1997 Vermont Expos Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 35-41
Finished 4th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Kevin Higgins (35-41)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Ballpark: Centennial Field
Attendance: 121,604, Avg. 3,287 in 37 home dates
1997 Vermont Expos RosterTeam Record: 35-41
Finished 4th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Kevin Higgins (35-41)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Ballpark: Centennial Field
Attendance: 121,604, Avg. 3,287 in 37 home dates
The Vermont Expos of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 35 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the league's McNamara Division.
The Expos scored 361 runs and allowed 401 runs. Noah Hall recorded 45 runs batted in. Talmadge Nunnari paced all regular batters with a .318 average. Matt Blank topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 1.7 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Matt Blank, Scott Strickland, Carl Sadler, Tomás de la Rosa, Milton Bradley, Henry Mateo and Talmadge Nunnari were all players from the 1997 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Blank | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.69 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 74 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 375 |
| Scott Strickland | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.82 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 56 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 69 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 255 |
| Raymond Plummer | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.26 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 39 | 28 | 23 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 179 |
| Ryan Saylor | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.37 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 |
| Scott Loubier | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.08 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 155 |
| Jeremy Salyers | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.00 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 87 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 346 |
| Mike Rahilly | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.30 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 60 |
| Ryan Van Gilder | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.61 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20.7 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88 |
| Carl Sadler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.21 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.3 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 167 |
| Ryan Becks | 2 | 8 | .200 | 5.83 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.7 | 92 | 61 | 51 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 368 |
| Junichi Sasaki | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 70 |
| Trey Martin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.20 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 30 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Tobin Lanzetta | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.61 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.3 | 60 | 36 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 206 |
| Ronney Daniels | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Julio Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.68 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 |
| Rich Westover | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Jerry Lynde | 0 | 2 | .000 | 9.24 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
| Joe Fraser | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 22 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 95 |
| Eric Sparks | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.29 | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42.0 | 34 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 189 |
| Totals | 35 | 41 | .461 | 4.39 | 256 | 76 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 658.7 | 669 | 401 | 321 | 41 | 259 | 0 | 546 | 42 | 9 | 52 | 2925 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmadge Nunnari | 62 | 274 | 236 | 30 | 75 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 37 | .318 | .398 | .441 | .838 | 104 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Noah Hall | 73 | 316 | 266 | 43 | 73 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 45 | 22 | 5 | 45 | 48 | .274 | .383 | .402 | .785 | 107 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tomás de la Rosa | 69 | 312 | 271 | 46 | 72 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 32 | 47 | .266 | .343 | .384 | .727 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Kenny James | 71 | 328 | 301 | 61 | 70 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 37 | 4 | 13 | 52 | .233 | .288 | .299 | .587 | 90 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Milton Bradley | 50 | 220 | 200 | 29 | 60 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 34 | .300 | .352 | .430 | .782 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Henry Mateo | 67 | 270 | 228 | 32 | 56 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 44 | .246 | .348 | .325 | .673 | 74 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Zech | 63 | 249 | 204 | 31 | 54 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 36 | .265 | .361 | .333 | .694 | 68 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Luis Rivera | 40 | 151 | 135 | 17 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 37 | .252 | .311 | .370 | .682 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mo Blakeney | 32 | 128 | 116 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 25 | .284 | .339 | .422 | .761 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lance Burkhart | 38 | 161 | 143 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 40 | .168 | .261 | .224 | .485 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Bagley | 39 | 133 | 121 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 36 | .182 | .248 | .223 | .471 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Forbes | 30 | 111 | 100 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .200 | .259 | .210 | .469 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Hernandez | 22 | 81 | 77 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 | .234 | .272 | .286 | .557 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homy Ovalles | 29 | 98 | 84 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | .214 | .298 | .298 | .595 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Quero | 13 | 44 | 40 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .275 | .326 | .300 | .626 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Reding | 8 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .167 | .259 | .333 | .593 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 706 | 2903 | 2546 | 361 | 644 | 100 | 36 | 21 | 304 | 156 | 59 | 263 | 524 | .253 | .331 | .345 | .676 | 879 | 35 | 45 | 23 | 26 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmadge Nunnari | 1B | 61 | 507 | 35 | 6 | 44 | .989 | 8.885 | ||||
| Pedro Quero | 1B | 13 | 121 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .961 | 9.538 | ||||
| Sean Bagley | 1B | 6 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 6.167 | ||||
| Henry Mateo | 2B | 64 | 134 | 173 | 14 | 33 | .956 | 4.797 | ||||
| Scott Zech | 2B | 6 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 4.167 | ||||
| Homy Ovalles | 2B | 6 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 5 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Scott Zech | 3B | 50 | 33 | 100 | 18 | 5 | .881 | 2.660 | ||||
| Homy Ovalles | 3B | 14 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 1.857 | ||||
| Lance Burkhart | 3B | 8 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 1.750 | ||||
| Josh Reding | 3B | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Rafael Hernandez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Rivera | C | 36 | 255 | 19 | 11 | 2 | .961 | 7.611 | 9 | 47 | 8 | 14.5 |
| Sean Bagley | C | 28 | 174 | 29 | 10 | 0 | .953 | 7.250 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 37.1 |
| Lance Burkhart | C | 15 | 101 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 7.400 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 15.4 |
| Milton Bradley | CF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenny James | CF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mo Blakeney | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Forbes | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenny James | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Noah Hall | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Hernandez | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Bagley | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Forbes | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kenny James | OF | 70 | 137 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 1.971 | ||||
| Noah Hall | OF | 60 | 100 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .963 | 1.750 | ||||
| Milton Bradley | OF | 50 | 113 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 2.320 | ||||
| Mo Blakeney | OF | 26 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.731 | ||||
| Kevin Forbes | OF | 20 | 41 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .894 | 2.100 | ||||
| Rafael Hernandez | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Sean Bagley | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Eric Sparks | P | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .143 | ||||
| Raymond Plummer | P | 28 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .429 | ||||
| Tobin Lanzetta | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .304 | ||||
| Ryan Van Gilder | P | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Ryan Saylor | P | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Jeremy Salyers | P | 16 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | .714 | .938 | ||||
| Matt Blank | P | 16 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.125 | ||||
| Scott Strickland | P | 15 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Ryan Becks | P | 15 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.533 | ||||
| Jerry Lynde | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Junichi Sasaki | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Trey Martin | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .300 | ||||
| Mike Rahilly | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Rich Westover | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Carl Sadler | P | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Scott Loubier | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Julio Perez | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ronney Daniels | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Noah Hall | RF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mo Blakeney | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Forbes | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Milton Bradley | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Hernandez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tomás de la Rosa | SS | 69 | 85 | 201 | 21 | 32 | .932 | 4.145 | ||||
| Homy Ovalles | SS | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 3.000 | ||||
| Scott Zech | SS | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Josh Reding | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1125 | 1976 | 764 | 144 | 147 | .950 | 2.436 | 32 | 91 | 25 | 21.6 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
