1997 Kalamazoo Kodiaks Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 33-46
Finished 4th in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Pacella (33-46)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ballpark: Sutherland Field
Attendance: 55,421, Avg. 1,386 in 40 home dates
1997 Kalamazoo Kodiaks RosterTeam Record: 33-46
Finished 4th in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Pacella (33-46)
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Ballpark: Sutherland Field
Attendance: 55,421, Avg. 1,386 in 40 home dates
The Kalamazoo Kodiaks of the Frontier League ended the 1997 season with a record of 33 wins and 46 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Kodiaks plated 408 runs and surrendered 493 runs. Herb Goodman paced Kalamazoo with 12 home runs Mike Garner drove in 56 runs. Mike Wiseley led all regular batters by connecting at a .331 clip. K. J. Jacobson and Richard Collins topped the team with 6 wins each, while Alex Slattery recorded a 3.57 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. John Pacella 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. J. Jacobson | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.67 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 | 100 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 61 | 3 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 454 |
| Richard Collins | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.41 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 83.7 | 87 | 45 | 41 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 355 |
| Alex Slattery | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.56 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73.3 | 64 | 37 | 29 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 330 |
| Anthony Vitale | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.06 | 26 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 76 | 49 | 42 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 291 |
| Jason Robinson | 4 | 8 | .333 | 6.24 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 118.3 | 148 | 88 | 82 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 541 |
| Jon Davis | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.59 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 141 |
| Scott Kapla | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 49 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 144 |
| Ron Scott | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.33 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 27.0 | 29 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 132 |
| Roberto Giron | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.28 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 102 |
| Norman Vest | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.96 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 52 | 41 | 27 | 5 | 35 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 231 |
| Bert Higgins | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Carey Herring | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Bob Holst | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 | |
| Brian McKitrick | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jimmy Podjan | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.62 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 51 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 193 |
| Chris Mitchell | 0 | 1 | .000 | 47.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Travis Wade | 0 | 2 | .000 | 30.86 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Chip Mercer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.23 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.7 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 95 |
| Scott Rhodes | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.86 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 40 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 132 |
| Totals | 33 | 46 | .418 | 5.32 | 228 | 80 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 702.0 | 800 | 493 | 415 | 66 | 384 | 26 | 431 | 46 | 11 | 72 | 3243 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Wiseley | 79 | 352 | 323 | 52 | 107 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 27 | .331 | .362 | .437 | .799 | 141 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Don DeDonatis | 79 | 359 | 314 | 64 | 103 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 65 | 11 | 41 | 18 | .328 | .403 | .420 | .824 | 132 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Garner | 71 | 290 | 261 | 36 | 86 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 24 | .330 | .370 | .529 | .899 | 138 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Mike Zerbe | 65 | 257 | 220 | 35 | 68 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 65 | .309 | .402 | .536 | .939 | 118 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Herb Goodman | 78 | 315 | 281 | 48 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 41 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 72 | .242 | .314 | .416 | .730 | 117 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Bert Higgins | 73 | 259 | 230 | 22 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 36 | .239 | .303 | .248 | .551 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Jace Johnson | 49 | 203 | 180 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 56 | .261 | .328 | .350 | .678 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| John Sullivan | 58 | 206 | 186 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 22 | .247 | .299 | .344 | .643 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Ryan Sienko | 58 | 206 | 179 | 18 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 55 | .235 | .327 | .413 | .740 | 74 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Allen Chase | 31 | 122 | 102 | 17 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | .284 | .397 | .412 | .808 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Oglesby | 35 | 128 | 110 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 23 | .209 | .302 | .245 | .547 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryan Siponmaa | 27 | 91 | 80 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 25 | .238 | .330 | .312 | .642 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Balint | 19 | 73 | 61 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | .279 | .348 | .393 | .741 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| LeeRoy Danford | 17 | 57 | 50 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | .240 | .333 | .260 | .593 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Rudolph | 12 | 53 | 50 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .220 | .245 | .320 | .565 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lamont Mason | 19 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | .421 | .560 | .474 | 1.034 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Snyder | 10 | 25 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .273 | .360 | .318 | .678 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Grijalva | 11 | 26 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .240 | .269 | .400 | .669 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Colson | 12 | 25 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .208 | .240 | .333 | .573 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony DiLillo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Vitale | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Dwyer | 5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Slattery | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Colon | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Giron | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Robinson | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Davis | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 919 | 3099 | 2741 | 408 | 758 | 132 | 18 | 53 | 364 | 156 | 47 | 263 | 515 | .277 | .345 | .396 | .741 | 1085 | 45 | 38 | 29 | 28 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Zerbe | 1B | 60 | 533 | 26 | 7 | 53 | .988 | 9.317 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 1B | 17 | 113 | 9 | 3 | 10 | .976 | 7.176 | ||||
| Ryan Sienko | 1B | 7 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .976 | 5.714 | ||||
| Herb Goodman | 1B | 4 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 13.500 | ||||
| Ryan Dwyer | 1B | 4 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 8.000 | ||||
| Don DeDonatis | 2B | 77 | 174 | 236 | 15 | 55 | .965 | 5.325 | ||||
| Lamont Mason | 2B | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Allen Chase | 2B | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jace Johnson | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Garner | 3B | 70 | 67 | 129 | 9 | 11 | .956 | 2.800 | ||||
| John Sullivan | 3B | 12 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .920 | 1.917 | ||||
| Allen Chase | 3B | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Grijalva | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lamont Mason | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony DiLillo | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ryan Sienko | C | 50 | 246 | 37 | 7 | 4 | .976 | 5.660 | 10 | 64 | 23 | 26.4 |
| Ryan Siponmaa | C | 20 | 101 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 5.750 | 3 | 31 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Rob Balint | C | 19 | 109 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 6.368 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 35.0 |
| Mike Wiseley | CF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luke Oglesby | CF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Snyder | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julian Colson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Wiseley | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sullivan | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Goodman | LF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julian Colson | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Rudolph | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Chase | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Snyder | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Siponmaa | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luke Oglesby | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don DeDonatis | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Wiseley | OF | 79 | 183 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 2.468 | ||||
| Jace Johnson | OF | 49 | 72 | 9 | 9 | 2 | .900 | 1.653 | ||||
| Herb Goodman | OF | 48 | 78 | 3 | 6 | 0 | .931 | 1.688 | ||||
| Luke Oglesby | OF | 35 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 2.257 | ||||
| John Sullivan | OF | 28 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| Julian Colson | OF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .667 | ||||
| Joe Snyder | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Rudolph | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Allen Chase | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ryan Siponmaa | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| LeeRoy Danford | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Slattery | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Don DeDonatis | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ron Scott | P | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Anthony Vitale | P | 26 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .462 | ||||
| Alex Slattery | P | 25 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .520 | ||||
| Jason Robinson | P | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .632 | ||||
| Chip Mercer | P | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .421 | ||||
| Norman Vest | P | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Jon Davis | P | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| K. J. Jacobson | P | 15 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.867 | ||||
| Roberto Giron | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Richard Collins | P | 14 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Jimmy Podjan | P | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Kapla | P | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Scott Rhodes | P | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Holst | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Travis Wade | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Chris Mitchell | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brian McKitrick | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carey Herring | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bert Higgins | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jace Johnson | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herb Goodman | RF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Sullivan | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| LeeRoy Danford | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Wiseley | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Snyder | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Slattery | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bert Higgins | SS | 73 | 111 | 243 | 28 | 52 | .927 | 4.849 | ||||
| Greg Rudolph | SS | 7 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 4.286 | ||||
| Lamont Mason | SS | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Allen Chase | SS | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Wiseley | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1209 | 2106 | 921 | 124 | 210 | .961 | 2.504 | 16 | 108 | 36 | 25.0 |
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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