1997 Mobile BayBears Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Ramsey (69-68)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 332,639, Avg. 4,821 in 69 home dates
1997 Mobile BayBears RosterTeam Record: 69-68
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Ramsey (69-68)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 332,639, Avg. 4,821 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Huntsville Stars 3 games, Mobile BayBears 2
The Mobile BayBears of the Southern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The BayBears plated 768 runs and conceded 687 runs. Dusty Allen paced Mobile with 17 home runs Gabe Alvarez drove in 78 runs. Chris Prieto led batters with significant playing time by hitting .320. Brett Walters and Dave Zancanaro topped the squad with 10 wins each, while Brian Tollberg registered a 3.73 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Jim Bowie, Wiki González, Chris Prieto, Matt Clement, Dusty Allen, Gabe Alvarez, Sean Runyan, Mandy Romero, Aaron Guiel, Matt Skrmetta, Greg LaRocca, Juan Melo, Kerry Taylor, Gary Matthews, Brian Tollberg, Steve Finley, Todd Erdos and Darío Veras were all players from the 1997 Mobile BayBears who played in the Majors during their careers.
Mike Ramsey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Walters | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.47 | 31 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.0 | 169 | 85 | 72 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 98 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 625 |
| Dave Zancanaro | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.44 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 133.7 | 140 | 69 | 66 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 581 |
| Ryan Van De Weg | 9 | 8 | .529 | 5.43 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 159.0 | 198 | 105 | 96 | 20 | 55 | 1 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 708 |
| Bubba Dixon | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.45 | 56 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 75.7 | 67 | 31 | 29 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 329 |
| Brian Tollberg | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.72 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123.3 | 123 | 60 | 51 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 108 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 512 |
| Matt Clement | 6 | 5 | .545 | 2.56 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 88.0 | 83 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 92 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 382 |
| Sean Runyan | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.34 | 40 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.7 | 54 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 261 |
| Brad Kaufman | 5 | 13 | .278 | 6.18 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 125.3 | 138 | 97 | 86 | 10 | 66 | 0 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 585 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 5 | .375 | 7.03 | 26 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.3 | 85 | 70 | 62 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 390 |
| Kerry Taylor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.85 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 27 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 117 |
| Matt Skrmetta | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.23 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.7 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 154 |
| Jim Baron | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.54 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 |
| Bryan Wolff | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.80 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 141 |
| Todd Erdos | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.36 | 55 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 59.0 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 244 |
| Craig Clayton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bill Anderson | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 43 | |
| Darío Veras | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Marino Castillo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.32 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
| Totals | 69 | 68 | .504 | 4.52 | 416 | 137 | 129 | 8 | 1 | 33 | 1197.7 | 1261 | 687 | 602 | 116 | 507 | 19 | 975 | 57 | 8 | 81 | 5303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Melo | 113 | 487 | 456 | 52 | 131 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 90 | .287 | .329 | .390 | .719 | 178 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gabe Alvarez | 114 | 489 | 427 | 71 | 128 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 64 | .300 | .376 | .473 | .849 | 202 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Chris Prieto | 109 | 463 | 388 | 80 | 124 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 6 | 59 | 55 | .320 | .418 | .438 | .856 | 170 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Dusty Allen | 131 | 559 | 475 | 85 | 120 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 116 | .253 | .360 | .436 | .795 | 207 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rick Gama | 88 | 355 | 295 | 56 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 41 | .288 | .390 | .417 | .807 | 123 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Greg LaRocca | 76 | 339 | 300 | 44 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 46 | .267 | .336 | .363 | .700 | 109 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Earl Johnson | 78 | 336 | 307 | 52 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 56 | .254 | .300 | .319 | .619 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Mandy Romero | 61 | 263 | 222 | 50 | 71 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 31 | .320 | .422 | .595 | 1.017 | 132 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Justin Mashore | 90 | 324 | 281 | 53 | 67 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 70 | .238 | .324 | .427 | .751 | 120 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Darryl Brinkley | 55 | 246 | 215 | 41 | 66 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 26 | 30 | .307 | .394 | .451 | .845 | 97 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ray Brown | 57 | 214 | 179 | 28 | 63 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 33 | .352 | .453 | .508 | .962 | 91 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Charles Poe | 53 | 209 | 193 | 30 | 60 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 43 | .311 | .349 | .435 | .785 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Rich Hills | 71 | 247 | 216 | 37 | 54 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 34 | .250 | .332 | .384 | .716 | 83 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Wiki González | 47 | 156 | 143 | 15 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | .273 | .327 | .420 | .747 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Killeen | 66 | 224 | 168 | 23 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 60 | .202 | .395 | .351 | .746 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gary Matthews | 28 | 108 | 90 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 29 | .244 | .352 | .378 | .730 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Bowie | 32 | 67 | 54 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | .241 | .358 | .333 | .692 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Powers | 14 | 60 | 48 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | .250 | .367 | .312 | .679 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jamie Keefe | 16 | 49 | 41 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .268 | .362 | .366 | .728 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Guiel | 8 | 32 | 26 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .385 | .500 | .577 | 1.077 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Zancanaro | 31 | 24 | 23 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .261 | .261 | .609 | .870 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Kaufman | 22 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .217 | .250 | .261 | .511 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 26 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .267 | .312 | .400 | .712 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Walters | 33 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Van De Weg | 27 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .130 | .130 | .130 | .261 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Runyan | 40 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Finley | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .600 | 1.250 | 1.850 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Clement | 13 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Tredaway | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .083 | .214 | .083 | .298 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Tollberg | 31 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry Taylor | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Skrmetta | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Schwenke | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bubba Dixon | 56 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Baron | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1637 | 5400 | 4676 | 768 | 1297 | 255 | 39 | 108 | 702 | 126 | 62 | 596 | 887 | .277 | .362 | .418 | .780 | 1954 | 109 | 52 | 28 | 48 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusty Allen | 1B | 76 | 585 | 53 | 13 | 43 | .980 | 8.395 | ||||
| Ray Brown | 1B | 35 | 287 | 18 | 8 | 23 | .974 | 8.714 | ||||
| Rich Hills | 1B | 23 | 187 | 19 | 1 | 29 | .995 | 8.957 | ||||
| Jim Bowie | 1B | 7 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.429 | ||||
| Tim Killeen | 1B | 6 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Greg LaRocca | 2B | 68 | 132 | 164 | 3 | 38 | .990 | 4.353 | ||||
| Rick Gama | 2B | 68 | 138 | 127 | 6 | 25 | .978 | 3.897 | ||||
| Rich Hills | 2B | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 4.250 | ||||
| Chad Tredaway | 2B | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| John Powers | 2B | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jamie Keefe | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gabe Alvarez | 3B | 107 | 65 | 200 | 32 | 17 | .892 | 2.477 | ||||
| Rich Hills | 3B | 13 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 2.769 | ||||
| John Powers | 3B | 12 | 7 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 2.417 | ||||
| Justin Mashore | 3B | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .833 | 2.143 | ||||
| Chad Tredaway | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jamie Keefe | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Greg LaRocca | 3B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mandy Romero | C | 57 | 436 | 33 | 6 | 2 | .987 | 8.228 | 7 | 44 | 13 | 22.8 |
| Tim Killeen | C | 53 | 313 | 20 | 6 | 4 | .982 | 6.283 | 2 | 48 | 12 | 20.0 |
| Wiki González | C | 41 | 250 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 6.683 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 44.1 |
| Earl Johnson | CF | 76 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Prieto | CF | 60 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Mashore | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darryl Brinkley | LF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dusty Allen | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Prieto | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jamie Keefe | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Hills | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Guiel | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Mashore | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Poe | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Brown | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Prieto | OF | 98 | 212 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .991 | 2.276 | ||||
| Earl Johnson | OF | 76 | 189 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 2.592 | ||||
| Justin Mashore | OF | 64 | 120 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .985 | 2.047 | ||||
| Dusty Allen | OF | 56 | 66 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .971 | 1.196 | ||||
| Darryl Brinkley | OF | 50 | 68 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .946 | 1.400 | ||||
| Charles Poe | OF | 31 | 47 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.581 | ||||
| Gary Matthews | OF | 26 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| Jamie Keefe | OF | 8 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rich Hills | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Aaron Guiel | OF | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ray Brown | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .800 | 1.500 | ||||
| Tim Killeen | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bubba Dixon | P | 56 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .321 | ||||
| Todd Erdos | P | 55 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .164 | ||||
| Sean Runyan | P | 40 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Brett Walters | P | 31 | 10 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .875 | 1.129 | ||||
| Brian Tollberg | P | 31 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | .871 | ||||
| Dave Zancanaro | P | 27 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.185 | ||||
| Ryan Van De Weg | P | 27 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 2 | .958 | 1.704 | ||||
| Cam Smith | P | 26 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| Brad Kaufman | P | 22 | 7 | 29 | 5 | 3 | .878 | 1.636 | ||||
| Matt Skrmetta | P | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
| Bryan Wolff | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .100 | ||||
| Jim Baron | P | 19 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .368 | ||||
| Matt Clement | P | 13 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.231 | ||||
| Marino Castillo | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Bill Anderson | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Darío Veras | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kerry Taylor | P | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Craig Clayton | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Justin Mashore | RF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Charles Poe | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gary Matthews | RF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dusty Allen | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Prieto | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Brown | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Killeen | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Melo | SS | 112 | 182 | 307 | 28 | 61 | .946 | 4.366 | ||||
| Rich Hills | SS | 19 | 27 | 62 | 3 | 5 | .967 | 4.684 | ||||
| Greg LaRocca | SS | 7 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .970 | 4.571 | ||||
| Gabe Alvarez | SS | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .933 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 2023 | 3593 | 1391 | 158 | 301 | .969 | 2.464 | 15 | 111 | 40 | 26.5 |
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.
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