1997 Akron Aeros Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 51-90
Finished 5th in the EL's South Division
Manager: Jeff Datz (51-90)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio
Ballpark: Canal Park
Attendance: 473,232, Avg. 7,063 in 67 home dates
1997 Akron Aeros RosterTeam Record: 51-90
Finished 5th in the EL's South Division
Manager: Jeff Datz (51-90)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio
Ballpark: Canal Park
Attendance: 473,232, Avg. 7,063 in 67 home dates
The Akron Aeros of the Eastern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 51 wins and 90 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.
The Aeros plated 758 runs and allowed 841 runs, most in the league. Chan Perry and Todd Betts paced Akron with 20 home runs apiece., while Jim Betzsold, Mike Neal and Mike Moyle each walloped 15 or more as well. Chan Perry drove in 96 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .315 average. Daron Kirkreit led the team with 8 wins, and Mike Matthews recorded a 3.82 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Scott Baker, Marcus Moore, Bill Wertz, Albie Lopez, Jason Rakers, Paul Shuey, Russell Branyan, Chan Perry, John Briscoe, Chad Curtis, Sean Mulligan, Jim Crowell, Jaret Wright, Sean Casey, Mike Matthews, Erik Bennett and Scott Winchester were all players from the 1997 Akron Aeros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jeff Datz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daron Kirkreit | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.20 | 26 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 117.7 | 131 | 96 | 68 | 15 | 69 | 3 | 83 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 562 |
| Mike Matthews | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.82 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 113.0 | 116 | 62 | 48 | 13 | 57 | 0 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 492 |
| Noe Najera | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.06 | 25 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 84.7 | 96 | 63 | 57 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 383 |
| Maximo De La Rosa | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.44 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 112 | 63 | 48 | 11 | 32 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 435 |
| Jaret Wright | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.67 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 221 |
| Marcus Moore | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.94 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 84 | 50 | 39 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 323 |
| Jeff Sexton | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.75 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 55 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 215 |
| Scott Baker | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 25 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108 |
| Erik Bennett | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.81 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 107 |
| Jay Vaught | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.22 | 29 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.7 | 65 | 43 | 41 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 312 |
| Jared Camp | 2 | 8 | .200 | 6.19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 79 | 49 | 44 | 13 | 26 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 293 |
| Jim Crowell | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
| Julio Perez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.62 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 115 |
| Chris Granata | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Bill Wertz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.61 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 32 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| Lenny Weber | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Lance Calmus | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Mike Gordon | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 37 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 147 |
| Mike Badorek | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 122 |
| John Carter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.30 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 32 | 30 | 29 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 129 |
| Casey Whitten | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.87 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| Jason Rakers | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.39 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 41.0 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 168 |
| Teddy Warrecker | 1 | 5 | .167 | 11.53 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 44 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 192 |
| Johnny Martinez | 1 | 8 | .111 | 4.96 | 32 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.0 | 63 | 32 | 27 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 244 |
| Albie Lopez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Paul Shuey | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Scott Winchester | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | |
| Wilmer Montoya | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| John Briscoe | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.94 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 41 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 145 |
| Rafael Mesa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.21 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 114 |
| Tony Dougherty | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.54 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39.0 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163 |
| Dennis Gray | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.27 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Totals | 51 | 90 | .362 | 5.27 | 388 | 141 | 125 | 16 | 2 | 19 | 1197.0 | 1357 | 841 | 701 | 132 | 588 | 24 | 851 | 79 | 17 | 69 | 5503 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Miller | 134 | 569 | 509 | 84 | 153 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 61 | 22 | 11 | 48 | 77 | .301 | .361 | .413 | .773 | 210 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Chan Perry | 119 | 516 | 476 | 74 | 150 | 34 | 2 | 20 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 61 | .315 | .355 | .521 | .876 | 248 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Neal | 126 | 532 | 457 | 77 | 129 | 24 | 2 | 17 | 69 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 103 | .282 | .372 | .455 | .827 | 208 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Betzsold | 118 | 506 | 434 | 76 | 115 | 21 | 5 | 19 | 79 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 119 | .265 | .366 | .468 | .833 | 203 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Todd Betts | 128 | 522 | 439 | 65 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 69 | 1 | 3 | 73 | 97 | .246 | .355 | .444 | .799 | 195 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Chip Glass | 113 | 461 | 394 | 74 | 102 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 16 | 10 | 56 | 61 | .259 | .360 | .360 | .721 | 142 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sean Casey | 62 | 270 | 241 | 38 | 93 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 34 | .386 | .448 | .598 | 1.046 | 144 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Moyle | 104 | 404 | 342 | 56 | 79 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 71 | .231 | .342 | .415 | .758 | 142 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Guillermo Mercedes | 97 | 336 | 288 | 37 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 38 | .208 | .285 | .240 | .525 | 69 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Thomas | 67 | 273 | 242 | 27 | 59 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 50 | .244 | .322 | .401 | .723 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kevin Riggs | 53 | 218 | 178 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 35 | .225 | .355 | .292 | .647 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Robin Harriss | 49 | 175 | 146 | 24 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 36 | .267 | .351 | .342 | .694 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Russell Branyan | 41 | 168 | 137 | 26 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 56 | .234 | .369 | .526 | .895 | 72 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Morris | 42 | 146 | 119 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 21 | .252 | .375 | .370 | .745 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Randy Curtis | 29 | 119 | 93 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 27 | .237 | .376 | .430 | .806 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Gross | 19 | 51 | 49 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | .286 | .314 | .367 | .681 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Morgan | 21 | 79 | 69 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .174 | .266 | .304 | .570 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Curtis | 4 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .389 | .421 | .944 | 1.365 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patricio Claudio | 17 | 37 | 33 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | .212 | .297 | .242 | .540 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Mulligan | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 | .500 | .571 | 1.071 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1345 | 5409 | 4671 | 758 | 1254 | 245 | 28 | 143 | 717 | 73 | 57 | 593 | 936 | .268 | .356 | .425 | .781 | 1984 | 113 | 66 | 39 | 40 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chan Perry | 1B | 56 | 427 | 34 | 3 | 32 | .994 | 8.232 | ||||
| Sean Casey | 1B | 52 | 405 | 22 | 5 | 35 | .988 | 8.212 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | 1B | 39 | 296 | 19 | 12 | 25 | .963 | 8.077 | ||||
| David Miller | 1B | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 1B | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mike Neal | 2B | 72 | 167 | 158 | 11 | 34 | .967 | 4.514 | ||||
| Kevin Riggs | 2B | 40 | 79 | 73 | 14 | 18 | .916 | 3.800 | ||||
| Bobby Morris | 2B | 32 | 69 | 84 | 12 | 11 | .927 | 4.781 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | 2B | 6 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.833 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 3B | 94 | 75 | 178 | 27 | 17 | .904 | 2.691 | ||||
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 39 | 31 | 98 | 11 | 7 | .921 | 3.308 | ||||
| Mike Neal | 3B | 9 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | 3B | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Chan Perry | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Moyle | C | 99 | 592 | 80 | 5 | 10 | .993 | 6.788 | 17 | 109 | 44 | 28.8 |
| Robin Harriss | C | 47 | 294 | 29 | 3 | 2 | .991 | 6.872 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 35.6 |
| Sean Mulligan | C | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chip Glass | CF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Miller | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Curtis | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Patricio Claudio | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Gross | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Curtis | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Miller | LF | 89 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chip Glass | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chan Perry | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Thomas | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Morgan | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Curtis | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robin Harriss | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Miller | OF | 132 | 230 | 9 | 5 | 0 | .980 | 1.811 | ||||
| Jim Betzsold | OF | 117 | 197 | 17 | 9 | 1 | .960 | 1.829 | ||||
| Chip Glass | OF | 101 | 191 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Morgan | OF | 21 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.952 | ||||
| Randy Curtis | OF | 21 | 47 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .923 | 2.286 | ||||
| Chan Perry | OF | 14 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.357 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | OF | 13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Patricio Claudio | OF | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.083 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | OF | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Chad Curtis | OF | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Robin Harriss | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Briscoe | P | 33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .152 | ||||
| Johnny Martinez | P | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .438 | ||||
| Jay Vaught | P | 29 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .586 | ||||
| Tony Dougherty | P | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Daron Kirkreit | P | 26 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .846 | ||||
| Noe Najera | P | 25 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .760 | ||||
| Mike Matthews | P | 19 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.737 | ||||
| Maximo De La Rosa | P | 17 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 1.294 | ||||
| Jeff Sexton | P | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Rafael Mesa | P | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Marcus Moore | P | 13 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .750 | 1.154 | ||||
| Jared Camp | P | 12 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Wertz | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Erik Bennett | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Teddy Warrecker | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Dennis Gray | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| John Carter | P | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .900 | ||||
| Julio Perez | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Jaret Wright | P | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jason Rakers | P | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Scott Winchester | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Lenny Weber | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Gordon | P | 6 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Lance Calmus | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Casey Whitten | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Granata | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Baker | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Mike Badorek | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Paul Shuey | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Crowell | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Wilmer Montoya | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Albie Lopez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Betzsold | RF | 117 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chip Glass | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Morgan | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Guillermo Mercedes | SS | 97 | 161 | 283 | 17 | 42 | .963 | 4.577 | ||||
| Mike Neal | SS | 49 | 78 | 127 | 17 | 23 | .923 | 4.184 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | SS | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .769 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 2022 | 3591 | 1488 | 194 | 273 | .963 | 2.512 | 20 | 146 | 60 | 29.1 |
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.
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