1996 Greenville Bluesmen Statistics
Team Record: 35-36
Finished 4th in the BSL
Manager: Lyle Yates (35-36)
Location: Greenville, Mississippi
Ballpark: Legion Field
Attendance: 36,532, Avg. 1,029
Playoffs - Greenville Bluesmen 2 games, Pine Bluff Locomotives 1
Finals - Greenville Bluesmen 3 games, Columbia Mules 0
The Greenville Bluesmen of the Big South League ended the 1996 season with a record of 35 wins and 36 losses, finishing fourth in the BSL.
The Bluesmen scored 451 runs and gave up 489 runs. Tim Graham drove in 50 runs. Johnny Graham led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .361 clip. Chris Yates, Dean Hinson and Matt Miller topped the team with 5 wins each, while Jeff Scarpitti registered a 4.55 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Matt Miller played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Greenville Bluesmen to do so.
Lyle Yates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Yates | 5 | 1 | .833 | 6.41 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.3 | 58 | 46 | 38 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 252 |
| Matt Miller | 5 | 2 | .714 | 6.07 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.7 | 77 | 51 | 47 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 331 |
| Dean Hinson | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.06 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35.3 | 33 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 167 |
| Jeff Scarpitti | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.52 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.7 | 89 | 48 | 38 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 339 |
| A. J. Jenkins | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.27 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.7 | 87 | 64 | 42 | 3 | 49 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 365 |
| Steve Cain | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.04 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.7 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 161 |
| Jumaane Leach | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.45 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 111 | 68 | 64 | 10 | 42 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 376 |
| Brian Williard | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.66 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 101 | 54 | 43 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 375 |
| Brad Towns | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.65 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 63 |
| Michael Mortimer | 1 | 7 | .125 | 9.24 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.7 | 79 | 59 | 52 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 257 |
| F. Emory | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| Kerby Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gresham Fortune | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Jonathan Jenkins | 0 | 0 | 15.95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | |
| Monroe Chapman | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | |
| Shaun LaRue | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 |
| Malcolm Redding | 0 | 1 | .000 | 19.80 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Totals | 34 | 36 | .486 | 5.99 | 188 | 71 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 604.3 | 733 | 489 | 402 | 45 | 356 | 7 | 383 | 37 | 14 | 65 | 2899 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Smith | 69 | 285 | 237 | 43 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 43 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 34 | .329 | .424 | .422 | .846 | 100 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Erick Corps | 69 | 331 | 252 | 64 | 78 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 8 | 68 | 53 | .310 | .465 | .401 | .866 | 101 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Graham | 55 | 236 | 205 | 45 | 74 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 23 | .361 | .409 | .532 | .940 | 109 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Jose Serra | 66 | 305 | 254 | 53 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 34 | 8 | 38 | 24 | .287 | .389 | .374 | .763 | 95 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Graham | 64 | 259 | 202 | 40 | 70 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 33 | .347 | .480 | .545 | 1.025 | 110 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| Collin Hinds | 57 | 209 | 192 | 27 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 30 | .255 | .311 | .380 | .691 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun LaRue | 53 | 194 | 169 | 25 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 25 | .284 | .363 | .385 | .748 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Hiraldo | 47 | 194 | 173 | 26 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 25 | .277 | .345 | .410 | .756 | 71 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Keiver Campbell | 44 | 162 | 147 | 29 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 34 | .286 | .352 | .354 | .706 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Van Allen | 55 | 184 | 155 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 24 | .213 | .309 | .265 | .574 | 41 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Yates | 43 | 111 | 99 | 18 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 20 | .283 | .343 | .293 | .636 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Williard | 43 | 110 | 87 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 28 | .253 | .393 | .322 | .714 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Andre Keene | 15 | 67 | 60 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 12 | .300 | .358 | .550 | .908 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Flikke | 29 | 88 | 68 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | .221 | .368 | .279 | .647 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Shawn Cheek | 11 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | .323 | .333 | .656 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Frank | 7 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .185 | .241 | .259 | .501 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan O'Brien | 4 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Banks | 9 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .100 | .225 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Hinson | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garth Spendiff | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 771 | 2850 | 2401 | 451 | 691 | 134 | 12 | 33 | 381 | 156 | 40 | 350 | 393 | .288 | .384 | .395 | .779 | 948 | 46 | 41 | 31 | 27 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun LaRue | 1B | 31 | 217 | 15 | 7 | 24 | .971 | 7.484 | ||||
| Brian Williard | 1B | 26 | 167 | 12 | 3 | 10 | .984 | 6.885 | ||||
| Andre Keene | 1B | 12 | 93 | 12 | 4 | 9 | .963 | 8.750 | ||||
| Sean Flikke | 1B | 10 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .950 | 5.700 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | 1B | 3 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 5.667 | ||||
| Chris Yates | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Serra | 2B | 65 | 143 | 165 | 15 | 36 | .954 | 4.738 | ||||
| Gary Frank | 2B | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Banks | 2B | 3 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .905 | 6.333 | ||||
| Kerby Smith | 3B | 68 | 53 | 113 | 21 | 10 | .888 | 2.441 | ||||
| Mike Banks | 3B | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Garth Spendiff | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan O'Brien | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Graham | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Graham | C | 54 | 288 | 44 | 11 | 4 | .968 | 6.148 | 20 | 75 | 20 | 21.1 |
| Shaun LaRue | C | 12 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .969 | 5.167 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 11.8 |
| Shawn Cheek | C | 11 | 56 | 8 | 5 | 0 | .928 | 5.818 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Garth Spendiff | C | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Kerby Smith | C | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Larry Van Allen | CF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Yates | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Graham | CF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Graham | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Graham | LF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hiraldo | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Van Allen | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Yates | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Flikke | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Collin Hinds | OF | 57 | 130 | 5 | 10 | 1 | .931 | 2.368 | ||||
| Johnny Graham | OF | 54 | 105 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 2.093 | ||||
| Larry Van Allen | OF | 50 | 106 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.160 | ||||
| Jerry Hiraldo | OF | 31 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 2.194 | ||||
| Chris Yates | OF | 26 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 2.769 | ||||
| Sean Flikke | OF | 13 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.385 | ||||
| Tim Graham | OF | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Keiver Campbell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dean Hinson | P | 28 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .214 | ||||
| Steve Cain | P | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .227 | ||||
| Matt Miller | P | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .579 | ||||
| Chris Yates | P | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .353 | ||||
| A. J. Jenkins | P | 17 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Michael Mortimer | P | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Brian Williard | P | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jumaane Leach | P | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Jeff Scarpitti | P | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.154 | ||||
| Shaun LaRue | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Brad Towns | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Gresham Fortune | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Malcolm Redding | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jonathan Jenkins | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Monroe Chapman | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kerby Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| F. Emory | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Collin Hinds | RF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Flikke | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Hiraldo | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Yates | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Johnny Graham | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keiver Campbell | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erick Corps | SS | 69 | 89 | 168 | 29 | 38 | .899 | 3.725 | ||||
| Mike Banks | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Kerby Smith | SS | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1042 | 1813 | 671 | 133 | 148 | .949 | 2.384 | 37 | 95 | 24 | 20.2 |
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.
