1997 Michigan Battle Cats Statistics
Team Record: 70-67
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Billy Gardner (70-67)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 126,947, Avg. 2,116 in 60 home dates
Playoffs - Lansing Lugnuts 2 games, Michigan Battle Cats 1
The Michigan Battle Cats of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Battle Cats scored 725 runs and allowed 672 runs. Jim Chamblee paced Michigan with 22 home runs, while Corey Jenkins and Dernell Stenson walloped 15 or more, too. Dernell Stenson accounted for 80 RBI. John Barnes led hitters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Robb Welch topped the squad with 13 wins, and Matt Kinney recorded a 3.54 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1997 Michigan Battle Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Dernell Stenson, Chris Reitsma, Justin Duchscherer, Rontrez Johnson, Steve Lomasney, Matt Kinney, Shea Hillenbrand, Jim Chamblee, Rafael Betancourt, Wilton Veras and John Barnes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robb Welch | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.22 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 153.7 | 142 | 88 | 72 | 8 | 80 | 2 | 158 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 678 |
| Matt Kinney | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.53 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 117.3 | 93 | 59 | 46 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 514 |
| Josh Garrett | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.80 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 138.7 | 164 | 94 | 74 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 64 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 619 |
| Curt Romboli | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.00 | 46 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 69.0 | 60 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 69 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 293 |
| Germaine Hunter | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.64 | 52 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.7 | 65 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 42 | 4 | 68 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 322 |
| Jason Sekany | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.08 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106.0 | 92 | 55 | 48 | 5 | 41 | 1 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 448 |
| Brian Rose | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.76 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Chris Reitsma | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.90 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 57 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 217 |
| Chris Festa | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.04 | 37 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.7 | 109 | 50 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 418 |
| Scott Musgrave | 4 | 5 | .444 | 5.61 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.7 | 96 | 59 | 49 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 357 |
| Steve Smetana | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.35 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.7 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 132 |
| Lyle Prempas | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.79 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 98 |
| Chuck Beale | 2 | 7 | .222 | 3.73 | 39 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 89.3 | 111 | 58 | 37 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 405 |
| Andy Hazlett | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Justin Duchscherer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.62 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 26 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Brian Partenheimer | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.65 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 104 |
| Larry Wimberly | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.89 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 34 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138 |
| Chris Thompson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| Rafael Betancourt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1.95 | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 32.3 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 125 |
| Totals | 70 | 67 | .511 | 4.11 | 396 | 137 | 126 | 11 | 2 | 28 | 1168.0 | 1195 | 672 | 533 | 83 | 448 | 22 | 1018 | 67 | 16 | 119 | 5149 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Barnes | 130 | 566 | 490 | 80 | 149 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 73 | 19 | 5 | 65 | 42 | .304 | .387 | .400 | .787 | 196 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Jim Chamblee | 133 | 562 | 487 | 112 | 146 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 73 | 18 | 4 | 53 | 107 | .300 | .384 | .515 | .900 | 251 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Wilton Veras | 131 | 530 | 489 | 51 | 141 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 51 | .288 | .336 | .393 | .729 | 192 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Dernell Stenson | 131 | 570 | 471 | 79 | 137 | 35 | 2 | 15 | 80 | 6 | 4 | 72 | 105 | .291 | .400 | .469 | .869 | 221 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Corey Jenkins | 111 | 468 | 426 | 68 | 102 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 129 | .239 | .301 | .425 | .726 | 181 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rontrez Johnson | 118 | 494 | 411 | 87 | 99 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 12 | 65 | 96 | .241 | .355 | .331 | .685 | 136 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Locurto | 120 | 489 | 419 | 64 | 99 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 8 | 5 | 63 | 93 | .236 | .337 | .329 | .667 | 138 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Steve Lomasney | 102 | 371 | 324 | 50 | 89 | 27 | 3 | 12 | 51 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 98 | .275 | .353 | .488 | .841 | 158 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shea Hillenbrand | 64 | 238 | 224 | 28 | 65 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 20 | .290 | .315 | .415 | .730 | 93 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Asbel Ortiz | 43 | 148 | 143 | 19 | 40 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 32 | .280 | .299 | .413 | .712 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Olmeda | 61 | 207 | 194 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 63 | .191 | .238 | .242 | .480 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Kratochvil | 44 | 142 | 129 | 11 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 35 | .264 | .317 | .310 | .627 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peter Prodanov | 55 | 165 | 141 | 24 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 30 | .184 | .288 | .340 | .629 | 48 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorge DeLeon | 20 | 63 | 59 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .271 | .258 | .322 | .580 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Javier Fuentes | 30 | 90 | 77 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 18 | .169 | .273 | .208 | .481 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Orlando Sanchez | 21 | 70 | 61 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | .180 | .286 | .295 | .581 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Madonna | 16 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .147 | .286 | .206 | .492 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Ahumada | 3 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .250 | .500 | .750 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1333 | 5227 | 4591 | 725 | 1212 | 231 | 37 | 103 | 640 | 103 | 46 | 481 | 965 | .264 | .343 | .398 | .740 | 1826 | 97 | 91 | 20 | 44 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Locurto | 1B | 112 | 909 | 63 | 19 | 83 | .981 | 8.679 | ||||
| Shea Hillenbrand | 1B | 16 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 10 | .979 | 8.688 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 1B | 13 | 89 | 7 | 3 | 10 | .970 | 7.385 | ||||
| Chris Madonna | 1B | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Javier Fuentes | 1B | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jim Chamblee | 2B | 104 | 194 | 278 | 20 | 63 | .959 | 4.538 | ||||
| Asbel Ortiz | 2B | 30 | 43 | 77 | 7 | 17 | .945 | 4.000 | ||||
| Orlando Sanchez | 2B | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 2.500 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 2B | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | ||||
| Javier Fuentes | 2B | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .929 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jorge DeLeon | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Ahumada | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Wilton Veras | 3B | 130 | 99 | 220 | 19 | 29 | .944 | 2.454 | ||||
| Shea Hillenbrand | 3B | 8 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 0 | .737 | 1.750 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Asbel Ortiz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Javier Fuentes | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Steve Lomasney | C | 94 | 623 | 83 | 12 | 3 | .983 | 7.511 | 12 | 111 | 32 | 22.4 |
| Tim Kratochvil | C | 40 | 279 | 25 | 3 | 3 | .990 | 7.600 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 34.0 |
| Peter Prodanov | C | 12 | 67 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.583 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 |
| Chris Madonna | C | 9 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 4.556 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 44.4 |
| Rontrez Johnson | CF | 109 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Barnes | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Jenkins | LF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dernell Stenson | LF | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Asbel Ortiz | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Kratochvil | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Barnes | OF | 113 | 213 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 1.956 | ||||
| Rontrez Johnson | OF | 109 | 237 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .972 | 2.229 | ||||
| Dernell Stenson | OF | 108 | 145 | 11 | 14 | 0 | .918 | 1.444 | ||||
| Corey Jenkins | OF | 72 | 104 | 7 | 7 | 2 | .941 | 1.542 | ||||
| Peter Prodanov | OF | 18 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Asbel Ortiz | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tim Kratochvil | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Germaine Hunter | P | 52 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .404 | ||||
| Curt Romboli | P | 46 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Chuck Beale | P | 39 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .436 | ||||
| Chris Festa | P | 37 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .889 | .649 | ||||
| Rafael Betancourt | P | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Robb Welch | P | 26 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .750 | .577 | ||||
| Matt Kinney | P | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .818 | ||||
| Josh Garrett | P | 22 | 8 | 25 | 5 | 4 | .868 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Smetana | P | 18 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Brian Partenheimer | P | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .118 | ||||
| Jason Sekany | P | 16 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.688 | ||||
| Scott Musgrave | P | 15 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Larry Wimberly | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .538 | ||||
| Lyle Prempas | P | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .231 | ||||
| Brian Rose | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Chris Reitsma | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .556 | ||||
| Chris Thompson | P | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Justin Duchscherer | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Andy Hazlett | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Barnes | RF | 85 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dernell Stenson | RF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Peter Prodanov | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Jenkins | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Olmeda | SS | 59 | 80 | 135 | 31 | 21 | .874 | 3.644 | ||||
| Jim Chamblee | SS | 27 | 29 | 69 | 7 | 10 | .933 | 3.630 | ||||
| Javier Fuentes | SS | 25 | 31 | 57 | 6 | 12 | .936 | 3.520 | ||||
| Jorge DeLeon | SS | 18 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 6 | .873 | 3.056 | ||||
| Orlando Sanchez | SS | 16 | 26 | 57 | 7 | 17 | .922 | 5.188 | ||||
| Asbel Ortiz | SS | 8 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 6 | .857 | 3.750 | ||||
| Alex Ahumada | SS | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1992 | 3504 | 1389 | 218 | 311 | .957 | 2.456 | 19 | 152 | 57 | 27.3 |
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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