1996 Bakersfield Blaze Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 39-101
Finished 5th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Graig Nettles (39-101)
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 83,307, Avg. 1,190 in 70 home dates

1996 Bakersfield Blaze Roster

The Bakersfield Blaze of the California League ended the 1996 season with a record of 39 wins and 101 losses, finishing fifth in the league's North Division.

The Blaze scored 682 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 1138 runs, most in the circuit. Juan Espinal led Bakersfield with 26 home runs, and Alex Cabrera walloped 15 or more, too. Juan Espinal drove in 98 runs. Mauricio Gonzalez topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .278 clip. Steve Arffa, Rob Kell and Toure Knighton paced the team with 5 wins each, while Toure Knighton registered a 6.54 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1996 Bakersfield Blaze who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Alex Cabrera, Wayne Edwards, José Cabrera and Mark Lukasiewicz.

Graig Nettles 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
Rob Kell	5	3	.625	3.78	13	13	0	1	1	0	88.0	94	43	37	6	22	0	103	3	1	3	376
Steve Arffa	5	6	.455	6.81	15	11	0	1	0	0	72.7	98	61	55	18	22	0	71	5	0	3	338
Toure Knighton	5	15	.250	6.54	25	24	0	1	0	0	150.0	197	134	109	18	67	1	108	4	1	18	705
Craig Bush	4	6	.400	4.98	41	0	28	0	0	8	72.3	84	44	40	8	36	0	80	3	0	5	332
Derrick Hritz	4	6	.400	5.86	31	7	14	0	0	2	81.3	100	68	53	10	50	1	60	0	1	5	386
Dennys Gomez	3	1	.750	3.52	10	0	3	0	0	0	23.0	22	11	9	2	12	0	11	1	1	2	97
José Cabrera	2	2	.500	3.92	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.3	40	25	18	7	21	0	52	1	0	5	183
Dalton Maine	2	3	.400	3.23	23	2	18	0	0	6	47.3	42	25	17	4	14	0	58	1	2	5	204
Dan Reed	2	4	.333	5.00	20	7	3	0	0	0	68.3	83	52	38	4	36	1	48	0	1	1	316
Brett Palmer	2	6	.250	7.42	12	11	0	2	0	0	60.7	91	63	50	8	45	0	37	4	1	5	317
Bob Oldham	2	10	.167	9.69	41	17	6	0	0	0	143.0	224	187	154	25	105	0	107	9	0	19	774
Todd Johnson	1	1	.500	5.30	21	1	16	0	0	3	35.7	54	28	21	8	13	1	27	4	0	1	174
Norm Bates	1	1	.500	12.60	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	13	8	7	0	4	0	1	1	0	1	32
Igor Oropeza	1	14	.067	6.80	23	21	1	4	0	0	137.7	160	113	104	30	92	0	94	9	1	15	641
Frank Harmer	0	0		1.80	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	18
Matt Bazzani	0	0		3.97	5	0	5	0	0	0	11.3	14	5	5	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	51
Clint Gould	0	0		9.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	6
Craig Daedelow	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6
Jeremy Herider	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	15
Doug Carroll	0	0		12.46	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.3	12	6	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	25
Josh Watts	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	7	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	16
Michael Wolger	0	0		40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	4	7	6	1	4	0	1	1	0	0	13
Blake Green	0	1	.000	16.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.7	0	4	3	0	8	0	1	0	0	2	12
Rob Steinert	0	1	.000	27.00	4	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	9	9	0	14	0	5	0	0	5	27
Aaron Sellner	0	2	.000	7.71	16	0	8	0	0	0	25.7	33	32	22	5	20	0	26	1	0	5	135
Mike Symmonds	0	2	.000	8.88	7	2	2	1	0	0	24.3	34	32	24	1	21	0	3	0	0	3	127
Mark Lukasiewicz	0	2	.000	9.24	7	0	3	0	0	0	12.7	17	14	13	2	11	0	9	1	0	1	66
Wayne Edwards	0	2	.000	10.80	3	2	1	0	0	0	18.3	38	30	22	4	13	0	13	1	0	2	108
Chris Bray	0	2	.000	12.68	17	0	8	0	0	1	22.0	28	34	31	1	38	0	15	6	1	5	134
Nelson Perpetuo	0	5	.000	5.75	8	7	0	0	0	0	40.7	35	31	26	0	38	0	45	7	0	4	203
Tony Runion	0	6	.000	11.36	7	6	0	1	0	0	35.7	61	56	45	5	27	0	20	3	0	9	197
Totals	39	101	.279	6.77	375	140	129	11	1	20	1238.3	1599	1138	932	172	746	4	1008	66	10	129	6034

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
Juan Espinal	137	609	522	81	143	38	0	26	98	1	4	74	126	.274	.367	.496	.863	259	11	6	1	6	2
Mauricio Gonzalez	97	444	418	48	116	29	1	4	48	2	5	13	63	.278	.301	.380	.682	159	15	2	9	2	1
Alex Cabrera	89	374	345	45	97	18	1	15	53	0	1	14	80	.281	.326	.470	.796	162	13	11	0	4	0
Todd Johnson	110	407	369	45	88	23	0	2	31	1	1	32	90	.238	.308	.317	.625	117	6	5	1	0	0
Kyle Towner	90	414	349	65	80	12	1	4	17	53	13	55	80	.229	.339	.304	.643	106	4	4	4	2	0
Craig Daedelow	86	339	298	37	70	17	1	1	28	10	4	31	60	.235	.313	.309	.622	92	6	4	4	2	0
Chris Paxton	85	311	269	30	67	14	0	11	39	0	0	35	89	.249	.340	.424	.764	114	6	3	2	2	0
Doug Carroll	58	249	215	35	64	17	2	7	39	3	2	27	53	.298	.379	.493	.872	106	3	3	1	3	1
Dan Collier	56	229	212	22	58	15	1	5	40	9	3	6	63	.274	.313	.425	.737	90	2	7	2	2	0
Andreaus Lewis	62	237	205	40	50	13	0	3	16	9	2	22	78	.244	.343	.351	.694	72	7	9	1	0	0
Josh Kliner	43	202	156	37	48	6	1	5	33	0	3	37	25	.308	.460	.455	.916	71	1	8	0	1	1
Mike Stoner	36	156	147	25	43	6	1	6	22	1	1	8	18	.293	.327	.469	.796	69	4	0	0	1	0
Josh Watts	34	146	134	24	42	6	1	6	23	2	2	12	36	.313	.370	.507	.877	68	2	0	0	0	1
Tony Sheffield	49	189	172	14	40	8	1	3	13	8	5	13	73	.233	.286	.343	.630	59	4	0	4	0	3
Pat Moultrie	48	199	158	19	33	4	0	3	15	15	5	29	37	.209	.326	.291	.617	46	0	0	9	3	0
Dave Smith	35	145	117	25	28	9	1	3	18	1	0	20	36	.239	.364	.410	.774	48	0	4	2	2	1
Kevin Bentley	22	98	84	19	23	3	1	5	21	7	1	9	30	.274	.357	.512	.869	43	2	3	0	2	0
Kirk Kinard	37	137	116	16	23	3	2	0	5	3	1	13	44	.198	.295	.259	.554	30	4	3	5	0	1
Jeremy Herider	29	135	107	18	21	4	0	0	12	1	1	26	32	.196	.358	.234	.592	25	2	1	1	0	0
Ryan Hendricks	30	108	94	13	15	1	0	3	8	1	0	12	31	.160	.259	.266	.525	25	1	1	0	1	0
Matt Bazzani	20	78	69	5	14	3	0	2	8	0	0	7	21	.203	.282	.333	.615	23	3	1	0	1	0
Frank Harmer	28	78	67	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	1	8	16	.179	.263	.209	.472	14	3	0	2	1	0
Ken Teasley	21	63	57	4	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.158	.226	.175	.401	10	2	1	1	0	0
Jeff Martin	5	22	22	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.182	.182	.182	.364	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Symmonds	9	7	6	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.500	.571	.833	1.405	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mickey Perez	6	21	17	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.176	.300	.176	.476	3	0	0	1	0	0
Gavin Baugh	6	24	20	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.150	.261	.200	.461	4	1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Twist	7	27	26	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	.115	.148	.115	.264	3	1	0	0	0	0
Eric Greene	2	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Oldham	47	22	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182	2	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Lukasiewicz	9	8	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.167	.375	.333	.708	2	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Runion	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Igor Oropeza	24	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Greer	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Wolger	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1428	5500	4821	682	1205	256	15	114	595	127	55	517	1256	.250	.330	.380	.710	1833	105	76	51	35	11

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Alex Cabrera	1B	37	273	26	4	24	.987	8.081
Mike Stoner	1B	36	276	25	4	35	.987	8.361
Ryan Hendricks	1B	26	203	8	5	13	.977	8.115
Chris Paxton	1B	20	128	6	9	11	.937	6.700
Dave Smith	1B	18	127	11	1	11	.993	7.667
Doug Carroll	1B	11	68	7	4	4	.949	6.818
Josh Kliner	1B	3	22	1	0	1	1.000	7.667
Mauricio Gonzalez	2B	77	151	205	14	31	.962	4.623
Josh Kliner	2B	24	39	59	2	17	.980	4.083
Kirk Kinard	2B	20	41	51	7	11	.929	4.600
Dave Smith	2B	9	20	9	5	2	.853	3.222
Mickey Perez	2B	6	16	20	4	2	.900	6.000
Todd Johnson	2B	6	16	16	0	2	1.000	5.333
Kyle Towner	2B	2	2	6	0	1	1.000	4.000
Jeremy Herider	2B	1	2	3	0	3	1.000	5.000
Eric Greene	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Craig Daedelow	2B	1	1	5	0	2	1.000	6.000
Juan Espinal	3B	129	117	200	40	13	.888	2.457
Mauricio Gonzalez	3B	11	6	22	6	7	.824	2.545
Kirk Kinard	3B	2	2	2	1	0	.800	2.000
Josh Kliner	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jeremy Herider	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Todd Johnson	C	73	555	69	11	3	.983	8.548	10	106	43	28.9
Chris Paxton	C	39	225	14	3	2	.988	6.128	9	55	6	9.8
Frank Harmer	C	25	141	18	2	3	.988	6.360	7	33	12	26.7
Matt Bazzani	C	10	43	6	5	0	.907	4.900	2	24	4	14.3
Jeff Twist	C	7	32	3	0	0	1.000	5.000	4	7	2	22.2
Jeff Martin	C	5	45	10	1	0	.982	11.000	1	5	7	58.3
Ken Teasley	C	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250	0	0	0
Kyle Towner	CF	88						.000
Andreaus Lewis	CF	17						.000
Dan Collier	CF	11						.000
Kevin Bentley	CF	10						.000
Pat Moultrie	CF	9						.000
Tony Sheffield	CF	5						.000
Jeremy Herider	CF	4						.000
Eric Greene	CF	2						.000
Bob Oldham	CF	1						.000
Matt Bazzani	CF	1						.000
Dan Collier	LF	34						.000
Pat Moultrie	LF	33						.000
Alex Cabrera	LF	24						.000
Andreaus Lewis	LF	16						.000
Kevin Bentley	LF	10						.000
Ken Teasley	LF	7						.000
Tony Sheffield	LF	7						.000
Josh Kliner	LF	7						.000
Bob Oldham	LF	4						.000
Dave Smith	LF	2						.000
Mike Symmonds	LF	1						.000
Mike Stoner	LF	1						.000
Tony Runion	LF	1						.000
Igor Oropeza	LF	1						.000
Todd Johnson	LF	1						.000
Mauricio Gonzalez	LF	1						.000
Kyle Towner	OF	88	211	17	8	4	.966	2.591
Dan Collier	OF	46	69	2	7	0	.910	1.543
Alex Cabrera	OF	46	91	6	2	1	.980	2.109
Pat Moultrie	OF	42	80	2	3	0	.965	1.952
Tony Sheffield	OF	39	80	4	4	0	.955	2.154
Andreaus Lewis	OF	38	71	4	3	0	.962	1.974
Doug Carroll	OF	35	56	3	2	1	.967	1.686
Josh Watts	OF	33	55	4	3	2	.952	1.788
Kevin Bentley	OF	19	44	3	2	1	.959	2.474
Josh Kliner	OF	17	30	1	2	0	.939	1.824
Ken Teasley	OF	12	17	0	3	0	.850	1.417
Bob Oldham	OF	7	12	0	1	0	.923	1.714
Matt Bazzani	OF	6	13	2	0	0	1.000	2.500
Jeremy Herider	OF	4	14	0	1	0	.933	3.500
Dave Smith	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Eric Greene	OF	2	4	0	1	0	.800	2.000
Michael Wolger	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Symmonds	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Stoner	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tony Runion	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Igor Oropeza	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mark Lukasiewicz	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Todd Johnson	OF	1	3	0	1	0	.750	3.000
Ryan Greer	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mauricio Gonzalez	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bob Oldham	P	41	6	12	3	2	.857	.439
Craig Bush	P	41	4	11	2	0	.882	.366
Derrick Hritz	P	31	3	14	2	1	.895	.548
Toure Knighton	P	25	13	23	4	1	.900	1.440
Igor Oropeza	P	23	8	12	4	1	.833	.870
Dalton Maine	P	23	0	3	0	0	1.000	.130
Todd Johnson	P	21	5	4	0	1	1.000	.429
Dan Reed	P	20	6	21	0	1	1.000	1.350
Chris Bray	P	17	2	2	0	1	1.000	.235
Aaron Sellner	P	16	0	4	0	0	1.000	.250
Steve Arffa	P	15	3	13	1	1	.941	1.067
Rob Kell	P	13	2	12	2	1	.875	1.077
Brett Palmer	P	12	0	4	2	0	.667	.333
Dennys Gomez	P	10	2	7	0	1	1.000	.900
Nelson Perpetuo	P	8	1	5	2	0	.750	.750
Mike Symmonds	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	.571
Tony Runion	P	7	7	3	1	0	.909	1.429
Mark Lukasiewicz	P	7	1	3	0	0	1.000	.571
José Cabrera	P	7	2	8	1	0	.909	1.429
Matt Bazzani	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Rob Steinert	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank Harmer	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Doug Carroll	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Norm Bates	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Wayne Edwards	P	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
Clint Gould	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Michael Wolger	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Josh Watts	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeremy Herider	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Blake Green	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Craig Daedelow	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Doug Carroll	RF	35						.000
Josh Watts	RF	33						.000
Tony Sheffield	RF	27						.000
Alex Cabrera	RF	22						.000
Josh Kliner	RF	10						.000
Andreaus Lewis	RF	6						.000
Ken Teasley	RF	5						.000
Matt Bazzani	RF	5						.000
Bob Oldham	RF	2						.000
Michael Wolger	RF	1						.000
Pat Moultrie	RF	1						.000
Mark Lukasiewicz	RF	1						.000
Ryan Greer	RF	1						.000
Dan Collier	RF	1						.000
Craig Daedelow	SS	84	126	224	28	40	.926	4.167
Jeremy Herider	SS	24	45	60	8	15	.929	4.375
Kirk Kinard	SS	16	23	41	9	6	.877	4.000
Mauricio Gonzalez	SS	7	15	17	0	5	1.000	4.571
Dave Smith	SS	6	11	6	4	2	.810	2.833
Gavin Baugh	SS	6	14	15	2	8	.935	4.833
Totals		2016	3715	1386	246	294	.954	2.530	33	230	74	24.3

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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