1996 Quad Cities River Bandits Statistics
Team Record: 70-61
Finished 1st in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Jim Pankovits (70-61)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Moline, Illinois; Rock Island, Illinois; Bettendorf, Iowa; Davenport, Iowa
Ballpark: John O'Donnell Stadium
Attendance: 209,513, Avg. 3,741 in 56 home dates
Playoffs - Quad Cities River Bandits 2 games, Cedar Rapids Kernels 1
Playoffs - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2 games, Quad Cities River Bandits 1
The Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 70 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The River Bandits tallied 629 runs and gave up 599 runs. Ryan Coe paced Quad Cities with 14 home runs Chad Alexander accounted for 69 RBI. Julio Lugo led all regular batters by hitting .295. Brian Sikorski and Paul O'Malley topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Brian Sikorski registered a 3.14 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Brian Sikorski, Carlos Hernández, Freddy García, Julio Lugo, Sean Runyan, Carlos Guillén, Ramón Castro and Chris Truby were all players from the 1996 Quad Cities River Bandits who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jim Pankovits 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sikorski | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.13 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.7 | 140 | 79 | 58 | 12 | 70 | 2 | 150 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 704 |
| Paul O'Malley | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.34 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 178.0 | 173 | 80 | 66 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 111 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 753 |
| Sean Runyan | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.88 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.3 | 128 | 61 | 57 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 104 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 551 |
| Niuman Loiz | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.93 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 115.0 | 121 | 75 | 63 | 8 | 53 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 508 |
| Eric Smith | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.11 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.3 | 66 | 32 | 26 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 320 |
| Derek Root | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.00 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 63.0 | 55 | 25 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 272 |
| Freddy García | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 57 | 27 | 21 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 265 |
| Mike Gunderson | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.15 | 34 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80.3 | 80 | 60 | 46 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 380 |
| Chris Hill | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.24 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 48 | 39 | 34 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 212 |
| Mike Walter | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.04 | 52 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 61.7 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 85 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 261 |
| Alberto Blanco | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.47 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 42 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 |
| Brock Steinke | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.10 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.7 | 53 | 38 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 235 |
| Jim Lynch | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.01 | 31 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60.7 | 51 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 276 |
| Jason Adams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Brian Tickell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.72 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
| Totals | 70 | 61 | .534 | 3.87 | 366 | 131 | 128 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 1147.3 | 1068 | 599 | 493 | 74 | 502 | 12 | 948 | 83 | 22 | 85 | 4983 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Hernández | 112 | 501 | 456 | 67 | 123 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 41 | 14 | 27 | 71 | .270 | .313 | .366 | .679 | 167 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 |
| Julio Lugo | 101 | 436 | 393 | 60 | 116 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 50 | 24 | 11 | 32 | 75 | .295 | .350 | .427 | .777 | 168 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Chad Alexander | 118 | 497 | 435 | 68 | 115 | 25 | 4 | 13 | 69 | 16 | 11 | 57 | 108 | .264 | .350 | .430 | .780 | 187 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Hassan Robinson | 106 | 398 | 373 | 53 | 101 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 35 | .271 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 119 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Chris Truby | 109 | 403 | 362 | 45 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 74 | .251 | .305 | .376 | .680 | 136 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Ramón Castro | 96 | 350 | 314 | 38 | 78 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 61 | .248 | .317 | .363 | .680 | 114 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Marlon Roche | 85 | 305 | 275 | 34 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 60 | .273 | .340 | .364 | .704 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ric Johnson | 95 | 352 | 318 | 36 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 47 | .236 | .284 | .311 | .596 | 99 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Ryan Coe | 77 | 279 | 246 | 38 | 72 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 56 | .293 | .362 | .512 | .875 | 126 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Bovender | 76 | 305 | 269 | 41 | 70 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 61 | .260 | .345 | .431 | .777 | 116 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Adams | 74 | 261 | 226 | 35 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 36 | .265 | .344 | .354 | .698 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| R. J. Bowers | 64 | 263 | 226 | 35 | 58 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 59 | .257 | .351 | .412 | .763 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Arnie Chavera | 77 | 205 | 184 | 22 | 45 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 46 | .245 | .317 | .391 | .708 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Noel Rodriguez | 39 | 159 | 144 | 26 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .271 | .340 | .424 | .763 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Guillén | 29 | 131 | 112 | 23 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 25 | .330 | .405 | .491 | .896 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jamie Saylor | 23 | 67 | 58 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .121 | .185 | .138 | .323 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 1281 | 4912 | 4391 | 629 | 1162 | 212 | 30 | 89 | 555 | 153 | 100 | 394 | 845 | .265 | .329 | .387 | .716 | 1701 | 96 | 45 | 39 | 43 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Truby | 1B | 61 | 515 | 29 | 8 | 57 | .986 | 8.918 | ||||
| Noel Rodriguez | 1B | 36 | 296 | 19 | 5 | 22 | .984 | 8.750 | ||||
| Andy Bovender | 1B | 27 | 256 | 15 | 4 | 23 | .985 | 1.037 | ||||
| Arnie Chavera | 1B | 18 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 15 | .991 | 6.444 | ||||
| Carlos Hernández | 2B | 106 | 234 | 315 | 17 | 79 | .970 | 5.179 | ||||
| Jason Adams | 2B | 20 | 48 | 53 | 4 | 13 | .962 | 5.050 | ||||
| Julio Lugo | 2B | 8 | 16 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 4.625 | ||||
| Chris Truby | 3B | 45 | 30 | 99 | 9 | 8 | .935 | 2.867 | ||||
| Andy Bovender | 3B | 45 | 20 | 90 | 9 | 14 | .924 | 2.444 | ||||
| Jason Adams | 3B | 44 | 13 | 81 | 14 | 4 | .870 | 2.136 | ||||
| Julio Lugo | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ramón Castro | C | 96 | 660 | 82 | 10 | 7 | .987 | 7.729 | 9 | 78 | 59 | 43.1 |
| Ryan Coe | C | 45 | 269 | 31 | 5 | 2 | .984 | 6.667 | 6 | 47 | 10 | 17.5 |
| Arnie Chavera | C | 10 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 4.800 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Ric Johnson | CF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Alexander | CF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hassan Robinson | LF | 96 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marlon Roche | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Saylor | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ric Johnson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hassan Robinson | OF | 96 | 136 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .967 | 1.531 | ||||
| Chad Alexander | OF | 96 | 176 | 6 | 8 | 2 | .958 | 1.896 | ||||
| Ric Johnson | OF | 88 | 170 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 1.977 | ||||
| Marlon Roche | OF | 68 | 114 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .951 | 1.721 | ||||
| R. J. Bowers | OF | 52 | 87 | 2 | 10 | 2 | .899 | 1.712 | ||||
| Jamie Saylor | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Walter | P | 52 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Derek Root | P | 40 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Mike Gunderson | P | 34 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Jim Lynch | P | 31 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .355 | ||||
| Sean Runyan | P | 29 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .724 | ||||
| Niuman Loiz | P | 28 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Eric Smith | P | 26 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Brian Sikorski | P | 26 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 3 | .857 | 1.154 | ||||
| Paul O'Malley | P | 26 | 12 | 33 | 5 | 4 | .900 | 1.731 | ||||
| Brock Steinke | P | 24 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .292 | ||||
| Chris Hill | P | 18 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.167 | ||||
| Freddy García | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Alberto Blanco | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Brian Tickell | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Jason Adams | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| R. J. Bowers | RF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Alexander | RF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marlon Roche | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ric Johnson | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Lugo | SS | 82 | 104 | 266 | 27 | 54 | .932 | 4.512 | ||||
| Carlos Guillén | SS | 29 | 47 | 71 | 9 | 11 | .929 | 4.069 | ||||
| Jamie Saylor | SS | 18 | 26 | 54 | 3 | 15 | .964 | 4.444 | ||||
| Carlos Hernández | SS | 5 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1874 | 3442 | 1447 | 186 | 346 | .963 | 2.609 | 18 | 127 | 71 | 35.9 |
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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