1997 New Jersey Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 35-39
Finished 3rd in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Jeff Shireman (35-39)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Augusta, New Jersey
Ballpark: Skylands Stadium
Attendance: 171,244, Avg. 4,506 in 38 home dates
The New Jersey Cardinals of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 35 wins and 39 losses, finishing third in the league's McNamara Division.
The Cardinals scored 375 runs and surrendered 314 runs. Andy Bevins drove in 44 runs. Rob Macrory led batters with significant playing time with a .306 average. Tristan Jerue and Ruben Rosario topped the team with 5 wins each, while Mike McDougal recorded a 2.51 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 New Jersey Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Adam Kennedy, Jason Karnuth, Miguel Mejía, Justin Brunette and Gene Stechschulte.
Jeff Shireman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristan Jerue | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 73 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 310 |
| Ruben Rosario | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 64 | 42 | 35 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 315 |
| Jose Villafana | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.63 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 109 |
| Jason Karnuth | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.86 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 158 |
| Josh Wingerd | 4 | 1 | .800 | 6.43 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 130 |
| Mike McDougal | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.49 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68.7 | 62 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 272 |
| Finley Woodward | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.34 | 29 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.3 | 30 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 137 |
| Patrick Coogan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.70 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 56 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 231 |
| Justin Brunette | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.94 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Gene Stechschulte | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.22 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36.3 | 45 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 164 |
| Josh Levey | 1 | 3 | .250 | 5.35 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 31 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 149 |
| Mike Huffaker | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.40 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 192 |
| Jason Navarro | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.85 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 60 | 40 | 34 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 211 |
| John Geis | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Greg Heffernan | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2.57 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28.0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 115 |
| Neal Arnold | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.93 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 35 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 154 |
| Totals | 35 | 39 | .473 | 3.75 | 260 | 74 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 629.3 | 630 | 314 | 262 | 27 | 202 | 2 | 520 | 31 | 14 | 58 | 2690 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Macrory | 67 | 273 | 248 | 52 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 27 | .306 | .356 | .371 | .727 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Andy Bevins | 65 | 259 | 235 | 35 | 64 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 66 | .272 | .328 | .468 | .796 | 110 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dave Kim | 58 | 234 | 205 | 38 | 57 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 39 | .278 | .363 | .449 | .812 | 92 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Aaron Gentry | 64 | 254 | 225 | 30 | 56 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 32 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 58 | .249 | .324 | .378 | .702 | 85 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jason Lee | 60 | 250 | 226 | 34 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 69 | .239 | .312 | .350 | .662 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Quaccia | 60 | 233 | 204 | 27 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 52 | .230 | .313 | .328 | .642 | 67 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Miguel Mejía | 30 | 132 | 124 | 22 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | .331 | .356 | .411 | .767 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Adam Kennedy | 29 | 132 | 114 | 20 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 10 | .342 | .412 | .447 | .860 | 51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Wilson | 44 | 171 | 141 | 28 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 36 | .248 | .361 | .454 | .815 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| T. J. Maier | 50 | 179 | 155 | 19 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 30 | .213 | .309 | .323 | .632 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Martine | 47 | 169 | 142 | 22 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 37 | .211 | .320 | .246 | .566 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Speckhardt | 51 | 152 | 135 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 39 | .185 | .260 | .237 | .497 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Brady Gick | 32 | 112 | 102 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | .216 | .277 | .284 | .561 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Abell | 10 | 44 | 40 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .225 | .279 | .300 | .579 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Schmidt | 15 | 44 | 38 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | .211 | .318 | .263 | .581 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cordell Farley | 6 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .368 | .455 | .368 | .823 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Chabot | 12 | 40 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .154 | .175 | .231 | .406 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roberto Vazquez | 19 | 55 | 49 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .122 | .189 | .204 | .393 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 719 | 2755 | 2441 | 375 | 615 | 106 | 22 | 40 | 326 | 75 | 34 | 230 | 559 | .252 | .326 | .363 | .688 | 885 | 46 | 48 | 13 | 23 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Quaccia | 1B | 60 | 538 | 38 | 5 | 47 | .991 | 9.600 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 1B | 14 | 113 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.571 | ||||
| Kevin Chabot | 1B | 7 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .962 | 7.143 | ||||
| Rob Macrory | 2B | 66 | 130 | 167 | 15 | 41 | .952 | 4.500 | ||||
| T. J. Maier | 2B | 7 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Roberto Vazquez | 2B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Aaron Gentry | 2B | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Aaron Gentry | 3B | 49 | 31 | 98 | 10 | 7 | .928 | 2.633 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 3B | 18 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 5 | .951 | 3.222 | ||||
| Roberto Vazquez | 3B | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .842 | 2.667 | ||||
| T. J. Maier | 3B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Chris Martine | C | 47 | 322 | 38 | 7 | 8 | .981 | 7.660 | 9 | 55 | 19 | 25.7 |
| Brady Gick | C | 28 | 174 | 24 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 7.071 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 32.0 |
| Todd Schmidt | C | 6 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Miguel Mejía | CF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Speckhardt | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Lee | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cordell Farley | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Abell | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Lee | LF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Kim | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Speckhardt | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Bevins | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Lee | OF | 59 | 90 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .943 | 1.678 | ||||
| Dave Kim | OF | 45 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mike Speckhardt | OF | 44 | 52 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .946 | 1.205 | ||||
| Andy Bevins | OF | 43 | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .938 | 1.047 | ||||
| Miguel Mejía | OF | 30 | 55 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .935 | 1.933 | ||||
| Tony Abell | OF | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 1.700 | ||||
| Cordell Farley | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Huffaker | P | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Gene Stechschulte | P | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .233 | ||||
| Finley Woodward | P | 29 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| Greg Heffernan | P | 26 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .308 | ||||
| Neal Arnold | P | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Josh Wingerd | P | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Josh Levey | P | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .278 | ||||
| Ruben Rosario | P | 14 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 1.357 | ||||
| Mike McDougal | P | 13 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Tristan Jerue | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Jason Navarro | P | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Patrick Coogan | P | 10 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jason Karnuth | P | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Justin Brunette | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Villafana | P | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| John Geis | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Bevins | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Kim | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Speckhardt | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Abell | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| T. J. Maier | SS | 37 | 46 | 104 | 6 | 17 | .962 | 4.054 | ||||
| Adam Kennedy | SS | 26 | 41 | 96 | 7 | 15 | .951 | 5.269 | ||||
| Aaron Gentry | SS | 13 | 11 | 42 | 8 | 8 | .869 | 4.077 | ||||
| Roberto Vazquez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1128 | 1888 | 822 | 97 | 179 | .965 | 2.402 | 14 | 77 | 28 | 26.7 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
