1996 Birmingham Barons Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-65
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Heath (74-65)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 296,131, Avg. 4,292 in 69 home dates

1996 Birmingham Barons Roster

The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 74 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Barons scored 670 runs and surrendered 624 runs. Mike Cameron led Birmingham with 28 home runs, while Magglio Ordóñez and Jimmy Hurst walloped 15 or more, too. Jimmy Hurst drove in 88 runs. Mike Cameron paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Rich Pratt topped the squad with 13 wins, and Nelson Cruz recorded a 3.2 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1996 Birmingham Barons who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Craig Wilson, Todd Rizzo, Nelson Cruz, Magglio Ordóñez, Greg Norton, Mike Heathcott, Pete Rose, Robert Ellis, Stacy Jones, Robert Machado, Chuck Smith, John Snyder, Jimmy Hurst, Scott Eyre, Mike Cameron, Jason Bere, Frank Menechino, Mario Valdez, Chris Clemons and Tom Fordham.

Mike Heath 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
Rich Pratt	13	9	.591	3.86	27	27	0	5	2	0	177.3	180	87	76	24	40	2	122	6	1	5	732
Scott Eyre	12	7	.632	4.38	27	27	0	0	0	0	158.3	170	90	77	12	79	3	137	8	0	12	709
Mike Heathcott	11	8	.579	4.02	23	23	0	1	0	0	147.7	138	72	66	9	55	3	108	4	0	5	625
Nelson Cruz	6	6	.500	3.20	37	18	8	2	1	1	149.0	150	65	53	10	41	2	142	8	1	3	627
Steve Worrell	5	1	.833	2.12	35	0	16	0	0	3	51.0	28	14	12	4	21	0	55	0	0	0	200
Chris Clemons	5	2	.714	3.15	19	16	2	1	0	0	94.3	91	39	33	7	40	2	69	6	1	1	400
Brian Woods	5	5	.500	3.76	53	0	26	0	0	5	67.0	59	32	28	11	38	2	46	7	0	1	301
Todd Rizzo	4	4	.500	2.75	46	0	19	0	0	10	68.7	61	28	21	0	40	7	48	1	0	7	300
John Snyder	3	5	.375	4.83	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.0	59	35	29	10	16	1	58	1	3	4	236
Greg Perschke	2	1	.667	2.25	9	0	6	0	0	0	12.0	12	6	3	0	3	0	12	0	2	1	52
Chuck Smith	2	1	.667	2.64	7	3	2	0	0	1	30.7	25	11	9	1	15	2	30	1	1	0	124
Tom Fordham	2	1	.667	2.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	37.3	26	13	11	4	14	1	37	0	0	2	147
Mike Place	2	3	.400	7.09	22	0	9	0	0	1	33.0	43	26	26	9	18	2	20	1	0	2	154
Stacy Jones	1	1	.500	2.57	27	0	24	0	0	14	28.0	25	11	8	0	6	1	31	2	0	0	115
Tim Moore	1	4	.200	8.54	9	6	2	0	0	0	26.3	43	31	25	6	6	1	23	1	0	0	127
Barry Johnson	0	0		0.00	9	0	7	0	0	4	10.7	2	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	35
Jason Bere	0	0		4.15	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	4	2	2	2	4	0	5	0	0	1	21
Robert Ellis	0	1	.000	11.05	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.3	6	9	9	1	8	0	8	1	0	1	35
Archie Vazquez	0	6	.000	6.61	31	1	9	0	0	1	65.3	68	53	48	11	48	3	51	6	0	4	313
Totals	74	65	.532	3.95	399	139	130	9	3	40	1222.3	1190	624	536	121	493	32	1017	53	9	49	5253

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
Mike Cameron	123	563	473	120	142	34	12	28	77	39	15	71	117	.300	.402	.600	1.002	284	5	12	3	4	6
Magglio Ordóñez	130	528	479	66	126	41	0	18	67	9	10	39	74	.263	.330	.461	.792	221	16	9	1	0	1
Jimmy Hurst	126	536	472	62	125	23	1	18	88	19	11	53	128	.265	.338	.432	.770	204	10	3	0	8	2
Frank Menechino	125	496	415	77	121	25	3	12	62	7	9	64	84	.292	.391	.453	.844	188	5	8	3	6	0
Pete Rose	108	441	399	40	97	13	1	3	44	1	3	32	54	.243	.300	.303	.604	121	9	2	5	3	1
Scott Vollmer	98	399	361	41	94	21	0	4	31	0	0	32	60	.260	.327	.352	.678	127	8	4	1	1	0
Greg Norton	76	323	287	40	81	14	3	8	44	5	5	33	55	.282	.357	.436	.793	125	5	1	1	1	5
Robert Machado	87	343	309	35	74	16	0	6	28	1	4	20	56	.239	.291	.350	.641	108	9	3	10	1	1
Eddie Pearson	85	359	323	38	72	20	0	8	40	2	2	31	57	.223	.292	.359	.652	116	6	2	0	3	3
Glenn Disarcina	43	185	175	25	64	10	3	7	36	4	0	7	45	.366	.389	.577	.966	101	3	1	0	2	1
Craig Wilson	58	253	202	36	57	9	0	3	26	1	1	40	28	.282	.397	.371	.768	75	7	1	6	4	1
Ed Larregui	65	233	213	26	51	9	1	0	14	1	1	16	31	.239	.291	.291	.582	62	4	0	3	1	1
Mario Valdez	50	208	168	22	46	10	2	3	28	0	0	32	34	.274	.399	.411	.810	69	3	5	0	3	2
Gabe Duross	37	149	140	14	31	3	0	0	15	1	1	7	17	.221	.268	.243	.511	34	4	2	0	0	1
Wil Polidor	25	84	81	7	19	3	0	0	6	0	0	2	13	.235	.253	.272	.525	22	1	0	1	0	0
Harold Williams	14	52	46	3	13	4	0	0	4	1	1	4	12	.283	.365	.370	.735	17	1	2	0	0	1
Warren Sawkiw	20	68	56	7	13	2	0	0	5	2	3	11	17	.232	.368	.268	.636	15	0	1	0	0	1
Troy Fryman	14	56	49	8	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	5	11	.204	.291	.306	.597	15	0	1	1	0	0
Nilson Robledo	7	30	26	3	6	1	0	1	6	0	0	3	2	.231	.300	.385	.685	10	3	0	0	1	0
Archie Vazquez	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Eyre	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1349	5308	4676	670	1242	260	26	120	624	93	66	502	896	.266	.342	.409	.751	1914	99	57	35	38	27

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Eddie Pearson	1B	68	529	42	9	32	.984	8.397
Mario Valdez	1B	33	273	25	2	31	.993	9.030
Gabe Duross	1B	28	242	22	3	17	.989	9.429
Pete Rose	1B	8	58	1	2	7	.967	7.375
Nilson Robledo	1B	3	27	5	2	1	.941	1.667
Glenn Disarcina	1B	3	19	3	0	2	1.000	7.333
Scott Vollmer	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Frank Menechino	2B	123	273	308	13	74	.978	4.724
Warren Sawkiw	2B	5	6	12	1	0	.947	3.600
Wil Polidor	2B	5	8	11	0	1	1.000	3.800
Glenn Disarcina	2B	5	12	10	0	4	1.000	4.400
Craig Wilson	2B	2	4	6	1	3	.909	5.000
Pete Rose	2B	2	1	4	0	0	1.000	2.500
Scott Vollmer	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Pete Rose	3B	97	73	201	17	12	.942	2.825
Glenn Disarcina	3B	25	16	48	4	3	.941	2.560
Craig Wilson	3B	11	6	25	2	3	.939	2.818
Scott Vollmer	3B	7	2	14	0	1	1.000	2.286
Wil Polidor	3B	6	4	12	1	2	.941	2.667
Warren Sawkiw	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Scott Vollmer	C	71	543	46	15	2	.975	8.296	10	62	30	32.6
Robert Machado	C	70	502	67	5	10	.991	8.129	11	29	38	56.7
Nilson Robledo	C	2	8	3	0	0	1.000	5.500	0	2	1	33.3
Mike Cameron	CF	109						.000
Magglio Ordóñez	CF	26						.000
Jimmy Hurst	CF	11						.000
Magglio Ordóñez	LF	49						.000
Ed Larregui	LF	45						.000
Jimmy Hurst	LF	44						.000
Mike Cameron	LF	6						.000
Troy Fryman	LF	5						.000
Mario Valdez	LF	4						.000
Magglio Ordóñez	OF	129	231	12	6	3	.976	1.884
Mike Cameron	OF	120	249	8	7	1	.973	2.142
Jimmy Hurst	OF	119	234	11	7	2	.972	2.059
Ed Larregui	OF	45	56	1	1	0	.983	1.267
Troy Fryman	OF	8	14	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Mario Valdez	OF	7	11	1	0	0	1.000	1.714
Warren Sawkiw	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brian Woods	P	53	3	9	1	0	.923	.226
Todd Rizzo	P	46	1	13	1	2	.933	.304
Nelson Cruz	P	37	11	15	4	0	.867	.703
Steve Worrell	P	35	3	5	1	0	.889	.229
Archie Vazquez	P	31	1	5	0	0	1.000	.194
Rich Pratt	P	27	8	39	0	0	1.000	1.741
Stacy Jones	P	27	1	2	1	0	.750	.111
Scott Eyre	P	27	7	17	0	0	1.000	.889
Mike Heathcott	P	23	17	20	2	1	.949	1.609
Mike Place	P	22	3	2	0	0	1.000	.227
Chris Clemons	P	19	8	13	1	0	.955	1.105
John Snyder	P	9	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.111
Greg Perschke	P	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Tim Moore	P	9	0	3	2	0	.600	.333
Barry Johnson	P	9	0	1	0	0	1.000	.111
Chuck Smith	P	7	0	2	1	0	.667	.286
Tom Fordham	P	6	0	5	0	1	1.000	.833
Robert Ellis	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jason Bere	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jimmy Hurst	RF	71						.000
Magglio Ordóñez	RF	61						.000
Mike Cameron	RF	8						.000
Mario Valdez	RF	4						.000
Troy Fryman	RF	3						.000
Warren Sawkiw	RF	2						.000
Greg Norton	SS	76	104	214	17	34	.949	4.184
Craig Wilson	SS	40	57	117	13	28	.930	4.350
Warren Sawkiw	SS	12	16	23	3	5	.929	3.250
Wil Polidor	SS	12	9	30	1	5	.975	3.250
Glenn Disarcina	SS	4	7	9	1	1	.941	4.000
Pete Rose	SS	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Totals		1999	3667	1452	148	288	.972	2.561	21	93	69	42.6

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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