1997 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-64
Finished 2nd in the PCL's South Division
Manager: Paul Zuvella (76-64)
Affiliation: Colorado Rockies
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ballpark: Security Service Stadium
Attendance: 216,716, Avg. 3,386 in 64 home dates

1997 Colorado Springs Sky Sox Roster

Playoffs - Phoenix Firebirds 3 games, Colorado Springs Sky Sox 0

The Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 76 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Sky Sox led the league with 924 runs. Colorado Springs allowed 881 runs. Tom Quinlan paced the squad with 23 home runs, while Edgard Clemente and Todd Helton walloped 15 or more, too. Tom Quinlan drove in 113 runs. Todd Helton topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .352. Nate Minchey paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 4.52 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1997 Colorado Springs Sky Sox who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Jayhawk Owens, John Vander Wal, Tom Quinlan, Joe Ausanio, Mike DeJean, Edgard Clemente, Steve Bourgeois, Bill Swift, Creighton Gubanich, Rene Gonzales, Derrick Gibson, Terry Shumpert, Neifi Pérez, Nate Minchey, Jeff Barry, Curt Leskanic, Jason Bates, Mark Strittmatter, Bruce Ruffin, Harvey Pulliam, Angel Echevarria, Jamey Wright, Tim Scott, Jeff Huson, Mark Thompson, John Thomson, Dann Howitt, John Burke, Mark Lee, Chris Sexton, John Hope, Phil Stidham, Craig Counsell, Mike Saipe, Tom Kramer, Bobby Jones, Mike Farmer, Bryan Rekar, Robbie Beckett, Jeff McCurry, Terry Jones and Todd Helton.

Paul Zuvella 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
Nate Minchey	15	6	.714	4.51	27	21	0	3	0	0	157.7	172	87	79	17	53	1	107	6	0	4	678
Bryan Rekar	10	9	.526	5.46	28	25	0	0	0	0	145.0	169	96	88	21	39	2	116	10	0	7	636
Steve Bourgeois	9	7	.562	5.99	33	18	5	2	2	0	121.7	154	96	81	18	66	3	86	5	0	7	571
Bobby Jones	7	11	.389	5.14	25	21	2	0	0	0	133.0	135	89	76	16	71	2	104	12	0	2	593
Phil Stidham	5	2	.714	9.91	26	0	10	0	0	0	36.3	55	43	40	8	26	2	20	1	0	7	182
Mike Farmer	5	5	.500	6.75	18	8	3	0	0	0	54.7	70	42	41	14	18	0	29	5	1	4	243
John Thomson	4	2	.667	3.43	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	36	18	16	4	14	1	49	0	0	2	169
Mike Saipe	4	3	.571	5.52	10	10	0	1	0	0	60.3	74	42	37	10	24	3	40	4	3	2	278
John Hope	4	3	.571	7.22	43	9	5	0	0	0	99.7	115	85	80	15	65	1	67	11	0	12	473
Joel Moore	3	1	.750	7.76	5	5	0	0	0	0	26.7	47	26	23	4	12	1	20	1	0	0	133
Tom Kramer	3	2	.600	5.23	51	0	34	0	0	11	62.0	57	42	36	10	40	1	56	2	1	4	279
Jamey Wright	1	0	1.000	1.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	9	3	2	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	44
Jeff McCurry	1	1	.500	5.09	16	0	8	0	0	3	17.7	17	12	10	2	6	1	13	1	0	4	77
Steve Shoemaker	1	1	.500	8.41	5	4	0	0	0	0	20.3	23	19	19	5	17	0	27	3	0	1	101
Ryan Henderson	1	1	.500	12.46	6	1	2	0	0	0	13.0	20	18	18	3	9	1	12	1	0	0	67
John Burke	1	2	.333	5.82	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.0	23	14	11	1	14	0	15	0	0	2	85
Mark Lee	1	2	.333	6.28	48	0	16	0	0	3	67.3	93	49	47	15	21	2	63	2	0	0	309
Robbie Beckett	1	3	.250	6.79	45	1	17	0	0	1	54.3	61	49	41	12	47	2	67	2	0	13	267
Tim Scott	0	0		1.23	12	0	9	0	0	3	14.7	7	2	2	1	3	0	18	0	1	1	52
Tom Quinlan	0	0		2.70	4	0	4	0	0	0	3.3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13
Bruce Ruffin	0	0		3.38	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	9
Curt Leskanic	0	0		3.79	10	3	6	0	0	2	19.0	11	9	8	1	18	0	20	0	0	1	81
Mark Thompson	0	0		12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	14
Dann Howitt	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Joe Ausanio	0	0		29.45	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.7	14	13	12	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	28
Mike DeJean	0	1	.000	5.40	10	0	10	0	0	4	10.0	17	6	6	0	7	1	9	0	0	0	50
Bill Swift	0	1	.000	12.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	16
Heath Bost	0	1	.000	21.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	10	8	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	21
Totals	76	64	.543	5.93	444	140	134	6	2	27	1203.0	1406	881	793	186	584	24	962	66	6	73	5475

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
Tom Quinlan	134	580	509	85	145	36	2	23	113	1	1	50	117	.285	.358	.499	.857	254	15	12	1	8	4
Todd Helton	99	460	392	87	138	31	2	16	88	3	1	61	68	.352	.434	.564	.997	221	10	0	1	6	4
Craig Counsell	96	440	376	77	126	31	6	5	63	12	2	45	38	.335	.409	.489	.898	184	6	6	7	6	3
Edgard Clemente	120	481	438	70	123	24	10	17	73	6	3	34	119	.281	.340	.498	.837	218	8	6	1	2	2
Neifi Pérez	68	323	303	68	110	24	3	8	46	8	2	17	27	.363	.393	.541	.934	164	3	0	0	3	0
Dann Howitt	102	349	316	57	105	29	0	14	62	2	2	32	71	.332	.393	.557	.950	176	7	0	0	1	4
Terry Jones	92	396	363	70	98	14	4	1	25	36	6	25	49	.270	.315	.339	.654	123	3	0	6	2	0
Angel Echevarria	77	334	295	59	95	24	0	13	80	6	2	28	47	.322	.387	.536	.923	158	8	6	1	4	0
Rene Gonzales	85	345	296	48	88	20	1	3	39	2	4	37	43	.297	.375	.402	.777	119	6	3	4	5	0
Jeff Barry	81	309	273	46	82	13	3	13	70	5	0	30	45	.300	.375	.513	.888	140	5	4	0	2	2
Jayhawk Owens	95	358	289	57	75	17	0	10	34	4	1	55	98	.260	.395	.422	.817	122	3	11	1	2	4
Harvey Pulliam	40	162	137	44	55	10	2	12	43	1	0	21	19	.401	.494	.766	1.260	105	1	4	0	0	3
John Vander Wal	25	114	103	29	42	12	1	3	19	1	1	11	28	.408	.465	.631	1.096	65	1	0	0	0	1
Derrick Gibson	21	83	78	14	33	7	0	3	12	0	2	5	9	.423	.458	.628	1.086	49	1	0	0	0	1
Jason Bates	35	152	135	21	32	6	1	3	18	1	3	13	36	.237	.311	.363	.674	49	1	2	1	1	0
Chris Sexton	33	129	112	18	30	3	1	1	8	1	1	16	21	.268	.359	.339	.699	38	4	0	1	0	0
Dan Cholowsky	26	100	84	17	28	6	0	5	19	1	1	15	21	.333	.440	.583	1.023	49	1	1	0	0	1
Mark Strittmatter	45	135	114	16	28	8	0	2	12	0	1	11	21	.246	.336	.368	.704	42	4	5	4	1	3
Billy Hall	13	54	51	6	13	0	2	0	6	3	1	3	11	.255	.296	.333	.630	17	2	0	0	0	0
Terry Shumpert	10	39	37	8	11	3	0	1	2	0	0	2	7	.297	.333	.459	.793	17	1	0	0	0	0
Creighton Gubanich	14	51	47	4	9	1	0	3	6	0	0	4	18	.191	.255	.404	.659	19	4	0	0	0	0
Jeff Huson	9	22	20	3	7	3	0	1	5	0	0	2	2	.350	.409	.650	1.059	13	1	0	0	0	0
Steve Bourgeois	36	29	26	4	7	2	0	0	5	0	0	1	7	.269	.296	.346	.642	9	0	0	2	0	0
John Hope	48	20	18	5	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.333	.333	.500	.833	9	0	0	2	0	0
Mike Farmer	22	12	12	4	5	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	.417	.417	1.000	1.417	12	0	0	0	0	0
Nate Minchey	27	29	22	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.136	.240	.136	.376	3	1	0	4	0	0
Ryan Henderson	6	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
D. J. Boston	2	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Rekar	28	23	20	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.100	.143	.150	.293	3	1	0	2	0	0
Bill Swift	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	3.000	4.000	3	0	0	0	0	0
Robbie Beckett	45	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joel Moore	5	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	1	0	0	1	0	0
John Thomson	7	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Saipe	10	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	1	1	0	3	0	0
Bobby Jones	25	18	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	.071	.235	.071	.307	1	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Thompson	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Leskanic	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Stidham	26	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	1	0	0
Heath Bost	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Shoemaker	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
John Burke	4	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Kramer	51	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Lee	48	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jamey Wright	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1731	5615	4937	924	1506	326	39	160	863	93	34	527	986	.305	.376	.484	.860	2390	99	60	48	43	32

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Todd Helton	1B	78	585	61	9	78	.986	8.282
Dann Howitt	1B	25	179	17	2	23	.990	7.840
Rene Gonzales	1B	22	167	13	5	23	.973	8.182
John Vander Wal	1B	18	153	10	4	16	.976	9.056
Angel Echevarria	1B	4	29	3	0	1	1.000	8.000
Dan Cholowsky	1B	2	10	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
D. J. Boston	1B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Craig Counsell	2B	90	204	239	9	69	.980	4.922
Rene Gonzales	2B	34	58	114	7	22	.961	5.059
Jason Bates	2B	10	19	30	1	10	.980	4.900
Billy Hall	2B	6	10	13	2	3	.920	3.833
Terry Shumpert	2B	3	3	10	1	2	.929	4.333
Jeff Huson	2B	3	2	4	0	2	1.000	2.000
Tom Quinlan	3B	131	91	269	15	30	.960	2.748
Rene Gonzales	3B	9	2	10	2	1	.857	1.333
Jeff Huson	3B	4	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.750
Terry Shumpert	3B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Jayhawk Owens	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dann Howitt	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dan Cholowsky	3B	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jayhawk Owens	C	82	529	52	7	6	.988	7.085	5	51	31	37.8
Mark Strittmatter	C	44	241	15	1	2	.996	5.818	2	17	11	39.3
Dan Cholowsky	C	20	142	12	2	3	.987	7.700	3	15	6	28.6
Creighton Gubanich	C	13	89	8	3	2	.970	7.462	2	15	5	25.0
Terry Jones	CF	87						.000
Edgard Clemente	CF	25						.000
Jeff Barry	CF	22						.000
Billy Hall	CF	7						.000
Angel Echevarria	CF	7						.000
Dann Howitt	CF	4						.000
Terry Shumpert	CF	1						.000
Jeff Barry	LF	38						.000
Harvey Pulliam	LF	28						.000
Todd Helton	LF	21						.000
Angel Echevarria	LF	20						.000
Derrick Gibson	LF	18						.000
Dann Howitt	LF	13						.000
Jayhawk Owens	LF	11						.000
John Vander Wal	LF	4						.000
Edgard Clemente	OF	114	208	13	6	5	.974	1.939
Terry Jones	OF	87	139	11	1	3	.993	1.724
Jeff Barry	OF	70	130	11	0	1	1.000	2.014
Angel Echevarria	OF	63	106	6	1	0	.991	1.778
Harvey Pulliam	OF	32	44	0	2	0	.957	1.375
Todd Helton	OF	22	37	3	0	0	1.000	1.818
Dann Howitt	OF	20	29	2	0	1	1.000	1.550
Derrick Gibson	OF	18	30	0	1	0	.968	1.667
Jayhawk Owens	OF	11	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.455
Billy Hall	OF	7	15	0	1	0	.938	2.143
John Vander Wal	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Terry Shumpert	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tom Kramer	P	51	1	4	0	0	1.000	.098
Mark Lee	P	48	0	3	0	1	1.000	.062
Robbie Beckett	P	45	2	3	3	0	.625	.111
John Hope	P	43	13	13	0	1	1.000	.605
Steve Bourgeois	P	33	12	13	4	1	.862	.758
Bryan Rekar	P	28	17	10	1	1	.964	.964
Nate Minchey	P	27	11	23	0	1	1.000	1.259
Phil Stidham	P	26	2	4	0	0	1.000	.231
Bobby Jones	P	25	11	19	1	2	.968	1.200
Mike Farmer	P	18	2	4	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff McCurry	P	16	1	3	1	0	.800	.250
Tim Scott	P	12	1	4	0	0	1.000	.417
Mike Saipe	P	10	2	11	1	1	.929	1.300
Curt Leskanic	P	10	2	2	0	2	1.000	.400
Mike DeJean	P	10	0	0	0	0		.000
John Thomson	P	7	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.429
Ryan Henderson	P	6	0	4	0	0	1.000	.667
Steve Shoemaker	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Joel Moore	P	5	1	4	0	1	1.000	1.000
Tom Quinlan	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
John Burke	P	3	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.000
Joe Ausanio	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Jamey Wright	P	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Bruce Ruffin	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Heath Bost	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mark Thompson	P	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Bill Swift	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Dann Howitt	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Edgard Clemente	RF	90						.000
Angel Echevarria	RF	40						.000
Jeff Barry	RF	15						.000
Harvey Pulliam	RF	4						.000
Dann Howitt	RF	3						.000
Todd Helton	RF	1						.000
Neifi Pérez	SS	67	119	198	8	56	.975	4.731
Chris Sexton	SS	32	57	87	5	20	.966	4.500
Jason Bates	SS	25	41	65	5	20	.955	4.240
Rene Gonzales	SS	10	13	19	3	7	.914	3.200
Craig Counsell	SS	6	9	21	0	5	1.000	5.000
Terry Shumpert	SS	5	5	9	3	3	.824	2.800
Totals		2100	3609	1468	118	427	.977	2.418	12	98	53	35.1

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.

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