1997 Columbus Clippers Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 79-63
Finished 1st in the IL's West Division
Manager: Stump Merrill (79-63)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Ballpark: Harold Cooper Stadium
Attendance: 507,810, Avg. 7,694 in 66 home dates

1997 Columbus Clippers Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Charlotte Knights 1
Finals - Rochester Red Wings 3 games, Columbus Clippers 2

The Columbus Clippers of the International League ended the 1997 season with a record of 79 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Clippers paced the circuit with 768 runs. Columbus surrendered 654 runs. Shane Spencer walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Iván Cruz and Mike Lowell swatted 15 or more also. Iván Cruz drove in 95 runs. Matt Howard led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Willie Banks topped the team with 14 wins, and Mike Jerzembeck registered a 3.6 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 Columbus Clippers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ricky Ledée, Bubba Carpenter, David Weathers, Frank Lankford, Pat Kelly, Shawn Hare, Mike Figga, Mike Buddie, René Arocha, Tom Wilson, Brian Buchanan, Clay Bellinger, Tim Raines, Pete Incaviglia, Matt Luke, Mike Gardiner, Hideki Irabu, Carlos Reyes, Kevin Lomon, Jim Mecir, Ken Edenfield, Marc Ronan, Darryl Strawberry, D'Angelo Jimenez, Dale Polley, Danny Rios, Dave Eiland, Mike Jerzembeck, Jim Converse, Dave Pavlas, Ryan Bowen, Mike Lowell, Shane Spencer, Iván Cruz, José Alberro, Ramiro Mendoza, Dwight Gooden, Scott Pose, Willie Banks, Homer Bush, Andy Fox and Matt Howard.

Stump Merrill served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Willie Banks	14	5	.737	4.27	33	24	5	1	0	3	154.0	164	87	73	18	45	0	130	4	0	7	662
Ray Ricken	11	7	.611	5.54	26	26	0	0	0	0	152.7	172	104	94	12	81	2	99	6	1	16	701
Frank Lankford	7	4	.636	2.69	15	13	2	1	1	0	93.7	84	33	28	2	22	1	40	2	0	1	374
Danny Rios	7	4	.636	3.08	58	0	14	0	0	3	84.7	73	37	29	8	31	1	53	1	0	5	351
Mike Jerzembeck	7	5	.583	3.59	20	20	0	2	0	0	130.3	125	55	52	14	37	0	118	2	0	4	540
Mike Buddie	6	6	.500	2.64	53	0	13	0	0	2	75.0	85	24	22	4	25	0	67	2	0	5	319
Mike Gardiner	5	4	.556	3.92	14	13	0	1	0	0	85.0	83	40	37	10	24	0	65	3	0	3	348
Dave Eiland	4	2	.667	6.64	13	11	2	0	0	0	62.3	80	47	46	8	14	0	43	0	0	0	277
Tim Rumer	4	7	.364	6.16	17	12	2	1	0	0	68.7	79	54	47	8	41	1	46	2	3	3	315
Hideki Irabu	2	0	1.000	1.67	4	4	0	1	1	0	27.0	19	7	5	1	5	0	28	0	3	2	101
David Weathers	2	2	.500	3.19	5	5	0	1	0	0	36.7	35	18	13	3	7	0	35	0	0	0	148
Scott Rose	2	2	.500	3.70	26	0	22	0	0	11	24.3	24	11	10	2	6	1	13	0	0	0	99
Dale Polley	2	2	.500	3.75	62	0	13	0	0	2	48.0	47	20	20	2	20	1	49	3	0	2	202
René Arocha	1	0	1.000	1.86	4	1	1	0	0	0	9.7	7	2	2	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	37
Ken Edenfield	1	0	1.000	6.92	9	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	23	19	10	2	8	0	11	1	0	3	74
Jim Mecir	1	1	.500	1.00	24	0	17	0	0	11	27.0	14	4	3	0	6	0	34	2	0	0	98
Dwight Gooden	1	1	.500	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	7	5	5	1	4	0	10	2	0	2	50
Kevin Lomon	1	1	.500	6.28	3	3	0	0	0	0	14.3	21	12	10	2	7	0	14	2	0	1	71
Dave Pavlas	1	3	.250	4.62	26	0	25	0	0	12	25.3	33	14	13	3	4	2	34	0	0	0	116
Ramiro Mendoza	0	0		5.68	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.3	7	6	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	31
Carlos Reyes	0	0		18.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	5	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	12
José Alberro	0	1	.000	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	5	4	3	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	32
Ryan Bowen	0	1	.000	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	15	10	10	1	5	0	7	1	0	0	49
Jim Converse	0	2	.000	3.32	10	1	5	0	0	1	19.0	22	8	7	1	11	1	13	0	0	1	86
Sal Urso	0	3	.000	4.73	24	2	9	0	0	0	45.7	59	29	24	4	19	0	44	3	4	5	211
Totals	79	63	.556	4.16	453	142	133	9	2	45	1234.7	1288	654	571	108	426	10	975	38	11	60	5304

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
Matt Howard	122	548	478	90	149	28	7	6	67	22	7	54	33	.312	.391	.437	.828	209	12	10	3	3	1
Iván Cruz	116	497	417	69	125	35	1	24	95	4	5	65	78	.300	.404	.561	.966	234	8	11	0	4	10
Clay Bellinger	111	460	416	55	114	31	3	12	59	10	4	34	74	.274	.338	.450	.788	187	10	7	2	1	2
Shane Spencer	125	533	452	78	109	34	4	30	86	0	2	71	105	.241	.346	.533	.879	241	8	4	1	5	1
Mike Figga	110	414	390	48	95	14	4	12	54	3	3	18	104	.244	.278	.392	.671	153	9	2	1	3	0
Andy Fox	95	376	318	66	87	11	4	6	33	28	11	54	64	.274	.380	.390	.770	124	5	1	2	1	5
Matt Luke	87	371	337	42	77	19	3	8	45	0	3	29	64	.228	.296	.374	.670	126	9	4	0	1	1
Bubba Carpenter	85	323	271	47	76	12	4	6	39	4	8	48	46	.280	.388	.421	.808	114	3	0	3	1	0
Scott Pose	57	266	227	50	70	10	7	2	32	13	5	32	29	.308	.405	.441	.846	100	2	5	2	0	0
Homer Bush	74	312	275	36	68	10	3	2	26	12	7	25	56	.247	.308	.327	.635	90	6	1	7	4	0
Tim Barker	65	240	208	36	58	10	2	5	30	14	6	32	41	.279	.375	.418	.793	87	5	0	0	0	0
Mike Lowell	57	243	210	36	58	13	1	15	45	2	4	23	34	.276	.347	.562	.909	118	6	3	1	6	0
Ricky Ledée	43	192	170	38	52	12	1	10	39	4	0	21	49	.306	.385	.565	.950	96	5	1	0	0	0
Marc Ronan	55	184	156	16	43	12	0	1	19	1	3	27	24	.276	.386	.372	.758	58	9	1	0	0	3
Brian Buchanan	18	70	61	8	17	1	0	4	7	2	1	4	11	.279	.348	.492	.840	30	3	3	1	1	0
Nick Delvecchio	31	113	95	16	17	1	1	4	10	1	0	17	39	.179	.310	.337	.647	32	3	1	0	0	0
Pat Kelly	11	48	44	8	15	4	0	2	6	1	1	4	6	.341	.396	.568	.964	25	1	0	0	0	1
Darryl Strawberry	11	47	38	8	11	3	0	6	19	0	0	8	10	.289	.404	.842	1.246	32	1	0	0	1	0
R. D. Long	19	52	49	6	9	2	0	2	6	2	0	2	18	.184	.212	.347	.558	17	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Brown	10	36	33	4	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	3	.182	.229	.242	.471	8	0	0	1	0	0
Shawn Hare	11	28	24	3	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	9	.208	.321	.250	.571	6	1	0	0	0	0
Pete Incaviglia	3	13	13	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Troilo	8	27	22	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	9	.136	.269	.227	.497	5	0	0	1	0	0
Paul Russo	9	27	22	3	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	5	6	.136	.296	.409	.705	9	2	0	0	0	0
Tim Raines	4	16	13	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.154	.312	.154	.466	2	0	0	0	0	0
D'Angelo Jimenez	2	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.125	.143	.268	1	1	0	0	1	0
Willie Banks	35	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Wilson	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1375	5450	4751	768	1274	266	46	159	728	124	70	587	920	.268	.353	.444	.797	2109	109	54	25	33	24

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Iván Cruz	1B	114	974	83	8	89	.992	9.272
Matt Luke	1B	18	157	15	2	14	.989	9.556
Clay Bellinger	1B	9	65	2	0	7	1.000	7.444
Shawn Hare	1B	5	30	4	2	4	.944	6.800
Marc Ronan	1B	3	18	2	0	4	1.000	6.667
Homer Bush	2B	74	153	253	9	62	.978	5.486
Tim Barker	2B	31	54	74	2	16	.985	4.129
Andy Fox	2B	22	46	66	2	13	.982	5.091
Pat Kelly	2B	10	15	39	0	6	1.000	5.400
Matt Howard	2B	5	6	13	0	2	1.000	3.800
Clay Bellinger	2B	3	8	8	0	1	1.000	5.333
Andy Fox	3B	49	26	101	9	6	.934	2.592
Clay Bellinger	3B	48	28	84	10	9	.918	2.333
Mike Lowell	3B	43	31	73	5	5	.954	2.419
R. D. Long	3B	8	2	5	3	1	.700	.875
Jason Troilo	3B	2	1	2	1	0	.750	1.500
Shane Spencer	3B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Paul Russo	3B	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Mike Figga	C	102	706	62	11	6	.986	7.529	12	69	32	31.7
Marc Ronan	C	48	249	36	3	3	.990	5.938	5	42	15	26.3
Jason Troilo	C	4	26	6	0	1	1.000	8.000	1	4	2	33.3
Tom Wilson	C	1	8	0	0	0	1.000	8.000	0	1	0	0.0
Paul Russo	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	1	0	0
Bubba Carpenter	CF	67						.000
Scott Pose	CF	44						.000
Clay Bellinger	CF	31						.000
Andy Fox	CF	2						.000
Tim Barker	CF	2						.000
Willie Banks	CF	1						.000
Shane Spencer	LF	73						.000
Ricky Ledée	LF	18						.000
Tim Barker	LF	17						.000
Scott Pose	LF	12						.000
Bubba Carpenter	LF	8						.000
Clay Bellinger	LF	7						.000
Tim Raines	LF	4						.000
Andy Fox	LF	4						.000
Pete Incaviglia	LF	3						.000
Nick Delvecchio	LF	1						.000
Shane Spencer	OF	109	188	5	4	0	.980	1.771
Bubba Carpenter	OF	79	164	6	1	3	.994	2.152
Matt Luke	OF	63	106	8	2	0	.983	1.810
Scott Pose	OF	56	113	6	1	2	.992	2.125
Clay Bellinger	OF	37	73	4	2	0	.975	2.081
Ricky Ledée	OF	34	56	0	2	0	.966	1.647
Tim Barker	OF	19	40	3	0	1	1.000	2.263
Brian Buchanan	OF	12	17	1	1	0	.947	1.500
Ron Brown	OF	10	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Andy Fox	OF	6	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Tim Raines	OF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Shawn Hare	OF	4	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Pete Incaviglia	OF	3	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.667
Nick Delvecchio	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Willie Banks	OF	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Dale Polley	P	62	2	8	0	0	1.000	.161
Danny Rios	P	58	9	12	0	0	1.000	.362
Mike Buddie	P	53	7	15	0	1	1.000	.415
Willie Banks	P	33	14	21	2	0	.946	1.061
Scott Rose	P	26	2	5	0	0	1.000	.269
Ray Ricken	P	26	15	19	2	1	.944	1.308
Dave Pavlas	P	26	2	0	1	0	.667	.077
Sal Urso	P	24	1	9	0	1	1.000	.417
Jim Mecir	P	24	1	6	0	0	1.000	.292
Mike Jerzembeck	P	20	5	9	0	1	1.000	.700
Tim Rumer	P	17	1	7	0	0	1.000	.471
Frank Lankford	P	15	9	12	1	2	.955	1.400
Mike Gardiner	P	14	3	11	0	1	1.000	1.000
Dave Eiland	P	13	5	11	0	0	1.000	1.231
Jim Converse	P	10	1	2	0	1	1.000	.300
Ken Edenfield	P	9	2	0	0	0	1.000	.222
David Weathers	P	5	3	1	1	0	.800	.800
Hideki Irabu	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
René Arocha	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Kevin Lomon	P	3	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.667
Dwight Gooden	P	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ryan Bowen	P	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Carlos Reyes	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ramiro Mendoza	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
José Alberro	P	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Matt Luke	RF	63						.000
Shane Spencer	RF	36						.000
Ricky Ledée	RF	16						.000
Brian Buchanan	RF	12						.000
Ron Brown	RF	10						.000
Shawn Hare	RF	4						.000
Bubba Carpenter	RF	4						.000
Nick Delvecchio	RF	2						.000
Matt Howard	SS	110	154	293	5	69	.989	4.064
Andy Fox	SS	17	30	51	3	9	.964	4.765
Clay Bellinger	SS	11	13	39	3	2	.945	4.727
Mike Lowell	SS	3	5	10	3	3	.833	5.000
Tim Barker	SS	3	2	5	2	2	.778	2.333
D'Angelo Jimenez	SS	2	2	8	2	0	.833	5.000
Totals		2083	3704	1534	106	348	.980	2.515	19	116	49	29.7

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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