1996 Anderson Lawmen Statistics
Team Record: 32-28
Finished 2nd in the HL
Manager: Jay Welker (32-28)
Location: Anderson, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Field
Attendance: 9,611, Avg. 320
Playoffs - Anderson Lawmen 2 games, Will County Cheetahs 1
Finals - Lafayette Leopards 3 games, Anderson Lawmen 2
The Anderson Lawmen of the Heartland League ended the 1996 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses, finishing second in the HL.
The Lawmen paced the circuit with 418 runs, sparked by 46 home runs. Anderson allowed 370 runs. Chris Webb drove in 48 runs. Toby Ricard led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .353. Dustin Riggs topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 3.61 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Jay Welker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Riggs | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.59 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 97.7 | 89 | 51 | 39 | 5 | 41 | 2 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 423 |
| Jamie Smitherman | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.67 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 51 | 29 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 235 |
| Brent Coe | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.34 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 74 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 293 |
| Rob Gamble | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.37 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 75 | 46 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 307 |
| Dylan Tedders | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.90 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.3 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 147 |
| Jody Betley | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.04 | 23 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
| Michael Young | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.06 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 61 | 31 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 205 |
| Dan Linton | 2 | 3 | .400 | 7.15 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 54 | 44 | 36 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 225 |
| Josh Trammell | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.68 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 75 | 53 | 37 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 232 |
| Mike Shirley | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jarrell Smitherman | 0 | 0 | 8.62 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 24 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 81 | |
| Brian Millikan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.78 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 50 |
| Totals | 32 | 28 | .533 | 5.03 | 145 | 60 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 517.0 | 585 | 370 | 289 | 45 | 266 | 10 | 405 | 45 | 5 | 34 | 2407 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Ricard | 60 | 279 | 235 | 59 | 83 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 54 | .353 | .450 | .557 | 1.007 | 131 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ron D'Auteuil | 60 | 290 | 249 | 52 | 81 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 44 | .325 | .402 | .430 | .832 | 107 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Shirley | 58 | 261 | 236 | 36 | 70 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 33 | .297 | .338 | .411 | .749 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Chris Webb | 49 | 223 | 191 | 37 | 67 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 38 | .351 | .417 | .555 | .972 | 106 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Mike Flood | 54 | 235 | 206 | 40 | 63 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 41 | .306 | .372 | .398 | .770 | 82 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert McKeeman | 54 | 221 | 189 | 41 | 53 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 45 | .280 | .362 | .492 | .854 | 93 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bart Davis | 47 | 198 | 170 | 33 | 50 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 34 | .294 | .358 | .388 | .746 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Heath Bailey | 34 | 162 | 147 | 31 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 29 | .327 | .379 | .476 | .855 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Cruz | 51 | 210 | 168 | 41 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 24 | .256 | .399 | .387 | .786 | 65 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Donny Diffenbaugh | 18 | 74 | 64 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .328 | .411 | .516 | .927 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Mendels | 24 | 92 | 81 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 | .235 | .319 | .284 | .603 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rhinehart | 23 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 11 | .194 | .295 | .224 | .519 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Pierson | 8 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .375 | .375 | .583 | .958 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Williams | 11 | 38 | 30 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | .267 | .395 | .500 | .895 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Hisle | 8 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .111 | .250 | .148 | .398 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Tedders | 23 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarrell Smitherman | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Gamble | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 601 | 2434 | 2096 | 418 | 632 | 92 | 30 | 46 | 362 | 105 | 38 | 235 | 407 | .302 | .380 | .440 | .820 | 922 | 28 | 49 | 26 | 28 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Webb | 1B | 46 | 397 | 24 | 1 | 31 | .998 | 9.152 | ||||
| Larry Hisle | 1B | 8 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .987 | 9.750 | ||||
| Brian Cruz | 1B | 8 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .981 | 6.625 | ||||
| Ron D'Auteuil | 2B | 60 | 132 | 151 | 9 | 25 | .969 | 4.717 | ||||
| Jason Mendels | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | 3B | 45 | 46 | 111 | 16 | 10 | .908 | 3.489 | ||||
| Jason Mendels | 3B | 14 | 16 | 31 | 14 | 1 | .770 | 3.357 | ||||
| Robert McKeeman | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Flood | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Cruz | 3B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brian Cruz | C | 37 | 242 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .989 | 7.405 | 11 | 31 | 18 | 36.7 |
| Billy Rhinehart | C | 15 | 81 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 5.867 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 22.2 |
| Donny Diffenbaugh | C | 10 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 6.000 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 25.0 |
| Mark Williams | C | 7 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 6.857 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
| Mike Shirley | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Heath Bailey | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Toby Ricard | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Flood | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Heath Bailey | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert McKeeman | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Toby Ricard | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Flood | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Rhinehart | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Shirley | OF | 58 | 113 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 2.069 | ||||
| Mike Flood | OF | 52 | 87 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .957 | 1.731 | ||||
| Heath Bailey | OF | 34 | 50 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .934 | 1.676 | ||||
| Robert McKeeman | OF | 23 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .875 | 1.217 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | OF | 15 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Billy Rhinehart | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jason Mendels | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Dylan Tedders | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dylan Tedders | P | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Dan Linton | P | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .565 | ||||
| Jody Betley | P | 23 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Dustin Riggs | P | 13 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 3 | .900 | 2.077 | ||||
| Brent Coe | P | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Josh Trammell | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rob Gamble | P | 10 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 1.100 | ||||
| Michael Young | P | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Jarrell Smitherman | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Jamie Smitherman | P | 8 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .765 | 1.625 | ||||
| Brian Millikan | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Shirley | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Flood | RF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Shirley | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert McKeeman | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Rhinehart | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Mendels | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dylan Tedders | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bart Davis | SS | 47 | 72 | 136 | 21 | 24 | .908 | 4.426 | ||||
| Robert McKeeman | SS | 10 | 11 | 22 | 9 | 5 | .786 | 3.300 | ||||
| Paul Pierson | SS | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 3.400 | ||||
| Jason Mendels | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 849 | 1551 | 667 | 119 | 125 | .949 | 2.612 | 18 | 64 | 30 | 31.9 |
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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