1997 Bakersfield Blaze Statistics
Team Record: 62-78
Finished 4th in the CL's Freeway Division
Manager: Glenn Tufts (0-0), Keith Bodie (0-0)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 117,818, Avg. 1,683 in 70 home dates
The Bakersfield Blaze of the California League ended the 1997 season with a record of 62 wins and 78 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Freeway Division.
The Blaze plated 678 runs and allowed 790 runs. Mike Glendenning walloped 33 home runs for Bakersfield, while Damon Minor and Art Baeza swatted 15 or more also. Mike Glendenning accounted for 100 RBI. Damon Minor led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .289 clip. Jason Grote topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.46 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1997 Bakersfield Blaze who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Yorvit Torrealba, Damon Minor, Pedro Feliz, Ryan Jensen and Dan Carlson.
Glenn Tufts and Keith Bodie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Grote | 12 | 8 | .600 | 3.45 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.3 | 156 | 77 | 60 | 11 | 59 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 659 |
| Manny Bermudez | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.90 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 121 | 69 | 61 | 12 | 41 | 1 | 71 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 482 |
| Matt Wells | 8 | 12 | .400 | 4.45 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.7 | 154 | 87 | 71 | 10 | 81 | 2 | 109 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 654 |
| Robbie Crabtree | 7 | 7 | .500 | 5.13 | 45 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 112.3 | 124 | 77 | 64 | 10 | 59 | 1 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 506 |
| Bill Malloy | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.79 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167.3 | 184 | 106 | 89 | 11 | 83 | 1 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 755 |
| Jason Myers | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.42 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 64 | 43 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 221 |
| Brian Knoll | 3 | 6 | .333 | 5.69 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68.0 | 88 | 50 | 43 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 323 |
| Nathan Rice | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.96 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Guillermo Larreal | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.12 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 63 | 40 | 34 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 222 |
| Bobby Rector | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.10 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 52 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 199 |
| Mick Pageler | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.68 | 61 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 65.3 | 69 | 39 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 291 |
| Jeff Hutzler | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.30 | 47 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 88.3 | 92 | 59 | 52 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 391 |
| Chad Hartvigson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.00 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 22 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103 |
| Jeff Keith | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.73 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 45 | 29 | 28 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 205 |
| Mike Riley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.41 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 |
| Dan Carlson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Ryan Jensen | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Dennys Gomez | 0 | 4 | .000 | 7.22 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57.3 | 61 | 52 | 46 | 9 | 34 | 0 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 272 |
| Totals | 62 | 78 | .443 | 4.90 | 445 | 140 | 137 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1233.7 | 1339 | 790 | 672 | 124 | 554 | 14 | 973 | 58 | 12 | 107 | 5483 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Minor | 140 | 629 | 532 | 98 | 154 | 34 | 1 | 31 | 99 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 143 | .289 | .391 | .532 | .923 | 283 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Pedro Feliz | 135 | 551 | 515 | 59 | 140 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 90 | .272 | .310 | .417 | .728 | 215 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Glendenning | 134 | 577 | 503 | 95 | 130 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 100 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 150 | .258 | .341 | .509 | .850 | 256 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 119 | 486 | 446 | 52 | 122 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 58 | .274 | .326 | .348 | .673 | 155 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jon Watson | 119 | 490 | 448 | 67 | 116 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 30 | 66 | .259 | .313 | .330 | .643 | 148 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Van Rossum | 125 | 521 | 441 | 72 | 115 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 40 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 98 | .261 | .362 | .336 | .698 | 148 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Raul Marval | 115 | 459 | 437 | 41 | 112 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 66 | .256 | .276 | .318 | .594 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Brian Manning | 105 | 439 | 394 | 56 | 111 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 74 | .282 | .347 | .411 | .758 | 162 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Art Baeza | 86 | 334 | 310 | 51 | 80 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 60 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 73 | .258 | .305 | .490 | .795 | 152 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reymundo Delgado | 50 | 183 | 166 | 21 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 27 | .265 | .324 | .416 | .740 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Campusano | 61 | 207 | 191 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 49 | .199 | .240 | .288 | .528 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Cooper | 38 | 137 | 112 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 38 | .223 | .365 | .321 | .686 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Guse | 26 | 101 | 87 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 16 | .253 | .356 | .322 | .678 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Faircloth | 19 | 82 | 73 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 22 | .260 | .316 | .370 | .686 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Rand | 29 | 89 | 82 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | .232 | .284 | .317 | .601 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Pernalete | 17 | 41 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .270 | .325 | .270 | .595 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Twist | 18 | 56 | 51 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .137 | .214 | .176 | .391 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1336 | 5382 | 4825 | 678 | 1264 | 229 | 28 | 123 | 599 | 61 | 60 | 428 | 1023 | .262 | .328 | .398 | .726 | 1918 | 99 | 64 | 35 | 30 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon Minor | 1B | 129 | 1261 | 88 | 22 | 127 | .984 | 1.457 | ||||
| Art Baeza | 1B | 9 | 93 | 7 | 3 | 11 | .971 | 11.111 | ||||
| Tim Cooper | 1B | 2 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Jon Watson | 2B | 109 | 217 | 378 | 17 | 80 | .972 | 5.459 | ||||
| Raul Marval | 2B | 26 | 51 | 93 | 5 | 25 | .966 | 5.538 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | 2B | 14 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 11 | .945 | 3.714 | ||||
| Pedro Feliz | 3B | 135 | 112 | 322 | 23 | 39 | .950 | 3.215 | ||||
| Tim Cooper | 3B | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jon Watson | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 114 | 779 | 119 | 6 | 10 | .993 | 7.877 | 15 | 112 | 59 | 34.5 |
| Jeff Twist | C | 17 | 88 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.882 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 30.4 |
| Bryan Guse | C | 17 | 103 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 6.882 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 19.2 |
| Chris Van Rossum | CF | 124 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ian Rand | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Cooper | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reymundo Delgado | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Glendenning | LF | 132 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reymundo Delgado | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ian Rand | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Cooper | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Watson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Glendenning | OF | 132 | 173 | 13 | 6 | 0 | .969 | 1.409 | ||||
| Chris Van Rossum | OF | 124 | 210 | 14 | 10 | 2 | .957 | 1.806 | ||||
| Brian Manning | OF | 105 | 135 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .960 | 1.371 | ||||
| Ian Rand | OF | 26 | 48 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .900 | 2.077 | ||||
| Chad Faircloth | OF | 18 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.611 | ||||
| Reymundo Delgado | OF | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Jon Watson | OF | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Tim Cooper | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Art Baeza | OF | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mick Pageler | P | 61 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .164 | ||||
| Brian Knoll | P | 49 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .204 | ||||
| Jeff Hutzler | P | 47 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .964 | .574 | ||||
| Robbie Crabtree | P | 45 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .356 | ||||
| Jeff Keith | P | 37 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .405 | ||||
| Guillermo Larreal | P | 32 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Dennys Gomez | P | 32 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Matt Wells | P | 29 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .963 | .897 | ||||
| Bill Malloy | P | 29 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 1 | .875 | .966 | ||||
| Jason Grote | P | 25 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 1.040 | ||||
| Manny Bermudez | P | 19 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jason Myers | P | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Nathan Rice | P | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Bobby Rector | P | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Mike Riley | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Chad Hartvigson | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Carlson | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ryan Jensen | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Manning | RF | 105 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Faircloth | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ian Rand | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reymundo Delgado | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Watson | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Art Baeza | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marco Pernalete | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Raul Marval | SS | 90 | 151 | 281 | 25 | 63 | .945 | 4.800 | ||||
| Carlos Campusano | SS | 56 | 87 | 166 | 22 | 38 | .920 | 4.518 | ||||
| Totals | 2043 | 3701 | 1742 | 175 | 424 | .969 | 2.664 | 22 | 149 | 71 | 32.3 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
