1996 Grand Forks Varmints Statistics
Prairie League (PL) - Independent
Team Record: 45-34
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Mark Schlemmer (0-0), Mike Verdi (0-0)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Kraft Field
Attendance: 35,619, Avg. 902
1996 Grand Forks Varmints RosterTeam Record: 45-34
Finished 4th in the PL
Manager: Mark Schlemmer (0-0), Mike Verdi (0-0)
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
Ballpark: Kraft Field
Attendance: 35,619, Avg. 902
Playoffs - Grand Forks Varmints 2 games, Moose Jaw Diamond Dogs 1
Finals - Minot Mallards 3 games, Grand Forks Varmints 1
The Grand Forks Varmints of the Prairie League ended the 1996 season with a record of 45 wins and 34 losses, finishing fourth in the PL.
The Varmints plated 507 runs and conceded 488 runs. James Wambach paced Grand Forks with 20 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Ty Griffin led hitters with significant playing time with a .326 average. Craig Baumann and Ryan Heuchert topped the team with 8 wins each, while Brian Huss recorded a 4.81 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Mark Schlemmer and Mike Verdi served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Baumann | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 58.3 | 47 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 225 |
| Ryan Heuchert | 8 | 4 | .667 | 5.87 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 99.7 | 125 | 74 | 65 | 12 | 28 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 445 |
| Barry Vicroy | 7 | 6 | .538 | 6.42 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 95.3 | 121 | 76 | 68 | 18 | 32 | 0 | 46 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 430 |
| Rob Gaiko | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.33 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.3 | 46 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 210 |
| Jeff Sanders | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.34 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 68 | 52 | 47 | 10 | 42 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 306 |
| Chris Hart | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.83 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 50 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 202 |
| Brian Huss | 3 | 7 | .300 | 4.80 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86.3 | 104 | 51 | 46 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 381 |
| Kurt Thompson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.76 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 54.7 | 76 | 47 | 35 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 261 |
| Stevins Spurgeon | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
| Dan Popple | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.91 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 72 |
| Johnny Ray | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Michael Krizmanich | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.88 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 69 | 46 | 42 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 230 |
| Ty Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Robert Howell | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jamie Hoffner | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| James Hattenstein | 0 | 0 | 9.50 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | |
| Shea Wardwell | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Dickie Brown | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Trevor Skjerpen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.53 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| Totals | 45 | 34 | .570 | 5.61 | 239 | 79 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 680.0 | 807 | 488 | 424 | 79 | 260 | 9 | 419 | 30 | 2 | 32 | 3061 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Hoffner | 79 | 363 | 324 | 58 | 104 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 31 | .321 | .381 | .429 | .810 | 139 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ty Griffin | 72 | 326 | 267 | 62 | 87 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 55 | 25 | 4 | 57 | 58 | .326 | .448 | .528 | .976 | 141 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Howell | 77 | 336 | 300 | 54 | 87 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 25 | .290 | .336 | .373 | .710 | 112 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| Shea Wardwell | 78 | 352 | 295 | 66 | 80 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 19 | 2 | 44 | 56 | .271 | .372 | .424 | .795 | 125 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| James Wambach | 76 | 325 | 272 | 47 | 74 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 54 | .272 | .377 | .529 | .906 | 144 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Tom Carcione | 77 | 320 | 248 | 55 | 64 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 61 | .258 | .404 | .411 | .816 | 102 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Kris Jarosz | 55 | 219 | 193 | 32 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 13 | .311 | .379 | .409 | .788 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Hisle | 55 | 232 | 175 | 48 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 43 | .303 | .448 | .606 | 1.054 | 106 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Warren Sawkiw | 33 | 155 | 138 | 26 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 19 | .348 | .406 | .623 | 1.030 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Scott Whetter | 50 | 148 | 141 | 14 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 29 | .206 | .217 | .284 | .500 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Champoux | 29 | 108 | 89 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 29 | .225 | .304 | .348 | .652 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Kelly Cooper | 33 | 107 | 94 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 | .213 | .308 | .330 | .638 | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Powell | 13 | 60 | 56 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | .321 | .333 | .554 | .887 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gregg Cascaes | 22 | 46 | 42 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .143 | .196 | .167 | .362 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Anderson | 11 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .238 | .238 | .238 | .476 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gordon | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stengrem | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bart Cruikshank | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Gaiko | 24 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Huss | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 818 | 3151 | 2684 | 507 | 760 | 159 | 8 | 84 | 438 | 97 | 28 | 350 | 478 | .283 | .372 | .442 | .814 | 1187 | 56 | 46 | 43 | 28 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Wambach | 1B | 73 | 635 | 48 | 8 | 60 | .988 | 9.356 | ||||
| Jamie Hoffner | 1B | 8 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.125 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Larry Hisle | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Warren Sawkiw | 2B | 30 | 55 | 76 | 6 | 19 | .956 | 4.367 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | 2B | 17 | 34 | 56 | 3 | 10 | .968 | 5.294 | ||||
| Beau Champoux | 2B | 17 | 47 | 53 | 4 | 14 | .962 | 5.882 | ||||
| Gordon Powell | 2B | 13 | 23 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 4.692 | ||||
| Gregg Cascaes | 2B | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 4 | .964 | 3.857 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Gordon | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kris Jarosz | 3B | 55 | 34 | 104 | 17 | 2 | .890 | 2.509 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | 3B | 18 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.500 | ||||
| Beau Champoux | 3B | 11 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 2.091 | ||||
| Gregg Cascaes | 3B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | 3B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tom Carcione | 3B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Gordon | 3B | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | 2.000 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Carcione | C | 73 | 388 | 53 | 2 | 1 | .995 | 6.041 | 11 | 65 | 29 | 30.9 |
| Jeff Anderson | C | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 4.500 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Warren Sawkiw | C | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 4.200 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Bart Cruikshank | C | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| David Stengrem | C | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Shea Wardwell | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Shea Wardwell | CF | 78 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ty Griffin | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Whetter | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| James Wambach | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gordon Powell | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Howell | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Beau Champoux | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ty Griffin | LF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Larry Hisle | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Whetter | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Gaiko | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Cascaes | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shea Wardwell | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Huss | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Anderson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shea Wardwell | OF | 78 | 178 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.372 | ||||
| Ty Griffin | OF | 72 | 129 | 10 | 7 | 0 | .952 | 1.931 | ||||
| Larry Hisle | OF | 54 | 83 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Kelly Cooper | OF | 32 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.969 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | OF | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.083 | ||||
| Gregg Cascaes | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| James Wambach | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gordon Powell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Huss | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Howell | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jamie Hoffner | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Beau Champoux | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Baumann | P | 37 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .216 | ||||
| Jeff Sanders | P | 26 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Ryan Heuchert | P | 22 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Chris Hart | P | 22 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .409 | ||||
| Kurt Thompson | P | 21 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Brian Huss | P | 21 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | P | 20 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Barry Vicroy | P | 17 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Michael Krizmanich | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| James Hattenstein | P | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Dan Popple | P | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Trevor Skjerpen | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jamie Hoffner | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stevins Spurgeon | P | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Johnny Ray | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dickie Brown | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Howell | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ty Griffin | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Larry Hisle | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelly Cooper | RF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Whetter | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Cascaes | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shea Wardwell | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Hoffner | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Howell | SS | 77 | 132 | 238 | 23 | 51 | .941 | 4.805 | ||||
| Scott Whetter | SS | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Beau Champoux | SS | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Shea Wardwell | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gregg Cascaes | SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1228 | 2040 | 887 | 95 | 186 | .969 | 2.384 | 21 | 74 | 31 | 29.5 |
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.
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