1998 Elizabethton Twins Statistics
Team Record: 38-29
Finished 2nd in the AL's West Division
Manager: Jon Matthews (38-29)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Elizabethton, Tennessee
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Stadium
Attendance: 10,665, Avg. 356 in 30 home dates
The Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League ended the 1998 season with a record of 38 wins and 29 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Twins paced the league with 462 runs, powered by 70 home runs. Elizabethton yielded 375 runs. Michael Restovich led the squad with 13 home runs and recorded 64 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .355 clip. Grant Balfour topped the team with 7 wins and a team-best 3.38 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Elizabethton Twins who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Grant Balfour, Michael Restovich, Kevin Frederick and Saúl Rivera.
Jon Matthews 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Balfour | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.36 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 70 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 327 |
| Tim Sturdy | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.00 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 65 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 302 |
| Brian Fitts | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.64 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 57 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 260 |
| Pete Fisher | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.16 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 82 | 43 | 38 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 290 |
| Lester Victoria | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.68 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.3 | 37 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 155 |
| Saúl Rivera | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.25 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36.0 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 147 |
| Pablo Perez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 6.41 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.3 | 73 | 45 | 38 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 250 |
| Andy Butler | 2 | 1 | .667 | 6.57 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 37 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 165 |
| Matt Sheets | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.00 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 52 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 220 |
| Rick Flock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.03 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 43 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 149 |
| Jamie Vallis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.68 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.3 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 126 |
| Kevin Frederick | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4.25 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.7 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 130 |
| Billy Coleman | 0 | 0 | 2.40 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | |
| Brian Kennedy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 38 | 29 | .567 | 5.03 | 207 | 67 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 576.7 | 604 | 375 | 322 | 60 | 249 | 7 | 592 | 32 | 9 | 56 | 2583 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Restovich | 65 | 305 | 242 | 68 | 86 | 20 | 1 | 13 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 54 | 58 | .355 | .489 | .607 | 1.096 | 147 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Claudio Almonte | 62 | 261 | 241 | 45 | 73 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 57 | .303 | .356 | .444 | .800 | 107 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Hawthorne | 45 | 223 | 193 | 46 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 31 | .301 | .380 | .373 | .753 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Marciniak | 54 | 242 | 189 | 46 | 56 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 47 | 32 | .296 | .440 | .413 | .853 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Hodge | 55 | 228 | 194 | 37 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 55 | .289 | .382 | .567 | .949 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Juan Lorenzo | 44 | 189 | 176 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .261 | .298 | .420 | .718 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian McMillin | 36 | 155 | 122 | 30 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 22 | .352 | .477 | .582 | 1.059 | 71 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leonel Vilorio | 35 | 132 | 123 | 22 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .325 | .364 | .447 | .811 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabby Torres | 46 | 186 | 161 | 19 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 23 | .248 | .341 | .366 | .707 | 59 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Selander | 36 | 141 | 119 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 20 | .286 | .390 | .546 | .936 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Alvarez | 46 | 195 | 155 | 32 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 37 | .219 | .363 | .323 | .685 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Brosam | 36 | 129 | 114 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 35 | .254 | .320 | .351 | .671 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Kennedy | 26 | 102 | 82 | 11 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 18 | .317 | .422 | .402 | .824 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yustin Jordan | 20 | 77 | 74 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | .257 | .286 | .324 | .610 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Collura | 28 | 96 | 88 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | .205 | .260 | .307 | .567 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Jaworowski | 7 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .500 | .556 | .833 | 1.389 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Sutton | 19 | 53 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | .154 | .377 | .179 | .557 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 660 | 2741 | 2336 | 462 | 676 | 127 | 13 | 70 | 402 | 61 | 26 | 329 | 490 | .289 | .385 | .445 | .829 | 1039 | 65 | 46 | 8 | 22 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Brosam | 1B | 35 | 273 | 16 | 4 | 18 | .986 | 8.257 | ||||
| Yustin Jordan | 1B | 19 | 122 | 15 | 2 | 9 | .986 | 7.211 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | 1B | 13 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .989 | 7.077 | ||||
| Aaron Jaworowski | 1B | 6 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Leonel Vilorio | 1B | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jimmy Alvarez | 1B | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Dave Marciniak | 2B | 37 | 66 | 88 | 11 | 12 | .933 | 4.162 | ||||
| Kyle Hawthorne | 2B | 15 | 24 | 24 | 5 | 4 | .906 | 3.200 | ||||
| Jimmy Alvarez | 2B | 9 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 6 | .971 | 3.778 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | 2B | 8 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 6 | .975 | 4.875 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | 3B | 45 | 29 | 86 | 11 | 2 | .913 | 2.556 | ||||
| Leonel Vilorio | 3B | 14 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | .879 | 2.071 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | 3B | 9 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .812 | 2.889 | ||||
| Dave Marciniak | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Yustin Jordan | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gabby Torres | C | 46 | 374 | 69 | 12 | 5 | .974 | 9.630 | 12 | 50 | 31 | 38.3 |
| Todd Collura | C | 23 | 157 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .983 | 7.348 | 10 | 24 | 6 | 20.0 |
| Bruce Sutton | C | 8 | 42 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .942 | 6.125 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 18.2 |
| Kevin Hodge | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claudio Almonte | CF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian McMillin | CF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Selander | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claudio Almonte | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian McMillin | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Leonel Vilorio | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Kennedy | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Sutton | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Lorenzo | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Restovich | OF | 60 | 86 | 7 | 9 | 1 | .912 | 1.550 | ||||
| Claudio Almonte | OF | 60 | 104 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .930 | 1.783 | ||||
| Brian McMillin | OF | 35 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 1.429 | ||||
| Craig Selander | OF | 30 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Leonel Vilorio | OF | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Kennedy | OF | 8 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.625 | ||||
| Bruce Sutton | OF | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Saúl Rivera | P | 23 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .435 | ||||
| Lester Victoria | P | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Jamie Vallis | P | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Rick Flock | P | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .316 | ||||
| Kevin Frederick | P | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Andy Butler | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .235 | ||||
| Pablo Perez | P | 16 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .875 | ||||
| Matt Sheets | P | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Grant Balfour | P | 13 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| Tim Sturdy | P | 12 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.917 | ||||
| Brian Fitts | P | 12 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Pete Fisher | P | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .850 | 1.417 | ||||
| Billy Coleman | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Brian Kennedy | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Restovich | RF | 60 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Selander | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Sutton | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Kennedy | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmy Alvarez | SS | 32 | 30 | 76 | 11 | 7 | .906 | 3.312 | ||||
| Kyle Hawthorne | SS | 26 | 46 | 76 | 7 | 11 | .946 | 4.692 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | SS | 8 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | SS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 996 | 1730 | 719 | 123 | 99 | .952 | 2.459 | 25 | 83 | 39 | 32.0 |
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.
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