1998 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 58-82
Finished 5th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Dave Huppert (58-82)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 298,054, Avg. 4,320 in 69 home dates
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 58 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the league's West Division.
The Barons scored 670 runs and conceded 827 runs. Jeff Inglin led Birmingham with 24 home runs, while Jeff Liefer and Carlos Lee walloped 15 or more also. Carlos Lee drove in 106 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .302 clip. Kevin Beirne paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.45 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Birmingham Barons who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Carlos Lee, David Lundquist, Joe Davenport, Jim Abbott, Mark Johnson, Jeff Liefer, Larry Mitchell, Chad Bradford, Wil Cordero, Bryan Ward, Ken Vining, Jesús Peña, Howard Battle and Kevin Beirne.
Dave Huppert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Beirne | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.44 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 167.3 | 142 | 77 | 64 | 12 | 87 | 2 | 153 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 702 |
| Ken Vining | 10 | 12 | .455 | 4.07 | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.7 | 187 | 103 | 78 | 8 | 91 | 1 | 133 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 793 |
| John Ambrose | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5.18 | 31 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140.7 | 156 | 90 | 81 | 18 | 69 | 2 | 103 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 641 |
| Jason Olsen | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.69 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 159.3 | 188 | 95 | 83 | 19 | 53 | 3 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 709 |
| Julien Tucker | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.82 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.0 | 77 | 66 | 50 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 318 |
| Joe Davenport | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.22 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.7 | 54 | 36 | 31 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 202 |
| Bryan Ward | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.36 | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 42.0 | 33 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 187 |
| Jim Abbott | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.40 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 53 | 33 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 198 |
| Jason Secoda | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.34 | 39 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.3 | 78 | 50 | 46 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 307 |
| Carlos Chantres | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.81 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.7 | 58 | 35 | 34 | 5 | 42 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 251 |
| Chad Bradford | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.60 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.3 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72 |
| David Lundquist | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.29 | 33 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 41.0 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 165 |
| Joe Farley | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11.15 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 78 |
| Jamie Nichols | 0 | 0 | 7.50 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Mike Zolecki | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 118 | |
| Brian Woods | 0 | 0 | 11.45 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60 | |
| Larry Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 63.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Shane Buteaux | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.68 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 36 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 125 |
| Bob Theodile | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.56 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Jesús Peña | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.86 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| Jason Lakman | 0 | 10 | .000 | 7.96 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 89 | 70 | 64 | 15 | 40 | 0 | 79 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 352 |
| Totals | 58 | 82 | .414 | 5.21 | 405 | 140 | 133 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1205.7 | 1304 | 827 | 698 | 108 | 670 | 17 | 992 | 57 | 13 | 101 | 5532 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Lee | 138 | 592 | 549 | 77 | 166 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 106 | 11 | 5 | 39 | 55 | .302 | .350 | .485 | .834 | 266 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeff Liefer | 127 | 541 | 471 | 84 | 137 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 89 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 125 | .291 | .381 | .520 | .901 | 245 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Jeff Inglin | 139 | 585 | 494 | 75 | 121 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 78 | 101 | .245 | .347 | .460 | .807 | 227 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Manny Gonzalez | 102 | 407 | 371 | 51 | 112 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 52 | .302 | .348 | .394 | .742 | 146 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Johnson | 117 | 494 | 382 | 68 | 108 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 105 | 72 | .283 | .443 | .414 | .857 | 158 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Bautista | 120 | 451 | 420 | 46 | 107 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 34 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 98 | .255 | .290 | .326 | .616 | 137 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Sergio Nunez | 115 | 487 | 435 | 57 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 38 | 59 | .244 | .307 | .269 | .576 | 117 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Demond Smith | 84 | 383 | 321 | 75 | 99 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 14 | 48 | 67 | .308 | .404 | .470 | .874 | 151 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Tate Seefried | 66 | 264 | 231 | 21 | 55 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 61 | .238 | .330 | .351 | .680 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jerry Whittaker | 57 | 217 | 205 | 21 | 49 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 65 | .239 | .273 | .449 | .722 | 92 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Finn | 44 | 189 | 146 | 37 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 12 | .274 | .419 | .390 | .810 | 57 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandy McKinnon | 57 | 230 | 200 | 21 | 40 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 41 | .200 | .272 | .255 | .527 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Wil Polidor | 31 | 108 | 104 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .231 | .252 | .231 | .483 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Gonzalez | 23 | 84 | 73 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .219 | .284 | .247 | .531 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Downs | 10 | 44 | 37 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .297 | .349 | .324 | .673 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Cardenas | 17 | 57 | 55 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .200 | .214 | .236 | .451 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wil Cordero | 11 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .286 | .405 | .514 | .919 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Manning | 12 | 47 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .186 | .255 | .209 | .465 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Battle | 12 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .179 | .244 | .359 | .603 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Heller | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Jenkins | 7 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | .154 | .214 | .192 | .407 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1295 | 5307 | 4648 | 670 | 1235 | 226 | 30 | 108 | 625 | 99 | 61 | 529 | 893 | .266 | .345 | .397 | .742 | 1845 | 126 | 52 | 42 | 36 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Liefer | 1B | 100 | 753 | 59 | 11 | 68 | .987 | 8.120 | ||||
| Tate Seefried | 1B | 24 | 207 | 19 | 2 | 20 | .991 | 9.417 | ||||
| Wil Cordero | 1B | 10 | 81 | 9 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 9.000 | ||||
| Brian Downs | 1B | 5 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 7.600 | ||||
| Wil Polidor | 1B | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Howard Battle | 1B | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .947 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mark Johnson | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Sergio Nunez | 2B | 115 | 236 | 344 | 22 | 80 | .963 | 5.043 | ||||
| Wil Polidor | 2B | 16 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 8 | .938 | 3.812 | ||||
| John Finn | 2B | 13 | 30 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.231 | ||||
| Carlos Lee | 3B | 127 | 99 | 223 | 35 | 16 | .902 | 2.535 | ||||
| John Finn | 3B | 7 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 2.714 | ||||
| Wil Polidor | 3B | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| Howard Battle | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mark Johnson | C | 103 | 717 | 65 | 8 | 4 | .990 | 7.592 | 19 | 99 | 29 | 22.7 |
| Ricky Gonzalez | C | 23 | 170 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 7.957 | 1 | 31 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Johnny Cardenas | C | 17 | 105 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.882 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 35.0 |
| Brad Heller | C | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 3.800 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Jeff Inglin | OF | 115 | 204 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 1.861 | ||||
| Manny Gonzalez | OF | 95 | 169 | 18 | 8 | 1 | .959 | 1.968 | ||||
| Demond Smith | OF | 83 | 185 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 2.277 | ||||
| Sandy McKinnon | OF | 56 | 106 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .966 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jerry Whittaker | OF | 52 | 128 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 2.558 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | OF | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Brian Manning | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Corey Jenkins | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| John Finn | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Secoda | P | 39 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .385 | ||||
| Julien Tucker | P | 34 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | .688 | .324 | ||||
| David Lundquist | P | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .212 | ||||
| John Ambrose | P | 31 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .967 | .935 | ||||
| Bryan Ward | P | 29 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .241 | ||||
| Ken Vining | P | 29 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | .806 | .862 | ||||
| Jason Olsen | P | 28 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Joe Davenport | P | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .115 | ||||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 26 | 13 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .926 | 1.923 | ||||
| Jesús Peña | P | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .227 | ||||
| Carlos Chantres | P | 20 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .450 | ||||
| Jason Lakman | P | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Zolecki | P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane Buteaux | P | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Chad Bradford | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Bob Theodile | P | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Jim Abbott | P | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .846 | 1.375 | ||||
| Brian Woods | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Joe Farley | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Jamie Nichols | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Mitchell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Bautista | SS | 120 | 173 | 342 | 31 | 76 | .943 | 4.292 | ||||
| John Finn | SS | 12 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 7 | .961 | 4.083 | ||||
| Wil Polidor | SS | 9 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 6 | .972 | 3.889 | ||||
| Totals | 1552 | 3617 | 1446 | 175 | 326 | .967 | 3.262 | 22 | 145 | 43 | 22.9 |
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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