1997 Williamsport Cubs Statistics

New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 29-46
Finished 4th in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Bobby Ralston (29-46)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 58,795, Avg. 1,633 in 36 home dates

1997 Williamsport Cubs Roster

The Williamsport Cubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 29 wins and 46 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Pinckney Division.

The Cubs scored 275 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 378 runs. Ron Walker drove in 39 runs. Jason Smith led all regular hitters by connecting at a .288 clip, while Elvis Polanco recorded a 3.25 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.

Players from the 1997 Williamsport Cubs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Nate Teut, Jason Smith, Scott Downs and Chris Booker.

Bobby Ralston 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
Ron Licciardi	4	1	.800	4.98	17	9	1	0	0	65.0	84	41	36	6	25	1	56	0	1	6	305
Matt Magers	4	4	.500	3.58	27	0	14	0	5	50.3	46	28	20	0	35	3	48	1	1	4	231
Rick Palma	4	7	.364	3.48	14	14	0	1	0	77.7	77	36	30	6	36	1	47	2	5	2	336
Antonio Santiago	3	1	.750	1.55	26	0	13	0	1	46.3	41	15	8	1	21	1	33	3	0	5	204
Nate Teut	3	4	.429	2.57	9	9	0	0	0	49.0	55	23	14	0	6	1	37	0	1	2	203
Brandon Ward	2	0	1.000	3.86	19	0	5	0	0	21.0	11	12	9	1	24	0	16	4	0	7	99
Jason Kelley	2	2	.500	7.16	27	0	18	0	10	27.7	28	31	22	3	32	0	16	4	1	12	144
Elvis Polanco	2	5	.286	3.23	15	15	0	0	0	83.7	71	45	30	5	46	0	64	9	1	6	364
Barry Fennell	2	10	.167	6.11	17	10	1	0	0	66.3	92	51	45	5	29	0	50	3	1	4	306
Ed Vizcaino	1	1	.500	2.75	11	0	5	0	0	19.7	15	13	6	1	4	0	14	0	0	0	78
Lou Fisher	1	3	.250	4.69	11	9	0	0	0	40.3	41	27	21	2	32	0	31	2	0	8	188
Chris Booker	1	5	.167	3.35	24	3	11	0	1	45.7	39	20	17	2	25	0	60	0	0	9	200
Mike Meyers	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	15
Mike Holobinko	0	0		3.29	12	0	6	0	0	13.7	16	6	5	1	7	0	10	3	0	3	66
Chris Bryant	0	0		6.75	4	0	0	0	0	6.7	13	8	5	0	5	0	8	0	0	3	38
Jye Pitt	0	1	.000	4.26	4	0	0	0	0	6.3	9	11	3	1	5	0	9	0	0	0	37
Scott Downs	0	2	.000	2.74	5	5	0	0	0	23.0	15	11	7	0	7	0	28	0	2	0	93
Totals	29	46	.387	3.87	243	75	74	1	17	646.3	656	378	278	34	340	7	529	31	13	71	2907

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
Ron Walker	54	213	189	30	66	10	1	9	39	0	1	17	48	.349	.413	.556	.969	105	6	5	0	2	7
Mike Amrhein	62	253	237	17	66	11	1	1	31	0	2	10	19	.278	.308	.346	.654	82	11	2	0	4	1
Jason Smith	51	215	205	25	59	5	2	0	11	9	2	10	44	.288	.321	.332	.653	68	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Connell	55	228	203	25	57	7	6	3	18	4	3	20	55	.281	.355	.419	.774	85	2	4	0	1	0
Dax Kiefer	70	268	234	28	57	5	1	4	18	7	1	28	61	.244	.322	.325	.647	76	7	0	4	2	2
Courteney Stewart	54	192	181	13	44	5	0	0	26	8	5	11	50	.243	.286	.271	.557	49	3	0	0	0	0
Franklin Font	33	147	135	13	42	6	2	0	12	10	4	7	20	.311	.349	.385	.735	52	2	2	1	2	0
Al Watson	45	160	136	21	34	0	0	0	11	10	5	19	21	.250	.342	.250	.592	34	2	0	5	0	1
Tony Banks	37	143	116	21	30	11	3	2	11	4	1	27	23	.259	.399	.457	.855	53	2	0	0	0	1
Kasey Pressley	44	149	140	15	27	7	0	3	13	1	2	8	56	.193	.242	.307	.549	43	4	1	0	0	2
Tom Bernhardt	38	134	122	8	25	3	4	1	8	2	1	10	39	.205	.263	.320	.583	39	3	0	1	1	1
Todd Fereday	32	125	115	13	24	5	1	2	11	4	2	7	20	.209	.264	.322	.586	37	4	2	0	1	0
Juan Salazar	29	115	105	12	21	6	0	1	11	1	0	8	20	.200	.261	.286	.547	30	2	1	0	1	1
Nelson Abreu	14	61	49	8	15	1	2	0	3	6	3	9	17	.306	.424	.408	.832	20	0	1	2	0	0
Mike Ribaudo	30	92	88	6	15	2	0	3	8	1	0	2	25	.170	.189	.295	.484	26	4	0	2	0	1
Daryl Jefferies	10	41	38	7	11	2	0	0	2	1	0	2	6	.289	.341	.342	.684	13	1	1	0	0	0
Chris Grubbs	23	65	54	5	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	17	.204	.338	.222	.561	12	1	0	0	0	0
Oscar Otero	19	67	62	3	10	1	0	0	7	0	0	3	10	.161	.209	.177	.386	11	1	1	0	1	0
Derrick Bly	13	53	47	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	5	20	.149	.245	.191	.437	9	2	1	0	0	0
Felipe Jimenez	10	27	26	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.115	.148	.115	.264	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Hubbard	6	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	729	2756	2490	275	625	91	23	29	246	68	32	215	581	.251	.314	.341	.655	849	57	21	15	15	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Kasey Pressley	1B	31	258	8	4	17	.985	8.581
Juan Salazar	1B	26	245	24	2	22	.993	1.346
Mike Amrhein	1B	10	78	12	2	7	.978	9.000
Oscar Otero	1B	8	65	4	2	2	.972	8.625
Todd Fereday	1B	5	31	2	1	3	.971	6.600
Al Watson	2B	38	71	96	6	18	.965	4.395
Franklin Font	2B	22	29	55	3	5	.966	3.818
Todd Fereday	2B	16	24	39	5	5	.926	3.938
Daryl Jefferies	2B	3	6	7	0	1	1.000	4.333
Ron Walker	3B	42	28	81	16	4	.872	2.595
Derrick Bly	3B	12	11	33	4	1	.917	3.667
Oscar Otero	3B	11	7	21	2	2	.933	2.545
Daryl Jefferies	3B	6	7	12	2	0	.905	3.167
Todd Fereday	3B	6	6	12	1	1	.947	3.000
Mike Amrhein	C	39	273	30	8	4	.974	7.769	14	51	17	25.0
Chris Grubbs	C	23	125	22	5	0	.967	6.391	5	22	14	38.9
Mike Ribaudo	C	19	110	15	8	2	.940	6.579	4	26	11	29.7
Jeremy Hubbard	C	6	17	1	2	0	.900	3.000	0	6	1	14.3
Juan Salazar	C	2	22	3	0	0	1.000	12.500	0	5	2	28.6
Dax Kiefer	CF	66						.000
Felipe Jimenez	CF	10						.000
Courteney Stewart	CF	3						.000
Tony Banks	CF	3						.000
Courteney Stewart	LF	36						.000
Tom Bernhardt	LF	20						.000
Tony Banks	LF	18						.000
Jerry Connell	LF	3						.000
Al Watson	LF	2						.000
Dax Kiefer	LF	1						.000
Dax Kiefer	OF	70	128	6	6	3	.957	1.914
Jerry Connell	OF	55	85	9	3	1	.969	1.709
Courteney Stewart	OF	52	69	5	4	0	.949	1.423
Tom Bernhardt	OF	23	24	6	3	0	.909	1.304
Tony Banks	OF	21	29	1	1	0	.968	1.429
Felipe Jimenez	OF	10	15	1	2	0	.889	1.600
Al Watson	OF	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Ribaudo	OF	2	2	0	1	0	.667	1.000
Matt Magers	P	27	2	12	5	2	.737	.519
Jason Kelley	P	27	1	4	0	0	1.000	.185
Antonio Santiago	P	26	4	11	1	0	.938	.577
Chris Booker	P	24	2	6	1	1	.889	.333
Brandon Ward	P	19	1	3	1	0	.800	.211
Ron Licciardi	P	17	4	10	1	1	.933	.824
Barry Fennell	P	17	3	11	1	0	.933	.824
Elvis Polanco	P	15	9	18	2	1	.931	1.800
Rick Palma	P	14	4	13	1	0	.944	1.214
Mike Holobinko	P	12	2	3	2	1	.714	.417
Ed Vizcaino	P	11	4	3	1	0	.875	.636
Lou Fisher	P	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.000
Nate Teut	P	9	3	15	1	1	.947	2.000
Scott Downs	P	5	0	9	0	0	1.000	1.800
Jye Pitt	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Chris Bryant	P	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	.250
Mike Meyers	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jerry Connell	RF	52						.000
Courteney Stewart	RF	15						.000
Dax Kiefer	RF	4						.000
Tom Bernhardt	RF	4						.000
Mike Ribaudo	RF	2						.000
Jason Smith	SS	51	95	158	19	30	.930	4.961
Nelson Abreu	SS	14	18	38	7	5	.889	4.000
Franklin Font	SS	11	20	38	7	11	.892	5.273
Totals		1118	1939	870	143	151	.952	2.513	23	110	45	29.0

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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