1997 Lynchburg Hillcats Statistics
Team Record: 82-58
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Banister (0-0), Jeff Richardson (0-0)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 112,363, Avg. 1,652 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Lynchburg Hillcats 2 games, Frederick Keys 0
Finals - Lynchburg Hillcats 3 games, Kinston Indians 1
The Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League ended the 1997 season with a record of 82 wins and 58 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Hillcats scored 683 runs and conceded 607 runs. Aramis Ramírez led Lynchburg with 29 home runs, while Craig Wilson and Shon Walker walloped 15 or more as well. Aramis Ramírez accounted for 114 RBI. Mike Asche paced all regular batters by connecting at a .306 clip. Bronson Arroyo topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.32 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1997 Lynchburg Hillcats who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jason Johnson, Jeff Wallace, Luis Figueroa, Danny Young, Aramis Ramírez, Kevin Pickford, Jason Phillips, Abraham Núñez, Alex Hernández, Bronson Arroyo, Brian O'Connor, Tike Redman, Craig Wilson and Kris Benson.
Jeff Banister and Jeff Richardson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronson Arroyo | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3.31 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 160.3 | 154 | 69 | 59 | 17 | 33 | 0 | 121 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 658 |
| Jason Phillips | 11 | 6 | .647 | 3.76 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 138.7 | 129 | 66 | 58 | 10 | 35 | 0 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 577 |
| Jason Johnson | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.71 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.3 | 98 | 43 | 41 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 411 |
| Jeff Martin | 8 | 10 | .444 | 5.77 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 139 | 86 | 74 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 101 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 527 |
| Jeff Wallace | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.65 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Paul Ah Yat | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.31 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48.0 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 182 |
| Kris Benson | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.58 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 49 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 72 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 241 |
| Mike Ayers | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.00 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 63.0 | 54 | 38 | 35 | 8 | 44 | 6 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 288 |
| Chris Corn | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.20 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.7 | 54 | 30 | 23 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 265 |
| Kevin Pickford | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.56 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.3 | 72 | 31 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 296 |
| Neal McDade | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.89 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 77 |
| Joe Maskivish | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.97 | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 33.3 | 31 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 141 |
| Jason Temple | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.14 | 28 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 171 |
| Derek Bullock | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.81 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 152 |
| Brian O'Connor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.46 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 55 |
| Jason Haynie | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.25 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.0 | 68 | 42 | 30 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 337 |
| Del Mathews | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.51 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.7 | 48 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 209 |
| Hal Garrett | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.82 | 29 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 56.0 | 56 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 22 | 3 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 250 |
| Dave Daniels | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.80 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Elvin Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Danny Young | 0 | 0 | 5.92 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
| Craig Mattson | 0 | 0 | 6.23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Morgan Walker | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Rick Paugh | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.85 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18.3 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 |
| Totals | 82 | 58 | .586 | 3.85 | 400 | 140 | 131 | 9 | 3 | 45 | 1224.7 | 1154 | 607 | 524 | 103 | 410 | 22 | 1093 | 56 | 6 | 83 | 5187 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Hernández | 131 | 558 | 520 | 75 | 151 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 13 | 8 | 27 | 140 | .290 | .324 | .406 | .730 | 211 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| Aramis Ramírez | 137 | 579 | 482 | 85 | 134 | 24 | 2 | 29 | 114 | 5 | 3 | 80 | 103 | .278 | .390 | .517 | .907 | 249 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| Mike Asche | 107 | 463 | 409 | 70 | 125 | 34 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 33 | 3 | 41 | 77 | .306 | .368 | .489 | .857 | 200 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Craig Wilson | 117 | 458 | 401 | 54 | 106 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 69 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 98 | .264 | .350 | .476 | .826 | 191 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Tike Redman | 125 | 476 | 415 | 55 | 104 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 8 | 45 | 82 | .251 | .333 | .347 | .680 | 144 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Farris | 116 | 402 | 367 | 40 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 71 | .232 | .286 | .327 | .613 | 120 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Shon Walker | 100 | 386 | 303 | 59 | 79 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 77 | 131 | .261 | .408 | .498 | .906 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Abraham Núñez | 78 | 338 | 304 | 45 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 29 | 14 | 23 | 47 | .260 | .313 | .345 | .658 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Robinson | 77 | 297 | 254 | 40 | 75 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 37 | .295 | .377 | .406 | .782 | 103 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Miyake | 79 | 322 | 288 | 40 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 57 | .250 | .319 | .326 | .645 | 94 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Nilson Antigua | 46 | 156 | 148 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 24 | .243 | .277 | .297 | .575 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Swafford | 38 | 141 | 112 | 16 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 28 | .250 | .391 | .295 | .686 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Figueroa | 26 | 96 | 89 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | .281 | .333 | .337 | .670 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Walker | 29 | 95 | 89 | 15 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | .270 | .316 | .438 | .754 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Erskine Kelley | 39 | 124 | 112 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 31 | .214 | .279 | .429 | .707 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Rice | 33 | 108 | 95 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 28 | .211 | .296 | .316 | .612 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Conger | 24 | 71 | 61 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | .213 | .314 | .377 | .691 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Davis | 18 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | .167 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sergio Mendez | 17 | 67 | 64 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .141 | .179 | .266 | .445 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Long | 9 | 32 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .207 | .281 | .414 | .695 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Turlais | 14 | 35 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .167 | .286 | .300 | .586 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Thobe | 12 | 31 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .148 | .200 | .185 | .385 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Julio Germosen | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Reyes | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1377 | 5317 | 4670 | 683 | 1215 | 253 | 38 | 110 | 625 | 147 | 66 | 500 | 1061 | .260 | .338 | .401 | .739 | 1874 | 87 | 66 | 42 | 39 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Farris | 1B | 107 | 845 | 49 | 6 | 80 | .993 | 8.355 | ||||
| Morgan Walker | 1B | 21 | 172 | 15 | 3 | 12 | .984 | 8.905 | ||||
| Sergio Mendez | 1B | 13 | 116 | 7 | 3 | 9 | .976 | 9.462 | ||||
| Shon Walker | 1B | 8 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 9.375 | ||||
| Steve Thobe | 1B | 6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Garrett Long | 1B | 4 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Tike Redman | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tony Robinson | 2B | 74 | 115 | 186 | 8 | 37 | .974 | 4.068 | ||||
| Derek Swafford | 2B | 34 | 45 | 70 | 8 | 20 | .935 | 3.382 | ||||
| Luis Figueroa | 2B | 23 | 46 | 58 | 1 | 16 | .990 | 4.522 | ||||
| Chris Miyake | 2B | 19 | 35 | 43 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 4.105 | ||||
| Mike Asche | 2B | 14 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 6 | .867 | 2.786 | ||||
| Aramis Ramírez | 3B | 131 | 75 | 265 | 39 | 21 | .897 | 2.595 | ||||
| Mark Farris | 3B | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Asche | 3B | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steve Thobe | 3B | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Chris Miyake | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Craig Wilson | C | 98 | 714 | 76 | 12 | 7 | .985 | 8.061 | 21 | 68 | 24 | 26.1 |
| Nilson Antigua | C | 46 | 335 | 44 | 7 | 0 | .982 | 8.239 | 10 | 44 | 17 | 27.9 |
| John Turlais | C | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 5.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jose Reyes | C | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.0 |
| Charles Rice | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tike Redman | CF | 124 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Hernández | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Conger | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Davis | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Asche | LF | 89 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shon Walker | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Conger | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Davis | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Rice | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garrett Long | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Hernández | OF | 130 | 212 | 15 | 9 | 2 | .962 | 1.746 | ||||
| Tike Redman | OF | 124 | 227 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 1.895 | ||||
| Mike Asche | OF | 89 | 129 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .965 | 1.528 | ||||
| Erskine Kelley | OF | 37 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .964 | 1.432 | ||||
| Shon Walker | OF | 22 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .938 | 1.364 | ||||
| Jeff Conger | OF | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.095 | ||||
| Albert Davis | OF | 16 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Charles Rice | OF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Garrett Long | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mike Ayers | P | 39 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .513 | ||||
| Joe Maskivish | P | 32 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .312 | ||||
| Hal Garrett | P | 29 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .483 | ||||
| Jason Temple | P | 28 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Chris Corn | P | 28 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Rick Paugh | P | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Jeff Martin | P | 24 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .750 | ||||
| Bronson Arroyo | P | 24 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.542 | ||||
| Jason Phillips | P | 23 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.652 | ||||
| Del Mathews | P | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .889 | ||||
| Jason Johnson | P | 17 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .870 | 1.176 | ||||
| Danny Young | P | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Derek Bullock | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Kevin Pickford | P | 14 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Jason Haynie | P | 13 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Brian O'Connor | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Dave Daniels | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kris Benson | P | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Wallace | P | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Paul Ah Yat | P | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Craig Mattson | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Neal McDade | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Elvin Hernandez | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Morgan Walker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Hernández | RF | 125 | .000 | |||||||||
| Erskine Kelley | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Albert Davis | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Conger | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shon Walker | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Garrett Long | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Abraham Núñez | SS | 78 | 100 | 219 | 15 | 43 | .955 | 4.090 | ||||
| Chris Miyake | SS | 59 | 82 | 188 | 6 | 36 | .978 | 4.576 | ||||
| Luis Figueroa | SS | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .947 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tony Robinson | SS | 5 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Julio Germosen | SS | 3 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 2066 | 3674 | 1539 | 159 | 327 | .970 | 2.523 | 32 | 113 | 44 | 28.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
