1997 Greenville Bluesmen Statistics
Team Record: 39-20
Finished 2nd in the BSL
Manager: Jim Darrington (39-20)
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Ballpark: Legion Field
Attendance: 17,022, Avg. 577
Playoffs - Greenville Bluesmen 3 games, Meridian Brakemen 0
The Greenville Bluesmen of the Big South League ended the 1997 season with a record of 39 wins and 20 losses, finishing second in the BSL.
The Bluesmen plated 327 runs and allowed 250 runs. Alejandro Sánchez recorded 35 runs batted in. Carlos Capellan paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .344 clip. Matt Miller topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.27 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Greenville Bluesmen who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Smith, Oil Can Boyd, Alejandro Sánchez and Matt Miller.
Jim Darrington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Miller | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.26 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 107.3 | 76 | 34 | 27 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 433 |
| Tim Davidson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.06 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 94.0 | 83 | 48 | 32 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 404 |
| Ken Krahenbuhl | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.65 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 112.0 | 102 | 47 | 33 | 2 | 45 | 2 | 106 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 474 |
| Bryan Molina | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.69 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 53.7 | 53 | 24 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 229 |
| Chris Yates | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 104 |
| Barry Nelson | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.99 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 38.3 | 38 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 |
| A. J. Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.95 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 115 |
| Mike Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.60 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | |
| Oil Can Boyd | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Mike McClendon | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.29 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 107 |
| Mike Stadelhofer | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.04 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
| Totals | 39 | 21 | .650 | 3.32 | 121 | 60 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 515.0 | 463 | 250 | 190 | 20 | 233 | 5 | 481 | 26 | 6 | 40 | 2211 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Capellan | 54 | 231 | 215 | 25 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 14 | .344 | .387 | .391 | .778 | 84 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Denio Gabriel | 59 | 262 | 231 | 46 | 67 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 24 | 36 | .290 | .358 | .372 | .730 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy | 53 | 246 | 201 | 35 | 58 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 7 | 37 | 39 | .289 | .407 | .428 | .835 | 86 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Popeye Cole | 54 | 234 | 185 | 34 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 37 | 23 | .276 | .406 | .368 | .774 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Jay Edwards | 46 | 191 | 170 | 27 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 25 | .282 | .356 | .359 | .715 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Alejandro Sánchez | 43 | 177 | 157 | 26 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 20 | .268 | .316 | .433 | .750 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bubba Griffin | 51 | 160 | 131 | 26 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | .290 | .403 | .328 | .731 | 43 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Britton Scheibe | 50 | 195 | 160 | 27 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 42 | .200 | .316 | .344 | .660 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeremy Dixon | 34 | 116 | 90 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 24 | .256 | .388 | .367 | .755 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Larry Van Allen | 37 | 124 | 99 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 29 | .232 | .333 | .303 | .636 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Yates | 29 | 104 | 91 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 16 | .242 | .330 | .264 | .594 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny McMahan | 16 | 60 | 52 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .346 | .417 | .673 | 1.090 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Topping | 25 | 81 | 68 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .191 | .312 | .279 | .592 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaun LaRue | 22 | 79 | 72 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .181 | .253 | .222 | .475 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Molina | 29 | 41 | 35 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | .314 | .390 | .429 | .819 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keiver Campbell | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .250 | .333 | .250 | .583 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Krahenbuhl | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Florio | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .000 | .300 | .000 | .300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 624 | 2321 | 1973 | 327 | 536 | 83 | 19 | 23 | 275 | 122 | 51 | 273 | 315 | .272 | .363 | .368 | .731 | 726 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Sánchez | 1B | 31 | 287 | 7 | 3 | 27 | .990 | 9.484 | ||||
| Kenny McMahan | 1B | 13 | 109 | 7 | 1 | 11 | .991 | 8.923 | ||||
| Britton Scheibe | 1B | 12 | 114 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .983 | 9.667 | ||||
| Shaun LaRue | 1B | 10 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 8.600 | ||||
| Sean Murphy | 2B | 53 | 95 | 130 | 9 | 26 | .962 | 4.245 | ||||
| Carlos Capellan | 2B | 7 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
| Carlos Capellan | 3B | 45 | 17 | 65 | 10 | 8 | .891 | 1.822 | ||||
| Shaun LaRue | 3B | 7 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 2.714 | ||||
| Alejandro Sánchez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Bubba Griffin | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Florio | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .556 | 2.500 | ||||
| Popeye Cole | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .400 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bubba Griffin | C | 47 | 338 | 37 | 6 | 2 | .984 | 7.979 | 4 | 33 | 19 | 36.5 |
| Dan Topping | C | 25 | 174 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 7.480 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 23.5 |
| Popeye Cole | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Yates | CF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Van Allen | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Edwards | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Molina | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Dixon | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Popeye Cole | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Dixon | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Britton Scheibe | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Van Allen | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Molina | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shaun LaRue | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Edwards | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Popeye Cole | OF | 48 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Edwards | OF | 41 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.488 | ||||
| Britton Scheibe | OF | 35 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.286 | ||||
| Larry Van Allen | OF | 25 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .933 | 1.120 | ||||
| Chris Yates | OF | 21 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .939 | 1.476 | ||||
| Jeremy Dixon | OF | 18 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .867 | .722 | ||||
| Bryan Molina | OF | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Shaun LaRue | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike McClendon | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Mike Smith | P | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bryan Molina | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Matt Miller | P | 15 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .933 | ||||
| Tim Davidson | P | 15 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 1.533 | ||||
| Ken Krahenbuhl | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Mike Stadelhofer | P | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| A. J. Jenkins | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .778 | .778 | ||||
| Barry Nelson | P | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Chris Yates | P | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Oil Can Boyd | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jay Edwards | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Britton Scheibe | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Van Allen | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Molina | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Dixon | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Denio Gabriel | SS | 59 | 77 | 152 | 21 | 36 | .916 | 3.881 | ||||
| Carlos Capellan | SS | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 834 | 1545 | 542 | 82 | 143 | .962 | 2.502 | 9 | 59 | 27 | 31.4 |
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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