1998 Rockford Cubbies Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (71-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Ballpark: Marinelli Stadium
Attendance: 75,600, Avg. 1,163 in 65 home dates
1998 Rockford Cubbies RosterTeam Record: 71-68
Finished 3rd in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (71-68)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Rockford, Illinois
Ballpark: Marinelli Stadium
Attendance: 75,600, Avg. 1,163 in 65 home dates
Playoffs - Rockford Cubbies 2 games, Fort Wayne Wizards 0
Playoffs - Rockford Cubbies 2 games, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Rockford Cubbies 1
The Rockford Cubbies of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 71 wins and 68 losses, finishing third in the league's Central Division.
The Cubbies plated 637 runs and surrendered 643 runs. Mike Amrhein drove in 87 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .317. Kyle Lohse led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.23 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Eric Hinske, Chris Booker, Chris Gissell, Chris Piersoll, Jon Garland, Jason Smith, Nate Teut, Will Ohman and Kyle Lohse were all players from the 1998 Rockford Cubbies who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Rubén Amaro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Lohse | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.22 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 170.7 | 158 | 76 | 61 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 121 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 712 |
| Nate Teut | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.31 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 103.3 | 99 | 49 | 38 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 67 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 434 |
| Mike Meyers | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3.36 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 75 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 363 |
| Rick Palma | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.46 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 114 | 59 | 51 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 451 |
| Todd Noel | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.03 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89.3 | 83 | 45 | 40 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 375 |
| Elvis Polanco | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.82 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.0 | 81 | 50 | 44 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 51 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 319 |
| Shane Sullivan | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.66 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.3 | 67 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 32 | 1 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 306 |
| Jon Garland | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.03 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.3 | 124 | 69 | 60 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 70 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 467 |
| Chris Gissell | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.80 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 138 |
| Barry Fennell | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.64 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 28.3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 110 |
| Chris Piersoll | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.92 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59.7 | 52 | 28 | 26 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 251 |
| Mike Delano | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.40 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 109 |
| Matt Magers | 2 | 6 | .250 | 2.60 | 50 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.0 | 57 | 26 | 15 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 236 |
| Andrew Mallory | 2 | 7 | .222 | 7.23 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 63 | 59 | 49 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 44 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 298 |
| Will Ohman | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.44 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 |
| Ronnie Sorzano | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.68 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.7 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68 |
| Chris Booker | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.36 | 44 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 64.3 | 47 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 287 |
| Jason Kelley | 0 | 0 | 3.78 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71 | |
| Chris Grubbs | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| T. P. Waligora | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.81 | 35 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 33.7 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 150 |
| Totals | 71 | 68 | .511 | 3.97 | 423 | 139 | 132 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1210.3 | 1182 | 643 | 534 | 72 | 524 | 14 | 939 | 70 | 12 | 98 | 5259 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Amrhein | 121 | 501 | 457 | 61 | 145 | 34 | 1 | 9 | 87 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 47 | .317 | .367 | .455 | .823 | 208 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Derrick Bly | 135 | 561 | 490 | 64 | 143 | 40 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 10 | 5 | 58 | 147 | .292 | .372 | .427 | .799 | 209 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Jaisen Randolph | 128 | 547 | 491 | 78 | 142 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 40 | 113 | .289 | .348 | .369 | .716 | 181 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Jason Smith | 126 | 506 | 464 | 67 | 111 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 60 | 23 | 6 | 31 | 122 | .239 | .286 | .356 | .642 | 165 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Juan Salazar | 100 | 371 | 322 | 39 | 82 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 7 | 3 | 44 | 85 | .255 | .342 | .360 | .703 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Felipe Jimenez | 120 | 423 | 367 | 46 | 81 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 28 | 126 | .221 | .301 | .281 | .582 | 103 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson Abreu | 89 | 309 | 269 | 38 | 71 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 59 | .264 | .341 | .435 | .776 | 117 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin Font | 66 | 267 | 237 | 34 | 64 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 20 | 39 | .270 | .338 | .308 | .646 | 73 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| J. J. Johnson | 76 | 264 | 232 | 35 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 43 | .241 | .318 | .341 | .659 | 79 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jerry Connell | 82 | 282 | 256 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 84 | .168 | .241 | .254 | .495 | 65 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Schrager | 50 | 218 | 167 | 38 | 42 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 32 | .251 | .409 | .443 | .852 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Tydus Meadows | 35 | 154 | 134 | 35 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 32 | .291 | .377 | .485 | .862 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Quincy Carter | 27 | 112 | 101 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 18 | .248 | .321 | .366 | .688 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arnold Santiago | 34 | 114 | 110 | 12 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .218 | .228 | .255 | .483 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcel Longmire | 40 | 141 | 124 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 36 | .161 | .239 | .210 | .449 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Lisanti | 26 | 95 | 75 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 18 | .227 | .344 | .360 | .704 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Grubbs | 39 | 115 | 96 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 38 | .156 | .296 | .208 | .504 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elinton Jasco | 12 | 46 | 43 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | .279 | .304 | .302 | .607 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Melo | 11 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .333 | .378 | .455 | .833 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Hinske | 6 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .450 | .538 | .800 | 1.338 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Yedo | 9 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .290 | .389 | .645 | 1.034 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Medina | 10 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .194 | .256 | .250 | .506 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie King | 13 | 37 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .121 | .216 | .121 | .337 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1355 | 5203 | 4588 | 637 | 1172 | 225 | 45 | 61 | 544 | 203 | 79 | 460 | 1112 | .255 | .329 | .364 | .693 | 1670 | 91 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Salazar | 1B | 54 | 419 | 41 | 3 | 46 | .994 | 8.519 | ||||
| Mike Amrhein | 1B | 33 | 236 | 23 | 3 | 22 | .989 | 7.848 | ||||
| Arnold Santiago | 1B | 28 | 234 | 23 | 5 | 17 | .981 | 9.179 | ||||
| Derrick Bly | 1B | 27 | 185 | 8 | 4 | 25 | .980 | 7.148 | ||||
| Carlos Yedo | 1B | 8 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.375 | ||||
| Luis Medina | 1B | 6 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 9.500 | ||||
| Marcel Longmire | 1B | 5 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .896 | 8.600 | ||||
| Eric Hinske | 1B | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Franklin Font | 2B | 66 | 142 | 204 | 14 | 55 | .961 | 5.242 | ||||
| Tony Schrager | 2B | 50 | 79 | 111 | 7 | 26 | .964 | 3.800 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | 2B | 17 | 18 | 36 | 8 | 6 | .871 | 3.176 | ||||
| Elinton Jasco | 2B | 12 | 25 | 29 | 9 | 6 | .857 | 4.500 | ||||
| Ramon Melo | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Derrick Bly | 3B | 117 | 62 | 245 | 18 | 19 | .945 | 2.624 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | 3B | 30 | 12 | 52 | 5 | 6 | .928 | 2.133 | ||||
| Luis Medina | 3B | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Salazar | 3B | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Ramon Melo | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Amrhein | C | 72 | 419 | 52 | 4 | 2 | .992 | 6.542 | 9 | 84 | 31 | 27.0 |
| Chris Grubbs | C | 31 | 184 | 24 | 7 | 1 | .967 | 6.710 | 3 | 36 | 16 | 30.8 |
| Bob Lisanti | C | 26 | 199 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .977 | 8.077 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 16.2 |
| Juan Salazar | C | 22 | 129 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 6.727 | 7 | 19 | 6 | 24.0 |
| Marcel Longmire | C | 4 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 4.750 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Jaisen Randolph | CF | 114 | .000 | |||||||||
| Felipe Jimenez | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tydus Meadows | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Quincy Carter | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tydus Meadows | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | LF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Connell | LF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcel Longmire | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Abreu | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Felipe Jimenez | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jaisen Randolph | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Hinske | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jaisen Randolph | OF | 121 | 222 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .974 | 1.884 | ||||
| Felipe Jimenez | OF | 115 | 211 | 10 | 6 | 2 | .974 | 1.922 | ||||
| Jerry Connell | OF | 63 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .968 | 1.444 | ||||
| J. J. Johnson | OF | 52 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .964 | 1.538 | ||||
| Tydus Meadows | OF | 33 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .950 | 1.727 | ||||
| Marcel Longmire | OF | 24 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.542 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | OF | 20 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.750 | ||||
| Quincy Carter | OF | 17 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.706 | ||||
| Eric Hinske | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Magers | P | 50 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .895 | .340 | ||||
| Chris Booker | P | 44 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Shane Sullivan | P | 41 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .341 | ||||
| T. P. Waligora | P | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .229 | ||||
| Andrew Mallory | P | 33 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .485 | ||||
| Kyle Lohse | P | 28 | 15 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris Piersoll | P | 27 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .222 | ||||
| Elvis Polanco | P | 26 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .846 | ||||
| Rick Palma | P | 21 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .923 | 1.143 | ||||
| Jon Garland | P | 19 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .966 | 1.474 | ||||
| Mike Meyers | P | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .706 | ||||
| Barry Fennell | P | 17 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .647 | ||||
| Nate Teut | P | 16 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 1.062 | ||||
| Todd Noel | P | 16 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ronnie Sorzano | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jason Kelley | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .333 | ||||
| Chris Gissell | P | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Mike Delano | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Will Ohman | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Chris Grubbs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Felipe Jimenez | RF | 81 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Connell | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| J. J. Johnson | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Quincy Carter | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tydus Meadows | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Smith | SS | 113 | 203 | 379 | 38 | 78 | .939 | 5.150 | ||||
| Nelson Abreu | SS | 30 | 48 | 71 | 5 | 11 | .960 | 3.967 | ||||
| Ramon Melo | SS | 8 | 21 | 18 | 6 | 5 | .867 | 4.875 | ||||
| Derrick Bly | SS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2114 | 3631 | 1596 | 192 | 361 | .965 | 2.473 | 24 | 171 | 60 | 26.0 |
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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