1997 Kinston Indians Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Joel Skinner (87-53)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Kinston, North Carolina
Ballpark: Grainger Stadium
Attendance: 151,953, Avg. 2,374 in 64 home dates

1997 Kinston Indians Roster

Finals - Lynchburg Hillcats 3 games, Kinston Indians 1

The Kinston Indians of the Carolina League ended the 1997 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Indians scored 775 runs, most in the league. Kinston conceded 597 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Danny Peoples walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Tim Jorgensen, Darren Stumberger, Russell Branyan, Scott Morgan and Heath Hayes each swatted 15 or more as well. Danny Peoples drove in 84 runs. Darren Stumberger topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .283. Frankie Sanders led the squad with 11 wins, and Jim Crowell recorded a 2.37 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 Kinston Indians who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Budzinski, David Riske, Russell Branyan, Jason Rakers, Jim Crowell, John McDonald, Marco Scutaro, Joe Horgan, Scott Winchester and Willie Martínez.

Joel Skinner 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
Frankie Sanders	11	5	.688	4.06	25	25	0	2	0	0	146.3	130	72	66	10	66	1	127	2	0	8	611
Jim Crowell	9	4	.692	2.37	17	17	0	0	0	0	114.0	96	41	30	4	26	0	94	8	0	3	461
Willie Martínez	8	2	.800	3.09	23	23	0	1	0	0	137.0	125	61	47	13	42	2	120	4	0	4	568
Ross Atkins	8	4	.667	3.62	27	16	3	0	0	0	117.0	98	53	47	10	62	2	84	2	2	11	501
Jason Rakers	8	5	.615	3.07	17	17	0	2	2	0	102.7	93	41	35	10	18	0	105	1	1	2	405
Jarrod Mays	7	5	.583	4.13	20	19	0	0	0	0	100.3	94	53	46	8	42	0	64	13	0	5	435
Julio Perez	6	1	.857	4.84	27	0	8	0	0	0	48.3	58	35	26	4	17	2	35	0	2	7	210
Jon Edwards	6	4	.600	6.60	33	0	16	0	0	2	61.3	65	48	45	13	38	1	55	2	0	3	286
Jared Camp	5	4	.556	3.79	13	12	0	0	0	0	73.7	57	36	31	11	20	0	64	2	1	1	297
David Riske	4	4	.500	2.25	39	0	23	0	0	2	72.0	58	22	18	3	33	4	90	2	0	0	299
Greg Granger	4	6	.400	4.40	18	0	9	0	0	0	30.7	39	17	15	0	18	4	18	1	0	4	141
Marc Deschenes	2	0	1.000	0.81	20	0	19	0	0	10	22.3	9	2	2	2	4	0	39	0	0	1	79
Scott Winchester	2	1	.667	1.47	34	0	34	0	0	29	36.7	21	6	6	2	11	0	45	1	0	3	146
David Caldwell	2	1	.667	4.33	9	3	3	0	0	0	27.0	31	16	13	2	10	0	16	2	0	2	127
Alberto Garza	1	0	1.000	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	1	33
Teddy Warrecker	1	0	1.000	5.18	6	4	0	0	0	0	24.3	19	14	14	1	20	0	26	6	0	7	115
Matt Koeman	1	1	.500	7.63	7	0	3	0	0	0	15.3	20	14	13	3	4	0	12	0	0	2	70
Johnny Martinez	1	2	.333	2.21	9	0	3	0	0	1	20.3	16	5	5	2	6	1	14	0	0	2	80
Joe Horgan	1	2	.333	7.27	4	2	0	0	0	0	17.3	23	15	14	1	9	0	9	1	0	0	83
Keith Horn	0	0		9.60	9	0	5	0	0	1	15.0	20	16	16	3	8	0	11	1	0	1	76
Brett Merrick	0	1	.000	1.08	8	0	4	0	0	1	8.3	7	4	1	0	5	0	3	1	1	0	39
Chris Granata	0	1	.000	10.02	9	1	5	0	0	1	20.7	30	23	23	5	7	0	11	0	0	1	95
Totals	87	53	.621	3.81	375	140	135	5	2	47	1218.7	1114	597	516	107	470	18	1046	49	7	68	5157

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
Darren Stumberger	133	570	502	72	142	30	0	15	79	1	0	60	88	.283	.360	.432	.792	217	13	3	0	5	6
John McDonald	130	603	541	77	140	27	3	5	53	6	5	51	75	.259	.324	.348	.671	188	12	2	7	2	0
Scott Morgan	95	424	368	86	116	32	3	23	67	4	2	47	87	.315	.396	.606	1.002	223	8	5	0	4	3
Marco Scutaro	97	427	378	58	103	17	6	10	59	23	7	35	72	.272	.346	.429	.774	162	3	9	2	3	0
Danny Peoples	121	505	409	82	102	21	1	34	84	8	1	84	145	.249	.380	.555	.935	227	6	6	0	6	4
Heath Hayes	103	422	378	54	96	22	0	24	59	2	3	40	107	.254	.327	.503	.830	190	7	2	0	2	3
Tim Jorgensen	91	369	334	49	95	19	2	18	65	0	1	28	47	.284	.336	.515	.851	172	9	1	0	6	0
Russell Branyan	83	359	297	59	86	26	2	27	75	3	1	52	94	.290	.398	.663	1.062	197	9	5	0	5	4
Rafael Gross	73	302	266	53	71	20	0	9	36	17	10	30	68	.267	.348	.444	.791	118	7	4	0	2	0
Mike Huelsmann	90	343	289	50	71	9	4	2	19	12	4	48	56	.246	.357	.325	.682	94	8	2	4	0	0
Mark Budzinski	68	292	241	43	69	13	3	7	39	6	4	48	61	.286	.407	.452	.859	109	3	1	2	0	1
Junior Betances	74	263	230	34	64	10	2	4	26	8	4	24	34	.278	.350	.391	.741	90	5	3	3	3	0
Ricky Gonzalez	44	161	142	17	36	6	0	2	17	0	0	13	25	.254	.314	.338	.652	48	2	1	2	3	0
Patricio Claudio	24	94	89	14	27	5	0	1	9	1	2	2	16	.303	.319	.393	.712	35	1	0	3	0	0
Jon Petke	41	112	101	8	17	6	0	0	10	0	1	9	24	.168	.243	.228	.471	23	3	1	1	0	0
Pat Evans	26	80	69	5	14	3	0	0	2	0	1	8	21	.203	.291	.246	.538	17	1	1	1	1	0
Joe Kilburg	9	35	30	5	7	2	0	1	5	1	0	5	6	.233	.343	.400	.743	12	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Morris	10	39	32	6	5	1	0	2	10	0	0	4	6	.156	.282	.375	.657	12	2	2	0	1	0
Mel Motley	7	19	19	3	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	.211	.211	.421	.632	8	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1319	5419	4715	775	1265	270	26	185	715	92	46	588	1037	.268	.352	.454	.807	2142	99	48	25	43	21

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Darren Stumberger	1B	133	1137	108	8	125	.994	9.361
Tim Jorgensen	1B	5	36	1	0	4	1.000	7.400
Heath Hayes	1B	3	26	2	1	1	.966	9.333
Jon Petke	1B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Bobby Morris	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Marco Scutaro	2B	74	128	209	7	55	.980	4.554
Junior Betances	2B	44	82	126	0	37	1.000	4.727
Tim Jorgensen	2B	11	17	27	0	6	1.000	4.000
Bobby Morris	2B	9	11	22	4	4	.892	3.667
Joe Kilburg	2B	8	15	23	1	3	.974	4.750
Rafael Gross	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Russell Branyan	3B	69	64	118	21	8	.897	2.638
Tim Jorgensen	3B	40	29	68	6	8	.942	2.425
Marco Scutaro	3B	19	14	33	4	5	.922	2.474
Junior Betances	3B	12	12	29	5	2	.891	3.417
Rafael Gross	3B	4	1	2	1	0	.750	.750
Heath Hayes	3B	2	1	6	1	0	.875	3.500
Heath Hayes	C	91	681	70	10	5	.987	8.253	9	96	39	28.9
Ricky Gonzalez	C	41	271	23	1	2	.997	7.171	4	41	11	21.2
Pat Evans	C	15	101	10	1	0	.991	7.400	1	19	4	17.4
Rafael Gross	CF	58						.000
Mike Huelsmann	CF	47						.000
Mark Budzinski	CF	28						.000
Patricio Claudio	CF	14						.000
Scott Morgan	CF	5						.000
Danny Peoples	CF	1						.000
Danny Peoples	LF	75						.000
Jon Petke	LF	28						.000
Scott Morgan	LF	26						.000
Mark Budzinski	LF	18						.000
Mel Motley	LF	3						.000
Patricio Claudio	LF	1						.000
Mike Huelsmann	OF	87	152	9	4	2	.976	1.851
Scott Morgan	OF	86	143	7	2	2	.987	1.744
Danny Peoples	OF	76	86	2	4	2	.957	1.158
Rafael Gross	OF	66	114	6	3	0	.976	1.818
Mark Budzinski	OF	65	119	2	2	0	.984	1.862
Jon Petke	OF	40	45	2	2	0	.959	1.175
Patricio Claudio	OF	15	30	3	0	1	1.000	2.200
Mel Motley	OF	7	11	2	0	1	1.000	1.857
Joe Kilburg	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
David Riske	P	39	4	11	0	2	1.000	.385
Scott Winchester	P	34	4	2	0	0	1.000	.176
Jon Edwards	P	33	7	6	3	0	.812	.394
Julio Perez	P	27	6	7	0	1	1.000	.481
Ross Atkins	P	27	18	15	2	0	.943	1.222
Frankie Sanders	P	25	17	23	1	1	.976	1.600
Willie Martínez	P	23	14	23	3	2	.925	1.609
Jarrod Mays	P	20	7	12	2	1	.905	.950
Marc Deschenes	P	20	1	3	0	0	1.000	.200
Greg Granger	P	18	1	3	1	0	.800	.222
Jason Rakers	P	17	12	12	2	1	.923	1.412
Jim Crowell	P	17	5	16	2	2	.913	1.235
Jared Camp	P	13	3	12	1	0	.938	1.154
Johnny Martinez	P	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Keith Horn	P	9	2	3	0	0	1.000	.556
Chris Granata	P	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	.333
David Caldwell	P	9	1	3	0	0	1.000	.444
Brett Merrick	P	8	1	1	1	1	.667	.250
Matt Koeman	P	7	2	0	0	0	1.000	.286
Teddy Warrecker	P	6	0	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Joe Horgan	P	4	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.000
Alberto Garza	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Scott Morgan	RF	59						.000
Mike Huelsmann	RF	43						.000
Mark Budzinski	RF	28						.000
Jon Petke	RF	12						.000
Rafael Gross	RF	9						.000
Mel Motley	RF	4						.000
Joe Kilburg	RF	2						.000
John McDonald	SS	130	209	413	25	105	.961	4.785
Junior Betances	SS	14	10	25	0	2	1.000	2.500
Totals		2008	3656	1508	131	392	.975	2.572	14	156	54	25.7

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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