1997 Duluth-Superior Dukes Statistics
Team Record: 39-44
Finished 2nd in the NL's East Division
Manager: George Mitterwald (39-44)
Location: Duluth, Minnesota; Superior, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Wade Stadium
Attendance: 69,772, Avg. 1,661 in 42 home dates
Playoffs - Duluth-Superior Dukes 3 games, St. Paul Saints 2
Finals - Duluth-Superior Dukes 3 games, Winnipeg Goldeyes 2
The Duluth-Superior Dukes of the Northern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 39 wins and 44 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Dukes scored 464 runs and allowed 510 runs. Mike Meggers led Duluth-Superior with 16 home runs Jason Shanahan accounted for 70 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .331 average. Tony Shaver paced the squad with 10 wins, while Jeremy McGarity registered a 3.94 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1997 Duluth-Superior Dukes who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Greg Briley, Rich Scheid, Randy Tomlin and Jerald Clark.
George Mitterwald 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Shaver | 10 | 8 | .556 | 5.55 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 122 | 81 | 68 | 7 | 70 | 1 | 55 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 513 |
| Jeremy McGarity | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.93 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 153.3 | 171 | 89 | 67 | 14 | 45 | 1 | 142 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 671 |
| Jamison Nuttle | 6 | 4 | .600 | 1.90 | 38 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.3 | 52 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 287 |
| Allen Halley | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.18 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 96 | 55 | 53 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 110 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 414 |
| Emiliano Giron | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.72 | 39 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 53.0 | 38 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 224 |
| Dave Glick | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.44 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 89 | 49 | 37 | 8 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 335 |
| Randy Tomlin | 3 | 10 | .231 | 6.31 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 107 | 65 | 54 | 14 | 29 | 1 | 59 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 367 |
| Mike Marchesano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| Rich Scheid | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.21 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 35 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 138 |
| Jesse Yeomans | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | |
| Ila Borders | 0 | 0 | 7.56 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | |
| Steve Maddock | 0 | 0 | 11.05 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42 | |
| David Lance | 0 | 0 | 14.49 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 31 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 78 | |
| Andy Collett | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Shawn Alazaus | 0 | 0 | 162.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Swan Austin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Andy Weaver | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.78 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 45 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 145 |
| Totals | 39 | 44 | .470 | 5.15 | 237 | 83 | 77 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 735.3 | 849 | 510 | 421 | 78 | 346 | 12 | 646 | 44 | 17 | 56 | 3380 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Shanahan | 77 | 336 | 308 | 51 | 102 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 36 | .331 | .375 | .542 | .917 | 167 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| A. J. Leday | 83 | 375 | 333 | 63 | 100 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 54 | .300 | .369 | .450 | .819 | 150 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Jeff Jensen | 83 | 350 | 309 | 54 | 90 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 38 | 38 | .291 | .371 | .440 | .812 | 136 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Jose Texidor | 72 | 283 | 261 | 40 | 78 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 39 | .299 | .337 | .391 | .728 | 102 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Briley | 69 | 328 | 279 | 44 | 78 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 23 | 7 | 39 | 38 | .280 | .363 | .362 | .725 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Johnny Cardenas | 71 | 276 | 242 | 30 | 72 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 37 | .298 | .375 | .438 | .813 | 106 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ken Arnold | 69 | 306 | 259 | 43 | 70 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 34 | 52 | .270 | .365 | .340 | .705 | 88 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Rodriguez | 58 | 201 | 184 | 28 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 38 | .304 | .340 | .408 | .748 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Meggers | 41 | 185 | 166 | 39 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 48 | .319 | .378 | .663 | 1.041 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Bryan Mitterwald | 66 | 245 | 211 | 33 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 75 | .246 | .339 | .403 | .742 | 85 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Kedric Porter | 28 | 120 | 106 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 28 | .264 | .331 | .311 | .642 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Barsoom | 42 | 129 | 113 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 27 | .186 | .273 | .239 | .512 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Manny Cora | 13 | 59 | 53 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .321 | .390 | .377 | .767 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerald Clark | 9 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .200 | .310 | .314 | .624 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Cooney | 6 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .160 | .160 | .200 | .360 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan DiPace | 5 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .176 | .300 | .235 | .535 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Weaver | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith English | 5 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .091 | .231 | .091 | .322 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Lance | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 821 | 3295 | 2914 | 464 | 833 | 142 | 17 | 71 | 422 | 78 | 27 | 290 | 538 | .286 | .355 | .419 | .775 | 1222 | 82 | 39 | 24 | 28 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Jensen | 1B | 82 | 635 | 67 | 5 | 51 | .993 | 8.561 | ||||
| A. J. Leday | 1B | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Jason Shanahan | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bryan Mitterwald | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ryan Rodriguez | 2B | 52 | 97 | 122 | 7 | 19 | .969 | 4.212 | ||||
| Al Barsoom | 2B | 39 | 68 | 78 | 6 | 19 | .961 | 3.744 | ||||
| Keith English | 2B | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 4.250 | ||||
| Manny Cora | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jason Shanahan | 3B | 77 | 49 | 140 | 21 | 9 | .900 | 2.455 | ||||
| A. J. Leday | 3B | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.500 | ||||
| Keith English | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Al Barsoom | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ken Arnold | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Johnny Cardenas | C | 67 | 540 | 52 | 8 | 1 | .987 | 8.836 | 10 | 77 | 24 | 23.8 |
| Bryan Mitterwald | C | 21 | 121 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 6.381 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 30.0 |
| Jose Texidor | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. J. Leday | CF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kedric Porter | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Briley | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerald Clark | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Briley | LF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kedric Porter | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan DiPace | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Texidor | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerald Clark | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Meggers | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. J. Leday | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| A. J. Leday | OF | 76 | 145 | 9 | 8 | 2 | .951 | 2.026 | ||||
| Greg Briley | OF | 63 | 108 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.778 | ||||
| Jose Texidor | OF | 56 | 105 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .948 | 1.964 | ||||
| Mike Meggers | OF | 32 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.969 | ||||
| Kedric Porter | OF | 21 | 40 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .872 | 1.952 | ||||
| Jerald Clark | OF | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 2.250 | ||||
| Dan DiPace | OF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Jensen | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Emiliano Giron | P | 39 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .282 | ||||
| Jamison Nuttle | P | 38 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .289 | ||||
| Dave Glick | P | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .480 | ||||
| Tony Shaver | P | 22 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Jeremy McGarity | P | 21 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .844 | 1.286 | ||||
| Allen Halley | P | 19 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.421 | ||||
| Andy Weaver | P | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .412 | ||||
| Randy Tomlin | P | 16 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.562 | ||||
| Ila Borders | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Lance | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Jesse Yeomans | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Rich Scheid | P | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Marchesano | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Steve Maddock | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Swan Austin | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Andy Collett | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shawn Alazaus | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| A. J. Leday | RF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Meggers | RF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Texidor | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kedric Porter | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Jensen | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerald Clark | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Arnold | SS | 69 | 114 | 182 | 12 | 38 | .961 | 4.290 | ||||
| Manny Cora | SS | 12 | 15 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .922 | 3.917 | ||||
| Ryan Rodriguez | SS | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1198 | 2206 | 843 | 114 | 154 | .964 | 2.545 | 15 | 91 | 30 | 24.8 |
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.
