1996 Asheville Tourists Statistics
Team Record: 84-52
Finished 1st in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: P. J. Carey (84-52)
Affiliation: Colorado Rockies
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Ballpark: McCormick Stadium (new)
Attendance: 145,798, Avg. 2,243 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Asheville Tourists 2 games, Capital City Bombers 0
Playoffs - Delmarva Shorebirds 2 games, Asheville Tourists 1
The Asheville Tourists of the South Atlantic League ended the 1996 season with a record of 84 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Tourists scored 612 runs and yielded 526 runs. Justin Drizos led Asheville with 18 home runs and drove in 76 runs. Dave Feuerstein paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .286 clip. Scott Randall topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.74 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1996 Asheville Tourists who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lariel González, Scott Randall and Ben Petrick.
P. J. Carey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Randall | 14 | 4 | .778 | 2.74 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 154.3 | 121 | 53 | 47 | 11 | 50 | 3 | 136 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 615 |
| Neil Garrett | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.59 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 135.3 | 131 | 61 | 54 | 13 | 37 | 3 | 120 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 566 |
| Chandler Martin | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.20 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 65 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 347 |
| Sean Murphy | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.71 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.0 | 58 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 2 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 347 |
| Marc D'Alessandro | 7 | 13 | .350 | 3.52 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 | 182 | 92 | 62 | 12 | 56 | 1 | 118 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 694 |
| Heath Bost | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.30 | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 76.0 | 45 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 293 |
| James Kammerer | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.14 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 36 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 181 |
| Bobby Bevel | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.18 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 61 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 30 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 286 |
| Keith Barnes | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.96 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 83 | 43 | 32 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 408 |
| Brian Rose | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.56 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.3 | 53 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 273 |
| Drew Keehn | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.05 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 61 | 51 | 37 | 7 | 42 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 266 |
| Tom Stepka | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Luis Colmenares | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.43 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 58 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 56 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 282 |
| Jason Dietrich | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.46 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Scott Schroeffel | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.86 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 52 |
| Chris Macca | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.07 | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 33.7 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 132 |
| Lariel González | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.60 | 35 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45.0 | 37 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 208 |
| Jamie Emiliano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.53 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 |
| Totals | 84 | 52 | .618 | 3.14 | 385 | 136 | 130 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 1214.0 | 1039 | 526 | 423 | 76 | 461 | 25 | 1131 | 60 | 19 | 74 | 5079 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Feuerstein | 130 | 571 | 514 | 69 | 147 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 69 | 21 | 10 | 42 | 68 | .286 | .343 | .372 | .714 | 191 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Justin Drizos | 127 | 516 | 438 | 64 | 116 | 29 | 2 | 18 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 70 | 126 | .265 | .372 | .463 | .836 | 203 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Ben Petrick | 122 | 531 | 446 | 74 | 105 | 24 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 19 | 9 | 75 | 98 | .235 | .350 | .392 | .742 | 175 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Brett Elam | 122 | 475 | 412 | 49 | 100 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 100 | .243 | .326 | .318 | .643 | 131 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Matt Whitley | 104 | 426 | 368 | 40 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 10 | 14 | 44 | 38 | .255 | .341 | .293 | .635 | 108 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Garrett Neubart | 71 | 320 | 282 | 60 | 79 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 31 | 45 | .280 | .354 | .340 | .695 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Salvadore Duverge | 103 | 399 | 349 | 38 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 84 | .198 | .291 | .264 | .554 | 92 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| John Clifford | 94 | 357 | 317 | 29 | 68 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 69 | .215 | .290 | .274 | .564 | 87 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tal Light | 52 | 229 | 205 | 34 | 67 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 51 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 58 | .327 | .389 | .576 | .964 | 118 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Groseclose | 84 | 311 | 250 | 40 | 61 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 55 | .244 | .373 | .280 | .653 | 70 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Clint Bryant | 68 | 276 | 228 | 33 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 36 | 45 | .246 | .358 | .368 | .726 | 84 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Efrain Alamo | 67 | 277 | 250 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 68 | .220 | .291 | .344 | .635 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Cunningham | 35 | 150 | 133 | 19 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 42 | .256 | .333 | .541 | .875 | 72 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| John Hallead | 38 | 156 | 136 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 39 | .162 | .269 | .206 | .475 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rogelio Arias | 27 | 89 | 84 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .167 | .213 | .167 | .380 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yohel Pozo | 27 | 92 | 85 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | .141 | .196 | .153 | .349 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lariel González | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1306 | 5176 | 4498 | 612 | 1099 | 203 | 22 | 74 | 525 | 173 | 111 | 523 | 968 | .244 | .332 | .349 | .681 | 1568 | 42 | 86 | 34 | 35 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Drizos | 1B | 125 | 1127 | 77 | 14 | 102 | .989 | 9.632 | ||||
| John Clifford | 1B | 19 | 143 | 12 | 3 | 15 | .981 | 8.158 | ||||
| David Groseclose | 2B | 71 | 109 | 188 | 14 | 41 | .955 | 4.183 | ||||
| Matt Whitley | 2B | 69 | 152 | 210 | 8 | 51 | .978 | 5.246 | ||||
| Clint Bryant | 3B | 67 | 61 | 135 | 30 | 10 | .867 | 2.925 | ||||
| Tal Light | 3B | 50 | 24 | 101 | 18 | 13 | .874 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brett Elam | 3B | 23 | 8 | 42 | 5 | 2 | .909 | 2.174 | ||||
| John Clifford | 3B | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rogelio Arias | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Petrick | C | 94 | 766 | 95 | 12 | 4 | .986 | 9.160 | 7 | |||
| Rogelio Arias | C | 25 | 189 | 25 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 8.560 | 6 | |||
| Yohel Pozo | C | 14 | 83 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 6.714 | 2 | |||
| John Clifford | C | 10 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.700 | 0 | |||
| Dave Feuerstein | OF | 128 | 189 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .990 | 1.523 | ||||
| Salvadore Duverge | OF | 96 | 123 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .958 | 1.417 | ||||
| Garrett Neubart | OF | 66 | 96 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .981 | 1.561 | ||||
| Efrain Alamo | OF | 62 | 112 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 1.919 | ||||
| John Hallead | OF | 34 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.676 | ||||
| John Clifford | OF | 31 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.355 | ||||
| Earl Cunningham | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Heath Bost | P | 41 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .439 | ||||
| Bobby Bevel | P | 41 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .317 | ||||
| Brian Rose | P | 38 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | .864 | .500 | ||||
| Sean Murphy | P | 35 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .629 | ||||
| Lariel González | P | 35 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .143 | ||||
| Marc D'Alessandro | P | 28 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| Chris Macca | P | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .154 | ||||
| Drew Keehn | P | 26 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .833 | .577 | ||||
| Scott Randall | P | 24 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 5 | .973 | 1.500 | ||||
| Neil Garrett | P | 22 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.227 | ||||
| Keith Barnes | P | 17 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
| Chandler Martin | P | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Luis Colmenares | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| James Kammerer | P | 9 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | 1.222 | ||||
| Jason Dietrich | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Jamie Emiliano | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Stepka | P | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Scott Schroeffel | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brett Elam | SS | 103 | 153 | 335 | 21 | 76 | .959 | 4.738 | ||||
| Matt Whitley | SS | 37 | 59 | 109 | 16 | 14 | .913 | 4.541 | ||||
| Clint Bryant | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1516 | 3642 | 1593 | 179 | 349 | .967 | 3.453 | 15 | 0 | 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.
