1997 Twins Statistics

Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 28-32
Finished 4th in the GCL's West Division
Manager: Steve Liddle (28-32)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Myers, Florida

1997 Twins Roster

The Twins of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 28 wins and 32 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Twins scored 220 runs and yielded 225 runs. Claudio Almonte paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .287. Jamie Vallis topped the team with 5 wins, while Matt Sheets recorded a 2.38 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1997 Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Grant Balfour, Peter Moylan, Dan Naulty and Juan Rincón.

Steve Liddle 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
Jamie Vallis	5	3	.625	4.76	14	3	3	0	0	0	34.0	30	20	18	0	14	1	34	1	0	3	147
Brian Fitts	4	2	.667	2.83	10	3	0	0	0	0	28.7	29	15	9	0	6	2	31	1	0	2	125
Peter Moylan	4	2	.667	4.05	12	7	2	0	0	0	40.0	46	21	18	0	10	0	40	4	0	3	178
Juan Rincón	3	3	.500	2.95	11	10	1	1	0	0	58.0	55	21	19	0	24	0	46	4	1	7	245
Rick Flock	2	1	.667	2.89	12	0	4	0	0	0	18.7	21	9	6	0	6	0	17	0	1	2	80
Rendy Espina	2	2	.500	1.30	8	7	0	0	0	0	34.7	24	11	5	0	6	0	34	2	0	4	132
Matt Sheets	2	2	.500	2.38	15	5	5	0	0	2	53.0	49	17	14	1	10	1	24	4	0	2	215
Grant Balfour	2	4	.333	3.76	13	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	73	31	28	1	20	0	43	4	2	3	275
Jake Jacobs	1	1	.500	0.29	23	0	20	0	0	10	31.3	16	7	1	0	11	1	55	3	0	3	128
Robbie Myers	1	1	.500	0.63	8	0	6	0	0	0	14.3	5	2	1	0	5	0	13	2	0	0	53
Tim Sturdy	1	1	.500	0.75	9	2	3	1	1	0	24.0	12	4	2	0	6	0	14	0	2	0	88
John Mundine	1	1	.500	1.69	15	0	7	0	0	0	32.0	20	7	6	1	9	2	32	1	0	1	125
Chip Wade	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Dan Naulty	0	0		2.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	15
Jamie Splittorff	0	1	.000	2.08	2	0	2	0	0	0	4.3	2	1	1	0	4	0	6	1	0	0	19
Scott Tanksley	0	2	.000	2.08	4	0	0	0	0	0	8.7	5	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	31
Pat Stenger	0	2	.000	4.54	15	2	3	0	0	0	35.7	41	21	18	3	10	1	22	3	3	6	155
Nate Melson	0	4	.000	5.63	12	7	1	0	0	0	38.3	52	35	24	1	22	0	29	2	2	15	190
Totals	28	32	.467	2.95	186	60	58	2	1	12	527.0	482	225	173	7	168	8	450	32	11	52	2203

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
Claudio Almonte	57	205	188	19	54	7	2	1	25	16	5	12	36	.287	.333	.362	.695	68	0	2	1	2	0
Jimmy Alvarez	52	209	185	25	46	5	4	0	14	12	5	21	46	.249	.327	.319	.646	59	4	1	1	1	0
Tony Stevens	47	184	170	23	41	3	0	1	17	9	2	9	21	.241	.284	.276	.561	47	8	2	1	2	0
DeShawn Southward	57	185	154	24	40	2	0	0	6	14	4	29	43	.260	.377	.273	.650	42	3	0	2	0	1
Franklin Torres	48	179	155	18	40	7	1	1	18	7	3	17	31	.258	.333	.335	.669	52	1	2	2	3	0
Ken McCorvey	42	142	134	19	39	6	1	3	11	10	6	5	24	.291	.326	.418	.744	56	3	2	1	0	0
Gabby Torres	45	182	152	17	39	5	1	0	16	18	3	19	21	.257	.358	.303	.660	46	7	6	3	2	0
Eric Brosam	44	160	141	13	34	3	2	0	9	3	0	14	31	.241	.321	.291	.612	41	0	3	1	1	0
Leonel Vilorio	50	178	169	8	33	6	0	0	6	3	4	6	31	.195	.230	.231	.461	39	4	2	0	1	0
Jamal Harrison	39	144	126	12	31	6	1	0	17	5	3	15	22	.246	.340	.310	.650	39	4	3	0	0	0
Bruce Sutton	35	116	96	13	23	5	0	0	4	1	2	13	31	.240	.357	.292	.648	28	0	5	1	1	0
Chip Wade	33	119	102	8	17	2	0	1	14	1	1	13	26	.167	.263	.216	.478	22	2	1	1	2	0
Manny Nanita	22	68	62	4	16	2	0	0	2	2	0	5	14	.258	.313	.290	.604	18	1	0	1	0	0
Brad Meyer	16	47	39	6	10	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.256	.370	.333	.703	13	0	1	1	0	1
Denny Valerio	28	49	44	8	8	2	0	0	1	6	1	4	13	.182	.250	.227	.477	10	2	0	1	0	0
Jose Bautista	14	36	28	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	9	.107	.306	.107	.413	3	0	0	0	0	0
Toby Franklin	3	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marcus Smith	6	17	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	8	.071	.235	.071	.307	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	638	2231	1970	220	476	62	13	7	165	110	41	199	418	.242	.318	.297	.615	585	39	30	17	15	2

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Eric Brosam	1B	39	371	25	5	25	.988	1.154
Jamal Harrison	1B	31	238	18	5	19	.981	8.258
Tony Stevens	2B	41	73	96	4	18	.977	4.122
Franklin Torres	2B	25	43	78	9	11	.931	4.840
Jose Bautista	2B	1	2	4	1	1	.857	6.000
Leonel Vilorio	3B	49	28	89	12	4	.907	2.388
Franklin Torres	3B	12	4	20	1	2	.960	2.000
Chip Wade	3B	9	4	18	1	0	.957	2.444
Denny Valerio	3B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Gabby Torres	C	41	309	62	8	0	.979	9.049	7	41	23	35.9
Chip Wade	C	22	119	27	1	3	.993	6.636	4	27	12	30.8
Manny Nanita	C	6	16	2	2	0	.900	3.000	1	8	2	20.0
Ken McCorvey	CF	35						.000
DeShawn Southward	CF	16						.000
Brad Meyer	CF	8						.000
Denny Valerio	CF	4						.000
Marcus Smith	CF	4						.000
Toby Franklin	CF	3						.000
Claudio Almonte	CF	2						.000
Leonel Vilorio	CF	1						.000
Claudio Almonte	LF	48						.000
Bruce Sutton	LF	11						.000
Denny Valerio	LF	8						.000
Jamal Harrison	LF	4						.000
Brad Meyer	LF	3						.000
DeShawn Southward	LF	2						.000
Marcus Smith	LF	1						.000
DeShawn Southward	OF	55	64	6	1	3	.986	1.273
Claudio Almonte	OF	50	53	0	1	0	.981	1.060
Ken McCorvey	OF	35	48	3	3	0	.944	1.457
Bruce Sutton	OF	30	36	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Denny Valerio	OF	16	9	0	0	0	1.000	.562
Brad Meyer	OF	14	14	1	0	0	1.000	1.071
Marcus Smith	OF	6	9	2	1	0	.917	1.833
Leonel Vilorio	OF	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	.400
Jamal Harrison	OF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Toby Franklin	OF	3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.333
Jake Jacobs	P	23	0	1	2	0	.333	.043
Pat Stenger	P	15	5	6	0	0	1.000	.733
Matt Sheets	P	15	6	10	2	0	.889	1.067
John Mundine	P	15	3	1	0	0	1.000	.267
Jamie Vallis	P	14	3	6	0	0	1.000	.643
Grant Balfour	P	13	3	17	1	0	.952	1.538
Peter Moylan	P	12	3	5	0	0	1.000	.667
Nate Melson	P	12	3	3	2	0	.750	.500
Rick Flock	P	12	0	3	1	1	.750	.250
Juan Rincón	P	11	3	13	0	1	1.000	1.455
Brian Fitts	P	10	2	5	2	0	.778	.700
Tim Sturdy	P	9	3	9	1	0	.923	1.333
Robbie Myers	P	8	2	3	0	0	1.000	.625
Rendy Espina	P	8	3	6	2	1	.818	1.125
Scott Tanksley	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Jamie Splittorff	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Naulty	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Chip Wade	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Brad Meyer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
DeShawn Southward	RF	40						.000
Bruce Sutton	RF	20						.000
Leonel Vilorio	RF	4						.000
Denny Valerio	RF	4						.000
Brad Meyer	RF	3						.000
Marcus Smith	RF	2						.000
Jimmy Alvarez	SS	51	78	178	13	33	.952	5.020
Jose Bautista	SS	12	7	24	8	2	.795	2.583
Tony Stevens	SS	7	5	14	2	3	.905	2.714
Franklin Torres	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		977	1581	758	91	127	.963	2.394	12	76	37	32.7

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