1999 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: 119,571, Avg. 1,785 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Orlando Rays 3 games, Knoxville Smokies 1
The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League ended the 1999 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Smokies scored 824 runs, most in the league. Knoxville conceded 757 runs. Adam Melhuse led the squad with 19 home runs, while Chad Rupp, Rudy Gomez, Tim Giles and Andy Thompson each walloped 15 or more, too. Tim Giles recorded 114 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .311 clip. Clayton Andrews paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.95 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1999 Knoxville Smokies who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rob Butler, Brent Abernathy, Vernon Wells, Adam Melhuse, Joe Lawrence, Clayton Andrews, Jim Mann, Andy Thompson, Ryan Freel, John Bale, Brian Smith, Mark Hendrickson and Gary Glover.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Andrews | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.93 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.7 | 143 | 85 | 58 | 13 | 69 | 0 | 93 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 593 |
| Gary Glover | 8 | 2 | .800 | 3.56 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 70 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 346 |
| Isabel Giron | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.89 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 97 | 59 | 52 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 423 |
| Dave Bleazard | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.22 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 86.7 | 81 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 358 |
| Josh Bradford | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.31 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 105.0 | 109 | 65 | 62 | 9 | 53 | 1 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 465 |
| Ernie Delgado | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.51 | 31 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.3 | 49 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 219 |
| Ty Hartshorn | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.79 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 60 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| Benny Lowe | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.14 | 58 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68.3 | 68 | 44 | 39 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 309 |
| Scott Rivette | 4 | 7 | .364 | 3.81 | 56 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 78.0 | 85 | 40 | 33 | 2 | 29 | 4 | 74 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 341 |
| Jason Stevenson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 6.24 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.3 | 99 | 69 | 64 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 429 |
| John Sneed | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.08 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 131 |
| Jay Yennaco | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.60 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 52 | 34 | 32 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 193 |
| John Bale | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.75 | 33 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.3 | 64 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 265 |
| D. J. Harris | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.05 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 73 | 50 | 47 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 283 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.63 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 73 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 254 |
| Sean McClellan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.48 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.7 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Jim Mann | 1 | 2 | .333 | 0.93 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Brian Smith | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 29 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 35.0 | 42 | 25 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 154 |
| Trevor Schaffer | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.67 | 38 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.0 | 69 | 43 | 34 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 265 |
| Luis Arroyo | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Billy Hibbard | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Totals | 71 | 69 | .507 | 4.76 | 459 | 140 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 1222.3 | 1300 | 757 | 647 | 114 | 549 | 8 | 974 | 54 | 13 | 68 | 5401 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Abernathy | 136 | 650 | 577 | 108 | 168 | 42 | 1 | 13 | 62 | 34 | 15 | 55 | 47 | .291 | .355 | .435 | .790 | 251 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Tim Giles | 133 | 578 | 505 | 76 | 157 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 114 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 93 | .311 | .380 | .473 | .853 | 239 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
| Rudy Gomez | 122 | 521 | 427 | 74 | 120 | 26 | 3 | 17 | 92 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 63 | .281 | .390 | .475 | .865 | 203 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| Adam Melhuse | 107 | 489 | 374 | 79 | 110 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 69 | 5 | 6 | 108 | 76 | .294 | .454 | .513 | .967 | 192 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Fausto Solano | 104 | 415 | 348 | 62 | 106 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 61 | 11 | 15 | 57 | 54 | .305 | .408 | .477 | .885 | 166 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Brian Loyd | 104 | 424 | 364 | 53 | 102 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 65 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 57 | .280 | .362 | .426 | .788 | 155 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
| Ryan Stromsborg | 99 | 408 | 377 | 54 | 94 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 91 | .249 | .300 | .382 | .682 | 144 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Rob Butler | 64 | 282 | 258 | 48 | 87 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 21 | .337 | .384 | .457 | .842 | 118 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Lawrence | 70 | 311 | 250 | 52 | 66 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 56 | 48 | .264 | .402 | .428 | .830 | 107 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chad Rupp | 67 | 287 | 241 | 49 | 62 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 44 | 7 | 2 | 44 | 73 | .257 | .376 | .552 | .928 | 133 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Thompson | 67 | 301 | 254 | 56 | 62 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 55 | .244 | .346 | .508 | .853 | 129 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Chris Hayes | 36 | 152 | 129 | 25 | 37 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 29 | .287 | .395 | .434 | .829 | 56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Wells | 26 | 120 | 106 | 18 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 15 | .340 | .400 | .519 | .919 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Selwyn Langaigne | 40 | 135 | 123 | 18 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 25 | .244 | .301 | .293 | .593 | 36 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Schifano | 27 | 98 | 92 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 15 | .272 | .299 | .337 | .636 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Cripps | 25 | 96 | 87 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | .172 | .240 | .310 | .550 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alan Probst | 21 | 74 | 66 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23 | .212 | .260 | .303 | .563 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Freel | 11 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | .283 | .382 | .500 | .882 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Strange | 29 | 81 | 54 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 24 | .093 | .395 | .093 | .488 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Chiaffredo | 11 | 43 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .077 | .122 | .179 | .301 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1299 | 5520 | 4717 | 824 | 1312 | 274 | 29 | 151 | 755 | 122 | 79 | 666 | 860 | .278 | .370 | .445 | .815 | 2097 | 119 | 58 | 24 | 55 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Giles | 1B | 102 | 831 | 75 | 7 | 91 | .992 | 8.882 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | 1B | 27 | 203 | 15 | 2 | 21 | .991 | 8.074 | ||||
| Mike Strange | 1B | 5 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 7.200 | ||||
| Chad Rupp | 1B | 5 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .943 | 6.600 | ||||
| Bobby Cripps | 1B | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Selwyn Langaigne | 1B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Chris Hayes | 1B | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .882 | 7.500 | ||||
| Brent Abernathy | 2B | 132 | 292 | 361 | 16 | 89 | .976 | 4.947 | ||||
| Rudy Gomez | 2B | 6 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Mike Strange | 2B | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Joe Lawrence | 3B | 67 | 29 | 112 | 14 | 14 | .910 | 2.104 | ||||
| Rudy Gomez | 3B | 43 | 20 | 71 | 3 | 11 | .968 | 2.116 | ||||
| Chris Hayes | 3B | 17 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 2.000 | ||||
| Fausto Solano | 3B | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.429 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | 3B | 6 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .913 | 3.500 | ||||
| Mike Strange | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Loyd | C | 102 | 740 | 80 | 17 | 3 | .980 | 8.039 | 5 | 114 | 54 | 32.1 |
| Alan Probst | C | 16 | 112 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 8.000 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 27.8 |
| Paul Chiaffredo | C | 11 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 8.727 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 15.4 |
| Adam Melhuse | C | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.143 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bobby Cripps | C | 6 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 6.333 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Ryan Stromsborg | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Selwyn Langaigne | CF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vernon Wells | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Schifano | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Freel | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Butler | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Hayes | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Butler | LF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Melhuse | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Hayes | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Rupp | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rudy Gomez | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Selwyn Langaigne | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Giles | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Cripps | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | OF | 97 | 194 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .976 | 2.072 | ||||
| Andy Thompson | OF | 66 | 108 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.682 | ||||
| Rob Butler | OF | 62 | 111 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.903 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | OF | 44 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.614 | ||||
| Chad Rupp | OF | 42 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.738 | ||||
| Selwyn Langaigne | OF | 38 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 2.342 | ||||
| Vernon Wells | OF | 26 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.308 | ||||
| Tony Schifano | OF | 20 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
| Chris Hayes | OF | 17 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.353 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | OF | 11 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.182 | ||||
| Rudy Gomez | OF | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Tim Giles | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Cripps | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Benny Lowe | P | 58 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .882 | .259 | ||||
| Scott Rivette | P | 56 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .929 | .232 | ||||
| Trevor Schaffer | P | 38 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .263 | ||||
| Josh Bradford | P | 34 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| John Bale | P | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .212 | ||||
| Ernie Delgado | P | 31 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .516 | ||||
| Brian Smith | P | 29 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| D. J. Harris | P | 25 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .600 | ||||
| Clayton Andrews | P | 25 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .880 | ||||
| Jason Stevenson | P | 21 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Isabel Giron | P | 17 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.176 | ||||
| Dave Bleazard | P | 15 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Sean McClellan | P | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Gary Glover | P | 13 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.385 | ||||
| Mark Hendrickson | P | 12 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ty Hartshorn | P | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jay Yennaco | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| John Sneed | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .167 | ||||
| Jim Mann | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .333 | ||||
| Luis Arroyo | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Billy Hibbard | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Thompson | RF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Stromsborg | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Rupp | RF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Melhuse | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Butler | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fausto Solano | SS | 93 | 157 | 265 | 23 | 58 | .948 | 4.538 | ||||
| Rudy Gomez | SS | 44 | 68 | 102 | 14 | 22 | .924 | 3.864 | ||||
| Tony Schifano | SS | 8 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.375 | ||||
| Joe Lawrence | SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Totals | 2052 | 3667 | 1412 | 149 | 350 | .971 | 2.475 | 10 | 175 | 67 | 27.7 |
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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