1998 Huntington Rail Kings Statistics
Team Record: 12-28
in the HL
Manager: Mike Richmond (12-28)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Ballpark: St. Cloud Commons
Attendance: 3,515, Avg. 176
The Huntington Rail Kings of the Heartland League ended the 1998 season with a record of 12 wins and 28 lossesHuntington disbanded July 8.
The Rail Kings scored 145 runs and allowed 242 runs. Nekie Dixon led all regular batters with a .250 average, while Felipe Suarez recorded a 4.48 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Ted Power played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Huntington Rail Kings to do so.
Mike Richmond 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Baum | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.74 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 52 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 215 |
| Felipe Suarez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.43 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 39 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 185 |
| Jose Huguet | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.56 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 60 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 228 |
| Steven Wilkerson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.94 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27.3 | 29 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
| Jeff Cordle | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.88 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 52 |
| Ray Schmittle | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.46 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 121 |
| Tobias Price | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.65 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14.3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 71 |
| J. R. Watts | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.73 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.7 | 48 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 191 |
| Daniel Zitnick | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| David Gates | 0 | 0 | 3.12 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | |
| Peter Dallas | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Ted Power | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.65 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 |
| Chad Baumgardner | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.01 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 27 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 113 |
| Wayne Tyus | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 98 |
| Totals | 12 | 28 | .300 | 5.30 | 112 | 40 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 334.7 | 371 | 242 | 197 | 28 | 155 | 14 | 220 | 25 | 4 | 25 | 1546 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jude Donato | 40 | 170 | 156 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 23 | .237 | .284 | .314 | .598 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Barry Shelton | 40 | 162 | 149 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 41 | .242 | .296 | .383 | .679 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Burroughs | 39 | 165 | 143 | 18 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 41 | .231 | .321 | .336 | .657 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Claude Love | 40 | 167 | 150 | 13 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 22 | .213 | .279 | .280 | .559 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nekie Dixon | 39 | 123 | 108 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 30 | .250 | .331 | .333 | .664 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Langhans | 37 | 130 | 113 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 30 | .239 | .338 | .319 | .657 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Slaughter | 35 | 114 | 100 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28 | .250 | .327 | .340 | .667 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gil Gonzalez | 37 | 145 | 134 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 46 | .149 | .214 | .239 | .453 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Starkey | 30 | 90 | 77 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 33 | .247 | .337 | .429 | .766 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Moore | 12 | 46 | 42 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .262 | .326 | .500 | .826 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Dallas | 21 | 41 | 34 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | .206 | .317 | .235 | .552 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Purvis Cowens | 14 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .189 | .250 | .189 | .439 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Schelb | 31 | 62 | 51 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | .118 | .246 | .137 | .383 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Gates | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christopher Baum | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 434 | 1457 | 1296 | 145 | 288 | 55 | 7 | 18 | 116 | 56 | 19 | 131 | 349 | .222 | .297 | .317 | .615 | 411 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil Gonzalez | 1B | 32 | 260 | 14 | 4 | 18 | .986 | 8.562 | ||||
| Chris Starkey | 1B | 10 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .986 | 6.800 | ||||
| Henry Schelb | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Christopher Baum | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jude Donato | 2B | 40 | 92 | 112 | 11 | 18 | .949 | 5.100 | ||||
| Barry Shelton | 3B | 40 | 25 | 79 | 6 | 5 | .945 | 2.600 | ||||
| Henry Schelb | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Caleb Slaughter | C | 34 | 181 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .962 | 5.912 | 7 | 59 | 12 | 16.9 |
| Steve Langhans | C | 9 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.667 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 13.3 |
| Jason Moore | C | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Eric Burroughs | CF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nekie Dixon | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Love | LF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nekie Dixon | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claude Love | OF | 40 | 55 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .934 | 1.425 | ||||
| Eric Burroughs | OF | 39 | 99 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 2.564 | ||||
| Nekie Dixon | OF | 37 | 59 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .956 | 1.757 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | OF | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.615 | ||||
| Purvis Cowens | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steven Wilkerson | P | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Chad Baumgardner | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .429 | ||||
| Ray Schmittle | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tobias Price | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| J. R. Watts | P | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Christopher Baum | P | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Huguet | P | 8 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .842 | 2.000 | ||||
| David Gates | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Jeff Cordle | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Felipe Suarez | P | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Wayne Tyus | P | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Daniel Zitnick | P | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ted Power | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Peter Dallas | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nekie Dixon | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Dallas | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Purvis Cowens | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Langhans | SS | 29 | 42 | 64 | 14 | 10 | .883 | 3.655 | ||||
| Henry Schelb | SS | 17 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 7 | .903 | 3.824 | ||||
| Totals | 594 | 1004 | 413 | 71 | 71 | .952 | 2.386 | 12 | 75 | 15 | 16.7 |
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.
