1998 Akron Aeros Statistics
Team Record: 81-60
Finished 1st in the EL's South Division
Manager: Joel Skinner (81-60)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio
Ballpark: Canal Park
Attendance: 521,122, Avg. 7,445 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - Harrisburg Senators 3 games, Akron Aeros 1
The Akron Aeros of the Eastern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 81 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Aeros paced the circuit with 758 runs, spearheaded by 148 home runs. Akron allowed 601 runs. Scott Morgan powered the team with 25 home runs, while Todd Betts and Russell Branyan walloped 15 or more, too. Scott Morgan drove in 89 runs. Marco Scutaro led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .316 average. Jim Brower topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Brower, Marco Scutaro, Bill Selby, Willie Martínez, Huck Flener, Rheal Cormier, Travis Driskill, John McDonald, Russell Branyan, Sean DePaula, Chan Perry, Mark Budzinski, Paul Shuey, Jamie Brown, Jason Rakers, Dave Roberts, David Riske and Marcus Moore were all players from the 1998 Akron Aeros who played in the Majors during their careers.
Joel Skinner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brower | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.01 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 155.7 | 142 | 60 | 52 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 91 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 630 |
| Frankie Sanders | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.48 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 186.3 | 175 | 82 | 72 | 15 | 71 | 0 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 781 |
| Willie Martínez | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.38 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154.0 | 169 | 92 | 75 | 15 | 44 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 661 |
| Ross Atkins | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.19 | 40 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 77.3 | 73 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 332 |
| Jared Camp | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.78 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 84 | 37 | 36 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 364 |
| Tony Dougherty | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.07 | 43 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 76.3 | 68 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 36 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 328 |
| Jeff Sexton | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.57 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 57.3 | 41 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 232 |
| Marc Deschenes | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.86 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 58.3 | 52 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 34 | 6 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 259 |
| Travis Driskill | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.42 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Alberto Garza | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Jason Rakers | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.59 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 |
| Huck Flener | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.85 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 73.0 | 57 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 289 |
| Marcus Moore | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.50 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 82.0 | 78 | 49 | 41 | 10 | 54 | 2 | 90 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 370 |
| Lance Calmus | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.50 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 55 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 238 |
| Jamie Brown | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| J. D. Brammer | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.23 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.7 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 95 |
| Jarrod Mays | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.47 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.3 | 25 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 117 |
| Sean DePaula | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 |
| Jake Viano | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.80 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.0 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| David Riske | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Junior Betances | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Casey Whitten | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Brett Merrick | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 59 | |
| Rheal Cormier | 0 | 0 | 6.52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | |
| Brian Whitlock | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Paul Shuey | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Totals | 81 | 60 | .574 | 3.73 | 390 | 141 | 131 | 10 | 6 | 43 | 1251.0 | 1206 | 601 | 518 | 105 | 492 | 20 | 872 | 60 | 13 | 68 | 5349 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Stumberger | 139 | 615 | 545 | 83 | 164 | 39 | 2 | 10 | 76 | 1 | 2 | 56 | 79 | .301 | .366 | .435 | .801 | 237 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Marco Scutaro | 124 | 529 | 462 | 68 | 146 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 62 | 33 | 16 | 47 | 71 | .316 | .387 | .472 | .859 | 218 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Scott Morgan | 119 | 524 | 456 | 95 | 134 | 31 | 4 | 25 | 89 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 124 | .294 | .378 | .544 | .922 | 248 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mark Budzinski | 127 | 535 | 478 | 68 | 125 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 125 | .262 | .331 | .389 | .721 | 186 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| John McDonald | 132 | 580 | 514 | 68 | 118 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 6 | 43 | 61 | .230 | .293 | .284 | .578 | 146 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Todd Betts | 91 | 388 | 318 | 55 | 86 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 71 | .270 | .397 | .506 | .903 | 161 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Dave Roberts | 56 | 269 | 227 | 49 | 82 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 35 | 30 | .361 | .447 | .542 | .989 | 123 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Junior Betances | 76 | 298 | 269 | 41 | 76 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 25 | 54 | .283 | .348 | .424 | .772 | 114 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Heath Hayes | 91 | 360 | 329 | 36 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 95 | .207 | .263 | .356 | .618 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Danny Peoples | 60 | 254 | 222 | 30 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 61 | .279 | .362 | .473 | .835 | 105 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Chan Perry | 54 | 227 | 203 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 43 | .281 | .352 | .458 | .811 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Thomas | 64 | 246 | 226 | 34 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 75 | .217 | .280 | .403 | .683 | 91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russell Branyan | 43 | 199 | 163 | 35 | 48 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 58 | .294 | .417 | .693 | 1.110 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Moyle | 39 | 153 | 133 | 19 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 27 | .301 | .386 | .429 | .814 | 57 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Selby | 20 | 82 | 77 | 15 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .390 | .415 | .623 | 1.038 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Peto Ramirez | 15 | 62 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .184 | .317 | .327 | .643 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 12 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .194 | .306 | .226 | .531 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robin Harriss | 15 | 56 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .111 | .259 | .156 | .415 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rafael Gross | 25 | 68 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | .069 | .179 | .069 | .248 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Taveras | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Taylor | 3 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .200 | .250 | .200 | .450 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Huelsmann | 9 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .100 | .280 | .250 | .530 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Whitlock | 9 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .077 | .107 | .115 | .223 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1325 | 5552 | 4865 | 758 | 1317 | 258 | 42 | 148 | 682 | 123 | 56 | 562 | 1075 | .271 | .349 | .432 | .782 | 2103 | 94 | 48 | 35 | 42 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Stumberger | 1B | 135 | 1197 | 116 | 10 | 124 | .992 | 9.726 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | 1B | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.750 | ||||
| Chan Perry | 1B | 4 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Marco Scutaro | 2B | 118 | 244 | 339 | 14 | 85 | .977 | 4.941 | ||||
| Junior Betances | 2B | 18 | 29 | 44 | 4 | 10 | .948 | 4.056 | ||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 2B | 10 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 9 | .978 | 4.500 | ||||
| Bill Selby | 2B | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 3B | 58 | 48 | 93 | 4 | 11 | .972 | 2.431 | ||||
| Junior Betances | 3B | 43 | 25 | 75 | 5 | 7 | .952 | 2.326 | ||||
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 41 | 24 | 72 | 7 | 7 | .932 | 2.341 | ||||
| Bill Selby | 3B | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brian Whitlock | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Heath Hayes | C | 85 | 507 | 59 | 7 | 1 | .988 | 6.659 | 7 | 75 | 28 | 27.2 |
| Mike Moyle | C | 27 | 173 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 7.074 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 41.2 |
| Peto Ramirez | C | 15 | 93 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 7.000 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 20.7 |
| Robin Harriss | C | 15 | 113 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .984 | 8.133 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 14.3 |
| Adam Taylor | C | 3 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 6.333 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Budzinski | OF | 126 | 270 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .989 | 2.190 | ||||
| Scott Morgan | OF | 110 | 201 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 1.864 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 56 | 124 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.286 | ||||
| Danny Peoples | OF | 45 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.622 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | OF | 37 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.892 | ||||
| Chan Perry | OF | 27 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .976 | 1.519 | ||||
| Rafael Gross | OF | 20 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Bill Selby | OF | 15 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Huelsmann | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brian Whitlock | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Junior Betances | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Marc Deschenes | P | 47 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .149 | ||||
| Tony Dougherty | P | 43 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .302 | ||||
| Ross Atkins | P | 40 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .400 | ||||
| Frankie Sanders | P | 29 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 1.759 | ||||
| Jeff Sexton | P | 27 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .444 | ||||
| Willie Martínez | P | 26 | 20 | 30 | 5 | 3 | .909 | 1.923 | ||||
| Marcus Moore | P | 23 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .609 | ||||
| Lance Calmus | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Jim Brower | P | 23 | 25 | 30 | 1 | 4 | .982 | 2.391 | ||||
| Jared Camp | P | 18 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Jarrod Mays | P | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brett Merrick | P | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Huck Flener | P | 12 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| J. D. Brammer | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .182 | ||||
| Jake Viano | P | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Sean DePaula | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jason Rakers | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Travis Driskill | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Alberto Garza | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rheal Cormier | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| David Riske | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Casey Whitten | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Whitlock | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Paul Shuey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jamie Brown | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Junior Betances | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John McDonald | SS | 132 | 242 | 407 | 23 | 91 | .966 | 4.917 | ||||
| Marco Scutaro | SS | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Junior Betances | SS | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1566 | 3753 | 1536 | 118 | 386 | .978 | 3.377 | 17 | 134 | 50 | 27.2 |
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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