1997 Columbia Mules Statistics
Team Record: 38-31
Finished 2nd in the HL
Manager: John Mitchell (38-31)
Location: Columbia, Tennessee
Ballpark: Mules Stadium
Attendance: 22,253, Avg. 645
Playoffs - Columbia Mules 2 games, Tennessee Tomahawks 1
Finals - Columbia Mules 3 games, Anderson Lawmen 1
The Columbia Mules of the Heartland League ended the 1997 season with a record of 38 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the HL.
The Mules scored 340 runs and allowed 292 runs. Eric Harris led Columbia with 11 home runs and drove in 52 runs, while leading all regular batters by hitting .326. Keith Hedrick topped the team with 9 wins, and John Mitchell recorded a 2.28 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1997 Columbia Mules who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Charlie Mitchell, Tom Bolton, John Mitchell and Jeff McKnight.
John Mitchell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Hedrick | 9 | 2 | .818 | 2.54 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 85.0 | 73 | 29 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 343 |
| Kris Cooper | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.08 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 80 | 47 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 326 |
| John Mitchell | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.27 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 63.3 | 58 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 261 |
| Zac Stark | 5 | 8 | .385 | 3.62 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 99.3 | 93 | 48 | 40 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 419 |
| Ben Yoder | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.86 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 115 |
| Tom Bolton | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27.0 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| Hugh Holliday | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.17 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23.0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
| Genus Miller | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 77 |
| Chris Weekley | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.3 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
| Brent Fronaberger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.02 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| John Collier | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.69 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.7 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.02 | 25 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 26.7 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Bill Eden | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kevin Brinn | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.87 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.3 | 45 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 202 |
| Jason Counts | 0 | 3 | .000 | 10.86 | 24 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 49 | 44 | 39 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 178 |
| Totals | 39 | 31 | .557 | 3.51 | 182 | 70 | 61 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 595.3 | 553 | 292 | 232 | 43 | 180 | 3 | 384 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 2521 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Harris | 70 | 291 | 264 | 44 | 86 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 52 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 44 | .326 | .381 | .557 | .938 | 147 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tim Tiller | 64 | 237 | 219 | 34 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | .288 | .323 | .320 | .643 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Bonczynski | 62 | 241 | 214 | 26 | 59 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 50 | .276 | .353 | .421 | .773 | 90 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jim Waggoner | 65 | 278 | 230 | 37 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 27 | .252 | .365 | .330 | .695 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Jordan Beddies | 51 | 217 | 185 | 32 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 22 | 66 | .297 | .381 | .476 | .857 | 88 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff McKnight | 44 | 196 | 170 | 27 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | .294 | .357 | .394 | .751 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Richie Estep | 53 | 215 | 191 | 32 | 43 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 26 | .225 | .293 | .372 | .665 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Andy Thompson | 45 | 173 | 151 | 20 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | .272 | .347 | .318 | .665 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Robbie Murphy | 39 | 157 | 147 | 28 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 38 | .265 | .299 | .401 | .701 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nekie Dixon | 44 | 163 | 141 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 21 | 32 | .248 | .350 | .284 | .633 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee Marbet | 37 | 134 | 123 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .179 | .235 | .260 | .495 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Pete Snitzer | 17 | 64 | 60 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | .250 | .286 | .283 | .569 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 40 | 130 | 115 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 50 | .130 | .219 | .174 | .393 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Forehand | 14 | 54 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .122 | .204 | .143 | .347 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mudcat Brewer | 7 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .192 | .300 | .385 | .685 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Mitchell | 11 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .500 | .625 | .500 | 1.125 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Fitzpatrick | 3 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .231 | .231 | .385 | .615 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 27 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 693 | 2606 | 2309 | 340 | 599 | 116 | 11 | 38 | 303 | 83 | 36 | 221 | 451 | .259 | .331 | .369 | .699 | 851 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 26 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Harris | 1B | 45 | 412 | 28 | 12 | 28 | .973 | 9.778 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 1B | 12 | 115 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .992 | 9.917 | ||||
| Richie Estep | 1B | 9 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .989 | 9.778 | ||||
| Lee Marbet | 1B | 8 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .963 | 9.750 | ||||
| Andy Thompson | 1B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tim Tiller | 2B | 61 | 126 | 179 | 14 | 32 | .956 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jeff Forehand | 2B | 6 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | 2B | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lee Marbet | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff McKnight | 3B | 27 | 20 | 43 | 8 | 2 | .887 | 2.333 | ||||
| Lee Marbet | 3B | 26 | 13 | 61 | 11 | 7 | .871 | 2.846 | ||||
| Jeremy Bonczynski | 3B | 12 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jeff Forehand | 3B | 8 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tim Tiller | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mike Williams | C | 37 | 192 | 42 | 4 | 4 | .983 | 6.324 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 71.4 |
| Andy Thompson | C | 35 | 179 | 17 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 5.600 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 52.2 |
| Eddie Fitzpatrick | C | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 9.667 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 40.0 |
| Nekie Dixon | CF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robbie Murphy | CF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Snitzer | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jordan Beddies | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Bonczynski | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Estep | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Snitzer | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robbie Murphy | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff McKnight | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jordan Beddies | OF | 45 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .991 | 2.356 | ||||
| Jeremy Bonczynski | OF | 42 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 1.595 | ||||
| Nekie Dixon | OF | 38 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .963 | 2.053 | ||||
| Robbie Murphy | OF | 35 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 2.029 | ||||
| Richie Estep | OF | 34 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .962 | 1.500 | ||||
| Pete Snitzer | OF | 16 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Mudcat Brewer | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .320 | ||||
| Kevin Brinn | P | 25 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .240 | ||||
| Jason Counts | P | 24 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .375 | ||||
| Chris Weekley | P | 18 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Zac Stark | P | 15 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 1 | .946 | 2.333 | ||||
| Kris Cooper | P | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Keith Hedrick | P | 13 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.077 | ||||
| Hugh Holliday | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| John Collier | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| John Mitchell | P | 10 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.300 | ||||
| Ben Yoder | P | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tom Bolton | P | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.250 | ||||
| Genus Miller | P | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Brent Fronaberger | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bill Eden | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jordan Beddies | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Estep | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robbie Murphy | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mudcat Brewer | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nekie Dixon | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Bonczynski | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Waggoner | SS | 65 | 85 | 203 | 25 | 27 | .920 | 4.431 | ||||
| Jeff McKnight | SS | 6 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 6 | .920 | 3.833 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | SS | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Totals | 991 | 1786 | 826 | 110 | 148 | .960 | 2.636 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 60.7 |
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.
