1997 Piedmont Boll Weevils Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 70-72
Finished 4th in the SAL's Central Division
Manager: Ken Oberkfell (70-72)
Affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Location: Kannapolis, North Carolina
Ballpark: Fieldcrest-Cannon Stadium
Attendance: 114,646, Avg. 1,820 in 63 home dates

1997 Piedmont Boll Weevils Roster

The Piedmont Boll Weevils of the South Atlantic League ended the 1997 season with a record of 70 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's Central Division.

The Boll Weevils scored 624 runs and allowed 632 runs. Brad Crede led Piedmont with 10 home runs Dave Francia drove in 65 runs and topped batters with significant playing time with a .300 average. Buck Allen paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.55 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1997 Piedmont Boll Weevils who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Thomas Jacquez, Adam Eaton and Jimmy Rollins.

Ken Oberkfell 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
Buck Allen	11	8	.579	3.54	25	24	1	4	2	0	152.7	153	78	60	12	38	0	91	11	1	4	631
Kyle Kawabata	9	5	.643	1.44	44	0	41	0	0	16	62.7	45	14	10	2	13	2	75	2	0	5	242
Courtney Mitchell	7	4	.636	2.41	47	0	29	0	0	3	78.3	60	25	21	3	19	0	68	1	1	7	306
Ira Tilton	7	13	.350	4.78	28	27	0	3	1	0	152.7	171	100	81	10	50	0	103	17	0	14	674
Kris Stevens	6	4	.600	2.22	14	14	0	3	3	0	89.3	66	30	22	2	31	0	72	3	0	4	361
Dave Tober	5	1	.833	3.42	46	0	27	0	0	10	81.7	65	34	31	6	25	0	55	3	1	5	333
Adam Eaton	5	6	.455	4.16	14	14	0	0	0	0	71.3	81	38	33	2	30	0	57	4	2	4	318
Caleb Martinez	5	10	.333	4.66	20	19	0	0	0	0	110.0	117	70	57	11	38	0	89	10	3	3	487
Jaime Mendes	4	5	.444	4.45	42	2	10	0	0	0	85.0	103	48	42	7	20	2	47	2	1	2	368
Jason Sikes	4	5	.444	5.62	27	11	7	0	0	0	96.0	124	67	60	16	31	0	63	5	0	5	432
Marty Barnett	2	1	.667	3.16	6	6	0	0	0	0	37.0	34	16	13	1	11	0	28	2	0	1	154
Thomas Jacquez	2	4	.333	4.97	8	8	0	0	0	0	41.7	45	29	23	2	13	0	26	3	0	1	183
Jason Davis	1	0	1.000	0.61	17	0	7	0	0	1	29.3	10	3	2	1	6	0	34	0	0	0	102
Brian Miller	1	2	.333	4.94	29	7	6	0	0	1	74.7	91	44	41	10	24	1	63	4	1	2	338
Mark Rutherford	1	4	.200	2.47	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.3	42	17	16	4	9	0	47	1	0	3	225
Shannon Cooley	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Calvin Key	0	0		3.77	3	1	1	0	0	0	14.3	19	6	6	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	61
Urbano Quintana	0	0		18.47	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.3	12	13	13	2	3	0	2	1	0	1	34
Totals	70	72	.493	3.85	383	142	132	10	6	31	1242.3	1238	632	531	94	363	5	929	69	10	61	5252

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
Jimmy Rollins	139	624	560	94	151	22	8	6	59	46	6	52	80	.270	.330	.370	.700	207	4	0	9	3	2
Dave Francia	112	480	424	72	127	24	7	9	65	39	12	25	61	.300	.359	.453	.812	192	5	19	4	8	2
Lamont Edwards	106	424	386	48	96	16	3	2	53	18	7	29	68	.249	.302	.321	.623	124	9	1	7	1	0
Kevin Nichols	81	333	321	21	94	16	2	5	46	1	1	9	46	.293	.309	.402	.711	129	7	0	0	3	0
Todd Crane	80	357	314	50	91	13	0	5	35	26	6	30	57	.290	.356	.379	.735	119	4	4	6	3	1
Marty Crawford	108	429	389	37	88	15	1	4	51	3	1	30	51	.226	.286	.301	.586	117	10	4	2	4	3
Brad Crede	110	450	402	52	86	18	1	10	47	0	3	32	145	.214	.290	.338	.628	136	3	12	1	3	1
Shannon Cooley	90	319	304	35	81	16	1	1	28	5	4	10	57	.266	.293	.336	.629	102	4	2	2	1	1
Skip Kiil	82	315	261	48	59	15	3	7	34	13	2	35	74	.226	.343	.387	.730	101	0	13	3	3	0
Nick Thompson	58	240	225	32	58	8	3	3	21	1	1	8	33	.258	.294	.360	.654	81	4	4	2	1	0
Mike Torti	49	209	176	19	44	12	1	6	31	1	0	28	47	.250	.365	.432	.797	76	3	4	1	0	0
Brandon Marsters	61	236	212	25	43	8	0	2	20	0	0	22	51	.203	.278	.269	.547	57	4	0	2	0	2
Greg Taylor	41	136	115	15	32	7	1	0	14	1	2	15	11	.278	.371	.357	.728	41	8	2	4	0	0
Juan Mejia	36	116	112	15	28	6	2	0	12	7	0	0	32	.250	.252	.339	.591	38	3	1	1	2	0
Ricky Williams	37	149	136	12	28	5	0	1	6	10	4	9	44	.206	.268	.265	.533	36	0	3	0	1	0
Jason Wesemann	44	116	104	16	26	1	1	1	12	1	0	8	23	.250	.301	.308	.609	32	3	0	3	1	0
Kirby Clark	42	155	143	18	25	8	0	0	10	0	1	10	50	.175	.227	.231	.458	33	0	0	1	1	0
Leonardo Oliveros	38	137	129	6	22	3	0	0	5	0	0	5	18	.171	.207	.194	.401	25	6	1	2	0	0
Rodney Batts	24	80	67	8	15	3	1	1	7	1	1	11	19	.224	.329	.343	.672	23	0	0	1	1	0
Buck Allen	25	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jaime Mendes	42	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Sikes	27	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Tober	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1478	5313	4786	624	1195	216	35	63	556	173	51	369	967	.250	.311	.349	.660	1670	77	70	52	36	12

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Brad Crede	1B	109	1025	70	12	67	.989	1.046
Mike Torti	1B	26	227	15	1	15	.996	9.308
Kevin Nichols	1B	9	76	6	0	6	1.000	9.111
Jason Wesemann	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Kirby Clark	1B	1	13	0	0	1	1.000	13.000
Lamont Edwards	2B	106	203	332	29	48	.949	5.047
Greg Taylor	2B	33	70	99	3	21	.983	5.121
Juan Mejia	2B	3	8	10	1	1	.947	6.000
Rodney Batts	2B	3	1	10	0	0	1.000	3.667
Kevin Nichols	3B	56	35	93	14	5	.901	2.286
Jason Wesemann	3B	42	21	65	10	1	.896	2.048
Mike Torti	3B	23	14	47	9	8	.871	2.652
Juan Mejia	3B	21	14	37	5	2	.911	2.429
Rodney Batts	3B	14	11	20	3	1	.912	2.214
Greg Taylor	3B	6	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brandon Marsters	C	61	398	55	7	8	.985	7.426	7	36	27	42.9
Nick Thompson	C	42	279	29	7	0	.978	7.333	4	61	16	20.8
Leonardo Oliveros	C	26	162	32	2	3	.990	7.462	5	14	11	44.0
Kirby Clark	C	16	105	10	1	0	.991	7.188	1	13	5	27.8
Dave Francia	CF	109						.000
Shannon Cooley	CF	26						.000
Skip Kiil	CF	7						.000
Todd Crane	CF	6						.000
Nick Thompson	CF	2						.000
Todd Crane	LF	54						.000
Ricky Williams	LF	37						.000
Marty Crawford	LF	22						.000
Nick Thompson	LF	16						.000
Shannon Cooley	LF	16						.000
Rodney Batts	LF	2						.000
Dave Francia	OF	110	228	7	3	3	.987	2.136
Skip Kiil	OF	80	141	9	0	0	1.000	1.875
Todd Crane	OF	80	124	12	3	4	.978	1.700
Shannon Cooley	OF	77	143	10	4	0	.975	1.987
Ricky Williams	OF	37	58	5	3	3	.955	1.703
Marty Crawford	OF	30	39	4	2	0	.956	1.433
Nick Thompson	OF	17	40	3	5	0	.896	2.529
Kirby Clark	OF	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	.833
Rodney Batts	OF	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Courtney Mitchell	P	47	2	12	0	0	1.000	.298
Dave Tober	P	46	9	15	1	1	.960	.522
Kyle Kawabata	P	44	3	9	2	1	.857	.273
Jaime Mendes	P	42	6	21	0	1	1.000	.643
Brian Miller	P	29	6	10	2	0	.889	.552
Ira Tilton	P	28	4	25	3	0	.906	1.036
Jason Sikes	P	27	8	20	4	1	.875	1.037
Buck Allen	P	25	7	36	3	1	.935	1.720
Caleb Martinez	P	20	2	17	0	0	1.000	.950
Jason Davis	P	17	0	7	0	1	1.000	.412
Kris Stevens	P	14	6	16	1	1	.957	1.571
Adam Eaton	P	14	6	3	4	0	.692	.643
Mark Rutherford	P	9	6	6	0	0	1.000	1.333
Thomas Jacquez	P	8	1	6	0	0	1.000	.875
Marty Barnett	P	6	3	3	0	1	1.000	1.000
Urbano Quintana	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Calvin Key	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Shannon Cooley	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Skip Kiil	RF	73						.000
Shannon Cooley	RF	38						.000
Todd Crane	RF	22						.000
Marty Crawford	RF	8						.000
Kirby Clark	RF	6						.000
Dave Francia	RF	1						.000
Rodney Batts	RF	1						.000
Jimmy Rollins	SS	138	201	421	26	67	.960	4.507
Juan Mejia	SS	5	3	11	3	2	.824	2.800
Jason Wesemann	SS	1	4	2	0	0	1.000	6.000
Greg Taylor	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		2012	3727	1626	173	274	.969	2.661	17	124	59	32.2

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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