1997 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Team Record: 40-29
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Manager: Bobby Dickerson (40-29)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 43,300, Avg. 1,353 in 32 home dates
Playoffs - Bluefield Orioles 1 game, Princeton Devil Rays 0 - One-game playoff for North title.
Finals - Bluefield Orioles 2 games, Pulaski Rangers 0
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1997 season with a record of 40 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Orioles tallied 389 runs and conceded 337 runs. Eddy Garabito drove in 44 runs. Jerry Hairston paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .330 clip. Rick Bauer topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Bluefield Orioles who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Eddy Garabito, Rick Bauer, Jay Spurgeon, Luis Matos, Jerry Hairston and John Stephens.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Bauer | 8 | 3 | .727 | 2.86 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 58 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 294 |
| Matt Achilles | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.95 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 60 | 37 | 32 | 9 | 33 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 301 |
| Tom Fontaine | 5 | 1 | .833 | 6.02 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 44 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 196 |
| Dave Mastrolonardo | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.08 | 26 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 130 |
| Norberto Perez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.46 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 52 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 231 |
| John Stephens | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 93 |
| Tod Lee | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.06 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 128 |
| Todd Freedberg | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.98 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 131 |
| Derek Brown | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.01 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 44 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 180 |
| Jeremy Halpin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 108 |
| Jay Spurgeon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.34 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 35 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 146 |
| Kenny Sims | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.06 | 18 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.3 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 158 |
| Darren Murphy | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.82 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 48 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 182 |
| Jordan Romero | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 31 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 131 |
| Jancy Andrade | 0 | 0 | 2.51 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 62 | |
| Cliff Wilson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Chris Bray | 0 | 0 | 15.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Simieon Theodile | 0 | 0 | 21.86 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 49 | |
| Tom McGee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeff Phipps | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Totals | 40 | 29 | .580 | 4.20 | 233 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 595.7 | 564 | 337 | 278 | 51 | 255 | 10 | 628 | 30 | 13 | 55 | 2598 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Hairston | 59 | 258 | 221 | 44 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 13 | 9 | 21 | 29 | .330 | .409 | .452 | .862 | 100 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Eddy Garabito | 61 | 264 | 231 | 47 | 70 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 21 | 30 | .303 | .359 | .446 | .805 | 103 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Luis Matos | 61 | 266 | 240 | 37 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 36 | .275 | .340 | .354 | .694 | 85 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Franky Figueroa | 63 | 260 | 243 | 32 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 70 | .267 | .312 | .432 | .744 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Roberto Rivera | 50 | 209 | 192 | 28 | 61 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 43 | .318 | .362 | .490 | .852 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ashanti Davison | 49 | 188 | 162 | 31 | 40 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 29 | .247 | .340 | .395 | .735 | 64 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Andy Utting | 51 | 186 | 152 | 22 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 41 | .230 | .361 | .368 | .729 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Paxton | 38 | 132 | 109 | 19 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | .303 | .417 | .459 | .875 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cliff Wilson | 46 | 147 | 129 | 16 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 35 | .240 | .322 | .310 | .632 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mack Haman | 47 | 166 | 133 | 28 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 51 | .226 | .370 | .383 | .753 | 51 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Martin | 40 | 100 | 90 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 31 | .289 | .350 | .378 | .728 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Pacheco | 47 | 148 | 132 | 21 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 32 | .197 | .267 | .258 | .525 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom McGee | 27 | 102 | 86 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22 | .244 | .363 | .337 | .700 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky VanAsselberg | 27 | 68 | 62 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .210 | .279 | .290 | .570 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robby Lasater | 11 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | .257 | .333 | .543 | .876 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Perez | 20 | 58 | 52 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .173 | .259 | .231 | .489 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daren Hooper | 10 | 38 | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .125 | .263 | .250 | .513 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Stephens | 6 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domingo Morales | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 717 | 2655 | 2325 | 389 | 615 | 120 | 22 | 42 | 334 | 116 | 53 | 247 | 520 | .265 | .345 | .389 | .734 | 905 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 19 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franky Figueroa | 1B | 63 | 489 | 32 | 6 | 41 | .989 | 8.270 | ||||
| Ricky VanAsselberg | 1B | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.667 | ||||
| Chris Paxton | 1B | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tom McGee | 1B | 3 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Cliff Wilson | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robby Lasater | 1B | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 15.000 | ||||
| Eddy Garabito | 2B | 60 | 97 | 143 | 11 | 28 | .956 | 4.000 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | 2B | 9 | 11 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .939 | 3.444 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Wilson | 3B | 38 | 31 | 58 | 14 | 4 | .864 | 2.342 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | 3B | 22 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .935 | 1.955 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | 3B | 20 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 3 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Joel Stephens | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Robby Lasater | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Utting | C | 44 | 375 | 27 | 10 | 0 | .976 | 9.136 | 6 | 59 | 20 | 25.3 |
| Tom McGee | C | 16 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 2 | 22 | 8 | 26.7 |
| Chris Paxton | C | 11 | 80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.636 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Robby Lasater | C | 5 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 6.800 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Ricky VanAsselberg | C | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.333 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Luis Matos | CF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mack Haman | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rivera | LF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Daren Hooper | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Stephens | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Perez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Matos | OF | 61 | 125 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 2.115 | ||||
| Roberto Rivera | OF | 44 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .913 | .955 | ||||
| Ashanti Davison | OF | 44 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .966 | 1.295 | ||||
| Mack Haman | OF | 38 | 40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 1.079 | ||||
| Richard Perez | OF | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daren Hooper | OF | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Joel Stephens | OF | 5 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Domingo Morales | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tom McGee | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Mastrolonardo | P | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .115 | ||||
| Darren Murphy | P | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Tod Lee | P | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .130 | ||||
| Tom Fontaine | P | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Kenny Sims | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Derek Brown | P | 17 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .636 | .412 | ||||
| Jeremy Halpin | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Matt Achilles | P | 14 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Rick Bauer | P | 13 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.077 | ||||
| Jordan Romero | P | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Todd Freedberg | P | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Norberto Perez | P | 10 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jay Spurgeon | P | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Simieon Theodile | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| John Stephens | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jeff Phipps | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jancy Andrade | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Bray | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Wilson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom McGee | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mack Haman | RF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richard Perez | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Rivera | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joel Stephens | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Domingo Morales | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom McGee | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hairston | SS | 58 | 84 | 174 | 14 | 28 | .949 | 4.448 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | SS | 16 | 22 | 29 | 5 | 6 | .911 | 3.188 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | SS | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 1.333 | ||||
| Cliff Wilson | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1054 | 1787 | 641 | 106 | 126 | .958 | 2.304 | 10 | 94 | 32 | 25.4 |
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.
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