1997 Danville Braves Statistics
Team Record: 30-38
Finished 4th in the AL's East Division
Manager: Rick Albert (30-38)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Danville, Virginia
Ballpark: Legion Stadium
Attendance: 75,745, Avg. 2,228 in 34 home dates
The Danville Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1997 season with a record of 30 wins and 38 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Braves scored 360 runs and conceded 428 runs. A. J. Zapp drove in 56 runs. Marcus Giles led batters with significant playing time by hitting .348. Garrett Lee topped the team with 5 wins, while Rubén Quevedo registered a 3.57 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Danville Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Rubén Quevedo, Joey Nation, Marcus Giles, Luis Rivera, Aaron Taylor and Steve Torrealba.
Rick Albert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Lee | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.93 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 87 | 57 | 46 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 360 |
| Jon Ciravolo | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.06 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.3 | 48 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 176 |
| Simon Birrell | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.71 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 59 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 232 |
| Paul Shanklin | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.95 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 43.7 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 195 |
| Luis Rivera | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.41 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 169 |
| Byron Embry | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.97 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 125 |
| Will Fleck | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.57 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35.3 | 36 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 158 |
| Derrick Lewis | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.34 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 59 | 48 | 35 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 241 |
| Jeff Fry | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.12 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 99 |
| Joey Nation | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.73 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 107 |
| Rubén Quevedo | 1 | 5 | .167 | 3.56 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 46 | 37 | 27 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 286 |
| Aaron Taylor | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.53 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 65 | 49 | 34 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 261 |
| Lawrence Dolby | 0 | 0 | 5.87 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | |
| John Zydowsky | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Anthony Canciobello | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | |
| Travis Brummitt | 0 | 0 | 13.05 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 34 | 36 | 29 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 118 | |
| Tim Lyons | 0 | 0 | 32.40 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 14 | 31 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 70 | |
| Totals | 30 | 38 | .441 | 5.13 | 218 | 68 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 583.7 | 601 | 428 | 333 | 49 | 275 | 5 | 621 | 56 | 9 | 92 | 2666 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. J. Zapp | 65 | 277 | 234 | 34 | 79 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 78 | .338 | .437 | .543 | .980 | 127 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Giles | 55 | 246 | 207 | 53 | 72 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 47 | .348 | .437 | .556 | .992 | 115 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Brooks | 67 | 248 | 229 | 43 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 59 | .271 | .306 | .384 | .690 | 88 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Junior Brignac | 59 | 262 | 225 | 47 | 55 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 70 | .244 | .349 | .342 | .691 | 77 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Wilson | 61 | 256 | 233 | 29 | 50 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 60 | .215 | .282 | .326 | .609 | 76 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Villar | 54 | 218 | 203 | 34 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 69 | .222 | .266 | .340 | .606 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Cameron | 56 | 236 | 208 | 28 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 80 | .216 | .309 | .346 | .655 | 72 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason Hairston | 52 | 207 | 177 | 21 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 42 | .243 | .345 | .401 | .746 | 71 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| John Zydowsky | 43 | 178 | 151 | 19 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 42 | .232 | .331 | .291 | .623 | 44 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Torrealba | 44 | 171 | 150 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 27 | .227 | .302 | .327 | .628 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Allen | 43 | 154 | 131 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 44 | .214 | .312 | .298 | .609 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jesse Crespo | 14 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .286 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Ashley | 26 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .162 | .225 | .230 | .455 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Mortimer | 5 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .077 | .278 | .077 | .355 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 644 | 2598 | 2277 | 360 | 573 | 113 | 21 | 46 | 310 | 64 | 30 | 240 | 642 | .252 | .334 | .380 | .714 | 866 | 50 | 50 | 14 | 17 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. J. Zapp | 1B | 65 | 497 | 37 | 12 | 40 | .978 | 8.215 | ||||
| Troy Allen | 1B | 4 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 7.000 | ||||
| Marcus Giles | 2B | 42 | 86 | 92 | 7 | 17 | .962 | 4.238 | ||||
| John Zydowsky | 2B | 27 | 49 | 71 | 4 | 14 | .968 | 4.444 | ||||
| Travis Wilson | 3B | 56 | 29 | 88 | 26 | 5 | .818 | 2.089 | ||||
| John Zydowsky | 3B | 14 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .865 | 2.286 | ||||
| Steve Torrealba | C | 42 | 398 | 41 | 18 | 0 | .961 | 1.452 | 15 | 54 | 25 | 31.6 |
| Steve Ashley | C | 26 | 175 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 7.885 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 35.3 |
| Mark Mortimer | C | 5 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.600 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 45.5 |
| Jason Hairston | C | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Jose Villar | CF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Brooks | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Hairston | LF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Allen | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Brooks | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Crespo | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Travis Wilson | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Brooks | OF | 67 | 111 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .927 | 1.716 | ||||
| Jose Villar | OF | 54 | 85 | 3 | 7 | 0 | .926 | 1.630 | ||||
| Jason Hairston | OF | 45 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .850 | .756 | ||||
| Troy Allen | OF | 38 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .911 | 1.079 | ||||
| Jesse Crespo | OF | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Travis Wilson | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Will Fleck | P | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .174 | ||||
| Jeff Fry | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .286 | ||||
| Byron Embry | P | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .150 | ||||
| Jon Ciravolo | P | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Paul Shanklin | P | 17 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Derrick Lewis | P | 16 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .812 | ||||
| Aaron Taylor | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .467 | ||||
| Garrett Lee | P | 14 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .929 | ||||
| Rubén Quevedo | P | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Simon Birrell | P | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .846 | ||||
| Travis Brummitt | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Tim Lyons | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Rivera | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Joey Nation | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Lawrence Dolby | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Anthony Canciobello | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| John Zydowsky | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Brooks | RF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Allen | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesse Crespo | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Travis Wilson | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Hairston | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Cameron | SS | 35 | 58 | 96 | 16 | 18 | .906 | 4.400 | ||||
| Junior Brignac | SS | 33 | 55 | 81 | 21 | 12 | .866 | 4.121 | ||||
| Totals | 1024 | 1751 | 638 | 155 | 110 | .939 | 2.333 | 20 | 95 | 49 | 34.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
