1998 Capital City Bombers Statistics
Team Record: 90-51
Finished 1st in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Doug Davis (90-51)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Ballpark: Capital City Stadium
Attendance: 141,138, Avg. 2,107 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Capital City Bombers 2 games, Piedmont Boll Weevils 0
Playoffs - Capital City Bombers 2 games, Hagerstown Suns 1
Finals - Capital City Bombers 2 games, Greensboro Bats 1
The Capital City Bombers of the South Atlantic League ended the 1998 season with a record of 90 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Bombers scored 761 runs and gave up 619 runs. Alex Escobar led Capital City with 27 home runs, while Mo Bruce and Jason Roach walloped 15 or more also. Alex Escobar drove in 91 runs. Mo Bruce topped all regular batters with a .341 average. Kevin Dougherty paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.75 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1998 Capital City Bombers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Leo Estrella, César Crespo, Tyler Walker, Jerrod Riggan, Jason Roach, Tim Corcoran, Jason Phillips, Alex Escobar, Eric Cammack and Dicky Gonzalez.
Doug Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dougherty | 15 | 2 | .882 | 2.74 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 134.7 | 112 | 51 | 41 | 8 | 50 | 0 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 547 |
| Dicky Gonzalez | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.31 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 111.3 | 104 | 57 | 41 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 107 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 449 |
| Leo Estrella | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.93 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 119.0 | 120 | 66 | 52 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 97 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 502 |
| Todd Cutchins | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.77 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 123.3 | 113 | 48 | 38 | 5 | 47 | 0 | 102 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 520 |
| Geoff Goetz | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.96 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 68 | 45 | 34 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 336 |
| Tyler Walker | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.12 | 34 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115.7 | 122 | 63 | 53 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 110 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 503 |
| Pat Gorman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.01 | 42 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70.0 | 74 | 53 | 39 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 333 |
| Derek Gaskill | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.47 | 29 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | 83 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 360 |
| Eric Cammack | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.81 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32.0 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 |
| Jerrod Riggan | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.70 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 38 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 177 |
| Dave Lohrman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.06 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 42.3 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 180 |
| Mark Maberry | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.05 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| Craig Berger | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Ray Lovingood | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.83 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 137 |
| Sean Johnston | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.35 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 54 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 239 |
| Tim Corcoran | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.61 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.3 | 43 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 204 |
| Ethan McEntire | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Mike Queen | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Juan Brito | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.80 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.7 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 104 |
| Shawn Barry | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.80 | 52 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 61.0 | 41 | 27 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 92 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 269 |
| Jason Roach | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Brendan Behn | 0 | 0 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | |
| Kirk Presley | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | |
| Humberto Santana | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 |
| Totals | 90 | 51 | .638 | 3.47 | 393 | 141 | 136 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 1239.3 | 1130 | 619 | 478 | 80 | 468 | 7 | 1188 | 68 | 8 | 77 | 5286 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mo Bruce | 126 | 560 | 516 | 81 | 176 | 24 | 4 | 15 | 74 | 45 | 15 | 41 | 107 | .341 | .390 | .490 | .880 | 253 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jerson Perez | 120 | 525 | 488 | 72 | 136 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 128 | .279 | .302 | .400 | .702 | 195 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Alex Escobar | 112 | 483 | 416 | 90 | 129 | 23 | 5 | 27 | 91 | 49 | 7 | 54 | 133 | .310 | .393 | .584 | .977 | 243 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Pat Burns | 128 | 545 | 477 | 77 | 126 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 61 | 16 | 2 | 49 | 132 | .264 | .350 | .388 | .738 | 185 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Juan Moreno | 113 | 476 | 435 | 69 | 124 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 51 | 31 | 8 | 36 | 98 | .285 | .342 | .409 | .752 | 178 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| César Crespo | 116 | 483 | 428 | 61 | 108 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 48 | 47 | 14 | 44 | 114 | .252 | .326 | .355 | .681 | 152 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Roach | 98 | 414 | 375 | 55 | 104 | 27 | 1 | 18 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 121 | .277 | .338 | .499 | .837 | 187 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 105 | 417 | 345 | 58 | 83 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 17 | 4 | 52 | 130 | .241 | .356 | .420 | .776 | 145 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Tom Johnson | 89 | 342 | 306 | 54 | 71 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 87 | .232 | .298 | .366 | .664 | 112 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 69 | 281 | 251 | 36 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 35 | .271 | .343 | .398 | .741 | 100 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Bennett | 57 | 198 | 175 | 20 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 49 | .286 | .354 | .366 | .720 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Cory Patton | 55 | 180 | 154 | 32 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 43 | .266 | .350 | .312 | .662 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Angel Espada | 40 | 172 | 157 | 26 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 15 | .261 | .304 | .306 | .609 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenny Miller | 35 | 134 | 116 | 16 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | .276 | .361 | .328 | .688 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean McGrath | 26 | 97 | 87 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 28 | .172 | .226 | .322 | .548 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Stanton | 29 | 102 | 87 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 35 | .161 | .265 | .264 | .529 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Allen Dina | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .625 | 1.000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clark Lambert | 11 | 25 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .130 | .200 | .130 | .330 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1331 | 5442 | 4844 | 761 | 1324 | 239 | 36 | 124 | 669 | 295 | 82 | 448 | 1278 | .273 | .341 | .414 | .755 | 2007 | 48 | 70 | 41 | 39 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Burns | 1B | 114 | 1026 | 78 | 18 | 91 | .984 | 9.684 | ||||
| Jason Roach | 1B | 25 | 224 | 20 | 3 | 29 | .988 | 9.760 | ||||
| Tom Stanton | 1B | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| César Crespo | 2B | 108 | 223 | 267 | 27 | 77 | .948 | 4.537 | ||||
| Sean McGrath | 2B | 17 | 30 | 52 | 3 | 9 | .965 | 4.824 | ||||
| Angel Espada | 2B | 9 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 6 | .875 | 3.889 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | 2B | 8 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 3.875 | ||||
| Jerson Perez | 2B | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .846 | 2.750 | ||||
| Juan Moreno | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mo Bruce | 3B | 92 | 83 | 212 | 19 | 24 | .939 | 3.207 | ||||
| Jason Roach | 3B | 40 | 17 | 73 | 14 | 7 | .865 | 2.250 | ||||
| Jerson Perez | 3B | 8 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sean McGrath | 3B | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Ryan Bennett | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jason Phillips | C | 68 | 575 | 52 | 4 | 5 | .994 | 9.221 | 5 | 48 | 23 | 32.4 |
| Ryan Bennett | C | 53 | 346 | 46 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 7.396 | 8 | 44 | 20 | 31.2 |
| Tom Stanton | C | 23 | 192 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 9.217 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 43.5 |
| Clark Lambert | C | 10 | 54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.200 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 26.7 |
| Alex Escobar | CF | 101 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Johnson | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Dina | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Moreno | LF | 102 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | LF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Johnson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | OF | 103 | 122 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .950 | 1.291 | ||||
| Juan Moreno | OF | 102 | 108 | 9 | 11 | 1 | .914 | 1.147 | ||||
| Alex Escobar | OF | 101 | 186 | 5 | 12 | 1 | .941 | 1.891 | ||||
| Tom Johnson | OF | 84 | 159 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .949 | 1.976 | ||||
| Cory Patton | OF | 42 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .926 | 1.190 | ||||
| Allen Dina | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Roach | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Bennett | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Shawn Barry | P | 52 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .192 | ||||
| Pat Gorman | P | 42 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .333 | ||||
| Tyler Walker | P | 34 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .909 | .588 | ||||
| Derek Gaskill | P | 29 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .857 | .414 | ||||
| Eric Cammack | P | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| Todd Cutchins | P | 23 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 1 | .905 | 1.652 | ||||
| Dave Lohrman | P | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Leo Estrella | P | 20 | 5 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .886 | 1.550 | ||||
| Kevin Dougherty | P | 20 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 1.450 | ||||
| Tim Corcoran | P | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dicky Gonzalez | P | 18 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 2.278 | ||||
| Geoff Goetz | P | 15 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.133 | ||||
| Jerrod Riggan | P | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Juan Brito | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Mark Maberry | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Sean Johnston | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .909 | ||||
| Ray Lovingood | P | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Humberto Santana | P | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Berger | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Kirk Presley | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Queen | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Roach | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ethan McEntire | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brendan Behn | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Johnson | RF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | RF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Roach | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Bennett | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerson Perez | SS | 100 | 138 | 312 | 28 | 61 | .941 | 4.500 | ||||
| Kenny Miller | SS | 35 | 47 | 104 | 15 | 20 | .910 | 4.314 | ||||
| Sean McGrath | SS | 4 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | SS | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Angel Espada | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| César Crespo | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2002 | 3718 | 1587 | 216 | 371 | .961 | 2.650 | 19 | 116 | 57 | 32.9 |
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.
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