1996 Richmond Roosters Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 39-35
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Cate (39-35)
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Ballpark: Don McBride Stadium
Attendance: 55,510, Avg. 1,500
1996 Richmond Roosters RosterTeam Record: 39-35
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Cate (39-35)
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Ballpark: Don McBride Stadium
Attendance: 55,510, Avg. 1,500
Playoffs - Springfield Capitals 2 games, Richmond Roosters 1
The Richmond Roosters of the Frontier League ended the 1996 season with a record of 39 wins and 35 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Roosters scored 385 runs and yielded 386 runs. Morgan Burkhart paced Richmond with 17 home runs and accounted for 64 RBI, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .357 clip. Omar Fernandez topped the team with 8 wins, and Scott Hacker recorded a 3.68 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Morgan Burkhart played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Richmond Roosters to do so.
John Cate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Fernandez | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.82 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102.7 | 103 | 62 | 55 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 60 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 451 |
| Scott Hacker | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.68 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 93.0 | 119 | 49 | 38 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 406 |
| Joe Vogelgesang | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.47 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 49.0 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 199 |
| Aaron Magdaleno | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.27 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 96 | 57 | 50 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 387 |
| Greg Stouffer | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.40 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 49 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 229 |
| Roy Miller | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.68 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 | 52 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 199 |
| Derek Hart | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.06 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44.3 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 192 |
| Brad Towns | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 90 |
| Jim Cingel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 |
| Jeffrey Montfort | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43 |
| Todd Berry | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Pat Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Harry Torgerson | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Stephen DeFranco | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | |
| Jason Herman | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 79 | |
| Shane White | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Bobby Wallace | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Phil Falco | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Morgan Burkhart | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Johnny Booker | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Matt Fitzmorris | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Patrick Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23.82 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Russ Lane | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.45 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 47 | 31 | 27 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 179 |
| Mike Kuentz | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.56 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 114 |
| Totals | 39 | 35 | .527 | 4.56 | 208 | 74 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 632.0 | 708 | 386 | 320 | 39 | 267 | 3 | 417 | 42 | 15 | 53 | 2830 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Pass | 71 | 330 | 297 | 43 | 98 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 11 | .330 | .386 | .397 | .783 | 118 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 74 | 335 | 266 | 60 | 95 | 27 | 1 | 17 | 64 | 22 | 4 | 49 | 24 | .357 | .472 | .658 | 1.130 | 175 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Jeff Drabik | 73 | 308 | 270 | 47 | 78 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 66 | .289 | .370 | .500 | .870 | 135 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Fitzmorris | 62 | 277 | 245 | 46 | 72 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 57 | .294 | .353 | .478 | .831 | 117 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Bolton | 74 | 296 | 254 | 35 | 72 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 46 | .283 | .361 | .350 | .712 | 89 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Shane Britt | 55 | 233 | 211 | 35 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 18 | 19 | .318 | .371 | .469 | .840 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jacob Serrato | 67 | 254 | 219 | 24 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 41 | .237 | .319 | .342 | .661 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Seth Berliner | 53 | 213 | 195 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 30 | .231 | .279 | .246 | .525 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Booker | 51 | 163 | 139 | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 52 | .223 | .337 | .288 | .625 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Harry Torgerson | 27 | 95 | 76 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | .263 | .379 | .461 | .839 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rob Penders | 33 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .254 | .320 | .328 | .648 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Clint Hickman | 12 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .268 | .348 | .341 | .689 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dom Horgeshimer | 15 | 56 | 50 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .220 | .304 | .300 | .604 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Smith | 15 | 51 | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .167 | .286 | .262 | .548 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie McCroskey | 10 | 36 | 32 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .188 | .250 | .344 | .594 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dusty Ridner | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .600 | .667 | .600 | 1.267 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Retzko | 3 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .222 | .462 | .222 | .684 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny McMahan | 5 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .214 | .464 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McCabe | 12 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .080 | .207 | .160 | .367 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Vogelgesang | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Berry | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colin Brazell | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Murray | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Diaz | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Gibbons | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Meyer | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leyton Wellbaum | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Knight | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 781 | 2873 | 2488 | 385 | 695 | 133 | 17 | 53 | 350 | 88 | 21 | 271 | 458 | .279 | .360 | .410 | .771 | 1021 | 43 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Burkhart | 1B | 62 | 540 | 39 | 7 | 54 | .988 | 9.339 | ||||
| Johnny Booker | 1B | 9 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .957 | 7.333 | ||||
| Mike McCabe | 1B | 8 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.125 | ||||
| Harry Torgerson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Penders | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dom Horgeshimer | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Pass | 2B | 71 | 129 | 196 | 17 | 47 | .950 | 4.577 | ||||
| Bobby Murray | 2B | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Kurt Meyer | 2B | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bart Davis | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Seth Berliner | 3B | 53 | 45 | 111 | 17 | 5 | .902 | 2.943 | ||||
| Dom Horgeshimer | 3B | 14 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 4 | .939 | 2.214 | ||||
| Jacob Serrato | 3B | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rob Penders | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Casey Knight | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Harry Torgerson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kurt Meyer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Berry | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jacob Serrato | C | 60 | 328 | 54 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 6.367 | 10 | 46 | 33 | 41.8 |
| Brandon Smith | C | 15 | 80 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .960 | 6.333 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 46.2 |
| Dusty Ridner | C | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Harry Torgerson | C | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dom Horgeshimer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Christian Diaz | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Johnny Booker | C | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Fitzmorris | CF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Drabik | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackie McCroskey | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Penders | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Morgan Burkhart | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | LF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Morgan Burkhart | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Drabik | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Penders | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jackie McCroskey | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Gibbons | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leyton Wellbaum | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dusty Ridner | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Drabik | OF | 73 | 122 | 10 | 4 | 3 | .971 | 1.808 | ||||
| Matt Fitzmorris | OF | 62 | 154 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 2.613 | ||||
| Shane Britt | OF | 54 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Morgan Burkhart | OF | 15 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Clint Hickman | OF | 12 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.417 | ||||
| Jackie McCroskey | OF | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Rob Penders | OF | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Leyton Wellbaum | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike McCabe | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Gibbons | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dusty Ridner | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Colin Brazell | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Vogelgesang | P | 33 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .818 | .273 | ||||
| Aaron Magdaleno | P | 24 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.167 | ||||
| Derek Hart | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Omar Fernandez | P | 18 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Scott Hacker | P | 16 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brad Towns | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Russ Lane | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Greg Stouffer | P | 11 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.636 | ||||
| Jason Herman | P | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Mike Kuentz | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Roy Miller | P | 8 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jim Cingel | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Stephen DeFranco | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Jeffrey Montfort | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Patrick Williams | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Wallace | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Phil Falco | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Todd Berry | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Harry Torgerson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pat Murphy | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane White | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Fitzmorris | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Morgan Burkhart | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Booker | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Drabik | RF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clint Hickman | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Penders | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike McCabe | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leyton Wellbaum | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Colin Brazell | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Bolton | SS | 74 | 153 | 219 | 24 | 55 | .939 | 5.027 | ||||
| Bobby Murray | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Seth Berliner | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1100 | 1896 | 858 | 108 | 201 | .962 | 2.504 | 14 | 63 | 39 | 38.2 |
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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