1997 Savannah Sand Gnats Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 63-77
Finished 3rd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: John Shelby (63-77)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 125,729, Avg. 1,965 in 64 home dates
1997 Savannah Sand Gnats Roster

The Savannah Sand Gnats of the South Atlantic League ended the 1997 season with a record of 63 wins and 77 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Sand Gnats scored 560 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 660 runs. Juan Díaz led Savannah with 25 home runs and drove in 83 runs. Peter Bergeron paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .280 clip. Dean Mitchell topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.88 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1997 Savannah Sand Gnats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Peter Bergeron, Juan Díaz, Pedro Feliciano, Wayne Franklin, Luke Prokopec and Damian Rolls.

John Shelby served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Dean Mitchell115.6882.88527381016122.011050396251118112499
Peter Cervantes88.5003.8421200100103.01134844922084401438
Toby Dollar72.7782.60208731190.0783326712067506359
Ben Simon75.5833.091817121093.3843532227093703398
Matthew Kramer64.6005.85238300064.7624942731162109290
Jay O'Shaughnessy612.3334.4427241000115.7876457108301502113509
Wayne Franklin53.6253.182871010282.07941291035058412362
Luke Prokopec31.7504.07136500042.0372119812045101175
Pedro Feliciano37.3002.643698104105.79045311139094146437
Brian Paluk38.2735.7827200110118.3141827610350619011527
Seferino Soto22.5003.79260900354.75729232280591111244
Brian Jacobson14.2004.042301800335.7362416210235216159
Mike Sanchez15.1674.684001600075.072433910322743121321
Craig Allen01.0007.53100600214.313141211301410571
Alejandro Romero01.00010.385020004.312105010500028
Hal Garrett03.0008.4481400016.02115150701320478
Mike Bourbakis06.0007.822313200058.77057519390476311286
Totals6377.4504.19400140130103311195.311626605561044516107950131125181

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
Peter Bergeron13156949289138185536322167110.280.367.368.73518152533
Juan Díaz1275174606310624225832248155.230.306.454.761209104142
Damian Rolls130525475571001755471133883.211.274.299.57314295340
Trent Cuevas9033431342731031041311359.233.273.380.653119105121
Luis Martinez7530729426687322310548.231.250.296.5468763320
Randy Stearns94336301416810321821143196.226.302.299.6019012201
Jeff Bramlett102390326496111614422149122.187.313.387.699126712031
Brian Sankey632372102556110527522437.267.346.390.7368262011
Jaime Malave58213206235211193221454.252.269.447.7159221110
Eric Brown6123221126511037221211774.242.297.417.7148831030
Scott Morrison612462193051133434411745.233.299.374.6738224510
Luke Prokopec61179164113873220311249.232.291.348.6385722011
Josh Glassey73246207173850020313572.184.300.208.5084330310
Nick Leach37149131143560013121423.267.356.313.6694124000
Brett Illig51185158163240211132049.203.308.266.5744235020
Cash Riley279287618330342327.207.250.310.5602742000
Travis Meyer13474541320021116.289.319.333.6521521000
Kip Harkrider18757181300040026.183.203.183.3861300110
Brian Zaun134342610211600116.238.256.405.6611700000
Lance Warren1128255611012035.240.321.360.681900000
Brian Foulks20595726201311221.105.136.193.3291100000
Eric Flores617130100000047.077.294.077.371110000
Totals13225026450756010341744294488111584101164.229.300.349.64915747855252910


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Juan Díaz1B70608231549.9779.014
Brian Sankey1B3226219120.9968.781
Nick Leach1B262011939.9878.462
Jeff Bramlett1B16142919.9939.438
Luis Martinez2B74128187935.9724.257
Trent Cuevas2B5786145927.9624.053
Scott Morrison2B1593512.9782.933
Damian Rolls3B1301112463114.9202.746
Brian Zaun3B9101622.9292.889
Trent Cuevas3B205011.0002.500
Jaime Malave3B115011.0006.000
Jeff Bramlett3B10000.000
Josh GlasseyC7353353102.9838.027151062015.9
Jaime MalaveC5640340141.9697.91112541723.9
Travis MeyerC131281251.9661.769032615.8
Eric FloresC39210.9173.6671400.0
Peter BergeronCF131.000
Randy StearnsCF11.000
Jeff BramlettLF48.000
Randy StearnsLF32.000
Eric BrownLF25.000
Cash RileyLF24.000
Brian SankeyLF10.000
Brian FoulksLF6.000
Peter BergeronOF131240843.9841.893
Randy StearnsOF90139651.9671.611
Eric BrownOF5879812.9891.500
Jeff BramlettOF5694221.9801.714
Luke ProkopecOF4777821.9771.809
Cash RileyOF2631120.9411.231
Brian FoulksOF1724110.9621.471
Brian SankeyOF11161001.0001.545
Dean MitchellP52111653.844.519
Mike SanchezP4041111.938.375
Pedro FelicianoP3653062.854.972
Wayne FranklinP2801620.889.571
Brian PalukP27102651.8781.333
Jay O'ShaughnessyP2771410.955.778
Seferino SotoP265510.909.385
Matthew KramerP2351222.895.739
Brian JacobsonP232440.600.261
Mike BourbakisP2325001.000.304
Peter CervantesP2191840.8711.286
Toby DollarP20419011.0001.150
Ben SimonP1871820.9261.389
Luke ProkopecP1323001.000.385
Craig AllenP1010001.000.100
Hal GarrettP812001.000.375
Alejandro RomeroP50000.000
Randy StearnsRF47.000
Luke ProkopecRF47.000
Eric BrownRF33.000
Brian FoulksRF11.000
Jeff BramlettRF9.000
Cash RileyRF2.000
Brian SankeyRF1.000
Brett IlligSS5167132715.9663.902
Scott MorrisonSS45421211418.9213.622
Trent CuevasSS324368918.9253.469
Kip HarkriderSS18284738.9624.167
Totals199735861418185250.9642.506281964318.0

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.





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