1998 Fort Wayne Wizards Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 3rd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Jose Marzan (79-61)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Ballpark: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 214,702, Avg. 3,067 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - Rockford Cubbies 2 games, Fort Wayne Wizards 0
Playoffs - Fort Wayne Wizards 2 games, Peoria Chiefs 1
The Fort Wayne Wizards of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Wizards scored 742 runs and conceded 678 runs. Michael Cuddyer led Fort Wayne with 12 home runs and accounted for 81 RBI. Mike Ryan topped all regular batters by connecting at a .318 clip. Brad Thomas paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.96 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Danny Mota, Mike Ryan, Michael Cuddyer, Micheal Nakamura, Brad Thomas, Matt LeCroy, Michael Restovich and Juan Rincón were all players from the 1998 Fort Wayne Wizards who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jose Marzan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Thomas | 11 | 8 | .579 | 2.95 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 152.3 | 146 | 68 | 50 | 9 | 45 | 1 | 126 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 650 |
| Bryan Malko | 8 | 3 | .727 | 3.98 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 72 | 38 | 33 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 324 |
| Lee Marshall | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.19 | 46 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 104.0 | 133 | 74 | 60 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 481 |
| Matt Carnes | 8 | 5 | .615 | 5.37 | 47 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 104.0 | 119 | 74 | 62 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 92 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 473 |
| Bob Davies | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.69 | 34 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 127.0 | 121 | 62 | 52 | 6 | 52 | 3 | 114 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 558 |
| Juan Rincón | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.83 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 96.3 | 84 | 51 | 41 | 6 | 54 | 1 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 427 |
| Mike Cosgrove | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.34 | 44 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53.7 | 46 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 218 |
| Kendall Hill | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.35 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.3 | 65 | 38 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 295 |
| Danny Mota | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.25 | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32.0 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| Josh Gandy | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.81 | 44 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 101.0 | 113 | 59 | 54 | 4 | 33 | 2 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 446 |
| Joe Thomas | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.28 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 32 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 146 |
| Corey Spiers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 |
| Brent Hoard | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.23 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 141 |
| Jake Jacobs | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.19 | 48 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 78 | 64 | 52 | 10 | 39 | 2 | 78 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 352 |
| Micheal Nakamura | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.26 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.0 | 82 | 41 | 29 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 347 |
| Aaron Miller | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.34 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 133 |
| Gary Dose | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.50 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 42 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 167 |
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 4.01 | 494 | 140 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1226.7 | 1224 | 678 | 547 | 69 | 477 | 21 | 1027 | 60 | 14 | 95 | 5396 |
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 Cuddyer | 129 | 572 | 497 | 82 | 137 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 81 | 16 | 7 | 61 | 107 | .276 | .364 | .451 | .814 | 224 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Mike Ryan | 113 | 465 | 412 | 68 | 131 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 72 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 92 | .318 | .381 | .471 | .852 | 194 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Jon Schaeffer | 122 | 500 | 414 | 77 | 117 | 31 | 5 | 10 | 64 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 117 | .283 | .392 | .454 | .846 | 188 | 16 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Ramon Borrego | 119 | 498 | 422 | 61 | 110 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 59 | 75 | .261 | .351 | .353 | .704 | 149 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Jamal Harrison | 107 | 440 | 389 | 58 | 108 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 93 | .278 | .357 | .419 | .776 | 163 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Manny Lopez | 115 | 440 | 395 | 62 | 108 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 80 | .273 | .341 | .390 | .731 | 154 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Nestor Smith | 115 | 472 | 414 | 59 | 107 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 53 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 103 | .258 | .339 | .394 | .733 | 163 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Dave Orndorff | 99 | 434 | 380 | 68 | 99 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 12 | 44 | 91 | .261 | .348 | .382 | .730 | 145 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason McConnell | 91 | 363 | 316 | 52 | 82 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | 10 | 31 | 48 | .259 | .338 | .335 | .673 | 106 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Felix Pagan | 69 | 265 | 225 | 36 | 62 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 56 | .276 | .371 | .489 | .860 | 110 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt LeCroy | 64 | 269 | 225 | 33 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 45 | .276 | .387 | .480 | .867 | 108 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aaron Jaworowski | 51 | 209 | 190 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 50 | .268 | .335 | .400 | .735 | 76 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe McHenry | 46 | 162 | 144 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 46 | .257 | .331 | .312 | .644 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Sutton | 42 | 136 | 117 | 12 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 44 | .231 | .319 | .359 | .677 | 42 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Frankie Pena | 47 | 146 | 132 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34 | .189 | .234 | .311 | .545 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Restovich | 11 | 49 | 45 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .444 | .490 | .644 | 1.134 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen Shrum | 6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .059 | .059 | .059 | .118 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1346 | 5437 | 4734 | 742 | 1284 | 280 | 52 | 90 | 650 | 117 | 68 | 533 | 1101 | .271 | .354 | .409 | .764 | 1938 | 112 | 95 | 39 | 36 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Schaeffer | 1B | 51 | 437 | 30 | 4 | 34 | .992 | 9.157 | ||||
| Jamal Harrison | 1B | 51 | 462 | 36 | 9 | 33 | .982 | 9.765 | ||||
| Aaron Jaworowski | 1B | 41 | 359 | 34 | 3 | 25 | .992 | 9.585 | ||||
| Felix Pagan | 1B | 5 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 9.000 | ||||
| Mike Ryan | 1B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Dave Orndorff | 2B | 69 | 131 | 175 | 17 | 30 | .947 | 4.435 | ||||
| Ramon Borrego | 2B | 48 | 81 | 119 | 1 | 25 | .995 | 4.167 | ||||
| Jason McConnell | 2B | 31 | 57 | 85 | 9 | 10 | .940 | 4.581 | ||||
| Michael Cuddyer | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Ryan | 3B | 109 | 85 | 227 | 32 | 13 | .907 | 2.862 | ||||
| Ramon Borrego | 3B | 27 | 13 | 50 | 14 | 0 | .818 | 2.333 | ||||
| Felix Pagan | 3B | 10 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .909 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jason McConnell | 3B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .667 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jon Schaeffer | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jon Schaeffer | C | 57 | 419 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .998 | 7.930 | 5 | 52 | 19 | 26.8 |
| Matt LeCroy | C | 51 | 344 | 35 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 7.431 | 6 | 52 | 18 | 25.7 |
| Frankie Pena | C | 44 | 236 | 32 | 4 | 3 | .985 | 6.091 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 34.2 |
| Allen Shrum | C | 6 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.333 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Nestor Smith | CF | 112 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McHenry | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Sutton | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Lopez | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Borrego | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramon Borrego | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason McConnell | LF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Felix Pagan | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Sutton | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Orndorff | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McHenry | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Lopez | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Schaeffer | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nestor Smith | OF | 113 | 180 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 1.637 | ||||
| Manny Lopez | OF | 110 | 182 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .955 | 1.718 | ||||
| Joe McHenry | OF | 43 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .957 | 1.535 | ||||
| Bruce Sutton | OF | 41 | 60 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .957 | 1.610 | ||||
| Ramon Borrego | OF | 40 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.800 | ||||
| Jason McConnell | OF | 36 | 46 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.472 | ||||
| Felix Pagan | OF | 30 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .900 | ||||
| Dave Orndorff | OF | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Michael Restovich | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jon Schaeffer | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jake Jacobs | P | 48 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .250 | ||||
| Matt Carnes | P | 47 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .787 | ||||
| Lee Marshall | P | 46 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .880 | .478 | ||||
| Josh Gandy | P | 44 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .523 | ||||
| Mike Cosgrove | P | 44 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Juan Rincón | P | 37 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .676 | ||||
| Bob Davies | P | 34 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .853 | ||||
| Micheal Nakamura | P | 29 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .517 | ||||
| Brad Thomas | P | 27 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.333 | ||||
| Kendall Hill | P | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .346 | ||||
| Danny Mota | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .320 | ||||
| Aaron Miller | P | 22 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Bryan Malko | P | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | ||||
| Gary Dose | P | 17 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Brent Hoard | P | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Joe Thomas | P | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Corey Spiers | P | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Manny Lopez | RF | 101 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe McHenry | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bruce Sutton | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Restovich | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Schaeffer | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Felix Pagan | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nestor Smith | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Cuddyer | SS | 122 | 200 | 393 | 61 | 59 | .907 | 4.861 | ||||
| Jason McConnell | SS | 17 | 17 | 50 | 9 | 5 | .882 | 3.941 | ||||
| Ramon Borrego | SS | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Totals | 2148 | 3680 | 1586 | 210 | 262 | .962 | 2.452 | 20 | 132 | 50 | 27.5 |
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.
