1997 Saskatoon Stallions Statistics
Team Record: 38-28
Finished 2nd in the PL's Northern Division
Manager: Keith Smith (38-28)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ballpark: J.F. Cairns Field
Attendance: 28,288, Avg. 943 in 30 home dates
Playoffs - Regina Cyclones 2 games, Saskatoon Stallions 1
The Saskatoon Stallions of the Prairie League ended the 1997 season with a record of 38 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the league's Northern Division.
The Stallions scored 384 runs and allowed 372 runs. Andre Johnson led Saskatoon with 22 home runs and drove in 71 runs, while leading all regular hitters by connecting at a .358 clip. Ernie Nieves topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.46 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1997 Saskatoon Stallions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Giles, Shawn Jeter and Tim Layana.
Keith Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernie Nieves | 10 | 1 | .909 | 2.45 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 73 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 340 |
| Alan Sontag | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.95 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95.7 | 103 | 53 | 42 | 7 | 25 | 2 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 411 |
| Andrew Cochran | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.59 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 80 | 49 | 42 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 303 |
| Terry Rosenkranz | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.92 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 85 | 58 | 48 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 342 |
| Mario Arambula | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.77 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 47 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 203 |
| Tim Layana | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.82 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 165 |
| Jose Rodriguez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 8.37 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 53 | 32 | 31 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 159 |
| Mario Linares | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.71 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 77 |
| Brian Nelson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.75 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 36.0 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 138 |
| Masayuki Nakayama | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.51 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.7 | 49 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 160 |
| Joe Kiepaskis | 0 | 0 | 4.72 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 66 | |
| Tadashi Ishiwata | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Nori Harnada | 0 | 0 | 33.75 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| James Gamble | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.90 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140 |
| Totals | 38 | 28 | .576 | 4.82 | 173 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 571.7 | 634 | 372 | 306 | 57 | 219 | 8 | 425 | 39 | 5 | 39 | 2533 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Johnson | 66 | 292 | 243 | 67 | 87 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 71 | 20 | 3 | 43 | 60 | .358 | .459 | .695 | 1.154 | 169 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Halpern | 66 | 294 | 252 | 42 | 84 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 36 | .333 | .423 | .425 | .848 | 107 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Rios | 66 | 309 | 283 | 58 | 81 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 37 | .286 | .341 | .449 | .790 | 127 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Billingsley | 63 | 269 | 236 | 33 | 67 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 44 | .284 | .361 | .394 | .755 | 93 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Brian Giles | 43 | 201 | 165 | 44 | 60 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 28 | .364 | .463 | .552 | 1.014 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Benji Kaber | 66 | 245 | 218 | 20 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 47 | .248 | .310 | .326 | .636 | 71 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shawn Jeter | 38 | 180 | 164 | 27 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 21 | .280 | .341 | .421 | .762 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Ortega | 46 | 199 | 174 | 23 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 37 | .264 | .347 | .374 | .720 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Takehito Ishida | 54 | 210 | 170 | 30 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 34 | 33 | .259 | .388 | .300 | .688 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Lee Torres | 44 | 174 | 147 | 15 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 31 | .259 | .368 | .306 | .674 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Cornelius | 22 | 103 | 88 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | .341 | .406 | .568 | .974 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrew Cochran | 16 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keitaro Yasuraoka | 16 | 62 | 51 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .118 | .250 | .137 | .387 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Smith | 10 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .238 | .407 | .286 | .693 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hummell | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Sontag | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Álvarez | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Layana | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Linares | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Nieves | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hiroki Kondo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 671 | 2611 | 2257 | 384 | 658 | 127 | 7 | 54 | 332 | 64 | 24 | 297 | 421 | .292 | .377 | .426 | .803 | 961 | 69 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Halpern | 1B | 66 | 601 | 49 | 1 | 60 | .998 | 9.848 | ||||
| Eddie Rios | 2B | 66 | 143 | 204 | 8 | 52 | .977 | 5.258 | ||||
| Hector Ortega | 3B | 43 | 29 | 85 | 16 | 11 | .877 | 2.651 | ||||
| Takehito Ishida | 3B | 19 | 12 | 37 | 6 | 2 | .891 | 2.579 | ||||
| Lee Torres | 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Keith Smith | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Giles | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Benji Kaber | C | 61 | 367 | 51 | 9 | 3 | .979 | 6.852 | 15 | 69 | 26 | 27.4 |
| Lee Torres | C | 13 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 4.846 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 17.6 |
| Shawn Jeter | CF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Cornelius | CF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Johnson | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Takehito Ishida | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kyle Billingsley | LF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Takehito Ishida | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Smith | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Giles | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Johnson | OF | 63 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.619 | ||||
| Kyle Billingsley | OF | 58 | 83 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .912 | 1.431 | ||||
| Shawn Jeter | OF | 38 | 99 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.737 | ||||
| Brian Cornelius | OF | 22 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 2.182 | ||||
| Takehito Ishida | OF | 14 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Smith | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Lee Torres | OF | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ernie Nieves | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Benji Kaber | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Giles | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .207 | ||||
| Masayuki Nakayama | P | 26 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .231 | ||||
| Ernie Nieves | P | 15 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .857 | 1.600 | ||||
| Alan Sontag | P | 14 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.714 | ||||
| Terry Rosenkranz | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Joe Kiepaskis | P | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Mario Linares | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Andrew Cochran | P | 11 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 1.636 | ||||
| James Gamble | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mario Arambula | P | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jose Rodriguez | P | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tim Layana | P | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Tadashi Ishiwata | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nori Harnada | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andre Johnson | RF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kyle Billingsley | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Takehito Ishida | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lee Torres | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Smith | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ernie Nieves | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benji Kaber | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Cornelius | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Giles | SS | 34 | 54 | 112 | 6 | 29 | .965 | 4.882 | ||||
| Takehito Ishida | SS | 18 | 24 | 44 | 5 | 8 | .932 | 3.778 | ||||
| Keitaro Yasuraoka | SS | 15 | 19 | 39 | 6 | 4 | .906 | 3.867 | ||||
| Chris Hummell | SS | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 923 | 1715 | 752 | 85 | 176 | .967 | 2.673 | 19 | 83 | 29 | 25.9 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
