1996 Tennessee Tomahawks Statistics
Team Record: 40-31
Finished 2nd in the BSL
Manager: Mike O'Berry (40-31)
Location: Winchester, Tennessee
Ballpark: Gamble Sports Complex
Attendance: 57,086, Avg. 1,608
Playoffs - Columbia Mules 2 games, Tennessee Tomahawks 1
The Tennessee Tomahawks of the Big South League ended the 1996 season with a record of 40 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the BSL.
The Tomahawks plated 458 runs and allowed 382 runs. Mark Skeels paced Tennessee with 10 home runs and drove in 53 runs. Mike Felder led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .338 clip. Mike Porzio topped the team with 7 wins, while John Dopson recorded a 2.96 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1996 Tennessee Tomahawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Dopson, Joel Johnston, Mike Felder, Ernie Riles, Mike Porzio and Sam Horn.
Mike O'Berry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Porzio | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.65 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 98.7 | 94 | 55 | 40 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 428 |
| Jamie Sepeda | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.05 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 70 | 32 | 25 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 313 |
| John Dopson | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.95 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 94.7 | 93 | 43 | 31 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 99 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 404 |
| Shane Majors | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.56 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60.7 | 48 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 267 |
| Charlie Rogers | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.17 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 69 | 50 | 36 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 293 |
| Chris Hitt | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.60 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 91 |
| Joel Johnston | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.57 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21.0 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 111 |
| Alan Shepherd | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.26 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.3 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| Walker Reynolds | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.03 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 157 |
| Mario Rodriquez | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.16 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 177 |
| Mike Danley | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.30 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 44 | 34 | 30 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 173 |
| Ernie Riles | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Joey Locke | 0 | 0 | 6.48 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 47 | |
| Richie Beard | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Chris Hill | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.77 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 108 |
| Hal Hodge | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Totals | 40 | 30 | .571 | 4.44 | 216 | 70 | 60 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 612.7 | 611 | 382 | 302 | 53 | 275 | 9 | 447 | 43 | 10 | 35 | 2756 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis Hood | 67 | 305 | 261 | 59 | 77 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 42 | 5 | 34 | 47 | .295 | .385 | .437 | .822 | 114 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Michael | 65 | 304 | 257 | 51 | 74 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 52 | 25 | 4 | 30 | 29 | .288 | .355 | .405 | .759 | 104 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Felder | 49 | 228 | 198 | 41 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 5 | .338 | .404 | .515 | .919 | 102 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Willie Wilkerson | 66 | 246 | 220 | 38 | 67 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 22 | .305 | .366 | .450 | .816 | 99 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bart Teal | 59 | 238 | 211 | 35 | 61 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 21 | .289 | .366 | .398 | .764 | 84 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Skeels | 68 | 301 | 241 | 48 | 61 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 51 | 32 | .253 | .382 | .436 | .818 | 105 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Rich Vallero | 57 | 201 | 174 | 28 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 19 | .322 | .393 | .448 | .841 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Scott Southard | 57 | 221 | 190 | 37 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | .247 | .302 | .316 | .618 | 60 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Ryan Black | 60 | 219 | 190 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 41 | .232 | .309 | .316 | .625 | 60 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Jake Russell | 19 | 78 | 68 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .309 | .397 | .382 | .780 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Horn | 14 | 64 | 58 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .328 | .391 | .569 | .960 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Mattasits | 24 | 78 | 69 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .275 | .346 | .348 | .694 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Richardson | 19 | 70 | 62 | 10 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | .290 | .362 | .419 | .782 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Riles | 16 | 76 | 58 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | .224 | .395 | .552 | .946 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Deggs | 12 | 42 | 38 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .316 | .381 | .342 | .723 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shawn Cheek | 8 | 24 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .261 | .292 | .304 | .596 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Crane | 30 | 58 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .122 | .228 | .163 | .391 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Danley | 26 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | .217 | .240 | .304 | .544 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derrick Johnson | 6 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .267 | .458 | .533 | .992 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 722 | 2802 | 2405 | 458 | 677 | 147 | 11 | 48 | 389 | 125 | 28 | 295 | 315 | .281 | .362 | .412 | .774 | 990 | 52 | 34 | 25 | 43 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Skeels | 1B | 56 | 424 | 33 | 6 | 33 | .987 | 8.161 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | 1B | 7 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.143 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | 1B | 5 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 9.200 | ||||
| Jake Russell | 1B | 4 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 9.250 | ||||
| Mark Mattasits | 1B | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Shawn Cheek | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rich Vallero | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Willie Wilkerson | 2B | 43 | 92 | 104 | 4 | 15 | .980 | 4.558 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | 2B | 17 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 9 | .957 | 3.941 | ||||
| Scott Southard | 2B | 12 | 19 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .977 | 3.583 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | 2B | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | 3B | 37 | 21 | 80 | 13 | 6 | .886 | 2.730 | ||||
| Jake Russell | 3B | 14 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 2 | .788 | 2.929 | ||||
| Matt Deggs | 3B | 12 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .682 | 1.250 | ||||
| Willie Wilkerson | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | 3B | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Mike Felder | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .429 | 1.500 | ||||
| Shawn Cheek | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Rich Vallero | C | 48 | 266 | 25 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 6.062 | 16 | 52 | 13 | 20.0 |
| Mark Mattasits | C | 18 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 5.556 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Mark Skeels | C | 14 | 82 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 6.857 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 31.0 |
| Shawn Cheek | C | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 22.2 |
| Dennis Hood | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Felder | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Crane | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Richardson | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Black | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Felder | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bart Teal | LF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Richardson | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Crane | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Wilkerson | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Vallero | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Russell | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Danley | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Black | OF | 57 | 138 | 2 | 7 | 1 | .952 | 2.456 | ||||
| Dennis Hood | OF | 50 | 125 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.540 | ||||
| Mike Felder | OF | 42 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Bart Teal | OF | 29 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.897 | ||||
| Ryan Richardson | OF | 19 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.211 | ||||
| Walter Crane | OF | 17 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.647 | ||||
| Willie Wilkerson | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Danley | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Rich Vallero | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Russell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Hitt | P | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .138 | ||||
| Alan Shepherd | P | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Walker Reynolds | P | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .200 | ||||
| Mario Rodriquez | P | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Mike Danley | P | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Joel Johnston | P | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .222 | ||||
| Mike Porzio | P | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| John Dopson | P | 14 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| Charlie Rogers | P | 12 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.500 | ||||
| Shane Majors | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jamie Sepeda | P | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Chris Hill | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Joey Locke | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Hal Hodge | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richie Beard | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ernie Riles | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Black | RF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Walter Crane | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Richardson | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bart Teal | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Danley | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Southard | SS | 46 | 71 | 128 | 10 | 17 | .952 | 4.326 | ||||
| Dennis Hood | SS | 14 | 24 | 35 | 14 | 8 | .808 | 4.214 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | SS | 9 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 4.111 | ||||
| Ernie Riles | SS | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | 3.250 | ||||
| Mike Danley | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1058 | 1838 | 697 | 115 | 116 | .957 | 2.396 | 33 | 106 | 31 | 22.6 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
