1998 Mobile BayBears Statistics
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Mike Ramsey (86-54)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 271,002, Avg. 3,928 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Mobile BayBears 3 games, Huntsville Stars 0
Finals - Mobile BayBears 3 games, Jacksonville Suns 1
The Mobile BayBears of the Southern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The BayBears topped the league with just 616 runs allowed. Mobile scored 794 runs. John Curl led the team with 16 home runs, and Mike Mitchell walloped 15 or more, too. Mike Mitchell drove in 97 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Buddy Carlyle paced the squad with 14 wins, while Bryan Wolff recorded a 2.3 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1998 Mobile BayBears who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Domingo Guzmán, Rodrigo López, Ben Davis, Kevin Nicholson, Doug Dascenzo, Brandon Kolb, Wiki González, David Newhan, Brian Tollberg, Dusty Allen, Mike Darr, Buddy Carlyle, Matt Skrmetta and Gary Matthews.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buddy Carlyle | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.38 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 183.7 | 179 | 77 | 69 | 13 | 46 | 0 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 763 |
| Matt Skrmetta | 9 | 2 | .818 | 3.35 | 51 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 66 | 32 | 29 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 77 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 323 |
| Bryan Wolff | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.29 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 133.7 | 90 | 40 | 34 | 7 | 43 | 2 | 134 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 527 |
| Eric Newman | 9 | 12 | .429 | 5.59 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 152 | 100 | 87 | 14 | 71 | 1 | 120 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 632 |
| Brett Walters | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.91 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.0 | 86 | 43 | 42 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 329 |
| Eric Estes | 7 | 4 | .636 | 5.30 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.3 | 117 | 61 | 52 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 403 |
| Domingo Guzmán | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.50 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 51 | 34 | 24 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 217 |
| Al Drumheller | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.51 | 50 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 97.3 | 75 | 43 | 38 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 412 |
| Brandon Kolb | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.50 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 46 | 33 | 31 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 274 |
| Rodrigo López | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.40 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 25.7 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| Bill Anderson | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.30 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 177 |
| Brian Tollberg | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.41 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 31 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 152 |
| Mike Rossiter | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.79 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 185 |
| Ryan Van De Weg | 2 | 3 | .400 | 9.74 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 104 |
| Jim Sak | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.14 | 45 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 49.0 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 212 |
| Brad Kaufman | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 |
| Brendan Sullivan | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.85 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39.0 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 153 |
| Brian Doughty | 0 | 0 | 5.45 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 62 | 33 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 189 | |
| Bubba Dixon | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.27 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Totals | 86 | 54 | .614 | 3.85 | 414 | 140 | 131 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 1247.3 | 1173 | 616 | 533 | 95 | 489 | 10 | 1048 | 43 | 8 | 62 | 5314 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | 134 | 574 | 509 | 72 | 162 | 32 | 2 | 15 | 97 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 95 | .318 | .390 | .477 | .868 | 243 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mike Darr | 132 | 596 | 523 | 105 | 162 | 41 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 28 | 8 | 62 | 79 | .310 | .385 | .438 | .823 | 229 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| John Powers | 127 | 566 | 476 | 92 | 144 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 76 | .303 | .406 | .452 | .857 | 215 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| David Newhan | 121 | 564 | 491 | 89 | 128 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 27 | 8 | 68 | 110 | .261 | .352 | .399 | .751 | 196 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Davis | 116 | 489 | 433 | 65 | 124 | 29 | 2 | 14 | 75 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 60 | .286 | .352 | .460 | .812 | 199 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Kevin Nicholson | 132 | 549 | 488 | 64 | 105 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 114 | .215 | .285 | .314 | .598 | 153 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| John Curl | 104 | 404 | 363 | 47 | 100 | 22 | 2 | 16 | 66 | 6 | 1 | 40 | 108 | .275 | .347 | .479 | .826 | 174 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gary Matthews | 72 | 313 | 254 | 62 | 78 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 11 | 1 | 55 | 50 | .307 | .428 | .480 | .908 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Rick Prieto | 72 | 242 | 218 | 30 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 49 | .239 | .314 | .353 | .667 | 77 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ethan Faggett | 54 | 186 | 162 | 22 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 40 | .247 | .322 | .327 | .650 | 53 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Dusty Allen | 42 | 189 | 154 | 30 | 39 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 26 | .253 | .381 | .487 | .868 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rick Gama | 49 | 174 | 149 | 21 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 16 | .221 | .324 | .315 | .639 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Joseph | 39 | 150 | 122 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 30 | .221 | .349 | .311 | .661 | 38 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiki González | 22 | 85 | 67 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | .388 | .494 | .701 | 1.196 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Gonzalez | 26 | 98 | 85 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 22 | .294 | .388 | .600 | .988 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Hazlett | 34 | 112 | 96 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 24 | .229 | .339 | .396 | .735 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Balfe | 23 | 77 | 69 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | .232 | .312 | .420 | .732 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dascenzo | 12 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .391 | .462 | .391 | .853 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcos Sanchez | 7 | 24 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .182 | .250 | .455 | .705 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buddy Carlyle | 27 | 37 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .111 | .135 | .139 | .274 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Walters | 14 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Newman | 27 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .150 | .261 | .150 | .411 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Tollberg | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Doughty | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Kaufman | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Estes | 17 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Drumheller | 51 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .091 | .167 | .091 | .258 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Briones | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domingo Guzmán | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Van De Weg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Sullivan | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Skrmetta | 51 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Kolb | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rossiter | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Anderson | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rodrigo López | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Wolff | 33 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1681 | 5599 | 4858 | 794 | 1312 | 284 | 39 | 117 | 730 | 124 | 41 | 630 | 976 | .270 | .357 | .417 | .773 | 2025 | 96 | 42 | 34 | 35 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mitchell | 1B | 121 | 963 | 91 | 11 | 102 | .990 | 8.711 | ||||
| John Curl | 1B | 21 | 150 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 1.000 | 7.619 | ||||
| Dusty Allen | 1B | 6 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.833 | ||||
| Jimmy Gonzalez | 1B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| David Newhan | 2B | 112 | 226 | 306 | 14 | 72 | .974 | 4.750 | ||||
| Rick Gama | 2B | 28 | 59 | 69 | 2 | 15 | .985 | 4.571 | ||||
| John Powers | 2B | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| John Powers | 3B | 111 | 65 | 204 | 17 | 10 | .941 | 2.423 | ||||
| Steve Hazlett | 3B | 15 | 8 | 29 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 2.467 | ||||
| Ryan Balfe | 3B | 12 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .903 | 2.333 | ||||
| Rick Prieto | 3B | 7 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .789 | 2.143 | ||||
| David Newhan | 3B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Ben Davis | C | 115 | 920 | 76 | 6 | 7 | .994 | 8.661 | 10 | 36 | 47 | 56.6 |
| Wiki González | C | 13 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.538 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 25.0 |
| Jimmy Gonzalez | C | 13 | 74 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 6.154 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 16.7 |
| Marcos Sanchez | C | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 6.000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Chris Briones | C | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Darr | OF | 129 | 261 | 13 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 2.124 | ||||
| Gary Matthews | OF | 68 | 184 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .995 | 2.824 | ||||
| John Curl | OF | 60 | 90 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .949 | 1.567 | ||||
| Rick Prieto | OF | 51 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.294 | ||||
| Ethan Faggett | OF | 42 | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.619 | ||||
| Dusty Allen | OF | 38 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .951 | 1.526 | ||||
| Terry Joseph | OF | 36 | 80 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 2.278 | ||||
| Steve Hazlett | OF | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.583 | ||||
| Doug Dascenzo | OF | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Matt Skrmetta | P | 51 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .157 | ||||
| Al Drumheller | P | 50 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .944 | .340 | ||||
| Jim Sak | P | 45 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .156 | ||||
| Brendan Sullivan | P | 35 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Bryan Wolff | P | 33 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .941 | .970 | ||||
| Eric Newman | P | 27 | 7 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Buddy Carlyle | P | 27 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 3 | .942 | 1.815 | ||||
| Mike Rossiter | P | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Brandon Kolb | P | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .824 | .667 | ||||
| Eric Estes | P | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .941 | ||||
| Brian Doughty | P | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .471 | ||||
| Brett Walters | P | 14 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.071 | ||||
| Bill Anderson | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Domingo Guzmán | P | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Bubba Dixon | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Ryan Van De Weg | P | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Brian Tollberg | P | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Brad Kaufman | P | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rodrigo López | P | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Kevin Nicholson | SS | 130 | 201 | 363 | 38 | 80 | .937 | 4.338 | ||||
| John Powers | SS | 11 | 13 | 36 | 2 | 7 | .961 | 4.455 | ||||
| David Newhan | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1588 | 3742 | 1458 | 140 | 338 | .974 | 3.275 | 11 | 58 | 53 | 47.7 |
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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