1997 Tennessee Tomahawks Statistics
Team Record: 55-15
Finished 1st in the HL
Manager: Mike O'Berry (55-15)
Location: Winchester, Tennessee
Ballpark: Gamble Sports Complex
Attendance: 51,106, Avg. 1,460
Playoffs - Columbia Mules 2 games, Tennessee Tomahawks 1
The Tennessee Tomahawks of the Heartland League ended the 1997 season with a record of 55 wins and 15 losses, finishing first in the HL.
The Tomahawks led the league with 464 runs, fueled by 83 home runs. Tennessee yielded 245 runs, fewest in the league. Curt Underwood paced the squad with 15 home runs Alonso Mendoza accounted for 60 RBI. Jason Baker and Jeff Michael topped all regular batters by connecting at a .333 clip. George Mianowski paced the squad with 11 wins, while John Dopson recorded a 1.78 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
John Dopson played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tennessee Tomahawks to do so.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Mianowski | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.70 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 86.7 | 65 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 342 |
| John Dopson | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 58 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 316 |
| Jamie Sepeda | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.39 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 113.0 | 103 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 458 |
| Mike Danley | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.76 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 51.0 | 42 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 211 |
| Steve Bowman | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.17 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 72 | 33 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 315 |
| Bill Stephens | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.75 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 65 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 77 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 317 |
| Tony Fults | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 145 |
| Walker Reynolds | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.92 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.0 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 173 |
| Johnny Oestreich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chris Knight | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.00 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36.0 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
| Greg Beck | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.05 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| Jesse Lowman | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Jeff Newman | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 73 | |
| Douglas Shumway | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20.25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Totals | 55 | 15 | .786 | 3.07 | 200 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 614.7 | 517 | 245 | 210 | 35 | 220 | 8 | 582 | 40 | 0 | 31 | 2571 |
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 Baker | 68 | 309 | 282 | 58 | 94 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 24 | 25 | .333 | .383 | .496 | .880 | 140 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Michael | 68 | 316 | 282 | 58 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 25 | 3 | 22 | 28 | .333 | .380 | .514 | .894 | 145 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Doyle Preston | 66 | 280 | 245 | 48 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 36 | .302 | .375 | .494 | .869 | 121 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Scott Southard | 63 | 251 | 228 | 31 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 28 | .316 | .363 | .461 | .823 | 105 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Gary Phillips | 65 | 273 | 253 | 49 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 36 | .269 | .316 | .510 | .826 | 129 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alonso Mendoza | 63 | 281 | 238 | 55 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 22 | .282 | .364 | .492 | .856 | 117 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Curt Underwood | 68 | 284 | 248 | 45 | 64 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 26 | .258 | .349 | .488 | .836 | 121 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Sheffield | 63 | 229 | 192 | 39 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 57 | .240 | .348 | .417 | .765 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tommy Keeling | 26 | 95 | 82 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 17 | .354 | .442 | .646 | 1.088 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Woodall | 32 | 115 | 92 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | .239 | .368 | .315 | .684 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Edge | 15 | 59 | 46 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .435 | .517 | .565 | 1.082 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Morgan | 27 | 89 | 81 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .247 | .287 | .346 | .633 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Vallero | 12 | 44 | 42 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .286 | .318 | .381 | .699 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Britt | 7 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .263 | .263 | .316 | .579 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelan Washington | 21 | 40 | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .139 | .200 | .194 | .394 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Rudolph | 5 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .235 | .235 | .294 | .529 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Pate | 6 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .118 | .211 | .118 | .328 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Marshall | 10 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Dopson | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 698 | 2736 | 2412 | 464 | 698 | 145 | 19 | 83 | 422 | 79 | 22 | 247 | 355 | .289 | .358 | .468 | .827 | 1130 | 35 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Underwood | 1B | 66 | 583 | 41 | 7 | 47 | .989 | 9.455 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | 1B | 6 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.167 | ||||
| Scott Southard | 1B | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 16.000 | ||||
| Doyle Preston | 1B | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | 2B | 58 | 94 | 165 | 5 | 38 | .981 | 4.466 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | 2B | 13 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 3.769 | ||||
| Scott Southard | 2B | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Greg Rudolph | 2B | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Doyle Preston | 3B | 56 | 35 | 117 | 15 | 9 | .910 | 2.714 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | 3B | 12 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tommy Keeling | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Casey Woodall | C | 28 | 234 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .996 | 8.679 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 13.6 |
| Jeff Morgan | C | 17 | 117 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 7.882 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 47.1 |
| Brian Edge | C | 14 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 8.429 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6.2 |
| Rich Vallero | C | 11 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 8.182 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 60.0 |
| Alan Pate | C | 5 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 8.600 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Jason Baker | CF | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelan Washington | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Sheffield | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Phillips | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Phillips | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alonso Mendoza | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelan Washington | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Marshall | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Keeling | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Casey Woodall | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Sheffield | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Rudolph | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Baker | OF | 67 | 127 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 1.940 | ||||
| Tony Sheffield | OF | 59 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | OF | 38 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.105 | ||||
| Alonso Mendoza | OF | 34 | 46 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Kelan Washington | OF | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .722 | ||||
| Al Marshall | OF | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Tommy Keeling | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Shane Britt | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Casey Woodall | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Rudolph | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Fults | P | 30 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .300 | ||||
| Walker Reynolds | P | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .214 | ||||
| Mike Danley | P | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Chris Knight | P | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .050 | ||||
| Jamie Sepeda | P | 16 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .931 | 1.688 | ||||
| George Mianowski | P | 14 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.429 | ||||
| Steve Bowman | P | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Bill Stephens | P | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| John Dopson | P | 13 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Jeff Newman | P | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Beck | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jesse Lowman | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Douglas Shumway | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Oestreich | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Sheffield | RF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Marshall | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelan Washington | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Phillips | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alonso Mendoza | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Keeling | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Southard | SS | 60 | 85 | 163 | 18 | 32 | .932 | 4.133 | ||||
| Jeff Michael | SS | 11 | 10 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .951 | 3.545 | ||||
| Curt Underwood | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1043 | 1844 | 737 | 68 | 160 | .974 | 2.475 | 13 | 54 | 19 | 26.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
