1998 Huntsville Stars Statistics
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 2nd in the SL's West Division
Manager: Jeffrey Leonard (72-68)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Ballpark: Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 257,915, Avg. 3,849 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Mobile BayBears 3 games, Huntsville Stars 0
The Huntsville Stars of the Southern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Stars scored 810 runs and surrendered 833 runs, most in the circuit. T. R. Marcinczyk led Huntsville with 26 home runs, while Ramón Hernández, Mario Encarnación, Danny Ardoin and Eric Chavez each walloped 15 or more also. Ramón Hernández recorded 98 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .296. Brett Laxton paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.41 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Carl Dale, Jeff D'Amico, Chad Harville, Cody McKay, Miguel Tejada, Mike Neill, Webster Garrison, Brett Laxton, Tim Hudson, José Ortiz, Jason McDonald, Eric Chavez, Luis Vizcaíno, Mario Encarnación, Eric DuBose, Ramón Hernández, Benito Báez, Danny Ardoin and Kerwin Moore were all players from the 1998 Huntsville Stars who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Jeffrey Leonard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Laxton | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.40 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.7 | 109 | 64 | 49 | 4 | 79 | 0 | 82 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 570 |
| Tim Hudson | 10 | 9 | .526 | 4.54 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134.7 | 136 | 84 | 68 | 13 | 71 | 2 | 104 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 603 |
| Chris Enochs | 9 | 10 | .474 | 4.74 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 159 | 101 | 78 | 12 | 64 | 2 | 100 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 660 |
| Eric DuBose | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.70 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 | 86 | 37 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 66 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 363 |
| Scott Rivette | 6 | 4 | .600 | 4.61 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68.3 | 75 | 46 | 35 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 309 |
| Jeff D'Amico | 5 | 5 | .500 | 7.67 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 77 | 57 | 52 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 295 |
| Juan Perez | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.45 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36.7 | 29 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 157 |
| Luis Vizcaíno | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.66 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 182 |
| Chris Nelson | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.45 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 111 | 70 | 60 | 21 | 39 | 1 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 397 |
| Kevin Gunther | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5.64 | 45 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 67.0 | 107 | 66 | 42 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 332 |
| Benito Báez | 3 | 8 | .273 | 5.80 | 34 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122.7 | 161 | 92 | 79 | 12 | 64 | 0 | 83 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 579 |
| Jason Berry | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.22 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 26 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 |
| Jake O'Dell | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.17 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 84 | 54 | 45 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 347 |
| Dave Carroll | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.38 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.0 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 141 |
| Ryan Kjos | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| Carl Dale | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Jason Anderson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17.0 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 80 |
| Tom Bennett | 1 | 1 | .500 | 10.16 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.7 | 19 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 67 | 1 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 188 |
| Chad Harville | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 | |
| Jose Castro | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Roberto Vaz | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Andy Smith | 0 | 0 | 10.12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | |
| Pete Della Ratta | 0 | 1 | .000 | 11.25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Totals | 72 | 68 | .514 | 4.96 | 412 | 140 | 136 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 1220.3 | 1331 | 833 | 673 | 125 | 646 | 21 | 931 | 80 | 14 | 91 | 5594 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramón Hernández | 127 | 563 | 479 | 83 | 142 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 98 | 4 | 5 | 57 | 61 | .296 | .389 | .445 | .833 | 213 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Roberto Vaz | 131 | 530 | 457 | 54 | 135 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 62 | 23 | 16 | 56 | 63 | .295 | .369 | .409 | .778 | 187 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 131 | 568 | 501 | 90 | 135 | 25 | 2 | 26 | 88 | 2 | 6 | 51 | 127 | .269 | .343 | .483 | .826 | 242 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Eric Chavez | 88 | 384 | 335 | 66 | 110 | 27 | 1 | 22 | 86 | 12 | 4 | 42 | 61 | .328 | .402 | .612 | 1.014 | 205 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| José Ortiz | 94 | 415 | 354 | 70 | 98 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 22 | 8 | 48 | 63 | .277 | .369 | .407 | .776 | 144 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Mario Encarnación | 110 | 425 | 357 | 70 | 97 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 61 | 11 | 8 | 60 | 123 | .272 | .382 | .451 | .832 | 161 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Danny Ardoin | 109 | 439 | 363 | 67 | 90 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 8 | 4 | 62 | 87 | .248 | .367 | .438 | .805 | 159 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Webster Garrison | 104 | 352 | 295 | 47 | 80 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 56 | .271 | .376 | .434 | .810 | 128 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Justin Bowles | 74 | 319 | 274 | 50 | 76 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 60 | .277 | .362 | .471 | .833 | 129 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Kerwin Moore | 116 | 444 | 341 | 63 | 73 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 43 | 14 | 88 | 97 | .214 | .376 | .282 | .657 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Eric Martins | 70 | 285 | 234 | 45 | 71 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 32 | .303 | .404 | .415 | .818 | 97 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Dave Slemmer | 49 | 198 | 176 | 24 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 30 | .250 | .325 | .335 | .660 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Joe Espada | 51 | 198 | 161 | 29 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 15 | .255 | .373 | .329 | .702 | 53 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Castro | 55 | 176 | 147 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 25 | 48 | .163 | .293 | .259 | .552 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Tejada | 15 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .327 | .362 | .558 | .920 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Luderer | 17 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .289 | .357 | .368 | .726 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Neill | 12 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .257 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jason McDonald | 7 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | .300 | .500 | .700 | 1.200 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody McKay | 9 | 29 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .286 | .483 | .429 | .911 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric DuBose | 15 | 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 |
| Scott Rivette | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake O'Dell | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Gunther | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Berry | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Carroll | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Nelson | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1553 | 5504 | 4647 | 810 | 1266 | 248 | 23 | 144 | 748 | 161 | 79 | 685 | 965 | .272 | .371 | .429 | .799 | 1992 | 114 | 69 | 55 | 48 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 1B | 110 | 957 | 71 | 16 | 103 | .985 | 9.345 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | 1B | 22 | 183 | 10 | 6 | 16 | .970 | 8.773 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | 1B | 4 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Cody McKay | 1B | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.250 | ||||
| Webster Garrison | 1B | 4 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.750 | ||||
| Roberto Vaz | 1B | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Danny Ardoin | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Ortiz | 2B | 60 | 107 | 172 | 10 | 40 | .965 | 4.650 | ||||
| Eric Martins | 2B | 37 | 72 | 105 | 2 | 30 | .989 | 4.784 | ||||
| Webster Garrison | 2B | 34 | 68 | 89 | 5 | 22 | .969 | 4.618 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | 2B | 21 | 41 | 54 | 4 | 8 | .960 | 4.524 | ||||
| Jose Castro | 2B | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Eric Chavez | 3B | 79 | 54 | 146 | 14 | 13 | .935 | 2.532 | ||||
| Webster Garrison | 3B | 35 | 28 | 67 | 3 | 8 | .969 | 2.714 | ||||
| Jose Castro | 3B | 13 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 1 | .898 | 3.385 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | 3B | 12 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 3 | .853 | 2.417 | ||||
| T. R. Marcinczyk | 3B | 11 | 9 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 2.818 | ||||
| Cody McKay | 3B | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Brian Luderer | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Gunther | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Ardoin | C | 85 | 555 | 86 | 10 | 8 | .985 | 7.541 | 15 | 54 | 38 | 41.3 |
| Ramón Hernández | C | 51 | 341 | 32 | 5 | 0 | .987 | 7.314 | 6 | 38 | 14 | 26.9 |
| Brian Luderer | C | 8 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 5.375 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Cody McKay | C | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Roberto Vaz | OF | 125 | 218 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .962 | 1.816 | ||||
| Kerwin Moore | OF | 103 | 192 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 1.932 | ||||
| Mario Encarnación | OF | 94 | 181 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 2.011 | ||||
| Justin Bowles | OF | 69 | 118 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .969 | 1.797 | ||||
| Webster Garrison | OF | 25 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .920 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | OF | 16 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Mike Neill | OF | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.444 | ||||
| Jason McDonald | OF | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jose Castro | OF | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Danny Ardoin | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Ortiz | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cody McKay | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Martins | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Luderer | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Bennett | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Gunther | P | 45 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | .356 | ||||
| Scott Rivette | P | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Benito Báez | P | 34 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .706 | ||||
| Chris Nelson | P | 28 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .393 | ||||
| Tom Bennett | P | 28 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Juan Perez | P | 27 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .222 | ||||
| Jake O'Dell | P | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .630 | ||||
| Chris Enochs | P | 26 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .885 | ||||
| Jeff D'Amico | P | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .292 | ||||
| Tim Hudson | P | 22 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .840 | .955 | ||||
| Brett Laxton | P | 21 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Dave Carroll | P | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Eric DuBose | P | 14 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jason Berry | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .231 | ||||
| Chad Harville | P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Ryan Kjos | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Luis Vizcaíno | P | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andy Smith | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Pete Della Ratta | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carl Dale | P | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Anderson | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Roberto Vaz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Castro | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Espada | SS | 46 | 57 | 116 | 9 | 23 | .951 | 3.761 | ||||
| Eric Martins | SS | 39 | 39 | 92 | 10 | 20 | .929 | 3.359 | ||||
| José Ortiz | SS | 35 | 52 | 102 | 17 | 21 | .901 | 4.400 | ||||
| Jose Castro | SS | 31 | 33 | 99 | 10 | 20 | .930 | 4.258 | ||||
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 13 | 18 | 41 | 5 | 16 | .922 | 4.538 | ||||
| Cody McKay | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1638 | 3661 | 1566 | 187 | 383 | .965 | 3.191 | 22 | 100 | 54 | 35.1 |
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.
