1997 Durham Bulls Statistics
Team Record: 63-76
Finished 3rd in the CL's South Division
Manager: Paul Runge (63-76)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Attendance: 381,589, Avg. 5,612 in 68 home dates
The Durham Bulls of the Carolina League ended the 1997 season with a record of 63 wins and 76 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.
The Bulls plated 657 runs and yielded 755 runs, most in the league. Adam Johnson paced Durham with 26 home runs, and Pascual Matos walloped 15 or more, too. Adam Johnson drove in 92 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .281 average. Joe Nelson led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.78 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1997 Durham Bulls who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were George Lombard, David Cortés, Joe Nelson, Mark DeRosa, Joe Winkelsas, Micah Bowie, Kevin McGlinchy, Ray King, John Rocker, Jamie Arnold, Ismael Villegas and Pascual Matos.
Paul Runge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Nelson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.76 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124.7 | 114 | 74 | 66 | 17 | 61 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 543 |
| Andy Zwirchitz | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.26 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.7 | 107 | 59 | 51 | 10 | 59 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 483 |
| Erick Nelson | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.76 | 41 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 76 | 49 | 37 | 6 | 30 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 326 |
| Ray King | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.40 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71.7 | 89 | 54 | 43 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 335 |
| Charlie Cruz | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.16 | 49 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85.3 | 80 | 37 | 30 | 5 | 44 | 3 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 379 |
| Shawn Onley | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.92 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133.7 | 158 | 86 | 73 | 11 | 59 | 5 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 614 |
| Dwayne Jacobs | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.01 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116.7 | 112 | 78 | 65 | 8 | 85 | 0 | 115 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 527 |
| Roger Blanco | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.64 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 91 | 64 | 58 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 33 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 336 |
| Kevin McGlinchy | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.90 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.7 | 145 | 78 | 76 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 113 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 595 |
| David Cortés | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19.3 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
| Ken Giard | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.33 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 38.7 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 175 |
| Micah Bowie | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.66 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 167 |
| Jamie Arnold | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.92 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 115 |
| Ismael Villegas | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.07 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.0 | 60 | 33 | 31 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 255 |
| Chaad Stewart | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.90 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 137 |
| John Rocker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.33 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 33 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 157 |
| Anthony Briggs | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.50 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.0 | 27 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 129 |
| Joe Winkelsas | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.11 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93 |
| Denis McLaughlin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 |
| Totals | 63 | 76 | .453 | 4.79 | 439 | 139 | 138 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1218.7 | 1262 | 755 | 649 | 116 | 620 | 30 | 1026 | 76 | 8 | 85 | 5504 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Johnson | 133 | 572 | 502 | 80 | 141 | 39 | 3 | 26 | 92 | 18 | 8 | 50 | 94 | .281 | .341 | .526 | .867 | 264 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 |
| Jose Delgado | 129 | 542 | 492 | 72 | 130 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 72 | .264 | .317 | .335 | .653 | 165 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| George Lombard | 131 | 541 | 462 | 65 | 122 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 72 | 35 | 7 | 66 | 145 | .264 | .365 | .439 | .805 | 203 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Joe Trippy | 120 | 521 | 437 | 62 | 119 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 45 | 34 | 20 | 61 | 76 | .272 | .370 | .373 | .743 | 163 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Brian Rust | 122 | 482 | 430 | 67 | 111 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 71 | 10 | 4 | 43 | 104 | .258 | .326 | .419 | .745 | 180 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Pascual Matos | 117 | 447 | 430 | 51 | 104 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 122 | .242 | .268 | .423 | .692 | 182 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mark DeRosa | 92 | 387 | 346 | 51 | 93 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 73 | .269 | .332 | .387 | .720 | 134 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Dax Norris | 95 | 377 | 338 | 29 | 80 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 49 | .237 | .308 | .355 | .663 | 120 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jayson Bass | 75 | 310 | 277 | 48 | 71 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 57 | .256 | .331 | .401 | .732 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jerry Salzano | 68 | 267 | 226 | 29 | 63 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 42 | .279 | .381 | .381 | .762 | 86 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Derek Foote | 68 | 242 | 217 | 28 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 73 | .240 | .314 | .369 | .683 | 80 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Gabe Whatley | 43 | 187 | 154 | 37 | 42 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 28 | 33 | .273 | .390 | .532 | .923 | 82 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Cordero | 57 | 189 | 165 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 45 | .224 | .299 | .297 | .596 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ben Utting | 67 | 173 | 148 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 26 | .216 | .308 | .250 | .558 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Gator McBride | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | .200 | .167 | .367 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1322 | 5257 | 4642 | 657 | 1199 | 270 | 27 | 112 | 599 | 154 | 85 | 468 | 1015 | .258 | .332 | .400 | .733 | 1859 | 98 | 69 | 31 | 47 | 32 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Foote | 1B | 58 | 473 | 32 | 6 | 33 | .988 | 8.707 | ||||
| Brian Rust | 1B | 55 | 414 | 46 | 10 | 26 | .979 | 8.364 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | 1B | 14 | 102 | 7 | 2 | 9 | .982 | 7.786 | ||||
| Dax Norris | 1B | 10 | 58 | 3 | 2 | 7 | .968 | 6.100 | ||||
| Gabe Whatley | 1B | 9 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .986 | 7.667 | ||||
| Ben Utting | 1B | 8 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.375 | ||||
| Adam Johnson | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Delgado | 2B | 122 | 223 | 267 | 19 | 54 | .963 | 4.016 | ||||
| Ed Cordero | 2B | 19 | 29 | 54 | 5 | 7 | .943 | 4.368 | ||||
| Ben Utting | 2B | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 3.286 | ||||
| Brian Rust | 3B | 67 | 50 | 126 | 20 | 11 | .898 | 2.627 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | 3B | 51 | 37 | 98 | 13 | 5 | .912 | 2.647 | ||||
| Ben Utting | 3B | 23 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .913 | 1.826 | ||||
| Gabe Whatley | 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Ed Cordero | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Pascual Matos | C | 109 | 783 | 109 | 13 | 8 | .986 | 8.183 | 26 | 97 | 63 | 39.4 |
| Dax Norris | C | 33 | 253 | 18 | 2 | 0 | .993 | 8.212 | 3 | 36 | 10 | 21.7 |
| Derek Foote | C | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| George Lombard | CF | 125 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Trippy | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jayson Bass | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Trippy | LF | 86 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jayson Bass | LF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gabe Whatley | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Salzano | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gator McBride | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Cordero | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Cruz | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| George Lombard | OF | 125 | 270 | 5 | 9 | 0 | .968 | 2.200 | ||||
| Adam Johnson | OF | 123 | 255 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.163 | ||||
| Joe Trippy | OF | 112 | 174 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .979 | 1.670 | ||||
| Jayson Bass | OF | 50 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .959 | 1.420 | ||||
| Gabe Whatley | OF | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.250 | ||||
| Ed Cordero | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Jerry Salzano | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Gator McBride | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Charlie Cruz | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Charlie Cruz | P | 49 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .449 | ||||
| Erick Nelson | P | 41 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .512 | ||||
| Roger Blanco | P | 36 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .500 | ||||
| Andy Zwirchitz | P | 33 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .636 | ||||
| Ismael Villegas | P | 30 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .433 | ||||
| Ken Giard | P | 30 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
| Shawn Onley | P | 27 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .919 | 1.259 | ||||
| Kevin McGlinchy | P | 26 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .808 | ||||
| Joe Nelson | P | 25 | 20 | 30 | 1 | 5 | .980 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dwayne Jacobs | P | 25 | 10 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .923 | 1.440 | ||||
| Ray King | P | 24 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .875 | ||||
| David Cortés | P | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .211 | ||||
| Anthony Briggs | P | 17 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| Joe Winkelsas | P | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .538 | ||||
| John Rocker | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Denis McLaughlin | P | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .091 | ||||
| Micah Bowie | P | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Chaad Stewart | P | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .750 | ||||
| Jamie Arnold | P | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Adam Johnson | RF | 123 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Trippy | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gabe Whatley | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ed Cordero | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charlie Cruz | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark DeRosa | SS | 91 | 136 | 245 | 21 | 44 | .948 | 4.187 | ||||
| Ed Cordero | SS | 31 | 50 | 85 | 9 | 12 | .938 | 4.355 | ||||
| Ben Utting | SS | 24 | 28 | 55 | 5 | 7 | .943 | 3.458 | ||||
| Totals | 2043 | 3656 | 1461 | 174 | 258 | .967 | 2.505 | 29 | 134 | 74 | 35.6 |
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.
