1999 Bakersfield Blaze Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 64-76
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Keith Comstock (64-76)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 107,747, Avg. 1,539 in 70 home dates

1999 Bakersfield Blaze Roster

The Bakersfield Blaze of the California League ended the 1999 season with a record of 64 wins and 76 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Blaze scored 685 runs and conceded 787 runs. Cody Ransom and Doug Clark paced Bakersfield with 11 home runs apiece. Sammy Serrano drove in 80 runs. Doug Clark led all regular batters by connecting at a .326 clip. Tony Coscia topped the squad with 10 wins, while Chad Zerbe recorded a 3.64 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Cody Ransom, Doug Clark, Eddie Oropesa, Joe Horgan, Tony Torcato, Chad Zerbe and Guillermo Rodríguez were all players from the 1999 Bakersfield Blaze who played in the Majors during their careers.

Keith Comstock served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tony Coscia	10	11	.476	4.51	28	28	0	1	0	171.7	186	100	86	25	38	0	133	15	3	7	737
Danny Prata	9	9	.500	3.91	27	27	0	0	0	142.7	143	80	62	22	54	0	87	9	1	6	632
Chad Zerbe	7	7	.500	3.64	21	21	0	0	0	126.0	124	66	51	4	33	0	81	2	0	6	533
Keith Connolly	7	8	.467	4.34	54	0	22	0	3	83.0	61	41	40	8	47	1	95	8	0	6	364
Joe Horgan	6	10	.375	5.22	25	19	1	1	0	117.3	129	76	68	18	43	0	101	10	2	5	520
Todd Ozias	5	5	.500	2.56	52	0	49	0	26	56.3	47	21	16	6	25	1	67	1	0	6	235
Manny Bermudez	5	14	.263	5.99	32	22	1	1	0	145.7	183	121	97	8	66	1	65	18	1	7	687
Jon Valenti	4	1	.800	5.12	46	0	13	0	1	84.3	85	55	48	15	39	1	69	5	1	4	378
Eddie Oropesa	2	0	1.000	3.60	2	1	0	0	0	10.0	13	5	4	2	1	0	10	0	0	2	41
Brian Fields	2	0	1.000	5.80	20	0	4	0	1	35.7	43	25	23	7	12	1	22	0	1	3	164
Benny Flores	2	1	.667	3.67	34	6	7	0	0	81.0	81	42	33	3	34	2	63	2	0	6	357
Jesse Travis	2	5	.286	8.74	14	9	0	0	0	45.3	71	47	44	8	20	0	27	1	0	3	218
Eric Johnson	1	0	1.000	5.82	17	0	8	0	0	21.7	22	14	14	1	21	0	14	2	0	1	106
Jason Rajotte	1	1	.500	5.23	47	0	22	0	2	53.3	63	35	31	4	26	1	43	1	0	3	248
Ryan Cox	1	4	.200	4.86	7	7	0	0	0	33.3	46	22	18	6	3	0	30	1	0	2	151
Jake Messner	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
Zach Wells	0	0		3.00	4	0	3	0	0	6.0	6	4	2	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	27
Deron Featherstone	0	0		7.59	6	0	4	0	0	10.7	13	17	9	0	17	0	13	1	0	4	65
Mike Huller	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	7
Nathan Rice	0	0		22.85	3	0	1	0	0	4.3	11	14	11	1	10	0	3	1	0	1	36
Totals	64	76	.457	4.82	441	140	137	3	33	1230.3	1329	787	659	140	493	8	926	79	9	73	5509

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
Steve Hill	135	580	522	78	139	16	6	0	60	39	13	40	99	.266	.325	.320	.644	167	7	6	10	2	0
Doug Clark	118	484	420	67	137	17	2	11	58	17	11	59	89	.326	.415	.455	.870	191	5	5	0	0	4
Sammy Serrano	125	504	463	55	128	30	1	9	80	4	6	30	78	.276	.323	.404	.727	187	16	5	0	6	1
Jeff Allen	130	541	480	80	127	32	3	10	65	24	5	47	130	.265	.340	.406	.746	195	12	10	0	4	0
Tony Torcato	110	463	422	50	123	25	0	4	58	2	1	30	67	.291	.338	.379	.717	160	6	3	1	7	3
John Summers	114	449	403	50	119	19	2	7	51	2	5	40	65	.295	.365	.404	.770	163	4	5	0	1	0
Cody Ransom	99	420	356	69	98	12	6	11	47	15	8	54	108	.275	.382	.435	.817	155	2	8	1	1	0
Arturo McDowell	121	510	441	66	98	16	10	2	37	28	23	49	140	.222	.312	.317	.629	140	1	11	3	6	0
Jake Messner	55	191	172	33	50	11	6	7	35	2	2	16	45	.291	.351	.547	.897	94	1	1	0	2	1
Xavier Burns	80	265	229	28	50	9	3	3	29	10	9	19	70	.218	.302	.323	.625	74	6	11	0	6	1
Chad Faircloth	51	162	145	14	38	12	1	0	16	5	4	14	35	.262	.323	.359	.682	52	2	0	1	2	1
Clay Greene	46	170	148	19	38	2	0	0	17	16	4	18	44	.257	.341	.270	.612	40	2	1	3	0	0
Jeremy Luster	52	207	184	26	37	4	3	0	19	9	4	22	54	.201	.285	.255	.540	47	6	0	0	1	1
Joel Fuentes	64	184	162	20	32	5	0	0	16	5	1	19	38	.198	.279	.228	.507	37	1	0	1	2	0
Guillermo Rodríguez	41	105	93	10	27	5	0	1	11	4	0	3	18	.290	.333	.376	.710	35	2	4	3	2	0
Carlos Campusano	14	54	51	7	18	2	0	1	4	2	2	1	13	.353	.389	.451	.840	23	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Niemet	27	75	57	7	15	4	0	0	7	3	1	13	9	.263	.427	.333	.760	19	3	4	0	1	0
Ben Bertrand	12	25	21	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	.190	.320	.238	.558	5	1	1	0	0	0
Jake Mapes	11	18	17	3	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.176	.222	.294	.516	5	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1405	5407	4786	685	1281	224	43	66	613	187	99	478	1116	.268	.341	.374	.715	1789	77	77	23	43	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
John Summers	1B	86	695	52	12	64	.984	8.686
Jeremy Luster	1B	48	423	31	5	39	.989	9.458
Bob Niemet	1B	14	69	4	1	8	.986	5.214
Guillermo Rodríguez	1B	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Jake Messner	1B	3	14	1	0	2	1.000	5.000
Steve Hill	2B	107	222	263	23	58	.955	4.533
Joel Fuentes	2B	49	114	113	9	30	.962	4.633
Tony Torcato	3B	82	54	164	28	14	.886	2.659
Xavier Burns	3B	61	33	117	23	12	.867	2.459
Joel Fuentes	3B	9	7	9	4	1	.800	1.778
John Summers	3B	4	1	5	1	0	.857	1.500
Steve Hill	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Niemet	3B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Sammy Serrano	C	114	721	91	13	7	.984	7.123	11	114	49	30.1
Guillermo Rodríguez	C	36	155	21	6	3	.967	4.889	3	24	13	35.1
Ben Bertrand	C	10	50	1	0	0	1.000	5.100	0	5	1	16.7
Jake Mapes	C	7	14	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0	0	0
Arturo McDowell	CF	116						.000
Jeff Allen	CF	18						.000
Clay Greene	CF	13						.000
Chad Faircloth	CF	2						.000
Doug Clark	LF	103						.000
Clay Greene	LF	19						.000
Jake Messner	LF	16						.000
Chad Faircloth	LF	15						.000
Jeff Allen	OF	123	250	10	5	2	.981	2.114
Arturo McDowell	OF	116	260	8	8	1	.971	2.310
Doug Clark	OF	109	194	3	9	0	.956	1.807
Chad Faircloth	OF	39	55	3	2	0	.967	1.487
Clay Greene	OF	31	59	1	4	0	.938	1.935
Jake Messner	OF	30	41	2	1	1	.977	1.433
Keith Connolly	P	54	4	7	1	1	.917	.204
Todd Ozias	P	52	4	7	0	1	1.000	.212
Jason Rajotte	P	47	3	5	1	0	.889	.170
Jon Valenti	P	46	6	7	2	0	.867	.283
Benny Flores	P	34	6	19	2	1	.926	.735
Manny Bermudez	P	32	6	33	3	1	.929	1.219
Tony Coscia	P	28	9	17	3	2	.897	.929
Danny Prata	P	27	3	21	3	0	.889	.889
Joe Horgan	P	25	3	13	3	0	.842	.640
Chad Zerbe	P	21	11	34	1	2	.978	2.143
Brian Fields	P	20	3	7	0	1	1.000	.500
Eric Johnson	P	17	2	2	1	0	.800	.235
Jesse Travis	P	14	3	6	1	1	.900	.643
Ryan Cox	P	7	4	2	0	0	1.000	.857
Deron Featherstone	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Zach Wells	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Nathan Rice	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Eddie Oropesa	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Jake Messner	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Huller	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jeff Allen	RF	111						.000
Chad Faircloth	RF	22						.000
Jake Messner	RF	14						.000
Doug Clark	RF	6						.000
Cody Ransom	SS	99	133	318	30	49	.938	4.556
Steve Hill	SS	32	35	78	14	14	.890	3.531
Carlos Campusano	SS	14	14	34	5	8	.906	3.429
Joel Fuentes	SS	3	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		2128	3691	1514	225	323	.959	2.446	14	143	63	30.6

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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