1996 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 42-26
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Bobby Dickerson (42-26)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 37,758, Avg. 1,259 in 30 home dates
1996 Bluefield Orioles RosterTeam Record: 42-26
Finished 1st in the AL's North Division
Manager: Bobby Dickerson (42-26)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 37,758, Avg. 1,259 in 30 home dates
Playoffs - Bluefield Orioles 2 games, Kingsport Mets 1
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1996 season with a record of 42 wins and 26 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Orioles scored 423 runs and yielded 335 runs. Calvin Pickering led Bluefield with 18 home runs and accounted for 66 RBI, while leading all regular batters by connecting at a .325 clip. Abraham Hacen topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.42 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Carlos Casimiro, Ryan Minor, Josh Towers, Gabe Molina, John Parrish, Calvin Pickering and Chad Paronto were all players from the 1996 Bluefield Orioles who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bobby Dickerson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Hacen | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.41 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 54 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 36 | 0 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 280 |
| Scott Eibey | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.80 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 187 |
| Brandon Huntsman | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.08 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 54 | 37 | 31 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 297 |
| Gabe Molina | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 23 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30.0 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 131 |
| Josh Towers | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.24 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 63 | 35 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 234 |
| Americo Peguero | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.82 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 217 |
| Matt Achilles | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.80 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.7 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 113 |
| Lou Fisher | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.40 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.7 | 58 | 43 | 35 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 318 |
| John Parrish | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.70 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 60 |
| Mark Seaver | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| Chad Paronto | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.69 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.3 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 82 |
| Jason Hackett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.48 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 47 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 215 |
| Carlos Mercedes | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.18 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 112 |
| Chris Bray | 0 | 0 | 9.90 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 50 | |
| Juan Santos | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.20 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 117 |
| Josh McNatt | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| Derek Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 16.88 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Mike Ribaudo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 81.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 42 | 26 | .618 | 4.28 | 207 | 68 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 574.7 | 514 | 335 | 273 | 48 | 286 | 4 | 602 | 37 | 13 | 75 | 2535 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Casimiro | 62 | 265 | 239 | 51 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 52 | .276 | .335 | .469 | .803 | 112 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Calvin Pickering | 60 | 231 | 200 | 45 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 18 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 28 | 64 | .325 | .411 | .675 | 1.086 | 135 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rich Paz | 50 | 220 | 170 | 42 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 42 | 24 | .294 | .434 | .353 | .787 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Russin | 57 | 211 | 190 | 32 | 49 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 38 | .258 | .322 | .474 | .796 | 90 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Darrell Dent | 59 | 226 | 193 | 40 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 28 | 49 | .223 | .316 | .275 | .590 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Tim DeCinces | 39 | 159 | 128 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 28 | .297 | .403 | .523 | .926 | 67 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Curtis Charles | 60 | 219 | 182 | 36 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 6 | 32 | 76 | .203 | .333 | .352 | .685 | 64 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Rivera | 46 | 168 | 158 | 20 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 54 | .215 | .262 | .361 | .623 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maleke Fowler | 26 | 102 | 86 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 16 | .372 | .461 | .430 | .891 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam McCollough | 31 | 99 | 93 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | .301 | .333 | .527 | .860 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddy Martinez | 37 | 140 | 122 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 29 | .221 | .307 | .270 | .577 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Stephens | 41 | 121 | 101 | 14 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 17 | .248 | .364 | .297 | .661 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Minor | 25 | 97 | 87 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 32 | .253 | .330 | .460 | .790 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pedrosa | 34 | 93 | 77 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 13 | .247 | .366 | .364 | .729 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Akins | 18 | 77 | 57 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 11 | .298 | .468 | .368 | .836 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chip Alley | 24 | 84 | 67 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 16 | .194 | .345 | .254 | .599 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chip Lawrence | 15 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .206 | .325 | .294 | .619 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby O'Toole | 8 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .263 | .417 | .474 | .890 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Ahrendt | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .600 | .500 | 1.100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Ribaudo | 7 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 702 | 2607 | 2229 | 423 | 581 | 125 | 6 | 66 | 350 | 180 | 50 | 311 | 558 | .261 | .356 | .411 | .767 | 916 | 36 | 33 | 9 | 25 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvin Pickering | 1B | 53 | 396 | 26 | 9 | 33 | .979 | 7.962 | ||||
| Tom Russin | 1B | 24 | 143 | 10 | 3 | 12 | .981 | 6.375 | ||||
| Tim DeCinces | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Carlos Casimiro | 2B | 60 | 103 | 130 | 13 | 26 | .947 | 3.883 | ||||
| Rich Paz | 2B | 8 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.375 | ||||
| Maleke Fowler | 2B | 4 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Ryan Minor | 3B | 22 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 2.364 | ||||
| Tom Russin | 3B | 18 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 3 | .714 | 1.944 | ||||
| Rich Paz | 3B | 17 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 4 | .943 | 1.941 | ||||
| Tim DeCinces | 3B | 10 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 2.200 | ||||
| Chip Lawrence | 3B | 9 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Mike Ribaudo | 3B | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 2.333 | ||||
| Maleke Fowler | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carlos Casimiro | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Adam McCollough | C | 27 | 200 | 35 | 3 | 0 | .987 | 8.704 | 5 | 25 | 15 | 37.5 |
| Chip Alley | C | 24 | 192 | 18 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 8.750 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 20.5 |
| Tim DeCinces | C | 17 | 143 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 9.176 | 2 | 33 | 8 | 19.5 |
| Bobby O'Toole | C | 7 | 51 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 8.143 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33.3 |
| Jay Ahrendt | C | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roberto Rivera | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Darrell Dent | CF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rivera | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Akins | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Maleke Fowler | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Stephens | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rivera | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Maleke Fowler | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Pedrosa | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Akins | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Casimiro | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis Charles | OF | 58 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .950 | 1.310 | ||||
| Darrell Dent | OF | 56 | 111 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 2.054 | ||||
| Roberto Rivera | OF | 36 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.056 | ||||
| Joel Stephens | OF | 30 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.067 | ||||
| Alex Pedrosa | OF | 16 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Maleke Fowler | OF | 16 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.438 | ||||
| Carlos Akins | OF | 13 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Carlos Casimiro | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Eibey | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .375 | ||||
| Gabe Molina | P | 23 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .348 | ||||
| Jason Hackett | P | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Juan Santos | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Abraham Hacen | P | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .933 | ||||
| Josh Towers | P | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carlos Mercedes | P | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brandon Huntsman | P | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Lou Fisher | P | 14 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Matt Achilles | P | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Americo Peguero | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | .333 | ||||
| Chad Paronto | P | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| John Parrish | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Bray | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Seaver | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Josh McNatt | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Derek Brown | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Mike Ribaudo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Curtis Charles | RF | 58 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rivera | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Pedrosa | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Akins | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddy Martinez | SS | 37 | 43 | 80 | 14 | 13 | .898 | 3.324 | ||||
| Rich Paz | SS | 27 | 36 | 81 | 11 | 12 | .914 | 4.333 | ||||
| Chip Lawrence | SS | 6 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
| Ryan Minor | SS | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1050 | 1724 | 649 | 118 | 122 | .953 | 2.260 | 10 | 95 | 34 | 26.4 |
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.
