1998 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 33-34
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Andy Etchebarren (33-34)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 39,940, Avg. 1,210 in 33 home dates
1998 Bluefield Orioles RosterTeam Record: 33-34
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Andy Etchebarren (33-34)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 39,940, Avg. 1,210 in 33 home dates
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 1998 season with a record of 33 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Orioles scored 331 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 342 runs. Tom Hage led Bluefield with 10 home runs and recorded 37 runs batted in. Ntema Ndungidi paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .295 clip. Ricky Casteel and Kenny Sims topped the team with 5 wins each, while Sonny Garcia recorded a 2.05 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Sean Douglass played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Bluefield Orioles to do so.
Andy Etchebarren 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Sims | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.10 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 204 |
| Ricky Casteel | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.02 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 66 | 38 | 31 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 304 |
| Sonny Garcia | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.04 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 39 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 77 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 226 |
| Sean Jones | 4 | 2 | .667 | 9.76 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.7 | 62 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 203 |
| Jason Ryba | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.24 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 46 | 36 | 27 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 217 |
| Brian Murphy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.32 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 57.0 | 65 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Darren Murphy | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.12 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| Sean Douglass | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.23 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 45 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 210 |
| Simieon Theodile | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.96 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.7 | 47 | 24 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 229 |
| Norberto Perez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.97 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 |
| Juan Guzman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.42 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.3 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 106 |
| Gilberto Bello | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.01 | 26 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32.3 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 135 |
| Craig Ratliff | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 66 | |
| Derek Dixon | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Cliff Wilson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Rafael Tapia | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.48 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 |
| Robbie Myers | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.83 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 129 |
| Totals | 33 | 34 | .493 | 4.29 | 202 | 67 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 579.3 | 578 | 342 | 276 | 45 | 211 | 4 | 549 | 27 | 12 | 57 | 2529 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ntema Ndungidi | 59 | 246 | 210 | 26 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 52 | .295 | .398 | .490 | .889 | 103 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joey Hammond | 31 | 143 | 129 | 23 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 15 | .388 | .441 | .450 | .890 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashanti Davison | 50 | 228 | 196 | 30 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 32 | .255 | .347 | .342 | .689 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Regino Nolasco | 66 | 234 | 215 | 27 | 50 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | .233 | .288 | .293 | .581 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Benham | 57 | 226 | 202 | 38 | 45 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 36 | .223 | .298 | .371 | .669 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Escalante | 53 | 187 | 166 | 24 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 46 | .247 | .332 | .355 | .687 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Hage | 28 | 128 | 107 | 26 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 9 | .364 | .438 | .738 | 1.176 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Shannon Carter | 36 | 159 | 150 | 23 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 35 | .247 | .289 | .280 | .569 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Utting | 40 | 171 | 147 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 29 | .245 | .345 | .347 | .692 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Bonilla | 37 | 129 | 119 | 16 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | .269 | .310 | .412 | .722 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Luis Ramirez | 46 | 174 | 150 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 50 | .187 | .270 | .307 | .577 | 46 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mack Haman | 38 | 135 | 120 | 19 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 33 | .225 | .306 | .325 | .631 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Wilson | 23 | 90 | 80 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | .225 | .303 | .450 | .753 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Martin | 18 | 60 | 50 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | .280 | .390 | .320 | .710 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikell Diaz | 11 | 46 | 40 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .300 | .348 | .325 | .673 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Kirkpatrick | 14 | 47 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .279 | .319 | .419 | .738 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Pacheco | 12 | 48 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .227 | .277 | .250 | .527 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Koone | 16 | 54 | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .143 | .288 | .143 | .431 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Guzman | 23 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 658 | 2525 | 2230 | 331 | 571 | 90 | 19 | 45 | 283 | 70 | 40 | 237 | 473 | .256 | .332 | .374 | .706 | 834 | 40 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hage | 1B | 28 | 254 | 7 | 4 | 15 | .985 | 9.321 | ||||
| Andy Utting | 1B | 18 | 151 | 11 | 4 | 10 | .976 | 9.000 | ||||
| Juan Bonilla | 1B | 16 | 130 | 11 | 1 | 9 | .993 | 8.812 | ||||
| Jimmy Escalante | 1B | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 7.800 | ||||
| Luis Ramirez | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Joey Hammond | 2B | 29 | 61 | 95 | 6 | 14 | .963 | 5.379 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | 2B | 15 | 19 | 42 | 6 | 8 | .910 | 4.067 | ||||
| Regino Nolasco | 2B | 13 | 25 | 52 | 5 | 4 | .939 | 5.923 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | 2B | 11 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 7 | .932 | 3.727 | ||||
| Jason Benham | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jason Benham | 3B | 52 | 46 | 96 | 14 | 7 | .910 | 2.731 | ||||
| Cliff Wilson | 3B | 15 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | .905 | 2.533 | ||||
| Luis Ramirez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Escalante | C | 47 | 346 | 54 | 7 | 0 | .983 | 8.511 | 12 | 55 | 29 | 34.5 |
| Juan Bonilla | C | 13 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.462 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 25.0 |
| Andy Utting | C | 9 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 8.556 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Juan Guzman | C | 8 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 5.000 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ashanti Davison | CF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shannon Carter | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Koone | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ntema Ndungidi | LF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mack Haman | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shannon Carter | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kirkpatrick | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Koone | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Ramirez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | OF | 50 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.660 | ||||
| Ntema Ndungidi | OF | 48 | 54 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Shannon Carter | OF | 36 | 67 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 1.944 | ||||
| Luis Ramirez | OF | 31 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 1.677 | ||||
| Mack Haman | OF | 25 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .958 | 1.840 | ||||
| Chuck Koone | OF | 15 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Kirkpatrick | OF | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tommy Martin | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Benham | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gilberto Bello | P | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Kenny Sims | P | 19 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Simieon Theodile | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Robbie Myers | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .444 | .235 | ||||
| Darren Murphy | P | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Juan Guzman | P | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
| Brian Murphy | P | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sean Jones | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Ricky Casteel | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | ||||
| Jason Ryba | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Sonny Garcia | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Sean Douglass | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Norberto Perez | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Rafael Tapia | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Ratliff | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Derek Dixon | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cliff Wilson | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Ramirez | RF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mack Haman | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Koone | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ashanti Davison | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shannon Carter | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Kirkpatrick | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tommy Martin | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Benham | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Regino Nolasco | SS | 53 | 72 | 135 | 20 | 20 | .912 | 3.906 | ||||
| Maikell Diaz | SS | 11 | 14 | 31 | 5 | 3 | .900 | 4.091 | ||||
| Jason Benham | SS | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Juan Pacheco | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joey Hammond | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 986 | 1738 | 714 | 120 | 104 | .953 | 2.487 | 23 | 95 | 37 | 28.0 |
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.
