1996 Canton-Akron Indians Statistics
Team Record: 71-71
Finished 3rd in the EL's South Division
Manager: Jeff Datz (71-71)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio; Canton, Ohio
Ballpark: Thurman Munson Stadium
Attendance: 213,278, Avg. 3,281 in 65 home dates
The Canton-Akron Indians of the Eastern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 71 wins and 71 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Canton- Indians paced the circuit with 768 runs, fueled by 142 home runs. Akron surrendered 663 runs. Rod McCall powered the squad with 27 home runs, while Luis Raven, Richie Sexson and Bruce Aven each walloped 15 or more, too. Rod McCall and Alex Ramírez each recorded 85 runs batted in. Alex Ramírez led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .329 average. Travis Driskill topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.61 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1996 Canton-Akron Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kevin Tolar, Erik Plantenberg, Steve Kline, José Cabrera, Travis Driskill, Einar Díaz, Richie Sexson, Enrique Wilson, Alex Ramírez, Roland de la Maza, Bruce Aven, Mike Matthews and Bartolo Colón.
Jeff Datz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Driskill | 13 | 7 | .650 | 3.61 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 169 | 89 | 69 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 148 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 732 |
| Maximo De La Rosa | 11 | 5 | .688 | 3.91 | 40 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 119.7 | 104 | 60 | 52 | 7 | 81 | 3 | 109 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 530 |
| Roland de la Maza | 9 | 7 | .562 | 4.38 | 40 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 139.7 | 122 | 75 | 68 | 15 | 49 | 3 | 132 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 587 |
| Mike Matthews | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.66 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 162.3 | 178 | 96 | 84 | 13 | 74 | 3 | 112 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 713 |
| Steve Kline | 8 | 12 | .400 | 5.46 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.7 | 168 | 98 | 89 | 16 | 55 | 2 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 658 |
| Jay Vaught | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.77 | 51 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 94.3 | 101 | 58 | 50 | 10 | 35 | 9 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 415 |
| José Cabrera | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.63 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 78 | 45 | 39 | 10 | 17 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 278 |
| Casey Whitten | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.67 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 150 |
| Bartolo Colón | 2 | 2 | .500 | 1.74 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 253 |
| Jeff Sexton | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.11 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 45 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 210 |
| Wilmer Montoya | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.38 | 43 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 50.7 | 41 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 42 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 225 |
| Jason Bullard | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.45 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Benji Grigsby | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.26 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.7 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Kevin Tolar | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.62 | 50 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.7 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 201 |
| Erik Plantenberg | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84 | |
| Tony Dougherty | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Johnny Martinez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Andy McCormack | 0 | 1 | .000 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dickie Brown | 0 | 2 | .000 | 8.03 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| Totals | 71 | 71 | .500 | 4.15 | 409 | 142 | 134 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 1228.0 | 1190 | 663 | 566 | 101 | 530 | 33 | 1020 | 47 | 13 | 63 | 5330 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ramírez | 131 | 534 | 513 | 79 | 169 | 28 | 12 | 14 | 85 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 74 | .329 | .353 | .513 | .865 | 263 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Enrique Wilson | 117 | 526 | 484 | 70 | 147 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 46 | .304 | .346 | .390 | .737 | 189 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Bruce Aven | 131 | 544 | 481 | 91 | 143 | 31 | 4 | 23 | 79 | 22 | 6 | 43 | 101 | .297 | .373 | .522 | .895 | 251 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Richie Sexson | 133 | 568 | 518 | 85 | 143 | 33 | 3 | 16 | 76 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 118 | .276 | .331 | .444 | .775 | 230 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Rod McCall | 120 | 498 | 440 | 80 | 132 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 118 | .300 | .382 | .559 | .941 | 246 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ricky Gutierrez | 119 | 532 | 484 | 69 | 122 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 55 | 18 | 9 | 37 | 56 | .252 | .305 | .331 | .636 | 160 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Einar Díaz | 104 | 418 | 395 | 47 | 111 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 22 | .281 | .317 | .380 | .696 | 150 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Thomas | 97 | 331 | 301 | 44 | 84 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 56 | .279 | .336 | .482 | .818 | 145 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Luis Raven | 74 | 309 | 268 | 57 | 81 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 73 | .302 | .388 | .601 | .989 | 161 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Jim Betzsold | 84 | 306 | 268 | 35 | 64 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 74 | .239 | .328 | .351 | .679 | 94 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Todd Betts | 77 | 285 | 238 | 35 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 51 | .252 | .361 | .319 | .681 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Mike Neal | 94 | 306 | 254 | 42 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 53 | .224 | .332 | .331 | .663 | 84 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Soliz | 46 | 158 | 143 | 18 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 28 | .259 | .316 | .357 | .673 | 51 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pat Bryant | 34 | 133 | 109 | 13 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 24 | .193 | .318 | .312 | .630 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ray Harvey | 5 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .353 | .421 | .529 | .950 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 1366 | 5467 | 4913 | 768 | 1377 | 248 | 46 | 142 | 709 | 105 | 54 | 431 | 896 | .280 | .344 | .436 | .781 | 2143 | 91 | 71 | 11 | 41 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Sexson | 1B | 104 | 892 | 76 | 11 | 91 | .989 | 9.308 | ||||
| Rod McCall | 1B | 34 | 250 | 19 | 2 | 25 | .993 | 7.912 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | 1B | 8 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .953 | 5.125 | ||||
| Luis Raven | 1B | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | 2B | 99 | 197 | 263 | 12 | 63 | .975 | 4.646 | ||||
| Mike Neal | 2B | 43 | 76 | 101 | 5 | 24 | .973 | 4.116 | ||||
| Enrique Wilson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Todd Betts | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Todd Betts | 3B | 72 | 34 | 117 | 17 | 12 | .899 | 2.097 | ||||
| Luis Raven | 3B | 64 | 32 | 114 | 19 | 9 | .885 | 2.281 | ||||
| Mike Neal | 3B | 24 | 12 | 41 | 6 | 5 | .898 | 2.208 | ||||
| Einar Díaz | 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Einar Díaz | C | 103 | 762 | 87 | 15 | 4 | .983 | 8.243 | 10 | 86 | 43 | 33.3 |
| Steve Soliz | C | 45 | 276 | 31 | 4 | 6 | .987 | 6.822 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 39.2 |
| Bruce Aven | CF | 130 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Ramírez | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Bryant | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Ramírez | LF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Thomas | LF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Bryant | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Neal | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Harvey | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Aven | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Ramírez | OF | 131 | 209 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 1.626 | ||||
| Bruce Aven | OF | 130 | 280 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .979 | 2.177 | ||||
| Jim Betzsold | OF | 84 | 140 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .966 | 1.714 | ||||
| Greg Thomas | OF | 67 | 83 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 1.343 | ||||
| Pat Bryant | OF | 33 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.455 | ||||
| Mike Neal | OF | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Ray Harvey | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jay Vaught | P | 51 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .957 | .431 | ||||
| Kevin Tolar | P | 50 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .120 | ||||
| Wilmer Montoya | P | 43 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .279 | ||||
| Maximo De La Rosa | P | 40 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Roland de la Maza | P | 40 | 15 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .975 | ||||
| Travis Driskill | P | 29 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.172 | ||||
| Mike Matthews | P | 27 | 10 | 39 | 1 | 3 | .980 | 1.815 | ||||
| Steve Kline | P | 25 | 14 | 27 | 3 | 0 | .932 | 1.640 | ||||
| Erik Plantenberg | P | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Benji Grigsby | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| José Cabrera | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Bartolo Colón | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .615 | ||||
| Jeff Sexton | P | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Jason Bullard | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Casey Whitten | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Dickie Brown | P | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Johnny Martinez | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Tony Dougherty | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Andy McCormack | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Betzsold | RF | 84 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Ramírez | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Thomas | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Bryant | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Enrique Wilson | SS | 113 | 179 | 342 | 28 | 74 | .949 | 4.611 | ||||
| Ricky Gutierrez | SS | 20 | 26 | 68 | 3 | 10 | .969 | 4.700 | ||||
| Mike Neal | SS | 12 | 19 | 30 | 8 | 7 | .860 | 4.083 | ||||
| Todd Betts | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 2092 | 3684 | 1502 | 167 | 349 | .969 | 2.479 | 12 | 117 | 63 | 35.0 |
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.
