1997 New Orleans Zephyrs Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-70
Finished 2nd in the AA's West Division
Manager: Steve Swisher (0-0), Matt Galante (0-0)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Zephyr Field
Attendance: 507,164, Avg. 7,143 in 71 home dates

1997 New Orleans Zephyrs Roster

Playoffs - Iowa Cubs 3 games, New Orleans Zephyrs 0

The New Orleans Zephyrs of the American Association ended the 1997 season with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Zephyrs allowed 560 runs, least in the league. New Orleans tallied 639 runs. J. R. Phillips paced the team with 21 home runs Richard Hidalgo accounted for 78 RBI. J. R. Phillips topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. John Halama led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.58 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1997 New Orleans Zephyrs who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Daryle Ward, Bronswell Patrick, Ray Montgomery, Mitch Meluskey, Luis Rivera, Melvin Mora, Shane Reynolds, Manuel Barrios, Ricky Gutiérrez, Sid Fernandez, Tony Mounce, Scott Elarton, Óscar Robles, Bobby Abreu, Blas Minor, Tommy Greene, Derek Bell, J. R. Phillips, Todd Haney, Josías Manzanillo, Russ Johnson, Ken Ramos, Mike Magnante, Donne Wall, John Halama, Mark Small, Trever Miller, John Hudek, Mike Gardiner, José Cabrera, Chuck Carr, Richard Hidalgo, Kevin Flora, Kevin Maas, Óscar Henríquez, Randy Knorr, Carlos Guillén, Alvin Morman, C. J. Nitkowski and Sean Berry.

Steve Swisher and Matt Galante served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
John Halama	13	3	.812	2.58	26	24	2	1	0	0	171.0	150	57	49	9	32	1	126	1	2	2	673
Donne Wall	8	7	.533	3.85	17	17	0	1	0	0	110.0	109	49	47	13	24	0	84	1	0	3	446
C. J. Nitkowski	8	10	.444	3.98	28	28	0	1	0	0	174.3	183	82	77	10	56	2	141	6	3	6	738
Bronswell Patrick	6	5	.545	3.22	30	12	10	1	1	0	100.7	108	45	36	10	30	4	88	0	0	5	426
Trever Miller	6	7	.462	3.30	29	27	0	2	0	0	163.7	177	71	60	15	54	1	99	3	0	6	694
Tommy Greene	5	3	.625	3.38	13	13	0	0	0	0	74.7	59	30	28	12	25	0	75	2	0	1	305
Doug Mlicki	4	3	.571	3.60	14	3	4	0	0	0	30.0	27	12	12	4	10	0	18	1	0	1	124
Scott Elarton	4	4	.500	5.33	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.0	51	36	32	5	17	1	50	1	0	4	228
Óscar Henríquez	4	5	.444	2.80	60	0	37	0	0	12	74.0	65	28	23	4	27	3	80	5	1	7	313
Manuel Barrios	4	8	.333	3.27	57	0	17	0	0	0	82.7	70	32	30	5	34	9	77	1	0	2	350
Blas Minor	3	3	.500	2.27	23	0	15	0	0	6	31.7	20	8	8	1	9	3	27	0	0	3	122
Mike Gardiner	2	1	.667	8.13	11	4	3	0	0	0	31.0	43	32	28	3	14	0	24	1	0	0	147
José Cabrera	2	2	.500	2.54	31	0	5	0	0	0	46.0	31	13	13	2	13	3	48	2	0	0	181
Mike Magnante	2	3	.400	4.50	17	0	6	0	0	1	24.0	31	14	12	0	5	0	23	0	0	2	107
Shane Reynolds	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	19
Mark Small	1	1	.500	5.79	7	0	4	0	0	0	9.3	11	9	6	1	3	1	7	0	0	1	43
Mark Mimbs	1	2	.333	4.36	22	3	5	0	0	1	33.0	36	19	16	2	9	1	26	3	0	0	144
Alan Probst	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Eric Christopherson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
John Hudek	0	0		0.44	19	0	16	0	0	7	20.7	3	1	1	1	3	0	26	0	0	0	67
Tony Mounce	0	0		1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.7	2	1	1	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	21
Josías Manzanillo	0	0		4.40	11	0	5	0	0	0	14.3	17	7	7	3	6	0	11	1	0	0	63
Melvin Mora	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim Gutierrez	0	1	.000	3.27	7	0	5	0	0	0	11.0	11	4	4	1	2	0	8	0	0	2	46
Sid Fernandez	0	1	.000	4.32	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.3	7	4	4	0	3	0	7	0	0	2	34
Alvin Morman	0	1	.000	4.50	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.0	11	5	5	1	2	1	14	0	0	1	42
Totals	74	70	.514	3.50	446	144	138	6	1	27	1287.0	1231	560	500	103	387	30	1073	29	6	48	5349

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
Richard Hidalgo	134	576	526	74	147	37	5	11	78	6	10	35	57	.279	.330	.432	.761	227	16	8	0	7	3
Todd Haney	115	517	454	63	128	25	0	2	63	5	2	43	50	.282	.343	.350	.693	159	10	3	10	7	0
Russ Johnson	122	516	445	72	123	16	6	4	49	7	4	66	78	.276	.370	.366	.736	163	10	1	2	2	1
J. R. Phillips	104	454	411	59	119	28	0	21	71	0	1	39	112	.290	.348	.511	.859	210	11	0	0	4	3
Dennis Colon	129	458	400	49	108	23	1	6	64	2	2	42	48	.270	.342	.378	.720	151	10	6	2	8	6
Melvin Mora	119	439	370	55	95	15	3	2	38	7	7	47	52	.257	.356	.330	.686	122	7	11	9	2	0
Luis Rivera	124	432	382	46	91	23	4	3	45	5	4	34	51	.238	.300	.343	.643	131	12	3	5	8	2
Ken Ramos	92	304	253	32	73	9	1	0	22	2	7	45	15	.289	.397	.332	.729	84	6	1	4	1	5
Randy Knorr	72	268	244	22	58	10	0	5	27	0	0	22	38	.238	.300	.340	.640	83	13	0	1	1	3
Bobby Abreu	47	219	194	25	52	9	4	2	22	7	4	21	49	.268	.335	.387	.721	75	4	0	1	3	2
Mitch Meluskey	51	199	172	22	43	7	0	3	21	0	0	25	38	.250	.347	.343	.690	59	6	1	0	1	1
Kevin Maas	55	218	193	24	42	19	1	5	27	0	0	23	41	.218	.303	.404	.707	78	3	1	0	1	2
Kevin Flora	31	126	109	14	28	1	3	2	14	8	2	16	25	.257	.352	.376	.728	41	3	0	1	0	1
Alan Probst	46	124	112	8	25	6	0	2	10	0	0	9	27	.223	.276	.330	.607	37	4	0	1	2	0
Ray Montgomery	20	84	73	17	21	5	0	6	13	1	1	11	15	.288	.381	.603	.984	44	2	0	0	0	0
Daryle Ward	14	55	48	4	18	1	0	2	8	0	0	7	7	.375	.455	.521	.975	25	0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Carr	19	73	65	8	16	1	0	0	3	5	3	8	14	.246	.329	.262	.590	17	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Grebeck	68	130	103	15	13	1	0	0	8	1	0	21	17	.126	.270	.136	.406	14	5	0	4	2	0
Kary Bridges	23	71	64	6	11	1	2	0	3	1	0	5	9	.172	.239	.250	.489	16	0	1	0	1	0
John Halama	26	27	26	2	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.385	.615	10	1	0	1	0	0
Ricky Gutiérrez	7	30	27	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	1	2	4	.185	.233	.222	.456	6	1	0	0	1	0
Tommy Greene	14	10	9	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	.444	.400	.778	1.178	7	0	0	0	1	0
Carlos Guillén	3	13	13	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.308	.308	.385	.692	5	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Christopherson	9	25	21	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.190	.320	.190	.510	4	0	0	0	0	0
Trever Miller	29	29	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	.148	.148	.148	.296	4	0	0	2	0	0
Sean Berry	3	12	9	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.333	.500	.333	.833	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buck McNabb	11	20	19	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.158	.200	.263	.463	5	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Elarton	9	6	6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.500	.833	3	0	0	0	0	0
Donne Wall	17	18	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	.167	.412	.167	.578	2	1	0	1	0	0
Derek Bell	5	14	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	3	0	0	0	0
Óscar Robles	2	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	0	0	0	0	0
José Cabrera	31	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	0
C. J. Nitkowski	28	26	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083	1	2	0	2	0	0
Bronswell Patrick	30	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Gardiner	11	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Óscar Henríquez	60	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Reynolds	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manuel Barrios	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Mlicki	15	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Mimbs	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blas Minor	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1798	5528	4855	639	1253	242	32	77	595	58	50	536	814	.258	.333	.369	.702	1790	131	36	49	52	30

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Dennis Colon	1B	97	806	71	9	58	.990	9.041
J. R. Phillips	1B	49	329	31	4	38	.989	7.347
Kevin Maas	1B	11	72	4	1	9	.987	6.909
Daryle Ward	1B	9	75	6	2	9	.976	9.000
Todd Haney	2B	115	213	259	5	64	.990	4.104
Kary Bridges	2B	16	35	38	5	13	.936	4.562
Brian Grebeck	2B	10	13	8	0	5	1.000	2.100
Melvin Mora	2B	9	17	19	0	5	1.000	4.000
Óscar Robles	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Luis Rivera	2B	1	1	3	1	0	.800	4.000
Russ Johnson	3B	106	60	230	21	17	.932	2.736
Melvin Mora	3B	34	17	54	9	3	.888	2.088
Brian Grebeck	3B	13	3	29	2	1	.941	2.462
Luis Rivera	3B	5	3	11	2	1	.875	2.800
Sean Berry	3B	3	0	6	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jamie Saylor	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Todd Haney	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy Knorr	C	72	502	54	9	7	.984	7.722	5	43	19	30.6
Mitch Meluskey	C	49	323	26	4	6	.989	7.122	4	25	13	34.2
Alan Probst	C	35	210	16	1	2	.996	6.457	2	17	7	29.2
Eric Christopherson	C	6	46	2	0	0	1.000	8.000	0	5	0	0.0
Richard Hidalgo	CF	83						.000
Bobby Abreu	CF	31						.000
Chuck Carr	CF	17						.000
Ray Montgomery	CF	7						.000
Ken Ramos	CF	4						.000
Kevin Flora	CF	4						.000
Melvin Mora	CF	2						.000
J. R. Phillips	LF	59						.000
Ken Ramos	LF	56						.000
Melvin Mora	LF	40						.000
Kevin Maas	LF	15						.000
Ray Montgomery	LF	6						.000
Richard Hidalgo	LF	4						.000
Buck McNabb	LF	1						.000
Richard Hidalgo	OF	127	261	15	9	3	.968	2.173
Melvin Mora	OF	80	125	5	0	1	1.000	1.625
Ken Ramos	OF	79	129	4	1	0	.993	1.684
J. R. Phillips	OF	63	82	5	3	0	.967	1.381
Bobby Abreu	OF	47	99	4	1	0	.990	2.191
Kevin Flora	OF	28	45	2	0	0	1.000	1.679
Chuck Carr	OF	18	35	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Kevin Maas	OF	16	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.062
Ray Montgomery	OF	13	33	0	1	0	.971	2.538
Derek Bell	OF	5	10	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Buck McNabb	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Óscar Henríquez	P	60	5	4	2	0	.818	.150
Manuel Barrios	P	57	6	16	0	0	1.000	.386
José Cabrera	P	31	1	3	0	1	1.000	.129
Bronswell Patrick	P	30	7	14	0	3	1.000	.700
Trever Miller	P	29	9	30	2	1	.951	1.345
C. J. Nitkowski	P	28	10	36	3	2	.939	1.643
John Halama	P	26	7	33	1	2	.976	1.538
Blas Minor	P	23	1	10	1	2	.917	.478
Mark Mimbs	P	22	4	6	0	2	1.000	.455
John Hudek	P	19	1	1	0	0	1.000	.105
Donne Wall	P	17	11	20	0	1	1.000	1.824
Mike Magnante	P	17	4	8	0	0	1.000	.706
Doug Mlicki	P	14	4	1	0	0	1.000	.357
Tommy Greene	P	13	4	14	1	0	.947	1.385
Josías Manzanillo	P	11	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Gardiner	P	11	5	4	0	0	1.000	.818
Scott Elarton	P	9	5	5	1	0	.909	1.111
Alvin Morman	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Mark Small	P	7	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Gutierrez	P	7	1	2	0	0	1.000	.429
Sid Fernandez	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Shane Reynolds	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Alan Probst	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tony Mounce	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Melvin Mora	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Eric Christopherson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Richard Hidalgo	RF	44						.000
Melvin Mora	RF	41						.000
Kevin Flora	RF	26						.000
Ken Ramos	RF	21						.000
Bobby Abreu	RF	17						.000
Derek Bell	RF	5						.000
J. R. Phillips	RF	4						.000
Buck McNabb	RF	1						.000
Kevin Maas	RF	1						.000
Chuck Carr	RF	1						.000
Luis Rivera	SS	106	144	352	14	70	.973	4.679
Brian Grebeck	SS	22	22	49	4	9	.947	3.227
Russ Johnson	SS	18	26	39	0	8	1.000	3.611
Ricky Gutiérrez	SS	7	12	21	1	3	.971	4.714
Carlos Guillén	SS	3	5	6	0	1	1.000	3.667
Melvin Mora	SS	2	2	2	2	0	.667	2.000
Totals		2216	3861	1586	122	347	.978	2.458	11	90	39	30.2

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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