1996 Meridian Brakemen Statistics
Big South League (BSL) - Independent
Team Record: 26-45
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Jay Hemond (0-0), Stan Cameron (0-0), José Santiago (0-0)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: The Railyard at Meridian Community College
Attendance: 37,339, Avg. 1,052
1996 Meridian Brakemen RosterTeam Record: 26-45
Finished 6th in the BSL
Manager: Jay Hemond (0-0), Stan Cameron (0-0), José Santiago (0-0)
Location: Meridian, Mississippi
Ballpark: The Railyard at Meridian Community College
Attendance: 37,339, Avg. 1,052
The Meridian Brakemen of the Big South League ended the 1996 season with a record of 26 wins and 45 losses, finishing sixth in the BSL.
The Brakemen scored 431 runs and conceded 518 runs, most in the circuit. Stan Cameron led Meridian with 19 home runs, and Tony Bellinato walloped 15 or more also. Stan Cameron drove in 72 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .341 clip. Doug Fitzer paced the team with 6 wins, while Wes Kirby earned a 4.77 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
George Tsamis played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Meridian Brakemen to do so.
Jay Hemond, Stan Cameron and José Santiago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Fitzer | 6 | 6 | .500 | 6.30 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 112 | 71 | 59 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 397 |
| Scott Rhodes | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.32 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 80 | 52 | 42 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 334 |
| Gabriel Reynoso | 3 | 3 | .500 | 7.68 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 54 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 209 |
| Lance Dobbins | 3 | 4 | .429 | 7.02 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 58 | 41 | 33 | 7 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 204 |
| Neal Holliman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.67 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33.3 | 38 | 32 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 169 |
| Pedro Vasquez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.79 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 32.7 | 33 | 31 | 21 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 170 |
| Wes Kirby | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.74 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 81.7 | 91 | 53 | 43 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 359 |
| Russell Reeder | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.29 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
| Luis Rodriguez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.36 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 |
| Dennis Hobson | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.44 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 81 |
| Brett Legrow | 1 | 7 | .125 | 7.10 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 102 | 77 | 61 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 49 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 379 |
| Charles Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Paul Carter | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| David McCary | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |
| Michael Peters | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| George Tsamis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98 |
| Bill Cornish | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 64 |
| Barrett Noland | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Robbie St. Julien | 0 | 2 | .000 | 13.50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 51 |
| Joe Elias | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.00 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 86 |
| Totals | 26 | 45 | .366 | 6.22 | 216 | 71 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 597.7 | 738 | 518 | 413 | 55 | 337 | 14 | 334 | 51 | 13 | 59 | 2871 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Hawkins | 65 | 288 | 253 | 52 | 86 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 29 | 32 | .340 | .416 | .538 | .954 | 136 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Bellinato | 66 | 275 | 241 | 36 | 82 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 46 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 54 | .340 | .415 | .610 | 1.025 | 147 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Levi McClendon | 64 | 290 | 256 | 54 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 32 | .289 | .354 | .363 | .718 | 93 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Stan Cameron | 61 | 270 | 214 | 56 | 73 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 72 | 10 | 3 | 46 | 31 | .341 | .448 | .706 | 1.154 | 151 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| Arnold Santiago | 58 | 229 | 221 | 29 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .303 | .320 | .353 | .673 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Peters | 64 | 254 | 234 | 39 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 56 | .286 | .317 | .423 | .740 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Andre Keene | 42 | 176 | 148 | 38 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 27 | .324 | .426 | .642 | 1.068 | 95 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Vallarelli | 56 | 209 | 191 | 24 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 35 | .251 | .303 | .340 | .643 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Anderson | 47 | 197 | 166 | 34 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 30 | .259 | .344 | .392 | .735 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Jake Steinkemper | 47 | 167 | 148 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 33 | .264 | .319 | .365 | .684 | 54 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Ken Warner | 36 | 135 | 113 | 20 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 29 | .230 | .336 | .319 | .654 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. J. Milhouse | 21 | 73 | 70 | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .286 | .315 | .314 | .629 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Jenkins | 9 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .226 | .294 | .323 | .617 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Elias | 23 | 43 | 38 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | .184 | .256 | .211 | .466 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Akana | 8 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .263 | .333 | .474 | .807 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Scheibe | 5 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .231 | .375 | .231 | .606 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Demetral | 8 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blair Jensen | 9 | 33 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .071 | .182 | .071 | .253 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Neal Holliman | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David McCary | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Scaffidi | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Vasquez | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Legrow | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 768 | 2746 | 2417 | 431 | 700 | 131 | 10 | 75 | 382 | 108 | 44 | 246 | 430 | .290 | .359 | .445 | .804 | 1076 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 32 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Keene | 1B | 31 | 260 | 14 | 4 | 25 | .986 | 8.839 | ||||
| Arnold Santiago | 1B | 28 | 231 | 15 | 1 | 22 | .996 | 8.786 | ||||
| Tony Bellinato | 1B | 9 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .986 | 7.889 | ||||
| Stan Cameron | 1B | 6 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .950 | 6.333 | ||||
| Jake Steinkemper | 1B | 4 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Elias | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Levi McClendon | 2B | 20 | 45 | 70 | 4 | 13 | .966 | 5.750 | ||||
| D. J. Milhouse | 2B | 19 | 39 | 48 | 7 | 6 | .926 | 4.579 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | 2B | 19 | 30 | 43 | 1 | 9 | .986 | 3.842 | ||||
| Ken Warner | 2B | 12 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 8 | .939 | 3.833 | ||||
| Jason Akana | 2B | 4 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Scott Demetral | 2B | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Joe Elias | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arnold Santiago | 3B | 27 | 22 | 58 | 14 | 4 | .851 | 2.963 | ||||
| Ken Warner | 3B | 22 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | .836 | 2.318 | ||||
| Jake Steinkemper | 3B | 19 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 1 | .795 | 1.632 | ||||
| Levi McClendon | 3B | 5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Scott Demetral | 3B | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Elias | 3B | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .500 | ||||
| Pedro Vasquez | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Neal Holliman | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Vallarelli | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Vallarelli | C | 49 | 222 | 51 | 10 | 1 | .965 | 5.571 | 11 | 71 | 25 | 26.0 |
| Jake Steinkemper | C | 22 | 75 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .945 | 3.909 | 8 | 38 | 6 | 13.6 |
| Billy Scheibe | C | 5 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.800 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 11.8 |
| Blair Jensen | C | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jake Scaffidi | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Elias | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Michael Peters | CF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Bellinato | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Scaffidi | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Elias | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | LF | 58 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Bellinato | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael Peters | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Jenkins | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Elias | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Vallarelli | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Steinkemper | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Arnold Santiago | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| D. J. Milhouse | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Levi McClendon | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | OF | 65 | 151 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 2.385 | ||||
| Michael Peters | OF | 63 | 160 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 2.587 | ||||
| Stan Cameron | OF | 53 | 96 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.962 | ||||
| Tony Bellinato | OF | 29 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
| Tony Jenkins | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Vallarelli | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joe Elias | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Steinkemper | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Scaffidi | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arnold Santiago | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| D. J. Milhouse | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Levi McClendon | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Neal Holliman | P | 28 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .321 | ||||
| Scott Rhodes | P | 22 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .500 | ||||
| Pedro Vasquez | P | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Brett Legrow | P | 16 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .875 | ||||
| Wes Kirby | P | 16 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .562 | ||||
| Doug Fitzer | P | 16 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.000 | ||||
| Luis Rodriguez | P | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .067 | ||||
| Dennis Hobson | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Joe Elias | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Lance Dobbins | P | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Gabriel Reynoso | P | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Robbie St. Julien | P | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| David McCary | P | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Barrett Noland | P | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Cornish | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| George Tsamis | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russell Reeder | P | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Charles Spencer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Paul Carter | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Michael Peters | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stan Cameron | RF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Hawkins | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Jenkins | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Vallarelli | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Elias | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Bellinato | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Levi McClendon | SS | 42 | 72 | 132 | 24 | 23 | .895 | 4.857 | ||||
| Jeff Anderson | SS | 27 | 58 | 82 | 14 | 21 | .909 | 5.185 | ||||
| Jason Akana | SS | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Joe Elias | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1085 | 1793 | 776 | 140 | 156 | .948 | 2.368 | 22 | 133 | 33 | 19.9 |
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.
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