1997 Rockford Cubbies Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-66
Finished 4th in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (66-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Ballpark: Marinelli Stadium
Attendance: 86,716, Avg. 1,422 in 61 home dates
1997 Rockford Cubbies RosterTeam Record: 66-66
Finished 4th in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (66-66)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Ballpark: Marinelli Stadium
Attendance: 86,716, Avg. 1,422 in 61 home dates
The Rockford Cubbies of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 66 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Central Division.
The Cubbies scored 594 runs and yielded 665 runs. Julio Zuleta drove in 77 runs. Dennys Abreu led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .321. Jose Espinal topped the squad with 10 wins, while Jon Cannon recorded a 3.14 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1997 Rockford Cubbies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chris Gissell, Tyler Houston, Phil Norton, Jason Smith, Julio Zuleta, Chad Meyers, Javier Martínez, Scott Downs, Nate Teut and Kevin Tapani.
Rubén Amaro 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 Espinal | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.92 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 120.7 | 147 | 83 | 66 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 107 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 545 |
| Phil Norton | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.22 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 92 | 51 | 39 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 460 |
| Jon Cannon | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.13 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 110 | 53 | 45 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 130 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 548 |
| Chris Gissell | 6 | 11 | .353 | 4.45 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 143.7 | 155 | 89 | 71 | 7 | 62 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 646 |
| Chad Ricketts | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.48 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| Gary Marshall | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.82 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.0 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 154 |
| Scott Downs | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.25 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 128 |
| Casey Brookens | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.18 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.0 | 48 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 218 |
| Blas Cedeno | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.90 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 168 |
| Randy Crane | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.74 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 68 | 51 | 47 | 7 | 55 | 3 | 62 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 346 |
| Len Hart | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.09 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 194 |
| Byron Tribe | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.40 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 100 |
| Trevor Schaffer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.47 | 46 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 47.3 | 44 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 206 |
| Elvis Polanco | 2 | 5 | .286 | 8.60 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 66 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 235 |
| Kevin Tapani | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Jason Kelley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.97 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 148 |
| Brandon Ward | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11.95 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 30 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 116 |
| Javier Martínez | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.70 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 85 | 61 | 50 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 369 |
| Keith Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brad King | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Brian Rolocut | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.7 | 43 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 148 |
| Nate Teut | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Roark Birsner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.73 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 33 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 155 |
| Totals | 66 | 66 | .500 | 4.32 | 401 | 132 | 123 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 1142.0 | 1133 | 665 | 548 | 79 | 572 | 23 | 1031 | 58 | 23 | 112 | 5106 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennys Abreu | 126 | 541 | 483 | 71 | 155 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 36 | 26 | 45 | 99 | .321 | .386 | .379 | .765 | 183 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad Meyers | 125 | 536 | 439 | 89 | 132 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 54 | 16 | 74 | 72 | .301 | .408 | .410 | .818 | 180 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Julio Zuleta | 119 | 488 | 430 | 59 | 124 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 77 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 88 | .288 | .353 | .423 | .776 | 182 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Doug Hall | 115 | 446 | 407 | 49 | 118 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 46 | 26 | 13 | 33 | 106 | .290 | .345 | .369 | .713 | 150 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Derrick Bly | 109 | 437 | 392 | 48 | 95 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 131 | .242 | .313 | .378 | .690 | 148 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Quincy Carter | 105 | 445 | 388 | 61 | 82 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17 | 10 | 48 | 100 | .211 | .302 | .304 | .606 | 118 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Marcel Longmire | 84 | 284 | 266 | 20 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 77 | .218 | .261 | .293 | .555 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad King | 68 | 237 | 204 | 31 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 35 | .250 | .332 | .431 | .763 | 88 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Jose Colon | 56 | 221 | 195 | 16 | 48 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 35 | .246 | .323 | .359 | .682 | 70 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Juan Salazar | 54 | 176 | 161 | 16 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 36 | .267 | .326 | .379 | .705 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Abreu | 63 | 205 | 179 | 27 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 52 | .240 | .312 | .352 | .664 | 63 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Lisanti | 66 | 207 | 182 | 18 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 42 | .236 | .306 | .280 | .586 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Dorian Speed | 44 | 183 | 157 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 45 | .248 | .339 | .325 | .664 | 51 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| David Catlett | 42 | 156 | 132 | 21 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 37 | .250 | .361 | .402 | .763 | 53 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Ellison | 34 | 135 | 118 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 25 | .195 | .284 | .398 | .682 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Andersen | 19 | 60 | 53 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .264 | .339 | .321 | .660 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Jefferson | 18 | 60 | 55 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .200 | .254 | .273 | .527 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Lewis | 15 | 46 | 41 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .171 | .244 | .220 | .464 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Smith | 9 | 35 | 33 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .182 | .229 | .242 | .471 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Walker | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .333 | .444 | .533 | .978 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Houston | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Johnson | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1278 | 4926 | 4339 | 594 | 1133 | 228 | 38 | 49 | 503 | 197 | 103 | 438 | 1025 | .261 | .336 | .365 | .701 | 1584 | 84 | 72 | 39 | 38 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Zuleta | 1B | 100 | 828 | 62 | 14 | 80 | .985 | 8.900 | ||||
| Juan Salazar | 1B | 19 | 143 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .987 | 7.737 | ||||
| David Catlett | 1B | 19 | 128 | 13 | 4 | 14 | .972 | 7.421 | ||||
| Derrick Bly | 1B | 7 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.286 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | 2B | 97 | 176 | 249 | 22 | 51 | .951 | 4.381 | ||||
| Dennys Abreu | 2B | 39 | 57 | 72 | 2 | 13 | .985 | 3.308 | ||||
| Keith Lewis | 2B | 11 | 15 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .952 | 3.636 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Derrick Bly | 3B | 92 | 63 | 191 | 24 | 22 | .914 | 2.761 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | 3B | 26 | 22 | 45 | 9 | 1 | .882 | 2.577 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | 3B | 10 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .789 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ryan Andersen | 3B | 8 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ron Walker | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brad King | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tyler Houston | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Lisanti | C | 66 | 412 | 50 | 12 | 2 | .975 | 7.000 | 6 | 63 | 28 | 30.8 |
| Brad King | C | 62 | 461 | 60 | 8 | 11 | .985 | 8.403 | 9 | 54 | 26 | 32.5 |
| Juan Salazar | C | 24 | 142 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 6.667 | 5 | 25 | 11 | 30.6 |
| Marcel Longmire | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tyler Houston | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Quincy Carter | CF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Hall | CF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | CF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Jefferson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ellison | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcel Longmire | LF | 59 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | LF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ellison | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Hall | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Catlett | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Jefferson | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dorian Speed | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Abreu | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Quincy Carter | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Hall | OF | 111 | 210 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 1.955 | ||||
| Quincy Carter | OF | 104 | 169 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .977 | 1.654 | ||||
| Marcel Longmire | OF | 70 | 89 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .938 | 1.300 | ||||
| Jose Colon | OF | 56 | 91 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .961 | 1.768 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | OF | 24 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Tony Ellison | OF | 22 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dave Jefferson | OF | 17 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.647 | ||||
| David Catlett | OF | 9 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .667 | ||||
| Dorian Speed | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Trevor Schaffer | P | 46 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .109 | ||||
| Gary Marshall | P | 29 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .345 | ||||
| Casey Brookens | P | 28 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Len Hart | P | 27 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Chris Gissell | P | 26 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .921 | 1.346 | ||||
| Jose Espinal | P | 24 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Jon Cannon | P | 24 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | .927 | 1.583 | ||||
| Jason Kelley | P | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .136 | ||||
| Blas Cedeno | P | 22 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Randy Crane | P | 21 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .476 | ||||
| Phil Norton | P | 18 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 2 | .839 | 1.444 | ||||
| Roark Birsner | P | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .056 | ||||
| Javier Martínez | P | 17 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .824 | ||||
| Chad Ricketts | P | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Elvis Polanco | P | 16 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| Brian Rolocut | P | 14 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .929 | ||||
| Byron Tribe | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Brandon Ward | P | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .444 | ||||
| Scott Downs | P | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Nate Teut | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Tapani | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keith Lewis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad King | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Hall | RF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Quincy Carter | RF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcel Longmire | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Jefferson | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Abreu | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dorian Speed | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ellison | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dennys Abreu | SS | 95 | 140 | 256 | 37 | 47 | .915 | 4.168 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | SS | 33 | 40 | 75 | 10 | 16 | .920 | 3.485 | ||||
| Ryan Andersen | SS | 10 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.300 | ||||
| Jason Smith | SS | 9 | 14 | 24 | 5 | 5 | .884 | 4.222 | ||||
| Keith Lewis | SS | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2013 | 3426 | 1403 | 210 | 301 | .958 | 2.399 | 20 | 142 | 65 | 31.4 |
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.
