1998 Allentown Ambassadors Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 52-32
Finished 2nd in the NL's South Division
Manager: Ed Ott (52-32)
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bicentennial Park
Attendance: 122,738, Avg. 3,068 in 40 home dates
1998 Allentown Ambassadors RosterTeam Record: 52-32
Finished 2nd in the NL's South Division
Manager: Ed Ott (52-32)
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bicentennial Park
Attendance: 122,738, Avg. 3,068 in 40 home dates
Playoffs - New Jersey Jackals 2 games, Allentown Ambassadors 0
The Allentown Ambassadors of the Northeast League ended the 1998 season with a record of 52 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Ambassadors scored 532 runs, best in the league. Allentown conceded 398 runs. Lorenzo De La Cruz led the squad with 17 home runs and recorded 85 runs batted in. Lorenzo De La Cruz and Erskine Kelley topped hitters with significant playing time with a .340 average. Ray Davis paced the squad with 10 wins, while Rich Hunter recorded a 2.95 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1998 Allentown Ambassadors who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Kim Batiste, Pablo Martínez, Tom Thobe and Rich Hunter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Davis | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.65 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 125.7 | 122 | 63 | 51 | 14 | 46 | 4 | 105 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 536 |
| Fernando DaSilva | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.58 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 123 | 54 | 47 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 484 |
| John Dillinger | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.57 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.3 | 96 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 47 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 397 |
| Rich Hunter | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.94 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 79 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 24 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 326 |
| Rob Kell | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.23 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 49 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.91 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37.7 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 153 |
| Mike Rohrbach | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.56 | 31 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.7 | 34 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160 |
| Joe Norris | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| Joe Barbao | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.91 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| Anthony Salley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.70 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Nolan Fry | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| James Kammerer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.79 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64 |
| Mark Randall | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.40 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| Steve Beller | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.01 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 46 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Tom Thobe | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | |
| Mike Anderson | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Keith White | 0 | 0 | 24.30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Steve Ceterko | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ricardo Jimenez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 31.91 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Matt Ramagli | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.71 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 57 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 173 |
| Kevin Losty | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.38 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Totals | 52 | 32 | .619 | 3.92 | 250 | 84 | 78 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 740.7 | 808 | 398 | 323 | 56 | 265 | 22 | 551 | 31 | 7 | 31 | 3228 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erskine Kelley | 83 | 361 | 321 | 80 | 109 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 49 | 20 | 7 | 36 | 80 | .340 | .410 | .570 | .980 | 183 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Naples | 83 | 376 | 321 | 71 | 105 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 48 | 24 | 7 | 44 | 51 | .327 | .410 | .474 | .884 | 152 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Billy Hall | 79 | 362 | 325 | 67 | 105 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 41 | 10 | 32 | 44 | .323 | .380 | .465 | .844 | 151 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Lorenzo De La Cruz | 79 | 336 | 291 | 63 | 99 | 28 | 5 | 17 | 85 | 19 | 5 | 30 | 72 | .340 | .417 | .646 | 1.063 | 188 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Kim Batiste | 60 | 250 | 231 | 44 | 71 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 29 | .307 | .348 | .554 | .902 | 128 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Robin Roberts | 69 | 258 | 225 | 30 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 29 | .276 | .357 | .387 | .744 | 87 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Montilla | 64 | 259 | 218 | 45 | 59 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 46 | .271 | .368 | .362 | .730 | 79 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Jared Sadlowski | 54 | 169 | 151 | 22 | 54 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 19 | .358 | .414 | .543 | .957 | 82 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jamie Northeimer | 70 | 266 | 208 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 47 | 51 | .216 | .368 | .337 | .704 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Torrey Pettiford | 40 | 166 | 149 | 25 | 41 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .275 | .314 | .369 | .684 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Andre Keene | 31 | 108 | 95 | 23 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 17 | .316 | .389 | .695 | 1.084 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rickey Holifield | 16 | 55 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .245 | .309 | .408 | .717 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fernando DaSilva | 21 | 51 | 42 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | .238 | .312 | .333 | .646 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Pablo Martínez | 10 | 38 | 34 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .265 | .342 | .382 | .724 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Hunter | 11 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .242 | .257 | .303 | .560 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Davis | 20 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | .136 | .156 | .227 | .383 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| John Dillinger | 14 | 37 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .156 | .176 | .188 | .364 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Rob Kell | 7 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darryl Robinson | 6 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .267 | .333 | .600 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .750 | 1.250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Thobe | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Laub | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .333 | .762 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Ramagli | 7 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .182 | .182 | .364 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom D'Angelo | 21 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .091 | .167 | .136 | .303 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Beller | 25 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .111 | .250 | .361 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Norris | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rohrbach | 31 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Salley | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Barbao | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Randall | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yudith Ozorio | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath McElwee | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Marshall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Losty | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Kammerer | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Fry | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith White | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1028 | 3314 | 2891 | 532 | 850 | 194 | 39 | 72 | 473 | 138 | 51 | 313 | 559 | .294 | .367 | .463 | .830 | 1338 | 47 | 39 | 42 | 29 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin Roberts | 1B | 40 | 349 | 10 | 5 | 41 | .986 | 8.975 | ||||
| Andre Keene | 1B | 28 | 222 | 8 | 8 | 23 | .966 | 8.214 | ||||
| Brandon Naples | 1B | 25 | 191 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 8.280 | ||||
| Darryl Robinson | 1B | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.250 | ||||
| Billy Hall | 2B | 50 | 96 | 153 | 7 | 44 | .973 | 4.980 | ||||
| Torrey Pettiford | 2B | 34 | 77 | 93 | 4 | 21 | .977 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom D'Angelo | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | 2B | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kim Batiste | 3B | 60 | 47 | 131 | 9 | 10 | .952 | 2.967 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | 3B | 24 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 5 | .875 | 2.042 | ||||
| Jose Montilla | 3B | 5 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 2.600 | ||||
| Heath McElwee | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jamie Northeimer | C | 68 | 439 | 45 | 6 | 2 | .988 | 7.118 | 18 | 49 | 25 | 33.8 |
| Jared Sadlowski | C | 21 | 133 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .986 | 6.762 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 23.8 |
| Jay Laub | C | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Brandon Naples | CF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Sadlowski | CF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rickey Holifield | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yudith Ozorio | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Marshall | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo De La Cruz | LF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rickey Holifield | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Sadlowski | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | OF | 83 | 169 | 11 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 2.169 | ||||
| Lorenzo De La Cruz | OF | 78 | 131 | 15 | 8 | 2 | .948 | 1.872 | ||||
| Brandon Naples | OF | 65 | 93 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .981 | 1.554 | ||||
| Jared Sadlowski | OF | 28 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Rickey Holifield | OF | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Yudith Ozorio | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Al Marshall | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Gonzalez | P | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .212 | ||||
| Mike Rohrbach | P | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .290 | ||||
| Steve Beller | P | 25 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .560 | ||||
| Ray Davis | P | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.000 | ||||
| Fernando DaSilva | P | 18 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Joe Barbao | P | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .389 | ||||
| Anthony Salley | P | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| John Dillinger | P | 14 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| James Kammerer | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Hunter | P | 11 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 1.636 | ||||
| Mark Randall | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Norris | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Matt Ramagli | P | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Rob Kell | P | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Nolan Fry | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Kevin Losty | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .200 | ||||
| Ricardo Jimenez | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Keith White | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Thobe | P | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Mike Anderson | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Ceterko | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Erskine Kelley | RF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo De La Cruz | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Naples | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Montilla | SS | 52 | 85 | 161 | 18 | 41 | .932 | 4.731 | ||||
| Billy Hall | SS | 28 | 35 | 94 | 8 | 12 | .942 | 4.607 | ||||
| Pablo Martínez | SS | 7 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 6 | .935 | 6.143 | ||||
| Tom D'Angelo | SS | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Robin Roberts | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1252 | 2222 | 972 | 108 | 242 | .967 | 2.551 | 27 | 67 | 31 | 31.6 |
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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