1997 Altoona Rail Kings Statistics
Heartland League (HL) - Independent
Team Record: 36-36
Finished 3rd in the HL
Manager: Walt Williams (36-36)
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Veteran's Memorial Field
Attendance: 30,632, Avg. 851
1997 Altoona Rail Kings RosterTeam Record: 36-36
Finished 3rd in the HL
Manager: Walt Williams (36-36)
Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Veteran's Memorial Field
Attendance: 30,632, Avg. 851
Playoffs - Anderson Lawmen 2 games, Altoona Rail Kings 0
The Altoona Rail Kings of the Heartland League ended the 1997 season with a record of 36 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the HL.
The Rail Kings scored 394 runs and allowed 370 runs. Eric Burroughs and Jude Donato each drove in 44 runs. Eric Burroughs paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .349 clip. Jose Huguet topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, tops among regular hurlers. Walt Williams 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Huguet | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.01 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 98.7 | 92 | 40 | 33 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 415 |
| David Gates | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.81 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| Jamie Mullikin | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.82 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 72 | 41 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 286 |
| Christopher Baum | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.42 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.7 | 94 | 57 | 44 | 8 | 49 | 0 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 414 |
| Jason Tuthill | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.20 | 26 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.7 | 48 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 187 |
| Stan Scales | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.42 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 69 | 51 | 44 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 339 |
| Ray Schmittle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.15 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 67 | 47 | 41 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 289 |
| Brian Essery | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.22 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 141 |
| Peter Dallas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Farley Love | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.64 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.7 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 85 |
| Ryan Anschuetz | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.13 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 98.3 | 103 | 58 | 56 | 4 | 66 | 3 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 455 |
| Chris Starkey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Claude Love | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 36 | 36 | .500 | 4.67 | 182 | 72 | 57 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 610.3 | 639 | 370 | 317 | 47 | 324 | 15 | 398 | 58 | 6 | 39 | 2795 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Allen | 65 | 291 | 257 | 56 | 88 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 31 | .342 | .406 | .389 | .795 | 100 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jude Donato | 72 | 303 | 273 | 48 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 33 | .322 | .372 | .425 | .797 | 116 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Eric Burroughs | 62 | 263 | 238 | 48 | 83 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 22 | 55 | .349 | .403 | .483 | .886 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Claude Love | 71 | 320 | 253 | 53 | 75 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 30 | .296 | .428 | .383 | .812 | 97 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| K. J. Jackson | 69 | 288 | 256 | 40 | 72 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 24 | .281 | .346 | .430 | .776 | 110 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Willie Roland | 71 | 286 | 254 | 31 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 53 | .232 | .303 | .350 | .653 | 89 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Brian Gerity | 48 | 173 | 157 | 21 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 34 | .274 | .321 | .344 | .665 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Halbruner | 63 | 245 | 212 | 35 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 71 | .198 | .294 | .292 | .586 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Langhans | 49 | 168 | 146 | 23 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 40 | .219 | .309 | .281 | .590 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Knight | 33 | 133 | 111 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 19 | .252 | .346 | .387 | .733 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Hasty | 35 | 131 | 113 | 17 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 33 | .248 | .336 | .336 | .672 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Dallas | 34 | 97 | 86 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .233 | .295 | .279 | .574 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Starkey | 7 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | .320 | .414 | .400 | .814 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rik Work | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .500 | .375 | .875 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Farley Love | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Scales | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Schmittle | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 735 | 2744 | 2395 | 394 | 670 | 101 | 15 | 34 | 338 | 82 | 36 | 254 | 454 | .280 | .356 | .377 | .733 | 903 | 48 | 42 | 31 | 22 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Halbruner | 1B | 59 | 520 | 36 | 2 | 47 | .996 | 9.424 | ||||
| Curtis Knight | 1B | 12 | 94 | 8 | 3 | 6 | .971 | 8.500 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | 1B | 3 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Jude Donato | 2B | 68 | 154 | 213 | 10 | 41 | .973 | 5.397 | ||||
| Steve Langhans | 2B | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Curtis Knight | 2B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rick Halbruner | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Willie Roland | 3B | 70 | 48 | 135 | 14 | 8 | .929 | 2.614 | ||||
| Curtis Knight | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brian Gerity | C | 48 | 257 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .989 | 5.854 | 9 | 32 | 11 | 25.6 |
| Chris Hasty | C | 20 | 99 | 20 | 7 | 1 | .944 | 5.950 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 23.1 |
| Steve Langhans | C | 9 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 4.444 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 27.3 |
| Rik Work | C | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.750 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Eric Burroughs | CF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Love | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donald Allen | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Love | LF | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Starkey | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Scales | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Farley Love | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Hasty | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jude Donato | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Love | OF | 70 | 110 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .950 | 1.614 | ||||
| Donald Allen | OF | 64 | 117 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .947 | 1.953 | ||||
| Eric Burroughs | OF | 62 | 132 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .938 | 2.210 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | OF | 21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.524 | ||||
| Chris Starkey | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris Hasty | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Stan Scales | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Farley Love | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jude Donato | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Tuthill | P | 26 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .577 | ||||
| Ryan Anschuetz | P | 24 | 9 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jamie Mullikin | P | 20 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| David Gates | P | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Farley Love | P | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Ray Schmittle | P | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Jose Huguet | P | 15 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Christopher Baum | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Stan Scales | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Brian Essery | P | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Chris Starkey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Claude Love | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Donald Allen | RF | 60 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Starkey | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Hasty | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| K. J. Jackson | SS | 41 | 67 | 128 | 17 | 18 | .920 | 4.756 | ||||
| Steve Langhans | SS | 33 | 55 | 101 | 14 | 26 | .918 | 4.727 | ||||
| Totals | 1016 | 1831 | 829 | 106 | 166 | .962 | 2.618 | 19 | 72 | 24 | 25.0 |
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.
