1996 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 34-45
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Ken Oberkfell (34-45)
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 41,501, Avg. 1,051
1996 Elmira Pioneers RosterTeam Record: 34-45
Finished 4th in the NL
Manager: Ken Oberkfell (34-45)
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 41,501, Avg. 1,051
The Elmira Pioneers of the Northeast League ended the 1996 season with a record of 34 wins and 45 losses, finishing fourth in the NL.
The Pioneers scored 370 runs and yielded 445 runs. Butch Burrough led Elmira with 15 home runs Pete Bifone drove in 48 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .277. Travis Fryzowicz paced the team with 5 wins and a team-best 3.88 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Ken Oberkfell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Fryzowicz | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.87 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109.3 | 134 | 64 | 47 | 5 | 34 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 487 |
| Joe Berardi | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.91 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 76 | 47 | 31 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 317 |
| Steve D'Aquila | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.10 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 65 | 46 | 37 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 283 |
| James Nelson | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.48 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 117 | 66 | 52 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 391 |
| Hiram Torres | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.70 | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 38.3 | 41 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 165 |
| Brian Toronto | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.44 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 71.0 | 92 | 49 | 35 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 316 |
| Juan Williams | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.05 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 32 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 29 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 179 |
| Brian Pelka | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.80 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21.3 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 103 |
| Felix Liriano | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 181 |
| Derek Hmiel | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.86 | 26 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 56 | 34 | 25 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 223 |
| Chris Strahowski | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.10 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.3 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 87 |
| Dan Bach | 1 | 2 | .333 | 9.31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 99 |
| Matt Machmer | 1 | 5 | .167 | 4.54 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.7 | 38 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 172 |
| Butch Burrough | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kevin Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | |
| Julio Perez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Shane Slader | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | |
| Totals | 34 | 45 | .430 | 4.53 | 217 | 79 | 69 | 10 | 1 | 19 | 673.0 | 779 | 445 | 339 | 48 | 266 | 14 | 419 | 33 | 13 | 71 | 3062 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Bifone | 65 | 290 | 264 | 45 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 48 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 24 | .277 | .325 | .405 | .731 | 107 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mike Bellagamba | 70 | 285 | 268 | 35 | 73 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 53 | .272 | .311 | .369 | .680 | 99 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Butch Burrough | 77 | 318 | 274 | 56 | 65 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 72 | .237 | .333 | .460 | .793 | 126 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Bennett | 67 | 265 | 228 | 31 | 60 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 38 | .263 | .351 | .329 | .680 | 75 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ken Norman | 65 | 261 | 242 | 36 | 58 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 69 | .240 | .292 | .335 | .627 | 81 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Marchan | 40 | 164 | 156 | 24 | 53 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 20 | .340 | .354 | .506 | .860 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Brian Moeglin | 47 | 186 | 158 | 15 | 50 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 23 | 25 | .316 | .408 | .418 | .825 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Hage | 37 | 134 | 129 | 10 | 38 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .295 | .308 | .349 | .657 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Mitchell | 44 | 178 | 151 | 25 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 23 | 17 | .238 | .335 | .272 | .607 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrew Jemison | 37 | 155 | 143 | 17 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | .245 | .299 | .336 | .634 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pablo Perez | 28 | 111 | 88 | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 21 | .295 | .436 | .364 | .800 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Kent | 29 | 112 | 102 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | .255 | .321 | .304 | .625 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fausto Ramirez | 25 | 113 | 103 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .243 | .304 | .340 | .643 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Balint | 27 | 103 | 93 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 43 | .204 | .275 | .376 | .651 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Santana | 14 | 58 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | .278 | .328 | .296 | .624 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Wootten | 14 | 43 | 39 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .282 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Vellete | 10 | 45 | 37 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .270 | .341 | .324 | .666 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan French | 25 | 70 | 62 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 25 | .161 | .246 | .210 | .456 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Duane Thomas | 20 | 57 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | .083 | .228 | .104 | .332 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Castillo | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Roig | 8 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 751 | 2973 | 2659 | 370 | 688 | 121 | 18 | 38 | 323 | 85 | 43 | 237 | 510 | .259 | .326 | .361 | .687 | 959 | 36 | 38 | 23 | 16 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Bifone | 1B | 57 | 555 | 33 | 7 | 45 | .988 | 1.316 | ||||
| Mike Bennett | 1B | 12 | 95 | 5 | 2 | 7 | .980 | 8.333 | ||||
| Pablo Perez | 1B | 9 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Bellagamba | 1B | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Chris Kent | 2B | 28 | 56 | 76 | 7 | 14 | .950 | 4.714 | ||||
| Fausto Ramirez | 2B | 17 | 33 | 56 | 5 | 8 | .947 | 5.235 | ||||
| Bryan French | 2B | 17 | 34 | 38 | 5 | 10 | .935 | 4.235 | ||||
| Tom Hage | 2B | 12 | 28 | 35 | 2 | 11 | .969 | 5.250 | ||||
| Michael Roig | 2B | 6 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 5 | .925 | 6.167 | ||||
| Brian Moeglin | 2B | 3 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Andrew Jemison | 3B | 34 | 30 | 80 | 9 | 9 | .924 | 3.235 | ||||
| Rob Balint | 3B | 18 | 13 | 44 | 15 | 6 | .792 | 3.167 | ||||
| Tom Hage | 3B | 16 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 2 | .867 | 2.438 | ||||
| Pete Bifone | 3B | 7 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .733 | 1.571 | ||||
| Brian Moeglin | 3B | 4 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Joe Wootten | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 2.333 | ||||
| Mike Bennett | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Bellagamba | C | 64 | 357 | 27 | 5 | 1 | .987 | 6.000 | 15 | 91 | 14 | 13.3 |
| Duane Thomas | C | 13 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 5.538 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 12.5 |
| Rob Balint | C | 4 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 6.750 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bryan French | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Norman | CF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Marchan | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Mitchell | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Butch Burrough | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Mitchell | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Marchan | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pablo Perez | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Wootten | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Thomas | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan French | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Norman | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andrew Jemison | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Butch Burrough | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Butch Burrough | OF | 72 | 133 | 10 | 4 | 1 | .973 | 1.986 | ||||
| Ken Norman | OF | 65 | 128 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .957 | 2.062 | ||||
| Eddie Mitchell | OF | 43 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.488 | ||||
| Jose Marchan | OF | 37 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 1.595 | ||||
| Pablo Perez | OF | 14 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Joe Wootten | OF | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Duane Thomas | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Bryan French | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Rob Balint | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Moeglin | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Andrew Jemison | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Bellagamba | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hiram Torres | P | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Matt Machmer | P | 28 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .536 | ||||
| Joe Berardi | P | 28 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .571 | ||||
| Derek Hmiel | P | 26 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Chris Strahowski | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Travis Fryzowicz | P | 17 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 2.294 | ||||
| James Nelson | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.214 | ||||
| Brian Toronto | P | 13 | 6 | 21 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 2.077 | ||||
| Steve D'Aquila | P | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.636 | ||||
| Juan Williams | P | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | ||||
| Felix Liriano | P | 6 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Dan Bach | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Brian Pelka | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .750 | ||||
| Shane Slader | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Smith | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Julio Perez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Butch Burrough | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Butch Burrough | RF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Marchan | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Balint | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Moeglin | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Mitchell | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan French | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Bellagamba | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Moeglin | SS | 38 | 55 | 127 | 19 | 18 | .905 | 4.789 | ||||
| Jose Santana | SS | 14 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 9 | .895 | 4.857 | ||||
| Ramon Vellete | SS | 10 | 13 | 33 | 3 | 3 | .939 | 4.600 | ||||
| Tom Hage | SS | 8 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 4.000 | ||||
| Fausto Ramirez | SS | 7 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 5 | .914 | 4.571 | ||||
| Rob Balint | SS | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .632 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1137 | 2019 | 907 | 148 | 186 | .952 | 2.573 | 24 | 120 | 17 | 12.4 |
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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