1997 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 66-73
Finished 3rd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Dave Anderson (66-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 238,238, Avg. 3,504 in 68 home dates
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 66 wins and 73 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Suns tallied 699 runs and allowed 741 runs. Juan Encarnación paced Jacksonville with 26 home runs, and Jesse Ibarra walloped 15 or more, too. Jesse Ibarra drove in 91 runs. Juan Encarnación topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .323 clip. Brandon Reed led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 4.55 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1997 Jacksonville Suns who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Marino Santana, Bryan Corey, Jimmy Hurst, Orlando Miller, Seth Greisinger, Willis Roberts, Luis Garcia, Dave Roberts, Roberto Durán, Glen Barker and Juan Encarnación.
Dave Anderson 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Reed | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.55 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 176.0 | 190 | 100 | 89 | 25 | 54 | 0 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 754 |
Seth Greisinger | 10 | 6 | .625 | 5.20 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.3 | 194 | 103 | 92 | 29 | 53 | 0 | 105 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 710 |
Matt Drews | 8 | 11 | .421 | 5.49 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 144.3 | 160 | 109 | 88 | 23 | 50 | 0 | 85 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 652 |
Dave Melendez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 5.33 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.7 | 77 | 47 | 43 | 10 | 24 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 314 |
Willis Roberts | 6 | 15 | .286 | 6.28 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 149.0 | 181 | 120 | 104 | 18 | 64 | 0 | 86 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 685 |
Marino Santana | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.28 | 39 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 74.0 | 55 | 28 | 27 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 317 |
Roberto Durán | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.37 | 50 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 60.7 | 41 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 95 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 265 |
Kenny Marrero | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.94 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 45 | 32 | 21 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 275 |
Kevin Gallaher | 4 | 3 | .571 | 6.47 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 70 | 45 | 41 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 271 |
Gary Goldsmith | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.07 | 31 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 97.3 | 97 | 48 | 44 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 415 |
Bryan Corey | 3 | 8 | .273 | 4.76 | 52 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 68.0 | 74 | 42 | 36 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 298 |
Mike Drumright | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.57 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 112 |
Scott Gentile | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.23 | 43 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63.7 | 69 | 41 | 37 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 273 |
Chad Schroeder | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
Totals | 66 | 73 | .475 | 4.75 | 386 | 139 | 125 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 1218.7 | 1270 | 741 | 643 | 161 | 482 | 4 | 869 | 57 | 9 | 70 | 5352 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Encarnación | 131 | 561 | 493 | 91 | 159 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 90 | 17 | 3 | 43 | 86 | .323 | .394 | .560 | .954 | 276 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Jesse Ibarra | 115 | 504 | 441 | 73 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 85 | .283 | .363 | .512 | .876 | 226 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Jesus Marquez | 114 | 498 | 465 | 56 | 124 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 77 | .267 | .301 | .413 | .714 | 192 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Dave Roberts | 105 | 473 | 415 | 76 | 123 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 45 | 62 | .296 | .366 | .393 | .759 | 163 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Luis Garcia | 126 | 481 | 456 | 55 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 59 | .268 | .284 | .346 | .631 | 158 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Julio Bruno | 120 | 480 | 438 | 51 | 116 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 38 | 70 | .265 | .327 | .370 | .697 | 162 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Rich Almanzar | 103 | 438 | 387 | 55 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 37 | 43 | .243 | .314 | .344 | .657 | 133 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Del Marine | 99 | 384 | 328 | 45 | 78 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 92 | .238 | .346 | .421 | .767 | 138 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Tom Schmidt | 82 | 323 | 291 | 37 | 75 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 81 | .258 | .328 | .416 | .744 | 121 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Glen Barker | 69 | 302 | 257 | 47 | 72 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 72 | .280 | .361 | .412 | .773 | 106 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Ira Smith | 53 | 208 | 172 | 29 | 53 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 30 | .308 | .428 | .500 | .928 | 86 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Earl Johnson | 36 | 161 | 146 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 | .226 | .272 | .301 | .574 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Decomba Conner | 47 | 187 | 154 | 22 | 32 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 45 | .208 | .342 | .364 | .706 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Lidle | 59 | 210 | 186 | 18 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 77 | .151 | .227 | .204 | .431 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Scott Bream | 19 | 70 | 55 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 12 | .273 | .420 | .400 | .820 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jimmy Hurst | 5 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .471 | .524 | .941 | 1.465 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Orlando Miller | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .364 | .462 | .727 | 1.189 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Adam Rodriguez | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .429 | .200 | .629 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steve Lackey | 5 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1293 | 5335 | 4730 | 699 | 1263 | 245 | 29 | 127 | 630 | 115 | 38 | 467 | 918 | .267 | .338 | .412 | .749 | 1947 | 111 | 57 | 45 | 36 | 16 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jesse Ibarra | 1B | 109 | 925 | 104 | 16 | 90 | .985 | 9.440 | ||||
Tom Schmidt | 1B | 21 | 176 | 11 | 5 | 24 | .974 | 8.905 | ||||
Del Marine | 1B | 13 | 105 | 11 | 3 | 12 | .975 | 8.923 | ||||
Rich Almanzar | 2B | 103 | 237 | 292 | 17 | 85 | .969 | 5.136 | ||||
Julio Bruno | 2B | 26 | 53 | 59 | 5 | 15 | .957 | 4.308 | ||||
Scott Bream | 2B | 12 | 20 | 38 | 1 | 13 | .983 | 4.833 | ||||
Steve Lackey | 2B | 4 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .929 | 6.500 | ||||
Tom Schmidt | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
Julio Bruno | 3B | 91 | 51 | 207 | 18 | 16 | .935 | 2.835 | ||||
Tom Schmidt | 3B | 48 | 25 | 103 | 7 | 9 | .948 | 2.667 | ||||
Del Marine | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Scott Bream | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Del Marine | C | 85 | 550 | 59 | 10 | 6 | .984 | 7.165 | 17 | 75 | 33 | 30.6 |
Kevin Lidle | C | 58 | 336 | 51 | 8 | 8 | .980 | 6.672 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 52.5 |
Adam Rodriguez | C | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
Decomba Conner | CF | 47 | .000 | |||||||||
Glen Barker | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
Earl Johnson | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
Dave Roberts | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
Juan Encarnación | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
Ira Smith | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Jesus Marquez | LF | 104 | .000 | |||||||||
Ira Smith | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
Dave Roberts | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
Glen Barker | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
Kevin Lidle | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Juan Encarnación | OF | 112 | 208 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .987 | 1.964 | ||||
Jesus Marquez | OF | 106 | 182 | 11 | 7 | 1 | .965 | 1.821 | ||||
Glen Barker | OF | 64 | 154 | 6 | 2 | 2 | .988 | 2.500 | ||||
Decomba Conner | OF | 47 | 96 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .960 | 2.064 | ||||
Dave Roberts | OF | 34 | 82 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .954 | 2.441 | ||||
Ira Smith | OF | 29 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.724 | ||||
Earl Johnson | OF | 29 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .986 | 2.517 | ||||
Jimmy Hurst | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Kevin Lidle | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Julio Bruno | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Bryan Corey | P | 52 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .958 | .442 | ||||
Roberto Durán | P | 50 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
Scott Gentile | P | 43 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .938 | .349 | ||||
Marino Santana | P | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .256 | ||||
Kenny Marrero | P | 37 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .459 | ||||
Gary Goldsmith | P | 31 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .885 | .742 | ||||
Seth Greisinger | P | 28 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 4 | .974 | 1.321 | ||||
Brandon Reed | P | 27 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.370 | ||||
Willis Roberts | P | 26 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 3 | .882 | 1.731 | ||||
Matt Drews | P | 24 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
Dave Melendez | P | 12 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
Kevin Gallaher | P | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
Mike Drumright | P | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
Chad Schroeder | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Juan Encarnación | RF | 107 | .000 | |||||||||
Ira Smith | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
Glen Barker | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
Dave Roberts | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
Jesus Marquez | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Jimmy Hurst | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Julio Bruno | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
Luis Garcia | SS | 125 | 176 | 370 | 30 | 74 | .948 | 4.368 | ||||
Tom Schmidt | SS | 9 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .882 | 3.333 | ||||
Scott Bream | SS | 5 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Orlando Miller | SS | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
Totals | 1962 | 3656 | 1566 | 170 | 385 | .968 | 2.662 | 24 | 104 | 64 | 38.1 |
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.
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