
1998 Bridgeport Bluefish Statistics
Team Record: 64-36
Finished 1st in the AL
Manager: Willie Upshaw (64-36)
Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut
Ballpark: The Ballpark at Harbor Yard
Attendance: 296,145, Avg. 4,420 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Atlantic City Surf 3 games, Bridgeport Bluefish 1
The Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 64 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the AL.
The Bluefish plated 568 runs and surrendered 453 runs. Kinnis Pledger paced Bridgeport with 26 home runs and accounted for 89 RBI, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .331 clip. Scott Conner topped the squad with 10 wins, and Steve Renko recorded a 2.41 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1998 Bridgeport Bluefish who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Duane Singleton, Mike Felder, Terry McGriff and Pat Ahearne.
Willie Upshaw 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Conner | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.94 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | 115 | 65 | 48 | 9 | 51 | 2 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 487 |
Ernie Nieves | 9 | 3 | .750 | 3.01 | 45 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 76 | 41 | 28 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 358 |
Terry Rosenkranz | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.15 | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58.7 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 237 |
Jose Cintron | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.31 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 | 86 | 49 | 45 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 384 |
Steve Renko | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.41 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 | 79 | 38 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 393 |
Adam Meinershagen | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.48 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 54 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 285 |
Carey Paige | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.66 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.3 | 59 | 33 | 27 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 296 |
Alan Sontag | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.94 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.0 | 119 | 73 | 56 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 453 |
Mike Guilfoyle | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.28 | 45 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 51.3 | 39 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 205 |
Pat Ahearne | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.57 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
Jim Klemyk | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.75 | 33 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 50 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 252 |
Rafael Collazo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
Fidel Compres | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.06 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 39 | 25 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 126 |
Jason Yoder | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81 | |
John Duffy | 0 | 0 | 6.57 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 59 | |
Totals | 64 | 36 | .640 | 3.66 | 311 | 100 | 96 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 876.0 | 819 | 453 | 356 | 66 | 339 | 5 | 648 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 3775 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kinnis Pledger | 97 | 420 | 344 | 90 | 114 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 89 | 14 | 4 | 64 | 84 | .331 | .432 | .625 | 1.057 | 215 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Brian Cornelius | 78 | 336 | 298 | 61 | 96 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 53 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 31 | .322 | .376 | .500 | .876 | 149 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Duane Singleton | 78 | 363 | 335 | 45 | 93 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 22 | 49 | .278 | .331 | .382 | .714 | 128 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Dan Fraraccio | 87 | 365 | 305 | 53 | 84 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 25 | .275 | .378 | .410 | .788 | 125 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Mike Felder | 83 | 361 | 321 | 42 | 78 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 34 | .243 | .320 | .318 | .638 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Asbel Ortiz | 80 | 288 | 263 | 35 | 75 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 53 | .285 | .319 | .418 | .738 | 110 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
Lamont Edwards | 75 | 299 | 261 | 39 | 74 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 49 | .284 | .364 | .372 | .735 | 97 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
James Landingham | 75 | 250 | 224 | 36 | 66 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 5 | 22 | 34 | .295 | .361 | .366 | .728 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Terry McGriff | 59 | 253 | 211 | 39 | 62 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 24 | .294 | .395 | .422 | .817 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Joe Walker | 54 | 213 | 182 | 21 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 54 | .269 | .358 | .385 | .743 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Mel Wearing | 45 | 197 | 147 | 40 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 37 | .299 | .462 | .578 | 1.040 | 85 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Ruben Marquez | 44 | 148 | 133 | 13 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 18 | .271 | .322 | .293 | .615 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Malcolm Cepeda | 52 | 184 | 152 | 21 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 38 | .191 | .311 | .217 | .529 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Gerald Davis | 41 | 119 | 111 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19 | .243 | .294 | .306 | .600 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marshall Bennett | 31 | 90 | 75 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | .280 | .378 | .560 | .938 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Todd Trafton | 13 | 55 | 43 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .256 | .418 | .326 | .744 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 992 | 3941 | 3405 | 568 | 959 | 177 | 22 | 78 | 504 | 109 | 52 | 424 | 576 | .282 | .365 | .415 | .780 | 1414 | 63 | 47 | 21 | 44 | 21 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kinnis Pledger | 1B | 82 | 713 | 59 | 15 | 58 | .981 | 9.415 | ||||
Mel Wearing | 1B | 12 | 91 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
Malcolm Cepeda | 1B | 6 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
Joe Walker | 1B | 4 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
Brian Cornelius | 1B | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 7.667 | ||||
Asbel Ortiz | 2B | 70 | 128 | 180 | 23 | 39 | .931 | 4.400 | ||||
Ruben Marquez | 2B | 24 | 35 | 55 | 3 | 10 | .968 | 3.750 | ||||
Lamont Edwards | 2B | 11 | 21 | 27 | 2 | 4 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
Malcolm Cepeda | 2B | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
Lamont Edwards | 3B | 63 | 42 | 97 | 13 | 11 | .914 | 2.206 | ||||
Malcolm Cepeda | 3B | 36 | 21 | 53 | 17 | 3 | .813 | 2.056 | ||||
Asbel Ortiz | 3B | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
Terry McGriff | C | 57 | 387 | 34 | 8 | 1 | .981 | 7.386 | 9 | 70 | 19 | 21.3 |
Joe Walker | C | 47 | 289 | 24 | 7 | 5 | .978 | 6.660 | 9 | 56 | 9 | 13.8 |
Mike Felder | CF | 79 | .000 | |||||||||
Gerald Davis | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Duane Singleton | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
James Landingham | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Malcolm Cepeda | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Duane Singleton | LF | 69 | .000 | |||||||||
James Landingham | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
Gerald Davis | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Marshall Bennett | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Kinnis Pledger | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Brian Cornelius | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Malcolm Cepeda | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Mike Felder | OF | 78 | 157 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.064 | ||||
Duane Singleton | OF | 76 | 172 | 13 | 7 | 5 | .964 | 2.434 | ||||
Brian Cornelius | OF | 74 | 121 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 1.770 | ||||
James Landingham | OF | 43 | 57 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .922 | 1.372 | ||||
Gerald Davis | OF | 37 | 45 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .940 | 1.270 | ||||
Marshall Bennett | OF | 13 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
Mel Wearing | OF | 12 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.000 | ||||
Malcolm Cepeda | OF | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
Kinnis Pledger | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Ernie Nieves | P | 45 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .444 | ||||
Mike Guilfoyle | P | 45 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
Terry Rosenkranz | P | 39 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .256 | ||||
Jim Klemyk | P | 33 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .364 | ||||
Fidel Compres | P | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
Scott Conner | P | 20 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.450 | ||||
Carey Paige | P | 18 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .778 | ||||
Alan Sontag | P | 17 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .970 | 1.882 | ||||
Steve Renko | P | 16 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.938 | ||||
Jose Cintron | P | 15 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.067 | ||||
Adam Meinershagen | P | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .417 | ||||
Jason Yoder | P | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
John Duffy | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
Rafael Collazo | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
Pat Ahearne | P | 5 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
Brian Cornelius | RF | 73 | .000 | |||||||||
Mel Wearing | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
James Landingham | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
Gerald Davis | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
Marshall Bennett | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Malcolm Cepeda | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Dan Fraraccio | SS | 86 | 134 | 253 | 19 | 45 | .953 | 4.500 | ||||
Ruben Marquez | SS | 24 | 27 | 39 | 11 | 10 | .857 | 2.750 | ||||
Totals | 1529 | 2628 | 1037 | 163 | 220 | .957 | 2.397 | 18 | 126 | 28 | 18.2 |
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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