1997 Bangor Blue Ox Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 40-43
Finished 4th in the NL's North Division
Manager: Roger LaFrancois (40-43)
Location: Bangor, Maine
Ballpark: Maheney Diamond
Attendance: 35,591, Avg. 937 in 38 home dates
1997 Bangor Blue Ox RosterTeam Record: 40-43
Finished 4th in the NL's North Division
Manager: Roger LaFrancois (40-43)
Location: Bangor, Maine
Ballpark: Maheney Diamond
Attendance: 35,591, Avg. 937 in 38 home dates
The Bangor Blue Ox of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 40 wins and 43 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Blue Ox plated 427 runs and conceded 467 runs. Hugh Walker paced Bangor with 15 home runs Hugh Walker and Steve Hine each accounted for 51 RBI. Steve Hine led all regular hitters by hitting .306. Pete Hartmann topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.47 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Bangor Blue Ox who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Fernando Ramsey, Joe Grahe, Bob Zupcic and George Tsamis.
Roger LaFrancois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Hartmann | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.46 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 119.7 | 120 | 60 | 46 | 8 | 55 | 2 | 118 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 519 |
| Mo Christmas | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.64 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 | 95 | 48 | 33 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 364 |
| George Tsamis | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.96 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | 88 | 49 | 41 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 328 |
| Heath Mercier | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.38 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 |
| Joe Grahe | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.54 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28.3 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 117 |
| Mark Hreben | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.40 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45.0 | 44 | 34 | 22 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 217 |
| Andy High | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.61 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 73 | 38 | 28 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 258 |
| John Quirk | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.43 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 79 | 58 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 304 |
| Scott Chesmer | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.18 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 66.0 | 84 | 40 | 38 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 291 |
| Jamie Davis | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.30 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 52.7 | 66 | 40 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 247 |
| Mike Macone | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.30 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29.3 | 25 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 138 |
| Garrett Quinn | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.60 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30.0 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 133 |
| Karl Bussey | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ray Coleman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.76 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 39 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 118 |
| Jeff Longo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.35 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52 |
| Totals | 40 | 43 | .482 | 4.43 | 233 | 83 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 711.7 | 815 | 467 | 350 | 50 | 301 | 24 | 544 | 25 | 10 | 43 | 3227 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Hine | 82 | 360 | 324 | 53 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 33 | .306 | .367 | .392 | .759 | 127 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Hugh Walker | 82 | 344 | 312 | 58 | 91 | 13 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 42 | .292 | .350 | .510 | .859 | 159 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Morrow | 82 | 351 | 321 | 55 | 91 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 62 | .283 | .342 | .477 | .819 | 153 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Chad White | 80 | 314 | 274 | 52 | 80 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 33 | .292 | .360 | .412 | .773 | 113 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Gabe Duross | 67 | 266 | 252 | 21 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .278 | .306 | .397 | .702 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Ekelund | 75 | 319 | 262 | 40 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 68 | .260 | .370 | .324 | .694 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Carlos Mota | 56 | 201 | 181 | 30 | 55 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 30 | .304 | .365 | .508 | .873 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rogelio Nunez | 63 | 225 | 214 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 45 | .238 | .259 | .341 | .600 | 73 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Fernando Ramsey | 40 | 165 | 150 | 26 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | .320 | .368 | .453 | .821 | 68 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Manuel Garcia | 28 | 99 | 94 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | .298 | .323 | .394 | .717 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karl Bussey | 40 | 122 | 94 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 32 | .202 | .367 | .234 | .601 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bobby Murray | 29 | 91 | 78 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 22 | .231 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Zupcic | 25 | 108 | 82 | 13 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 18 | .195 | .370 | .317 | .687 | 26 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeremy Tardiff | 18 | 58 | 56 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .232 | .259 | .304 | .562 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Longo | 27 | 64 | 57 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .158 | .238 | .211 | .449 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Kingsbury | 15 | 32 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .156 | .156 | .344 | .500 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephane Dionne | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Quinn | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Samuelian | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 844 | 3144 | 2807 | 427 | 764 | 132 | 32 | 55 | 382 | 100 | 33 | 248 | 510 | .272 | .338 | .401 | .739 | 1125 | 36 | 44 | 21 | 24 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Duross | 1B | 42 | 349 | 22 | 9 | 25 | .976 | 8.833 | ||||
| Tim Morrow | 1B | 30 | 245 | 18 | 3 | 19 | .989 | 8.767 | ||||
| Jeff Longo | 1B | 10 | 84 | 10 | 1 | 9 | .989 | 9.400 | ||||
| Willy Kingsbury | 1B | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 5.750 | ||||
| Stephane Dionne | 1B | 4 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 9.250 | ||||
| Steve Hine | 2B | 81 | 119 | 225 | 18 | 38 | .950 | 4.247 | ||||
| Dave Ekelund | 2B | 5 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.400 | ||||
| Adam Samuelian | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bobby Murray | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Karl Bussey | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Ekelund | 3B | 43 | 29 | 65 | 4 | 3 | .959 | 2.186 | ||||
| Rogelio Nunez | 3B | 20 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | .873 | 2.400 | ||||
| Karl Bussey | 3B | 17 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Murray | 3B | 11 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 3 | .893 | 2.273 | ||||
| Bob Zupcic | 3B | 9 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .840 | 2.333 | ||||
| Carlos Mota | C | 50 | 302 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .976 | 6.440 | 11 | 47 | 13 | 21.7 |
| Rogelio Nunez | C | 38 | 225 | 29 | 9 | 0 | .966 | 6.684 | 3 | 36 | 11 | 23.4 |
| Willy Kingsbury | C | 6 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Fernando Ramsey | CF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad White | CF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Bussey | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Tardiff | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh Walker | LF | 75 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad White | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Tardiff | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Zupcic | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Bussey | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garrett Quinn | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Morrow | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hugh Walker | OF | 75 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chad White | OF | 64 | 126 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .985 | 2.062 | ||||
| Tim Morrow | OF | 41 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .978 | 2.220 | ||||
| Fernando Ramsey | OF | 40 | 88 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .938 | 2.275 | ||||
| Karl Bussey | OF | 19 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.421 | ||||
| Jeremy Tardiff | OF | 17 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.765 | ||||
| Bob Zupcic | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Carlos Mota | OF | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Jeff Longo | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Garrett Quinn | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rogelio Nunez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Garrett Quinn | P | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .269 | ||||
| Mark Hreben | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .320 | ||||
| Scott Chesmer | P | 24 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Jamie Davis | P | 23 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .391 | ||||
| Mike Macone | P | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Pete Hartmann | P | 17 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 1.471 | ||||
| John Quirk | P | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .562 | ||||
| George Tsamis | P | 15 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .765 | .867 | ||||
| Andy High | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .733 | ||||
| Heath Mercier | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| Mo Christmas | P | 13 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.769 | ||||
| Ray Coleman | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joe Grahe | P | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Longo | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Karl Bussey | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Morrow | RF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad White | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Tardiff | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Karl Bussey | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bob Zupcic | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Mota | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Longo | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rogelio Nunez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Ekelund | SS | 36 | 53 | 97 | 10 | 15 | .938 | 4.167 | ||||
| Manuel Garcia | SS | 28 | 38 | 82 | 9 | 16 | .930 | 4.286 | ||||
| Bobby Murray | SS | 19 | 19 | 44 | 12 | 5 | .840 | 3.316 | ||||
| Chad White | SS | 12 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 2 | .918 | 3.750 | ||||
| Adam Samuelian | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1245 | 2135 | 871 | 132 | 162 | .958 | 2.414 | 15 | 89 | 25 | 21.9 |
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.
