1996 Yakima Bears Statistics
Team Record: 40-36
Finished 1st in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Joe Vavra (40-36)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Yakima County Stadium
Attendance: 82,313, Avg. 2,225 in 37 home dates
Playoffs - Yakima Bears 2 games, Eugene Emeralds 0
The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 40 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Bears plated 337 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 333 runs. Brian Sankey paced Yakima with 11 home runs and drove in 52 runs. Matt Meyer led hitters with significant playing time with a .302 average. Jeff Kubenka and Blake Mayo topped the team with 5 wins each, while Blake Mayo recorded a 1.21 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1996 Yakima Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Kubenka, Ted Lilly, Peter Bergeron, Damian Rolls, Darren Hall and Wayne Franklin.
Joe Vavra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Kubenka | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.51 | 28 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 32.3 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 127 |
| Blake Mayo | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.20 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 67.3 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 256 |
| Ted Lilly | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.84 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 75 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 200 |
| Brian Paluk | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.40 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 185 |
| Kevin Culmo | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.27 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63.3 | 47 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 262 |
| Jay O'Shaughnessy | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.23 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.7 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 231 |
| Casey Deskins | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.76 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 69 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
| Matthew Kramer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.61 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 164 |
| Dean Mitchell | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.44 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.3 | 53 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 233 |
| Ben Simon | 2 | 6 | .250 | 3.66 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.3 | 59 | 34 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 275 |
| Wayne Franklin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.52 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 115 |
| Neal Hannah | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.70 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 119 |
| Craig Taczy | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.48 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 110 |
| C. D. Stover | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.57 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.3 | 36 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 151 |
| Eric Flores | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Eric Lovinger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Darren Hall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Mickey Maestas | 0 | 6 | .000 | 9.20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 44 | 34 | 31 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 149 |
| Totals | 40 | 36 | .526 | 3.45 | 258 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 677.3 | 588 | 333 | 260 | 38 | 283 | 10 | 689 | 16 | 17 | 58 | 2893 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sankey | 72 | 294 | 255 | 40 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 53 | .294 | .378 | .514 | .891 | 131 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Matt Meyer | 66 | 269 | 235 | 40 | 71 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 73 | .302 | .384 | .464 | .848 | 109 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Damian Rolls | 66 | 270 | 257 | 31 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 46 | .265 | .291 | .362 | .653 | 93 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Mota | 60 | 243 | 225 | 29 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 37 | .276 | .317 | .391 | .708 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Bergeron | 61 | 263 | 232 | 36 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 28 | 59 | .254 | .335 | .366 | .701 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Stearns | 57 | 202 | 183 | 29 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 60 | .257 | .318 | .333 | .652 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rich Saitta | 44 | 181 | 165 | 17 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 34 | .248 | .302 | .297 | .599 | 49 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Brown | 53 | 191 | 171 | 19 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 68 | .234 | .304 | .409 | .713 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Morrison | 60 | 225 | 184 | 22 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 42 | .207 | .342 | .293 | .636 | 54 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Glassey | 50 | 163 | 137 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 44 | .219 | .344 | .255 | .599 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jaime Malave | 40 | 115 | 108 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33 | .204 | .246 | .398 | .644 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Wilson | 42 | 126 | 113 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 44 | .177 | .254 | .248 | .502 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Flores | 38 | 117 | 100 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 42 | .190 | .293 | .230 | .523 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Meyer | 33 | 94 | 80 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 25 | .212 | .312 | .312 | .624 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Monte Marshall | 17 | 79 | 68 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .191 | .286 | .235 | .521 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimani Newton | 33 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 13 | .156 | .278 | .178 | .456 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie King | 24 | 46 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .154 | .283 | .154 | .436 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 816 | 2932 | 2597 | 337 | 635 | 120 | 20 | 43 | 301 | 79 | 36 | 266 | 703 | .245 | .321 | .356 | .677 | 924 | 34 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Sankey | 1B | 71 | 581 | 40 | 5 | 45 | .992 | 8.746 | ||||
| Willie King | 1B | 11 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .949 | 3.364 | ||||
| Jaime Malave | 1B | 6 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 5.667 | ||||
| Matt Meyer | 1B | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 15.000 | ||||
| Rich Saitta | 2B | 42 | 63 | 124 | 9 | 19 | .954 | 4.452 | ||||
| Bobby Meyer | 2B | 20 | 34 | 53 | 6 | 8 | .935 | 4.350 | ||||
| Monte Marshall | 2B | 17 | 31 | 46 | 4 | 8 | .951 | 4.529 | ||||
| Scott Morrison | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Damian Rolls | 3B | 65 | 58 | 134 | 23 | 4 | .893 | 2.954 | ||||
| Eric Flores | 3B | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 4 | .867 | 1.444 | ||||
| Bobby Meyer | 3B | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .571 | .667 | ||||
| Jaime Malave | 3B | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Scott Morrison | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Wilson | C | 41 | 271 | 42 | 5 | 0 | .984 | 7.634 | 6 | 35 | 14 | 28.6 |
| Josh Glassey | C | 37 | 275 | 27 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 8.162 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 21.2 |
| Jaime Malave | C | 22 | 127 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 6.500 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 38.9 |
| Randy Stearns | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kimani Newton | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Matt Meyer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Bergeron | CF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Mota | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Stearns | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meyer | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Stearns | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Mota | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meyer | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kimani Newton | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Brown | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meyer | OF | 56 | 87 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .969 | 1.679 | ||||
| Peter Bergeron | OF | 54 | 99 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 1.889 | ||||
| Eric Brown | OF | 42 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tony Mota | OF | 40 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.525 | ||||
| Randy Stearns | OF | 39 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .906 | 1.231 | ||||
| Kimani Newton | OF | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .944 | ||||
| Bobby Meyer | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Kubenka | P | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .071 | ||||
| Brian Paluk | P | 20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Blake Mayo | P | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Wayne Franklin | P | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Neal Hannah | P | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Kevin Culmo | P | 17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Craig Taczy | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| C. D. Stover | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Ben Simon | P | 15 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Dean Mitchell | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Casey Deskins | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Mickey Maestas | P | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jay O'Shaughnessy | P | 13 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .667 | .462 | ||||
| Ted Lilly | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Matthew Kramer | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Lovinger | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Darren Hall | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Flores | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Brown | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meyer | RF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Stearns | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kimani Newton | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Meyer | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Morrison | SS | 57 | 67 | 152 | 21 | 29 | .912 | 3.842 | ||||
| Eric Flores | SS | 27 | 33 | 48 | 11 | 10 | .880 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1205 | 2032 | 801 | 120 | 145 | .959 | 2.351 | 17 | 72 | 28 | 28.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
