1997 Elmira Pioneers Statistics
Team Record: 44-38
Finished 2nd in the NL's South Division
Manager: Dan Shwam (44-38)
Location: Elmira, New York
Ballpark: Dunn Field
Attendance: 52,372, Avg. 1,343 in 39 home dates
Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Waterbury Spirit 0
Finals - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs 0
The Elmira Pioneers of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 44 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Pioneers led the league with just 364 runs allowed. Elmira scored 385 runs. Tito Landrum and Rick Sellers paced the team with 11 home runs apiece. Tito Landrum drove in 48 runs. Rick Sellers topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Tom Wegmann paced the squad with 9 wins, while Dave Miller recorded a 3.06 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers. Dan Shwam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wegmann | 9 | 6 | .600 | 3.09 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 105.0 | 110 | 48 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 448 |
| Dave Miller | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.05 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 91.3 | 82 | 34 | 31 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 387 |
| Dan Pontes | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.37 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64.7 | 47 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 266 |
| Aaron Turnier | 5 | 7 | .417 | 4.44 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.3 | 118 | 65 | 49 | 6 | 33 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 451 |
| Eric Anderson | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.86 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 52 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 188 |
| John Broome | 3 | 9 | .250 | 4.67 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98.3 | 114 | 55 | 51 | 16 | 27 | 2 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 415 |
| Cale Shepherd | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.49 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 104 |
| Chris Strahowski | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.52 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 106 |
| Matthew Perry | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.18 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 125 |
| Joe Morvay | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27.3 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 114 |
| Frank Gonzales | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.83 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 79 |
| Brent Sullivan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.70 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Jeff Garff | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.55 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 |
| Warren Sawkiw | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Scott Jones | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |
| Shaw Casey | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 56 | |
| Derek Hmiel | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Scott Jenkins | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.36 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14.0 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 87 |
| Grey Wilkinson | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.94 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| Totals | 44 | 38 | .537 | 3.79 | 248 | 82 | 74 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 697.7 | 717 | 364 | 294 | 49 | 270 | 9 | 532 | 42 | 5 | 50 | 3060 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tito Landrum | 81 | 324 | 288 | 43 | 87 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 56 | .302 | .364 | .490 | .854 | 141 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Warren Sawkiw | 78 | 340 | 300 | 42 | 84 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 61 | .280 | .347 | .363 | .711 | 109 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Rick Sellers | 73 | 290 | 252 | 37 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 45 | .317 | .393 | .484 | .877 | 122 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Roy Hodge | 80 | 332 | 294 | 48 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 32 | .272 | .334 | .350 | .685 | 103 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Aaron Gerteisen | 75 | 298 | 252 | 37 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 37 | 12 | 7 | 30 | 47 | .302 | .375 | .437 | .812 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Danny Mangual | 78 | 313 | 268 | 36 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 34 | 61 | .272 | .356 | .317 | .674 | 85 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Smith | 71 | 287 | 244 | 35 | 60 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 44 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 66 | .246 | .343 | .377 | .720 | 92 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan De La Rosa | 46 | 186 | 176 | 27 | 56 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | .318 | .328 | .415 | .743 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Bennett | 54 | 194 | 174 | 18 | 52 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 31 | .299 | .349 | .397 | .746 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Franklin Parra | 21 | 97 | 96 | 13 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .354 | .361 | .479 | .840 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Shepherd | 58 | 131 | 121 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 26 | .281 | .321 | .372 | .693 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lanier Hunter | 38 | 112 | 102 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 31 | .255 | .303 | .324 | .626 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Craddox | 15 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .242 | .286 | .303 | .589 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Skeeter Ellison | 17 | 51 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .174 | .255 | .261 | .516 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Colunio | 5 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .316 | .350 | .421 | .771 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Padilla | 15 | 36 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .107 | .242 | .143 | .385 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wegmann | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 822 | 3049 | 2693 | 385 | 767 | 146 | 16 | 39 | 342 | 97 | 44 | 232 | 522 | .285 | .348 | .394 | .743 | 1062 | 42 | 41 | 64 | 19 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Smith | 1B | 67 | 556 | 41 | 5 | 47 | .992 | 8.910 | ||||
| Cale Shepherd | 1B | 9 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .984 | 6.778 | ||||
| Mike Bennett | 1B | 9 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .986 | 7.889 | ||||
| Warren Sawkiw | 2B | 65 | 103 | 160 | 9 | 37 | .967 | 4.046 | ||||
| Lanier Hunter | 2B | 18 | 30 | 42 | 4 | 9 | .947 | 4.000 | ||||
| Skeeter Ellison | 2B | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 3.000 | ||||
| Juan De La Rosa | 3B | 45 | 38 | 75 | 7 | 3 | .942 | 2.511 | ||||
| Danny Mangual | 3B | 34 | 32 | 72 | 4 | 4 | .963 | 3.059 | ||||
| Rick Smith | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 2.000 | ||||
| Skeeter Ellison | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Lanier Hunter | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick Sellers | C | 60 | 372 | 35 | 4 | 1 | .990 | 6.783 | 7 | 52 | 14 | 21.2 |
| Warren Sawkiw | C | 16 | 100 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .972 | 6.562 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 13.6 |
| David Padilla | C | 15 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.733 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 26.3 |
| Rick Smith | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aaron Gerteisen | CF | 74 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tito Landrum | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Hodge | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Craddox | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lanier Hunter | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tito Landrum | LF | 76 | .000 | |||||||||
| Skeeter Ellison | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Craddox | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cale Shepherd | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Hodge | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tito Landrum | OF | 81 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 1.704 | ||||
| Roy Hodge | OF | 80 | 158 | 14 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 2.150 | ||||
| Aaron Gerteisen | OF | 75 | 146 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .987 | 2.027 | ||||
| Cale Shepherd | OF | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Craddox | OF | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Skeeter Ellison | OF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Lanier Hunter | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Juan De La Rosa | OF | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Eric Anderson | P | 29 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | .483 | ||||
| Joe Morvay | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .320 | ||||
| Matthew Perry | P | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .087 | ||||
| Cale Shepherd | P | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .286 | ||||
| Aaron Turnier | P | 17 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tom Wegmann | P | 16 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.562 | ||||
| Chris Strahowski | P | 16 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .625 | ||||
| John Broome | P | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.188 | ||||
| Scott Jenkins | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Dave Miller | P | 14 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.786 | ||||
| Dan Pontes | P | 12 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Jeff Garff | P | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .727 | ||||
| Shaw Casey | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Brent Sullivan | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Scott Jones | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Grey Wilkinson | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Frank Gonzales | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Derek Hmiel | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Warren Sawkiw | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roy Hodge | RF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cale Shepherd | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tito Landrum | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Gerteisen | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan De La Rosa | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Mangual | SS | 44 | 80 | 117 | 11 | 29 | .947 | 4.477 | ||||
| Franklin Parra | SS | 21 | 23 | 61 | 9 | 14 | .903 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lanier Hunter | SS | 12 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 9 | .878 | 3.583 | ||||
| Dan Colunio | SS | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.200 | ||||
| Warren Sawkiw | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1202 | 2093 | 811 | 96 | 177 | .968 | 2.416 | 14 | 89 | 22 | 19.8 |
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.
