1997 Abilene Prairie Dogs Statistics
Texas-Louisiana League (TTL) - Independent
Team Record: 36-52
Finished 6th in the TTL
Manager: Barry Jones (36-52)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Crutcher-Scott Field
Attendance: 65,489, Avg. 1,488
1997 Abilene Prairie Dogs RosterTeam Record: 36-52
Finished 6th in the TTL
Manager: Barry Jones (36-52)
Location: Abilene, Texas
Ballpark: Crutcher-Scott Field
Attendance: 65,489, Avg. 1,488
The Abilene Prairie Dogs of the Texas-Louisiana League ended the 1997 season with a record of 36 wins and 52 losses, finishing sixth in the TTL.
The Prairie Dogs scored 515 runs and yielded 635 runs, most in the circuit. Darryl Monroe paced Abilene with 10 home runs Jay Andrews drove in 64 runs. Jason McClure led hitters with significant playing time with a .373 average. Mark Hampton topped the team with 8 wins, while John Baack recorded a 6.41 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers. Barry Jones served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Hampton | 8 | 5 | .615 | 6.72 | 34 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 92 | 61 | 53 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 340 |
| Troy Conkle | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.44 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 88.0 | 129 | 68 | 63 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 410 |
| Louis Maberry | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.54 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 56 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 279 |
| George Preston | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.36 | 37 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.0 | 58 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 295 |
| John Baack | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.38 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91.7 | 128 | 78 | 65 | 14 | 47 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 440 |
| Royal Thomas | 3 | 9 | .250 | 6.78 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 78.3 | 118 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 377 |
| Jeff Matulevich | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.12 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.3 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 56 |
| Jamie Glore | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.19 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 107 |
| Troy Hirsch | 2 | 4 | .333 | 9.46 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 67 | 54 | 48 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 241 |
| Barry Takahashi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.00 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 62 | 42 | 28 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 212 |
| Bryan Conger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 44 | 28 | 27 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 148 |
| Jeff Motes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mike Vallarelli | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Chip Mercer | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | |
| Kevin Borg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| Jay Johnson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Gordy Gongora | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.59 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 51 |
| Hank Lott | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.74 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 175 |
| Korey Keling | 0 | 5 | .000 | 8.10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 71 | 52 | 48 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 260 |
| Totals | 36 | 52 | .409 | 6.57 | 265 | 88 | 83 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 741.3 | 960 | 635 | 541 | 76 | 441 | 19 | 425 | 55 | 7 | 84 | 3565 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason McClure | 78 | 328 | 276 | 61 | 103 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 54 | 20 | 7 | 43 | 36 | .373 | .457 | .489 | .946 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Jay Andrews | 84 | 365 | 318 | 51 | 99 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 22 | 7 | 36 | 42 | .311 | .386 | .491 | .877 | 156 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Scott Bethea | 71 | 326 | 289 | 55 | 89 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 25 | 26 | .308 | .370 | .349 | .719 | 101 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Jason Keith | 83 | 344 | 306 | 54 | 87 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 21 | 7 | 29 | 30 | .284 | .350 | .405 | .755 | 124 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Shawn Hughes | 77 | 304 | 272 | 46 | 84 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 43 | .309 | .374 | .441 | .815 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Efrain Contreras | 80 | 329 | 280 | 43 | 80 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 35 | .286 | .383 | .414 | .797 | 116 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Manny Gagliano | 62 | 277 | 246 | 36 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 21 | .317 | .375 | .472 | .847 | 116 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Darryl Monroe | 51 | 239 | 216 | 50 | 73 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 28 | .338 | .392 | .560 | .953 | 121 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Motes | 64 | 235 | 211 | 39 | 61 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 46 | .289 | .356 | .384 | .740 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vallarelli | 43 | 160 | 145 | 16 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 26 | .276 | .329 | .372 | .702 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Benner | 30 | 107 | 100 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 | .300 | .346 | .440 | .786 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kiraly | 32 | 131 | 116 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 25 | .259 | .344 | .353 | .697 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerod Hyde | 33 | 126 | 109 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .257 | .336 | .413 | .749 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Barry Takahashi | 46 | 79 | 77 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | .221 | .231 | .234 | .465 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Sandoval | 14 | 56 | 53 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | .245 | .273 | .340 | .612 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lincoln Gumbs | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Roberts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 855 | 3422 | 3030 | 515 | 914 | 155 | 28 | 56 | 470 | 147 | 54 | 306 | 456 | .302 | .370 | .427 | .797 | 1293 | 57 | 37 | 23 | 26 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Kiraly | 1B | 31 | 274 | 20 | 4 | 28 | .987 | 9.484 | ||||
| Jerod Hyde | 1B | 22 | 162 | 13 | 5 | 15 | .972 | 7.955 | ||||
| Mike Vallarelli | 1B | 19 | 133 | 10 | 5 | 20 | .966 | 7.526 | ||||
| Barry Takahashi | 1B | 17 | 109 | 6 | 2 | 16 | .983 | 6.765 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | 1B | 8 | 52 | 10 | 1 | 6 | .984 | 7.750 | ||||
| Brian Benner | 1B | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Bryan Conger | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Bethea | 2B | 65 | 150 | 200 | 8 | 56 | .978 | 5.385 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | 2B | 20 | 45 | 48 | 4 | 11 | .959 | 4.650 | ||||
| David Sandoval | 2B | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Lincoln Gumbs | 2B | 4 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Manny Gagliano | 3B | 56 | 53 | 125 | 13 | 14 | .932 | 3.179 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | 3B | 25 | 23 | 47 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 2.800 | ||||
| David Sandoval | 3B | 11 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .909 | 1.818 | ||||
| Jason Keith | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lincoln Gumbs | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shawn Hughes | C | 68 | 348 | 58 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 5.971 | 11 | 100 | 38 | 27.5 |
| Mike Vallarelli | C | 15 | 68 | 8 | 7 | 0 | .916 | 5.067 | 4 | 38 | 3 | 7.3 |
| Jason McClure | C | 8 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .963 | 6.500 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 18.5 |
| Darryl Monroe | CF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Benner | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Andrews | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason McClure | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason McClure | LF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Andrews | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Contreras | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Motes | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Barry Takahashi | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerod Hyde | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Benner | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Roberts | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason McClure | OF | 67 | 109 | 7 | 16 | 0 | .879 | 1.731 | ||||
| Jay Andrews | OF | 65 | 113 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .945 | 1.846 | ||||
| Darryl Monroe | OF | 51 | 146 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .962 | 2.980 | ||||
| Efrain Contreras | OF | 40 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.825 | ||||
| Brian Benner | OF | 26 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jerod Hyde | OF | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Barry Takahashi | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Mike Vallarelli | OF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Roberts | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| George Preston | P | 37 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .405 | ||||
| Mark Hampton | P | 34 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .382 | ||||
| Louis Maberry | P | 24 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .583 | ||||
| Barry Takahashi | P | 23 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .565 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | P | 23 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .889 | .696 | ||||
| John Baack | P | 23 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 4 | .947 | .783 | ||||
| Troy Hirsch | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Royal Thomas | P | 14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .714 | ||||
| Bryan Conger | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Korey Keling | P | 10 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Gordy Gongora | P | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Chip Mercer | P | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Jeff Matulevich | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Hank Lott | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jamie Glore | P | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .833 | ||||
| Kevin Borg | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jay Johnson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Vallarelli | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Motes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jay Andrews | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason McClure | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Efrain Contreras | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerod Hyde | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Benner | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Motes | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Vallarelli | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Barry Takahashi | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Keith | SS | 80 | 139 | 245 | 26 | 50 | .937 | 4.800 | ||||
| Scott Bethea | SS | 6 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 7 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | SS | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1288 | 2224 | 988 | 136 | 251 | .959 | 2.494 | 16 | 160 | 46 | 22.3 |
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.
