1997 Princeton Devil Rays Statistics
Team Record: 39-30
Finished 2nd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Charlie Montoyo (39-30)
Affiliation: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Location: Princeton, West Virginia
Ballpark: Hunnicutt Field
Attendance: 36,481, Avg. 1,140 in 32 home dates
Playoffs - Bluefield Orioles 1 game, Princeton Devil Rays 0 - One-game playoff for North title.
The Princeton Devil Rays of the Appalachian League ended the 1997 season with a record of 39 wins and 30 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Devil Rays led the league with 484 runs, fueled by 73 home runs. Princeton allowed 392 runs. Jared Sandberg paced the squad with 17 home runs and accounted for 68 RBI. Robert Berns topped all regular hitters with a .327 average. Ed Kofler and Roger Carter paced the team with 5 wins each, while Ronni Severino registered a 3.18 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Princeton Devil Rays who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jared Sandberg, Víctor Zambrano, Delvin James, Travis Phelps and Paul Hoover.
Charlie Montoyo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Carter | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.61 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 61 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 247 |
| Ed Kofler | 5 | 6 | .455 | 5.57 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 63 | 46 | 39 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 66 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 280 |
| John Box | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.35 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.3 | 29 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 152 |
| Travis Phelps | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.88 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 73 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 279 |
| Ronni Severino | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 71 | 39 | 23 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 292 |
| Delvin James | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.94 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 71 | 57 | 32 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 276 |
| Matt Pruett | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.38 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24.7 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 111 |
| Chris Carter | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.31 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.3 | 40 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 147 |
| Marquis Roberts | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.91 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 78 |
| Chris Mason | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.64 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 174 |
| Chris Wright | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.27 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 62 | 39 | 35 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 203 |
| Chris Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.49 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 88 |
| Julio DeLeon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.7 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 116 |
| Toby McDermott | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | |
| Víctor Zambrano | 0 | 2 | .000 | 1.82 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 126 |
| Totals | 39 | 30 | .565 | 4.34 | 245 | 69 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 607.0 | 640 | 392 | 293 | 55 | 210 | 3 | 565 | 29 | 17 | 52 | 2666 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared Sandberg | 67 | 312 | 268 | 61 | 81 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 68 | 12 | 3 | 42 | 94 | .302 | .401 | .586 | .986 | 157 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Robert Berns | 64 | 287 | 245 | 53 | 80 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 44 | .327 | .415 | .584 | .998 | 143 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Hoover | 66 | 284 | 251 | 55 | 76 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 37 | .303 | .363 | .446 | .809 | 112 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Scott Neuberger | 67 | 289 | 254 | 46 | 70 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 53 | 7 | 1 | 30 | 59 | .276 | .353 | .441 | .794 | 112 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eric Benavidez | 52 | 229 | 206 | 50 | 64 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 25 | .311 | .367 | .408 | .775 | 84 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Suriel | 58 | 228 | 202 | 40 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 29 | .272 | .341 | .441 | .781 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sandy Garcia | 58 | 238 | 216 | 38 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 75 | .255 | .316 | .394 | .710 | 85 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Pigott | 46 | 162 | 151 | 20 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 34 | .232 | .273 | .272 | .545 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Wilder | 44 | 192 | 155 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 63 | .206 | .349 | .387 | .736 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Johnson | 34 | 152 | 139 | 19 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 56 | .201 | .263 | .367 | .630 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Guzman | 21 | 84 | 74 | 22 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .324 | .405 | .568 | .972 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike McGehee | 33 | 131 | 107 | 16 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 33 | .215 | .359 | .374 | .733 | 40 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Cruz | 18 | 86 | 78 | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | .282 | .314 | .423 | .737 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mike Lopez-Cao | 17 | 59 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .226 | .288 | .321 | .609 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andres Cruz | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .231 | .231 | .308 | .538 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Spear | 9 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .176 | .400 | .235 | .635 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeison Arias | 5 | 20 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .250 | .167 | .417 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 662 | 2792 | 2447 | 484 | 666 | 138 | 27 | 73 | 420 | 70 | 27 | 263 | 606 | .272 | .351 | .440 | .791 | 1077 | 47 | 48 | 11 | 23 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Berns | 1B | 52 | 451 | 52 | 10 | 34 | .981 | 9.673 | ||||
| Mike McGehee | 1B | 20 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 6.950 | ||||
| Miguel Suriel | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chad Spear | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Jared Sandberg | 2B | 40 | 73 | 127 | 9 | 25 | .957 | 5.000 | ||||
| Luis Cruz | 2B | 17 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 3 | .926 | 2.941 | ||||
| Eric Benavidez | 2B | 11 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 6 | .983 | 5.182 | ||||
| Andres Cruz | 2B | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Doug Johnson | 3B | 33 | 19 | 50 | 16 | 2 | .812 | 2.091 | ||||
| Jared Sandberg | 3B | 18 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 2.333 | ||||
| Eric Benavidez | 3B | 11 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 2 | .938 | 2.727 | ||||
| Miguel Suriel | 3B | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 2 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Pigott | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Miguel Suriel | C | 45 | 364 | 45 | 7 | 1 | .983 | 9.089 | 11 | 47 | 25 | 34.7 |
| Mike Lopez-Cao | C | 15 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 6.667 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 19.0 |
| Chad Spear | C | 7 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 5.143 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Mike McGehee | C | 6 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 8.000 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 20.0 |
| Martin Guzman | C | 5 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .975 | 7.800 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 66.7 |
| Andres Cruz | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sandy Garcia | CF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Pigott | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Benavidez | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Wilder | LF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Pigott | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Benavidez | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeison Arias | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel Suriel | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Neuberger | OF | 65 | 115 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .962 | 1.938 | ||||
| Sandy Garcia | OF | 57 | 91 | 2 | 8 | 0 | .921 | 1.632 | ||||
| Tony Pigott | OF | 44 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 1.614 | ||||
| Paul Wilder | OF | 34 | 41 | 0 | 5 | 0 | .891 | 1.206 | ||||
| Eric Benavidez | OF | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.235 | ||||
| Jeison Arias | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .500 | .750 | ||||
| Miguel Suriel | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Carter | P | 26 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| John Box | P | 25 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | .933 | .560 | ||||
| Matt Pruett | P | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Víctor Zambrano | P | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .150 | ||||
| Delvin James | P | 20 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .850 | ||||
| Chris Mason | P | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Toby McDermott | P | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .353 | ||||
| Chris Wright | P | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Ronni Severino | P | 14 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Travis Phelps | P | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Ed Kofler | P | 13 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Roger Carter | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .769 | ||||
| Chris Reynolds | P | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Julio DeLeon | P | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Marquis Roberts | P | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Neuberger | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Pigott | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Benavidez | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeison Arias | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Hoover | SS | 65 | 111 | 199 | 33 | 35 | .904 | 4.769 | ||||
| Eric Benavidez | SS | 6 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 2.667 | ||||
| Luis Cruz | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1063 | 1821 | 760 | 127 | 132 | .953 | 2.428 | 18 | 84 | 37 | 30.6 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
