1996 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 77-61
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Mike Quade (77-61)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 547,401, Avg. 7,933 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Rockford Cubbies 0
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Lansing Lugnuts 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 1
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 77 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps tallied 639 runs and allowed 561 runs. Ramón Hernández paced West Michigan with 12 home runs Duane Filchner accounted for 82 RBI. Dane Walker led all regular batters with a .277 average. Todd Abbott topped the squad with 11 wins, while Kevin Mlodik recorded a 2.78 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ryan Christenson, Derrick White, Jeff DaVanon, Benito Báez, Ramón Hernández, Juan Moreno and Mario Encarnación were all players from the 1996 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mike Quade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Abbott | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.98 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 131.0 | 135 | 66 | 58 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 104 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 560 |
| Andy Smith | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.58 | 37 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116.0 | 112 | 71 | 59 | 8 | 68 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 527 |
| Benito Báez | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.47 | 32 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 129.7 | 123 | 60 | 50 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 92 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 557 |
| Kevin Mlodik | 8 | 6 | .571 | 2.77 | 31 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 136.3 | 118 | 53 | 42 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 135 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 581 |
| Scott Rivette | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.52 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 153.3 | 145 | 80 | 60 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 142 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 667 |
| Jamey Price | 6 | 1 | .857 | 1.71 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.3 | 80 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 360 |
| Todd Weinberg | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.45 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.3 | 48 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 253 |
| Kevin Gunther | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.92 | 43 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 95.7 | 83 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 398 |
| Chris Morrison | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.32 | 40 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.3 | 64 | 38 | 28 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 262 |
| Juan Moreno | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.37 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.0 | 98 | 60 | 52 | 6 | 69 | 5 | 97 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 475 |
| Chris Nelson | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.42 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.7 | 53 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 275 |
| Bob Kazmirski | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.68 | 51 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 53.7 | 45 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 234 |
| Tom Bennett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.92 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| Totals | 77 | 61 | .558 | 3.42 | 421 | 138 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1219.0 | 1121 | 561 | 463 | 62 | 495 | 31 | 1090 | 43 | 24 | 52 | 5245 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane Walker | 127 | 598 | 477 | 97 | 132 | 25 | 3 | 7 | 47 | 14 | 10 | 112 | 75 | .277 | .415 | .386 | .801 | 184 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Duane Filchner | 133 | 564 | 477 | 66 | 126 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 82 | .264 | .359 | .371 | .730 | 177 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Jon Valenti | 125 | 504 | 462 | 46 | 120 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 57 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 91 | .260 | .314 | .390 | .704 | 180 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ramón Hernández | 123 | 528 | 447 | 62 | 114 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 69 | 62 | .255 | .355 | .403 | .758 | 180 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Jose Soriano | 126 | 476 | 434 | 57 | 107 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 31 | 86 | .247 | .302 | .334 | .636 | 145 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Mario Encarnación | 118 | 459 | 401 | 55 | 92 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 23 | 8 | 49 | 131 | .229 | .321 | .332 | .653 | 133 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Miranda | 123 | 513 | 414 | 57 | 92 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 84 | .222 | .360 | .312 | .671 | 129 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff DaVanon | 89 | 342 | 289 | 43 | 70 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 49 | 66 | .242 | .353 | .336 | .689 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Derrick White | 73 | 317 | 263 | 49 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 63 | .262 | .375 | .441 | .816 | 116 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Lara | 87 | 296 | 259 | 29 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 25 | 39 | .216 | .296 | .251 | .546 | 65 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Arturo Paulino | 87 | 263 | 231 | 27 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 46 | .221 | .298 | .286 | .584 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Christenson | 33 | 143 | 122 | 21 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 22 | .311 | .387 | .410 | .797 | 50 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Randy Ortega | 49 | 168 | 139 | 15 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 34 | .252 | .363 | .324 | .687 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Espada | 23 | 89 | 74 | 9 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | .270 | .393 | .297 | .691 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Rondon | 19 | 55 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .213 | .278 | .277 | .554 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Rauer | 13 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .045 | .160 | .045 | .205 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Moreno | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1386 | 5341 | 4559 | 639 | 1133 | 199 | 29 | 71 | 551 | 117 | 67 | 653 | 920 | .249 | .346 | .352 | .698 | 1603 | 131 | 52 | 30 | 47 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Miranda | 1B | 118 | 1029 | 57 | 16 | 80 | .985 | 9.203 | ||||
| Derrick White | 1B | 13 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 8.538 | ||||
| Randy Ortega | 1B | 11 | 78 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .954 | 7.545 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | 1B | 5 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.200 | ||||
| Jeff DaVanon | 1B | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | 1B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Duane Filchner | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dane Walker | 2B | 120 | 215 | 302 | 29 | 70 | .947 | 4.308 | ||||
| Eddie Lara | 2B | 17 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 6 | .960 | 2.824 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | 2B | 11 | 17 | 20 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 3.364 | ||||
| Jeff DaVanon | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jon Valenti | 3B | 113 | 74 | 252 | 40 | 17 | .891 | 2.885 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | 3B | 23 | 14 | 40 | 5 | 6 | .915 | 2.348 | ||||
| Derrick White | 3B | 12 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 2.500 | ||||
| Randy Ortega | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ryan Christenson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | C | 109 | 877 | 84 | 20 | 8 | .980 | 8.817 | 11 | 125 | 42 | 25.1 |
| Randy Ortega | C | 24 | 176 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 7.750 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 18.5 |
| Alex Rondon | C | 13 | 75 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .965 | 6.385 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 27.8 |
| Jose Soriano | CF | 118 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Encarnación | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Christenson | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Rauer | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dane Walker | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Filchner | LF | 78 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derrick White | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Christenson | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Ortega | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Rauer | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Soriano | OF | 118 | 218 | 11 | 10 | 2 | .958 | 1.941 | ||||
| Mario Encarnación | OF | 112 | 192 | 13 | 11 | 4 | .949 | 1.830 | ||||
| Duane Filchner | OF | 82 | 90 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 1.146 | ||||
| Jeff DaVanon | OF | 51 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.353 | ||||
| Ryan Christenson | OF | 32 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 2.000 | ||||
| Derrick White | OF | 23 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.522 | ||||
| Troy Rauer | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Randy Ortega | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dane Walker | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bob Kazmirski | P | 51 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .275 | ||||
| Todd Weinberg | P | 43 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .326 | ||||
| Kevin Gunther | P | 43 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .651 | ||||
| Chris Morrison | P | 40 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .275 | ||||
| Juan Moreno | P | 38 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | .880 | .579 | ||||
| Andy Smith | P | 37 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
| Scott Rivette | P | 32 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 0 | .862 | .781 | ||||
| Benito Báez | P | 32 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .906 | ||||
| Todd Abbott | P | 32 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .844 | ||||
| Kevin Mlodik | P | 31 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .806 | ||||
| Jamey Price | P | 20 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Chris Nelson | P | 16 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Bennett | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mario Encarnación | RF | 106 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Christenson | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derrick White | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Filchner | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arturo Paulino | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dane Walker | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Lara | SS | 69 | 85 | 202 | 21 | 35 | .932 | 4.159 | ||||
| Arturo Paulino | SS | 48 | 51 | 143 | 20 | 26 | .907 | 4.042 | ||||
| Joe Espada | SS | 23 | 19 | 56 | 6 | 8 | .926 | 3.261 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | SS | 9 | 11 | 27 | 5 | 3 | .884 | 4.222 | ||||
| Totals | 2048 | 3657 | 1498 | 224 | 303 | .958 | 2.517 | 14 | 160 | 52 | 24.5 |
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.
