1997 Charlotte Knights Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-65
Finished 2nd in the IL's West Division
Manager: Carlos Tosca (76-65)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Knights Castle Stadium
Attendance: 318,102, Avg. 4,748 in 67 home dates
1997 Charlotte Knights Roster

Playoffs - Columbus Clippers 3 games, Charlotte Knights 1

The Charlotte Knights of the International League ended the 1997 season with a record of 76 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Knights scored 720 runs and surrendered 744 runs. Russ Morman walloped 33 home runs for Charlotte, while Brian Daubach, Todd Dunwoody and Lou Lucca each swatted 15 or more, too. Russ Morman drove in 99 runs and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .319 clip. Reid Cornelius led the squad with 12 wins, and Kirt Ojala recorded a 3.5 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 Charlotte Knights who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Billy McMillon, Dave Berg, Andy Larkin, Vic Darensbourg, Antonio Alfonseca, John Wehner, Ralph Milliard, Kirt Ojala, Gabe González, Mike Redmond, Luis Castillo, Héctor Mercado, Liván Hernández, Russ Morman, Bob Natal, Tony Saunders, Donn Pall, Matt Whisenant, Rob Stanifer, Joe Kmak, Kurt Miller, Chris Seelbach, Bryan Ward, Bill Hurst, Chris Clapinski, Bryan Harvey, Alex Delgado, Cliff Floyd, Brian Daubach, Todd Dunwoody, Alex Cole and Reid Cornelius.

Carlos Tosca 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
Reid Cornelius125.7065.1022220100130.713482741943180415555
Kirt Ojala87.5333.5025241000149.0148745813552119304627
Antonio Alfonseca72.7784.324602000758.3583428820345223246
Reynol Mendoza78.4675.49461715009114.7134797014574932115526
Andy Larkin611.3536.0528270300144.316610997237621031514669
Chris Seelbach501.0006.26166100050.3583635734250103241
Liván Hernández53.6253.981414000081.3763936538258311352
Rob Stanifer401.0004.882201600527.734161537025102123
Vic Darensbourg42.6674.38270600224.7221212415321201110
Donn Pall47.3643.395902800879.78240301011270503334
Dan Chergey31.7503.14274900643.037181559140202174
Kurt Miller21.6673.58210200027.7251211222031205129
Matt Whisenant21.6677.20160400015.016121201201900473
Gabe González22.5002.743711100342.7381513314124200176
Bryan Ward29.1826.931514020075.310262581730448415349
Tony Saunders101.0002.7733000013.0944160900050
Bill Hurst12.3337.762701400329.0392725322215105147
Jarod Juelsgaard13.2506.04216300050.7654134539331203251
Pookie Wilson000.001010001.000001000004
Bryan Harvey000.002000001.300000000004
Gregg Press004.501100006.0533140200026
Tony Castro004.912010003.7222120100014
Joe Norris0011.8191300016.023222141301040284
Héctor Mercado01.0009.001100005.0555250100125
Totals7665.5394.9848814113560431190.0127874465815053532895557685289

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
Brian Daubach1365434616612840221931865126.278.367.510.877235761104
Russ Morman117462395821261723399325889.319.407.6231.030246640511
Dave Berg117495424761252669471675571.295.377.448.8251901331031
Todd Dunwoody10744440174105167236225339129.262.331.509.84020483012
Chris Clapinski110405340628924212521424864.262.366.450.81615399624
Lou Lucca9631929240832211851542256.284.335.551.88716172034
Chris Sheff120371322548223111431644376.255.341.435.77614051231
Bob Natal7827325134671721149221937.267.319.482.80112191020
Billy McMillon572382043457180826803251.279.378.485.8639931011
Jose Olmeda832722422450111129322141.207.270.273.5436672251
Cliff Floyd391421312748100933721029.366.415.6491.0648531001
Luis Castillo3714913025465005861622.354.425.392.8175120301
Pookie Wilson60169146273761213121726.253.335.349.6855121501
Ralph Milliard3314813219355141853921.265.326.409.7355413400
John Wehner311009316265031131618.280.323.430.7534010101
Joe Kmak361079372261012101128.237.314.323.6373030211
Alex Cole3912610520225027411820.210.331.314.6453311200
Tony Torres297668919301832726.279.347.368.7142500100
Mike Redmond226761813511201110.213.262.377.6392313201
Alex Delgado1445381810060037.211.262.237.499910310
Liván Hernández1414141520000002.357.357.500.857700000
Hector Kuilan1441393400030028.103.146.103.249420000
Bryan Ward1512121300000004.250.250.250.500310000
Reid Cornelius22322923000100012.103.100.103.203300210
Chris Seelbach1611112200000003.182.182.182.364200000
Reynol Mendoza4614131200010002.154.154.154.308200100
Donn Pall59220100000000.500.500.5001.000100000
Dan Chergey27430100000011.333.500.333.833100000
Antonio Alfonseca46330100000000.333.333.333.667100000
Jarod Juelsgaard211091100020003.111.111.111.222110100
Kirt Ojala27231801100200210.056.150.111.261200300
Maximo Rodriguez722212100000017.048.091.048.139110000
Andy Larkin28232101000100111.048.091.048.139100100
Joe Norris9110000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Tony Saunders3220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Gabe González37220000000001.000.000.000.000000000
Rob Stanifer23101000000000000100
Kurt Miller21100000000000000100
Héctor Mercado11010000000101.000000000
Totals179751704529720121426828169676125525081013.268.345.452.79620459441543835


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Brian Daubach1B10187062892.9919.228
Russ Morman1B5033926535.9867.300
Cliff Floyd1B332117.97111.000
John Wehner1B280011.0004.000
Joe Kmak1B10000.000
Chris Clapinski2B408996627.9694.625
Luis Castillo2B366697524.9704.528
Ralph Milliard2B327191133.9945.062
Jose Olmeda2B234655216.9814.391
Tony Torres2B1924440131.0003.579
Dave Berg2B212001.0001.500
John Wehner2B102001.0002.000
Lou Lucca3B91432011415.9462.681
Chris Clapinski3B24174523.9692.583
Jose Olmeda3B211354610.9183.190
John Wehner3B1483115.9752.786
Joe Kmak3B101001.0001.000
Dave Berg3B104021.0004.000
Bob NatalC723963444.9915.9728371528.8
Joe KmakC331871331.9856.061418625.0
Mike RedmondC201191321.9856.600114630.0
Hector KuilanC1476912.9886.07121375.0
Alex DelgadoC14881111.9907.07122675.0
Maximo RodriguezC649310.9818.66705228.6
Todd DunwoodyCF105.000
Chris SheffCF22.000
Alex ColeCF21.000
Pookie WilsonCF2.000
Billy McMillonLF57.000
Chris SheffLF41.000
Cliff FloydLF36.000
Jose OlmedaLF9.000
Pookie WilsonLF5.000
John WehnerLF2.000
Alex ColeLF2.000
Chris ClapinskiLF1.000
Chris SheffOF1051545001.0001.514
Todd DunwoodyOF105231521.9922.248
Billy McMillonOF5784520.9781.561
Pookie WilsonOF47752011.0001.638
Russ MormanOF41593001.0001.512
Cliff FloydOF36474001.0001.417
Alex ColeOF3446211.9801.412
Jose OlmedaOF2852410.9822.000
John WehnerOF1316010.9411.231
Bob NatalOF150001.0005.000
Chris ClapinskiOF10000.000
Donn PallP5941430.857.305
Reynol MendozaP46121923.939.674
Antonio AlfonsecaP464712.917.239
Gabe GonzálezP3761111.944.459
Andy LarkinP28102021.9381.071
Bill HurstP2703001.000.111
Vic DarensbourgP2714011.000.185
Dan ChergeyP270710.875.259
Kirt OjalaP2561933.8931.000
Rob StaniferP2222001.000.182
Reid CorneliusP22113012.9761.864
Kurt MillerP210110.500.048
Jarod JuelsgaardP215820.867.619
Matt WhisenantP161411.833.312
Chris SeelbachP1663001.000.562
Bryan WardP1531322.8891.067
Liván HernándezP1441511.9501.357
Joe NorrisP902001.000.222
Tony SaundersP301001.000.333
Bryan HarveyP210001.000.500
Tony CastroP210001.000.500
Pookie WilsonP10000.000
Gregg PressP110001.0001.000
Héctor MercadoP10000.000
Chris SheffRF50.000
Pookie WilsonRF41.000
Russ MormanRF41.000
Jose OlmedaRF19.000
Alex ColeRF12.000
John WehnerRF11.000
Bob NatalRF1.000
Dave BergSS1081353182270.9544.194
Chris ClapinskiSS324293419.9714.219
Jose OlmedaSS14211.8576.000
Totals219635701521118402.9772.31817773833.0

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.





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