1998 Sonoma County Crushers Statistics
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
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.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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
