
Kurt Ehmann50151134142762012021235.201.282.276.5583703201
Andres Duncan4211610611247211220822.226.293.358.6523812000
Doug Mirabelli145247101470070047.298.365.447.8122111000
Rich Aurilia7323091370041123.433.469.6671.1352010000
Dave McCarty6282541011170024.400.429.6401.0691600010
Marvin Benard421192700041022.368.429.368.797700000
Roberto DeLeon1936361720020007.194.194.250.444910000
Glenallen Hill517174610221003.353.353.7651.1181300000
Wilson Delgado1246431601010137.140.196.186.382810001
Jamie Brewington3724233510001002.217.217.261.478600100
Dan Carlson35352864100100413.143.250.179.429500300
Chris Singleton934323400000012.125.152.125.277400100
Steve Soderstrom2940321400020029.125.176.125.301400600
Benji Simonton1541300120010.750.8001.5002.300600000
Andy Carter38981200000012.250.333.250.583200000
Dante Powell21080201000123.250.400.500.900400000
Doug Vanderweele411291200010002.222.300.222.522201200
Kirt Manwaring413111200010020.182.308.182.490200000
Shawn Estes1827252200021009.080.080.080.160200200
Steve Mintz61430100000002.333.333.333.667100100
José Bautista6881100000002.125.125.125.250100000
Julian Heredia52980100010015.125.222.125.347100000
Darrin Glenn1220183100010018.056.150.056.206111000
Steve Bourgeois2324232100030006.043.043.043.087110100
Lee Hancock17540000000001.000.000.000.000000100
Carlos Valdez44530000000013.000.250.000.250000100
Kirk Rueter5440000000003.000.000.000.000000000
Shawn Barton44330000000002.000.000.000.000000000
Chris Hook32231810000100116.000.050.000.050000310
Totals184155984984700137127358776327758477900.275.341.399.741199111449414738


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Desi Wilson1B9884252892.9919.122
Dan Peltier1B4640733346.9939.565
Dave McCarty1B2240031.00012.000
Darrin Glenn1B230011.0001.500
Benji Simonton1B190011.0009.000
Kurt Ehmann1B181011.0009.000
Kim Batiste1B1161051.00017.000
Tim Florez2B87186256874.9825.080
Jay Canizaro2B56123167444.9865.179
Bill Mueller2B122530071.0004.583
Roberto DeLeon2B12110.7503.000
Rich Aurilia2B10000.000
Bill Mueller3B8550180625.9752.706
Kim Batiste3B20123163.8782.150
Tim Florez3B16133125.9572.750
Darryl Kennedy3B1231563.7501.500
Roberto DeLeon3B1121511.9441.545
Kurt Ehmann3B951710.9572.444
Ken Woods3B7415011.0002.714
Jay Canizaro3B32711.9003.000
Andres Duncan3B214001.0002.500
Marcus JensenC1025686587.9886.2066713734.3
Darryl KennedyC311561030.9825.355019624.0
Doug MirabelliC14971021.9827.64307750.0
Kirt ManwaringC4153001.0004.50004233.3
Kurt EhmannC420110.9555.25012133.3
Darrin GlennC250001.0002.500000
Calvin MurrayCF75.000
Dax JonesCF58.000
Jacob CruzCF11.000
Marvin BenardCF4.000
Chris SingletonCF3.000
Dante PowellCF2.000
Keith WilliamsLF86.000
Ken WoodsLF30.000
Dan PeltierLF13.000
Kim BatisteLF9.000
Chris SingletonLF5.000
Calvin MurrayLF4.000
Desi WilsonLF3.000
Dave McCartyLF3.000
Dax JonesLF2.000
Kurt EhmannLF1.000
Jacob CruzOF1162491132.9892.241
Keith WilliamsOF96160622.9881.729
Calvin MurrayOF79207322.9912.658
Dax JonesOF701789001.0002.671
Ken WoodsOF34503001.0001.559
Dan PeltierOF17252001.0001.588
Kim BatisteOF1040001.000.400
Chris SingletonOF8181001.0002.375
Glenallen HillOF580001.0001.600
Dave McCartyOF451001.0001.500
Marvin BenardOF4100001.0002.500
Desi WilsonOF350001.0001.667
Dante PowellOF240001.0002.000
Kurt EhmannOF230001.0001.500
Steve MintzP5942011.000.102
Julian HerediaP521620.778.135
Carlos ValdezP441520.750.136
Shawn BartonP443811.917.250
Doug VanderweeleP4151511.952.488
Andy CarterP3749011.000.351
Jamie BrewingtonP3551321.900.514
Dan CarlsonP33102014.968.909
Chris HookP3261120.895.531
Steve SoderstromP2972322.9381.034
Steve BourgeoisP2081622.9231.200
Shawn EstesP18101922.9351.611
Lee HancockP1727001.000.529
Ricky PickettP80000.000
José BautistaP633001.0001.000
Kirk RueterP519001.0002.000
Jacob CruzRF110.000
Keith WilliamsRF15.000
Dax JonesRF13.000
Glenallen HillRF5.000
Ken WoodsRF4.000
Dan PeltierRF4.000
Dave McCartyRF2.000
Chris SingletonRF1.000
Kurt EhmannRF1.000
Kim BatisteRF1.000
Jay CanizaroSS4169134930.9584.951
Andres DuncanSS3033831212.9063.867
Kurt EhmannSS293972812.9333.828
Bill MuellerSS161740510.9193.562
Ken WoodsSS14224169.9134.500
Wilson DelgadoSS123047213.9756.417
Kim BatisteSS12162658.8943.500
Rich AuriliaSS7102516.9725.000
Tim FlorezSS101001.0001.000
Totals218738301616133442.9762.49071035334.0

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.





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