1996 Lafayette Leopards Statistics
Team Record: 32-27
Finished 1st in the HL
Manager: Paul Hoines (32-27)
Location: Lafayette, Indiana
Ballpark: Columbian Park
Attendance: 12,193, Avg. 413
Playoffs - Lafayette Leopards 2 games, Dubois County Dragons 1
Finals - Lafayette Leopards 3 games, Anderson Lawmen 2
The Lafayette Leopards of the Heartland League ended the 1996 season with a record of 32 wins and 27 losses, finishing first in the HL.
The Leopards led the circuit with just 317 runs allowed. Lafayette scored 384 runs. Chad Epperson paced the team with 10 home runs Garry Kamphouse accounted for 52 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .342 clip. Todd Freedberg paced the squad with 7 wins, while Brian Sweeney recorded a 2.2 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Brian Sweeney played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lafayette Leopards to do so.
Paul Hoines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Freedberg | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.73 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 83.7 | 84 | 53 | 44 | 6 | 41 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 365 |
| Brian Sweeney | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 191 |
| Dave Garcia | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.88 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 90.7 | 79 | 36 | 29 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 60 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 372 |
| Derek Alleman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.04 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 89.0 | 101 | 54 | 40 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 378 |
| Jayson Best | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.38 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24.7 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 112 |
| John Box | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.34 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.7 | 51 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 146 |
| Jason Taulman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 59 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 222 |
| Ryan Rentschler | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.60 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 33 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 143 |
| Ron Scott | 1 | 5 | .167 | 7.86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 42 | 41 | 30 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 175 |
| Mando Santa Anna | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Tyler Eastman | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | |
| Bill Stevens | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.38 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 |
| Totals | 32 | 27 | .542 | 4.67 | 142 | 59 | 48 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 503.0 | 530 | 317 | 261 | 35 | 199 | 7 | 367 | 38 | 4 | 47 | 2210 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Epperson | 56 | 250 | 217 | 46 | 73 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 44 | .336 | .410 | .581 | .990 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Kedric Porter | 57 | 243 | 211 | 47 | 71 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 23 | 27 | .336 | .409 | .417 | .826 | 88 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Kamphouse | 55 | 238 | 202 | 47 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 52 | 21 | 7 | 32 | 29 | .342 | .428 | .535 | .963 | 108 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Troy Doezie | 59 | 243 | 213 | 34 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 31 | .282 | .360 | .399 | .759 | 85 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Thomas Martinez | 58 | 250 | 207 | 41 | 58 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 35 | .280 | .384 | .353 | .736 | 73 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Brand | 56 | 235 | 206 | 37 | 54 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 19 | .262 | .317 | .350 | .666 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Kraus | 34 | 144 | 123 | 34 | 49 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 19 | .398 | .469 | .650 | 1.119 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mando Santa Anna | 55 | 203 | 175 | 30 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | .274 | .340 | .309 | .649 | 54 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan DiPace | 40 | 122 | 104 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 24 | .231 | .339 | .394 | .733 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tyler Eastman | 40 | 105 | 97 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | .237 | .265 | .309 | .574 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| John McNamara | 28 | 73 | 63 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .302 | .375 | .381 | .756 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Willie Medlock | 20 | 60 | 54 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .296 | .356 | .444 | .800 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrio Green | 18 | 64 | 54 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 8 | .278 | .365 | .463 | .828 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eddie Kidwell | 19 | 49 | 41 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .244 | .340 | .341 | .682 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shannon Rucker | 8 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .217 | .308 | .304 | .612 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Stevens | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Freedberg | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Rentschler | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayson Best | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jason Taulman | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 688 | 2315 | 1998 | 384 | 598 | 104 | 23 | 38 | 321 | 111 | 47 | 233 | 321 | .299 | .376 | .431 | .808 | 862 | 38 | 23 | 45 | 16 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Epperson | 1B | 30 | 277 | 14 | 6 | 22 | .980 | 9.700 | ||||
| Jake Kraus | 1B | 22 | 190 | 14 | 3 | 15 | .986 | 9.273 | ||||
| Garry Kamphouse | 1B | 7 | 76 | 10 | 2 | 8 | .977 | 12.286 | ||||
| Bill Stevens | 1B | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ryan Rentschler | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Troy Doezie | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Michael Brand | 2B | 42 | 89 | 105 | 8 | 25 | .960 | 4.619 | ||||
| Mando Santa Anna | 2B | 21 | 37 | 49 | 2 | 6 | .977 | 4.095 | ||||
| Garry Kamphouse | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Shannon Rucker | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Garry Kamphouse | 3B | 45 | 31 | 95 | 17 | 13 | .881 | 2.800 | ||||
| Michael Brand | 3B | 15 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 2 | .881 | 3.467 | ||||
| Tyler Eastman | 3B | 9 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mando Santa Anna | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Troy Doezie | C | 43 | 279 | 27 | 8 | 2 | .975 | 7.116 | 8 | 61 | 23 | 27.4 |
| Chad Epperson | C | 17 | 104 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 7.235 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 45.5 |
| Dan DiPace | C | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Medlock | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kedric Porter | CF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| John McNamara | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Kidwell | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tyler Eastman | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mando Santa Anna | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan DiPace | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mando Santa Anna | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kedric Porter | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darrio Green | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tyler Eastman | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Kidwell | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Kraus | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Rentschler | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kedric Porter | OF | 56 | 76 | 3 | 13 | 1 | .859 | 1.411 | ||||
| Mando Santa Anna | OF | 30 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .956 | 1.433 | ||||
| John McNamara | OF | 26 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
| Dan DiPace | OF | 26 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Tyler Eastman | OF | 22 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Darrio Green | OF | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .789 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eddie Kidwell | OF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chad Epperson | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| Shannon Rucker | OF | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jake Kraus | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jason Taulman | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Rentschler | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Troy Doezie | OF | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jayson Best | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jayson Best | P | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Ryan Rentschler | P | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| John Box | P | 17 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Jason Taulman | P | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Dave Garcia | P | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Todd Freedberg | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derek Alleman | P | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brian Sweeney | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ron Scott | P | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Bill Stevens | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tyler Eastman | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mando Santa Anna | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan DiPace | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mando Santa Anna | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tyler Eastman | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Epperson | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shannon Rucker | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eddie Kidwell | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Taulman | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Doezie | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jayson Best | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Thomas Martinez | SS | 58 | 83 | 191 | 9 | 27 | .968 | 4.724 | ||||
| Michael Brand | SS | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mando Santa Anna | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 892 | 1509 | 650 | 99 | 135 | .956 | 2.420 | 11 | 79 | 38 | 32.5 |
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.
