1997 Allentown Ambassadors Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 39-43
Finished 3rd in the NL's South Division
Manager: Ed Ott (39-43)
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bicentennial Park
Attendance: 69,537, Avg. 1,738 in 40 home dates
1997 Allentown Ambassadors RosterTeam Record: 39-43
Finished 3rd in the NL's South Division
Manager: Ed Ott (39-43)
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bicentennial Park
Attendance: 69,537, Avg. 1,738 in 40 home dates
The Allentown Ambassadors of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 39 wins and 43 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Ambassadors scored 473 runs and gave up 459 runs. Steve Phillips led Allentown with 13 home runs Ken Tirpack drove in 66 runs. Tom Hage topped batters with significant playing time with a .348 average. Steve Maas, Mike Cronemeyer and Andy Carter paced the team with 8 wins each, while Mike Cronemeyer registered a 3.15 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Andy Carter and Jeff Mutis both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Ed Ott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Cronemeyer | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.14 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.7 | 94 | 37 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 384 |
| Andy Carter | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.46 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 91.0 | 85 | 42 | 35 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 387 |
| Steve Maas | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.02 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.7 | 107 | 62 | 50 | 4 | 51 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 416 |
| Mike Rohrbach | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.50 | 35 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 64 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 242 |
| Jeff Jones | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.23 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 91 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 361 |
| Brian Toronto | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.44 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 56 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 197 |
| Mark Randall | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.77 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35.7 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 142 |
| Steve Beller | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.53 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 102 |
| Hiram Torres | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.78 | 32 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 45.3 | 40 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 194 |
| Jeff Antolick | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.75 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 29 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 109 |
| P. J. Yoder | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Brian Ford | 0 | 0 | 2.91 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 | 58 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 208 | |
| Jeff Mutis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.58 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Chris Mitchell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| John Duffy | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| Takahiro Sasaki | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.06 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 102 |
| Chris Coombe | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.76 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 66 | 46 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 195 |
| Totals | 39 | 43 | .476 | 4.48 | 235 | 82 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 709.7 | 805 | 459 | 353 | 49 | 260 | 17 | 565 | 44 | 9 | 54 | 3200 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hage | 74 | 337 | 302 | 44 | 105 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 23 | .348 | .401 | .450 | .851 | 136 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Scott Demetral | 72 | 331 | 301 | 46 | 99 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 40 | .329 | .376 | .379 | .755 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Tirpack | 82 | 365 | 326 | 49 | 91 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 73 | .279 | .337 | .457 | .794 | 149 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Brandon Naples | 71 | 303 | 268 | 53 | 88 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 35 | 33 | 5 | 29 | 27 | .328 | .396 | .466 | .862 | 125 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Steve Phillips | 69 | 294 | 255 | 42 | 73 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 93 | .286 | .371 | .561 | .932 | 143 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jared Sadlowski | 43 | 185 | 176 | 32 | 55 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 34 | .312 | .335 | .455 | .790 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robin Roberts | 61 | 270 | 216 | 39 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 35 | .241 | .362 | .301 | .663 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Carlos Fischer | 43 | 177 | 147 | 32 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 28 | .340 | .443 | .374 | .817 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Sudoh | 41 | 163 | 149 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 31 | .282 | .333 | .463 | .796 | 69 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Roger Walker | 47 | 174 | 154 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 53 | .260 | .345 | .494 | .838 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| P. J. Yoder | 46 | 180 | 157 | 28 | 38 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 49 | .242 | .333 | .459 | .792 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Bellagamba | 30 | 105 | 100 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .300 | .320 | .430 | .750 | 43 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Craddox | 22 | 88 | 82 | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | .329 | .364 | .390 | .754 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Brown | 24 | 96 | 88 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .273 | .326 | .432 | .758 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomo Yoshida | 22 | 98 | 85 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 35 | .200 | .299 | .212 | .511 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Martinez | 10 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .242 | .286 | .273 | .558 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Anderson | 8 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .350 | .480 | .500 | .980 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Stelly | 4 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | .167 | .333 | .417 | .750 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 769 | 3242 | 2871 | 473 | 848 | 165 | 35 | 52 | 423 | 67 | 27 | 288 | 592 | .295 | .363 | .432 | .795 | 1239 | 69 | 35 | 18 | 30 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hage | 1B | 70 | 616 | 29 | 7 | 43 | .989 | 9.214 | ||||
| Ken Tirpack | 1B | 7 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .986 | 9.714 | ||||
| Brandon Naples | 1B | 6 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 12.000 | ||||
| Scott Demetral | 2B | 66 | 110 | 170 | 9 | 30 | .969 | 4.242 | ||||
| Jared Sadlowski | 2B | 11 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 6 | .976 | 3.636 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | 2B | 7 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.571 | ||||
| Tomo Yoshida | 2B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | 2B | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | 3B | 51 | 33 | 117 | 10 | 12 | .938 | 2.941 | ||||
| Derek Brown | 3B | 24 | 18 | 52 | 10 | 5 | .875 | 2.917 | ||||
| Scott Demetral | 3B | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| P. J. Yoder | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jared Sadlowski | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roger Walker | C | 43 | 304 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .984 | 7.372 | 7 | 51 | 5 | 8.9 |
| Mike Bellagamba | C | 30 | 181 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 6.367 | 4 | 35 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Jared Sadlowski | C | 16 | 89 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 6.188 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Tommy Sudoh | CF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Naples | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Craddox | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Sadlowski | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Phillips | LF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Sadlowski | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| P. J. Yoder | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Naples | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roger Walker | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Sudoh | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Craddox | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Phillips | OF | 68 | 90 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .951 | 1.426 | ||||
| Brandon Naples | OF | 66 | 145 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .975 | 2.333 | ||||
| P. J. Yoder | OF | 42 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .974 | 1.810 | ||||
| Tommy Sudoh | OF | 41 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .926 | 2.146 | ||||
| Ken Craddox | OF | 21 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .927 | 2.429 | ||||
| Jared Sadlowski | OF | 18 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.222 | ||||
| Roger Walker | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Ford | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Rohrbach | P | 35 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Hiram Torres | P | 32 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .438 | ||||
| Brian Ford | P | 32 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .344 | ||||
| Mark Randall | P | 26 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Chris Coombe | P | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| Steve Maas | P | 15 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .933 | ||||
| Mike Cronemeyer | P | 15 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.267 | ||||
| Jeff Jones | P | 14 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.643 | ||||
| Andy Carter | P | 13 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.154 | ||||
| Brian Toronto | P | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.625 | ||||
| Takahiro Sasaki | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Chris Mitchell | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jeff Antolick | P | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Beller | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jeff Mutis | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| John Duffy | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| P. J. Yoder | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Naples | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| P. J. Yoder | RF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Sadlowski | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Phillips | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Ford | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Fischer | SS | 42 | 60 | 109 | 24 | 15 | .876 | 4.024 | ||||
| Tomo Yoshida | SS | 21 | 31 | 62 | 5 | 9 | .949 | 4.429 | ||||
| Tony Martinez | SS | 10 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 3.600 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | SS | 9 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 2.556 | ||||
| Duane Stelly | SS | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1187 | 2129 | 846 | 119 | 140 | .962 | 2.506 | 13 | 95 | 14 | 12.8 |
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.
