1996 Arkansas Travelers Statistics
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 4th in the TL's East Division
Manager: Rick Mahler (67-73)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Ballpark: Ray Winder Field
Attendance: 209,535, Avg. 3,435 in 61 home dates
The Arkansas Travelers of the Texas League ended the 1996 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Travelers led the circuit with just 597 runs allowed. Arkansas scored 610 runs, worst in the league,. Eli Marrero and Chris Fick paced the team with 19 home runs apiece. Chris Fick drove in 74 runs. Jeff Berblinger topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .288 clip. Matt Morris and Kris Detmers paced the squad with 12 wins each, while Manny Aybar recorded a 3.05 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1996 Arkansas Travelers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Erik Hiljus, Scarborough Green, Rich Croushore, Joe McEwing, Brady Raggio, Keith Johns, Curtis King, Eli Marrero, Manny Aybar, Sean Lowe, Matt Morris and Jeff Berblinger.
Rick Mahler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kris Detmers | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.35 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163.7 | 154 | 72 | 61 | 15 | 70 | 0 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 698 |
| Matt Morris | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.88 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 167.0 | 178 | 79 | 72 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 711 |
| Brady Raggio | 9 | 10 | .474 | 3.22 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 162.3 | 160 | 68 | 58 | 17 | 40 | 2 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 667 |
| Manny Aybar | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.05 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.0 | 120 | 53 | 41 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 507 |
| Jeff Matranga | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.15 | 62 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79.7 | 56 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 327 |
| Rich Croushore | 5 | 10 | .333 | 4.92 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 108.0 | 113 | 75 | 59 | 18 | 51 | 1 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 486 |
| Jeff Matulevich | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.64 | 41 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.3 | 48 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 254 |
| Matt Golden | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.14 | 52 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 63.0 | 74 | 40 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 285 |
| Erik Hiljus | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 62 | 37 | 31 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 221 |
| Kevin Lovingier | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.10 | 60 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63.7 | 60 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 48 | 6 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 295 |
| Sean Lowe | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.00 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| Brian Carpenter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.16 | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 63 | 26 | 26 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 305 |
| Frank Garcia | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 84 | |
| Ray Davis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| Curtis King | 0 | 1 | .000 | 19.80 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 3.81 | 430 | 140 | 130 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 1187.3 | 1180 | 597 | 503 | 108 | 470 | 26 | 888 | 25 | 5 | 57 | 5132 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Berblinger | 134 | 570 | 500 | 78 | 144 | 32 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 23 | 10 | 52 | 66 | .288 | .360 | .446 | .806 | 223 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Chris Fick | 134 | 524 | 448 | 64 | 115 | 25 | 2 | 19 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 67 | 93 | .257 | .355 | .449 | .804 | 201 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Keith Johns | 127 | 506 | 447 | 52 | 110 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 61 | .246 | .323 | .295 | .618 | 132 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Rupp | 114 | 395 | 353 | 46 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 44 | .303 | .359 | .397 | .756 | 140 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Eli Marrero | 116 | 414 | 374 | 65 | 101 | 17 | 3 | 19 | 65 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 55 | .270 | .336 | .484 | .820 | 181 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dee Dalton | 113 | 394 | 345 | 38 | 82 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 61 | .238 | .314 | .351 | .665 | 121 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Torres | 102 | 356 | 309 | 38 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 62 | .262 | .357 | .421 | .777 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Velez | 86 | 284 | 264 | 36 | 72 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 29 | .273 | .310 | .352 | .662 | 93 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Warner | 84 | 276 | 233 | 36 | 70 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 25 | .300 | .398 | .506 | .904 | 118 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarborough Green | 92 | 345 | 300 | 45 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 38 | 58 | .200 | .295 | .270 | .565 | 81 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe McEwing | 106 | 235 | 216 | 27 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 32 | .208 | .252 | .296 | .548 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Joel Wolfe | 72 | 234 | 200 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 28 | 36 | .215 | .319 | .350 | .669 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Diggs | 35 | 155 | 138 | 23 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | .304 | .357 | .464 | .821 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Ellis | 65 | 182 | 157 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 20 | .255 | .357 | .344 | .701 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Pages | 26 | 49 | 46 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .261 | .306 | .370 | .676 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Murphy | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .571 | .571 | .714 | 1.286 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Croushore | 34 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .211 | .211 | .211 | .421 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Detmers | 27 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .148 | .148 | .148 | .296 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Hiljus | 10 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .300 | .364 | .600 | .964 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Santucci | 11 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .150 | .150 | .150 | .300 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Morris | 27 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .115 | .226 | .115 | .341 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady Raggio | 26 | 32 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .115 | .115 | .115 | .231 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Lowe | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Aybar | 20 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Matranga | 62 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Carpenter | 37 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Matulevich | 41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Lovingier | 60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Davis | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Anderson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1783 | 5105 | 4495 | 610 | 1154 | 214 | 34 | 96 | 561 | 106 | 70 | 487 | 724 | .257 | .332 | .384 | .716 | 1724 | 111 | 38 | 51 | 34 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Rupp | 1B | 90 | 711 | 56 | 3 | 65 | .996 | 8.522 | ||||
| Joel Wolfe | 1B | 44 | 359 | 23 | 6 | 27 | .985 | 8.682 | ||||
| Paul Torres | 1B | 20 | 137 | 6 | 4 | 18 | .973 | 7.150 | ||||
| Jeff Berblinger | 2B | 127 | 241 | 310 | 28 | 73 | .952 | 4.339 | ||||
| Ron Warner | 2B | 10 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.200 | ||||
| Dee Dalton | 2B | 7 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 9 | .973 | 5.143 | ||||
| Joe McEwing | 2B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dee Dalton | 3B | 93 | 58 | 162 | 15 | 11 | .936 | 2.366 | ||||
| Ron Warner | 3B | 52 | 39 | 125 | 9 | 13 | .948 | 3.154 | ||||
| Brian Rupp | 3B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Eli Marrero | C | 107 | 676 | 67 | 3 | 4 | .996 | 6.944 | 4 | 48 | 36 | 42.9 |
| Paul Ellis | C | 40 | 197 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 5.375 | 5 | 26 | 10 | 27.8 |
| Javier Pages | C | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.600 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Murphy | C | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scarborough Green | CF | 89 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Diggs | CF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McEwing | CF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Santucci | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Fick | LF | 119 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McEwing | LF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Rupp | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Velez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Torres | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Fick | OF | 119 | 183 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .965 | 1.605 | ||||
| Joe McEwing | OF | 98 | 130 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 1.439 | ||||
| Scarborough Green | OF | 89 | 194 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .990 | 2.258 | ||||
| Jose Velez | OF | 76 | 127 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.763 | ||||
| Paul Torres | OF | 53 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.245 | ||||
| Tony Diggs | OF | 34 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 2.412 | ||||
| Brian Rupp | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Steve Santucci | OF | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joel Wolfe | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Javier Pages | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff Matranga | P | 62 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .452 | ||||
| Kevin Lovingier | P | 60 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Matt Golden | P | 52 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .192 | ||||
| Jeff Matulevich | P | 41 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .171 | ||||
| Brian Carpenter | P | 37 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .432 | ||||
| Rich Croushore | P | 34 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Matt Morris | P | 27 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .889 | ||||
| Kris Detmers | P | 27 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .926 | .926 | ||||
| Brady Raggio | P | 26 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 0 | .953 | 1.577 | ||||
| Manny Aybar | P | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Davis | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Frank Garcia | P | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Erik Hiljus | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Sean Lowe | P | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Curtis King | P | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Jose Velez | RF | 75 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Torres | RF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McEwing | RF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Santucci | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Rupp | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Wolfe | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Javier Pages | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Johns | SS | 127 | 199 | 348 | 28 | 72 | .951 | 4.307 | ||||
| Ron Warner | SS | 10 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | .821 | 2.300 | ||||
| Dee Dalton | SS | 9 | 13 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.222 | ||||
| Totals | 2169 | 3562 | 1416 | 134 | 321 | .974 | 2.295 | 11 | 77 | 46 | 37.4 |
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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