1997 Burlington Bees Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 1st in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Phil Wellman (72-68)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Ballpark: Community Field (Stadium)
Attendance: 52,152, Avg. 855 in 61 home dates
Playoffs - Cedar Rapids Kernels 2 games, Burlington Bees 0
The Burlington Bees of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Bees scored 785 runs, most in the league. Burlington gave up 709 runs. Darron Ingram paced the squad with 29 home runs, and Christian Rojas walloped 15 or more also. Darron Ingram drove in 97 runs. Brady Clark led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .325. Jay Peterson topped the team with 14 wins, while Scott MacRae recorded a 3.82 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Burlington Bees who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott MacRae, James Lofton, Jeff Sparks, John Riedling, Lance Davis and Brady Clark.
Phil Wellman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Peterson | 14 | 6 | .700 | 4.48 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.7 | 139 | 88 | 72 | 12 | 79 | 0 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 646 |
| Scott MacRae | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.82 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 159 | 76 | 68 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 694 |
| John Riedling | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.26 | 35 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102.7 | 101 | 70 | 60 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 461 |
| Joe Giuliano | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.91 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.7 | 123 | 74 | 62 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 76 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 503 |
| Eddy Garcia | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.58 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 84 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 321 |
| Scott Wright | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.11 | 42 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 84.0 | 74 | 39 | 29 | 5 | 34 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 351 |
| Jon Phillips | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.95 | 37 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 63 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 306 |
| Lance Davis | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.59 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 121 | 78 | 71 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 452 |
| Clay Caruthers | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.84 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 103 | 63 | 48 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 353 |
| Eric Tryon | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.53 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 163 |
| Doug Hurst | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.13 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 44 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 194 |
| Damon Callahan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.86 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 155 |
| Todd Etler | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.09 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.0 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 175 |
| Jeff Sparks | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.72 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 7 | 39 | 1 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 281 |
| Ryan O'Toole | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Scooter Cushman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.02 | 47 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 50.7 | 45 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 229 |
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 4.49 | 405 | 140 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 1199.7 | 1230 | 709 | 598 | 80 | 529 | 14 | 924 | 59 | 14 | 82 | 5325 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brady Clark | 126 | 543 | 459 | 108 | 149 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 63 | 31 | 18 | 76 | 71 | .325 | .423 | .490 | .913 | 225 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Darron Ingram | 134 | 559 | 510 | 74 | 135 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 97 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 195 | .265 | .324 | .500 | .824 | 255 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| James Lofton | 129 | 553 | 483 | 83 | 128 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 20 | 12 | 54 | 89 | .265 | .342 | .340 | .681 | 164 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Jay Sorg | 112 | 463 | 399 | 62 | 113 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 72 | 13 | 7 | 56 | 65 | .283 | .375 | .436 | .811 | 174 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| James Davis | 91 | 346 | 319 | 37 | 93 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 46 | .292 | .333 | .401 | .735 | 128 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Yuri Sanchez | 101 | 402 | 364 | 66 | 93 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 48 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 116 | .255 | .320 | .462 | .782 | 168 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Williams | 68 | 291 | 256 | 49 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 40 | .324 | .382 | .480 | .863 | 123 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Christian Rojas | 101 | 388 | 348 | 53 | 83 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 106 | .239 | .304 | .443 | .746 | 154 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Marlon Allen | 69 | 283 | 242 | 42 | 75 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 61 | .310 | .403 | .550 | .952 | 133 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Benny Craig | 61 | 263 | 240 | 43 | 66 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 70 | .275 | .335 | .492 | .826 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tom Scott | 50 | 195 | 183 | 30 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 57 | .301 | .332 | .497 | .829 | 91 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Hampton | 77 | 292 | 228 | 52 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 42 | 18 | 4 | 47 | 58 | .241 | .392 | .474 | .865 | 108 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Trovin Valdez | 33 | 140 | 119 | 22 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 28 | .252 | .338 | .294 | .632 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Baderdeen | 39 | 145 | 127 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 61 | .220 | .308 | .315 | .623 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Braxton Whitehead | 36 | 135 | 123 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 27 | .187 | .246 | .236 | .482 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Presto | 27 | 102 | 94 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 15 | .213 | .275 | .287 | .562 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sharp | 30 | 102 | 87 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 36 | .149 | .267 | .172 | .440 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Goodhart | 19 | 76 | 54 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 13 | .185 | .380 | .241 | .621 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Boyette | 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .273 | .286 | .545 | .831 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 1307 | 5292 | 4646 | 785 | 1255 | 238 | 42 | 143 | 699 | 162 | 76 | 527 | 1158 | .270 | .348 | .432 | .780 | 2006 | 89 | 44 | 43 | 32 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay Sorg | 1B | 64 | 582 | 40 | 4 | 60 | .994 | 9.719 | ||||
| Marlon Allen | 1B | 51 | 420 | 33 | 8 | 37 | .983 | 8.882 | ||||
| Darron Ingram | 1B | 23 | 213 | 15 | 3 | 22 | .987 | 9.913 | ||||
| Braxton Whitehead | 1B | 6 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 7.167 | ||||
| Mike Hampton | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| James Lofton | 2B | 75 | 146 | 216 | 12 | 38 | .968 | 4.827 | ||||
| Nick Presto | 2B | 26 | 67 | 82 | 3 | 22 | .980 | 5.731 | ||||
| Jason Williams | 2B | 23 | 33 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 4.217 | ||||
| Steve Goodhart | 2B | 19 | 27 | 57 | 4 | 13 | .955 | 4.421 | ||||
| Yuri Sanchez | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| James Lofton | 3B | 51 | 32 | 70 | 12 | 5 | .895 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jay Sorg | 3B | 43 | 25 | 62 | 10 | 4 | .897 | 2.023 | ||||
| Kevin Baderdeen | 3B | 35 | 25 | 81 | 14 | 12 | .883 | 3.029 | ||||
| Mike Hampton | 3B | 16 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .892 | 2.062 | ||||
| Scott Sharp | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| James Davis | C | 90 | 584 | 63 | 7 | 9 | .989 | 7.189 | 12 | 75 | 37 | 33.0 |
| Scott Sharp | C | 27 | 189 | 21 | 3 | 2 | .986 | 7.778 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 34.4 |
| Braxton Whitehead | C | 26 | 139 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.231 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 20.0 |
| Tony Boyette | C | 4 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 7.250 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Brady Clark | CF | 93 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trovin Valdez | CF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Scott | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Lofton | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Hampton | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darron Ingram | LF | 86 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Craig | LF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Scott | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Hampton | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Christian Rojas | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brady Clark | OF | 117 | 265 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .986 | 2.342 | ||||
| Darron Ingram | OF | 86 | 127 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .963 | 1.512 | ||||
| Christian Rojas | OF | 67 | 107 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .975 | 1.731 | ||||
| Tom Scott | OF | 44 | 74 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.727 | ||||
| Benny Craig | OF | 40 | 44 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .939 | 1.150 | ||||
| Mike Hampton | OF | 39 | 72 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .949 | 1.923 | ||||
| Trovin Valdez | OF | 33 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 1.636 | ||||
| James Lofton | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scooter Cushman | P | 47 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .234 | ||||
| Scott Wright | P | 42 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Jon Phillips | P | 37 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .324 | ||||
| John Riedling | P | 35 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .686 | ||||
| Joe Giuliano | P | 32 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .800 | .750 | ||||
| Lance Davis | P | 30 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 2 | .872 | 1.133 | ||||
| Scott MacRae | P | 27 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Jay Peterson | P | 26 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 1.154 | ||||
| Todd Etler | P | 25 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .760 | ||||
| Jeff Sparks | P | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Doug Hurst | P | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Eddy Garcia | P | 22 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .636 | ||||
| Clay Caruthers | P | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.059 | ||||
| Damon Callahan | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .273 | ||||
| Eric Tryon | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ryan O'Toole | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Christian Rojas | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Hampton | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brady Clark | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Scott | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Yuri Sanchez | SS | 93 | 135 | 272 | 34 | 58 | .923 | 4.376 | ||||
| Jason Williams | SS | 45 | 60 | 123 | 10 | 27 | .948 | 4.067 | ||||
| Kevin Baderdeen | SS | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Nick Presto | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1992 | 3599 | 1482 | 176 | 350 | .967 | 2.551 | 25 | 131 | 55 | 29.6 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
