1996 Madison Black Wolf Statistics
Team Record: 44-41
Finished 2nd in the NL's East Division
Manager: Wayne Krenchicki (44-41)
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Warner Park
Attendance: 83,573, Avg. 2,199 in 38 home dates
Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 1 game, Madison Black Wolf 0 - One-game playoff for first half championship.
Playoffs - St. Paul Saints 2 games, Madison Black Wolf 0
The Madison Black Wolf of the Northern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 44 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Black Wolf scored 494 runs and allowed 460 runs. Mitch Lyden led Madison with 29 home runs, and Corey Powell walloped 15 or more, too. Mitch Lyden drove in 80 runs. Tony Marabella paced all regular batters by connecting at a .340 clip. Michel Laplante topped the squad with 10 wins, while Dan Kyslinger recorded a 3.59 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Mitch Lyden and Jim Vatcher both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Wayne Krenchicki 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Laplante | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.62 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 129.3 | 134 | 62 | 52 | 7 | 41 | 4 | 82 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 548 |
| Dan Kyslinger | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.58 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 115.7 | 104 | 60 | 46 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 492 |
| Dan Rambo | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.62 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 134.3 | 159 | 80 | 69 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 583 |
| Tom Fischer | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.09 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 108 | 63 | 55 | 12 | 52 | 2 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 443 |
| Fabian Salmon | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.79 | 25 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57.0 | 73 | 53 | 43 | 13 | 32 | 2 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 281 |
| John Salamon | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.31 | 37 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 50.7 | 47 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 230 |
| Will Cook | 3 | 1 | .750 | 7.44 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 158 |
| Marc Mosman | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.14 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.7 | 70 | 50 | 40 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 276 |
| Jim Vatcher | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Adam Hoyman | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 91 | |
| Craig Zaikov | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Phil Harris | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90 | |
| Hank Lott | 0 | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | |
| Tommy Carter | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.50 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 30 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 89 |
| Totals | 44 | 41 | .518 | 4.77 | 210 | 85 | 65 | 20 | 2 | 10 | 738.3 | 809 | 460 | 391 | 75 | 330 | 20 | 487 | 37 | 7 | 51 | 3319 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Marabella | 84 | 360 | 338 | 46 | 115 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 33 | .340 | .376 | .485 | .861 | 164 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Corey Powell | 84 | 360 | 335 | 66 | 102 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 70 | .304 | .346 | .519 | .866 | 174 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Lino Connell | 82 | 377 | 339 | 57 | 101 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 31 | 7 | 30 | 68 | .298 | .351 | .410 | .761 | 139 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Mitch Lyden | 77 | 330 | 300 | 58 | 95 | 13 | 3 | 29 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 61 | .317 | .373 | .670 | 1.043 | 201 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Darin Everson | 85 | 366 | 300 | 62 | 93 | 15 | 3 | 13 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 39 | .310 | .427 | .510 | .937 | 153 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Jim Vatcher | 80 | 364 | 314 | 63 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 58 | .287 | .356 | .465 | .821 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Manny Cora | 78 | 326 | 299 | 29 | 73 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 34 | .244 | .284 | .281 | .565 | 84 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Meggers | 57 | 244 | 215 | 40 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 70 | .298 | .372 | .572 | .944 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Kimbler | 62 | 270 | 243 | 34 | 62 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 19 | 60 | .255 | .315 | .395 | .710 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| John Tsoukalas | 18 | 79 | 70 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | .343 | .385 | .486 | .870 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Gibbons | 26 | 89 | 78 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 21 | .192 | .258 | .192 | .451 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brandon Milam | 22 | 65 | 54 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 22 | .204 | .328 | .241 | .569 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Reed | 31 | 61 | 57 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 12 | .175 | .217 | .298 | .515 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Cullen | 10 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Cook | 24 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .045 | .154 | .045 | .199 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Bruksch | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Fischer | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 840 | 3343 | 2987 | 494 | 858 | 172 | 19 | 98 | 454 | 78 | 30 | 262 | 571 | .287 | .349 | .456 | .805 | 1362 | 48 | 35 | 31 | 28 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darin Everson | 1B | 73 | 670 | 45 | 6 | 71 | .992 | 9.795 | ||||
| Mitch Lyden | 1B | 9 | 50 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 6.444 | ||||
| Tony Marabella | 1B | 8 | 73 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .987 | 9.625 | ||||
| Corey Powell | 1B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Lino Connell | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lino Connell | 2B | 80 | 175 | 251 | 15 | 62 | .966 | 5.325 | ||||
| Doug Kimbler | 2B | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Curtis Reed | 2B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Doug Kimbler | 3B | 44 | 34 | 125 | 18 | 15 | .898 | 3.614 | ||||
| Tony Marabella | 3B | 26 | 11 | 45 | 8 | 4 | .875 | 2.154 | ||||
| John Tsoukalas | 3B | 18 | 15 | 36 | 5 | 4 | .911 | 2.833 | ||||
| Mitch Lyden | C | 56 | 311 | 33 | 4 | 2 | .989 | 6.143 | 4 | 51 | 11 | 17.7 |
| Brandon Milam | C | 19 | 90 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .951 | 5.105 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Darin Everson | C | 17 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 4.471 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 31.6 |
| Geoff Cullen | C | 7 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .939 | 4.429 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tony Marabella | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Vatcher | CF | 80 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Gibbons | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis Reed | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Meggers | LF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Gibbons | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis Reed | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Will Cook | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Marabella | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Cora | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lino Connell | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Bruksch | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Powell | OF | 83 | 149 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .969 | 1.880 | ||||
| Jim Vatcher | OF | 80 | 186 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 2.438 | ||||
| Mike Meggers | OF | 54 | 105 | 4 | 5 | 0 | .956 | 2.019 | ||||
| Brian Gibbons | OF | 25 | 42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.760 | ||||
| Curtis Reed | OF | 21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | .762 | ||||
| Will Cook | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Lino Connell | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Milam | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony Marabella | OF | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Manny Cora | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kurt Bruksch | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| John Salamon | P | 37 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .216 | ||||
| Fabian Salmon | P | 25 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Marc Mosman | P | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Michel Laplante | P | 19 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 1.632 | ||||
| Dan Rambo | P | 18 | 12 | 27 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 2.167 | ||||
| Dan Kyslinger | P | 18 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .893 | 1.389 | ||||
| Phil Harris | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Tom Fischer | P | 17 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.059 | ||||
| Will Cook | P | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Adam Hoyman | P | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Tommy Carter | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .143 | ||||
| Craig Zaikov | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Vatcher | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hank Lott | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Corey Powell | RF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curtis Reed | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Milam | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Will Cook | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lino Connell | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Cora | SS | 74 | 118 | 224 | 25 | 50 | .932 | 4.622 | ||||
| Doug Kimbler | SS | 12 | 13 | 35 | 3 | 5 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1213 | 2215 | 977 | 119 | 253 | .964 | 2.631 | 10 | 87 | 19 | 17.9 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
