1997 Pittsfield Mets Statistics
Team Record: 42-32
Finished 1st in the NYPL's McNamara Division
Manager: Doug Davis (42-32)
Affiliation: New York Mets
Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Wahconah Stadium (Park)
Attendance: 82,935, Avg. 2,370 in 35 home dates
Playoffs - Pittsfield Mets 2 games, Erie SeaWolves 0
Finals - Pittsfield Mets 2 games, Batavia Clippers 1
The Pittsfield Mets of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 42 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the league's McNamara Division.
The Mets scored 343 runs and surrendered 284 runs. Juan Moreno drove in 41 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .289. Scott Comer and Leo Estrella led the team with 7 wins each, while Scott Comer recorded a 1.74 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1997 Pittsfield Mets who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jason Phillips, Eric Cammack, A. J. Burnett, Tyler Walker, Leo Estrella and Jason Roach.
Doug Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Comer | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.74 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 93.3 | 71 | 25 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 359 |
| Leo Estrella | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.03 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 91 | 48 | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 395 |
| Hans Beebe | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.90 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90.0 | 90 | 49 | 39 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 382 |
| Mike Queen | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.24 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 | 86 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 326 |
| J. D. Arteaga | 4 | 2 | .667 | 2.67 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 129 |
| A. J. Burnett | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.70 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.0 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 192 |
| Joe Pyrtle | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.75 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36.0 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 |
| Derek Gaskill | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.58 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 41 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 187 |
| Shawn Barry | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.73 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 105 |
| Dave Lohrman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.91 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 34.0 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 146 |
| Mike Davis | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.34 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 35.0 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 162 |
| Melvin Poupart | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 56 | |
| Tyler Walker | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| John Mangieri | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Eric Cammack | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.86 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31.3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 117 |
| Totals | 42 | 32 | .568 | 2.82 | 224 | 74 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 644.3 | 546 | 284 | 202 | 28 | 193 | 3 | 586 | 39 | 9 | 36 | 2708 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Moreno | 71 | 300 | 287 | 35 | 83 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 60 | .289 | .317 | .397 | .714 | 114 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Roach | 64 | 252 | 235 | 26 | 50 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 70 | .213 | .251 | .336 | .587 | 79 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Johnson | 57 | 228 | 209 | 28 | 49 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 51 | .234 | .294 | .378 | .672 | 79 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony McCladdie | 52 | 208 | 178 | 30 | 42 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 25 | 30 | .236 | .330 | .298 | .628 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Cory Patton | 56 | 220 | 199 | 27 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 51 | .211 | .269 | .266 | .535 | 53 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin McCarthy | 57 | 217 | 201 | 20 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 55 | .204 | .259 | .269 | .528 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mo Bruce | 29 | 130 | 115 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 23 | .348 | .408 | .565 | .973 | 65 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Rijo-Berger | 36 | 160 | 135 | 20 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 11 | .296 | .389 | .333 | .722 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Jorge Santiago | 48 | 163 | 145 | 16 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 24 | .255 | .319 | .290 | .608 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Nolte | 47 | 177 | 161 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 37 | .230 | .286 | .298 | .584 | 48 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Phillips | 48 | 175 | 155 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 24 | .206 | .282 | .303 | .585 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sammy Rodriguez | 36 | 136 | 110 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 33 | .245 | .370 | .473 | .843 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Angel Espada | 20 | 90 | 82 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .305 | .348 | .317 | .665 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 27 | 108 | 90 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 30 | .256 | .352 | .356 | .707 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenny Miller | 26 | 104 | 93 | 16 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .226 | .282 | .258 | .540 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Valentine | 17 | 70 | 62 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | .177 | .261 | .210 | .471 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 691 | 2738 | 2457 | 343 | 600 | 108 | 20 | 26 | 293 | 107 | 28 | 198 | 536 | .244 | .308 | .336 | .644 | 826 | 31 | 39 | 21 | 23 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin McCarthy | 1B | 33 | 282 | 16 | 7 | 20 | .977 | 9.030 | ||||
| Jason Roach | 1B | 27 | 201 | 12 | 6 | 13 | .973 | 7.889 | ||||
| Tony Valentine | 1B | 17 | 128 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 8.353 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | 1B | 5 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | 2B | 24 | 64 | 62 | 9 | 13 | .933 | 5.250 | ||||
| Angel Espada | 2B | 18 | 28 | 45 | 3 | 8 | .961 | 4.056 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | 2B | 16 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 5 | .962 | 3.188 | ||||
| Jorge Santiago | 2B | 15 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Tony McCladdie | 2B | 8 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 4 | .886 | 3.875 | ||||
| Jason Roach | 3B | 35 | 19 | 78 | 17 | 4 | .851 | 2.771 | ||||
| Tony McCladdie | 3B | 29 | 18 | 60 | 15 | 1 | .839 | 2.690 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | 3B | 17 | 8 | 20 | 8 | 2 | .778 | 1.647 | ||||
| Jorge Santiago | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Phillips | C | 46 | 353 | 43 | 4 | 4 | .990 | 8.609 | 4 | 45 | 24 | 34.8 |
| Sammy Rodriguez | C | 30 | 239 | 17 | 7 | 2 | .973 | 8.533 | 8 | 28 | 8 | 22.2 |
| Cory Patton | CF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Rijo-Berger | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mo Bruce | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Moreno | LF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Johnson | OF | 55 | 108 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .965 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Moreno | OF | 49 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 1.347 | ||||
| Cory Patton | OF | 48 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.708 | ||||
| Jose Rijo-Berger | OF | 32 | 74 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 2.469 | ||||
| Brandon Copeland | OF | 24 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 1.583 | ||||
| Kevin McCarthy | OF | 18 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Jason Roach | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Davis | P | 24 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .333 | ||||
| Joe Pyrtle | P | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Eric Cammack | P | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .217 | ||||
| Dave Lohrman | P | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .091 | ||||
| Shawn Barry | P | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .091 | ||||
| Derek Gaskill | P | 21 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .846 | .524 | ||||
| Leo Estrella | P | 15 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.600 | ||||
| Hans Beebe | P | 15 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 1.533 | ||||
| Scott Comer | P | 14 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Mike Queen | P | 13 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| J. D. Arteaga | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .727 | .667 | ||||
| A. J. Burnett | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Melvin Poupart | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .125 | ||||
| John Mangieri | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tyler Walker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Johnson | RF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin McCarthy | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cory Patton | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Roach | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Copeland | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jorge Santiago | SS | 35 | 39 | 78 | 20 | 16 | .854 | 3.343 | ||||
| Kenny Miller | SS | 26 | 29 | 66 | 6 | 15 | .941 | 3.654 | ||||
| Bruce Nolte | SS | 12 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 3.917 | ||||
| Mo Bruce | SS | 5 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .885 | 4.600 | ||||
| Totals | 1080 | 1933 | 751 | 145 | 135 | .949 | 2.485 | 12 | 73 | 32 | 30.5 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
