1996 Lynchburg Hillcats Statistics
Team Record: 65-74
Finished 3rd in the CL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Banister (65-74)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 100,016, Avg. 1,563 in 64 home dates
The Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League ended the 1996 season with a record of 65 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Hillcats led the league with 730 runs. Lynchburg surrendered 704 runs. Freddy García and José Guillén paced the team with 21 home runs apiece. José Guillén accounted for 94 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .322 clip. Kane Davis and Kevin Pickford paced the squad with 11 wins each, while John Dillinger registered a 3.75 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1996 Lynchburg Hillcats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chad Hermansen, Jason Johnson, Kevin Pickford, Freddy García, Jason Phillips, Adrian Brown, Matt Williams, Jimmy Anderson, Kane Davis and José Guillén.
Jeff Banister 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kane Davis | 11 | 9 | .550 | 4.29 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 157.3 | 160 | 84 | 75 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 116 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 684 |
| Kevin Pickford | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.07 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 172.3 | 195 | 99 | 78 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 100 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 749 |
| John Dillinger | 10 | 5 | .667 | 3.74 | 33 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 132.3 | 101 | 65 | 55 | 11 | 58 | 0 | 113 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 554 |
| Matt Spade | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.02 | 53 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 80.3 | 88 | 38 | 27 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 353 |
| Jimmy Anderson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 1.93 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.3 | 51 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 267 |
| Jason Phillips | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73.7 | 82 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 343 |
| Tim Collie | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.60 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Jeff Kelly | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.60 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 77 | 45 | 30 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 335 |
| Todd Blyleven | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.09 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.0 | 49 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 224 |
| Jason Temple | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.76 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22.7 | 24 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 115 |
| Joe Maskivish | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.75 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.7 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 56 |
| Rafael Chaves | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.53 | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 32.0 | 35 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 139 |
| Rick Paugh | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.81 | 45 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 52.0 | 48 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 230 |
| Jason Johnson | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.50 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 56 | 37 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
| Mike Brown | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.14 | 34 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 91 | 66 | 55 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 356 |
| Kenny Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Stoney Burke | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| John Kelly | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | |
| Matt Williams | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 189 | |
| Craig Mattson | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Neal McDade | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| Aaron France | 0 | 8 | .000 | 6.41 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 | 79 | 53 | 43 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 286 |
| Totals | 65 | 74 | .468 | 4.21 | 434 | 139 | 128 | 11 | 4 | 20 | 1192.7 | 1249 | 704 | 558 | 99 | 459 | 21 | 896 | 69 | 15 | 87 | 5303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Guillén | 136 | 570 | 528 | 78 | 170 | 30 | 0 | 21 | 94 | 24 | 13 | 20 | 73 | .322 | .357 | .498 | .855 | 263 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Mike Asche | 129 | 553 | 498 | 79 | 147 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 26 | 5 | 38 | 92 | .295 | .343 | .412 | .755 | 205 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Freddy García | 129 | 531 | 474 | 79 | 145 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 86 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 86 | .306 | .358 | .534 | .892 | 253 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 |
| Derek Swafford | 116 | 502 | 433 | 77 | 112 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 35 | 18 | 48 | 107 | .259 | .343 | .333 | .675 | 144 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Shon Walker | 97 | 378 | 323 | 61 | 98 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 99 | .303 | .394 | .511 | .905 | 165 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Erskine Kelley | 111 | 378 | 344 | 61 | 97 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 93 | .282 | .335 | .419 | .754 | 144 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ramon Martinez | 91 | 341 | 306 | 58 | 94 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 53 | .307 | .361 | .382 | .744 | 117 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Thobe | 109 | 394 | 359 | 49 | 82 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 93 | .228 | .297 | .362 | .659 | 130 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boo Brooks | 85 | 296 | 270 | 41 | 72 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 73 | .267 | .312 | .404 | .715 | 109 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Adrian Brown | 52 | 232 | 215 | 39 | 69 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 24 | .321 | .368 | .447 | .814 | 96 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Hermansen | 66 | 287 | 251 | 40 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 56 | .275 | .352 | .462 | .814 | 116 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Jon Sweet | 72 | 239 | 212 | 16 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 26 | .274 | .329 | .321 | .650 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Sergio Mendez | 39 | 145 | 137 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 24 | .277 | .310 | .445 | .756 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jon Farrell | 24 | 101 | 78 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 16 | .359 | .495 | .436 | .931 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stoney Burke | 37 | 101 | 92 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 24 | .207 | .260 | .250 | .510 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Robinson | 31 | 115 | 93 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | .172 | .312 | .204 | .517 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Harrison | 18 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .120 | .185 | .180 | .365 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omer Munoz | 3 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 | .300 | .300 | .600 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1345 | 5228 | 4673 | 730 | 1323 | 253 | 34 | 105 | 649 | 155 | 80 | 405 | 965 | .283 | .344 | .419 | .763 | 1959 | 97 | 55 | 47 | 48 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Thobe | 1B | 91 | 702 | 24 | 7 | 45 | .990 | 7.978 | ||||
| Shon Walker | 1B | 50 | 394 | 19 | 4 | 37 | .990 | 8.260 | ||||
| Kenny Harrison | 1B | 12 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .991 | 9.333 | ||||
| Jon Farrell | 1B | 4 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Mike Asche | 1B | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ramon Martinez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Boo Brooks | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Derek Swafford | 2B | 111 | 234 | 281 | 23 | 64 | .957 | 4.640 | ||||
| Boo Brooks | 2B | 29 | 55 | 68 | 5 | 11 | .961 | 4.241 | ||||
| Omer Munoz | 2B | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Ramon Martinez | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Asche | 2B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Freddy García | 3B | 109 | 96 | 285 | 35 | 29 | .916 | 3.495 | ||||
| Mike Asche | 3B | 25 | 9 | 54 | 9 | 5 | .875 | 2.520 | ||||
| Boo Brooks | 3B | 10 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | .885 | 2.300 | ||||
| Jon Sweet | C | 65 | 370 | 41 | 5 | 3 | .988 | 6.323 | 6 | 59 | 20 | 25.3 |
| Sergio Mendez | C | 36 | 226 | 26 | 3 | 4 | .988 | 7.000 | 6 | 38 | 13 | 25.5 |
| Stoney Burke | C | 34 | 163 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .978 | 5.324 | 7 | 38 | 9 | 19.1 |
| Steve Thobe | C | 27 | 169 | 18 | 4 | 3 | .979 | 6.926 | 18 | 42 | 4 | 8.7 |
| Ramon Martinez | CF | 69 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adrian Brown | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Asche | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Asche | LF | 80 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | LF | 59 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Farrell | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shon Walker | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Guillén | OF | 125 | 224 | 16 | 13 | 6 | .949 | 1.920 | ||||
| Erskine Kelley | OF | 101 | 156 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.614 | ||||
| Mike Asche | OF | 82 | 108 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .926 | 1.378 | ||||
| Ramon Martinez | OF | 69 | 146 | 8 | 6 | 2 | .962 | 2.232 | ||||
| Adrian Brown | OF | 50 | 99 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 2.060 | ||||
| Jon Farrell | OF | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Shon Walker | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Matt Spade | P | 53 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .358 | ||||
| Rick Paugh | P | 45 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .244 | ||||
| Mike Brown | P | 34 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .441 | ||||
| John Dillinger | P | 33 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | .867 | .788 | ||||
| Rafael Chaves | P | 30 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .300 | ||||
| Kevin Pickford | P | 28 | 10 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .973 | 1.286 | ||||
| Kane Davis | P | 26 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.731 | ||||
| Tim Collie | P | 24 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Matt Williams | P | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .087 | ||||
| Todd Blyleven | P | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Jason Temple | P | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Jason Johnson | P | 15 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Jason Phillips | P | 13 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .923 | ||||
| Jeff Kelly | P | 13 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Aaron France | P | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Joe Maskivish | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Jimmy Anderson | P | 11 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| John Kelly | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Craig Mattson | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Stoney Burke | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Neal McDade | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Kenny Harrison | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| José Guillén | RF | 125 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Hermansen | SS | 64 | 75 | 168 | 28 | 24 | .897 | 3.797 | ||||
| Boo Brooks | SS | 32 | 35 | 87 | 14 | 13 | .897 | 3.812 | ||||
| Tony Robinson | SS | 30 | 33 | 98 | 13 | 13 | .910 | 4.367 | ||||
| Ramon Martinez | SS | 18 | 24 | 45 | 8 | 8 | .896 | 3.833 | ||||
| Totals | 2075 | 3578 | 1511 | 220 | 297 | .959 | 2.453 | 37 | 177 | 46 | 20.6 |
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.
