1998 Peoria Chiefs Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-68
Finished 2nd in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Jeff Shireman (72-68)
Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Ballpark: Pete Vonachen Stadium
Attendance: 154,910, Avg. 2,347 in 66 home dates

1998 Peoria Chiefs Roster

Playoffs - Fort Wayne Wizards 2 games, Peoria Chiefs 1

The Peoria Chiefs of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 72 wins and 68 losses, finishing second in the league's Central Division.

The Chiefs paced the circuit with 748 runs. Peoria yielded 715 runs. Andy Bevins powered the squad with 18 home runs and drove in 98 runs. Pablo Ozuna led hitters with significant playing time with a .357 average. Tristan Jerue topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 2.54 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1998 Peoria Chiefs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Bill Ortega, Gene Stechschulte, Pablo Ozuna, Rick Ankiel, Tom Pagnozzi and José Rodríguez.

Jeff Shireman served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tristan Jerue	12	4	.750	2.53	20	20	0	1	0	131.7	107	48	37	7	48	0	100	10	1	4	544
Steve Norris	9	8	.529	5.35	27	26	0	1	0	144.7	149	103	86	11	87	0	94	4	0	9	647
Otoniel Lanfranco	7	1	.875	2.60	11	11	0	0	0	72.7	67	25	21	4	22	0	51	1	0	1	296
Neal Arnold	7	15	.318	4.45	27	27	0	1	0	155.7	164	101	77	8	54	0	113	15	1	21	680
Finley Woodward	6	5	.545	5.30	34	21	2	0	0	137.7	156	91	81	13	63	1	88	11	0	9	616
Rick Gonzales	5	2	.714	3.14	28	0	4	0	0	43.0	43	16	15	3	14	1	24	3	3	2	187
Kevin Sheredy	4	4	.500	3.97	13	13	0	0	0	68.0	75	38	30	6	24	0	39	4	0	13	304
Lance Franks	4	6	.400	2.28	58	0	23	0	4	75.0	57	23	19	4	20	4	68	3	0	5	295
Gene Stechschulte	4	8	.333	2.59	57	0	51	0	33	66.0	58	26	19	1	21	2	70	2	0	2	279
Rick Ankiel	3	0	1.000	2.06	7	7	0	0	0	35.0	15	8	8	0	12	0	41	2	0	1	128
Matt Miller	3	1	.750	5.18	27	2	8	0	0	48.7	50	35	28	6	15	0	38	3	0	1	212
Ruben Rosario	3	3	.500	6.97	12	1	3	0	0	20.7	21	19	16	2	24	0	24	1	1	4	108
José Rodríguez	2	4	.333	4.58	40	0	12	0	0	39.3	47	32	20	0	19	1	30	2	0	3	191
Tim Riegert	1	0	1.000	4.34	31	0	9	0	0	37.3	31	21	18	3	24	0	21	1	1	5	157
Toribio Guzman	1	0	1.000	7.16	13	0	2	0	0	16.3	20	19	13	2	15	0	7	3	1	4	91
Andy Shibilo	1	3	.250	8.51	7	7	0	0	0	30.7	42	30	29	2	11	0	22	3	0	0	143
Tony Abell	0	0		5.16	16	0	9	0	0	22.7	20	13	13	1	21	0	15	3	0	4	107
T. J. Maier	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	10
John Geis	0	2	.000	2.96	23	0	6	0	0	27.3	21	15	9	2	10	0	21	1	0	2	115
Josh Wingerd	0	2	.000	7.87	29	5	6	0	0	50.3	77	50	44	7	7	0	30	1	0	6	238
Totals	72	68	.514	4.30	482	140	137	3	37	1224.7	1222	715	585	82	513	9	896	74	8	96	5348

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
Pablo Ozuna	133	592	538	122	192	27	10	9	62	62	26	29	56	.357	.400	.494	.894	266	6	11	12	2	3
Dave Kim	127	540	463	75	143	38	2	13	92	3	7	53	77	.309	.389	.484	.873	224	4	13	3	8	2
Rob Macrory	123	561	488	86	141	13	3	1	62	40	15	47	70	.289	.358	.334	.692	163	10	7	16	3	1
Andy Bevins	130	556	508	68	124	30	3	18	98	6	4	34	145	.244	.303	.421	.724	214	10	10	1	3	1
Luke Quaccia	131	496	437	68	122	31	1	11	67	4	2	46	88	.279	.357	.430	.787	188	15	8	3	2	5
Bill Ortega	105	447	398	57	110	23	2	2	60	4	8	39	69	.276	.347	.359	.706	143	14	5	3	2	0
Jason Lee	122	440	382	51	101	15	5	5	47	10	10	43	103	.264	.351	.369	.720	141	5	9	4	2	3
T. J. Maier	84	327	271	47	73	14	1	2	28	6	5	45	52	.269	.384	.351	.734	95	5	6	4	1	0
Aaron Gentry	99	328	279	39	66	10	2	3	27	13	4	29	98	.237	.315	.319	.634	89	5	6	7	7	0
Kevin Nykoluk	67	236	218	29	61	7	0	2	24	1	4	13	34	.280	.331	.339	.670	74	6	4	0	1	0
Bryan Rupert	81	304	272	29	59	12	2	9	30	4	2	26	80	.217	.286	.375	.661	102	5	1	3	2	0
Jovany William	54	175	158	20	34	10	1	4	21	3	1	10	43	.215	.269	.367	.636	58	2	2	4	1	0
Miguel Diaz	53	142	139	21	29	7	0	1	16	4	6	0	19	.209	.214	.281	.495	39	6	1	2	0	0
Alex Eckelman	16	57	52	7	17	4	1	1	11	0	2	5	9	.327	.386	.500	.886	26	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Feramisco	26	99	85	18	17	4	0	1	5	1	0	8	23	.200	.296	.282	.578	24	0	4	1	1	0
Ryan Darr	12	42	38	7	11	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	10	.289	.341	.447	.789	17	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Pagnozzi	4	14	8	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	.125	.500	.125	.625	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Secoda	10	24	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083	1	2	0	0	0	0
Ruben Rosario	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Franks	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1447	5380	4758	748	1302	247	35	82	653	162	98	435	992	.274	.343	.392	.735	1865	95	88	64	35	15

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Luke Quaccia	1B	130	1162	97	12	117	.991	9.685
Kevin Nykoluk	1B	17	97	4	2	11	.981	5.941
Andy Bevins	1B	9	86	1	4	13	.956	9.667
Rob Macrory	2B	122	279	372	18	97	.973	5.336
T. J. Maier	2B	10	20	24	0	4	1.000	4.400
Aaron Gentry	2B	7	14	23	1	7	.974	5.286
Alex Eckelman	2B	4	4	9	0	4	1.000	3.250
Aaron Gentry	3B	77	44	152	24	20	.891	2.545
T. J. Maier	3B	58	27	136	10	9	.942	2.810
Ryan Darr	3B	12	10	23	3	0	.917	2.750
Alex Eckelman	3B	7	2	18	1	3	.952	2.857
Kevin Nykoluk	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bryan Rupert	C	73	425	57	13	0	.974	6.603	11	81	23	22.1
Jovany William	C	47	301	40	9	1	.974	7.255	16	43	18	29.5
Kevin Nykoluk	C	29	156	15	3	1	.983	5.897	4	23	10	30.3
Tom Pagnozzi	C	3	28	0	0	0	1.000	9.333	1	2	0	0.0
Jason Lee	CF	98						.000
Miguel Diaz	CF	40						.000
Derek Feramisco	CF	14						.000
Joe Secoda	CF	3						.000
Dave Kim	LF	109						.000
Bill Ortega	LF	21						.000
Jason Lee	LF	16						.000
Derek Feramisco	LF	1						.000
Dave Kim	OF	114	155	15	12	0	.934	1.491
Jason Lee	OF	112	194	9	12	2	.944	1.812
Andy Bevins	OF	94	149	5	2	0	.987	1.638
Bill Ortega	OF	50	74	3	4	0	.951	1.540
Miguel Diaz	OF	48	96	1	2	0	.980	2.021
Derek Feramisco	OF	23	42	3	1	0	.978	1.957
Joe Secoda	OF	6	6	0	2	0	.750	1.000
Alex Eckelman	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Lance Franks	P	58	6	19	0	0	1.000	.431
Gene Stechschulte	P	57	4	8	0	1	1.000	.211
José Rodríguez	P	40	1	3	0	0	1.000	.100
Finley Woodward	P	34	12	27	1	4	.975	1.147
Tim Riegert	P	31	2	8	2	0	.833	.323
Josh Wingerd	P	29	2	6	0	0	1.000	.276
Rick Gonzales	P	28	8	7	1	1	.938	.536
Steve Norris	P	27	5	38	3	1	.935	1.593
Matt Miller	P	27	3	3	0	0	1.000	.222
Neal Arnold	P	27	10	30	0	2	1.000	1.481
John Geis	P	23	1	4	0	0	1.000	.217
Tristan Jerue	P	20	7	18	3	2	.893	1.250
Tony Abell	P	16	2	3	1	0	.833	.312
Kevin Sheredy	P	13	8	10	4	0	.818	1.385
Toribio Guzman	P	13	0	2	1	0	.667	.154
Ruben Rosario	P	12	1	2	0	0	1.000	.250
Otoniel Lanfranco	P	11	3	16	0	2	1.000	1.727
Andy Shibilo	P	7	3	4	1	0	.875	1.000
Rick Ankiel	P	7	3	9	0	0	1.000	1.714
T. J. Maier	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Andy Bevins	RF	94						.000
Bill Ortega	RF	29						.000
Miguel Diaz	RF	13						.000
Derek Feramisco	RF	8						.000
Dave Kim	RF	5						.000
Joe Secoda	RF	3						.000
Jason Lee	RF	2						.000
Alex Eckelman	RF	1						.000
Pablo Ozuna	SS	125	195	395	45	80	.929	4.720
T. J. Maier	SS	14	15	35	4	11	.926	3.571
Aaron Gentry	SS	11	8	17	2	2	.926	2.273
Alex Eckelman	SS	5	4	9	0	3	1.000	2.600
Totals		2148	3674	1680	203	398	.963	2.493	32	149	51	25.5

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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