1996 Vermont Expos Statistics
Team Record: 48-26
Finished 1st in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Kevin Higgins (48-26)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Ballpark: Centennial Field
Attendance: 124,496, Avg. 3,557 in 35 home dates
Playoffs - Vermont Expos 2 games, Pittsfield Mets 0
Finals - Vermont Expos 2 games, St. Catharines Stompers 1
The Vermont Expos of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1996 season with a record of 48 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's McNamara Division.
The Expos topped the league with just 256 runs allowed. Vermont scored 373 runs. Chris Stowers drove in 44 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .319 average. Christian Parker led the team with 7 wins, while Ed Quezada recorded a 2.34 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Tim Young, Chris Stowers, Christian Parker, Andy Tracy, Tomás de la Rosa, Simon Pond, Jamey Carroll and Yovanny Lara were all players from the 1996 Vermont Expos who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kevin Higgins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Parker | 7 | 1 | .875 | 2.48 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 | 63 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 322 |
| Yovanny Lara | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.68 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 95 | 54 | 48 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 392 |
| Ed Quezada | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.33 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 92.7 | 82 | 32 | 24 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 79 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 378 |
| Brian Garsky | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.18 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 129 |
| Rod Stevenson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.84 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.7 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 133 |
| Brian Matz | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.60 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 41 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 224 |
| Julio Figueroa | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 78 | 37 | 29 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 334 |
| Rich Westover | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.41 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 24 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 131 |
| Chad Morris | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.69 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 124 |
| Sean Leslie | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.12 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 52 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 232 |
| Tim Young | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.31 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 29.3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 106 |
| Juan Rosado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.32 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 84 |
| Pete Fortune | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 48 | 26 | .649 | 3.07 | 214 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 630.0 | 541 | 256 | 215 | 29 | 194 | 1 | 575 | 30 | 12 | 43 | 2601 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Stowers | 72 | 305 | 282 | 58 | 90 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 37 | .319 | .370 | .532 | .902 | 150 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Simon Pond | 69 | 286 | 253 | 37 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 26 | 26 | .300 | .368 | .407 | .776 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Karl Chatman | 72 | 296 | 260 | 47 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 6 | 27 | 52 | .265 | .338 | .342 | .680 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Paul Blandford | 64 | 276 | 231 | 39 | 57 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 37 | .247 | .342 | .368 | .710 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Jamey Carroll | 54 | 237 | 203 | 40 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 29 | 25 | .276 | .363 | .315 | .679 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Tracy | 57 | 212 | 175 | 26 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 37 | .269 | .384 | .411 | .795 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Shannon Swaino | 50 | 178 | 155 | 20 | 44 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .284 | .376 | .361 | .738 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tripp MacKay | 46 | 201 | 172 | 29 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 29 | .244 | .345 | .285 | .630 | 49 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Basilio Alvarado | 49 | 180 | 171 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37 | .234 | .263 | .310 | .573 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Oropeza | 37 | 135 | 128 | 13 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 20 | .297 | .308 | .406 | .715 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ethan Barlow | 42 | 135 | 116 | 18 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 20 | .250 | .346 | .259 | .604 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Buirley | 35 | 126 | 115 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 46 | .174 | .240 | .235 | .475 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Ware | 32 | 110 | 94 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 25 | .191 | .303 | .213 | .516 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Gonzalez | 14 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 12 | .209 | .320 | .302 | .622 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás de la Rosa | 3 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 696 | 2735 | 2406 | 373 | 637 | 116 | 26 | 20 | 312 | 95 | 58 | 268 | 437 | .265 | .341 | .360 | .701 | 865 | 47 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Tracy | 1B | 52 | 426 | 33 | 6 | 41 | .987 | 8.827 | ||||
| Willie Oropeza | 1B | 22 | 160 | 10 | 2 | 19 | .988 | 7.727 | ||||
| Shannon Swaino | 1B | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Paul Blandford | 2B | 56 | 122 | 158 | 9 | 31 | .969 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tripp MacKay | 2B | 18 | 29 | 41 | 5 | 12 | .933 | 3.889 | ||||
| Jamey Carroll | 2B | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Simon Pond | 3B | 67 | 40 | 110 | 21 | 9 | .877 | 2.239 | ||||
| Willie Oropeza | 3B | 7 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Jamey Carroll | 3B | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Andy Tracy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Basilio Alvarado | C | 48 | 365 | 40 | 8 | 1 | .981 | 8.438 | 8 | 39 | 17 | 30.4 |
| Shannon Swaino | C | 17 | 109 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.118 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 30.4 |
| Matt Buirley | C | 14 | 105 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 8.143 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Karl Chatman | CF | 72 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Ware | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freddy Gonzalez | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ethan Barlow | LF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Ware | LF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freddy Gonzalez | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Buirley | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Chatman | OF | 72 | 103 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .963 | 1.458 | ||||
| Chris Stowers | OF | 70 | 112 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.729 | ||||
| Ethan Barlow | OF | 39 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.769 | ||||
| Jeremy Ware | OF | 31 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .983 | 1.839 | ||||
| Freddy Gonzalez | OF | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Matt Buirley | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Young | P | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Brian Garsky | P | 25 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .240 | ||||
| Rod Stevenson | P | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .136 | ||||
| Chad Morris | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Rich Westover | P | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Sean Leslie | P | 17 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Yovanny Lara | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ed Quezada | P | 14 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Christian Parker | P | 14 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 6 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Brian Matz | P | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Julio Figueroa | P | 14 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Juan Rosado | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Pete Fortune | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Stowers | RF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Ware | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Freddy Gonzalez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Buirley | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamey Carroll | SS | 49 | 73 | 131 | 9 | 29 | .958 | 4.163 | ||||
| Tripp MacKay | SS | 26 | 33 | 68 | 8 | 15 | .927 | 3.885 | ||||
| Tomás de la Rosa | SS | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1069 | 1890 | 734 | 86 | 172 | .968 | 2.455 | 14 | 63 | 28 | 30.8 |
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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