1998 Jacksonville Suns Statistics
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the SL's East Division
Manager: Dave Anderson (86-54)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 254,882, Avg. 3,748 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 0
Finals - Mobile BayBears 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Suns paced the league with 882 runs. Jacksonville allowed 710 runs. Gabe Kapler led the squad with 28 home runs, while Robert Fick, Alejandro Freire and Carlos Villalobos each walloped 15 or more, too. Gabe Kapler drove in 146 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .322 clip. Dave Borkowski paced the team with 16 wins, and Clay Bruner recorded a 3.79 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Jacksonville Suns who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Robert Fick, Willis Roberts, Matt Anderson, Matt Miller, Dave Roberts, Bill Hurst, Víctor Santos, Dave Borkowski, Alejandro Freire, Glen Barker, Erik Hiljus, Brian Powell, Gabe Kapler, Francisco Cordero, José Macias and Javier Cardona.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Borkowski | 16 | 7 | .696 | 4.63 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 178.7 | 204 | 99 | 92 | 25 | 54 | 0 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 775 |
| Dave Darwin | 12 | 6 | .667 | 5.35 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 139.7 | 152 | 94 | 83 | 22 | 52 | 0 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 612 |
| Brian Powell | 10 | 2 | .833 | 3.07 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 93.7 | 84 | 37 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 379 |
| Clay Bruner | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.79 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 171.0 | 173 | 90 | 72 | 15 | 66 | 0 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 739 |
| Dave Melendez | 9 | 6 | .600 | 5.06 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.0 | 166 | 104 | 86 | 16 | 61 | 0 | 83 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 685 |
| Derek Dace | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.16 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67.0 | 51 | 32 | 31 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 277 |
| Víctor Santos | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.17 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 159 |
| Keilan Smith | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.64 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 69 | 34 | 29 | 6 | 40 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 316 |
| Nick Skuse | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.76 | 49 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 62.3 | 54 | 34 | 33 | 7 | 30 | 1 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 268 |
| Willis Roberts | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| Matt Miller | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7.04 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 70 | 49 | 48 | 6 | 50 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 297 |
| Peter Durkovic | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.69 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 69 | 47 | 43 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 311 |
| Erik Hiljus | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.70 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65.7 | 49 | 31 | 27 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 280 |
| Matt Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.60 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| Francisco Cordero | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.86 | 17 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16.7 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| Keith Davis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Keith Kimsey | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| Bill Hurst | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Totals | 86 | 54 | .614 | 4.57 | 394 | 140 | 132 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 1231.3 | 1243 | 710 | 625 | 130 | 524 | 6 | 831 | 62 | 10 | 56 | 5384 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Kapler | 139 | 629 | 547 | 113 | 176 | 47 | 6 | 28 | 146 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 93 | .322 | .393 | .583 | .976 | 319 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| Robert Fick | 130 | 601 | 515 | 101 | 164 | 47 | 6 | 18 | 114 | 8 | 4 | 71 | 83 | .318 | .401 | .538 | .939 | 277 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| Carlos Villalobos | 128 | 561 | 497 | 96 | 159 | 34 | 2 | 18 | 80 | 8 | 0 | 55 | 85 | .320 | .387 | .505 | .892 | 251 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| José Macias | 128 | 573 | 511 | 82 | 156 | 28 | 10 | 12 | 71 | 6 | 9 | 52 | 46 | .305 | .372 | .470 | .842 | 240 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Alejandro Freire | 129 | 554 | 494 | 79 | 136 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 83 | .275 | .336 | .433 | .770 | 214 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Glen Barker | 110 | 526 | 453 | 95 | 127 | 29 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 31 | 7 | 57 | 120 | .280 | .362 | .411 | .773 | 186 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Juan Hernaiz | 99 | 408 | 382 | 60 | 96 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 58 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 93 | .251 | .283 | .403 | .686 | 154 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Derek Mitchell | 128 | 507 | 421 | 58 | 93 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 3 | 68 | 94 | .221 | .332 | .295 | .627 | 124 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
| Dave Roberts | 69 | 342 | 279 | 71 | 91 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 21 | 9 | 53 | 59 | .326 | .434 | .466 | .900 | 130 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Scott Bream | 58 | 237 | 206 | 30 | 60 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 41 | .291 | .366 | .442 | .808 | 91 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Javier Cardona | 46 | 181 | 163 | 31 | 54 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 29 | .331 | .387 | .515 | .902 | 84 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Del Marine | 44 | 178 | 155 | 25 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .316 | .393 | .452 | .845 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Dubose | 46 | 179 | 165 | 30 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 39 | .236 | .296 | .436 | .732 | 72 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Lackey | 12 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .324 | .410 | .353 | .763 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesse Ibarra | 10 | 35 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .100 | .229 | .133 | .362 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Sollmann | 10 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | .077 | .294 | .077 | .371 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Keilan Smith | 39 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1325 | 5587 | 4878 | 882 | 1416 | 323 | 46 | 133 | 828 | 105 | 41 | 562 | 908 | .290 | .366 | .457 | .823 | 2230 | 82 | 56 | 23 | 68 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Freire | 1B | 125 | 1050 | 113 | 15 | 109 | .987 | 9.304 | ||||
| Robert Fick | 1B | 7 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.286 | ||||
| Del Marine | 1B | 5 | 31 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 7.400 | ||||
| Jesse Ibarra | 1B | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 4.800 | ||||
| Brian Dubose | 1B | 3 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.333 | ||||
| Scott Bream | 1B | 3 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Gabe Kapler | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| José Macias | 2B | 127 | 246 | 354 | 14 | 85 | .977 | 4.724 | ||||
| Scott Bream | 2B | 9 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Steve Lackey | 2B | 6 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .964 | 4.500 | ||||
| Carlos Villalobos | 3B | 126 | 94 | 267 | 28 | 22 | .928 | 2.865 | ||||
| Scott Bream | 3B | 15 | 12 | 35 | 1 | 4 | .979 | 3.133 | ||||
| Robert Fick | C | 79 | 493 | 39 | 9 | 4 | .983 | 6.734 | 5 | 83 | 18 | 17.8 |
| Javier Cardona | C | 41 | 208 | 33 | 6 | 4 | .976 | 5.878 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 35.2 |
| Del Marine | C | 28 | 146 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 5.607 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 12.2 |
| Gabe Kapler | OF | 139 | 292 | 12 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 2.187 | ||||
| Glen Barker | OF | 109 | 307 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 2.963 | ||||
| Juan Hernaiz | OF | 80 | 124 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .935 | 1.625 | ||||
| Dave Roberts | OF | 49 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.163 | ||||
| Brian Dubose | OF | 24 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .935 | 1.208 | ||||
| Scott Bream | OF | 16 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.812 | ||||
| Scott Sollmann | OF | 10 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Robert Fick | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Nick Skuse | P | 49 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .082 | ||||
| Erik Hiljus | P | 42 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Derek Dace | P | 40 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .325 | ||||
| Keilan Smith | P | 39 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Peter Durkovic | P | 37 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .243 | ||||
| Clay Bruner | P | 28 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 2 | .923 | 2.143 | ||||
| Dave Borkowski | P | 28 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Dave Melendez | P | 25 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .953 | 1.640 | ||||
| Dave Darwin | P | 24 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 1.375 | ||||
| Francisco Cordero | P | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .235 | ||||
| Brian Powell | P | 14 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Matt Miller | P | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Matt Anderson | P | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Willis Roberts | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Víctor Santos | P | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Keith Kimsey | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Hurst | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Davis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Derek Mitchell | SS | 128 | 205 | 383 | 29 | 87 | .953 | 4.594 | ||||
| Scott Bream | SS | 10 | 19 | 26 | 2 | 5 | .957 | 4.500 | ||||
| Steve Lackey | SS | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .920 | 7.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1543 | 3694 | 1518 | 139 | 377 | .974 | 3.378 | 9 | 154 | 42 | 21.4 |
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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