1996 Columbia Mules Statistics
Team Record: 40-31
Finished 3rd in the BSL
Manager: Barry Lyons (40-31)
Location: Columbia, Tennessee
Ballpark: Mules Stadium
Attendance: 39,229, Avg. 1,105
Playoffs - Columbia Mules 2 games, Tennessee Tomahawks 1
Finals - Greenville Bluesmen 3 games, Columbia Mules 0
The Columbia Mules of the Big South League ended the 1996 season with a record of 40 wins and 31 losses, finishing third in the BSL.
The Mules conceded 358 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Columbia plated 387 runs, worst in the circuit,. Joe Seals paced the team with 13 home runs and recorded 48 runs batted in. Mandell Echols topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .315. John Mitchell led the squad with 8 wins and a team-best 3.02 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
John Mitchell and Charlie Mitchell both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Barry Lyons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mitchell | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.01 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 107.7 | 106 | 48 | 36 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 454 |
| Brent Fronaberger | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.01 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 98 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 356 |
| Ben Yoder | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.53 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51.0 | 47 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 221 |
| Keith Brown | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.43 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.3 | 81 | 49 | 43 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 323 |
| Kris Cooper | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.65 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 101 | 58 | 50 | 16 | 25 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 359 |
| Brian Ramsay | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.86 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.7 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 151 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.17 | 27 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 30.7 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 123 |
| Keith Hedrick | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.66 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 44 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 161 |
| Zac Stark | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.97 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 60 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 231 |
| Keith Cooper | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.48 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 |
| Gary Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Derrick Bottoms | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.92 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Hugh Holliday | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.49 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 32 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 127 |
| Totals | 38 | 31 | .551 | 4.26 | 205 | 69 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 611.0 | 675 | 358 | 289 | 44 | 215 | 10 | 341 | 27 | 13 | 29 | 2694 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Murphy | 67 | 307 | 291 | 59 | 88 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 12 | 40 | .302 | .332 | .399 | .731 | 116 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mandell Echols | 66 | 283 | 267 | 47 | 84 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 32 | .315 | .339 | .431 | .770 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Harris | 63 | 253 | 222 | 40 | 69 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 43 | .311 | .383 | .477 | .861 | 106 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Seals | 61 | 259 | 218 | 37 | 66 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 26 | .303 | .403 | .555 | .958 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Craig Mullins | 68 | 254 | 220 | 30 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 29 | .277 | .341 | .309 | .651 | 68 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Kremblas | 50 | 217 | 188 | 31 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 26 | 28 | .255 | .346 | .362 | .707 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Waggoner | 61 | 243 | 201 | 35 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 32 | .239 | .350 | .299 | .649 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shane Smith | 44 | 161 | 145 | 18 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | .283 | .333 | .393 | .726 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| David Keel | 37 | 153 | 128 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 26 | .312 | .414 | .484 | .899 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Ryan Brown | 46 | 137 | 118 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .263 | .350 | .466 | .816 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chris Gainer | 34 | 95 | 87 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | .287 | .316 | .483 | .799 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 33 | 109 | 93 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 15 | .258 | .352 | .344 | .696 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Tiller | 22 | 79 | 72 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .278 | .316 | .292 | .608 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Francisco Garcia | 28 | 82 | 74 | 7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19 | .257 | .321 | .284 | .605 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Cameron | 8 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .276 | .400 | .552 | .952 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Vallarelli | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .364 | .727 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Jenkins | 8 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | .182 | .280 | .227 | .507 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Brown | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Goggin | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Richardson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 718 | 2710 | 2391 | 387 | 680 | 120 | 14 | 47 | 336 | 82 | 37 | 240 | 357 | .284 | .354 | .405 | .759 | 969 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 30 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Harris | 1B | 49 | 447 | 48 | 6 | 42 | .988 | 1.102 | ||||
| Joe Seals | 1B | 17 | 176 | 13 | 4 | 12 | .979 | 11.118 | ||||
| Ryan Brown | 1B | 6 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .911 | 6.833 | ||||
| Craig Mullins | 2B | 54 | 115 | 174 | 14 | 41 | .954 | 5.352 | ||||
| Jim Waggoner | 2B | 13 | 21 | 35 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 4.308 | ||||
| Frank Kremblas | 2B | 7 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 4.286 | ||||
| Tim Tiller | 2B | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Chris Goggin | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Kremblas | 3B | 38 | 26 | 97 | 8 | 11 | .939 | 3.237 | ||||
| Chris Gainer | 3B | 29 | 23 | 36 | 9 | 4 | .868 | 2.034 | ||||
| Tim Tiller | 3B | 10 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .857 | 2.400 | ||||
| Joe Seals | 3B | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| David Keel | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Shane Smith | C | 41 | 182 | 28 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 5.122 | 5 | 50 | 16 | 24.2 |
| Francisco Garcia | C | 25 | 98 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .973 | 4.280 | 3 | 25 | 6 | 19.4 |
| Joe Seals | C | 13 | 67 | 17 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 6.462 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 44.4 |
| Mike Vallarelli | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robbie Murphy | CF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mandell Echols | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Tiller | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Richardson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Harris | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Harris | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mandell Echols | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Keel | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Kremblas | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Jenkins | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Tiller | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Harris | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Seals | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robbie Murphy | OF | 65 | 162 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .965 | 2.569 | ||||
| Mandell Echols | OF | 62 | 135 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .979 | 2.258 | ||||
| David Keel | OF | 29 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .935 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Harris | OF | 27 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .895 | 1.259 | ||||
| Tim Tiller | OF | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Tony Jenkins | OF | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.125 | ||||
| Stan Cameron | OF | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Frank Kremblas | OF | 7 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.286 | ||||
| Eric Harris | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Joe Seals | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Richardson | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | P | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Brian Ramsay | P | 23 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .522 | ||||
| Hugh Holliday | P | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Ben Yoder | P | 21 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Zac Stark | P | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .706 | ||||
| Kris Cooper | P | 17 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.529 | ||||
| Keith Hedrick | P | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .438 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .900 | 1.800 | ||||
| Brent Fronaberger | P | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| Keith Brown | P | 11 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .727 | ||||
| Derrick Bottoms | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Keith Cooper | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Gary Wilson | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Brown | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mandell Echols | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Keel | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Stan Cameron | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Tiller | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Richardson | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Jenkins | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Waggoner | SS | 49 | 76 | 157 | 20 | 28 | .921 | 4.755 | ||||
| Craig Mullins | SS | 15 | 18 | 39 | 8 | 5 | .877 | 3.800 | ||||
| Frank Kremblas | SS | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.143 | ||||
| Chris Goggin | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1038 | 1833 | 840 | 122 | 167 | .956 | 2.575 | 10 | 85 | 30 | 26.1 |
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.
