1997 Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs Statistics

Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 51-33
Finished 1st in the NL's North Division
Manager: John Wockenfuss (51-33)
Location: Albany, New York; Colonie, New York
Ballpark: Heritage Park
Attendance: 72,985, Avg. 1,780 in 41 home dates

1997 Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs Roster

Playoffs - Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs 2 games, Massachusetts Mad Dogs 1
Finals - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs 0

The Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 51 wins and 33 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Dogs plated 479 runs, tops in the circuit. Albany-Colonie conceded 417 runs. Jon Mueller paced the squad with 20 home runs and drove in 74 runs. Felix DeLeon led all regular batters by connecting at a .356 clip. Juan Williams topped the team with 9 wins, while Jerry Hasler recorded a 4.43 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Rafael Valdez played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs to do so.

John Wockenfuss 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
Juan Williams	9	0	1.000	2.94	12	12	0	1	1	0	67.3	67	29	22	1	28	1	63	1	2	7	286
Ed Riley	7	1	.875	2.23	10	10	0	0	0	0	60.7	55	22	15	3	20	0	59	1	1	3	259
Jerry Hasler	5	1	.833	4.41	30	2	17	0	0	5	69.3	70	45	34	2	16	0	64	3	0	2	298
Grant Sullivan	4	1	.800	1.48	35	0	17	0	0	5	60.7	49	14	10	0	12	3	56	1	0	0	241
Bill Masching	4	3	.571	4.70	9	9	0	0	0	0	46.0	57	30	24	4	15	0	28	2	1	4	206
Rob DeBrino	3	0	1.000	3.38	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.7	24	10	10	1	9	0	38	1	0	5	112
Chuck Bauer	3	2	.600	1.36	28	0	26	0	0	17	33.0	19	5	5	0	14	2	38	0	0	3	128
Dave Garcia	3	4	.429	4.28	15	6	2	0	0	0	61.0	72	39	29	5	14	1	49	1	0	4	263
Dennis Sexton	3	5	.375	5.80	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.7	53	33	32	1	26	2	37	6	1	4	229
Steve D'Aquila	2	1	.667	8.58	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.3	43	30	27	5	13	0	24	0	0	0	140
Andy Holaren	2	2	.500	5.03	8	5	1	1	1	0	39.3	42	28	22	3	14	0	18	2	0	2	173
Jarod Smith	2	3	.400	3.89	6	6	0	2	0	0	39.3	36	22	17	2	15	0	21	3	0	2	171
Stephan Rapaglia	1	2	.333	4.91	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.7	33	14	14	4	5	1	20	2	0	0	113
Alan Botkin	1	2	.333	5.14	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.0	18	9	8	1	6	0	10	2	0	1	66
Rafael Valdez	1	3	.250	5.79	10	2	3	0	0	1	28.0	31	18	18	5	13	2	20	2	0	1	128
Raul Catedral	1	3	.250	8.37	7	5	1	0	0	0	23.7	40	26	22	3	13	0	17	0	1	1	119
Keith White	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	12
Dan Brown	0	0		4.72	9	1	3	0	0	0	13.3	21	11	7	0	3	1	9	1	0	1	66
Bobby Aronson	0	0		6.00	6	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	11	5	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	31
David Allen	0	0		6.14	3	0	1	0	0	0	7.3	10	6	5	0	2	0	7	0	0	4	34
Ian Millman	0	0		6.75	4	0	2	0	0	0	8.0	6	7	6	2	2	0	3	2	0	2	34
Craig Burroughs	0	0		16.88	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.3	15	11	10	1	3	0	2	0	0	3	34
Totals	51	33	.607	4.31	223	84	80	4	2	28	714.7	776	417	342	44	247	13	586	31	6	51	3143

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
Felix DeLeon	76	334	320	55	114	16	2	2	28	13	7	11	27	.356	.378	.438	.815	140	8	0	3	0	0
Rafael Mercado	75	312	285	47	95	21	4	12	62	0	3	13	53	.333	.366	.561	.927	160	6	5	3	6	1
Jon Mueller	81	353	288	64	88	17	0	20	74	1	2	55	78	.306	.414	.573	.987	165	9	3	0	7	4
Ron Lockett	73	317	275	51	82	16	3	7	41	19	4	32	52	.298	.373	.455	.827	125	4	3	3	4	2
Joe Mariano	69	262	232	32	68	10	1	1	24	2	1	23	34	.293	.359	.358	.717	83	9	1	6	0	1
Mike Mora	71	267	235	35	63	6	1	6	39	9	1	18	37	.268	.342	.379	.721	89	6	10	1	3	0
Jose Santana	61	271	236	36	61	13	1	0	18	6	6	20	43	.258	.332	.322	.654	76	6	6	9	0	0
David Simon	47	182	161	36	52	8	1	1	26	4	0	17	36	.323	.381	.404	.785	65	5	0	1	3	0
Paul Reinisch	46	201	176	25	42	6	1	2	21	2	0	22	21	.239	.328	.318	.647	56	7	2	0	1	3
Tom Tegeler	46	168	139	18	40	9	0	1	26	1	3	22	27	.288	.384	.374	.758	52	2	1	4	2	0
Tom Coates	36	159	134	23	35	7	5	2	14	9	0	18	34	.261	.348	.433	.781	58	1	1	4	2	0
Raul Santana	28	116	111	15	33	4	0	1	12	1	0	3	21	.297	.322	.360	.682	40	2	1	1	0	0
Jorge Moreno	29	120	111	20	29	8	0	2	17	1	1	2	28	.261	.284	.387	.672	43	3	2	4	1	0
Charli Sullivan	24	74	63	8	15	4	0	0	9	0	0	7	23	.238	.306	.302	.607	19	0	0	2	2	1
Tony Tijerina	8	27	26	5	9	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	2	.346	.370	.577	.947	15	1	0	0	0	0
Joel Galarza	5	18	17	4	6	2	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	.353	.389	.471	.859	8	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Gordon	4	16	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.267	.312	.267	.579	4	0	0	0	0	0
Leroy Simmons	7	16	15	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	1	5	.200	.250	.600	.850	9	0	0	0	0	0
Enrique Duncan	3	12	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	.111	.333	.111	.444	1	1	1	0	0	0
Totals	789	3225	2848	479	840	147	19	61	428	70	28	269	528	.295	.360	.424	.784	1208	70	36	41	31	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ron Lockett	1B	65	546	24	3	39	.995	8.769
Jon Mueller	1B	15	130	7	1	11	.993	9.133
Raul Santana	1B	4	30	5	0	1	1.000	8.750
Rafael Mercado	1B	4	32	3	0	1	1.000	8.750
Joe Mariano	1B	1	4	1	0	1	1.000	5.000
Felix DeLeon	2B	59	125	173	10	27	.968	5.051
Charli Sullivan	2B	15	28	43	0	12	1.000	4.733
Joe Mariano	2B	11	15	24	3	3	.929	3.545
Jose Santana	2B	3	7	11	0	2	1.000	6.000
Enrique Duncan	2B	3	7	6	1	0	.929	4.333
Paul Reinisch	3B	46	27	85	5	5	.957	2.435
Jose Santana	3B	36	15	53	8	3	.895	1.889
Raul Santana	3B	2	2	10	2	1	.857	6.000
Tom Tegeler	C	46	308	34	5	2	.986	7.435	9	24	18	42.9
Raul Santana	C	22	154	10	4	0	.976	7.455	3	25	5	16.7
Tony Tijerina	C	8	43	8	1	0	.981	6.375	0	10	6	37.5
Leroy Simmons	C	7	27	1	1	0	.966	4.000	1	3	0	0.0
Jeff Gordon	C	4	32	3	1	0	.972	8.750	1	9	2	18.2
Joel Galarza	C	4	22	2	0	0	1.000	6.000	1	7	1	12.5
David Simon	CF	47						.000
Mike Mora	CF	24						.000
Tom Coates	CF	16						.000
Jorge Moreno	CF	2						.000
Mike Mora	LF	30						.000
Jorge Moreno	LF	25						.000
Tom Coates	LF	20						.000
Joe Mariano	LF	7						.000
Ron Lockett	LF	4						.000
Felix DeLeon	LF	2						.000
Joel Galarza	LF	1						.000
Mike Mora	OF	69	118	10	5	2	.962	1.855
Rafael Mercado	OF	66	95	2	2	0	.980	1.470
David Simon	OF	47	80	2	3	1	.965	1.745
Tom Coates	OF	36	66	3	1	0	.986	1.917
Jorge Moreno	OF	29	48	0	2	0	.960	1.655
Joe Mariano	OF	8	8	1	2	0	.818	1.125
Ron Lockett	OF	4	12	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Felix DeLeon	OF	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.500
Joel Galarza	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Grant Sullivan	P	35	5	10	1	0	.938	.429
Jerry Hasler	P	30	7	7	0	0	1.000	.467
Chuck Bauer	P	28	3	5	0	0	1.000	.286
Dave Garcia	P	15	6	11	1	1	.944	1.133
Juan Williams	P	12	3	5	1	0	.889	.667
Rafael Valdez	P	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	.400
Ed Riley	P	10	1	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Dennis Sexton	P	9	2	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Bill Masching	P	9	2	10	0	1	1.000	1.333
Dan Brown	P	9	1	4	2	0	.714	.556
Andy Holaren	P	8	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.125
Raul Catedral	P	7	2	1	0	0	1.000	.429
Jarod Smith	P	6	0	7	1	0	.875	1.167
Steve D'Aquila	P	6	2	6	2	0	.800	1.333
Bobby Aronson	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Stephan Rapaglia	P	4	0	8	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ian Millman	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Rob DeBrino	P	4	3	2	1	0	.833	1.250
Craig Burroughs	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Alan Botkin	P	3	2	1	1	0	.750	1.000
David Allen	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Keith White	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Rafael Mercado	RF	66						.000
Mike Mora	RF	18						.000
Jorge Moreno	RF	2						.000
David Simon	RF	1						.000
Joe Mariano	RF	1						.000
Tom Coates	RF	1						.000
Joe Mariano	SS	50	51	143	7	23	.965	3.880
Jose Santana	SS	21	42	50	13	13	.876	4.381
Felix DeLeon	SS	15	25	46	6	5	.922	4.733
Totals		1193	2144	860	97	154	.969	2.518	15	78	32	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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