1998 Savannah Sand Gnats Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 66-76
Finished 3rd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: John Shelby (66-76)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 130,509, Avg. 1,977 in 66 home dates

1998 Savannah Sand Gnats Roster

The Savannah Sand Gnats of the South Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 66 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Sand Gnats scored 701 runs and allowed 742 runs. Jose Santos led Savannah with 21 home runs, while Travis Hafner walloped 15 or more, too. Travis Hafner drove in 84 runs. Jose Pena topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .305 clip. Aaron Bond paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.37 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Carlos Peña, Jason Grabowski, Joaquín Benoit, Matt Miller, Sam Marsonek, Travis Hafner and Jason Romano were all players from the 1998 Savannah Sand Gnats who played in the Majors during their careers.

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
Aaron Bond	10	10	.500	4.37	28	27	1	3	1	0	167.0	184	96	81	11	41	0	119	5	0	9	731
Ryan Smith	8	6	.571	7.07	35	7	11	0	0	1	84.0	90	77	66	8	66	0	88	6	2	24	410
Emar Fleming	7	8	.467	4.84	37	21	4	1	0	1	139.3	145	88	75	19	61	0	133	14	3	8	626
Chris Tynan	6	8	.429	4.40	21	21	0	1	0	0	116.7	113	69	57	11	74	0	95	3	3	10	529
Spike Lundberg	6	9	.400	5.54	50	0	43	0	0	14	87.7	105	69	54	9	27	1	70	7	1	5	396
Jorge Carrion	5	5	.500	5.65	15	13	1	1	0	1	73.3	71	51	46	6	51	0	38	9	1	8	342
Joaquín Benoit	4	3	.571	3.82	15	15	0	1	0	0	80.0	79	41	34	8	18	0	68	3	1	3	339
Darell White	4	3	.571	4.22	13	11	2	3	1	1	70.3	68	38	33	6	25	0	53	5	0	4	302
Matt Miller	3	1	.750	2.29	17	0	10	0	0	3	35.3	25	9	9	0	10	0	46	2	0	2	137
Doug Silva	3	4	.429	4.57	38	0	22	0	0	7	65.0	72	34	33	6	13	0	60	2	0	7	280
Melvin Brazoban	3	6	.333	4.76	18	18	0	0	0	0	87.0	68	50	46	9	48	0	84	6	2	8	374
Anthony Shourds	3	7	.300	4.10	37	0	17	0	0	3	74.7	60	39	34	4	34	0	68	6	0	6	326
John Kertis	2	3	.400	4.03	38	3	17	0	0	1	76.0	74	45	34	9	46	0	90	14	0	9	364
Chris Frey	1	0	1.000	3.52	7	0	2	0	0	0	15.3	19	8	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	71
Justin Siegel	1	1	.500	1.17	7	0	1	0	0	0	15.3	7	3	2	0	10	0	11	1	0	0	60
Frank Jaramillo	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Sam Marsonek	0	0		3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	7	3	0	3	0	4	3	0	1	36
Rodney Allen	0	1	.000	3.15	4	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	21	11	7	0	4	0	18	2	0	1	88
Jason Beitey	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	7	4	1	2	0	5	1	1	1	22
Totals	66	76	.465	4.61	384	142	132	10	2	32	1218.7	1212	742	624	108	541	1	1068	89	14	106	5436

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
Jose Pena	125	490	466	68	142	22	5	6	66	40	16	17	91	.305	.332	.412	.744	192	14	3	2	2	0
Jason Romano	134	588	524	72	142	19	4	7	52	40	17	46	94	.271	.336	.363	.699	190	6	8	5	5	1
Tony Fisher	122	523	458	86	123	24	5	12	39	35	16	52	104	.269	.350	.421	.771	193	5	7	3	3	1
Jose Santos	107	443	381	78	114	17	6	21	76	26	7	51	119	.299	.391	.541	.931	206	7	8	0	3	2
Travis Hafner	123	484	405	62	96	15	4	16	84	7	3	68	139	.237	.351	.412	.764	167	8	6	0	5	2
Jason Grabowski	104	411	352	63	95	13	6	14	52	16	9	57	93	.270	.372	.460	.832	162	7	1	0	1	0
Willy Cordero	112	413	378	35	91	10	2	1	38	21	12	21	85	.241	.293	.286	.578	108	11	8	3	3	0
Juan Piniella	72	298	255	51	87	13	6	3	39	28	11	30	48	.341	.416	.475	.890	121	0	4	7	2	0
Frank Jaramillo	101	355	315	50	78	12	6	10	41	8	5	37	98	.248	.330	.419	.749	132	2	2	0	1	1
Martires Castro	67	229	209	26	47	11	2	3	25	4	1	16	69	.225	.284	.340	.624	71	3	2	0	2	0
Estivinson Lina	73	236	217	22	46	8	2	2	12	2	3	12	72	.212	.269	.295	.564	64	1	5	2	0	0
Brandon Warriax	51	206	187	24	39	8	0	3	14	9	2	16	41	.209	.271	.299	.570	56	2	0	3	0	0
Carlos Peña	30	130	117	22	38	14	0	6	20	3	2	8	26	.325	.385	.598	.983	70	0	4	0	1	0
Douglas Garcia	25	86	80	7	17	0	0	2	11	3	0	4	15	.212	.244	.288	.532	23	2	0	0	2	0
Shawn Cheek	18	59	55	7	15	4	1	1	5	1	0	3	16	.273	.322	.436	.758	24	0	1	0	0	0
Kevin Harris	27	89	86	12	14	1	1	2	9	5	0	1	39	.163	.170	.267	.438	23	0	0	1	1	0
Geramel Castillo	22	80	74	7	13	2	0	2	8	2	1	3	29	.176	.212	.284	.496	21	3	1	0	2	0
Jason Torres	19	51	46	1	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	17	.196	.275	.239	.514	11	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Sienko	17	50	46	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	20	.174	.240	.239	.479	11	0	0	0	0	0
Spike Lundberg	50	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Geronimo Cruz	9	23	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1408	5245	4675	701	1215	198	50	111	602	252	105	451	1221	.260	.331	.395	.726	1846	71	60	26	33	7

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Travis Hafner	1B	66	524	27	8	48	.986	8.348
Carlos Peña	1B	28	196	16	3	12	.986	7.571
Frank Jaramillo	1B	27	210	12	5	19	.978	8.222
Jason Grabowski	1B	11	98	3	0	6	1.000	9.182
Tony Fisher	1B	9	58	6	0	3	1.000	7.111
Shawn Cheek	1B	6	27	1	1	1	.966	4.667
Estivinson Lina	1B	4	28	2	0	4	1.000	7.500
Ryan Sienko	1B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Jason Romano	2B	133	305	326	32	76	.952	4.744
Frank Jaramillo	2B	8	8	10	2	1	.900	2.250
Willy Cordero	2B	7	10	14	1	3	.960	3.429
Jose Santos	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jose Santos	3B	104	72	197	33	22	.891	2.587
Travis Hafner	3B	24	16	30	4	2	.920	1.917
Frank Jaramillo	3B	18	14	26	3	5	.930	2.222
Willy Cordero	3B	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jason Grabowski	C	60	480	47	6	5	.989	8.783	8	81	29	26.4
Estivinson Lina	C	56	377	46	16	3	.964	7.554	11	78	24	23.5
Jason Torres	C	19	99	8	2	1	.982	5.632	5	24	6	20.0
Shawn Cheek	C	12	83	4	1	0	.989	7.250	3	18	2	10.0
Ryan Sienko	C	11	60	9	3	2	.958	6.273	1	25	6	19.4
Tony Fisher	CF	112						.000
Juan Piniella	CF	21						.000
Douglas Garcia	CF	5						.000
Geramel Castillo	CF	4						.000
Jose Pena	CF	2						.000
Kevin Harris	CF	2						.000
Geronimo Cruz	CF	2						.000
Jose Pena	LF	62						.000
Juan Piniella	LF	33						.000
Frank Jaramillo	LF	30						.000
Kevin Harris	LF	19						.000
Martires Castro	LF	2						.000
Ryan Sienko	LF	1						.000
Carlos Peña	LF	1						.000
Travis Hafner	LF	1						.000
Tony Fisher	LF	1						.000
Geronimo Cruz	LF	1						.000
Tony Fisher	OF	115	249	9	3	1	.989	2.243
Jose Pena	OF	109	161	13	9	3	.951	1.596
Juan Piniella	OF	71	126	5	2	0	.985	1.845
Martires Castro	OF	55	91	1	3	1	.968	1.673
Frank Jaramillo	OF	32	33	2	1	0	.972	1.094
Geramel Castillo	OF	22	35	2	0	0	1.000	1.682
Kevin Harris	OF	21	29	2	4	0	.886	1.476
Geronimo Cruz	OF	8	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.500
Douglas Garcia	OF	6	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ryan Sienko	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Carlos Peña	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Travis Hafner	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Spike Lundberg	P	50	5	13	1	1	.947	.360
Doug Silva	P	38	1	7	0	1	1.000	.211
John Kertis	P	38	3	7	2	0	.833	.263
Anthony Shourds	P	37	5	10	2	0	.882	.405
Emar Fleming	P	37	8	15	1	2	.958	.622
Ryan Smith	P	35	4	4	1	0	.889	.229
Aaron Bond	P	28	6	15	1	1	.955	.750
Chris Tynan	P	21	5	11	2	0	.889	.762
Melvin Brazoban	P	18	8	6	1	0	.933	.778
Matt Miller	P	17	2	6	0	0	1.000	.471
Jorge Carrion	P	15	7	14	1	1	.955	1.400
Joaquín Benoit	P	15	5	8	1	1	.929	.867
Darell White	P	13	6	9	2	0	.882	1.154
Justin Siegel	P	7	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.429
Chris Frey	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Rodney Allen	P	4	0	2	2	0	.500	.500
Sam Marsonek	P	2	0	2	1	1	.667	1.000
Frank Jaramillo	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jason Beitey	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Martires Castro	RF	53						.000
Jose Pena	RF	49						.000
Juan Piniella	RF	20						.000
Geramel Castillo	RF	18						.000
Geronimo Cruz	RF	5						.000
Frank Jaramillo	RF	3						.000
Tony Fisher	RF	2						.000
Douglas Garcia	RF	1						.000
Willy Cordero	SS	94	108	259	35	34	.913	3.904
Brandon Warriax	SS	47	50	128	19	15	.904	3.787
Frank Jaramillo	SS	6	7	11	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jason Romano	SS	1	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.000
Totals		2031	3656	1364	214	277	.959	2.472	28	226	67	22.9

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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