1999 Charlotte Knights Statistics
Team Record: 82-62
Finished 2nd in the IL's South Division
Manager: Tom Spencer (82-62)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Fort Mill, South Carolina
Ballpark: Knights Castle Stadium
Attendance: 344,199, Avg. 4,917 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - Charlotte Knights 3 games, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons 2
Finals - Charlotte Knights 3 games, Durham Bulls 1
The Charlotte Knights of the International League ended the 1999 season with a record of 82 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Knights plated 836 runs and surrendered 763 runs. Luis Raven walloped 33 home runs for Charlotte, while Mario Valdez and Chad Mottola swatted 15 or more as well. Luis Raven drove in 125 runs. Chad Mottola led all regular batters by connecting at a .321 clip. Mike Heathcott topped the squad with 10 wins, and Carlos Castillo registered a 5.16 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Joe Davenport, Trey Beamon, Esteban Beltré, Mario Valdez, Carlos Castillo, John Snyder, Tilson Brito, Jeff Abbott, David Lundquist, Carlos Lee, Robert Machado, Dave Hollins, Ben VanRyn, Scott Eyre, Luis Andújar, Chad Bradford, Bryan Ward, McKay Christensen, Todd Rizzo, Jeff Liefer, Pat Daneker, Chad Mottola, Mike Heathcott, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne, Scott Lydy, Tom Fordham and Tanyon Sturtze were all players from the 1999 Charlotte Knights who played in the Majors 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Heathcott | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.17 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 139.3 | 177 | 89 | 80 | 14 | 64 | 1 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 632 |
| Chad Bradford | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.94 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 74.3 | 63 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 293 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 9 | 4 | .692 | 4.05 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 104.3 | 83 | 53 | 47 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 433 |
| Carlos Castillo | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.15 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 136.3 | 150 | 88 | 78 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 583 |
| Derek Hasselhoff | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.82 | 49 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 71.0 | 83 | 46 | 38 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 311 |
| Scott Eyre | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.82 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 75 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 291 |
| Kevin Beirne | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.42 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 134 | 75 | 68 | 14 | 36 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 495 |
| Pat Daneker | 4 | 4 | .500 | 6.57 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 64 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 230 |
| Luis Andújar | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.00 | 52 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 60.0 | 62 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 252 |
| Todd Rizzo | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.06 | 53 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 71.0 | 68 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 308 |
| Tom Fordham | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.31 | 29 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 144 | 101 | 91 | 25 | 66 | 0 | 101 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 538 |
| John Snyder | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.24 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Ben VanRyn | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.93 | 47 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 68.3 | 83 | 47 | 45 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 314 |
| Bryan Ward | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Jason Olsen | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 84 | 59 | 49 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 296 |
| Jason Secoda | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.28 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 54 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 201 |
| David Lundquist | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Adam Virchis | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Joe Davenport | 0 | 0 | 8.00 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| Totals | 82 | 62 | .569 | 4.98 | 461 | 144 | 132 | 12 | 1 | 42 | 1225.0 | 1378 | 763 | 678 | 154 | 440 | 8 | 952 | 37 | 5 | 72 | 5397 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Mottola | 140 | 581 | 511 | 95 | 164 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 94 | 18 | 6 | 60 | 83 | .321 | .391 | .517 | .907 | 264 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Luis Raven | 139 | 592 | 532 | 97 | 150 | 32 | 4 | 33 | 125 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 127 | .282 | .343 | .543 | .887 | 289 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Mitch Simons | 119 | 538 | 474 | 85 | 137 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 22 | 6 | 45 | 67 | .289 | .363 | .405 | .768 | 192 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Tilson Brito | 111 | 458 | 406 | 60 | 129 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 66 | .318 | .385 | .498 | .882 | 202 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mario Valdez | 121 | 491 | 402 | 78 | 110 | 17 | 2 | 26 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 91 | .274 | .403 | .520 | .923 | 209 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeff Abbott | 67 | 299 | 277 | 42 | 88 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 27 | .318 | .350 | .509 | .859 | 141 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Brandon Moore | 90 | 339 | 299 | 44 | 85 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 41 | .284 | .331 | .378 | .709 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| Brian Simmons | 78 | 329 | 285 | 53 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 60 | .270 | .363 | .425 | .787 | 121 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Toth | 79 | 289 | 261 | 36 | 64 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 38 | .245 | .316 | .368 | .684 | 96 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Hollins | 63 | 249 | 199 | 49 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 37 | .317 | .438 | .528 | .965 | 105 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Eric Christopherson | 63 | 223 | 188 | 36 | 59 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 39 | .314 | .406 | .452 | .859 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeff Liefer | 46 | 195 | 171 | 36 | 58 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 26 | .339 | .412 | .608 | 1.021 | 104 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Manny Gonzalez | 48 | 142 | 129 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20 | .310 | .336 | .395 | .731 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Carlos Lee | 25 | 106 | 94 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14 | .351 | .396 | .532 | .928 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Esteban Beltré | 38 | 133 | 121 | 27 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .256 | .292 | .372 | .664 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Eddie | 33 | 133 | 119 | 14 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .252 | .282 | .336 | .619 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Ricky Magdaleno | 27 | 91 | 81 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 | .235 | .292 | .321 | .613 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Gabby Martinez | 16 | 57 | 49 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .286 | .352 | .551 | .903 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Beamon | 18 | 57 | 54 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .259 | .298 | .407 | .706 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Lydy | 19 | 76 | 66 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | .212 | .289 | .333 | .623 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Machado | 16 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .204 | .283 | .370 | .654 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Inglin | 14 | 44 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .205 | .295 | .436 | .731 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 9 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .286 | .286 | .357 | .643 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Ramirez | 6 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .143 | .235 | .214 | .450 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| McKay Christensen | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1386 | 5519 | 4843 | 836 | 1405 | 309 | 22 | 164 | 777 | 95 | 37 | 506 | 850 | .290 | .362 | .465 | .827 | 2250 | 112 | 70 | 52 | 48 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Valdez | 1B | 99 | 732 | 54 | 7 | 65 | .991 | 7.939 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | 1B | 29 | 207 | 20 | 2 | 15 | .991 | 7.828 | ||||
| Luis Raven | 1B | 14 | 93 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .980 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dave Hollins | 1B | 9 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .985 | 7.222 | ||||
| Carlos Lee | 1B | 4 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.750 | ||||
| Scott Lydy | 1B | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Steve Eddie | 1B | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Ricky Magdaleno | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tilson Brito | 2B | 95 | 183 | 255 | 16 | 53 | .965 | 4.611 | ||||
| Mitch Simons | 2B | 49 | 92 | 116 | 2 | 28 | .990 | 4.245 | ||||
| Jose Gonzalez | 2B | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | 2B | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ricky Magdaleno | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Hollins | 3B | 49 | 30 | 55 | 9 | 2 | .904 | 1.735 | ||||
| Mitch Simons | 3B | 46 | 27 | 68 | 4 | 2 | .960 | 2.065 | ||||
| Steve Eddie | 3B | 29 | 20 | 45 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 2.241 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | 3B | 21 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.714 | ||||
| Carlos Lee | 3B | 13 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | .882 | 2.308 | ||||
| Luis Raven | 3B | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Tilson Brito | 3B | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Jose Gonzalez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ricky Magdaleno | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Manny Gonzalez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dave Toth | C | 75 | 475 | 55 | 7 | 4 | .987 | 7.067 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 38.8 |
| Eric Christopherson | C | 62 | 396 | 27 | 6 | 3 | .986 | 6.823 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 41.9 |
| Robert Machado | C | 16 | 111 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 7.688 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 57.1 |
| Brian Simmons | CF | 78 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Abbott | CF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Mottola | CF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Gonzalez | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Ramirez | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mitch Simons | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| McKay Christensen | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tilson Brito | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Abbott | LF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mitch Simons | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Liefer | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Gonzalez | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Valdez | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Inglin | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Lee | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tilson Brito | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trey Beamon | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Mottola | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Toth | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Moore | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Mottola | OF | 138 | 288 | 17 | 6 | 4 | .981 | 2.210 | ||||
| Brian Simmons | OF | 78 | 171 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 2.269 | ||||
| Jeff Abbott | OF | 67 | 136 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 2.090 | ||||
| Manny Gonzalez | OF | 41 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.878 | ||||
| Mitch Simons | OF | 25 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.720 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | OF | 25 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .920 | ||||
| Mario Valdez | OF | 22 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Scott Lydy | OF | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.882 | ||||
| Jeff Inglin | OF | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Trey Beamon | OF | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Tilson Brito | OF | 10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Carlos Lee | OF | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Dan Ramirez | OF | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brandon Moore | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dave Toth | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| McKay Christensen | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Todd Rizzo | P | 53 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .264 | ||||
| Luis Andújar | P | 52 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .250 | ||||
| Derek Hasselhoff | P | 49 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .347 | ||||
| Ben VanRyn | P | 47 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .255 | ||||
| Chad Bradford | P | 47 | 5 | 25 | 3 | 1 | .909 | .638 | ||||
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .576 | ||||
| Mike Heathcott | P | 32 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 6 | .949 | 1.156 | ||||
| Tom Fordham | P | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| Jason Olsen | P | 22 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Carlos Castillo | P | 20 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .950 | ||||
| Bryan Ward | P | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Scott Eyre | P | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Pat Daneker | P | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Jason Secoda | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Joe Davenport | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Adam Virchis | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| John Snyder | P | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Lundquist | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chad Mottola | RF | 121 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Gonzalez | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Valdez | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Lydy | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Moore | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tilson Brito | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trey Beamon | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Ramirez | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Liefer | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Abbott | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Moore | SS | 67 | 87 | 191 | 16 | 44 | .946 | 4.149 | ||||
| Esteban Beltré | SS | 38 | 45 | 113 | 6 | 19 | .963 | 4.158 | ||||
| Ricky Magdaleno | SS | 23 | 32 | 50 | 5 | 14 | .943 | 3.565 | ||||
| Gabby Martinez | SS | 16 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 5 | .946 | 3.312 | ||||
| Mitch Simons | SS | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 1.750 | ||||
| Steve Eddie | SS | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .750 | 2.250 | ||||
| Tilson Brito | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2226 | 3675 | 1419 | 135 | 311 | .974 | 2.288 | 11 | 72 | 52 | 41.9 |
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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