1997 Chico Heat Statistics
Western League (WL) - Independent
Team Record: 45-45
Finished 2nd in the WL's South Division
Manager: Bill Plummer (45-45)
Location: Chico, California
Ballpark: Nettleton Stadium
Attendance: 116,311, Avg. 2,585
1997 Chico Heat RosterTeam Record: 45-45
Finished 2nd in the WL's South Division
Manager: Bill Plummer (45-45)
Location: Chico, California
Ballpark: Nettleton Stadium
Attendance: 116,311, Avg. 2,585
Playoffs - Chico Heat 2 games, Sonoma County Crushers 1
Finals - Chico Heat 3 games, Reno Chukars 1
The Chico Heat of the Western League ended the 1997 season with a record of 45 wins and 45 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Heat plated 556 runs and yielded 495 runs. Terrel Hansen paced Chico with 22 home runs, while Ken Shamburg walloped 15 or more, too. Ken Shamburg drove in 73 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .315 average. Rafael Novoa led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.69 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1997 Chico Heat who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joey Dawley, Jeremy Hernandez and Rafael Novoa.
Bill Plummer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Novoa | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.69 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117.0 | 120 | 53 | 48 | 6 | 57 | 1 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 509 |
| Scott Navarro | 8 | 8 | .500 | 4.00 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 119.3 | 137 | 67 | 53 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 525 |
| Ed Quijada | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.43 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81.3 | 91 | 46 | 40 | 9 | 41 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 363 |
| Paul Runyan | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.96 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 119.7 | 132 | 90 | 66 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 534 |
| Josh Montgomery | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.79 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 81 | 55 | 47 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 77 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 337 |
| Adam Bryant | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.05 | 43 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.3 | 54 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 260 |
| Jeremy Hernandez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.82 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 56 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 206 |
| Pete Magre | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.16 | 39 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.0 | 79 | 58 | 50 | 12 | 33 | 1 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 336 |
| Mike Guilfoyle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.91 | 39 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 44 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
| Joey Dawley | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.35 | 41 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 41.3 | 42 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 186 |
| Nate Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Brad Van Mierlo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Bobby Hayselden | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 71 | |
| Chad Angerhofer | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Totals | 45 | 45 | .500 | 4.66 | 315 | 90 | 85 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 794.0 | 874 | 495 | 411 | 59 | 329 | 12 | 602 | 44 | 2 | 30 | 3553 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Shamburg | 90 | 408 | 349 | 74 | 110 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 56 | .315 | .407 | .562 | .968 | 196 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Matt Davis | 90 | 413 | 342 | 73 | 104 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 42 | .304 | .405 | .447 | .852 | 153 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Wes Hawkins | 84 | 365 | 312 | 52 | 83 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 58 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 70 | .266 | .360 | .433 | .793 | 135 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Terrel Hansen | 58 | 257 | 224 | 52 | 72 | 13 | 0 | 22 | 60 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 41 | .321 | .401 | .674 | 1.075 | 151 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Corey Paul | 53 | 238 | 184 | 48 | 64 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 15 | 1 | 49 | 42 | .348 | .496 | .549 | 1.045 | 101 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Arntzen | 84 | 323 | 294 | 34 | 59 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 72 | .201 | .242 | .286 | .528 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Rhein | 45 | 227 | 202 | 37 | 54 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 20 | 46 | .267 | .335 | .426 | .761 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Levi Funderburk | 52 | 192 | 177 | 23 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 39 | .294 | .340 | .441 | .781 | 78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Cooper | 42 | 185 | 160 | 26 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 34 | .294 | .373 | .494 | .867 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Coats | 45 | 198 | 174 | 31 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 29 | .236 | .308 | .420 | .727 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Erik Lazerus | 48 | 182 | 163 | 29 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 37 | .245 | .313 | .294 | .607 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mat Reese | 43 | 175 | 165 | 13 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 29 | .200 | .231 | .291 | .522 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Gonzalez | 24 | 110 | 93 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | .290 | .380 | .419 | .799 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Wisler | 11 | 51 | 42 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | .429 | .529 | .857 | 1.387 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Palmer | 29 | 70 | 60 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .267 | .357 | .417 | .774 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nestor Serrano | 13 | 51 | 47 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .213 | .275 | .255 | .530 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Butterfield | 17 | 69 | 57 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | .140 | .290 | .246 | .535 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Smith | 11 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .226 | .273 | .258 | .531 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hairston | 6 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .231 | .231 | .269 | .500 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Kaitfors | 10 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .176 | .250 | .206 | .456 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirk Hagge | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Quijada | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Novoa | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 908 | 3628 | 3150 | 556 | 859 | 161 | 25 | 104 | 502 | 80 | 33 | 372 | 630 | .273 | .355 | .439 | .794 | 1382 | 42 | 48 | 28 | 30 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Shamburg | 1B | 48 | 400 | 43 | 2 | 44 | .996 | 9.229 | ||||
| Levi Funderburk | 1B | 26 | 225 | 11 | 5 | 10 | .979 | 9.077 | ||||
| Terrel Hansen | 1B | 15 | 132 | 12 | 5 | 13 | .966 | 9.600 | ||||
| Nate Palmer | 1B | 3 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Josh Kaitfors | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Butterfield | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Matt Davis | 2B | 72 | 130 | 199 | 6 | 47 | .982 | 4.569 | ||||
| Dean Smith | 2B | 11 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .945 | 4.727 | ||||
| Tony Gonzalez | 2B | 11 | 22 | 32 | 2 | 4 | .964 | 4.909 | ||||
| Kirk Hagge | 2B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Coats | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Nestor Serrano | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Tim Cooper | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| John Coats | 3B | 45 | 31 | 75 | 10 | 4 | .914 | 2.356 | ||||
| Matt Davis | 3B | 15 | 7 | 34 | 5 | 1 | .891 | 2.733 | ||||
| Tony Gonzalez | 3B | 14 | 14 | 25 | 6 | 1 | .867 | 2.786 | ||||
| Nestor Serrano | 3B | 13 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .850 | 1.308 | ||||
| Levi Funderburk | 3B | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Erik Lazerus | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ed Quijada | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Arntzen | C | 83 | 530 | 55 | 7 | 1 | .988 | 7.048 | 13 | 71 | 27 | 27.6 |
| Nate Palmer | C | 20 | 82 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 |
| Jeff Rhein | CF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Paul | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Kaitfors | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Hairston | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | LF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mat Reese | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Shamburg | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Terrel Hansen | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Levi Funderburk | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Paul | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Kaitfors | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirk Hagge | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Gonzalez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | OF | 81 | 135 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.741 | ||||
| Jeff Rhein | OF | 45 | 103 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 2.333 | ||||
| Corey Paul | OF | 43 | 91 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .979 | 2.209 | ||||
| Mat Reese | OF | 36 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.583 | ||||
| Terrel Hansen | OF | 26 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.538 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | OF | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Brian Wisler | OF | 11 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 2.545 | ||||
| Josh Kaitfors | OF | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Hairston | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Levi Funderburk | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Kirk Hagge | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Gonzalez | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Adam Bryant | P | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .163 | ||||
| Joey Dawley | P | 41 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .122 | ||||
| Pete Magre | P | 39 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .282 | ||||
| Mike Guilfoyle | P | 39 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .179 | ||||
| Josh Montgomery | P | 30 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Rafael Novoa | P | 25 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .882 | 1.200 | ||||
| Paul Runyan | P | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ed Quijada | P | 21 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .857 | ||||
| Scott Navarro | P | 21 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jeremy Hernandez | P | 18 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Bobby Hayselden | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Chad Angerhofer | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Nate Palmer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brad Van Mierlo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Corey Paul | RF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Terrel Hansen | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mat Reese | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Wisler | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Hairston | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Kaitfors | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirk Hagge | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erik Lazerus | SS | 45 | 71 | 144 | 16 | 25 | .931 | 4.778 | ||||
| Tim Cooper | SS | 42 | 90 | 129 | 18 | 33 | .924 | 5.214 | ||||
| Matt Davis | SS | 7 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.857 | ||||
| John Coats | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1367 | 2380 | 966 | 110 | 206 | .968 | 2.448 | 15 | 81 | 28 | 25.7 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
