1998 Calgary Cannons Statistics
Team Record: 81-62
Finished 1st in the PCL's West Division of the Pacific Conference
Manager: Tom Spencer (81-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Ballpark: Burns Stadium
Attendance: 296,047, Avg. 4,699 in 63 home dates
Playoffs - Calgary Cannons 3 games, Fresno Grizzlies 2
Finals - New Orleans Zephyrs 3 games, Calgary Cannons 2
The Calgary Cannons of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1998 season with a record of 81 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division of the Pacific Conference.
The Cannons plated 806 runs and surrendered 764 runs. Olmedo Sáenz paced Calgary with 29 home runs, while Kevin Roberson and Mario Valdez walloped 15 or more, too. Olmedo Sáenz drove in 102 runs. Mario Valdez led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .330. Nelson Cruz topped the squad with 10 wins, and Russ Herbert recorded a 5.07 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Kevin Beirne, Larry Casian, Bill Simas, Tom Fordham, Brian Simmons, Hensley Meulens, Kevin Roberson, Robert Machado, Olmedo Sáenz, Brian Hunter, David Lundquist, Mario Valdez, Bob Howry, Jim Abbott, Carlos Castillo, John Snyder, Chad Bradford, Luis Andújar, Rene Gonzales, José Bautista, Craig Wilson, Jeff Liefer, Todd Rizzo, Nelson Cruz, Lou Frazier, Benji Gil, Mike Heathcott, Mike Bertotti and Jim Parque were all players from the 1998 Calgary Cannons who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Tom Spencer 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 Cruz | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.33 | 35 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 126.7 | 159 | 85 | 75 | 18 | 40 | 1 | 101 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 571 |
| Mike Heathcott | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.04 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 109.0 | 113 | 65 | 61 | 12 | 51 | 2 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 483 |
| Russ Herbert | 9 | 10 | .474 | 5.06 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 163.7 | 182 | 100 | 92 | 25 | 74 | 0 | 147 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 728 |
| John Snyder | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.36 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 112 | 49 | 47 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 429 |
| Todd Rizzo | 7 | 3 | .700 | 6.75 | 50 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 72.0 | 102 | 62 | 54 | 6 | 39 | 3 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 358 |
| Rich Pratt | 6 | 12 | .333 | 6.29 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133.0 | 191 | 112 | 93 | 29 | 44 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 615 |
| Chad Bradford | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.94 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 50 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 205 |
| Larry Casian | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.63 | 43 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52.0 | 53 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 216 |
| Tom Fordham | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.02 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 225 |
| David Lundquist | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.60 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Mike Bertotti | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.94 | 43 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 80.3 | 90 | 56 | 53 | 10 | 50 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 383 |
| José Bautista | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.92 | 35 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 41.3 | 52 | 24 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 181 |
| Luis Andújar | 3 | 3 | .500 | 6.26 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 62 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 226 |
| Derek Hasselhoff | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.63 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89 |
| Jim Abbott | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.61 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 126 |
| Jim Parque | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.94 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 49 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 213 |
| Bill Simas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Carlos Castillo | 1 | 1 | .500 | 9.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Bob Howry | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.41 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31.7 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 130 |
| Kevin Beirne | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Eric Christopherson | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Bob Theodile | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.68 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 178 |
| Totals | 81 | 62 | .566 | 4.98 | 456 | 143 | 135 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 1242.3 | 1410 | 764 | 687 | 165 | 504 | 19 | 919 | 59 | 16 | 59 | 5536 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Valdez | 123 | 524 | 448 | 86 | 148 | 32 | 0 | 20 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 102 | .330 | .420 | .536 | .956 | 240 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Olmedo Sáenz | 124 | 540 | 466 | 89 | 146 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 49 | .313 | .394 | .562 | .957 | 262 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Craig Wilson | 120 | 486 | 432 | 67 | 132 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 69 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 41 | .306 | .361 | .456 | .817 | 197 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Kevin Roberson | 119 | 487 | 431 | 84 | 117 | 36 | 0 | 27 | 97 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 128 | .271 | .340 | .543 | .882 | 234 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Benji Gil | 128 | 516 | 460 | 80 | 114 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 69 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 90 | .248 | .311 | .413 | .724 | 190 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Lou Frazier | 101 | 461 | 397 | 81 | 107 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 57 | 84 | .270 | .364 | .456 | .820 | 181 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jason Evans | 127 | 486 | 424 | 62 | 107 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 10 | 4 | 49 | 96 | .252 | .330 | .366 | .695 | 155 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Pearson | 99 | 382 | 354 | 32 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 63 | .291 | .330 | .415 | .745 | 147 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Brian Simmons | 94 | 403 | 355 | 72 | 103 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 82 | .290 | .362 | .482 | .844 | 171 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Robert Machado | 66 | 269 | 239 | 31 | 63 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 33 | .264 | .326 | .393 | .719 | 94 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Toth | 72 | 281 | 246 | 31 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 44 | .232 | .303 | .354 | .657 | 87 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Brandon Moore | 86 | 270 | 244 | 37 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 30 | .209 | .273 | .258 | .532 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| John Finn | 45 | 178 | 148 | 31 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 9 | .311 | .408 | .405 | .813 | 60 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Christopherson | 21 | 64 | 54 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .352 | .419 | .704 | 1.123 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Rene Gonzales | 15 | 57 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .205 | .375 | .227 | .602 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Liefer | 8 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | .258 | .303 | .452 | .755 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hensley Meulens | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .375 | .375 | 1.250 | 1.625 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Hunter | 11 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .097 | .189 | .129 | .318 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Demond Smith | 5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1366 | 5500 | 4829 | 806 | 1337 | 289 | 23 | 162 | 745 | 100 | 41 | 496 | 895 | .277 | .350 | .447 | .797 | 2158 | 121 | 75 | 46 | 54 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Valdez | 1B | 117 | 1002 | 75 | 14 | 107 | .987 | 9.205 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 1B | 18 | 123 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | 7.111 | ||||
| Eddie Pearson | 1B | 12 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.583 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | 1B | 2 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Brian Hunter | 1B | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | 2B | 79 | 175 | 206 | 3 | 54 | .992 | 4.823 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 2B | 57 | 116 | 119 | 3 | 30 | .987 | 4.123 | ||||
| John Finn | 2B | 23 | 47 | 58 | 0 | 18 | 1.000 | 4.565 | ||||
| Rene Gonzales | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Olmedo Sáenz | 3B | 113 | 75 | 235 | 21 | 24 | .937 | 2.743 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | 3B | 26 | 6 | 31 | 2 | 4 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
| John Finn | 3B | 12 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Rene Gonzales | 3B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jason Evans | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dave Toth | C | 68 | 423 | 52 | 4 | 8 | .992 | 6.985 | 12 | 42 | 28 | 40.0 |
| Robert Machado | C | 61 | 409 | 39 | 6 | 4 | .987 | 7.344 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 62.9 |
| Eric Christopherson | C | 18 | 107 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .983 | 6.444 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 26.3 |
| Brian Simmons | CF | 74 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Frazier | CF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Roberson | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demond Smith | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benji Gil | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Evans | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Evans | LF | 92 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Roberson | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene Gonzales | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Hunter | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Frazier | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Liefer | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Wilson | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Valdez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Hensley Meulens | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demond Smith | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Finn | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Evans | OF | 120 | 199 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .986 | 1.708 | ||||
| Kevin Roberson | OF | 115 | 236 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .980 | 2.130 | ||||
| Brian Simmons | OF | 92 | 197 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .967 | 2.207 | ||||
| Lou Frazier | OF | 73 | 153 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 2.137 | ||||
| Rene Gonzales | OF | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| John Finn | OF | 11 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Brian Hunter | OF | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.222 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Demond Smith | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mario Valdez | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Hensley Meulens | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Benji Gil | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Christopherson | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Rizzo | P | 50 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .260 | ||||
| Larry Casian | P | 43 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .372 | ||||
| Mike Bertotti | P | 43 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .905 | .442 | ||||
| Mike Heathcott | P | 39 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | .538 | ||||
| Nelson Cruz | P | 35 | 6 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .917 | .943 | ||||
| José Bautista | P | 35 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .229 | ||||
| Rich Pratt | P | 29 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .944 | 1.172 | ||||
| Chad Bradford | P | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .483 | ||||
| Russ Herbert | P | 28 | 14 | 28 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bob Howry | P | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Bob Theodile | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| John Snyder | P | 15 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
| Derek Hasselhoff | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Luis Andújar | P | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .615 | ||||
| David Lundquist | P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Tom Fordham | P | 9 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Jim Parque | P | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Bill Simas | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jim Abbott | P | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Carlos Castillo | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Christopherson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Roberson | RF | 85 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Evans | RF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Simmons | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Finn | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lou Frazier | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demond Smith | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benji Gil | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Christopherson | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benji Gil | SS | 117 | 160 | 319 | 29 | 69 | .943 | 4.094 | ||||
| Craig Wilson | SS | 33 | 32 | 92 | 4 | 22 | .969 | 3.758 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | SS | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.667 | ||||
| Totals | 2120 | 3727 | 1516 | 131 | 383 | .976 | 2.473 | 19 | 69 | 55 | 44.4 |
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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