1997 Shreveport Captains Statistics
Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 76-62
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Carlos Lezcano (76-62)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: Fair Grounds Field
Attendance: 164,922, Avg. 2,577 in 64 home dates
1997 Shreveport Captains RosterTeam Record: 76-62
Finished 1st in the TL's East Division
Manager: Carlos Lezcano (76-62)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Ballpark: Fair Grounds Field
Attendance: 164,922, Avg. 2,577 in 64 home dates
Playoffs - San Antonio Missions 4 games, Shreveport Captains 3
The Shreveport Captains of the Texas League ended the 1997 season with a record of 76 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Captains scored 735 runs and allowed 651 runs. Keith Williams paced Shreveport with 22 home runs, while Benji Simonton walloped 15 or more also. Keith Williams accounted for 106 RBI and topped all regular batters by connecting at a .320 clip. Troy Brohawn led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.56 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1997 Shreveport Captains who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Armando Ríos, Ramón Martínez, Bob Howry, Calvin Murray, Keith Williams, Chris Singleton, Jay Canizaro, Russ Ortiz, Lorenzo Barceló, Troy Brohawn, Aaron Fultz, Joe Fontenot, Eddie Oropesa and Edwards Guzmán.
Carlos Lezcano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brohawn | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.56 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 169.0 | 148 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 64 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 695 |
| Joe Fontenot | 10 | 11 | .476 | 5.53 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 171 | 105 | 93 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 103 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 688 |
| Darin Blood | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.33 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.0 | 152 | 89 | 75 | 12 | 83 | 0 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 698 |
| Eddie Oropesa | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.92 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 122 | 58 | 54 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 531 |
| Aaron Fultz | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.83 | 49 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.0 | 65 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 293 |
| Bob Howry | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.91 | 48 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 55.0 | 58 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 240 |
| Edwin Corps | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.35 | 43 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 72.3 | 66 | 38 | 35 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 306 |
| Chad Frontera | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.86 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 78 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 312 |
| Andy Taulbee | 4 | 8 | .333 | 5.17 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 104 | 59 | 49 | 9 | 32 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 376 |
| Mike Villano | 3 | 1 | .750 | 6.29 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34.3 | 41 | 25 | 24 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 158 |
| Randy Phillips | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.66 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.3 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.02 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 30 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 132 |
| Russ Ortiz | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.13 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 52 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 249 |
| Jason Myers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.75 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Chad Hartvigson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.55 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 |
| Carl Schramm | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Santos Hernandez | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.30 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15.7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 |
| Travis Thurmond | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Jeff Martin | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.26 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38.0 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 160 |
| Totals | 76 | 62 | .551 | 4.24 | 402 | 138 | 133 | 5 | 1 | 39 | 1187.7 | 1195 | 651 | 559 | 106 | 514 | 7 | 743 | 37 | 21 | 68 | 5147 |
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 Williams | 131 | 549 | 493 | 83 | 158 | 37 | 7 | 22 | 106 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 94 | .320 | .377 | .558 | .935 | 275 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Chris Singleton | 126 | 498 | 464 | 85 | 147 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 61 | 27 | 11 | 22 | 50 | .317 | .343 | .474 | .817 | 220 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Armando Ríos | 127 | 534 | 461 | 86 | 133 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 79 | 17 | 7 | 63 | 85 | .289 | .370 | .471 | .841 | 217 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Ramón Martínez | 105 | 454 | 404 | 72 | 129 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 54 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 48 | .319 | .382 | .455 | .838 | 184 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Calvin Murray | 122 | 492 | 419 | 83 | 114 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 66 | 73 | .272 | .375 | .418 | .792 | 175 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Edwards Guzmán | 118 | 422 | 380 | 52 | 108 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 57 | .284 | .341 | .368 | .709 | 140 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Benji Simonton | 116 | 479 | 387 | 73 | 99 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 79 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 120 | .256 | .388 | .460 | .848 | 178 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Ken Woods | 104 | 331 | 293 | 41 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 40 | .300 | .364 | .382 | .746 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Craig Mayes | 86 | 311 | 293 | 27 | 80 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 29 | .273 | .305 | .355 | .660 | 104 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jon Sbrocco | 97 | 323 | 271 | 32 | 71 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 21 | .262 | .361 | .362 | .722 | 98 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Jay Canizaro | 50 | 206 | 176 | 36 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 44 | .256 | .354 | .494 | .849 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett King | 79 | 227 | 194 | 28 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 55 | .216 | .323 | .351 | .674 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Peto Ramirez | 41 | 122 | 113 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 37 | .177 | .230 | .257 | .486 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Darryl Kennedy | 22 | 77 | 71 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .268 | .325 | .408 | .733 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Unrat | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .429 | .417 | .845 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Oropesa | 43 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .211 | .250 | .211 | .461 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darin Blood | 27 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .211 | .348 | .474 | .822 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Brohawn | 27 | 33 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .148 | .172 | .296 | .469 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Bess | 12 | 32 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .143 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Corps | 43 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Taulbee | 14 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .231 | .200 | .231 | .431 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Fontenot | 26 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .100 | .156 | .100 | .256 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Thurmond | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Schramm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Frontera | 15 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Phillips | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Russ Ortiz | 12 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Fick | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Martin | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Howry | 48 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Santos Hernandez | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Hartvigson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Fultz | 49 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Barceló | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1712 | 5253 | 4610 | 735 | 1282 | 249 | 47 | 111 | 673 | 133 | 54 | 518 | 821 | .278 | .352 | .425 | .776 | 1958 | 112 | 31 | 44 | 50 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benji Simonton | 1B | 113 | 1079 | 77 | 11 | 110 | .991 | 1.230 | ||||
| Ken Woods | 1B | 14 | 136 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Keith Williams | 1B | 11 | 81 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .989 | 7.818 | ||||
| Brett King | 1B | 5 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.800 | ||||
| Peto Ramirez | 1B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jon Sbrocco | 2B | 65 | 124 | 175 | 14 | 47 | .955 | 4.600 | ||||
| Jay Canizaro | 2B | 38 | 63 | 85 | 4 | 22 | .974 | 3.895 | ||||
| Ken Woods | 2B | 33 | 57 | 78 | 3 | 18 | .978 | 4.091 | ||||
| Brett King | 2B | 23 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 9 | .985 | 2.913 | ||||
| Edwards Guzmán | 3B | 113 | 73 | 199 | 19 | 17 | .935 | 2.407 | ||||
| Brett King | 3B | 24 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ken Woods | 3B | 14 | 7 | 31 | 9 | 2 | .809 | 2.714 | ||||
| Jay Canizaro | 3B | 7 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Craig Mayes | C | 84 | 363 | 54 | 6 | 2 | .986 | 4.964 | 11 | 58 | 23 | 28.4 |
| Peto Ramirez | C | 35 | 208 | 22 | 6 | 3 | .975 | 6.571 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 42.4 |
| Darryl Kennedy | C | 18 | 104 | 12 | 6 | 4 | .951 | 6.444 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 30.8 |
| Johnny Bess | C | 12 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 6.250 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 40.0 |
| Chris Unrat | C | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.600 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Chris Singleton | CF | 112 | .000 | |||||||||
| Calvin Murray | CF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Sbrocco | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Calvin Murray | LF | 76 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Williams | LF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Woods | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett King | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Fick | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Singleton | OF | 119 | 253 | 11 | 7 | 4 | .974 | 2.218 | ||||
| Armando Ríos | OF | 115 | 191 | 17 | 6 | 3 | .972 | 1.809 | ||||
| Calvin Murray | OF | 107 | 214 | 9 | 5 | 4 | .978 | 2.084 | ||||
| Keith Williams | OF | 85 | 163 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 2.024 | ||||
| Ken Woods | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Jon Sbrocco | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brett King | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Fick | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Aaron Fultz | P | 49 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .306 | ||||
| Bob Howry | P | 48 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .875 | .146 | ||||
| Eddie Oropesa | P | 43 | 4 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.116 | ||||
| Edwin Corps | P | 43 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .419 | ||||
| Mike Villano | P | 30 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Darin Blood | P | 27 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 1 | .974 | 1.370 | ||||
| Jeff Martin | P | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Joe Fontenot | P | 26 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 3 | .935 | 1.654 | ||||
| Troy Brohawn | P | 26 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 1 | .945 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chad Frontera | P | 15 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.133 | ||||
| Andy Taulbee | P | 14 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | 1.000 | ||||
| Russ Ortiz | P | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .857 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Phillips | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Santos Hernandez | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Jason Myers | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lorenzo Barceló | P | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Chad Hartvigson | P | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Carl Schramm | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Travis Thurmond | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Armando Ríos | RF | 115 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Williams | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Singleton | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Martínez | SS | 104 | 167 | 370 | 18 | 80 | .968 | 5.163 | ||||
| Brett King | SS | 22 | 30 | 62 | 10 | 15 | .902 | 4.182 | ||||
| Ken Woods | SS | 15 | 21 | 42 | 4 | 8 | .940 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jay Canizaro | SS | 8 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 4.750 | ||||
| Totals | 2037 | 3563 | 1623 | 151 | 396 | .972 | 2.546 | 23 | 104 | 50 | 32.5 |
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.
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