1997 New Britain Rock Cats Statistics
Team Record: 70-72
Finished 3rd in the EL's North Division
Manager: Al Newman (70-72)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: New Britain Stadium
Attendance: 151,718, Avg. 2,408 in 63 home dates
The New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 72 losses, finishing third in the league's North Division.
The Rock Cats scored 670 runs and yielded 666 runs. Corey Koskie led New Britain with 23 home runs, while Doug Mientkiewicz walloped 15 or more also. Corey Koskie drove in 79 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .286 average. Jason Bell paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.4 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1997 New Britain Rock Cats who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Travis Baptist, David Ortiz, Gus Gandarillas, Benj Sampson, Shane Bowers, Javier Valentín, Doug Mientkiewicz, Torii Hunter, Dan Perkins, Fred Rath, Mike Moriarty, Chad Allen, Jeff Harris and Corey Koskie.
Al Newman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Bell | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.39 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 164.7 | 163 | 71 | 62 | 19 | 64 | 0 | 142 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 700 |
| Benj Sampson | 10 | 6 | .625 | 4.19 | 25 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.0 | 112 | 56 | 55 | 12 | 49 | 1 | 92 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 498 |
| Shane Bowers | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.41 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 71.3 | 65 | 29 | 27 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 299 |
| Dan Perkins | 7 | 10 | .412 | 4.91 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 144.7 | 158 | 94 | 79 | 17 | 53 | 1 | 114 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 644 |
| Trevor Cobb | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.43 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 94.3 | 77 | 41 | 36 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 386 |
| Kevin Legault | 5 | 1 | .833 | 4.50 | 40 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70.0 | 74 | 37 | 35 | 6 | 26 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 305 |
| Travis Baptist | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.41 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 247 |
| Troy Carrasco | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.96 | 31 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.3 | 69 | 53 | 36 | 11 | 44 | 4 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 305 |
| Fred Rath | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.68 | 33 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 50.3 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 200 |
| Paul Morse | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.98 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 111.3 | 124 | 91 | 74 | 16 | 70 | 2 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 508 |
| Jeff Harris | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.34 | 28 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.3 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 |
| Tom Gourdin | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.31 | 49 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 61.0 | 62 | 36 | 36 | 8 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 271 |
| Gus Gandarillas | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.70 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 67 | 34 | 32 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 253 |
| Chris Cumberland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| Alan Mahaffey | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.57 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.7 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 |
| Will Rushing | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.97 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Tom Mott | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| David Perez | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Keith Linebarger | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Marc Barcelo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.61 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 118 |
| Hector Trinidad | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 95 |
| Totals | 70 | 72 | .493 | 4.32 | 414 | 142 | 132 | 10 | 2 | 38 | 1209.7 | 1196 | 666 | 581 | 125 | 521 | 13 | 888 | 50 | 6 | 102 | 5220 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Koskie | 131 | 536 | 437 | 88 | 125 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 79 | 9 | 5 | 90 | 106 | .286 | .414 | .531 | .945 | 232 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 132 | 579 | 467 | 87 | 119 | 28 | 2 | 15 | 61 | 21 | 8 | 98 | 67 | .255 | .390 | .420 | .810 | 196 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Lane | 128 | 503 | 444 | 63 | 115 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 18 | 7 | 43 | 79 | .259 | .321 | .360 | .682 | 160 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Torii Hunter | 127 | 528 | 471 | 57 | 109 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 56 | 8 | 8 | 47 | 94 | .231 | .305 | .338 | .642 | 159 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Moriarty | 135 | 492 | 421 | 60 | 93 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 53 | 68 | .221 | .309 | .340 | .649 | 143 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Javier Valentín | 102 | 409 | 370 | 41 | 90 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 61 | .243 | .297 | .354 | .651 | 131 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| J. J. Johnson | 103 | 407 | 356 | 60 | 84 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 94 | .236 | .312 | .309 | .621 | 110 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| David Ortiz | 69 | 285 | 258 | 40 | 83 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 56 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 78 | .322 | .379 | .585 | .964 | 151 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Keith Legree | 113 | 407 | 343 | 46 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 58 | 10 | 4 | 56 | 70 | .242 | .350 | .388 | .738 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Joe Fraser | 79 | 278 | 238 | 33 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 50 | .239 | .322 | .307 | .629 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Horn | 56 | 214 | 184 | 17 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 24 | .255 | .344 | .375 | .719 | 69 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Ferguson | 36 | 150 | 135 | 19 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 31 | .244 | .309 | .296 | .605 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Gunderson | 33 | 141 | 117 | 17 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 31 | .256 | .365 | .419 | .784 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Allen | 30 | 126 | 115 | 20 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 21 | .252 | .304 | .452 | .756 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rafael Alvarez | 16 | 54 | 47 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | .255 | .340 | .383 | .723 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Fortin | 12 | 55 | 47 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .234 | .333 | .277 | .610 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Armann Brown | 14 | 55 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 | .152 | .291 | .217 | .508 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Schaeffer | 10 | 31 | 29 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .207 | .258 | .276 | .534 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 5 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1331 | 5270 | 4543 | 670 | 1137 | 242 | 29 | 105 | 616 | 121 | 67 | 585 | 914 | .250 | .339 | .386 | .725 | 1752 | 92 | 48 | 53 | 41 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 1B | 106 | 963 | 59 | 5 | 98 | .995 | 9.642 | ||||
| David Ortiz | 1B | 33 | 268 | 16 | 3 | 32 | .990 | 8.606 | ||||
| Jeff Horn | 1B | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 7.500 | ||||
| Troy Fortin | 1B | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ryan Lane | 2B | 126 | 245 | 372 | 16 | 94 | .975 | 4.897 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 2B | 14 | 33 | 26 | 3 | 13 | .952 | 4.214 | ||||
| Jeff Ferguson | 2B | 8 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .875 | 2.625 | ||||
| Corey Koskie | 3B | 125 | 72 | 234 | 22 | 14 | .933 | 2.448 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 3B | 16 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 4 | .917 | 2.062 | ||||
| Jeff Ferguson | 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Javier Valentín | 3B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Javier Valentín | C | 85 | 513 | 65 | 5 | 8 | .991 | 6.800 | 12 | 42 | 31 | 42.5 |
| Jeff Horn | C | 43 | 239 | 38 | 1 | 1 | .996 | 6.442 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 58.3 |
| Jon Schaeffer | C | 10 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 6.700 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 45.5 |
| Troy Fortin | C | 8 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.875 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 27.8 |
| Jeff Smith | C | 5 | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 8.600 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Torii Hunter | CF | 117 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Alvarez | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Gunderson | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armann Brown | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Allen | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Fraser | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Mientkiewicz | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Gunderson | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armann Brown | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Legree | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Alvarez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | OF | 124 | 252 | 7 | 7 | 4 | .974 | 2.089 | ||||
| Keith Legree | OF | 97 | 176 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .963 | 1.897 | ||||
| J. J. Johnson | OF | 94 | 168 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .977 | 1.840 | ||||
| Shane Gunderson | OF | 33 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .985 | 1.970 | ||||
| Chad Allen | OF | 29 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.241 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | OF | 23 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .913 | ||||
| Doug Mientkiewicz | OF | 16 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.875 | ||||
| Rafael Alvarez | OF | 16 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.938 | ||||
| Armann Brown | OF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Tom Gourdin | P | 49 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .327 | ||||
| Kevin Legault | P | 40 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .475 | ||||
| Paul Morse | P | 37 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
| Travis Baptist | P | 36 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .962 | .694 | ||||
| Fred Rath | P | 33 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Troy Carrasco | P | 31 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .786 | .355 | ||||
| Jeff Harris | P | 28 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jason Bell | P | 28 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .893 | ||||
| Benj Sampson | P | 25 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .480 | ||||
| Dan Perkins | P | 24 | 11 | 30 | 4 | 1 | .911 | 1.708 | ||||
| Trevor Cobb | P | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .947 | ||||
| Gus Gandarillas | P | 17 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.294 | ||||
| Shane Bowers | P | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alan Mahaffey | P | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .077 | ||||
| Marc Barcelo | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Hector Trinidad | P | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Will Rushing | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| David Perez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Mott | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keith Linebarger | P | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Chris Cumberland | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Legree | RF | 92 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Gunderson | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Torii Hunter | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Armann Brown | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Allen | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Moriarty | SS | 135 | 210 | 475 | 19 | 114 | .973 | 5.074 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | SS | 6 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jeff Ferguson | SS | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 3.333 | ||||
| Ryan Lane | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2053 | 3629 | 1575 | 123 | 410 | .977 | 2.535 | 25 | 79 | 63 | 44.4 |
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.
