1996 Lowell Spinners Statistics
Team Record: 33-41
Finished 4th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (33-41)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Alumni Field
Attendance: 98,039, Avg. 2,884 in 34 home dates
The Lowell Spinners of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1996 season with a record of 33 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the league's McNamara Division.
The Spinners plated 306 runs and allowed 372 runs. Shea Hillenbrand accounted for 38 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .315. Bobby Rodgers led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 1.9 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1996 Lowell Spinners who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jack Cressend, Wilton Veras, Shea Hillenbrand, Matt Kinney, Rontrez Johnson and Steve Lomasney.
Billy Gardner 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Rodgers | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.90 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 60 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 108 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 363 |
| Steve Smetana | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.45 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.0 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| Jack Cressend | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.36 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 189 |
| John Duffy | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.66 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.3 | 56 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 207 |
| Matt Kinney | 3 | 9 | .250 | 2.68 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 68 | 51 | 26 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 72 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 387 |
| Kevie Austin | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.87 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| Chris Thompson | 2 | 5 | .286 | 4.40 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 43 | 34 | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 214 |
| Chris Festa | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.10 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 94 | 53 | 41 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 341 |
| Robb Welch | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.09 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.3 | 85 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 371 |
| Mike Symmonds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 10.45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 60 |
| Scooby Morgan | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.76 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 119 |
| Humberto Montemayor | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 30 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 109 |
| Andy Yount | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.3 | 38 | 30 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 181 |
| Scott Musgrave | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Chuck Beale | 0 | 0 | 1.24 | 28 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 29.0 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 112 | |
| Totals | 33 | 41 | .446 | 3.91 | 214 | 74 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 637.3 | 603 | 372 | 277 | 31 | 297 | 11 | 592 | 55 | 14 | 83 | 2860 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Hillenbrand | 72 | 307 | 279 | 33 | 88 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 32 | .315 | .371 | .416 | .787 | 116 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wilton Veras | 67 | 266 | 250 | 22 | 60 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 29 | .240 | .275 | .300 | .575 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Elvis Alayon | 63 | 231 | 213 | 28 | 59 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 37 | .277 | .322 | .357 | .679 | 76 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Corey Jenkins | 65 | 258 | 228 | 37 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 81 | .224 | .310 | .377 | .687 | 86 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Kratochvil | 44 | 169 | 158 | 20 | 48 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .304 | .339 | .430 | .770 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Javier Fuentes | 46 | 180 | 157 | 21 | 45 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 23 | .287 | .378 | .376 | .754 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Keaveney | 49 | 189 | 169 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 65 | .249 | .323 | .408 | .731 | 69 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ruben Lebron | 46 | 172 | 159 | 24 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 31 | .220 | .271 | .264 | .535 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rontrez Johnson | 35 | 158 | 135 | 27 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 30 | .222 | .323 | .341 | .664 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Steve Lomasney | 59 | 217 | 173 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 63 | .139 | .313 | .266 | .579 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Sanchez | 33 | 128 | 115 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 29 | .183 | .266 | .200 | .466 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Hine | 27 | 83 | 73 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | .274 | .361 | .301 | .663 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Olmeda | 27 | 103 | 89 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | .225 | .317 | .315 | .631 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Thompson | 35 | 115 | 107 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 35 | .168 | .226 | .280 | .506 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McKinley | 30 | 74 | 64 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 22 | .188 | .284 | .250 | .534 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willy Kingsbury | 19 | 67 | 63 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | .159 | .179 | .222 | .401 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Erik Metzger | 9 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | .115 | .281 | .385 | .666 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 726 | 2749 | 2458 | 306 | 586 | 108 | 9 | 38 | 246 | 51 | 24 | 233 | 575 | .238 | .312 | .336 | .648 | 826 | 48 | 37 | 7 | 14 | 6 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Hillenbrand | 1B | 52 | 424 | 24 | 17 | 31 | .963 | 8.615 | ||||
| Tim Kratochvil | 1B | 18 | 138 | 4 | 6 | 13 | .959 | 7.889 | ||||
| Javier Fuentes | 1B | 7 | 47 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .963 | 7.429 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | 2B | 38 | 71 | 88 | 3 | 16 | .981 | 4.184 | ||||
| Orlando Sanchez | 2B | 23 | 38 | 50 | 9 | 5 | .907 | 3.826 | ||||
| Steve Hine | 2B | 22 | 41 | 39 | 6 | 14 | .930 | 3.636 | ||||
| Wilton Veras | 3B | 65 | 57 | 106 | 12 | 11 | .931 | 2.508 | ||||
| Javier Fuentes | 3B | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Shea Hillenbrand | 3B | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Steve Lomasney | C | 54 | 402 | 47 | 9 | 4 | .980 | 8.315 | 21 | 70 | 26 | 27.1 |
| Willy Kingsbury | C | 10 | 59 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 6.700 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 33.3 |
| Tim Kratochvil | C | 9 | 92 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .970 | 1.889 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 26.7 |
| Erik Metzger | C | 7 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 4.571 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8.3 |
| Rontrez Johnson | CF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvis Alayon | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael McKinley | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Jenkins | LF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Keaveney | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael McKinley | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Kratochvil | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Jenkins | OF | 65 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .956 | 1.323 | ||||
| Elvis Alayon | OF | 61 | 108 | 10 | 10 | 0 | .922 | 1.934 | ||||
| Rontrez Johnson | OF | 35 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .947 | 2.029 | ||||
| Andre Thompson | OF | 34 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .959 | 1.382 | ||||
| Michael McKinley | OF | 28 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.393 | ||||
| Jeff Keaveney | OF | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .824 | ||||
| Tim Kratochvil | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Duffy | P | 29 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| Chuck Beale | P | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Chris Thompson | P | 25 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .320 | ||||
| Chris Festa | P | 20 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .550 | ||||
| Steve Smetana | P | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .526 | ||||
| Matt Kinney | P | 15 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 1.067 | ||||
| Robb Welch | P | 14 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.143 | ||||
| Bobby Rodgers | P | 14 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.286 | ||||
| Scooby Morgan | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Jack Cressend | P | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Andy Yount | P | 8 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .875 | ||||
| Kevie Austin | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Mike Symmonds | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Humberto Montemayor | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Scott Musgrave | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Andre Thompson | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvis Alayon | RF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Jenkins | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Javier Fuentes | SS | 27 | 39 | 73 | 8 | 12 | .933 | 4.148 | ||||
| Jose Olmeda | SS | 26 | 43 | 58 | 12 | 8 | .894 | 3.885 | ||||
| Shea Hillenbrand | SS | 11 | 13 | 26 | 14 | 3 | .736 | 3.545 | ||||
| Orlando Sanchez | SS | 10 | 13 | 29 | 6 | 6 | .875 | 4.200 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1094 | 1912 | 692 | 151 | 134 | .945 | 2.380 | 29 | 102 | 36 | 26.1 |
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.
