1998 Knoxville Smokies Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the SL's East Division
Manager: Omar Malave (71-69)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Smithson Stadium
Attendance: 123,686, Avg. 1,819 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Jacksonville Suns 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 0
The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Smokies scored 795 runs and allowed 781 runs. Luis Lopez and Adam Melhuse paced Knoxville with 15 home runs apiece. Andy Thompson drove in 88 runs. Luis Lopez led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .313 clip. Chris McBride topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.41 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1998 Knoxville Smokies who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Julio Mosquera, Beiker Graterol, Tom Davey, Brian Smith, Gary Glover, Luis Lopez, Andy Thompson, John Bale, Ryan Freel, Mark Lukasiewicz, Anthony Sanders, Casey Blake, Brent Bowers, Chris Woodward and Adam Melhuse.
Omar Malave 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris McBride | 10 | 5 | .667 | 4.40 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 155.3 | 185 | 102 | 76 | 18 | 37 | 1 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 681 |
| Mike Gordon | 8 | 2 | .800 | 5.02 | 44 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.0 | 123 | 82 | 63 | 13 | 64 | 5 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 521 |
| Doug Meiners | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.73 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 110.3 | 133 | 68 | 58 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 504 |
| Ty Hartshorn | 7 | 6 | .538 | 5.18 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.7 | 133 | 74 | 62 | 15 | 43 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 483 |
| Jason Stevenson | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5.43 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 134.3 | 159 | 88 | 81 | 16 | 51 | 4 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 600 |
| Mike Halperin | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.92 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49.3 | 44 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 208 |
| Tom Davey | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.87 | 48 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 76.7 | 70 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 52 | 3 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 348 |
| Beiker Graterol | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.0 | 76 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
| D. J. Harris | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.77 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.7 | 52 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 203 |
| Brian Smith | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.06 | 42 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 71.0 | 72 | 39 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 307 |
| Roger Doman | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.60 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 121 |
| Sean McClellan | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.62 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49.7 | 31 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 209 |
| Joe Young | 2 | 7 | .222 | 9.68 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 52 | 51 | 43 | 8 | 32 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 201 |
| Isabel Giron | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.82 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 145 |
| Clint Lawrence | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.84 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 131 |
| Mark Lukasiewicz | 0 | 0 | 1.93 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | |
| John Bale | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Alan Probst | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Jeremy Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Scott Rivette | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Jay Veniard | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.58 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 51 |
| Chad Brown | 0 | 2 | .000 | 14.85 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Gary Glover | 0 | 5 | .000 | 6.75 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 41 | 36 | 28 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 183 |
| Totals | 71 | 69 | .507 | 4.94 | 453 | 140 | 137 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1210.7 | 1330 | 781 | 664 | 120 | 563 | 27 | 840 | 46 | 8 | 61 | 5425 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Lopez | 119 | 519 | 450 | 70 | 141 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 85 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 55 | .313 | .389 | .478 | .867 | 215 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Andy Thompson | 125 | 543 | 481 | 74 | 137 | 33 | 2 | 14 | 88 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 69 | .285 | .357 | .449 | .806 | 216 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Ryan Jones | 109 | 460 | 408 | 50 | 102 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 4 | 4 | 44 | 79 | .250 | .328 | .382 | .711 | 156 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Peeples | 113 | 453 | 395 | 58 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 10 | 36 | 62 | .251 | .314 | .359 | .674 | 142 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| Jon Rivers | 91 | 361 | 302 | 51 | 81 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 49 | 20 | 13 | 47 | 62 | .268 | .380 | .447 | .827 | 135 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Adam Melhuse | 76 | 310 | 240 | 56 | 72 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 43 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 39 | .300 | .458 | .579 | 1.037 | 139 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Freel | 66 | 293 | 252 | 47 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | 9 | 33 | 32 | .286 | .366 | .425 | .790 | 107 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Fausto Solano | 85 | 331 | 288 | 49 | 69 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 53 | .240 | .324 | .434 | .758 | 125 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Alan Probst | 79 | 302 | 261 | 53 | 68 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 81 | .261 | .349 | .460 | .809 | 120 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Stromsborg | 81 | 314 | 283 | 44 | 67 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 65 | .237 | .304 | .357 | .661 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Casey Blake | 45 | 199 | 172 | 41 | 64 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 22 | 25 | .372 | .442 | .628 | 1.070 | 108 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Woodward | 73 | 288 | 253 | 36 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 47 | .245 | .319 | .328 | .647 | 83 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Will Skett | 65 | 266 | 236 | 33 | 59 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 63 | .250 | .317 | .394 | .711 | 93 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Candelaria | 36 | 168 | 156 | 33 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 31 | .333 | .371 | .615 | .987 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Tucci | 38 | 158 | 141 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 29 | .291 | .354 | .546 | .901 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Mummau | 39 | 160 | 141 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 24 | .291 | .344 | .418 | .762 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Brent Bowers | 27 | 124 | 107 | 19 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 18 | .280 | .374 | .402 | .776 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Julio Mosquera | 12 | 48 | 43 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .279 | .333 | .302 | .636 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Reed Secrist | 15 | 54 | 50 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | .240 | .296 | .480 | .776 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Sanders | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | .400 | .444 | .960 | 1.404 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Rodriguez | 8 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .412 | .583 | .529 | 1.113 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1308 | 5402 | 4701 | 795 | 1298 | 280 | 39 | 143 | 735 | 121 | 76 | 572 | 866 | .276 | .357 | .444 | .800 | 2085 | 98 | 42 | 42 | 45 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Jones | 1B | 66 | 606 | 50 | 8 | 66 | .988 | 9.939 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | 1B | 61 | 529 | 42 | 3 | 49 | .995 | 9.361 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | 1B | 16 | 123 | 15 | 3 | 6 | .979 | 8.625 | ||||
| Reed Secrist | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Mike Peeples | 2B | 109 | 195 | 323 | 18 | 62 | .966 | 4.752 | ||||
| Fausto Solano | 2B | 18 | 28 | 43 | 3 | 12 | .959 | 3.944 | ||||
| Rob Mummau | 2B | 8 | 20 | 27 | 1 | 5 | .979 | 5.875 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | 2B | 7 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.143 | ||||
| Casey Blake | 3B | 45 | 27 | 89 | 11 | 8 | .913 | 2.578 | ||||
| Andy Thompson | 3B | 44 | 24 | 72 | 22 | 8 | .814 | 2.182 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | 3B | 29 | 19 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.379 | ||||
| Rob Mummau | 3B | 17 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 2 | .943 | 1.941 | ||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | 3B | 10 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| Fausto Solano | 3B | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alan Probst | C | 75 | 445 | 54 | 9 | 7 | .982 | 6.653 | 3 | 107 | 32 | 23.0 |
| Adam Melhuse | C | 54 | 297 | 36 | 8 | 4 | .977 | 6.167 | 4 | 48 | 23 | 32.4 |
| Julio Mosquera | C | 8 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 7.250 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Luis Rodriguez | C | 6 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.333 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Reed Secrist | C | 5 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .947 | 7.200 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rob Mummau | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jon Rivers | OF | 87 | 152 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .982 | 1.862 | ||||
| Will Skett | OF | 64 | 116 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .960 | 1.859 | ||||
| Andy Thompson | OF | 63 | 114 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 1.857 | ||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | OF | 61 | 128 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 2.148 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | OF | 55 | 108 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 2.018 | ||||
| Pete Tucci | OF | 38 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.737 | ||||
| Ben Candelaria | OF | 36 | 58 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .938 | 1.694 | ||||
| Brent Bowers | OF | 27 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 1.889 | ||||
| Anthony Sanders | OF | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Reed Secrist | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Rob Mummau | OF | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Julio Mosquera | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Davey | P | 48 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .354 | ||||
| Mike Gordon | P | 44 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .903 | .636 | ||||
| Doug Meiners | P | 43 | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .969 | .721 | ||||
| Brian Smith | P | 42 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .238 | ||||
| Chris McBride | P | 35 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 4 | .943 | .943 | ||||
| Mike Halperin | P | 35 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .543 | ||||
| Jason Stevenson | P | 33 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 2 | .933 | .848 | ||||
| Sean McClellan | P | 24 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| D. J. Harris | P | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Roger Doman | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .917 | .500 | ||||
| Ty Hartshorn | P | 19 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.421 | ||||
| Beiker Graterol | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Joe Young | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Jay Veniard | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Jeremy Lee | P | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Gary Glover | P | 8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Scott Rivette | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Clint Lawrence | P | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Isabel Giron | P | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Mark Lukasiewicz | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Chad Brown | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| John Bale | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alan Probst | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Woodward | SS | 72 | 145 | 220 | 11 | 59 | .971 | 5.069 | ||||
| Fausto Solano | SS | 60 | 96 | 186 | 21 | 28 | .931 | 4.700 | ||||
| Rob Mummau | SS | 9 | 15 | 32 | 5 | 6 | .904 | 5.222 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | SS | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1629 | 3632 | 1542 | 170 | 358 | .968 | 3.176 | 9 | 169 | 62 | 26.8 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
