1998 New Jersey Cardinals Statistics
Team Record: 34-41
Finished 4th in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: José Oquendo (34-41)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Augusta, New Jersey
Ballpark: Skylands Stadium
Attendance: 153,445, Avg. 4,038 in 38 home dates
The New Jersey Cardinals of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1998 season with a record of 34 wins and 41 losses, finishing fourth in the league's McNamara Division.
The Cardinals tallied 309 runs, worst in the circuit, and allowed 361 runs. Troy Farnsworth accounted for 37 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .257 average. Kirk Griffin and Travis Held led the team with 5 wins each, while Scott Prather recorded a 3.16 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 New Jersey Cardinals who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Steve Stemle, Eliézer Alfonzo, Esix Snead, Les Walrond and Chad Hutchinson.
José Oquendo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Griffin | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.63 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49.7 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 208 |
| Travis Held | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.05 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 71 | 42 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 307 |
| Andy Shibilo | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.45 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 51 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 202 |
| Scott Prather | 4 | 6 | .400 | 3.15 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 55 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 295 |
| Wilson Garcia | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.76 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 119 |
| Steve Stemle | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.83 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 184 |
| Franklin Ortega | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.21 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 121 |
| Les Walrond | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.01 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 52 | 31 | 23 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 228 |
| Ruben Rosario | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.11 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 33 | 33 | 28 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 216 |
| Otoniel Lanfranco | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 116 |
| Casey Bates | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.29 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 175 |
| Derek Gooden | 1 | 3 | .250 | 1.71 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 31.7 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 124 |
| Toribio Guzman | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.27 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 62 | 47 | 35 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 212 |
| Brandon Folkers | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rick Gonzales | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |
| Brian Langen | 0 | 0 | 7.64 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 30 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 94 | |
| Chad Hutchinson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.52 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Eric Gutshall | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.23 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 31 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 154 |
| Totals | 34 | 41 | .453 | 3.70 | 283 | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 656.7 | 597 | 361 | 270 | 29 | 261 | 1 | 659 | 40 | 17 | 48 | 2849 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Freeman | 73 | 301 | 253 | 37 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 45 | .249 | .342 | .340 | .682 | 86 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Troy Farnsworth | 65 | 254 | 218 | 33 | 56 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 64 | .257 | .345 | .413 | .758 | 90 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Molina | 58 | 229 | 212 | 25 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 13 | 58 | .226 | .278 | .297 | .575 | 63 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Esix Snead | 58 | 234 | 193 | 38 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 33 | 54 | .233 | .365 | .311 | .676 | 60 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eliézer Alfonzo | 48 | 187 | 175 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 49 | .246 | .274 | .314 | .588 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Troy McNaughton | 53 | 183 | 157 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 45 | .255 | .344 | .369 | .714 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Secoda | 53 | 176 | 159 | 13 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 59 | .226 | .282 | .252 | .533 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Nate Smith | 42 | 164 | 143 | 17 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 27 | .245 | .312 | .322 | .634 | 46 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Nunez | 55 | 175 | 162 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | .216 | .270 | .296 | .566 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Folkers | 52 | 152 | 133 | 7 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 50 | .241 | .300 | .316 | .616 | 42 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Tommy Kidwell | 39 | 134 | 123 | 14 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .244 | .299 | .293 | .591 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Clark | 51 | 187 | 170 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 46 | .176 | .246 | .229 | .475 | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Hummel | 48 | 145 | 121 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 30 | .223 | .329 | .331 | .659 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Danilo Araujo | 32 | 101 | 85 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 13 | 24 | .212 | .313 | .247 | .560 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Kelly | 19 | 70 | 61 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 17 | .262 | .343 | .377 | .720 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Todd Schmidt | 29 | 93 | 78 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 24 | .141 | .269 | .231 | .500 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 775 | 2785 | 2443 | 309 | 565 | 91 | 20 | 23 | 263 | 137 | 49 | 236 | 631 | .231 | .309 | .313 | .623 | 765 | 42 | 52 | 28 | 26 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Folkers | 1B | 41 | 292 | 17 | 6 | 18 | .981 | 7.537 | ||||
| Dan Hummel | 1B | 28 | 172 | 14 | 2 | 14 | .989 | 6.643 | ||||
| Troy Farnsworth | 1B | 21 | 146 | 9 | 6 | 9 | .963 | 7.381 | ||||
| Tommy Kidwell | 2B | 38 | 65 | 84 | 8 | 18 | .949 | 3.921 | ||||
| Danilo Araujo | 2B | 24 | 31 | 44 | 2 | 6 | .974 | 3.125 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 2B | 18 | 34 | 46 | 3 | 7 | .964 | 4.444 | ||||
| Troy Farnsworth | 2B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Troy Farnsworth | 3B | 44 | 32 | 88 | 11 | 10 | .916 | 2.727 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | 3B | 29 | 15 | 50 | 7 | 3 | .903 | 2.241 | ||||
| Chris Kelly | 3B | 9 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 1.889 | ||||
| Greg Clark | C | 43 | 347 | 41 | 4 | 5 | .990 | 9.023 | 8 | 41 | 19 | 31.7 |
| Eliézer Alfonzo | C | 24 | 186 | 17 | 4 | 2 | .981 | 8.458 | 9 | 32 | 8 | 20.0 |
| Todd Schmidt | C | 10 | 82 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 8.900 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 9.5 |
| Dan Hummel | C | 7 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.571 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Esix Snead | CF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Molina | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Secoda | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy McNaughton | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate Smith | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy McNaughton | LF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Secoda | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Molina | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Molina | OF | 57 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.737 | ||||
| Esix Snead | OF | 55 | 123 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .976 | 2.255 | ||||
| Joe Secoda | OF | 48 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 1.688 | ||||
| Troy McNaughton | OF | 39 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.231 | ||||
| Nate Smith | OF | 38 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brandon Folkers | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Kirk Griffin | P | 35 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .314 | ||||
| Eric Gutshall | P | 29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .138 | ||||
| Derek Gooden | P | 29 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .483 | ||||
| Casey Bates | P | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Brian Langen | P | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Wilson Garcia | P | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Toribio Guzman | P | 17 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .529 | ||||
| Ruben Rosario | P | 16 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .750 | ||||
| Scott Prather | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .733 | ||||
| Franklin Ortega | P | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Travis Held | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .750 | .857 | ||||
| Les Walrond | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .692 | ||||
| Steve Stemle | P | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Andy Shibilo | P | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Rick Gonzales | P | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Otoniel Lanfranco | P | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Chad Hutchinson | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Brandon Folkers | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Molina | RF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Secoda | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate Smith | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy McNaughton | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Folkers | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brad Freeman | SS | 73 | 97 | 178 | 22 | 22 | .926 | 3.767 | ||||
| Jose Nunez | SS | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1189 | 1970 | 720 | 105 | 121 | .962 | 2.262 | 18 | 97 | 30 | 23.6 |
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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