1998 New Orleans Zephyrs Statistics

Pacific Coast League (PCL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 76-66
Finished 1st in the PCL's East Division of the American Conference
Manager: John Tamargo (76-66)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Ballpark: Zephyr Field
Attendance: 519,584, Avg. 7,530 in 69 home dates

1998 New Orleans Zephyrs Roster

Playoffs - New Orleans Zephyrs 2 games, Iowa Cubs 1
Finals - New Orleans Zephyrs 3 games, Calgary Cannons 2

The New Orleans Zephyrs of the Pacific Coast League ended the 1998 season with a record of 76 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division of the American Conference.

The Zephyrs tallied 779 runs and yielded 726 runs. Daryle Ward and Pete Incaviglia paced New Orleans with 23 home runs apiece., while Mitch Meluskey and J. R. Phillips walloped 15 or more, too. Daryle Ward drove in 96 runs. Mitch Meluskey topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .353 clip. John Halama led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.2 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1998 New Orleans Zephyrs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Roger Salkeld, Mitch Meluskey, Orlando Miller, Ray Montgomery, Scott Elarton, Luis Rivera, Daryle Ward, Lee Smith, Joe Slusarski, Chris Truby, René Arocha, Edgar Ramos, J. R. Phillips, Mike Grzanich, Carlos Guillén, Pete Incaviglia, Roberto Rivera, Bob Milacki, Reggie Harris, Scott Taylor, Freddy García, Richard Hidalgo, Marc Ronan, Carlos Hernández, Dax Jones, C. J. Nitkowski, John Halama, Lance Berkman, David West, José Cabrera, Ken Ramos, Casey Candaele, Russ Johnson, Brian Sikorski, Bob Scanlan and Rob Butler.

John Tamargo 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	12	3	.800	3.20	17	17	0	4	1	0	121.0	118	48	43	11	16	1	86	3	3	3	488
Bob Milacki	10	8	.556	3.84	29	28	0	2	0	0	189.7	199	96	81	18	51	1	104	8	0	5	804
Scott Elarton	9	4	.692	4.01	14	14	0	2	1	0	92.0	71	42	41	6	41	3	100	4	0	3	383
Johan Lopez	7	2	.778	5.60	45	6	7	0	0	0	80.3	84	52	50	11	28	1	77	2	0	3	357
Roberto Rivera	5	4	.556	2.45	54	0	21	0	0	5	62.3	59	22	17	5	15	3	38	1	0	1	254
René Arocha	5	4	.556	5.45	11	11	0	0	0	0	66.0	86	47	40	11	19	2	44	2	0	3	296
Bob Scanlan	5	4	.556	6.46	14	12	0	1	0	0	61.3	90	50	44	6	24	0	35	2	0	2	295
Brian Sikorski	5	8	.385	5.79	15	14	0	1	0	0	84.0	86	57	54	9	32	1	64	6	1	2	371
Mike Diorio	4	2	.667	5.22	21	0	8	0	0	2	29.3	38	24	17	3	11	4	14	1	0	1	134
Roger Salkeld	3	6	.333	5.79	37	11	9	0	0	2	82.3	82	57	53	8	64	1	79	3	0	9	391
Reggie Harris	2	3	.400	4.44	51	0	41	0	0	23	52.7	38	27	26	7	28	3	53	0	0	2	221
Edgar Ramos	2	3	.400	5.31	12	12	0	0	0	0	57.7	71	44	34	4	19	0	42	5	1	2	263
Derek Root	1	0	1.000	2.84	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.3	3	2	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	24
Freddy García	1	0	1.000	3.14	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.3	14	5	5	2	1	0	13	0	0	2	56
David West	1	1	.500	2.56	19	2	3	0	0	0	31.7	26	11	9	2	22	0	33	1	0	3	136
Lee Smith	1	1	.500	6.97	10	0	7	0	0	2	10.3	14	8	8	2	4	0	11	0	0	0	49
Mike Grzanich	1	2	.333	2.27	34	0	16	0	0	5	39.7	27	13	10	2	21	0	39	3	0	5	165
Joe Slusarski	1	4	.200	5.11	31	0	10	0	0	2	49.3	53	31	28	6	9	1	32	4	0	1	209
Jim Gutierrez	1	4	.200	6.44	27	3	4	0	0	0	43.3	70	36	31	7	13	1	25	2	0	3	208
Mike Blais	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10
José Cabrera	0	0		5.40	5	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	6	1	1	1	19
Kent Wallace	0	0		10.57	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.7	16	10	9	2	1	0	7	0	0	0	41
C. J. Nitkowski	0	1	.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	1	15.0	22	12	10	1	7	0	18	2	0	2	75
Scott Taylor	0	2	.000	9.10	9	6	1	0	0	0	28.7	40	29	29	6	19	0	20	3	0	1	141
Totals	76	66	.535	4.70	472	142	132	10	2	43	1232.7	1310	726	644	132	450	22	945	53	6	55	5390

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
Carlos Hernández	134	535	494	64	147	23	2	1	54	29	11	21	81	.298	.341	.358	.699	177	10	12	7	1	3
Daryle Ward	116	510	463	78	141	31	1	23	96	2	0	41	78	.305	.361	.525	.886	243	17	2	0	4	7
Mitch Meluskey	121	490	397	76	140	41	0	17	71	2	0	85	59	.353	.465	.584	1.050	232	15	3	0	5	10
Russ Johnson	122	558	453	95	140	28	2	7	52	11	11	90	64	.309	.424	.426	.850	193	10	5	4	6	2
Carlos Guillén	100	420	374	67	109	18	4	12	51	3	4	31	61	.291	.350	.457	.807	171	5	5	6	4	1
Pete Incaviglia	76	326	281	57	91	10	1	23	66	11	3	34	63	.324	.411	.612	1.023	172	9	9	0	2	0
Ray Montgomery	75	305	272	42	79	18	1	9	45	4	2	26	48	.290	.354	.463	.817	126	8	3	0	4	0
J. R. Phillips	56	249	225	51	68	18	0	21	60	1	1	21	65	.302	.361	.662	1.024	149	4	1	0	2	2
Paul Russo	93	309	268	33	68	15	1	12	44	0	0	30	55	.254	.333	.451	.785	121	10	4	3	4	1
Ken Ramos	84	251	217	28	64	9	0	4	30	2	0	29	24	.295	.378	.392	.769	85	3	1	2	2	3
Casey Candaele	66	241	221	36	64	11	2	1	25	2	0	18	34	.290	.340	.371	.711	82	12	0	0	2	2
Rob Butler	70	248	223	21	61	11	1	1	29	2	2	17	19	.274	.325	.345	.670	77	12	1	5	2	1
Marc Ronan	51	141	123	7	30	5	0	1	10	0	0	17	25	.244	.340	.309	.649	38	3	1	0	0	2
Orlando Miller	29	110	98	15	29	6	2	0	9	1	0	10	25	.296	.364	.398	.762	39	2	1	0	1	0
Donovan Mitchell	49	115	103	16	29	5	1	3	15	2	3	9	19	.282	.342	.437	.779	45	3	1	1	1	0
Dax Jones	31	93	80	17	22	2	2	1	10	1	1	12	9	.275	.366	.388	.753	31	4	0	0	1	0
Mike Neal	30	101	91	13	21	4	1	0	6	0	0	2	16	.231	.290	.297	.587	27	1	6	1	1	0
Luis Rivera	33	92	82	17	19	2	1	1	7	2	1	9	8	.232	.308	.317	.625	26	2	0	1	0	0
Lance Berkman	17	73	59	14	16	4	0	6	13	0	0	12	16	.271	.411	.644	1.055	38	1	2	0	0	1
Phil Geisler	23	55	50	3	10	2	0	0	4	0	1	4	16	.200	.255	.240	.495	12	1	0	0	1	1
Chris Truby	5	18	17	6	7	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	.412	.444	.765	1.209	13	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Sikorski	19	18	16	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.375	.444	.375	.819	6	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Miller	8	19	17	4	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	.294	.368	.353	.721	6	0	1	0	0	0
Jamie Saylor	4	11	11	3	4	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	.364	.364	.818	1.182	9	0	0	0	0	0
René Arocha	11	19	17	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.412	.647	7	1	0	2	0	0
Richard Hidalgo	10	27	24	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.167	.259	.250	.509	6	3	0	0	0	0
Jim Gutierrez	27	9	8	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.375	.375	.500	.875	4	1	0	1	0	0
John Halama	17	22	14	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.214	.294	.286	.580	4	0	0	5	1	0
Bob Milacki	29	37	33	2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	10	.091	.143	.182	.325	6	0	0	2	0	0
Chad Alexander	2	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Edgar Ramos	13	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0	1	0	0
Scott Makarewicz	4	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Elarton	14	21	15	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.133	.188	.200	.388	3	0	0	5	0	0
Kent Wallace	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Grzanich	34	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Roberto Rivera	54	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Freddy García	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
C. J. Nitkowski	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Johan Lopez	45	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.286	.429	2	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Taylor	9	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	2	0	0
Reggie Harris	51	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Slusarski	31	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Scanlan	14	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Roger Salkeld	38	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Derek Root	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Blais	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
David West	20	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1852	5508	4823	779	1402	275	26	145	718	77	40	530	847	.291	.365	.449	.813	2164	138	58	53	44	36

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Paul Russo	1B	61	447	46	4	46	.992	8.082
Daryle Ward	1B	54	376	45	9	48	.979	7.796
J. R. Phillips	1B	45	349	22	2	30	.995	8.244
Mike Neal	1B	3	16	2	0	1	1.000	6.000
Phil Geisler	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Carlos Hernández	2B	124	243	336	10	81	.983	4.669
Russ Johnson	2B	10	21	22	1	7	.977	4.300
Luis Rivera	2B	7	7	14	0	5	1.000	3.000
Mike Neal	2B	7	14	12	2	3	.929	3.714
Casey Candaele	2B	7	7	12	1	6	.950	2.714
Orlando Miller	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Russ Johnson	3B	110	50	204	10	19	.962	2.309
Casey Candaele	3B	18	11	43	2	3	.964	3.000
Mike Neal	3B	9	6	19	2	2	.926	2.778
Luis Rivera	3B	6	1	4	0	0	1.000	.833
Chris Truby	3B	5	4	7	1	3	.917	2.200
Paul Russo	3B	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Ryan Miller	3B	1	1	5	0	1	1.000	6.000
Orlando Miller	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Mitch Meluskey	C	108	702	49	10	8	.987	6.954	17	58	24	29.3
Marc Ronan	C	46	252	18	4	4	.985	5.870	2	29	7	19.4
Scott Makarewicz	C	4	22	1	0	0	1.000	5.750	0	5	1	16.7
Paul Russo	C	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.000	0	1	0	0.0
Ray Montgomery	CF	60						.000
Rob Butler	CF	45						.000
Casey Candaele	CF	26						.000
Donovan Mitchell	CF	14						.000
Richard Hidalgo	CF	9						.000
Dax Jones	CF	3						.000
Jamie Saylor	CF	1						.000
Phil Geisler	CF	1						.000
Daryle Ward	LF	63						.000
Pete Incaviglia	LF	46						.000
Lance Berkman	LF	17						.000
Ken Ramos	LF	14						.000
Casey Candaele	LF	11						.000
Rob Butler	LF	8						.000
J. R. Phillips	LF	5						.000
Donovan Mitchell	LF	4						.000
Phil Geisler	LF	3						.000
Luis Rivera	LF	1						.000
Dax Jones	LF	1						.000
Ray Montgomery	OF	73	156	4	4	2	.976	2.192
Ken Ramos	OF	67	122	6	4	1	.970	1.910
Rob Butler	OF	67	135	3	6	1	.958	2.060
Daryle Ward	OF	63	106	3	4	1	.965	1.730
Pete Incaviglia	OF	48	62	1	3	0	.955	1.312
Casey Candaele	OF	44	63	0	1	0	.984	1.432
Donovan Mitchell	OF	38	60	2	0	2	1.000	1.632
Dax Jones	OF	27	46	2	2	2	.960	1.778
J. R. Phillips	OF	18	32	2	2	0	.944	1.889
Lance Berkman	OF	17	30	0	0	0	1.000	1.765
Phil Geisler	OF	15	17	0	2	0	.895	1.133
Richard Hidalgo	OF	9	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.889
Mike Neal	OF	2	10	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Chad Alexander	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jamie Saylor	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Luis Rivera	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mitch Meluskey	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Roberto Rivera	P	54	5	10	2	2	.882	.278
Reggie Harris	P	51	4	3	2	1	.778	.137
Johan Lopez	P	45	5	10	0	0	1.000	.333
Roger Salkeld	P	37	4	6	1	0	.909	.270
Mike Grzanich	P	34	3	2	1	0	.833	.147
Joe Slusarski	P	31	4	7	0	0	1.000	.355
Bob Milacki	P	29	21	30	0	3	1.000	1.759
Jim Gutierrez	P	27	2	6	1	0	.889	.296
Mike Diorio	P	21	1	4	0	0	1.000	.238
David West	P	19	0	3	0	0	1.000	.158
John Halama	P	17	11	23	1	0	.971	2.000
Brian Sikorski	P	15	8	10	0	0	1.000	1.200
Bob Scanlan	P	14	7	6	1	0	.929	.929
Scott Elarton	P	14	4	11	2	0	.882	1.071
Edgar Ramos	P	12	9	9	4	2	.818	1.500
René Arocha	P	11	1	12	0	1	1.000	1.182
Lee Smith	P	10	2	0	0	0	1.000	.200
Scott Taylor	P	9	1	5	0	1	1.000	.667
Kent Wallace	P	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	.143
C. J. Nitkowski	P	5	0	2	1	0	.667	.400
José Cabrera	P	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	.400
Freddy García	P	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Blais	P	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Derek Root	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ken Ramos	RF	57						.000
Dax Jones	RF	24						.000
Donovan Mitchell	RF	22						.000
Rob Butler	RF	16						.000
Ray Montgomery	RF	14						.000
J. R. Phillips	RF	13						.000
Phil Geisler	RF	13						.000
Casey Candaele	RF	7						.000
Pete Incaviglia	RF	5						.000
Mike Neal	RF	2						.000
Chad Alexander	RF	2						.000
Mitch Meluskey	RF	1						.000
Carlos Guillén	SS	97	145	287	26	65	.943	4.454
Orlando Miller	SS	25	32	58	6	15	.938	3.600
Luis Rivera	SS	10	14	21	6	6	.854	3.500
Carlos Hernández	SS	8	6	23	3	6	.906	3.625
Mike Neal	SS	5	2	13	0	3	1.000	3.000
Russ Johnson	SS	3	5	9	0	2	1.000	4.667
Jamie Saylor	SS	2	1	5	1	0	.857	3.000
Casey Candaele	SS	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
Totals		2256	3698	1468	144	384	.973	2.290	19	93	32	25.6

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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