1998 Sonoma County Crushers Statistics

Western League (WL) - Independent
Team Record: 49-41
Finished 2nd in the WL's South Division
Manager: Dick Dietz (49-41)
Location: Rohnert Park, California
Ballpark: Costco Rohnert Park
Attendance: 89,598, Avg. 2,036 in 44 home dates

1998 Sonoma County Crushers Roster

Playoffs - Sonoma County Crushers 3 games, Chico Heat 0
Finals - Sonoma County Crushers 3 games, Grays Harbor Gulls/Western Warriors 0

The Sonoma County Crushers of the Western League ended the 1998 season with a record of 49 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Crushers plated 538 runs and allowed 481 runs. Todd Pridy paced Sonoma County with 21 home runs and drove in 94 runs, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .408 average. Tony Coscia topped the squad with 10 wins, and Travis Thurmond registered a 3.05 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Carlos Crawford and Lance Blankenship both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Dick Dietz 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
Tony Coscia	10	4	.714	3.88	20	19	0	3	0	0	132.3	136	69	57	13	41	2	131	6	4	8	567
John Patton	8	6	.571	4.15	19	18	0	3	1	0	121.3	115	66	56	8	69	1	130	11	1	4	545
Travis Thurmond	6	5	.545	3.05	16	16	0	4	3	0	112.0	99	49	38	11	66	2	134	11	0	4	496
Jim Woodrow	6	5	.545	5.42	17	11	1	1	0	0	74.7	92	53	45	5	37	2	40	5	0	4	344
Tim Gower	5	4	.556	3.31	34	0	25	0	0	7	54.3	67	24	20	2	12	3	51	3	0	1	244
Steve Whitaker	4	3	.571	5.28	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.3	77	47	36	4	36	1	47	7	0	2	297
Kris Frank	2	0	1.000	2.60	6	3	1	0	0	1	27.7	25	11	8	0	7	0	21	1	0	1	115
Mike Parisi	2	1	.667	4.75	17	1	8	0	0	1	36.0	36	22	19	5	16	1	40	1	1	2	164
Eric Miller	2	2	.500	3.81	22	0	21	0	0	9	28.3	27	14	12	3	10	0	29	0	0	1	120
Brian Basteyns	2	2	.500	5.65	8	5	1	0	0	0	28.7	32	19	18	2	14	0	20	2	0	3	130
Nate Cromwell	1	2	.333	7.24	3	3	0	1	0	0	13.7	19	13	11	2	4	0	8	0	0	1	65
John Soldate	1	3	.250	7.45	21	0	9	0	0	1	38.7	48	37	32	4	20	3	24	2	0	5	186
Jeff Shinar	0	0		5.06	5	0	1	0	0	0	5.3	7	3	3	1	6	0	1	0	0	1	29
Scott Hopgood	0	0		5.40	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	6	0	0	0	24
Carlos Crawford	0	1	.000	3.00	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	8	9	2	1	2	0	4	0	0	1	28
Darrell Goedhart	0	1	.000	6.86	10	1	4	0	0	0	19.7	28	15	15	2	12	2	12	0	0	2	95
Christian Cooper	0	1	.000	8.04	5	0	1	0	0	0	15.7	20	21	14	1	15	0	15	2	0	2	89
Andy Wise	0	1	.000	9.53	3	0	2	0	0	0	5.7	9	6	6	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	33
Totals	49	41	.544	4.52	223	90	78	12	4	19	786.3	851	481	395	66	375	17	715	53	6	42	3571

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
Todd Pridy	90	418	358	82	146	29	0	21	94	4	1	42	45	.408	.478	.665	1.143	238	10	12	0	6	4
Vernon Spearman	89	428	369	89	134	21	8	2	34	40	10	53	26	.363	.439	.480	.919	177	4	0	2	4	1
Eric White	86	364	309	41	108	25	0	5	51	11	1	45	52	.350	.434	.479	.913	148	14	5	0	5	4
Al Mealing	86	365	300	54	89	22	5	6	50	14	9	42	97	.297	.388	.463	.852	139	8	8	7	8	0
Johnny Casey	74	348	302	55	80	13	1	4	46	0	0	39	36	.265	.350	.354	.704	107	12	2	2	3	0
Johnny Bess	87	362	306	49	72	10	3	11	57	5	1	48	74	.235	.344	.395	.740	121	4	4	2	2	3
David Mowry	76	320	289	35	69	13	0	8	42	0	0	21	71	.239	.300	.367	.667	106	11	6	0	4	2
Steve Dietz	84	337	284	52	68	10	1	0	35	4	2	46	48	.239	.345	.282	.627	80	7	2	1	4	0
Eric Brown	52	217	196	24	56	8	2	2	30	6	2	13	49	.286	.327	.378	.705	74	3	2	0	6	0
Cy Simonton	25	90	82	15	23	5	2	1	13	2	1	8	12	.280	.344	.427	.771	35	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Ashley	38	133	119	13	22	6	0	1	8	0	0	11	26	.185	.252	.261	.512	31	2	0	2	1	1
Scott Hopgood	36	105	91	13	15	4	0	0	7	0	0	10	23	.165	.255	.209	.464	19	3	1	3	0	0
Jason McFarlin	10	41	35	5	8	2	0	0	7	1	1	4	4	.229	.317	.286	.603	10	1	1	0	1	1
Bobby Bonds	9	39	37	6	7	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	9	.189	.231	.216	.447	8	1	0	0	0	0
Rick Skinner	3	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Lauderdale	16	26	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.087	.160	.087	.247	2	0	2	1	0	0
Lance Blankenship	2	7	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.333	.619	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	863	3605	3111	538	902	170	22	61	477	88	28	385	582	.290	.372	.418	.789	1299	80	45	20	44	16

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Todd Pridy	1B	54	418	35	10	27	.978	8.389
David Mowry	1B	31	247	18	2	26	.993	8.548
Johnny Bess	1B	7	34	3	1	3	.974	5.286
Johnny Casey	2B	71	125	205	8	37	.976	4.648
Scott Hopgood	2B	11	21	29	2	6	.962	4.545
Eric White	2B	8	5	23	2	3	.933	3.500
Steve Dietz	2B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Lance Blankenship	2B	2	6	4	0	1	1.000	5.000
Eric White	3B	80	56	119	20	10	.897	2.188
Johnny Bess	3B	10	11	8	2	0	.905	1.900
Scott Hopgood	3B	8	7	3	1	0	.909	1.250
Johnny Bess	C	63	466	59	13	1	.976	8.333	17	58	34	37.0
Steve Ashley	C	37	247	27	2	0	.993	7.405	2	43	17	28.3
Eric Miller	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Vernon Spearman	CF	89						.000
Al Mealing	CF	5						.000
Cy Simonton	CF	2						.000
Eric Brown	LF	51						.000
Cy Simonton	LF	23						.000
Jason McFarlin	LF	10						.000
Johnny Bess	LF	6						.000
Jon Lauderdale	LF	5						.000
Bobby Bonds	LF	3						.000
Rick Skinner	LF	1						.000
Vernon Spearman	OF	89	189	6	4	1	.980	2.191
Al Mealing	OF	86	156	8	6	3	.965	1.907
Eric Brown	OF	51	81	2	5	1	.943	1.627
Cy Simonton	OF	25	40	0	3	0	.930	1.600
Jon Lauderdale	OF	11	9	1	2	0	.833	.909
Jason McFarlin	OF	10	21	1	0	0	1.000	2.200
Johnny Bess	OF	7	15	1	1	0	.941	2.286
Bobby Bonds	OF	5	9	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Rick Skinner	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tim Gower	P	34	3	8	0	0	1.000	.324
Eric Miller	P	22	2	4	0	0	1.000	.273
John Soldate	P	21	1	7	0	0	1.000	.381
Tony Coscia	P	20	6	20	4	1	.867	1.300
John Patton	P	19	13	14	2	3	.931	1.421
Jim Woodrow	P	17	5	6	2	0	.846	.647
Mike Parisi	P	17	1	2	2	0	.600	.176
Travis Thurmond	P	16	6	12	3	0	.857	1.125
Steve Whitaker	P	12	0	6	1	0	.857	.500
Darrell Goedhart	P	10	2	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Brian Basteyns	P	8	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.125
Kris Frank	P	6	6	3	0	1	1.000	1.500
Jeff Shinar	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Christian Cooper	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Andy Wise	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Scott Hopgood	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Nate Cromwell	P	3	1	3	0	0	1.000	1.333
Carlos Crawford	P	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.500
Al Mealing	RF	84						.000
Jon Lauderdale	RF	6						.000
Bobby Bonds	RF	2						.000
Cy Simonton	RF	1						.000
Johnny Bess	RF	1						.000
Steve Dietz	SS	79	110	168	21	39	.930	3.519
Scott Hopgood	SS	14	27	26	1	4	.981	3.786
Johnny Casey	SS	3	6	9	2	2	.882	5.000
Rick Skinner	SS	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		1279	2359	858	122	169	.963	2.515	19	101	51	33.6

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.

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