1997 Braves Statistics
Gulf Coast League (GCL) - Class: R
Team Record: 21-38
Finished 4th in the GCL's East Division
Manager: Frank Howard (21-38)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Orlando, Florida
1997 Braves RosterTeam Record: 21-38
Finished 4th in the GCL's East Division
Manager: Frank Howard (21-38)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Orlando, Florida
The Braves of the Gulf Coast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 21 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Braves scored 244 runs and allowed 342 runs. Cory Aldridge drove in 37 runs. Ryan Lehr topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .300, while Billy Sylvester registered a 3.91 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
J. C. Boscán, Jamie Arnold, Horacio Ramírez, Wilson Betemit, Román Colón, Cory Aldridge and Rafael Furcal were all players from the 1997 Braves who played in the Majors during their careers.
Frank Howard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horacio Ramírez | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 175 |
| Billy Sylvester | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.91 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 45 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 225 |
| Román Colón | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.29 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 68 | 47 | 30 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 289 |
| Joe Holzbauer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 7.71 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.7 | 30 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 135 |
| Pat Schmidt | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.03 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 52 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 182 |
| Jason Bowers | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.10 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 152 |
| Jamie Arnold | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.84 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 |
| Donald Ceasar | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.11 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 | 27 | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 102 |
| Cory Simpson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 4.72 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 29 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 133 |
| Lawrence Dolby | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.43 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.0 | 41 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 166 |
| Nathan Harden | 1 | 6 | .143 | 5.36 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 46 | 40 | 28 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 220 |
| Tim Lyons | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Randy Phillips | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| Bobby Porter | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 94 |
| Justin Willoughby | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.07 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 40 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 177 |
| Totals | 20 | 38 | .345 | 5.02 | 149 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 462.7 | 491 | 342 | 258 | 19 | 263 | 0 | 430 | 13 | 7 | 46 | 2148 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Lehr | 54 | 218 | 207 | 30 | 62 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 32 | .300 | .326 | .449 | .775 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rafael Furcal | 50 | 212 | 190 | 31 | 49 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 21 | .258 | .335 | .342 | .677 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Aldridge | 46 | 184 | 169 | 26 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 37 | .278 | .337 | .391 | .727 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bry Ewan | 36 | 141 | 127 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 33 | .307 | .369 | .417 | .786 | 53 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Asdrubal Oropeza | 50 | 210 | 167 | 38 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 27 | .228 | .378 | .347 | .725 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Ward | 48 | 181 | 163 | 20 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 46 | .215 | .282 | .258 | .539 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wilson Betemit | 32 | 122 | 113 | 12 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | .212 | .270 | .283 | .554 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Prinz Milton | 26 | 95 | 83 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 29 | .253 | .337 | .349 | .686 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Velazquez | 30 | 115 | 96 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 26 | .219 | .342 | .250 | .592 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. C. Boscán | 36 | 123 | 104 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 21 | .202 | .317 | .279 | .596 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Heffernan | 36 | 128 | 121 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 52 | .174 | .219 | .198 | .417 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Crespo | 16 | 56 | 52 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .327 | .357 | .423 | .780 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Burke | 9 | 34 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .433 | .500 | .833 | 1.333 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Wilson | 21 | 71 | 57 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 22 | .193 | .352 | .228 | .580 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Strangfeld | 11 | 42 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .237 | .310 | .342 | .652 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Frawley | 26 | 89 | 77 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | .104 | .225 | .104 | .329 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik McLaughlin | 10 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .286 | .467 | .619 | 1.086 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wonder Monds | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 539 | 2056 | 1819 | 244 | 443 | 75 | 10 | 25 | 208 | 31 | 12 | 206 | 432 | .244 | .325 | .337 | .662 | 613 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bry Ewan | 1B | 16 | 123 | 8 | 2 | 13 | .985 | 8.188 | ||||
| Aaron Strangfeld | 1B | 11 | 77 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .988 | 7.636 | ||||
| Heath Wilson | 1B | 10 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .964 | 5.400 | ||||
| Scott Frawley | 1B | 10 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 7.200 | ||||
| Mark Burke | 1B | 9 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.333 | ||||
| Jesse Crespo | 1B | 4 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 11.000 | ||||
| Ryan Lehr | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rafael Furcal | 2B | 49 | 122 | 125 | 10 | 30 | .961 | 5.041 | ||||
| Asdrubal Oropeza | 2B | 8 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Juan Velazquez | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Asdrubal Oropeza | 3B | 39 | 20 | 75 | 10 | 8 | .905 | 2.436 | ||||
| Ryan Lehr | 3B | 19 | 10 | 30 | 14 | 2 | .741 | 2.105 | ||||
| J. C. Boscán | C | 35 | 234 | 27 | 5 | 0 | .981 | 7.457 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Bry Ewan | C | 11 | 98 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 9.909 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 |
| Scott Frawley | C | 10 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.900 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Heath Wilson | C | 5 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.400 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Chris Heffernan | CF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Ward | CF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wonder Monds | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Lehr | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Prinz Milton | LF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Lehr | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Crespo | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Aldridge | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Heffernan | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Heath Wilson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Velazquez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Furcal | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Ward | OF | 48 | 89 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .947 | 1.875 | ||||
| Chris Heffernan | OF | 36 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.694 | ||||
| Cory Aldridge | OF | 29 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .724 | ||||
| Ryan Lehr | OF | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .960 | .857 | ||||
| Prinz Milton | OF | 23 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .727 | .696 | ||||
| Jesse Crespo | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Heath Wilson | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wonder Monds | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Velazquez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Erik McLaughlin | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Furcal | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Holzbauer | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Román Colón | P | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .571 | ||||
| Justin Willoughby | P | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Billy Sylvester | P | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Cory Simpson | P | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Pat Schmidt | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .167 | ||||
| Jason Bowers | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Horacio Ramírez | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Nathan Harden | P | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .545 | .545 | ||||
| Lawrence Dolby | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Donald Ceasar | P | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .600 | ||||
| Bobby Porter | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .143 | ||||
| Jamie Arnold | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Randy Phillips | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Tim Lyons | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Ward | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Aldridge | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Lehr | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Heath Wilson | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Prinz Milton | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erik McLaughlin | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wilson Betemit | SS | 32 | 48 | 71 | 20 | 7 | .856 | 3.719 | ||||
| Juan Velazquez | SS | 26 | 37 | 71 | 10 | 20 | .915 | 4.154 | ||||
| Totals | 815 | 1388 | 514 | 114 | 127 | .943 | 2.334 | 20 | 33 | 14 | 29.8 |
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