1997 Richmond Roosters Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 43-37
Finished 2nd in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Cate (0-0), Bill Richardson (0-0)
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Ballpark: Don McBride Stadium
Attendance: 46,178, Avg. 1,184 in 39 home dates
1997 Richmond Roosters RosterTeam Record: 43-37
Finished 2nd in the FL's West Division
Manager: John Cate (0-0), Bill Richardson (0-0)
Location: Richmond, Indiana
Ballpark: Don McBride Stadium
Attendance: 46,178, Avg. 1,184 in 39 home dates
Playoffs - Evansville Otters 2 games, Richmond Roosters 1
The Richmond Roosters of the Frontier League ended the 1997 season with a record of 43 wins and 37 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.
The Roosters scored 485 runs and allowed 420 runs. Morgan Burkhart paced Richmond with 24 home runs and accounted for 74 RBI. Keith Habig led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .353 clip. Jeffrey Montfort topped the team with 8 wins, while Ron Nelson recorded a 3.42 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Morgan Burkhart played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Richmond Roosters to do so.
John Cate and Bill Richardson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Montfort | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.68 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 102.7 | 102 | 53 | 42 | 5 | 67 | 1 | 117 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 473 |
| Ron Nelson | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.40 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 84.7 | 83 | 40 | 32 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 347 |
| Dan Hussar | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.53 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58.7 | 59 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 260 |
| Steve Hahn | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.33 | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48.7 | 46 | 34 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 225 |
| Larry Williams | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.76 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 60 | 34 | 29 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 302 |
| Derek Hart | 5 | 7 | .417 | 6.09 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 | 97 | 75 | 60 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 411 |
| Casey Castrop | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.99 | 30 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31.7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 127 |
| Christian Hess | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.87 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 79.7 | 82 | 59 | 52 | 9 | 46 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 358 |
| Rene Justiniano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.32 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 76 |
| Roy Miller | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.14 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.0 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 122 |
| Shane Britt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Ruckman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Jason Childress | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jamil Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Justin Parle | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | |
| John Urbanski | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Jared Fowler | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 86 | |
| Pete McHugh | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | |
| Brian Bentley | 0 | 0 | 18.90 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21 | |
| Darren Westergard | 0 | 0 | 47.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Darren Hartman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.38 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93 |
| Neil Ioviero | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.09 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Totals | 43 | 37 | .538 | 4.43 | 215 | 80 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 692.7 | 709 | 420 | 341 | 44 | 347 | 10 | 632 | 35 | 5 | 70 | 3105 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Habig | 75 | 345 | 295 | 68 | 104 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 8 | 2 | 33 | 26 | .353 | .429 | .519 | .947 | 153 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Morgan Burkhart | 80 | 371 | 285 | 76 | 92 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 74 | 8 | 4 | 73 | 47 | .323 | .466 | .653 | 1.119 | 186 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Joe Pass | 75 | 322 | 280 | 44 | 91 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 17 | .325 | .404 | .389 | .794 | 109 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Shane Britt | 70 | 312 | 273 | 57 | 87 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 31 | 38 | .319 | .394 | .418 | .811 | 114 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Ruckman | 79 | 344 | 298 | 44 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 53 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 30 | .285 | .358 | .413 | .771 | 123 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Kevin Holt | 75 | 310 | 249 | 33 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 51 | 53 | .301 | .435 | .470 | .905 | 117 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Matt Fitzmorris | 48 | 197 | 168 | 32 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 28 | .298 | .363 | .423 | .785 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Matt Buirley | 60 | 210 | 191 | 29 | 49 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 62 | .257 | .311 | .424 | .735 | 81 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Gerald Bolden | 45 | 182 | 139 | 31 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 37 | .194 | .367 | .295 | .662 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Glen Spencer | 51 | 108 | 98 | 11 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 13 | .265 | .321 | .327 | .647 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Lopez | 17 | 75 | 71 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .310 | .338 | .451 | .789 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Riordan | 39 | 105 | 98 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .224 | .243 | .378 | .620 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Seth Berliner | 26 | 92 | 78 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 15 | .231 | .318 | .269 | .587 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Jefferies | 17 | 61 | 56 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .268 | .305 | .357 | .662 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Fowler | 30 | 52 | 51 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .216 | .231 | .235 | .466 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Eckelman | 3 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .571 | 1.000 | 1.571 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Garcia | 12 | 32 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .222 | .344 | .296 | .640 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Hall | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .273 | .273 | .545 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Forsee | 5 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .188 | .235 | .562 | .798 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Buczkowski | 5 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Frank | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex DeFrancesco | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Christy | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 831 | 3197 | 2731 | 485 | 796 | 139 | 23 | 68 | 435 | 85 | 45 | 356 | 456 | .291 | .379 | .434 | .813 | 1185 | 52 | 50 | 29 | 31 | 19 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Holt | 1B | 63 | 506 | 21 | 5 | 41 | .991 | 8.365 | ||||
| Morgan Burkhart | 1B | 18 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 18 | .993 | 7.944 | ||||
| Fran Riordan | 1B | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.400 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Pass | 2B | 46 | 74 | 102 | 5 | 14 | .972 | 3.826 | ||||
| Keith Habig | 2B | 23 | 45 | 69 | 2 | 10 | .983 | 4.957 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | 2B | 11 | 21 | 32 | 6 | 7 | .898 | 4.818 | ||||
| Gary Frank | 2B | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Glen Spencer | 2B | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Alex DeFrancesco | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Ruckman | 3B | 77 | 61 | 136 | 10 | 15 | .952 | 2.558 | ||||
| Glen Spencer | 3B | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jack Christy | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Buirley | C | 56 | 404 | 43 | 11 | 1 | .976 | 7.982 | 22 | 69 | 21 | 23.3 |
| Gerald Bolden | C | 12 | 90 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 8.000 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 27.3 |
| Francisco Garcia | C | 10 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 4.300 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 20.0 |
| Jared Fowler | C | 10 | 69 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 7.400 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Matt Buczkowski | C | 5 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 6.400 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Fitzmorris | CF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Lopez | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Bolden | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Spencer | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | LF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Pass | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fran Riordan | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Morgan Burkhart | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Spencer | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Fowler | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gerald Bolden | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Hall | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex DeFrancesco | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Buirley | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | OF | 70 | 89 | 7 | 6 | 2 | .941 | 1.371 | ||||
| Matt Fitzmorris | OF | 48 | 104 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 2.292 | ||||
| Gerald Bolden | OF | 35 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .986 | 1.943 | ||||
| Glen Spencer | OF | 28 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .970 | 1.143 | ||||
| Fran Riordan | OF | 26 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.269 | ||||
| Joe Pass | OF | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | .900 | ||||
| Mark Lopez | OF | 17 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.824 | ||||
| Morgan Burkhart | OF | 10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.900 | ||||
| Jared Fowler | OF | 9 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.778 | ||||
| Brent Forsee | OF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Jack Christy | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Matt Buirley | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bryan Hall | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alex DeFrancesco | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Hahn | P | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .355 | ||||
| Dan Hussar | P | 30 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Casey Castrop | P | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Christian Hess | P | 17 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.118 | ||||
| Jeffrey Montfort | P | 16 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Derek Hart | P | 15 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.133 | ||||
| Ron Nelson | P | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.077 | ||||
| Larry Williams | P | 11 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .818 | ||||
| Roy Miller | P | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Jared Fowler | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Justin Parle | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Pete McHugh | P | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rene Justiniano | P | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Darren Hartman | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Bentley | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Neil Ioviero | P | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jamil Phillips | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Morgan Burkhart | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Darren Westergard | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Urbanski | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Ruckman | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Childress | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shane Britt | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Gerald Bolden | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Glen Spencer | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Britt | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fran Riordan | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jared Fowler | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brent Forsee | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jack Christy | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Lopez | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Buirley | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Pass | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Hall | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Habig | SS | 53 | 87 | 149 | 16 | 29 | .937 | 4.453 | ||||
| Seth Berliner | SS | 26 | 34 | 79 | 6 | 3 | .950 | 4.346 | ||||
| Glen Spencer | SS | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .733 | 1.833 | ||||
| Alex Eckelman | SS | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1229 | 2078 | 826 | 104 | 161 | .965 | 2.363 | 40 | 112 | 31 | 21.7 |
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.
