1998 Piedmont Boll Weevils Statistics
Team Record: 76-65
Finished 3rd in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Ken Oberkfell (76-65)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fieldcrest-Cannon Stadium
Attendance: 125,653, Avg. 1,821 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Capital City Bombers 2 games, Piedmont Boll Weevils 0
The Piedmont Boll Weevils of the South Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 76 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the league's Central Division.
The Boll Weevils scored 704 runs and gave up 659 runs. Andy Dominique led Piedmont with 24 home runs and accounted for 102 RBI. Jeff Terrell paced batters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Kevin Shipp and Justin Fenus topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Brandon Duckworth earned a 2.81 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Piedmont Boll Weevils who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Johnny Estrada, Eric Valent, Brandon Duckworth and Andy Dominique.
Ken Oberkfell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Fenus | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.11 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135.7 | 169 | 90 | 77 | 14 | 45 | 0 | 81 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 618 |
| Kevin Shipp | 10 | 11 | .476 | 3.46 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 184.7 | 210 | 99 | 71 | 20 | 26 | 0 | 142 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 780 |
| Adam Walker | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.04 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 60 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 114 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 337 |
| Brandon Duckworth | 9 | 8 | .529 | 2.80 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 147.7 | 116 | 58 | 46 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 577 |
| Joe Cotton | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.42 | 44 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77.3 | 73 | 48 | 38 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 322 |
| Brett Black | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.18 | 58 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 66.0 | 55 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 264 |
| Calvin Key | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.88 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 157 | 85 | 65 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 542 |
| Francisco Montero | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.05 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.0 | 145 | 68 | 54 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 506 |
| Ira Tilton | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.03 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 63 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 270 |
| Ken Westmoreland | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Clay Eason | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.72 | 34 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 271 |
| Fernando Ramos | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.35 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 41 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 192 |
| Caleb Martinez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.66 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.7 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 116 |
| Jeff Hootselle | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.34 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 40 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 187 |
| Mark Manbeck | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.70 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 51 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 177 |
| Matt Bailie | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Totals | 76 | 65 | .539 | 3.83 | 381 | 141 | 130 | 11 | 4 | 43 | 1246.7 | 1294 | 659 | 531 | 111 | 311 | 7 | 1060 | 56 | 14 | 70 | 5314 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Dominique | 133 | 591 | 514 | 82 | 145 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 102 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 97 | .282 | .369 | .496 | .865 | 255 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Alex Fajardo | 115 | 518 | 457 | 83 | 128 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 44 | 88 | .280 | .342 | .370 | .712 | 169 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| Bobby Van Iten | 121 | 525 | 461 | 60 | 120 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 69 | .260 | .345 | .334 | .679 | 154 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jason Johnson | 106 | 494 | 446 | 63 | 119 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 32 | 12 | 36 | 58 | .267 | .328 | .318 | .646 | 142 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Terrell | 118 | 469 | 392 | 71 | 114 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 62 | 55 | .291 | .393 | .360 | .753 | 141 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Francis Collins | 81 | 361 | 306 | 48 | 96 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 42 | 49 | .314 | .404 | .350 | .754 | 107 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Johnny Estrada | 77 | 317 | 303 | 33 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 19 | .310 | .331 | .439 | .770 | 133 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Kirby Clark | 86 | 353 | 322 | 46 | 94 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 84 | .292 | .343 | .450 | .793 | 145 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Carlos Guzman | 74 | 250 | 228 | 29 | 65 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 46 | .285 | .333 | .329 | .662 | 75 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| LaMonte Collier | 45 | 185 | 154 | 21 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 38 | .318 | .409 | .435 | .844 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Taylor | 66 | 243 | 218 | 24 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 46 | .216 | .269 | .257 | .526 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeremy Salazar | 41 | 186 | 158 | 20 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 39 | .285 | .387 | .386 | .773 | 61 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alejandro Giron | 51 | 198 | 180 | 14 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | .228 | .273 | .278 | .551 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Fritz | 50 | 197 | 172 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 55 | .227 | .316 | .343 | .659 | 59 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Valent | 22 | 104 | 89 | 24 | 38 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | .427 | .500 | .831 | 1.331 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Kurilla | 53 | 204 | 181 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 56 | .199 | .277 | .265 | .542 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Mejia | 55 | 175 | 164 | 24 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 50 | .195 | .228 | .274 | .502 | 45 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Duncan | 32 | 129 | 111 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 47 | .198 | .297 | .342 | .639 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1326 | 5499 | 4856 | 704 | 1324 | 243 | 27 | 66 | 627 | 146 | 55 | 484 | 949 | .273 | .345 | .375 | .719 | 1819 | 115 | 67 | 57 | 35 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Van Iten | 1B | 108 | 851 | 59 | 11 | 84 | .988 | 8.426 | ||||
| Andy Dominique | 1B | 34 | 298 | 25 | 1 | 24 | .997 | 9.500 | ||||
| Kirby Clark | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Terrell | 2B | 118 | 250 | 315 | 32 | 76 | .946 | 4.788 | ||||
| Juan Mejia | 2B | 25 | 48 | 58 | 6 | 8 | .946 | 4.240 | ||||
| Greg Taylor | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| LaMonte Collier | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Dominique | 3B | 43 | 29 | 69 | 16 | 4 | .860 | 2.279 | ||||
| Kevin Kurilla | 3B | 40 | 35 | 74 | 11 | 6 | .908 | 2.725 | ||||
| Kirby Clark | 3B | 29 | 13 | 58 | 17 | 4 | .807 | 2.448 | ||||
| Carlos Duncan | 3B | 28 | 19 | 62 | 15 | 3 | .844 | 2.893 | ||||
| Juan Mejia | 3B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Jim Fritz | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Johnny Estrada | C | 73 | 523 | 63 | 6 | 6 | .990 | 8.027 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 43.8 |
| Jeremy Salazar | C | 40 | 347 | 36 | 2 | 1 | .995 | 9.575 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 33.8 |
| Jim Fritz | C | 23 | 139 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .967 | 6.304 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 13.0 |
| Kirby Clark | C | 18 | 85 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .979 | 5.278 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
| Jason Johnson | CF | 106 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Fajardo | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Guzman | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francis Collins | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francis Collins | LF | 76 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alejandro Giron | LF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Guzman | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Fajardo | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Fajardo | OF | 114 | 264 | 12 | 9 | 2 | .968 | 2.421 | ||||
| Jason Johnson | OF | 106 | 215 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 2.104 | ||||
| Francis Collins | OF | 80 | 102 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .964 | 1.350 | ||||
| Carlos Guzman | OF | 68 | 113 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .984 | 1.809 | ||||
| Alejandro Giron | OF | 47 | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .957 | 1.872 | ||||
| Eric Valent | OF | 21 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .952 | 1.905 | ||||
| Brett Black | P | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .121 | ||||
| Joe Cotton | P | 44 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Clay Eason | P | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Justin Fenus | P | 30 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 0 | .930 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ira Tilton | P | 28 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .250 | ||||
| Kevin Shipp | P | 28 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .943 | 1.786 | ||||
| Fernando Ramos | P | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .857 | .231 | ||||
| Calvin Key | P | 26 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .905 | .731 | ||||
| Jeff Hootselle | P | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Brandon Duckworth | P | 21 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.810 | ||||
| Francisco Montero | P | 20 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.300 | ||||
| Adam Walker | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Caleb Martinez | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Mark Manbeck | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .571 | ||||
| Ken Westmoreland | P | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Matt Bailie | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Fajardo | RF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Guzman | RF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Valent | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alejandro Giron | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Taylor | SS | 65 | 87 | 186 | 10 | 34 | .965 | 4.200 | ||||
| LaMonte Collier | SS | 44 | 73 | 117 | 23 | 33 | .892 | 4.318 | ||||
| Juan Mejia | SS | 18 | 19 | 54 | 8 | 10 | .901 | 4.056 | ||||
| Kevin Kurilla | SS | 14 | 14 | 48 | 2 | 7 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Carlos Duncan | SS | 4 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 3 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1993 | 3740 | 1472 | 220 | 323 | .959 | 2.615 | 26 | 121 | 69 | 36.3 |
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.
