1998 Buffalo Bisons Statistics
Team Record: 81-62
Finished 1st in the IL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Datz (81-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Buffalo, New York
Ballpark: Coca Cola Field
Attendance: 743,463, Avg. 10,933 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 3 games, Syracuse SkyChiefs 0
Finals - Buffalo Bisons 3 games, Durham Bulls 2
The Buffalo Bisons of the International League ended the 1998 season with a record of 81 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Bisons led the circuit with 837 runs, sparked by 206 home runs. Buffalo surrendered 734 runs. Alex Ramírez walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Richie Sexson, Phil Hiatt, Jeff Manto and Torey Lovullo each swatted 15 or more also. Alex Ramírez drove in 103 runs. Jolbert Cabrera paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Jason Jacome topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.27 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tom Martin, Mike Matthews, Rex Hudler, Anthony Young, Eddie Priest, Huck Flener, Marco Scutaro, Alex Ramírez, Enrique Wilson, Jim Poole, Jacob Cruz, Rich Batchelor, Bill Selby, Torey Lovullo, Bruce Aven, Pat Listach, Steve Karsay, Jeff Branson, Phil Hiatt, John Cummings, Ron Villone, Dave Roberts, Jason Grimsley, Marcus Moore, Jeff Manto, Chan Perry, Jason Jacome, Chris Nichting, Paul Shuey, Alvin Morman, Jason Rakers, Brian Giles, Chad Ogea, Richie Sexson, Dwight Gooden, Jolbert Cabrera, Travis Driskill, Einar Díaz and Ben Blomdahl were all players from the 1998 Buffalo Bisons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jeff Datz 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jason Jacome | 14 | 2 | .875 | 3.26 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 154.7 | 161 | 62 | 56 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 642 |
Mike Matthews | 9 | 6 | .600 | 4.63 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 130.3 | 137 | 79 | 67 | 19 | 68 | 1 | 86 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 577 |
Chris Nichting | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.39 | 43 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.3 | 104 | 54 | 47 | 9 | 37 | 4 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 428 |
Jason Rakers | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.57 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 134 | 70 | 64 | 13 | 38 | 0 | 89 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 542 |
Huck Flener | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.68 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 73 | 52 | 45 | 12 | 26 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 278 |
Jason Grimsley | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.76 | 52 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 76 | 40 | 37 | 10 | 57 | 3 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 393 |
Steve Karsay | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.76 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 89 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 342 |
Rich Batchelor | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.39 | 57 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 58.3 | 58 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 263 |
Tom Martin | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.00 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 46 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 167 |
Eddie Priest | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.91 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 103 | 56 | 48 | 10 | 28 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 390 |
Marcus Moore | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.66 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 41 | 35 | 30 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 220 |
Chad Ogea | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.61 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 178 |
Ron Villone | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.01 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22.3 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 |
Ben Blomdahl | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.76 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 83 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 303 |
Anthony Young | 2 | 3 | .400 | 6.34 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 38.3 | 39 | 32 | 27 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 171 |
Jim Poole | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.87 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
Dwight Gooden | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.00 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
Alvin Morman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
Paul Shuey | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61 | |
Tony Dougherty | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
Jeff Sexton | 0 | 0 | 4.07 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 111 | |
Travis Driskill | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
John Cummings | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.79 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
Jimmy Williams | 0 | 5 | .000 | 7.42 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 38 | 27 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 133 |
Totals | 81 | 62 | .566 | 4.51 | 484 | 143 | 138 | 5 | 1 | 34 | 1260.0 | 1350 | 734 | 632 | 139 | 491 | 17 | 973 | 51 | 8 | 74 | 5550 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jolbert Cabrera | 129 | 585 | 494 | 94 | 157 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 68 | 71 | .318 | .412 | .431 | .844 | 213 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
Alex Ramírez | 121 | 546 | 521 | 94 | 156 | 21 | 8 | 34 | 103 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 101 | .299 | .324 | .566 | .890 | 295 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Einar Díaz | 115 | 444 | 415 | 62 | 130 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 33 | .313 | .354 | .436 | .790 | 181 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Phil Hiatt | 119 | 503 | 453 | 81 | 112 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 146 | .247 | .313 | .494 | .808 | 224 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
David Miller | 115 | 485 | 415 | 56 | 111 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 6 | 8 | 61 | 72 | .267 | .362 | .388 | .750 | 161 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Torey Lovullo | 92 | 393 | 328 | 66 | 107 | 17 | 4 | 17 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 54 | 32 | .326 | .413 | .558 | .971 | 183 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Richie Sexson | 89 | 402 | 344 | 58 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 74 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 68 | .297 | .386 | .544 | .929 | 187 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Brandon Wilson | 98 | 378 | 337 | 53 | 92 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 53 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 56 | .273 | .340 | .404 | .744 | 136 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Bill Selby | 97 | 375 | 334 | 45 | 85 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 50 | .254 | .328 | .449 | .777 | 150 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Jeff Manto | 62 | 270 | 209 | 46 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 48 | .311 | .459 | .694 | 1.153 | 145 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Enrique Wilson | 56 | 245 | 221 | 40 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 21 | .281 | .335 | .394 | .728 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Jacob Cruz | 43 | 184 | 169 | 32 | 56 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 26 | .331 | .380 | .633 | 1.014 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jim Betzsold | 74 | 242 | 209 | 36 | 51 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 72 | .244 | .347 | .445 | .792 | 93 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Soliz | 39 | 128 | 112 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 23 | .223 | .307 | .277 | .584 | 31 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Pat Listach | 33 | 113 | 102 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .216 | .292 | .284 | .576 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Jeff Branson | 12 | 51 | 46 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .261 | .333 | .391 | .725 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Brian Giles | 13 | 52 | 46 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .239 | .327 | .413 | .740 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chan Perry | 13 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .224 | .333 | .306 | .639 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Todd Betts | 14 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | .229 | .364 | .486 | .849 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rex Hudler | 11 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .194 | .310 | .222 | .532 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Marco Scutaro | 8 | 27 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .346 | .577 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bruce Aven | 5 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .200 | .429 | .467 | .895 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dave Roberts | 5 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .133 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Greg Thomas | 4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .091 | .167 | .182 | .348 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1367 | 5616 | 4942 | 837 | 1394 | 253 | 27 | 206 | 781 | 94 | 55 | 554 | 900 | .282 | .358 | .469 | .827 | 2319 | 110 | 55 | 23 | 42 | 23 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phil Hiatt | 1B | 73 | 593 | 57 | 8 | 64 | .988 | 8.904 | ||||
Jeff Manto | 1B | 34 | 273 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 1.000 | 8.618 | ||||
Richie Sexson | 1B | 21 | 141 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.762 | ||||
Torey Lovullo | 1B | 9 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.444 | ||||
Jim Betzsold | 1B | 8 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .907 | 4.875 | ||||
Chan Perry | 1B | 7 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 9.714 | ||||
Rex Hudler | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
Brandon Wilson | 2B | 52 | 122 | 136 | 7 | 28 | .974 | 4.962 | ||||
Enrique Wilson | 2B | 48 | 102 | 126 | 6 | 33 | .974 | 4.750 | ||||
Pat Listach | 2B | 19 | 37 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.053 | ||||
Torey Lovullo | 2B | 14 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 9 | .959 | 5.071 | ||||
Marco Scutaro | 2B | 7 | 12 | 18 | 2 | 4 | .938 | 4.286 | ||||
Jeff Branson | 2B | 6 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
Bill Selby | 2B | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 5 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
Rex Hudler | 2B | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
Jolbert Cabrera | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Torey Lovullo | 3B | 74 | 36 | 135 | 20 | 16 | .895 | 2.311 | ||||
Bill Selby | 3B | 26 | 17 | 62 | 3 | 4 | .963 | 3.038 | ||||
Brandon Wilson | 3B | 25 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.880 | ||||
Jeff Manto | 3B | 10 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 2.400 | ||||
Todd Betts | 3B | 8 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 3 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
Jeff Branson | 3B | 7 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.143 | ||||
Rex Hudler | 3B | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Marco Scutaro | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Pat Listach | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Phil Hiatt | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Einar Díaz | C | 112 | 791 | 70 | 12 | 7 | .986 | 7.688 | 11 | 73 | 42 | 36.5 |
Steve Soliz | C | 39 | 215 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 6.205 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 39.5 |
David Miller | CF | 110 | .000 | |||||||||
Jacob Cruz | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Pat Listach | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
Jolbert Cabrera | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex Ramírez | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Dave Roberts | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Richie Sexson | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Betzsold | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
Jacob Cruz | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Selby | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Alex Ramírez | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
Brian Giles | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
David Miller | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
Greg Thomas | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Rex Hudler | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Phil Hiatt | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Chan Perry | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
David Miller | OF | 115 | 251 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .985 | 2.226 | ||||
Alex Ramírez | OF | 109 | 224 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .962 | 2.119 | ||||
Richie Sexson | OF | 69 | 129 | 7 | 3 | 2 | .978 | 1.971 | ||||
Jim Betzsold | OF | 52 | 90 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 1.846 | ||||
Jacob Cruz | OF | 43 | 70 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .949 | 1.744 | ||||
Bill Selby | OF | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
Brian Giles | OF | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
Pat Listach | OF | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
Jolbert Cabrera | OF | 7 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.286 | ||||
Dave Roberts | OF | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
Rex Hudler | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Phil Hiatt | OF | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
Greg Thomas | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Chan Perry | OF | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Rich Batchelor | P | 57 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .175 | ||||
Jason Grimsley | P | 52 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .895 | .327 | ||||
Chris Nichting | P | 43 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .326 | ||||
Tom Martin | P | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .122 | ||||
Ben Blomdahl | P | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .314 | ||||
Mike Matthews | P | 24 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.208 | ||||
Jason Jacome | P | 24 | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.208 | ||||
Ron Villone | P | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .217 | ||||
Jeff Sexton | P | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
Jason Rakers | P | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.000 | ||||
John Cummings | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
Eddie Priest | P | 16 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
Steve Karsay | P | 16 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
Jimmy Williams | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
Huck Flener | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
Jim Poole | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
Paul Shuey | P | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Marcus Moore | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .727 | ||||
Anthony Young | P | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .556 | ||||
Chad Ogea | P | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
Dwight Gooden | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
Alvin Morman | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Travis Driskill | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Tony Dougherty | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Alex Ramírez | RF | 93 | .000 | |||||||||
Jim Betzsold | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
Richie Sexson | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Jacob Cruz | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
David Miller | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
Bill Selby | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Chan Perry | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Rex Hudler | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Phil Hiatt | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jolbert Cabrera | SS | 121 | 212 | 350 | 27 | 69 | .954 | 4.645 | ||||
Brandon Wilson | SS | 17 | 26 | 42 | 12 | 8 | .850 | 4.000 | ||||
Enrique Wilson | SS | 6 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
Pat Listach | SS | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Totals | 2139 | 3780 | 1472 | 170 | 330 | .969 | 2.455 | 16 | 96 | 57 | 37.3 |
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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