1997 Iowa Cubs Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-69
Finished 1st in the AA's West Division
Manager: Tim Johnson (74-69)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Ballpark: Principal Park
Attendance: 403,040, Avg. 6,016 in 67 home dates

1997 Iowa Cubs Roster

Playoffs - Iowa Cubs 3 games, New Orleans Zephyrs 0
Finals - Buffalo Bisons 3 games, Iowa Cubs 0

The Iowa Cubs of the American Association ended the 1997 season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Cubs plated 666 runs and yielded 645 runs. Brooks Kieschnick paced Iowa with 21 home runs, while Robin Jennings, Terrell Lowery and Brant Brown each walloped 15 or more also. Terrell Lowery and Robin Jennings each drove in 71 runs. Pedro Valdés led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .284 clip. Paul Fletcher topped the squad with 10 wins, and Dave Swartzbaugh registered a 2.82 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1997 Iowa Cubs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Justin Speier, Rich Sauveur, Tyler Houston, Robin Jennings, Dave Stevens, Miguel Cairo, Paul Fletcher, Steve Rain, Pedro Valdés, Gil Heredia, Amaury Telemaco, Marc Pisciotta, Chris Petersen, Rodney Myers, Kevin Tapani, Kerry Wood, Brant Brown, Ramon Caraballo, Jon Ratliff, Kevin Orie, Brooks Kieschnick, Terrell Lowery, Tim McIntosh, José Molina, Mark Dalesandro, Steve Pegues, Kennie Steenstra, Miguel Batista, Curt Lyons, Mike Hubbard, Ben VanRyn, Geremi González and Dave Swartzbaugh.

Tim Johnson 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
Paul Fletcher	10	6	.625	3.56	54	0	14	0	0	0	78.3	63	32	31	11	39	1	67	1	0	15	330
Miguel Batista	9	4	.692	4.20	31	14	4	2	2	0	122.0	117	60	57	19	38	1	95	0	1	8	509
Dave Swartzbaugh	8	7	.533	2.82	24	20	1	1	1	1	134.0	129	55	42	12	48	1	97	1	1	3	561
Steve Rain	7	1	.875	5.89	40	0	17	0	0	1	44.3	51	30	29	8	34	4	50	0	1	4	217
Rodney Myers	7	8	.467	4.09	24	23	0	1	0	0	140.7	140	76	64	18	38	1	79	6	0	3	590
Marc Pisciotta	6	2	.750	2.36	42	0	38	0	0	22	45.7	29	12	12	2	23	3	48	2	0	6	194
Amaury Telemaco	5	9	.357	4.51	18	18	0	3	2	0	113.7	121	70	57	20	38	1	75	4	1	6	501
Kennie Steenstra	5	10	.333	3.92	25	25	0	4	0	0	160.7	161	85	70	15	41	4	111	0	0	7	663
Gil Heredia	4	2	.667	3.86	31	1	14	0	0	1	46.7	54	22	20	6	9	0	30	0	0	3	197
Kerry Wood	4	2	.667	4.68	10	10	0	0	0	0	57.7	35	35	30	2	52	0	80	6	2	8	254
Justin Speier	2	0	1.000	0.00	8	0	4	0	0	1	12.3	5	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	41
Geremi González	2	2	.500	3.48	10	10	0	1	1	0	62.0	47	27	24	8	21	0	58	1	0	2	249
Ben VanRyn	2	2	.500	4.59	51	5	12	0	0	3	80.3	88	43	41	10	25	2	64	1	0	5	343
Dave Stevens	1	1	.500	4.70	6	0	5	0	0	1	7.7	8	4	4	0	5	1	8	0	0	0	34
Rich Sauveur	1	3	.250	3.38	39	1	19	0	0	2	45.3	46	19	17	4	21	5	37	3	0	0	198
Jon Ratliff	1	3	.250	5.57	9	4	1	0	0	1	32.3	30	20	20	6	7	0	25	2	0	2	134
Kevin Tapani	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	4	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	32
Jason Hart	0	1	.000	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	6
Curt Lyons	0	2	.000	6.37	8	8	0	0	0	0	29.7	35	23	21	8	21	0	26	4	0	2	145
Lee Russell	0	3	.000	12.54	7	3	1	0	0	0	18.7	36	26	26	5	8	0	3	0	0	1	93
Totals	74	69	.517	4.14	439	143	130	13	6	33	1242.0	1201	645	571	155	472	24	969	31	6	75	5291

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
Miguel Cairo	135	608	569	82	159	35	4	5	46	40	15	24	54	.279	.314	.381	.695	217	9	6	6	3	0
Pedro Valdés	125	521	464	65	132	30	1	14	60	9	2	48	67	.284	.350	.444	.794	206	13	2	1	6	5
Robin Jennings	126	527	464	67	128	25	5	20	71	5	3	56	73	.276	.359	.481	.839	223	7	5	0	2	5
Terrell Lowery	110	455	386	69	116	28	3	17	71	9	8	65	97	.301	.401	.521	.922	201	8	1	1	2	2
Mark Dalesandro	115	445	405	48	106	14	0	8	48	0	0	33	51	.262	.317	.356	.672	144	15	2	0	5	3
Chris Petersen	119	436	391	49	94	16	2	3	33	1	6	32	89	.240	.306	.315	.620	123	15	6	4	3	4
Brooks Kieschnick	97	402	360	57	93	21	0	21	66	0	2	36	89	.258	.323	.492	.815	177	8	1	0	5	4
Lipso Nava	109	350	319	37	85	17	1	9	36	2	3	22	53	.266	.326	.411	.736	131	16	7	0	2	0
Brant Brown	71	291	256	51	77	19	3	16	51	6	6	31	44	.301	.379	.586	.965	150	5	2	1	1	2
Mike Hubbard	50	200	186	24	52	15	1	6	26	2	0	11	23	.280	.317	.468	.784	87	2	0	1	2	0
Rod McCall	49	173	148	26	42	5	0	14	35	0	0	22	53	.284	.382	.601	.983	89	1	2	0	1	2
Ramon Caraballo	49	158	133	16	28	8	0	4	21	5	2	18	25	.211	.329	.361	.690	48	1	6	0	1	1
Dee Dowler	42	114	100	14	23	2	0	2	12	6	1	10	16	.230	.310	.310	.620	31	2	2	1	1	0
Pat Cline	27	106	95	6	21	2	0	3	10	0	1	10	24	.221	.292	.337	.629	32	4	0	0	1	1
Brandon Wilson	19	65	62	4	16	2	0	0	3	3	2	2	10	.258	.281	.290	.572	18	1	0	1	0	0
Tim McIntosh	17	59	54	9	14	3	0	2	8	0	0	3	14	.259	.322	.426	.748	23	0	2	0	0	0
Ricky Freeman	31	88	77	7	13	0	0	1	4	1	0	8	20	.169	.273	.208	.481	16	4	3	0	0	0
Kevin Orie	9	37	32	7	12	4	0	1	8	0	0	5	5	.375	.459	.594	1.053	19	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Cholowsky	36	74	65	12	12	2	0	1	4	2	1	9	17	.185	.284	.262	.545	17	2	0	0	0	0
Steve Pegues	6	24	24	3	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.375	.375	.458	.833	11	2	0	0	0	0
Rodney Myers	24	29	27	4	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13	.222	.222	.407	.630	11	0	0	2	0	0
Tyler Houston	6	23	23	0	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	.217	.217	.304	.522	7	0	0	0	0	0
Harold Williams	9	30	28	2	5	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	8	.179	.233	.357	.590	10	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lisanti	4	13	11	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.364	.462	.364	.825	4	0	0	0	0	0
Amaury Telemaco	18	13	10	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	3	0	0	2	0	0
Geremi González	10	11	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	0	0	2	0	0
Dave Swartzbaugh	24	26	23	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	.087	.083	.087	.170	2	0	0	2	1	0
Rich Sauveur	39	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
Curt Lyons	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
José Molina	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jon Ratliff	9	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	1	0	0
Miguel Batista	31	15	14	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	8	.071	.071	.286	.357	4	0	0	1	0	0
Kennie Steenstra	25	26	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.056	.150	.056	.206	1	0	0	6	0	0
Lee Russell	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marc Pisciotta	42	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben VanRyn	51	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gil Heredia	31	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Fletcher	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kerry Wood	10	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	1745	5349	4779	666	1265	254	21	150	627	91	52	453	893	.265	.332	.421	.753	2011	116	47	34	36	29

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Brooks Kieschnick	1B	63	531	38	5	66	.991	9.032
Ricky Freeman	1B	23	192	13	0	18	1.000	8.913
Rod McCall	1B	21	176	8	1	14	.995	8.762
Mark Dalesandro	1B	19	140	13	1	16	.994	8.053
Brant Brown	1B	17	128	13	3	11	.979	8.294
Lipso Nava	1B	6	25	3	0	1	1.000	4.667
Tim McIntosh	1B	2	17	1	1	3	.947	9.000
Harold Williams	1B	1	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.000
Miguel Cairo	2B	105	201	305	11	80	.979	4.819
Ramon Caraballo	2B	33	60	79	4	18	.972	4.212
Chris Petersen	2B	4	8	8	0	2	1.000	4.000
Brandon Wilson	2B	3	2	6	0	1	1.000	2.667
Lipso Nava	3B	85	52	135	12	18	.940	2.200
Mark Dalesandro	3B	40	19	58	0	3	1.000	1.925
Brandon Wilson	3B	12	8	17	1	2	.962	2.083
Dan Cholowsky	3B	8	2	4	0	1	1.000	.750
Brooks Kieschnick	3B	7	5	16	3	1	.875	3.000
Kevin Orie	3B	6	2	13	1	2	.938	2.500
Chris Petersen	3B	4	4	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Tyler Houston	3B	4	2	8	2	2	.833	2.500
Ramon Caraballo	3B	4	3	4	2	0	.778	1.750
Mark Dalesandro	C	51	305	19	3	2	.991	6.353	3	39	9	18.8
Mike Hubbard	C	46	310	22	2	6	.994	7.217	4	25	13	34.2
Pat Cline	C	27	188	11	2	0	.990	7.370	1	12	8	40.0
Dan Cholowsky	C	14	92	7	2	1	.980	7.071	0	9	5	35.7
Tim McIntosh	C	8	57	6	2	1	.969	7.875	1	10	4	28.6
Bob Lisanti	C	4	22	2	0	1	1.000	6.000	2	1	2	66.7
José Molina	C	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000	0	0	0
Tyler Houston	C	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000	0	2	0	0.0
Terrell Lowery	CF	104						.000
Robin Jennings	CF	32						.000
Dee Dowler	CF	13						.000
Brant Brown	CF	1						.000
Robin Jennings	LF	64						.000
Brant Brown	LF	47						.000
Brooks Kieschnick	LF	14						.000
Pedro Valdés	LF	10						.000
Dee Dowler	LF	10						.000
Mark Dalesandro	LF	3						.000
Steve Pegues	LF	2						.000
Dan Cholowsky	LF	2						.000
Tim McIntosh	LF	1						.000
Mike Hubbard	LF	1						.000
Robin Jennings	OF	119	197	10	3	3	.986	1.739
Pedro Valdés	OF	116	256	13	3	6	.989	2.319
Terrell Lowery	OF	104	244	8	3	1	.988	2.423
Brant Brown	OF	47	74	0	1	0	.987	1.574
Dee Dowler	OF	31	60	3	0	0	1.000	2.032
Brooks Kieschnick	OF	14	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.857
Mark Dalesandro	OF	5	3	0	0	0	1.000	.600
Steve Pegues	OF	4	4	1	1	1	.833	1.250
Tim McIntosh	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Dan Cholowsky	OF	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Hubbard	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Paul Fletcher	P	54	3	12	1	1	.938	.278
Ben VanRyn	P	51	1	10	1	0	.917	.216
Marc Pisciotta	P	42	2	4	1	0	.857	.143
Steve Rain	P	40	0	3	0	0	1.000	.075
Rich Sauveur	P	39	4	7	1	0	.917	.282
Gil Heredia	P	31	1	17	0	2	1.000	.581
Miguel Batista	P	31	8	16	2	1	.923	.774
Kennie Steenstra	P	25	5	24	1	4	.967	1.160
Dave Swartzbaugh	P	24	10	20	0	1	1.000	1.250
Rodney Myers	P	24	8	23	4	1	.886	1.292
Amaury Telemaco	P	18	12	17	3	0	.906	1.611
Kerry Wood	P	10	2	6	1	1	.889	.800
Geremi González	P	10	6	6	1	0	.923	1.200
Jon Ratliff	P	9	6	4	0	0	1.000	1.111
Justin Speier	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Curt Lyons	P	8	2	3	0	0	1.000	.625
Lee Russell	P	7	1	5	0	1	1.000	.857
Dave Stevens	P	6	1	2	0	1	1.000	.500
Kevin Tapani	P	1	4	0	1	0	.800	4.000
Jason Hart	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Pedro Valdés	RF	106						.000
Robin Jennings	RF	29						.000
Dee Dowler	RF	8						.000
Steve Pegues	RF	2						.000
Mark Dalesandro	RF	2						.000
Tim McIntosh	RF	1						.000
Chris Petersen	SS	111	164	341	14	84	.973	4.550
Miguel Cairo	SS	30	47	81	9	15	.934	4.267
Lipso Nava	SS	4	4	7	0	0	1.000	2.750
Brandon Wilson	SS	3	4	9	0	3	1.000	4.333
Totals		2103	3726	1468	109	397	.979	2.470	11	98	41	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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