1997 Winnipeg Goldeyes Statistics
Team Record: 53-30
Finished 1st in the NL's West Division
Manager: Hal Lanier (53-30)
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ballpark: Winnipeg Stadium
Attendance: 171,240, Avg. 4,281 in 40 home dates
Playoffs - Winnipeg Goldeyes 3 games, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 2
Finals - Duluth-Superior Dukes 3 games, Winnipeg Goldeyes 2
The Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 53 wins and 30 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Goldeyes paced the league with 612 runs, spearheaded by 99 home runs. Winnipeg surrendered 453 runs. Terry Lee led the team with 20 home runs, while Mike Meggers walloped 15 or more, too. Terry Lee recorded 78 runs batted in and topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .358 clip. Rick Forney paced the squad with 11 wins, and Jeff Zimmerman registered a 2.82 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Winnipeg Goldeyes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Terry Lee, Steve Pegues, Jeff Zimmerman and Jeff Sparks.
Hal Lanier 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Forney | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.66 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 113 | 54 | 46 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 480 |
| Jeff Zimmerman | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.82 | 18 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 94 | 49 | 37 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 140 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 479 |
| Rod Pedraza | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.49 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 147 | 80 | 74 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 524 |
| Jamie Ybarra | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.61 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | 79 | 51 | 47 | 13 | 62 | 0 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 407 |
| Mike Bailey | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.43 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 81.3 | 76 | 56 | 40 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 369 |
| Andy Wise | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.76 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.7 | 42 | 25 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 171 |
| John Salamon | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.93 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.7 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 64 |
| Larry Williams | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.75 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Brian Carpenter | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.66 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 54 | 34 | 25 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| Jeff Sparks | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.15 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 |
| Dan Guehne | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.51 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.7 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 112 |
| Nevin Brewer | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.70 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24.3 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 121 |
| Ken Smyth | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 73 | |
| Jeff Wiebe | 0 | 0 | 10.16 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 47 | 32 | 32 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 151 | |
| Pete McHugh | 0 | 0 | 21.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Totals | 53 | 30 | .639 | 4.61 | 237 | 83 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 743.7 | 766 | 453 | 381 | 105 | 309 | 9 | 722 | 40 | 5 | 47 | 3281 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Lee | 77 | 369 | 313 | 88 | 112 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 32 | .358 | .439 | .633 | 1.072 | 198 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Brian Duva | 80 | 403 | 334 | 82 | 111 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 55 | 11 | 62 | 27 | .332 | .440 | .452 | .892 | 151 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Kokinda | 83 | 399 | 334 | 73 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 49 | .278 | .393 | .401 | .794 | 134 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| C. J. Martin | 77 | 326 | 283 | 60 | 87 | 13 | 2 | 12 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 57 | .307 | .385 | .495 | .879 | 140 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| John Dorman | 78 | 317 | 268 | 50 | 83 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 31 | 55 | .310 | .394 | .470 | .864 | 126 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Hickey | 68 | 312 | 255 | 48 | 78 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 22 | 4 | 46 | 33 | .306 | .416 | .471 | .887 | 120 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Brent Watts | 77 | 322 | 285 | 48 | 76 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 64 | .267 | .321 | .396 | .717 | 113 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Derek Reams | 68 | 277 | 235 | 37 | 57 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 74 | .243 | .354 | .447 | .801 | 105 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Meggers | 40 | 195 | 172 | 38 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 54 | .291 | .364 | .628 | .992 | 108 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Mitchell | 39 | 172 | 155 | 31 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 41 | .316 | .372 | .510 | .882 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Towner | 47 | 205 | 181 | 38 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 21 | .265 | .342 | .337 | .679 | 61 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiki Hernandez | 5 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .478 | .520 | .783 | 1.303 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Prater | 14 | 43 | 42 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .262 | .262 | .310 | .571 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Ratliff | 13 | 54 | 45 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .222 | .340 | .333 | .673 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Gordon | 14 | 39 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .243 | .282 | .270 | .552 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Pegues | 3 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 | .417 | .400 | .817 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Peckham | 3 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 786 | 3480 | 2980 | 612 | 890 | 167 | 21 | 99 | 550 | 156 | 33 | 383 | 544 | .299 | .386 | .468 | .855 | 1396 | 66 | 59 | 31 | 27 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Lee | 1B | 77 | 647 | 52 | 10 | 47 | .986 | 9.078 | ||||
| Chris Kokinda | 1B | 11 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .962 | 4.545 | ||||
| Mike Meggers | 1B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Andrew Prater | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Duva | 2B | 80 | 147 | 217 | 8 | 42 | .978 | 4.550 | ||||
| Brent Watts | 2B | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 3.750 | ||||
| Mike Hickey | 3B | 68 | 43 | 109 | 8 | 4 | .950 | 2.235 | ||||
| Brent Watts | 3B | 16 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Chris Peckham | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derek Reams | C | 64 | 507 | 39 | 9 | 2 | .984 | 8.531 | 9 | 61 | 20 | 24.7 |
| Jeff Gordon | C | 14 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 6.571 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 12.5 |
| Andrew Prater | C | 10 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.700 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Kiki Hernandez | C | 5 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 12.400 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33.3 |
| Chris Peckham | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kyle Towner | CF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Watts | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daryl Ratliff | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| C. J. Martin | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Kokinda | LF | 74 | .000 | |||||||||
| C. J. Martin | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Watts | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Ybarra | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Kokinda | OF | 75 | 110 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
| C. J. Martin | OF | 72 | 110 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 1.694 | ||||
| Brent Watts | OF | 51 | 93 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.980 | ||||
| Kyle Towner | OF | 43 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 2.000 | ||||
| Daryl Ratliff | OF | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Mitchell | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .800 | ||||
| Mike Meggers | OF | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jamie Ybarra | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dan Guehne | P | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Nevin Brewer | P | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Bailey | P | 23 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .739 | ||||
| Jeff Zimmerman | P | 18 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Andy Wise | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Rod Pedraza | P | 18 | 13 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.111 | ||||
| Jeff Wiebe | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Rick Forney | P | 17 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| Jamie Ybarra | P | 16 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 1.375 | ||||
| Ken Smyth | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| John Salamon | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Brian Carpenter | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Sparks | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Pete McHugh | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| C. J. Martin | RF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Watts | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Mitchell | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Meggers | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Kokinda | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Dorman | SS | 78 | 109 | 188 | 26 | 36 | .920 | 3.808 | ||||
| Brent Watts | SS | 10 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 3.300 | ||||
| Totals | 1216 | 2231 | 824 | 87 | 151 | .972 | 2.512 | 14 | 88 | 28 | 24.1 |
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.
