1997 Lowell Spinners Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 38-38
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Dick Berardino (38-38)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Alumni Field
Attendance: 106,862, Avg. 3,053 in 35 home dates
1997 Lowell Spinners RosterTeam Record: 38-38
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Dick Berardino (38-38)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Lowell, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Alumni Field
Attendance: 106,862, Avg. 3,053 in 35 home dates
The Lowell Spinners of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 38 wins and 38 losses, finishing second in the league's McNamara Division.
The Spinners scored 334 runs and allowed 341 runs. David Eckstein accounted for 39 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .301. Junior Santana led the team with 6 wins, while Marty McLeary recorded a 3.77 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1997 Lowell Spinners who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were David Eckstein, Bret Saberhagen and Marty McLeary.
Dick Berardino 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Santana | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.09 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 90 | 47 | 40 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 364 |
| Andy Hazlett | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.61 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50.3 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 206 |
| Rick O'Dette | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.47 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 64 | 30 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 268 |
| Joe Thomas | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.84 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.0 | 71 | 43 | 32 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 327 |
| Eric Parker | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.24 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 32 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 180 |
| Noe Villalobos | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.25 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48.7 | 58 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 218 |
| Jeff Taglienti | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.91 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 36.7 | 30 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 150 |
| Marty McLeary | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 53 | 38 | 26 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 275 |
| Brian Partenheimer | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.68 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Kenny Rayborn | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.74 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.0 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 197 |
| Klae Calvert | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 64 |
| Tom Miller | 1 | 3 | .250 | 2.77 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 183 |
| Bret Saberhagen | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Lyle Prempas | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | |
| Mike Rupp | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.55 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Skipp Benzing | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.91 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
| Humberto Montemayor | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Terry Hayden | 0 | 6 | .000 | 3.19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 42 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 216 |
| Totals | 38 | 38 | .500 | 3.61 | 210 | 76 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 658.7 | 609 | 341 | 264 | 33 | 219 | 20 | 590 | 37 | 8 | 47 | 2824 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Eckstein | 68 | 303 | 249 | 43 | 75 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 29 | .301 | .407 | .426 | .832 | 106 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Fischer | 48 | 198 | 179 | 25 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 38 | .330 | .389 | .508 | .897 | 91 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keith Goodwin | 67 | 265 | 241 | 23 | 55 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 50 | .228 | .284 | .299 | .582 | 72 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Olmeda | 54 | 206 | 187 | 24 | 54 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 42 | .289 | .351 | .417 | .768 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Lebron | 51 | 182 | 167 | 25 | 51 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 30 | .305 | .331 | .389 | .721 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Howard | 70 | 258 | 221 | 38 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 78 | .208 | .314 | .385 | .699 | 85 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Ahumada | 57 | 225 | 203 | 25 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 49 | .222 | .286 | .266 | .552 | 54 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Keaveney | 51 | 212 | 191 | 26 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 58 | .204 | .283 | .377 | .660 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Ruecker | 50 | 169 | 160 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .219 | .242 | .288 | .530 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Flores | 37 | 129 | 122 | 13 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 36 | .221 | .264 | .279 | .542 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Metzger | 41 | 152 | 128 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 40 | .195 | .282 | .297 | .579 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Elvis Alayon | 32 | 121 | 111 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .207 | .248 | .288 | .536 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Gray | 45 | 143 | 116 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 41 | .198 | .333 | .302 | .635 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Gancasz | 34 | 98 | 81 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 25 | .210 | .340 | .259 | .599 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Kingsbury | 23 | 86 | 77 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | .169 | .229 | .260 | .489 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Alevras | 22 | 67 | 55 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .145 | .288 | .236 | .524 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Haas | 9 | 33 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .179 | .258 | .286 | .544 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge DeLeon | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noe Villalobos | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 786 | 2860 | 2529 | 334 | 604 | 117 | 12 | 43 | 285 | 71 | 24 | 222 | 618 | .239 | .313 | .346 | .658 | 874 | 46 | 55 | 41 | 13 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Keaveney | 1B | 48 | 371 | 28 | 11 | 37 | .973 | 8.312 | ||||
| Travis Gray | 1B | 20 | 138 | 15 | 1 | 7 | .994 | 7.650 | ||||
| Dion Ruecker | 1B | 9 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.222 | ||||
| Willy Kingsbury | 1B | 7 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 8.571 | ||||
| David Eckstein | 2B | 66 | 139 | 166 | 9 | 34 | .971 | 4.621 | ||||
| Alex Ahumada | 2B | 9 | 18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | .921 | 3.889 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | 2B | 7 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | .929 | 3.714 | ||||
| Jose Olmeda | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dion Ruecker | 3B | 38 | 26 | 56 | 11 | 3 | .882 | 2.158 | ||||
| Travis Gray | 3B | 22 | 9 | 19 | 5 | 2 | .848 | 1.273 | ||||
| Alex Ahumada | 3B | 22 | 11 | 31 | 9 | 1 | .824 | 1.909 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | 3B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
| Jorge DeLeon | 3B | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Michael Gancasz | C | 34 | 206 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 6.559 | 3 | 34 | 11 | 24.4 |
| Erik Metzger | C | 31 | 209 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .982 | 7.065 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 11.4 |
| Chad Alevras | C | 21 | 140 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.286 | 6 | 17 | 7 | 29.2 |
| Willy Kingsbury | C | 5 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.800 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 44.4 |
| Mark Fischer | CF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Flores | CF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvis Alayon | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Haas | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Howard | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Goodwin | LF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Flores | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvis Alayon | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ruben Lebron | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Howard | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Haas | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Howard | OF | 65 | 107 | 5 | 12 | 0 | .903 | 1.723 | ||||
| Keith Goodwin | OF | 65 | 100 | 3 | 7 | 1 | .936 | 1.585 | ||||
| Mark Fischer | OF | 41 | 76 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jose Flores | OF | 36 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.694 | ||||
| Elvis Alayon | OF | 31 | 53 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.774 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Danny Haas | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Noe Villalobos | P | 24 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Tom Miller | P | 24 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .333 | ||||
| Eric Parker | P | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Andy Hazlett | P | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .579 | ||||
| Joe Thomas | P | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Jeff Taglienti | P | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .235 | ||||
| Terry Hayden | P | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Junior Santana | P | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rick O'Dette | P | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Marty McLeary | P | 13 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 0 | .760 | 1.462 | ||||
| Kenny Rayborn | P | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .727 | ||||
| Brian Partenheimer | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Lyle Prempas | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Klae Calvert | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Mike Rupp | P | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Skipp Benzing | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bret Saberhagen | P | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Humberto Montemayor | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Marcus Howard | RF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Elvis Alayon | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Flores | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Fischer | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Goodwin | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Olmeda | SS | 52 | 63 | 134 | 21 | 26 | .904 | 3.788 | ||||
| Alex Ahumada | SS | 24 | 29 | 81 | 10 | 13 | .917 | 4.583 | ||||
| Ruben Lebron | SS | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dion Ruecker | SS | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Jorge DeLeon | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1135 | 1976 | 729 | 131 | 143 | .954 | 2.383 | 13 | 87 | 26 | 23.0 |
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.
