1998 Tulsa Drillers Statistics
Team Record: 78-62
Finished 2nd in the TL's East Division
Manager: Bob Jones (78-62)
Affiliation: Texas Rangers
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ballpark: Driller Stadium
Attendance: 345,097, Avg. 5,001 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Tulsa Drillers 3 games, Arkansas Travelers 0
Finals - Tulsa Drillers 3 games, Wichita Wranglers 2
The Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League ended the 1998 season with a record of 78 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Drillers conceded 648 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Tulsa plated 757 runs. Rubén Mateo paced the squad with 18 home runs, while Jason Conti and Cliff Brumbaugh walloped 15 or more, too. Cliff Brumbaugh accounted for 76 RBI. Warren Morris led all regular hitters by hitting .331. Dan Smith topped the squad with 13 wins, and Ryan Glynn recorded a 3.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Cliff Brumbaugh, Tanyon Sturtze, Danny Kolb, Scott Watkins, Corey Lee, Rob Sasser, David Manning, Andy Barkett, Chris Michalak, Mike Venafro, Ryan Glynn, Danny Patterson, Scott Bailes, Matt Perisho, Warren Morris, Donnie Elliott, Jonathan Hurst, Chad Mottola, Brandon Knight, Erik Sabel, Dan Smith, Jason Conti, Todd Van Poppel, Xavier Hernandez, Scott Podsednik, Jeff Zimmerman, Kelly Dransfeldt, Rubén Mateo and Junior Spivey were all players from the 1998 Tulsa Drillers who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Bob Jones 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Smith | 13 | 9 | .591 | 5.81 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 153.3 | 162 | 101 | 99 | 27 | 58 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 675 |
| Danny Kolb | 12 | 11 | .522 | 4.82 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 162.3 | 187 | 104 | 87 | 11 | 76 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 730 |
| Corey Lee | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.51 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.7 | 105 | 81 | 72 | 16 | 102 | 1 | 132 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 625 |
| Ryan Glynn | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.44 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 140 | 66 | 60 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 660 |
| Erik Sabel | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.20 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56.3 | 46 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 226 |
| Brandon Knight | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.11 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.3 | 94 | 54 | 49 | 11 | 37 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 379 |
| Jeff Zimmerman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.29 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 63.0 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 249 |
| Rod Pedraza | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.48 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
| Mike Venafro | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.10 | 46 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 52.3 | 42 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 223 |
| David Manning | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.85 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61 |
| Jose Martinez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.60 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 46 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 160 |
| John Powell | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.50 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 38 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 219 |
| Gabe Sollecito | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Scott Watkins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Donnie Elliott | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.79 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.0 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 124 |
| Chris Michalak | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.83 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 73 |
| Dave Tuttle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.69 | 36 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 73.7 | 73 | 30 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 316 |
| Bobby Moore | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Xavier Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Danny Patterson | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Todd Van Poppel | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Matt Perisho | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Joe Lisio | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
| Jonathan Hurst | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 108 |
| Ken Juarbe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.65 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 69 |
| Scott Bailes | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Totals | 78 | 62 | .557 | 4.15 | 395 | 140 | 132 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1235.7 | 1146 | 648 | 570 | 126 | 540 | 10 | 963 | 47 | 13 | 86 | 5298 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Conti | 130 | 605 | 530 | 125 | 167 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 67 | 19 | 13 | 63 | 96 | .315 | .396 | .504 | .899 | 267 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rubén Mateo | 107 | 485 | 433 | 79 | 134 | 32 | 3 | 18 | 75 | 18 | 8 | 30 | 56 | .309 | .371 | .522 | .893 | 226 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Warren Morris | 95 | 440 | 390 | 59 | 129 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 12 | 7 | 43 | 63 | .331 | .401 | .521 | .921 | 203 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Cliff Brumbaugh | 132 | 549 | 483 | 65 | 125 | 34 | 1 | 15 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 54 | 77 | .259 | .335 | .427 | .762 | 206 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Rob Sasser | 111 | 485 | 417 | 57 | 117 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 62 | 18 | 12 | 60 | 98 | .281 | .372 | .408 | .780 | 170 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Andrew Vessel | 106 | 443 | 408 | 42 | 97 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 49 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 63 | .238 | .290 | .353 | .643 | 144 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Cesar King | 90 | 357 | 316 | 40 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 68 | .222 | .288 | .313 | .601 | 99 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Mike Zywica | 58 | 242 | 214 | 40 | 60 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 56 | .280 | .347 | .458 | .805 | 98 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kelly Dransfeldt | 58 | 249 | 226 | 43 | 57 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 79 | .252 | .309 | .473 | .783 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Murphy | 58 | 227 | 196 | 26 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 56 | .250 | .344 | .372 | .716 | 73 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jason Goligoski | 65 | 228 | 202 | 21 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 44 | .218 | .300 | .257 | .557 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Barkett | 43 | 186 | 157 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22 | .268 | .376 | .389 | .765 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramsey Koeyers | 55 | 181 | 164 | 25 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 45 | .250 | .320 | .335 | .656 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Demetral | 45 | 183 | 147 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 24 | .272 | .409 | .456 | .865 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Spivey | 34 | 152 | 119 | 26 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 25 | .311 | .450 | .487 | .938 | 58 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rowan Richards | 34 | 143 | 126 | 23 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 25 | .222 | .301 | .397 | .698 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Podsednik | 17 | 81 | 75 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .240 | .296 | .320 | .616 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug O'Neill | 18 | 78 | 68 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 16 | .221 | .321 | .382 | .703 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Mottola | 8 | 36 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | .500 | .639 | .654 | 1.293 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Sergio | 11 | 43 | 39 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .256 | .326 | .333 | .659 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Collins | 11 | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .138 | .286 | .172 | .458 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Goodwin | 10 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .097 | .147 | .129 | .276 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Smiga | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1298 | 5469 | 4802 | 757 | 1300 | 274 | 44 | 121 | 680 | 118 | 67 | 537 | 941 | .271 | .350 | .422 | .772 | 2025 | 115 | 71 | 18 | 41 | 21 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Brumbaugh | 1B | 97 | 850 | 64 | 9 | 86 | .990 | 9.423 | ||||
| Andy Barkett | 1B | 43 | 370 | 23 | 2 | 45 | .995 | 9.140 | ||||
| Ramsey Koeyers | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jason Goligoski | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Demetral | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Warren Morris | 2B | 88 | 179 | 274 | 17 | 63 | .964 | 5.148 | ||||
| Junior Spivey | 2B | 34 | 62 | 84 | 3 | 18 | .980 | 4.294 | ||||
| Tom Sergio | 2B | 8 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .912 | 3.875 | ||||
| Jason Goligoski | 2B | 8 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 7 | .977 | 5.250 | ||||
| Chris Demetral | 2B | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rob Sasser | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Rob Sasser | 3B | 110 | 66 | 229 | 26 | 25 | .919 | 2.682 | ||||
| Cliff Brumbaugh | 3B | 23 | 13 | 43 | 4 | 5 | .933 | 2.435 | ||||
| Chris Demetral | 3B | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jason Goligoski | 3B | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 4.333 | ||||
| Cesar King | C | 89 | 585 | 73 | 8 | 12 | .988 | 7.393 | 18 | 44 | 34 | 43.6 |
| Ramsey Koeyers | C | 50 | 344 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 7.460 | 5 | 45 | 11 | 19.6 |
| Joe Goodwin | C | 10 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.400 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Jason Conti | OF | 115 | 183 | 20 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 1.765 | ||||
| Rubén Mateo | OF | 106 | 215 | 11 | 7 | 3 | .970 | 2.132 | ||||
| Andrew Vessel | OF | 90 | 185 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 2.144 | ||||
| Mike Zywica | OF | 51 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .980 | 1.902 | ||||
| Scott Podsednik | OF | 17 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Murphy | OF | 16 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.812 | ||||
| Cliff Brumbaugh | OF | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Sean Collins | OF | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Doug O'Neill | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rowan Richards | OF | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Chad Mottola | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Venafro | P | 46 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .261 | ||||
| Jeff Zimmerman | P | 41 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .293 | ||||
| Dave Tuttle | P | 36 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| John Powell | P | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Danny Kolb | P | 28 | 11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.214 | ||||
| Dan Smith | P | 26 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Corey Lee | P | 26 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .885 | .885 | ||||
| Ryan Glynn | P | 26 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 3 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Erik Sabel | P | 24 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .500 | ||||
| Donnie Elliott | P | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .050 | ||||
| Brandon Knight | P | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Scott Watkins | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Chris Michalak | P | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Jonathan Hurst | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Joe Lisio | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Jose Martinez | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Ken Juarbe | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Rod Pedraza | P | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| David Manning | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Gabe Sollecito | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Danny Patterson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Xavier Hernandez | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Bailes | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Todd Van Poppel | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Perisho | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Moore | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelly Dransfeldt | SS | 58 | 81 | 184 | 14 | 30 | .950 | 4.569 | ||||
| Jason Goligoski | SS | 49 | 101 | 160 | 10 | 36 | .963 | 5.327 | ||||
| Chris Demetral | SS | 36 | 48 | 93 | 4 | 23 | .972 | 3.917 | ||||
| Jason Smiga | SS | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1543 | 3707 | 1537 | 138 | 387 | .974 | 3.399 | 23 | 95 | 46 | 32.6 |
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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