1997 Burlington Indians Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 32-36
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Harry Spilman (32-36)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 46,915, Avg. 1,380 in 34 home dates
1997 Burlington Indians RosterTeam Record: 32-36
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Harry Spilman (32-36)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 46,915, Avg. 1,380 in 34 home dates
The Burlington Indians of the Appalachian League ended the 1997 season with a record of 32 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Indians scored 403 runs and surrendered 393 runs. Grant Sharpe led Burlington with 10 home runs and drove in 51 runs. Jesus Hernandez paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .302 clip. Mark Turnbow topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.79 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Mike Edwards and Tim Drew both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Harry Spilman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Turnbow | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 297 |
| Adel Granadillo | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.44 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 55 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 224 |
| Ryan McDermott | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.49 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 | 45 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 168 |
| Scott Harrison | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.71 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 62 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 276 |
| Johnnie Wheeler | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| Antonio Vasquez | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.81 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.7 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 118 |
| Troy Silva | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.54 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.7 | 35 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 181 |
| Jeff Garff | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 |
| Sam Perez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.96 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 |
| Rob Pugmire | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.91 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 72 | 42 | 29 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 302 |
| Joe Cali | 1 | 2 | .333 | 11.07 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 37 | 36 | 25 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 120 |
| Miguel Baez | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.15 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.3 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 131 |
| Roger Layne | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.62 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 55 | 39 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 257 |
| Juan Aracena | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.89 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.7 | 45 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 176 |
| Tim Drew | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 63 |
| Pat Malloy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.83 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.0 | 35 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 138 |
| Danny Alvarez | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Totals | 32 | 36 | .471 | 4.41 | 208 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 592.0 | 605 | 393 | 290 | 48 | 261 | 2 | 522 | 52 | 12 | 67 | 2674 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Edwards | 60 | 277 | 236 | 50 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 10 | 5 | 38 | 53 | .288 | .386 | .424 | .810 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Grant Sharpe | 64 | 277 | 245 | 29 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 86 | .253 | .336 | .433 | .768 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Kilburg | 52 | 233 | 182 | 59 | 61 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 29 | 5 | 39 | 46 | .335 | .465 | .505 | .971 | 92 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Jon Hamilton | 64 | 306 | 247 | 50 | 60 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 51 | 69 | .243 | .380 | .360 | .741 | 89 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Jesus Hernandez | 50 | 225 | 192 | 37 | 58 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 36 | .302 | .387 | .474 | .861 | 91 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Kelly Dampeer | 53 | 234 | 212 | 37 | 54 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 32 | .255 | .313 | .387 | .700 | 82 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Taveras | 56 | 215 | 194 | 29 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 11 | 8 | 16 | 56 | .263 | .313 | .376 | .689 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jake Messner | 49 | 191 | 179 | 28 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 47 | .251 | .283 | .458 | .741 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Edgar Cruz | 46 | 186 | 171 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 54 | .211 | .274 | .339 | .613 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Frankie Ventura | 35 | 135 | 117 | 17 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 26 | .256 | .343 | .325 | .668 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Casey Smith | 19 | 83 | 77 | 8 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | .351 | .386 | .455 | .840 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake Russell | 27 | 106 | 86 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | .256 | .377 | .384 | .761 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Todd Harding | 24 | 85 | 79 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 33 | .177 | .235 | .253 | .488 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ursino Lugo | 13 | 53 | 48 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | .271 | .340 | .312 | .652 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Haley | 8 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 | .269 | .292 | .561 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bryon Bosch | 13 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .067 | .097 | .100 | .197 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Malloy | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 650 | 2665 | 2320 | 403 | 609 | 120 | 18 | 53 | 350 | 116 | 41 | 276 | 611 | .262 | .347 | .398 | .745 | 924 | 26 | 36 | 8 | 25 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Sharpe | 1B | 61 | 547 | 32 | 8 | 51 | .986 | 9.492 | ||||
| Jake Russell | 1B | 5 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 7.200 | ||||
| Frank Taveras | 1B | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | 1B | 3 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Joe Kilburg | 2B | 35 | 84 | 89 | 9 | 20 | .951 | 4.943 | ||||
| Kelly Dampeer | 2B | 31 | 62 | 87 | 5 | 20 | .968 | 4.806 | ||||
| Ryan Haley | 2B | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Todd Harding | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Edwards | 3B | 46 | 40 | 130 | 21 | 13 | .890 | 3.696 | ||||
| Todd Harding | 3B | 18 | 8 | 38 | 5 | 3 | .902 | 2.556 | ||||
| Kelly Dampeer | 3B | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Edgar Cruz | C | 38 | 294 | 42 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 8.842 | 20 | 42 | 19 | 31.1 |
| Jake Russell | C | 15 | 100 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 7.267 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 9.7 |
| Casey Smith | C | 11 | 76 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .978 | 7.909 | 2 | 24 | 5 | 17.2 |
| Bryon Bosch | C | 11 | 44 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .942 | 4.455 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 13.0 |
| Jon Hamilton | CF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Hernandez | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ursino Lugo | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Kilburg | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Hernandez | LF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frankie Ventura | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Messner | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Kilburg | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Edwards | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Hamilton | OF | 64 | 122 | 10 | 5 | 2 | .964 | 2.062 | ||||
| Jesus Hernandez | OF | 48 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .911 | 1.062 | ||||
| Jake Messner | OF | 45 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .953 | 1.800 | ||||
| Frankie Ventura | OF | 27 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.296 | ||||
| Ursino Lugo | OF | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Joe Kilburg | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Silva | P | 20 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .550 | ||||
| Miguel Baez | P | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .421 | ||||
| Juan Aracena | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .474 | ||||
| Pat Malloy | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Sam Perez | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Adel Granadillo | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Rob Pugmire | P | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Joe Cali | P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .071 | ||||
| Mark Turnbow | P | 13 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Antonio Vasquez | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Scott Harrison | P | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .583 | ||||
| Roger Layne | P | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Ryan McDermott | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Johnnie Wheeler | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jeff Garff | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tim Drew | P | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Danny Alvarez | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jake Messner | RF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ursino Lugo | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frankie Ventura | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Kilburg | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Taveras | SS | 54 | 68 | 180 | 33 | 23 | .883 | 4.593 | ||||
| Kelly Dampeer | SS | 12 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 7 | .983 | 4.833 | ||||
| Joe Kilburg | SS | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Ryan Haley | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Edwards | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 981 | 1776 | 790 | 126 | 153 | .953 | 2.616 | 30 | 114 | 30 | 20.8 |
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.
