1996 Utica Blue Sox Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 29-47
Finished 5th in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Steve McFarland (29-47)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 51,432, Avg. 1,429 in 36 home dates

1996 Utica Blue Sox Roster

The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1996 season with a record of 29 wins and 47 losses, finishing fifth in the league's Pinckney Division.

The Blue Sox tallied 299 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 360 runs. Zak Ammirato drove in 36 runs. Jason Garrett led batters with significant playing time by hitting .276. Aaron Cames topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 2.83 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Brent Billingsley played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Utica Blue Sox to do so.

Steve McFarland 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
Aaron Cames	6	2	.750	2.81	18	9	3	1	0	0	73.7	60	28	23	2	18	2	77	2	4	5	301
Brent Billingsley	4	5	.444	4.01	15	15	0	0	0	0	89.7	83	46	40	6	28	0	82	3	1	5	373
Jeff Johannsen	4	5	.444	4.33	14	14	0	0	0	0	79.0	68	40	38	9	22	0	73	6	3	2	324
Dave Townsend	3	6	.333	3.59	14	14	0	2	0	0	77.7	69	38	31	4	18	0	51	4	3	4	320
Ron Lewis	2	2	.500	3.96	20	0	8	0	0	2	36.3	36	17	16	3	15	2	42	2	1	6	159
Derek Santiago	2	2	.500	4.45	12	10	1	0	0	0	54.7	57	30	27	4	28	0	41	3	1	8	245
Kevin Zaleski	2	3	.400	3.91	26	0	26	0	0	7	25.3	30	16	11	0	8	3	21	2	1	2	120
Travis Wyckoff	2	5	.286	2.95	24	0	10	0	0	1	36.7	39	21	12	1	14	2	16	2	0	4	166
Geoff Duncan	2	5	.286	3.79	24	1	8	0	0	2	40.3	46	23	17	3	19	5	52	4	3	5	191
Dan Ferrell	2	5	.286	4.71	14	13	1	1	1	1	70.7	74	40	37	6	17	0	61	0	2	4	298
Daniel Albrecht	0	0		7.59	13	0	4	0	0	0	21.3	25	19	18	2	25	0	19	0	0	3	113
Mike Stadelhofer	0	0		9.31	4	0	0	0	0	0	9.7	15	12	10	2	5	0	9	2	0	3	51
Mike Eason	0	1	.000	6.75	9	0	5	0	0	1	14.7	21	12	11	2	7	2	9	2	0	3	71
Chad Beagle	0	1	.000	81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	3	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Jody Moore	0	5	.000	3.78	11	0	6	0	0	1	16.7	22	15	7	0	10	0	14	1	0	4	85
Totals	29	47	.382	4.19	219	76	72	4	1	15	646.7	648	360	301	44	236	16	567	33	19	58	2822

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 Garrett	68	277	243	34	67	8	4	4	35	1	2	25	53	.276	.350	.391	.741	95	5	5	0	4	0
Larry Kleinz	73	294	256	21	62	14	1	0	34	1	0	20	44	.242	.325	.305	.630	78	6	13	2	3	0
Jeff Venghaus	75	329	258	53	59	12	2	1	24	16	12	60	70	.229	.377	.302	.680	78	2	4	3	4	1
Zak Ammirato	74	310	262	26	58	13	2	6	36	3	2	39	80	.221	.324	.355	.679	93	3	3	1	5	4
Quincy Foster	73	281	240	34	53	7	1	1	22	24	6	30	71	.221	.313	.271	.584	65	3	4	3	4	0
Rafael Sime	67	247	216	26	52	9	5	3	31	10	4	28	62	.241	.324	.370	.694	80	1	0	0	3	1
Ala Cole	67	241	202	21	43	15	1	2	27	7	2	24	78	.213	.316	.327	.643	66	5	8	4	3	1
Pete Arenas	66	219	182	25	35	5	0	0	12	1	3	31	61	.192	.307	.220	.527	40	4	0	4	2	0
Jay Jones	37	125	116	9	33	6	0	0	9	0	1	6	17	.284	.317	.336	.653	39	5	0	2	1	0
Alain Diaz	46	162	141	14	30	6	1	1	11	1	1	16	25	.213	.300	.291	.591	41	5	2	2	1	0
Matt Braughler	42	136	125	15	27	4	0	1	5	0	0	11	33	.216	.279	.272	.551	34	2	0	0	0	1
Mike Harris	38	107	92	9	26	8	0	1	8	0	0	11	23	.283	.374	.402	.776	37	3	3	0	1	0
Derek Forchic	27	96	87	12	25	5	1	2	10	0	0	5	20	.287	.323	.437	.760	38	0	1	0	3	0
Dan Fagley	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Glozier	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	756	2832	2426	299	570	112	18	22	264	64	33	308	641	.235	.328	.323	.651	784	44	43	21	34	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Jason Garrett	1B	66	563	40	9	29	.985	9.136
Zak Ammirato	1B	11	92	4	2	2	.980	8.727
Jay Jones	1B	3	9	2	1	2	.917	3.667
Jeff Venghaus	2B	74	100	149	10	16	.961	3.365
Larry Glozier	2B	2	6	4	0	2	1.000	5.000
Pete Arenas	2B	2	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Zak Ammirato	2B	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000
Larry Kleinz	3B	72	48	150	14	9	.934	2.750
Zak Ammirato	3B	6	3	12	1	1	.938	2.500
Mike Harris	3B	1	1	1	0	1	1.000	2.000
Jay Jones	C	32	228	25	2	2	.992	7.906	6	34	10	22.7
Matt Braughler	C	30	202	16	4	0	.982	7.267	9	34	7	17.1
Derek Forchic	C	18	135	12	0	1	1.000	8.167	5	15	1	6.2
Dan Fagley	C	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.000	1	1	0	0.0
Quincy Foster	CF	71						.000
Ala Cole	CF	10						.000
Alain Diaz	CF	1						.000
Zak Ammirato	LF	27						.000
Ala Cole	LF	23						.000
Rafael Sime	LF	17						.000
Alain Diaz	LF	15						.000
Quincy Foster	OF	72	133	4	6	1	.958	1.903
Rafael Sime	OF	63	96	3	7	0	.934	1.571
Ala Cole	OF	62	105	2	7	1	.939	1.726
Zak Ammirato	OF	27	46	1	1	1	.979	1.741
Alain Diaz	OF	23	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.043
Jeff Venghaus	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Pete Arenas	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Kevin Zaleski	P	26	1	2	0	0	1.000	.115
Travis Wyckoff	P	24	5	13	2	0	.900	.750
Geoff Duncan	P	24	3	3	0	1	1.000	.250
Ron Lewis	P	20	3	9	0	1	1.000	.600
Aaron Cames	P	18	7	13	0	0	1.000	1.111
Brent Billingsley	P	15	7	17	0	2	1.000	1.600
Dave Townsend	P	14	4	10	1	0	.933	1.000
Jeff Johannsen	P	14	0	4	1	0	.800	.286
Dan Ferrell	P	14	2	10	0	1	1.000	.857
Daniel Albrecht	P	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	.154
Derek Santiago	P	12	5	12	0	0	1.000	1.417
Jody Moore	P	11	1	2	2	0	.600	.273
Mike Eason	P	9	1	1	0	0	1.000	.222
Mike Stadelhofer	P	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Chad Beagle	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Rafael Sime	RF	47						.000
Ala Cole	RF	36						.000
Alain Diaz	RF	8						.000
Jeff Venghaus	RF	1						.000
Quincy Foster	RF	1						.000
Pete Arenas	RF	1						.000
Pete Arenas	SS	64	75	129	14	16	.936	3.188
Mike Harris	SS	28	28	53	5	8	.942	2.893
Larry Kleinz	SS	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
Totals		1139	1940	721	90	98	.967	2.336	21	84	18	17.6

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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