1998 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Statistics
Team Record: 64-21
Finished 1st in the NL's West Division
Manager: Doug Simunic (64-21)
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota; Fargo, North Dakota
Ballpark: Newman Outdoor Field
Attendance: 182,938, Avg. 4,356 in 42 home dates
Playoffs - Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 3 games, Winnipeg Goldeyes 1
Finals - Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 3 games, St. Paul Saints 0
The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the Northern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 64 wins and 21 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Fargo- RedHawks allowed 332 runs, least in the league. Moorhead plated 568 runs. Forry Wells paced the squad with 20 home runs, while Marc Fink and Johnny Knott walloped 15 or more also. Marc Fink recorded 63 runs batted in. Johnny Knott led batters with significant playing time with a .333 average. Jeff Bittiger topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 1.95 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1998 Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Ozzie Canseco, Darryl Motley, Blaise Ilsley, Chris Coste and Jeff Bittiger.
Doug Simunic 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Bittiger | 12 | 1 | .923 | 1.94 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 72 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 373 |
| Justin Fletschock | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.04 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109.7 | 112 | 45 | 37 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 88 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 470 |
| Blaise Ilsley | 9 | 4 | .692 | 5.27 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 126 | 59 | 55 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 420 |
| Eric Schultz | 8 | 1 | .889 | 3.18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 68.0 | 61 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 279 |
| George Schmidt | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1.87 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.7 | 45 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 229 |
| Will Rushing | 6 | 2 | .750 | 5.07 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 66 | 39 | 34 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 285 |
| Kevin Mlodik | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.63 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 67 | 27 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 257 |
| John Vandemark | 4 | 1 | .800 | 5.70 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 125 |
| Chris DeWitt | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| Tony Kunka | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.79 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 93 |
| Barry Nelson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.83 | 34 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 39.3 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 163 |
| Stephen Lukas | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Jack Koch | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Greg Salvevold | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 |
| Robert Toth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Matt Jeckell | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.49 | 33 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.7 | 47 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 205 |
| Totals | 64 | 21 | .753 | 3.51 | 249 | 85 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 749.0 | 752 | 332 | 292 | 49 | 222 | 11 | 596 | 27 | 1 | 33 | 3185 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Akers | 83 | 390 | 358 | 79 | 111 | 30 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 12 | 5 | 29 | 39 | .310 | .364 | .489 | .853 | 175 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Coste | 85 | 362 | 326 | 59 | 107 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 30 | .328 | .390 | .485 | .874 | 158 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Hine | 85 | 367 | 319 | 59 | 103 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 17 | 4 | 40 | 32 | .323 | .397 | .451 | .848 | 144 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Marc Fink | 77 | 315 | 290 | 47 | 91 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 73 | .314 | .359 | .531 | .890 | 154 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Johnny Knott | 75 | 341 | 267 | 76 | 89 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 30 | 7 | 50 | 68 | .333 | .452 | .566 | 1.017 | 151 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Darryl Motley | 82 | 346 | 303 | 56 | 88 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 55 | .290 | .364 | .495 | .859 | 150 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Forry Wells | 81 | 350 | 291 | 65 | 78 | 23 | 1 | 20 | 57 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 80 | .268 | .381 | .560 | .941 | 163 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Peter Prodanov | 74 | 272 | 235 | 41 | 56 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 40 | .238 | .309 | .315 | .624 | 74 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Jesus Marquez | 38 | 160 | 147 | 16 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | .238 | .287 | .367 | .654 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Francisco | 24 | 94 | 88 | 15 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .341 | .370 | .420 | .790 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Canseco | 21 | 93 | 78 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 18 | .333 | .441 | .628 | 1.069 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cory Smith | 34 | 97 | 81 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 18 | .284 | .402 | .444 | .847 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Ottavinia | 10 | 45 | 44 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .409 | .422 | .705 | 1.127 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Santana | 13 | 47 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .222 | .255 | .289 | .544 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Jackson | 15 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .192 | .232 | .327 | .559 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Blaise Ilsley | 21 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Geiszler | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .286 | .429 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Hoffner | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 822 | 3352 | 2940 | 568 | 878 | 183 | 25 | 100 | 513 | 120 | 36 | 318 | 519 | .299 | .372 | .480 | .852 | 1411 | 65 | 46 | 17 | 31 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marc Fink | 1B | 76 | 656 | 30 | 15 | 63 | .979 | 9.026 | ||||
| Forry Wells | 1B | 16 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .988 | 5.250 | ||||
| Chris Coste | 1B | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Ozzie Canseco | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Steve Hine | 2B | 85 | 183 | 247 | 18 | 53 | .960 | 5.059 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 2B | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Cory Smith | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Johnny Knott | 3B | 72 | 51 | 142 | 15 | 8 | .928 | 2.681 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 3B | 14 | 5 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| Chris Coste | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Coste | C | 84 | 595 | 40 | 2 | 3 | .997 | 7.560 | 13 | 68 | 20 | 22.7 |
| Peter Prodanov | C | 4 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.750 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Peter Prodanov | CF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Francisco | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Jackson | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Ottavinia | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Smith | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Knott | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forry Wells | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ozzie Canseco | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Smith | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ruben Santana | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Francisco | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Geiszler | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Knott | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Blaise Ilsley | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forry Wells | OF | 74 | 127 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .978 | 1.784 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | OF | 54 | 79 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 1.611 | ||||
| Jesus Marquez | OF | 38 | 59 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .924 | 1.605 | ||||
| Cory Smith | OF | 26 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| David Francisco | OF | 24 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.958 | ||||
| Ozzie Canseco | OF | 19 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| Jeff Jackson | OF | 14 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .971 | 2.357 | ||||
| Ruben Santana | OF | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Paul Ottavinia | OF | 10 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 2.000 | ||||
| Blaise Ilsley | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Dan Geiszler | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Knott | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| George Schmidt | P | 37 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .297 | ||||
| Barry Nelson | P | 34 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .206 | ||||
| Matt Jeckell | P | 33 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .212 | ||||
| Will Rushing | P | 27 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .556 | ||||
| Blaise Ilsley | P | 17 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.882 | ||||
| Justin Fletschock | P | 17 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .963 | 1.529 | ||||
| Kevin Mlodik | P | 16 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .688 | ||||
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 16 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.312 | ||||
| Tony Kunka | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Schultz | P | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.091 | ||||
| John Vandemark | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Greg Salvevold | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Stephen Lukas | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Chris DeWitt | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jack Koch | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Robert Toth | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Marquez | RF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Forry Wells | RF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Smith | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ruben Santana | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Blaise Ilsley | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Geiszler | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Francisco | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Akers | SS | 83 | 143 | 273 | 22 | 60 | .950 | 5.012 | ||||
| Cory Smith | SS | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .800 | 3.000 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | SS | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1260 | 2247 | 924 | 99 | 216 | .970 | 2.517 | 13 | 69 | 23 | 25.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
