1997 Billings Mustangs Statistics
Team Record: 39-32
Finished 1st in the PL's South Division
Manager: Donnie Scott (39-32)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Billings, Montana
Ballpark: Cobb Field
Attendance: 97,708, Avg. 2,792 in 35 home dates
Playoffs - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Idaho Falls Braves 0
Finals - Billings Mustangs 2 games, Great Falls Dodgers 0
The Billings Mustangs of the Pioneer League ended the 1997 season with a record of 39 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Mustangs plated 446 runs and gave up 389 runs. Eric Welsh paced Billings with 11 home runs Mike Frank drove in 62 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .376 clip. Scott Williamson led the team with 8 wins and a team-best 1.78 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Billings Mustangs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Dewayne Wise, Scott Williamson, Travis Dawkins and Mike Frank.
Donnie Scott 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 Williamson | 8 | 2 | .800 | 1.78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86.0 | 66 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 101 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 346 |
| Dustin Robinson | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.68 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 73.3 | 91 | 38 | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 311 |
| Dan Timm | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.66 | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 38.7 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 190 |
| Josh Harris | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.02 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 103 | 51 | 38 | 3 | 26 | 4 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 385 |
| Wes Stumbo | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.19 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 157 |
| Gene Altman | 3 | 2 | .600 | 7.83 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 48 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 163 |
| Clint Brewer | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.29 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 41.0 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 180 |
| Johnny Whitesides | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.36 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 59 |
| Phil Merrell | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.33 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 72 | 51 | 35 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 313 |
| Ryan O'Toole | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.37 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| Tye Levy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 32 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 131 |
| Carl Caddell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.93 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| Monte Roundtree | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.06 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.3 | 37 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 186 |
| Robert Averette | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Doug Hurst | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Zay Brown | 0 | 0 | 5.73 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| Dave Runk | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 69 | |
| Brett Haring | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.63 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 |
| Totals | 39 | 32 | .549 | 4.04 | 224 | 71 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 623.7 | 675 | 389 | 280 | 38 | 264 | 14 | 548 | 32 | 10 | 69 | 2802 |
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 Frank | 69 | 306 | 266 | 62 | 100 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 62 | 18 | 8 | 35 | 24 | .376 | .448 | .617 | 1.064 | 164 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Dewayne Wise | 62 | 283 | 268 | 53 | 84 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 47 | .313 | .337 | .507 | .844 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Welsh | 67 | 283 | 260 | 41 | 82 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 54 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 38 | .315 | .360 | .508 | .868 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Marc Suarez | 64 | 259 | 219 | 42 | 76 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 51 | .347 | .440 | .548 | .988 | 120 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andre Montgomery | 51 | 227 | 207 | 43 | 65 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 47 | .314 | .361 | .478 | .839 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Travis Dawkins | 70 | 292 | 253 | 47 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 6 | 30 | 38 | .241 | .315 | .308 | .623 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Fernando Rios | 41 | 168 | 153 | 19 | 51 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 22 | .333 | .387 | .399 | .786 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Toby Sanchez | 62 | 228 | 178 | 37 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 39 | 76 | .219 | .382 | .331 | .713 | 59 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Andy Burress | 27 | 108 | 102 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 20 | .304 | .343 | .520 | .862 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Armenta | 44 | 105 | 97 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 27 | .237 | .295 | .289 | .584 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Solano | 42 | 108 | 98 | 14 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | .224 | .296 | .306 | .602 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thad Markray | 46 | 139 | 119 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 44 | .143 | .255 | .168 | .424 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Price | 19 | 71 | 60 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .267 | .324 | .283 | .607 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Howard Newman | 17 | 46 | 44 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .295 | .304 | .432 | .736 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Francisco Rivera | 26 | 54 | 46 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .239 | .315 | .348 | .663 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wilmy Caceres | 15 | 41 | 38 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .263 | .317 | .316 | .633 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Skeens | 23 | 63 | 49 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 15 | .204 | .355 | .265 | .620 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Oliver | 6 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edison Pascual | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .071 | .188 | .071 | .259 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 761 | 2810 | 2482 | 446 | 713 | 127 | 21 | 59 | 390 | 76 | 50 | 257 | 516 | .287 | .358 | .427 | .785 | 1059 | 51 | 33 | 7 | 31 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Welsh | 1B | 48 | 394 | 23 | 8 | 36 | .981 | 8.688 | ||||
| Toby Sanchez | 1B | 26 | 195 | 16 | 5 | 17 | .977 | 8.115 | ||||
| Edison Pascual | 1B | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Andre Montgomery | 2B | 46 | 84 | 122 | 17 | 25 | .924 | 4.478 | ||||
| Corey Price | 2B | 19 | 33 | 39 | 6 | 4 | .923 | 3.789 | ||||
| Wilmy Caceres | 2B | 10 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 11 | .939 | 4.600 | ||||
| Manny Solano | 2B | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Thad Markray | 3B | 44 | 27 | 53 | 11 | 4 | .879 | 1.818 | ||||
| Manny Solano | 3B | 31 | 13 | 31 | 7 | 2 | .863 | 1.419 | ||||
| Toby Sanchez | 3B | 11 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 1.727 | ||||
| Andre Montgomery | 3B | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .688 | 1.571 | ||||
| Wilmy Caceres | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marc Suarez | C | 62 | 439 | 64 | 14 | 1 | .973 | 8.113 | 21 | 50 | 33 | 39.8 |
| Francisco Rivera | C | 13 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 3.923 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Howard Newman | C | 13 | 62 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 5.769 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 23.8 |
| Andy Burress | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dewayne Wise | CF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Armenta | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fernando Rios | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fernando Rios | LF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Skeens | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Armenta | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Burress | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Oliver | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Solano | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Frank | OF | 69 | 118 | 11 | 4 | 3 | .970 | 1.870 | ||||
| Dewayne Wise | OF | 62 | 118 | 9 | 13 | 1 | .907 | 2.048 | ||||
| Fernando Rios | OF | 41 | 64 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .958 | 1.683 | ||||
| Jason Armenta | OF | 37 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .947 | .973 | ||||
| Jeremy Skeens | OF | 23 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.087 | ||||
| Andy Burress | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Johnny Oliver | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Manny Solano | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Clint Brewer | P | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .136 | ||||
| Dan Timm | P | 20 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Gene Altman | P | 20 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .300 | ||||
| Tye Levy | P | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .056 | ||||
| Dustin Robinson | P | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| Wes Stumbo | P | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .400 | ||||
| Phil Merrell | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Josh Harris | P | 14 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.929 | ||||
| Brett Haring | P | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Scott Williamson | P | 13 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.923 | ||||
| Monte Roundtree | P | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .231 | ||||
| Ryan O'Toole | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Dave Runk | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .100 | ||||
| Johnny Whitesides | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Zay Brown | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Carl Caddell | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Robert Averette | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Doug Hurst | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Frank | RF | 69 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Armenta | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Oliver | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Travis Dawkins | SS | 70 | 118 | 216 | 34 | 36 | .908 | 4.771 | ||||
| Wilmy Caceres | SS | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .667 | 1.500 | ||||
| Manny Solano | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1135 | 1871 | 751 | 158 | 149 | .943 | 2.310 | 26 | 71 | 39 | 35.5 |
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.
