1996 Port City Roosters Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 56-84
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (56-84)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Brooks Field
Attendance: 68,463, Avg. 1,022 in 67 home dates
1996 Port City Roosters RosterTeam Record: 56-84
Finished 5th in the SL's East Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (56-84)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Brooks Field
Attendance: 68,463, Avg. 1,022 in 67 home dates
The Port City Roosters of the Southern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 56 wins and 84 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Roosters scored 591 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 702 runs. Jason Varitek led Port City with 12 home runs Randy Jorgensen accounted for 81 RBI. Rick Ladjevich paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .283 clip. Lee Russell topped the team with 7 wins, while Ryan Franklin recorded a 4.01 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1996 Port City Roosters who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Bill Wertz, José Cruz, Trey Moore, Jason Varitek, Ryan Franklin, Dean Crow, Charles Gipson, Bobby Ayala, Derek Lowe, Mac Suzuki, Don Wakamatsu, Duff Brumley, Giomar Guevara and Raúl Ibañez.
Orlando Gomez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Russell | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.34 | 42 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 118.3 | 127 | 70 | 57 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 526 |
| Ryan Smith | 6 | 9 | .400 | 3.13 | 50 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97.7 | 92 | 42 | 34 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 65 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 420 |
| Ryan Franklin | 6 | 12 | .333 | 4.01 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 182.0 | 186 | 99 | 81 | 23 | 37 | 0 | 127 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 764 |
| Derek Lowe | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 56 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 258 |
| Jason Brosnan | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.62 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 77.0 | 71 | 33 | 31 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 327 |
| Geronimo Newton | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.76 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 45 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 195 |
| Mike Zimmerman | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.94 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 56 | 40 | 37 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 231 |
| Mac Suzuki | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.72 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 69 | 41 | 39 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 320 |
| Ivan Montane | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.20 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 96 | 67 | 58 | 6 | 75 | 0 | 81 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 461 |
| Matt Apana | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.33 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.3 | 86 | 58 | 57 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 431 |
| Dennis Gray | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.83 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 34 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 168 |
| Bill Wertz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.57 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Dean Crow | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.18 | 60 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 68.0 | 64 | 35 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 285 |
| Bob Worley | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.93 | 35 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 66 | 40 | 29 | 3 | 39 | 6 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 298 |
| Scott Simmons | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.79 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 |
| Trey Moore | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.71 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 73 | 54 | 46 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 265 |
| Bobby Ayala | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Craig Hanson | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Jody Friedman | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Charles Gipson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.93 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Clint Gould | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 |
| Duff Brumley | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 127 |
| Totals | 56 | 84 | .400 | 4.36 | 432 | 140 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1239.0 | 1221 | 702 | 600 | 105 | 591 | 22 | 869 | 58 | 12 | 81 | 5434 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Varitek | 134 | 577 | 503 | 63 | 132 | 34 | 1 | 12 | 67 | 7 | 6 | 66 | 93 | .262 | .350 | .406 | .756 | 204 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| Randy Jorgensen | 137 | 535 | 460 | 61 | 129 | 32 | 1 | 8 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 58 | 75 | .280 | .366 | .407 | .773 | 187 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Rick Ladjevich | 115 | 466 | 414 | 44 | 117 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 35 | 58 | .283 | .359 | .394 | .753 | 163 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Giomar Guevara | 119 | 485 | 414 | 60 | 110 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 21 | 7 | 54 | 102 | .266 | .353 | .333 | .686 | 138 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Charles Gipson | 119 | 461 | 407 | 54 | 109 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 62 | .268 | .345 | .319 | .664 | 130 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Craig Griffey | 120 | 456 | 396 | 43 | 88 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 35 | 20 | 7 | 46 | 88 | .222 | .308 | .308 | .616 | 122 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Manny Patel | 126 | 437 | 369 | 48 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 51 | .220 | .326 | .257 | .583 | 95 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Barger | 108 | 405 | 366 | 45 | 75 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 47 | .205 | .269 | .273 | .542 | 100 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Sturdivant | 63 | 271 | 243 | 34 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 26 | 33 | .284 | .351 | .387 | .737 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Hickey | 75 | 313 | 247 | 35 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 58 | 51 | .255 | .396 | .348 | .744 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| José Cruz | 47 | 209 | 181 | 39 | 51 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 38 | .282 | .373 | .409 | .782 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Roberto Ramirez | 52 | 199 | 182 | 19 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 37 | .225 | .284 | .352 | .636 | 64 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Raúl Ibañez | 19 | 85 | 76 | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | .368 | .424 | .539 | .963 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Drinkwater | 32 | 115 | 101 | 10 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 18 | .267 | .348 | .386 | .734 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jody Friedman | 45 | 142 | 133 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .188 | .239 | .293 | .533 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Wakamatsu | 24 | 78 | 70 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .314 | .385 | .457 | .842 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Cardenas | 27 | 77 | 74 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .189 | .200 | .230 | .430 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scot Sealy | 18 | 69 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 24 | .085 | .191 | .102 | .293 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Keifer Rackley | 6 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Russell | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Smith | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Brosnan | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1510 | 5403 | 4717 | 591 | 1189 | 234 | 34 | 48 | 510 | 142 | 71 | 551 | 833 | .252 | .336 | .347 | .682 | 1635 | 115 | 59 | 44 | 32 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Jorgensen | 1B | 132 | 1118 | 106 | 11 | 116 | .991 | 9.273 | ||||
| Rick Ladjevich | 1B | 12 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.167 | ||||
| Don Wakamatsu | 1B | 7 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.286 | ||||
| Jody Friedman | 1B | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.400 | ||||
| Scot Sealy | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Raúl Ibañez | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Manny Patel | 2B | 88 | 175 | 256 | 9 | 70 | .980 | 4.898 | ||||
| Mike Hickey | 2B | 50 | 75 | 110 | 10 | 30 | .949 | 3.700 | ||||
| Giomar Guevara | 2B | 24 | 44 | 57 | 3 | 16 | .971 | 4.208 | ||||
| Rick Ladjevich | 3B | 70 | 42 | 117 | 19 | 12 | .893 | 2.271 | ||||
| Mike Hickey | 3B | 36 | 22 | 55 | 6 | 7 | .928 | 2.139 | ||||
| Sean Drinkwater | 3B | 32 | 15 | 62 | 8 | 5 | .906 | 2.406 | ||||
| Manny Patel | 3B | 24 | 19 | 45 | 4 | 3 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jason Varitek | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scot Sealy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Varitek | C | 108 | 662 | 79 | 5 | 10 | .993 | 6.861 | 16 | 92 | 37 | 28.7 |
| Johnny Cardenas | C | 18 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 6.611 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 23.1 |
| Don Wakamatsu | C | 11 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 5.909 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Scot Sealy | C | 8 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.625 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Raúl Ibañez | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Barger | CF | 81 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Sturdivant | CF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Gipson | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Griffey | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cruz | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Griffey | LF | 100 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cruz | LF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jody Friedman | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Barger | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Sturdivant | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keifer Rackley | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Jorgensen | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Gipson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Griffey | OF | 112 | 179 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Mike Barger | OF | 97 | 207 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.206 | ||||
| Charles Gipson | OF | 75 | 139 | 11 | 2 | 4 | .987 | 2.000 | ||||
| Marcus Sturdivant | OF | 61 | 136 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 2.361 | ||||
| José Cruz | OF | 46 | 90 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .990 | 2.087 | ||||
| Roberto Ramirez | OF | 27 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.704 | ||||
| Raúl Ibañez | OF | 15 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .871 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jody Friedman | OF | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Keifer Rackley | OF | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Randy Jorgensen | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jason Varitek | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dean Crow | P | 60 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .233 | ||||
| Ryan Smith | P | 50 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .580 | ||||
| Lee Russell | P | 42 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .619 | ||||
| Bob Worley | P | 35 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .457 | ||||
| Geronimo Newton | P | 33 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .424 | ||||
| Jason Brosnan | P | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .233 | ||||
| Ryan Franklin | P | 28 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.357 | ||||
| Dennis Gray | P | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ivan Montane | P | 18 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | .818 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Apana | P | 18 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Mac Suzuki | P | 16 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Mike Zimmerman | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Simmons | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .636 | ||||
| Trey Moore | P | 11 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Clint Gould | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Derek Lowe | P | 10 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Bill Wertz | P | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Duff Brumley | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Craig Hanson | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Charles Gipson | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Ayala | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jody Friedman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charles Gipson | RF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Sturdivant | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raúl Ibañez | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Barger | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Griffey | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cruz | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keifer Rackley | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Jorgensen | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Varitek | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jody Friedman | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Giomar Guevara | SS | 99 | 143 | 293 | 32 | 73 | .932 | 4.404 | ||||
| Charles Gipson | SS | 43 | 71 | 151 | 13 | 21 | .945 | 5.163 | ||||
| Manny Patel | SS | 13 | 14 | 28 | 5 | 7 | .894 | 3.231 | ||||
| Totals | 2132 | 3717 | 1607 | 153 | 398 | .972 | 2.497 | 25 | 119 | 44 | 27.0 |
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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