1997 Ottawa Lynx Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 54-86
Finished 5th in the IL's East Division
Manager: Pat Kelly (54-86)
Affiliation: Montreal Expos
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park
Attendance: 266,568, Avg. 4,165 in 64 home dates

1997 Ottawa Lynx Roster

The Ottawa Lynx of the International League ended the 1997 season with a record of 54 wins and 86 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.

The Lynx plated 636 runs and allowed 750 runs, most in the circuit. Hensley Meulens paced Ottawa with 24 home runs, while Jon Saffer walloped 15 or more, too. Hensley Meulens accounted for 75 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .274 average. José Paniagua and Everett Stull led the team with 8 wins each, and Steve Falteisek registered a 3.96 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Shayne Bennett, Rob Lukachyk, Rico Rossy, Steve Pegues, Omar Daal, José Paniagua, Derek Aucoin, Brad Fullmer, Torey Lovullo, Mike Thurman, Gary Thurman, Joe Siddall, DaRond Stovall, Doug Strange, Geoff Blum, Shane Andrews, Melvin Bunch, Rick Schu, Hensley Meulens, Carlos Pulido, Tavo Álvarez, Everett Stull, Rick DeHart, Rod Henderson, Salomón Torres, Kirk Bullinger, Neil Weber, Chuck Ricci, Raúl Chávez, Jim Dedrick, Ryan McGuire, Gil Heredia, José Vidro, Orlando Cabrera, Tom Urbani, Jolbert Cabrera, Sherman Obando, Curt Schmidt and Steve Falteisek were all players from the 1997 Ottawa Lynx who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Pat Kelly 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
José Paniagua	8	10	.444	4.64	22	22	0	1	0	0	137.7	164	79	71	13	44	1	87	7	0	5	618
Everett Stull	8	10	.444	5.82	27	27	0	1	0	0	159.3	166	110	103	25	86	0	130	13	0	9	710
Steve Falteisek	6	9	.400	3.96	22	22	0	1	0	0	125.0	135	67	55	10	54	1	56	5	1	12	555
Carlos Pulido	5	2	.714	5.42	44	5	17	0	0	0	76.3	84	47	46	10	25	2	44	2	0	2	333
Rod Henderson	5	9	.357	4.95	26	20	3	2	1	1	123.7	136	72	68	18	49	3	103	6	0	6	542
Melvin Bunch	4	4	.500	6.35	16	14	0	0	0	0	78.0	102	63	55	13	45	5	58	2	0	8	369
Tavo Álvarez	4	8	.333	4.82	37	13	6	0	0	0	106.3	123	61	57	11	42	3	86	3	0	6	470
Tom Urbani	3	1	.750	2.61	30	1	7	0	0	0	41.3	37	13	12	2	12	0	25	0	0	1	166
Kirk Bullinger	3	4	.429	1.71	22	0	14	0	0	5	31.7	17	7	6	0	10	0	15	0	0	1	119
Chuck Ricci	2	2	.500	4.67	22	0	9	0	0	0	27.0	22	16	14	1	25	3	27	1	0	6	125
Neil Weber	2	5	.286	7.94	9	9	0	0	0	0	39.7	46	46	35	7	40	0	27	2	0	2	204
Tim Dixon	1	1	.500	9.64	5	0	1	0	0	0	9.3	12	10	10	2	5	1	8	0	0	2	45
Shayne Bennett	1	2	.333	1.57	25	0	21	0	0	14	34.3	23	8	6	0	21	1	29	2	0	2	142
Ben Fleetham	1	2	.333	2.00	9	0	6	0	0	1	9.0	2	3	2	1	10	0	14	1	0	2	40
Mike Thurman	1	3	.250	5.49	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.7	17	13	12	1	9	0	15	1	1	2	85
Rico Rossy	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4
Salomón Torres	0	0		5.40	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	24
Bob Baxter	0	0		12.79	4	0	1	0	0	0	6.3	11	10	9	1	3	1	4	1	0	0	35
Omar Daal	0	1	.000	5.62	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	10	6	5	1	1	0	9	0	0	1	36
Jim Dedrick	0	1	.000	7.07	8	0	2	0	0	0	14.0	15	12	11	2	13	0	14	0	0	0	68
Derek Aucoin	0	1	.000	22.74	8	0	0	0	0	0	6.3	5	16	16	0	21	0	5	10	0	2	54
Curt Schmidt	0	3	.000	6.61	31	0	23	0	0	5	31.3	44	24	23	2	22	5	18	2	0	1	157
Rick DeHart	0	4	.000	4.00	43	0	14	0	0	2	63.0	60	33	28	6	22	2	57	4	0	1	264
Gil Heredia	0	4	.000	4.70	28	0	9	0	0	0	44.0	50	29	23	5	9	2	41	0	0	1	189
Totals	54	86	.386	5.04	447	140	135	5	1	28	1197.3	1288	750	670	131	571	30	874	62	3	73	5354

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
Jon Saffer	134	570	483	81	129	20	9	15	60	13	6	76	74	.267	.374	.439	.813	212	12	8	0	3	1
Hensley Meulens	121	495	423	81	116	20	2	24	75	19	5	62	119	.274	.370	.501	.871	212	11	5	0	5	4
Geoff Blum	118	480	407	59	101	21	2	3	35	14	6	52	73	.248	.333	.332	.665	135	6	3	12	6	1
Rico Rossy	117	428	375	56	94	23	0	10	52	5	0	37	64	.251	.321	.392	.713	147	14	4	8	4	2
José Vidro	73	305	279	40	90	17	0	13	47	2	0	22	40	.323	.370	.523	.894	146	6	1	0	3	5
DaRond Stovall	98	382	342	40	83	23	2	4	48	10	13	31	114	.243	.306	.357	.663	122	6	2	3	4	3
Raúl Chávez	92	338	310	31	76	17	0	4	46	1	3	18	42	.245	.293	.339	.631	105	9	4	3	3	1
Rob Lukachyk	82	323	286	39	71	16	1	12	39	18	5	32	69	.248	.329	.437	.766	125	10	3	1	1	3
Steve Pegues	66	203	190	19	57	12	1	3	28	4	4	9	29	.300	.330	.421	.751	80	12	1	0	3	1
Ryan McGuire	50	222	184	37	55	11	1	3	15	5	2	36	29	.299	.410	.418	.828	77	4	0	0	2	2
Jolbert Cabrera	68	207	191	28	54	10	4	0	12	15	5	11	31	.283	.320	.377	.697	72	5	0	4	1	0
Joe Siddall	57	186	164	18	45	12	1	1	16	1	2	21	42	.274	.360	.378	.738	62	2	1	0	0	3
Orlando Cabrera	31	135	122	17	32	5	2	2	14	8	1	7	16	.262	.306	.385	.691	47	0	2	1	3	0
Brad Fullmer	24	101	91	13	27	7	0	3	17	1	1	3	10	.297	.317	.473	.789	43	3	2	0	5	0
Kerry Valrie	34	118	113	12	25	6	3	3	20	3	4	4	22	.221	.246	.407	.653	46	2	0	0	1	0
Billy Lott	32	119	108	12	24	5	0	2	18	1	1	8	22	.222	.271	.324	.595	35	5	0	1	2	1
Gary Thurman	43	127	104	16	22	4	1	0	5	8	4	18	28	.212	.339	.269	.608	28	3	2	3	0	1
Scott Samuels	20	63	55	6	19	3	0	1	7	2	0	7	12	.345	.419	.455	.874	25	2	0	1	0	3
Brad Seitzer	18	65	56	4	14	1	0	1	7	1	2	8	11	.250	.354	.321	.675	18	3	1	0	0	0
Torey Lovullo	28	72	64	6	9	3	0	0	6	0	0	6	13	.141	.222	.188	.410	12	3	1	0	1	0
Sherman Obando	7	27	21	5	5	0	0	3	8	0	0	5	7	.238	.407	.667	1.074	14	3	1	0	0	0
Rick Schu	8	21	21	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.190	.190	.381	.571	8	1	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange	2	8	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.429	.500	.571	1.071	4	2	0	0	0	0
Melvin Bunch	17	14	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	.273	.385	.273	.657	3	0	0	1	0	0
Shane Andrews	3	13	12	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250	.308	.500	.808	6	1	0	0	0	0
Everett Stull	27	18	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.250	.200	.450	3	0	0	2	0	0
Rod Henderson	26	20	15	1	3	2	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	.200	.250	.533	.783	8	0	0	4	0	0
Steve Falteisek	22	19	15	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.294	.200	.494	3	1	1	2	0	0
Neil Weber	9	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	1	0	0
Francisco Morales	7	19	18	2	2	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	6	.111	.158	.389	.547	7	0	0	0	0	0
José Paniagua	22	23	20	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	11	.100	.143	.250	.393	5	0	0	2	0	0
Omar Daal	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0
Shayne Bennett	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kirk Bullinger	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Thurman	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Ricci	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Pulido	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tavo Álvarez	37	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Urbani	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1642	5153	4530	636	1177	240	30	112	592	131	65	483	915	.260	.334	.400	.734	1813	126	42	51	47	31

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ryan McGuire	1B	50	421	52	2	36	.996	9.460
Hensley Meulens	1B	38	320	21	7	32	.980	8.974
Rob Lukachyk	1B	24	192	13	1	22	.995	8.542
Brad Fullmer	1B	19	172	12	1	17	.995	9.684
Brad Seitzer	1B	15	112	14	1	11	.992	8.400
Rick Schu	1B	1	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.000
Geoff Blum	2B	70	156	197	9	50	.975	5.043
Rico Rossy	2B	24	38	52	5	16	.947	3.750
José Vidro	2B	21	40	52	4	14	.958	4.381
Torey Lovullo	2B	14	31	35	0	6	1.000	4.714
Orlando Cabrera	2B	10	18	27	0	6	1.000	4.500
Jolbert Cabrera	2B	7	20	19	0	1	1.000	5.571
José Vidro	3B	47	30	109	4	11	.972	2.957
Jolbert Cabrera	3B	46	23	102	5	8	.962	2.717
Hensley Meulens	3B	45	29	91	11	11	.916	2.667
Geoff Blum	3B	6	7	8	0	1	1.000	2.500
Rick Schu	3B	4	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.500
Shane Andrews	3B	3	2	4	0	1	1.000	2.000
Brad Seitzer	3B	2	0	8	2	1	.800	4.000
Doug Strange	3B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Torey Lovullo	3B	1	0	7	0	0	1.000	7.000
Raúl Chávez	C	89	593	77	15	9	.978	7.528	9	55	40	42.1
Joe Siddall	C	56	278	32	4	2	.987	5.536	5	42	19	31.1
Francisco Morales	C	5	31	4	0	1	1.000	7.000	0	8	2	20.0
DaRond Stovall	CF	96						.000
Kerry Valrie	CF	29						.000
Steve Pegues	CF	9						.000
Billy Lott	CF	5						.000
Gary Thurman	CF	4						.000
Jon Saffer	LF	125						.000
Gary Thurman	LF	9						.000
Hensley Meulens	LF	5						.000
Scott Samuels	LF	4						.000
Steve Pegues	LF	2						.000
Brad Fullmer	LF	1						.000
Jon Saffer	OF	125	226	15	8	8	.968	1.928
DaRond Stovall	OF	96	181	10	7	4	.965	1.990
Rob Lukachyk	OF	54	93	7	3	1	.971	1.852
Gary Thurman	OF	40	57	1	1	0	.983	1.450
Steve Pegues	OF	31	40	5	3	0	.938	1.452
Kerry Valrie	OF	30	67	4	2	1	.973	2.367
Billy Lott	OF	29	52	2	0	0	1.000	1.862
Hensley Meulens	OF	18	35	2	2	1	.949	2.056
Scott Samuels	OF	17	24	2	0	0	1.000	1.529
Sherman Obando	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Brad Fullmer	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jolbert Cabrera	OF	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Carlos Pulido	P	44	1	10	0	0	1.000	.250
Rick DeHart	P	43	3	5	1	0	.889	.186
Tavo Álvarez	P	37	6	14	0	2	1.000	.541
Curt Schmidt	P	31	4	7	0	0	1.000	.355
Tom Urbani	P	30	2	9	1	0	.917	.367
Gil Heredia	P	28	10	11	3	2	.875	.750
Everett Stull	P	27	8	23	1	2	.969	1.148
Rod Henderson	P	26	7	14	0	3	1.000	.808
Shayne Bennett	P	25	1	3	0	0	1.000	.160
Chuck Ricci	P	22	2	5	1	0	.875	.318
José Paniagua	P	22	9	20	4	1	.879	1.318
Steve Falteisek	P	22	10	17	2	3	.931	1.227
Kirk Bullinger	P	22	2	8	0	1	1.000	.455
Melvin Bunch	P	16	7	5	0	0	1.000	.750
Neil Weber	P	9	3	4	1	0	.875	.778
Ben Fleetham	P	9	0	1	1	0	.500	.111
Jim Dedrick	P	8	0	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Derek Aucoin	P	8	0	0	0	0		.000
Tim Dixon	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Mike Thurman	P	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Bob Baxter	P	4	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.250
Salomón Torres	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Omar Daal	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Rico Rossy	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Rob Lukachyk	RF	54						.000
Gary Thurman	RF	29						.000
Billy Lott	RF	25						.000
Steve Pegues	RF	20						.000
Scott Samuels	RF	14						.000
Hensley Meulens	RF	13						.000
Kerry Valrie	RF	1						.000
Sherman Obando	RF	1						.000
Jolbert Cabrera	RF	1						.000
Rico Rossy	SS	85	116	236	15	53	.959	4.141
Geoff Blum	SS	35	60	100	8	18	.952	4.571
Orlando Cabrera	SS	22	27	67	3	14	.969	4.273
Jolbert Cabrera	SS	4	8	5	2	1	.867	3.250
Totals		2081	3592	1570	140	372	.974	2.481	14	105	61	36.7

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.

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