1998 New Britain Rock Cats Statistics
Team Record: 83-59
Finished 1st in the EL's North Division
Manager: John Russell (83-59)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: New Britain Stadium
Attendance: 181,643, Avg. 2,838 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - New Britain Rock Cats 3 games, Binghamton Mets 1
Finals - Harrisburg Senators 3 games, New Britain Rock Cats 1
The New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 83 wins and 59 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Rock Cats scored 670 runs and allowed 611 runs. Jacque Jones led New Britain with 21 home runs, while Doug Mientkiewicz walloped 15 or more also. Doug Mientkiewicz recorded 88 runs batted in and topped all regular batters with a .323 average. Mike Lincoln paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.22 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 1998 New Britain Rock Cats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Joe Mays, Chad Moeller, Torii Hunter, Rob Radlosky, Mark Redman, Mike Moriarty, Dan Perkins, John Barnes, Chad Allen, J. C. Romero, A. J. Pierzynski, Mike Lincoln, Doug Mientkiewicz, Jacque Jones, Jeff Harris and Cristian Guzmán.
John Russell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Lincoln | 15 | 7 | .682 | 3.22 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.3 | 180 | 80 | 62 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 109 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 720 |
| Dan Perkins | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.98 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 117.7 | 140 | 64 | 52 | 8 | 31 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 508 |
| Rob Radlosky | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.02 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.0 | 127 | 61 | 59 | 16 | 38 | 0 | 117 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 552 |
| Tom Gourdin | 8 | 4 | .667 | 6.21 | 47 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 81 | 53 | 46 | 15 | 39 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 317 |
| Jason Bell | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.67 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7 | 148 | 90 | 88 | 21 | 61 | 1 | 166 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 694 |
| J. C. Romero | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.19 | 51 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 78.0 | 48 | 28 | 19 | 3 | 43 | 3 | 79 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 324 |
| Trevor Cobb | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.06 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 | 160 | 81 | 75 | 17 | 49 | 0 | 87 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 596 |
| Joe Mays | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.99 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 | 63 | 40 | 32 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| Mark Redman | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.52 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 40 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 190 |
| Chris Cumberland | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.63 | 37 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.7 | 44 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 220 |
| Alan Mahaffey | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.47 | 34 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 62 | 27 | 26 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 236 |
| Jeff Harris | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.66 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 38.0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 138 |
| Brent Stentz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.98 | 57 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 59.0 | 44 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 244 |
| Walker Chapman | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.86 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 204 |
| Brad Niedermaier | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | |
| Nate Yeskie | 0 | 0 | 16.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Kelcey Mucker | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 83 | 59 | .585 | 3.87 | 433 | 142 | 137 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 1240.3 | 1227 | 611 | 534 | 120 | 425 | 12 | 1056 | 41 | 6 | 71 | 5263 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 139 | 611 | 502 | 96 | 162 | 45 | 0 | 16 | 88 | 11 | 4 | 96 | 58 | .323 | .432 | .508 | .940 | 255 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cristian Guzmán | 140 | 606 | 566 | 68 | 157 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 111 | .277 | .304 | .352 | .655 | 199 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| Jacque Jones | 134 | 566 | 518 | 78 | 155 | 39 | 3 | 21 | 85 | 18 | 11 | 37 | 134 | .299 | .349 | .508 | .856 | 263 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Dan Cey | 136 | 616 | 569 | 82 | 143 | 28 | 2 | 8 | 50 | 23 | 7 | 40 | 95 | .251 | .303 | .350 | .653 | 199 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Allen | 137 | 567 | 504 | 70 | 132 | 31 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 21 | 9 | 51 | 78 | .262 | .334 | .399 | .733 | 201 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| J. J. Johnson | 101 | 400 | 371 | 54 | 95 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 103 | .256 | .306 | .429 | .734 | 159 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Torii Hunter | 82 | 338 | 308 | 42 | 87 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 64 | .282 | .329 | .438 | .768 | 135 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Kelcey Mucker | 71 | 259 | 226 | 22 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 31 | .296 | .362 | .425 | .787 | 96 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| A. J. Pierzynski | 59 | 227 | 212 | 30 | 63 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 25 | .297 | .333 | .392 | .725 | 83 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Rick Moss | 65 | 217 | 193 | 17 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | .280 | .347 | .358 | .705 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Moeller | 58 | 215 | 187 | 21 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 41 | .235 | .332 | .385 | .717 | 72 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel Paez | 62 | 177 | 164 | 26 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 34 | .220 | .273 | .256 | .529 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Moriarty | 38 | 136 | 112 | 22 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | .286 | .391 | .464 | .855 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 27 | 93 | 84 | 11 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | .274 | .315 | .440 | .756 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| John Barnes | 20 | 82 | 71 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | .268 | .354 | .352 | .706 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Troy Fortin | 23 | 67 | 60 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .183 | .269 | .250 | .519 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Felston | 12 | 56 | 45 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | .222 | .345 | .267 | .612 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Fraser | 16 | 55 | 49 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .204 | .264 | .306 | .570 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Gunderson | 23 | 78 | 62 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | .161 | .312 | .306 | .618 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1343 | 5366 | 4803 | 670 | 1310 | 297 | 25 | 97 | 594 | 123 | 71 | 434 | 882 | .273 | .337 | .406 | .743 | 1948 | 97 | 48 | 48 | 33 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 1B | 137 | 1169 | 92 | 12 | 116 | .991 | 9.204 | ||||
| Troy Fortin | 1B | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 5.400 | ||||
| Kelcey Mucker | 1B | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.250 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Shane Gunderson | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dan Cey | 2B | 135 | 246 | 373 | 21 | 97 | .967 | 4.585 | ||||
| Israel Paez | 2B | 6 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Mike Moriarty | 2B | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Rick Moss | 3B | 62 | 28 | 104 | 9 | 13 | .936 | 2.129 | ||||
| Israel Paez | 3B | 45 | 26 | 67 | 15 | 6 | .861 | 2.067 | ||||
| Mike Moriarty | 3B | 32 | 23 | 71 | 8 | 5 | .922 | 2.938 | ||||
| Joe Fraser | 3B | 14 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .968 | 2.143 | ||||
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 57 | 409 | 37 | 2 | 3 | .996 | 7.825 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 40.5 |
| Chad Moeller | C | 55 | 414 | 25 | 6 | 6 | .987 | 7.982 | 4 | 33 | 15 | 31.2 |
| Jeff Smith | C | 23 | 151 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .994 | 7.217 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 36.0 |
| Troy Fortin | C | 14 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .982 | 7.643 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 43.8 |
| Chad Allen | OF | 133 | 185 | 11 | 4 | 2 | .980 | 1.474 | ||||
| Jacque Jones | OF | 129 | 288 | 12 | 10 | 2 | .968 | 2.326 | ||||
| Torii Hunter | OF | 82 | 168 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .989 | 2.146 | ||||
| J. J. Johnson | OF | 46 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 1.543 | ||||
| John Barnes | OF | 17 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.412 | ||||
| Anthony Felston | OF | 12 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| Kelcey Mucker | OF | 11 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Doug Mientkiewicz | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brent Stentz | P | 57 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| J. C. Romero | P | 51 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .920 | .451 | ||||
| Tom Gourdin | P | 47 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .850 | .362 | ||||
| Chris Cumberland | P | 37 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .378 | ||||
| Alan Mahaffey | P | 34 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Jason Bell | P | 29 | 13 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.310 | ||||
| Rob Radlosky | P | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .630 | ||||
| Trevor Cobb | P | 27 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Lincoln | P | 26 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 3 | .983 | 2.269 | ||||
| Jeff Harris | P | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .231 | ||||
| Walker Chapman | P | 23 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .478 | ||||
| Dan Perkins | P | 20 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 1 | .938 | 1.500 | ||||
| Joe Mays | P | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Mark Redman | P | 8 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Brad Niedermaier | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nate Yeskie | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelcey Mucker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cristian Guzmán | SS | 140 | 211 | 426 | 32 | 95 | .952 | 4.550 | ||||
| Israel Paez | SS | 4 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Mike Moriarty | SS | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1608 | 3721 | 1521 | 143 | 384 | .973 | 3.260 | 8 | 83 | 48 | 36.6 |
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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