1998 Kane County Cougars Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 69-71
Finished 4th in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Juan Bustabad (69-71)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Geneva, Illinois
Ballpark: Phillip Elfstrom Stadium
Attendance: 481,352, Avg. 7,079 in 68 home dates

1998 Kane County Cougars Roster

The Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 69 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Central Division.

The Cougars scored 644 runs and allowed 662 runs. Ross Gload led Kane County with 12 home runs and drove in 92 runs. Matt Erickson paced all regular hitters by connecting at a .324 clip. Scott Henderson and A. J. Burnett topped the squad with 10 wins each, while A. J. Burnett recorded a 1.97 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Michael Tejera, Matt Erickson, Brandon Harper, A. J. Burnett, Gary Knotts, Héctor Almonte, Jason Pearson and Ross Gload were all players from the 1998 Kane County Cougars who played in the Majors during their careers.

Juan Bustabad served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
A. J. Burnett	10	4	.714	1.97	20	20	0	0	0	119.0	74	27	26	3	45	0	186	8	2	6	469
Scott Henderson	10	7	.588	2.99	40	1	19	0	4	81.3	64	29	27	2	27	7	96	4	0	2	337
Gary Knotts	8	8	.500	3.87	27	27	0	3	0	158.3	144	84	68	11	66	1	148	11	0	7	686
Michael Tejera	6	1	.857	2.77	10	10	0	0	0	55.3	44	20	17	3	13	0	47	2	0	2	218
Billy Putnicki	6	3	.667	3.23	29	0	17	0	4	55.7	48	23	20	1	16	2	34	2	0	9	234
Scott Comer	6	4	.600	2.87	15	14	1	2	0	97.3	91	42	31	13	9	0	85	4	0	0	395
Tim McClaskey	5	2	.714	4.26	34	2	18	0	2	74.0	87	45	35	5	16	3	70	5	0	4	326
Nick Rizzo	3	2	.600	2.91	26	0	10	0	0	52.7	49	31	17	1	22	1	33	3	0	3	230
Cory Lima	3	3	.500	4.61	31	7	9	0	0	80.0	106	56	41	4	29	0	48	8	1	7	379
Todd Noel	2	2	.500	5.30	7	5	0	0	0	37.3	45	25	22	1	17	0	26	3	0	2	168
Nelson Lara	2	2	.500	6.14	10	4	2	0	0	29.3	29	23	20	1	23	0	21	7	1	4	141
Mike Marriott	2	4	.333	3.74	10	10	0	0	0	53.0	59	31	22	2	18	1	22	5	0	3	238
Steve Gagliano	1	1	.500	7.66	8	3	3	0	0	22.3	33	21	19	2	10	0	17	1	0	2	109
Reece Borges	1	2	.333	4.71	10	0	3	0	0	21.0	24	13	11	1	8	1	8	0	1	2	94
Aaron Akin	1	4	.200	3.66	12	10	1	0	0	51.7	50	28	21	3	20	0	41	5	2	2	228
Geoff Goetz	1	4	.200	4.64	9	9	0	0	0	42.7	44	22	22	4	24	1	36	2	0	5	189
Héctor Almonte	1	5	.167	3.95	43	0	41	0	21	43.3	51	22	19	5	19	0	51	1	2	3	200
Matt Levan	1	7	.125	6.38	30	9	7	0	0	91.7	111	72	65	10	36	2	87	3	0	2	410
Jason Pearson	0	0		3.38	2	0	2	0	0	2.7	3	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	14
Derek Santiago	0	1	.000	24.00	2	1	0	0	0	3.0	9	9	8	2	1	0	6	0	0	3	21
Hector Henriquez	0	5	.000	5.29	10	8	1	1	0	49.3	55	36	29	3	20	1	30	1	0	4	216
Totals	69	71	.493	3.99	385	140	134	6	31	1221.0	1220	662	541	77	440	20	1093	76	9	72	5302

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
Raul Franco	132	596	551	81	158	24	0	2	51	15	12	24	52	.287	.315	.341	.656	188	8	2	12	7	2
Ross Gload	132	567	501	77	157	41	3	12	92	7	6	58	84	.313	.386	.479	.865	240	13	3	2	3	7
Matt Erickson	124	541	441	83	143	32	2	4	64	17	7	72	62	.324	.436	.433	.869	191	8	18	7	3	1
Quincy Foster	134	616	545	90	138	14	10	0	37	73	19	51	114	.253	.324	.316	.640	172	7	8	8	4	4
Alex Melconian	132	549	453	61	103	10	1	6	53	21	3	50	135	.227	.336	.294	.629	133	12	28	10	8	1
Brandon Harper	113	464	412	34	95	22	2	4	50	1	3	42	64	.231	.305	.323	.627	133	16	4	1	5	3
Rhodney Donaldson	108	397	334	55	73	13	0	0	45	23	10	54	56	.219	.326	.257	.583	86	15	1	4	4	0
Jorge Bautista	84	321	272	33	71	16	2	7	50	3	4	40	63	.261	.355	.412	.767	112	9	3	0	6	1
Brett Roneberg	68	270	240	35	65	7	0	3	35	2	5	25	50	.271	.341	.338	.678	81	11	1	3	1	0
Kelley Washington	65	260	239	28	59	5	0	4	21	10	8	11	75	.247	.297	.318	.615	76	4	6	4	0	0
Ismael Reynoso	48	170	144	15	27	4	0	1	9	3	3	17	34	.188	.291	.236	.527	34	2	4	5	0	0
Drew Niles	26	103	87	12	24	4	0	0	9	2	1	12	20	.276	.350	.322	.671	28	1	0	0	4	1
Jose Santos	32	142	117	17	22	9	2	2	12	5	1	21	49	.188	.326	.350	.677	41	0	3	1	0	2
Kevin Green	33	115	96	8	15	2	0	1	8	6	5	15	32	.156	.274	.208	.483	20	0	1	2	1	0
Nate Reese	13	47	40	3	10	1	0	1	7	0	0	5	12	.250	.362	.350	.712	14	2	2	0	0	0
Isreal Polonia	15	43	38	6	8	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	17	.211	.302	.289	.592	11	0	3	0	0	0
Matt Schnabel	24	75	63	5	8	1	0	1	6	0	0	7	21	.127	.219	.190	.410	12	3	1	2	2	0
Brian Reed	3	8	6	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.500	.625	.667	1.292	4	0	0	0	0	0
Travis Hunter	10	23	22	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.136	.174	.136	.310	3	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Rivas	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1297	5308	4602	644	1182	206	22	49	554	189	88	509	947	.257	.339	.343	.682	1579	111	88	61	48	22

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ross Gload	1B	129	1160	69	14	89	.989	9.527
Jorge Bautista	1B	10	84	9	2	5	.979	9.300
Travis Hunter	1B	3	14	1	1	0	.938	5.000
Raul Franco	2B	131	251	356	17	66	.973	4.634
Matt Erickson	2B	9	14	26	1	4	.976	4.444
Drew Niles	2B	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Matt Erickson	3B	102	68	204	19	14	.935	2.667
Jose Santos	3B	27	18	63	4	4	.953	3.000
Jorge Bautista	3B	11	3	18	4	0	.840	1.909
Brandon Harper	C	110	900	72	17	8	.983	8.836	11	135	42	23.7
Alex Melconian	C	21	123	19	1	1	.993	6.762	2	20	9	31.0
Nate Reese	C	9	71	13	0	0	1.000	9.333	0	10	3	23.1
Travis Hunter	C	3	13	0	0	0	1.000	4.333	1	0	0
Quincy Foster	CF	132						.000
Rhodney Donaldson	CF	12						.000
Kevin Green	CF	2						.000
Alex Melconian	LF	102						.000
Rhodney Donaldson	LF	33						.000
Matt Schnabel	LF	6						.000
Kevin Green	LF	3						.000
Jorge Bautista	LF	1						.000
Quincy Foster	OF	132	257	14	13	3	.954	2.053
Alex Melconian	OF	102	121	6	6	0	.955	1.245
Rhodney Donaldson	OF	84	135	5	10	0	.933	1.667
Brett Roneberg	OF	68	105	1	5	0	.955	1.559
Kevin Green	OF	32	54	2	1	0	.982	1.750
Matt Schnabel	OF	14	10	0	1	0	.909	.714
Brian Reed	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Nate Reese	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jorge Bautista	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Héctor Almonte	P	43	1	3	0	0	1.000	.093
Scott Henderson	P	40	7	14	1	2	.955	.525
Tim McClaskey	P	34	8	7	1	0	.938	.441
Cory Lima	P	31	6	12	2	0	.900	.581
Matt Levan	P	30	3	17	1	0	.952	.667
Billy Putnicki	P	29	3	10	2	1	.867	.448
Gary Knotts	P	27	11	33	1	1	.978	1.630
Nick Rizzo	P	26	7	9	0	2	1.000	.615
A. J. Burnett	P	20	2	16	2	1	.900	.900
Scott Comer	P	15	3	11	0	1	1.000	.933
Aaron Akin	P	12	3	8	1	0	.917	.917
Michael Tejera	P	10	7	10	0	0	1.000	1.700
Mike Marriott	P	10	1	8	2	0	.818	.900
Nelson Lara	P	10	1	1	1	0	.667	.200
Hector Henriquez	P	10	1	13	3	1	.824	1.400
Reece Borges	P	10	3	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Geoff Goetz	P	9	3	6	0	2	1.000	1.000
Steve Gagliano	P	8	0	3	0	1	1.000	.375
Todd Noel	P	7	4	6	0	0	1.000	1.429
Derek Santiago	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jason Pearson	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Brett Roneberg	RF	68						.000
Rhodney Donaldson	RF	42						.000
Kevin Green	RF	28						.000
Matt Schnabel	RF	8						.000
Brian Reed	RF	2						.000
Nate Reese	RF	1						.000
Kelley Washington	SS	64	85	200	25	35	.919	4.453
Ismael Reynoso	SS	48	68	158	16	25	.934	4.708
Isreal Polonia	SS	14	14	33	6	4	.887	3.357
Drew Niles	SS	12	15	37	1	6	.981	4.333
Matt Erickson	SS	4	5	12	1	3	.944	4.250
Totals		1969	3663	1508	183	279	.966	2.626	14	165	54	24.7

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.

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