1996 Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings Statistics
Texas-Louisiana League (TTL) - Independent
Team Record: 50-48
Finished 3rd in the TTL
Manager: John Pacella (50-48)
Location: Harlingen, Texas
Ballpark: Harlingen Baseball Park (Field)
Attendance: 81,884, Avg. 1,671
1996 Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings RosterTeam Record: 50-48
Finished 3rd in the TTL
Manager: John Pacella (50-48)
Location: Harlingen, Texas
Ballpark: Harlingen Baseball Park (Field)
Attendance: 81,884, Avg. 1,671
Playoffs - Lubbock Crickets 2 games, Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings 0
The Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings of the Texas-Louisiana League ended the 1996 season with a record of 50 wins and 48 losses, finishing third in the TTL.
The WhiteWings scored 502 runs and surrendered 543 runs. John O'Brien led Rio Grande Valley with 25 home runs, while Lipso Nava and Mike Cantu walloped 15 or more also. Lipso Nava drove in 72 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .331 clip. Ralph Bonelli paced the squad with 10 wins, and Al Osuna earned a 2.86 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Doug Piatt and Al Osuna both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
John Pacella 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Bonelli | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.12 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 137.7 | 146 | 77 | 63 | 12 | 56 | 2 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 605 |
| Ricky Clough | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.91 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 117.3 | 111 | 75 | 64 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 121 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 514 |
| Al Osuna | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.86 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 104.0 | 74 | 39 | 33 | 11 | 42 | 0 | 115 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 427 |
| Javy DeJesus | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.82 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 | 143 | 70 | 67 | 12 | 46 | 4 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 547 |
| Brian Harrison | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.18 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 68 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 325 |
| Doug Piatt | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.51 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 51.3 | 54 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 233 |
| Mike Hartung | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.31 | 34 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.3 | 72 | 45 | 35 | 13 | 29 | 3 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 284 |
| Javier Carranza | 2 | 3 | .400 | 8.42 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 37 | 29 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 123 |
| Jason Satre | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.29 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 |
| Kelly Hartman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.23 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.3 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 173 |
| Scott Spaulding | 1 | 3 | .250 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 26 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 |
| Scott Perkins | 0 | 0 | 7.27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 46 | |
| Scott Wright | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Lane Mallett | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Rene Rodriguez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Oscar Resendez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.64 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Donovan Todd | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Paul Meador | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.18 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 |
| Harold Allen | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 48 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 136 |
| Totals | 50 | 48 | .510 | 4.89 | 263 | 98 | 82 | 16 | 4 | 20 | 854.3 | 926 | 543 | 464 | 86 | 386 | 24 | 642 | 54 | 4 | 56 | 3854 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Cedeno | 94 | 415 | 389 | 55 | 120 | 27 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 51 | .308 | .334 | .468 | .802 | 182 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Lipso Nava | 92 | 401 | 360 | 66 | 119 | 20 | 2 | 17 | 72 | 29 | 7 | 33 | 38 | .331 | .394 | .539 | .933 | 194 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John O'Brien | 98 | 417 | 368 | 60 | 116 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 72 | .315 | .384 | .565 | .949 | 208 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Mike Cantu | 81 | 346 | 317 | 45 | 91 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 76 | .287 | .338 | .498 | .837 | 158 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Bobby Llanos | 93 | 363 | 314 | 48 | 84 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 39 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 93 | .268 | .356 | .433 | .789 | 136 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Joey Martinez | 80 | 301 | 274 | 46 | 75 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 42 | 10 | 18 | 29 | .274 | .329 | .328 | .657 | 90 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Kaczmar | 90 | 306 | 266 | 37 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 36 | 98 | .263 | .357 | .406 | .763 | 108 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pat O'Connor | 93 | 341 | 296 | 37 | 69 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 23 | 55 | .233 | .323 | .274 | .597 | 81 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Grandizio | 62 | 190 | 169 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 31 | .254 | .328 | .355 | .683 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Oglesby | 39 | 172 | 156 | 28 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 27 | .237 | .294 | .282 | .576 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Cory Gafford | 73 | 230 | 188 | 22 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 64 | .197 | .282 | .266 | .548 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Cooney | 33 | 69 | 65 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | .308 | .348 | .354 | .702 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Viegas | 29 | 65 | 57 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .211 | .308 | .228 | .536 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ortiz | 16 | 63 | 55 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .182 | .286 | .382 | .668 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chalaco Clark | 16 | 57 | 46 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .196 | .351 | .261 | .612 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Shwartzer | 9 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .136 | .208 | .136 | .345 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Javy DeJesus | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelly Hartman | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Harrison | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Clough | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1096 | 3764 | 3345 | 502 | 915 | 146 | 14 | 98 | 447 | 155 | 50 | 299 | 694 | .274 | .342 | .413 | .756 | 1383 | 30 | 65 | 25 | 30 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John O'Brien | 1B | 90 | 770 | 53 | 8 | 69 | .990 | 9.144 | ||||
| Mike Cantu | 1B | 10 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.600 | ||||
| Steve Grandizio | 1B | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joey Martinez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pat O'Connor | 2B | 92 | 153 | 247 | 21 | 51 | .950 | 4.348 | ||||
| Clark Viegas | 2B | 8 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 5 | .939 | 3.875 | ||||
| Joey Martinez | 2B | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Bobby Llanos | 3B | 78 | 58 | 109 | 21 | 9 | .888 | 2.141 | ||||
| Alex Ortiz | 3B | 13 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.077 | ||||
| Clark Viegas | 3B | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joey Martinez | 3B | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Grandizio | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Cory Gafford | C | 73 | 472 | 31 | 10 | 3 | .981 | 6.890 | 19 | 48 | 17 | 26.2 |
| Jim Cooney | C | 26 | 68 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .960 | 2.769 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 5.6 |
| Chalaco Clark | C | 16 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 6.562 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 35.3 |
| Mike Shwartzer | C | 7 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 6.286 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Steve Grandizio | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joey Martinez | CF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luke Oglesby | CF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Kaczmar | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Grandizio | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Clark Viegas | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Cedeno | LF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Llanos | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Grandizio | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joey Martinez | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luke Oglesby | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Kaczmar | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Kaczmar | OF | 86 | 143 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .980 | 1.733 | ||||
| Ramon Cedeno | OF | 83 | 135 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 1.675 | ||||
| Joey Martinez | OF | 57 | 138 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .967 | 2.579 | ||||
| Steve Grandizio | OF | 48 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .972 | 1.458 | ||||
| Luke Oglesby | OF | 36 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 3 | .978 | 2.417 | ||||
| Bobby Llanos | OF | 16 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .852 | 1.438 | ||||
| Clark Viegas | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Doug Piatt | P | 40 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .100 | ||||
| Mike Hartung | P | 34 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .147 | ||||
| Kelly Hartman | P | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .207 | ||||
| Ralph Bonelli | P | 28 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Ricky Clough | P | 27 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .963 | ||||
| Javy DeJesus | P | 23 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.348 | ||||
| Al Osuna | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.071 | ||||
| Brian Harrison | P | 13 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.385 | ||||
| Paul Meador | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Harold Allen | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .857 | .667 | ||||
| Donovan Todd | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Scott Perkins | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Javier Carranza | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Spaulding | P | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Jason Satre | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .500 | ||||
| Oscar Resendez | P | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lane Mallett | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rene Rodriguez | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Wright | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Kaczmar | RF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Grandizio | RF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Llanos | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joey Martinez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lipso Nava | SS | 90 | 138 | 262 | 18 | 58 | .957 | 4.444 | ||||
| Joey Martinez | SS | 11 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 10 | .889 | 3.636 | ||||
| Clark Viegas | SS | 6 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1470 | 2563 | 997 | 135 | 233 | .963 | 2.422 | 32 | 85 | 24 | 22.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
