1996 Capital City Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 82-57
Finished 2nd in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Howie Freiling (82-57)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 156,921, Avg. 2,414 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Asheville Tourists 2 games, Capital City Bombers 0
The Capital City Bombers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1996 season with a record of 82 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the league's Central Division.
The Bombers led the league with just 451 runs allowed. Capital City scored 593 runs. Fletcher Bates paced the team with 15 home runs Terrence Long drove in 78 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .288 average. Nelson Figueroa paced the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.04 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1996 Capital City Bombers who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Nelson Figueroa, Carlos Mendoza, Octavio Dotel, Jarrod Patterson, Yohanny Valera and Terrence Long.
Howie Freiling 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Figueroa | 14 | 7 | .667 | 2.04 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 185.3 | 119 | 55 | 42 | 10 | 58 | 1 | 200 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 723 |
| Octavio Dotel | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.59 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 89 | 49 | 46 | 7 | 49 | 0 | 142 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 480 |
| Andy Trumpour | 10 | 4 | .714 | 2.29 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 133.7 | 91 | 47 | 34 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 105 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 527 |
| Ethan McEntire | 9 | 6 | .600 | 2.22 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 174.0 | 123 | 51 | 43 | 10 | 61 | 0 | 190 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 689 |
| Osvaldo Coronado | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.53 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111.3 | 120 | 68 | 56 | 12 | 28 | 1 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 479 |
| Phil Olson | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.54 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92.0 | 55 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 368 |
| Lindsay Gulin | 7 | 7 | .500 | 2.64 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112.3 | 88 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 134 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 470 |
| Jeff Howatt | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.61 | 37 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 69.0 | 49 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 278 |
| Chris DeWitt | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.7 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 125 |
| Erick Ojeda | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.99 | 35 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58.7 | 55 | 31 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 247 |
| Bill Santamaria | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.58 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50.3 | 43 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 215 |
| Joe Lisio | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.03 | 40 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 44.3 | 40 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 186 |
| Toby Larson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Melvin Poupart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.79 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Steve Pack | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | |
| Totals | 82 | 57 | .590 | 2.77 | 336 | 139 | 123 | 16 | 8 | 33 | 1201.0 | 916 | 451 | 370 | 79 | 416 | 9 | 1168 | 46 | 20 | 64 | 4886 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Long | 123 | 519 | 473 | 66 | 136 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 78 | 32 | 7 | 36 | 120 | .288 | .342 | .457 | .798 | 216 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Fletcher Bates | 132 | 565 | 491 | 84 | 127 | 21 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 16 | 6 | 64 | 162 | .259 | .346 | .446 | .792 | 219 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Carlos Mendoza | 85 | 378 | 300 | 61 | 101 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 31 | 13 | 57 | 46 | .337 | .452 | .383 | .836 | 115 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryon Gainey | 122 | 495 | 446 | 53 | 97 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 62 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 169 | .217 | .289 | .363 | .652 | 162 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Yohanny Valera | 108 | 410 | 372 | 38 | 79 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 78 | .212 | .267 | .309 | .576 | 115 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Enohel Polanco | 92 | 332 | 299 | 34 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 78 | .217 | .272 | .274 | .547 | 82 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeramie Simpson | 58 | 247 | 204 | 31 | 53 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 45 | .260 | .349 | .333 | .682 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Tracy Edmondson | 93 | 344 | 273 | 43 | 52 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 64 | .190 | .337 | .256 | .594 | 70 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Jarrod Patterson | 70 | 252 | 213 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 65 | .230 | .333 | .324 | .657 | 69 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Corey Erickson | 58 | 238 | 209 | 16 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 57 | .220 | .289 | .301 | .591 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Arvelo | 72 | 250 | 218 | 35 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 42 | .202 | .270 | .216 | .485 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Daly | 44 | 159 | 140 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 19 | .300 | .380 | .407 | .787 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Carlos Soriano | 52 | 198 | 177 | 22 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 34 | .237 | .305 | .277 | .581 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dan Ramirez | 47 | 161 | 143 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 30 | .231 | .290 | .287 | .577 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Morales | 45 | 131 | 121 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 22 | .231 | .285 | .256 | .541 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Parsons | 51 | 175 | 147 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 43 | .184 | .294 | .231 | .525 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| David Sanderson | 33 | 74 | 61 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | .213 | .351 | .328 | .679 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Black | 25 | 73 | 63 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | .190 | .288 | .317 | .605 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Randy Vickers | 4 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Gomez | 11 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .150 | .292 | .150 | .442 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus Azuaje | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Stanton | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .750 | .667 | 1.417 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Nolte | 6 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .059 | .056 | .059 | .114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Quincy Boyd | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Engle | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Zamora | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erick Ojeda | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1374 | 5082 | 4421 | 593 | 1057 | 182 | 37 | 59 | 514 | 142 | 81 | 479 | 1122 | .239 | .321 | .337 | .658 | 1490 | 65 | 70 | 72 | 40 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryon Gainey | 1B | 108 | 888 | 51 | 19 | 56 | .980 | 8.694 | ||||
| Jarrod Patterson | 1B | 26 | 201 | 14 | 1 | 12 | .995 | 8.269 | ||||
| Bob Daly | 1B | 9 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 6.778 | ||||
| Tracy Edmondson | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Arvelo | 2B | 69 | 133 | 172 | 10 | 29 | .968 | 4.420 | ||||
| Tracy Edmondson | 2B | 56 | 86 | 129 | 10 | 21 | .956 | 3.839 | ||||
| Jeff Parsons | 2B | 15 | 24 | 37 | 1 | 7 | .984 | 4.067 | ||||
| Corey Erickson | 2B | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Corey Erickson | 3B | 57 | 38 | 106 | 12 | 4 | .923 | 2.526 | ||||
| Carlos Soriano | 3B | 52 | 34 | 88 | 11 | 7 | .917 | 2.346 | ||||
| Tracy Edmondson | 3B | 25 | 14 | 49 | 7 | 8 | .900 | 2.520 | ||||
| Paul Gomez | 3B | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Vickers | 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Junior Zamora | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bob Daly | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Quincy Boyd | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Yohanny Valera | C | 108 | 857 | 123 | 9 | 6 | .991 | 9.074 | 21 | |||
| Eric Morales | C | 43 | 258 | 29 | 2 | 3 | .993 | 6.674 | 7 | |||
| Paul Gomez | C | 3 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 8.667 | 1 | |||
| Beau Engle | C | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 4.667 | 0 | |||
| Fletcher Bates | OF | 132 | 229 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .968 | 1.818 | ||||
| Terrence Long | OF | 119 | 246 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .981 | 2.134 | ||||
| Jeramie Simpson | OF | 49 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.469 | ||||
| Carlos Mendoza | OF | 47 | 54 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 1.277 | ||||
| Dan Ramirez | OF | 46 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.674 | ||||
| David Sanderson | OF | 21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.476 | ||||
| Brandon Black | OF | 13 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .842 | 1.231 | ||||
| Joe Lisio | P | 40 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .200 | ||||
| Jeff Howatt | P | 37 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .297 | ||||
| Erick Ojeda | P | 35 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .514 | ||||
| Osvaldo Coronado | P | 32 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .656 | ||||
| Bill Santamaria | P | 31 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .290 | ||||
| Ethan McEntire | P | 27 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.185 | ||||
| Andy Trumpour | P | 26 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .808 | ||||
| Nelson Figueroa | P | 26 | 16 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 1.654 | ||||
| Octavio Dotel | P | 22 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .821 | 1.045 | ||||
| Lindsay Gulin | P | 19 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Phil Olson | P | 16 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.312 | ||||
| Chris DeWitt | P | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Steve Pack | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Melvin Poupart | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Toby Larson | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Enohel Polanco | SS | 92 | 124 | 240 | 22 | 41 | .943 | 3.957 | ||||
| Jeff Parsons | SS | 34 | 41 | 68 | 11 | 15 | .908 | 3.206 | ||||
| Tracy Edmondson | SS | 12 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 2.667 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | SS | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jesus Azuaje | SS | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1497 | 3603 | 1375 | 166 | 225 | .968 | 3.325 | 29 | 0 | 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.
