1998 Utica Blue Sox Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 35-41
Finished 5th in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Ken Joyce (35-41)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 58,902, Avg. 1,683 in 35 home dates

1998 Utica Blue Sox Roster

The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1998 season with a record of 35 wins and 41 losses, finishing fifth in the league's Pinckney Division.

The Blue Sox scored 325 runs and allowed 330 runs. Matt Padgett drove in 39 runs. Willy Hill led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .270. Steve Gagliano and Matt Pidgeon topped the team with 6 wins each, while Steve Gagliano registered a 3.31 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Blaine Neal and Kevin Olsen both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Ken Joyce served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Steve Gagliano	6	4	.600	3.31	13	12	0	1	0	68.0	67	33	25	4	27	1	66	1	1	5	292
Matt Pidgeon	6	5	.545	3.78	14	14	0	0	0	78.7	86	41	33	5	22	0	55	9	3	6	335
Brad Farizo	5	5	.500	4.04	14	14	0	1	0	82.3	96	43	37	6	21	0	47	1	0	4	361
Dave Noyce	4	2	.667	3.52	17	0	5	0	2	30.7	23	15	12	1	11	1	28	4	1	1	128
Kevin Olsen	4	3	.571	2.60	21	4	8	0	2	45.0	37	21	13	3	10	1	56	1	1	1	181
Phil Lowery	2	1	.667	2.31	7	7	0	0	0	35.0	29	12	9	1	14	0	37	1	1	4	144
Chris Moore	2	5	.286	3.66	13	13	0	0	0	66.3	55	34	27	6	36	0	48	4	0	3	285
Ryan Harber	2	6	.250	5.55	11	6	4	0	0	35.7	46	29	22	6	4	0	38	0	5	0	161
Bobby Cowan	1	0	1.000	2.76	17	1	6	0	0	32.7	29	11	10	2	5	0	26	2	0	0	129
Scott Clackum	1	1	.500	1.50	20	0	19	0	10	24.0	16	5	4	0	5	2	28	1	0	0	93
David Avila	1	1	.500	3.57	12	0	3	0	0	22.7	26	13	9	1	10	0	13	2	0	2	101
Andy Bair	1	2	.333	5.28	14	0	9	0	0	15.3	14	9	9	0	10	0	12	1	0	2	69
John Seaman	0	0		6.41	14	0	7	0	2	26.7	35	19	19	2	9	1	15	2	2	2	123
Paul McCurtain	0	1	.000	4.38	17	2	5	0	1	39.0	35	25	19	1	19	2	33	3	0	7	173
Robert Garvin	0	2	.000	5.50	5	3	0	0	0	18.0	24	12	11	1	8	0	6	0	0	0	83
Eric Jupe	0	3	.000	3.78	13	0	8	0	1	16.7	17	8	7	3	6	0	17	2	0	0	75
Totals	35	41	.461	3.76	222	76	74	2	18	636.7	635	330	266	42	217	8	525	34	14	37	2733

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
Willy Hill	72	303	270	34	73	10	4	0	19	10	9	22	48	.270	.337	.337	.674	91	2	5	6	0	2
Derek Wathan	60	253	224	32	60	8	2	0	23	10	9	21	35	.268	.339	.321	.660	72	6	3	5	0	0
Heath Honeycutt	68	276	245	40	59	8	2	7	33	11	2	25	67	.241	.326	.376	.702	92	4	6	0	0	2
Randy Rigsby	54	202	179	26	54	12	2	1	16	3	4	21	42	.302	.381	.408	.789	73	3	2	0	0	3
Matt Padgett	71	271	247	31	54	9	1	4	39	4	3	22	73	.219	.281	.312	.593	77	3	0	1	1	0
Matt Frick	55	205	185	30	49	12	1	7	34	2	1	16	45	.265	.328	.454	.782	84	3	2	1	1	0
Isreal Polonia	45	168	146	23	44	6	2	4	22	3	5	17	47	.301	.393	.452	.845	66	1	5	0	0	0
Bart Leahy	49	152	139	13	30	9	0	1	11	3	2	9	46	.216	.260	.302	.562	42	6	0	2	2	0
Terrence Smalls	43	110	102	14	28	1	0	0	6	10	4	5	13	.275	.321	.284	.605	29	0	2	1	0	0
Tony Lucca	42	128	109	12	26	7	0	2	13	1	0	15	20	.239	.331	.358	.689	39	5	1	1	2	1
Blaine Neal	53	146	121	13	23	4	0	0	13	2	1	23	32	.190	.329	.223	.552	27	7	2	0	0	0
Heath Kelly	34	109	95	14	22	3	1	0	10	1	1	9	29	.232	.315	.284	.599	27	3	3	1	1	0
Miguel Abreu	58	134	125	13	22	2	0	1	9	1	1	6	44	.176	.220	.216	.436	27	1	1	2	0	0
Steve Morales	26	92	85	14	21	2	0	3	14	2	1	5	18	.247	.283	.376	.659	32	2	0	0	2	0
Joselyn Feliz	32	99	96	8	20	6	0	2	12	0	0	2	26	.208	.224	.333	.558	32	2	0	1	0	0
Patrick Pass	15	43	38	5	5	0	0	1	2	2	1	5	17	.132	.233	.211	.443	8	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Green	3	8	8	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.750	1.125	6	0	0	0	0	0
Dadny Reyes	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	784	2709	2424	325	594	99	15	34	278	65	44	223	607	.245	.316	.340	.656	825	49	32	21	9	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Randy Rigsby	1B	36	298	22	5	28	.985	8.889
Blaine Neal	1B	33	252	16	5	17	.982	8.121
Tony Lucca	1B	19	168	11	2	15	.989	9.421
Bart Leahy	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Heath Kelly	2B	25	43	60	4	8	.963	4.120
Terrence Smalls	2B	22	45	49	2	11	.979	4.273
Isreal Polonia	2B	22	44	59	6	11	.945	4.682
Willy Hill	2B	12	8	20	1	3	.966	2.333
Heath Honeycutt	3B	65	36	140	20	9	.898	2.708
Terrence Smalls	3B	6	4	12	3	0	.842	2.667
Isreal Polonia	3B	5	5	3	2	0	.800	1.600
Matt Padgett	3B	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Dadny Reyes	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Joselyn Feliz	3B	1	1	4	3	0	.625	5.000
Matt Frick	C	38	250	38	2	1	.993	7.579	3	39	25	39.1
Steve Morales	C	26	161	22	3	0	.984	7.038	5	17	9	34.6
Joselyn Feliz	C	17	115	15	2	1	.985	7.647	5	9	9	50.0
Willy Hill	CF	61						.000
Miguel Abreu	CF	18						.000
Patrick Pass	CF	3						.000
Matt Padgett	CF	1						.000
Bart Leahy	LF	38						.000
Miguel Abreu	LF	30						.000
Randy Rigsby	LF	16						.000
Patrick Pass	LF	10						.000
Kevin Green	LF	2						.000
Tony Lucca	LF	1						.000
Heath Kelly	LF	1						.000
Heath Honeycutt	LF	1						.000
Matt Padgett	OF	67	85	5	3	0	.968	1.343
Willy Hill	OF	61	90	6	3	1	.970	1.574
Miguel Abreu	OF	55	63	6	3	0	.958	1.255
Bart Leahy	OF	42	43	2	2	1	.957	1.071
Randy Rigsby	OF	16	23	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Patrick Pass	OF	12	18	3	2	2	.913	1.750
Kevin Green	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Blaine Neal	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tony Lucca	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Heath Kelly	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Heath Honeycutt	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Kevin Olsen	P	21	6	9	1	0	.938	.714
Scott Clackum	P	20	0	4	0	0	1.000	.200
Dave Noyce	P	17	3	4	0	0	1.000	.412
Paul McCurtain	P	17	2	8	0	0	1.000	.588
Bobby Cowan	P	17	2	7	0	1	1.000	.529
John Seaman	P	14	3	8	0	0	1.000	.786
Matt Pidgeon	P	14	5	18	0	1	1.000	1.643
Brad Farizo	P	14	3	15	2	0	.900	1.286
Andy Bair	P	14	1	5	0	0	1.000	.429
Chris Moore	P	13	5	9	1	1	.933	1.077
Eric Jupe	P	13	0	2	0	0	1.000	.154
Steve Gagliano	P	13	5	13	1	2	.947	1.385
David Avila	P	12	2	4	0	2	1.000	.500
Ryan Harber	P	11	0	6	0	0	1.000	.545
Phil Lowery	P	7	0	7	2	1	.778	1.000
Robert Garvin	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Matt Padgett	RF	67						.000
Miguel Abreu	RF	8						.000
Bart Leahy	RF	4						.000
Blaine Neal	RF	1						.000
Derek Wathan	SS	59	78	162	9	29	.964	4.068
Isreal Polonia	SS	12	27	33	6	11	.909	5.000
Dadny Reyes	SS	3	4	7	1	0	.917	3.667
Terrence Smalls	SS	2	4	3	1	1	.875	3.500
Heath Kelly	SS	2	3	8	0	1	1.000	5.500
Totals		1152	1910	829	98	158	.965	2.378	13	65	43	39.8

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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