1998 Springfield Capitals Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 48-29
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: Mal Fichman (48-29)
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 52,889, Avg. 1,392 in 38 home dates
1998 Springfield Capitals RosterTeam Record: 48-29
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: Mal Fichman (48-29)
Location: Springfield, Illinois
Ballpark: Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park
Attendance: 52,889, Avg. 1,392 in 38 home dates
Playoffs - Springfield Capitals 2 games, Evansville Otters 1
Finals - Springfield Capitals 2 games, Chillicothe Paints 1
The Springfield Capitals of the Frontier League ended the 1998 season with a record of 48 wins and 29 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Capitals tallied 509 runs and conceded 427 runs. Joe Ronca and Darren Bush paced Springfield with 16 home runs apiece. Joe Ronca recorded 77 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .344 average. Jason Simontacchi led the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 2.95 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Jason Simontacchi played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Springfield Capitals to do so.
Mal Fichman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Simontacchi | 10 | 2 | .833 | 2.95 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 110.0 | 103 | 43 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 92 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 451 |
| Greg Denly | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.85 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 86 | 47 | 39 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 337 |
| Matt Beck | 6 | 5 | .545 | 5.87 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 102 | 65 | 55 | 9 | 36 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 386 |
| Hank Woodman | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.91 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 71 | 56 | 38 | 8 | 41 | 1 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 317 |
| Brad Finken | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.57 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.7 | 98 | 58 | 46 | 10 | 33 | 3 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 402 |
| Andy Danner | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.66 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 134 |
| John McGeown | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.20 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 53 | 40 | 26 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 223 |
| Sean House | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.01 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 40.3 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 168 |
| Joe Witten | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.76 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.7 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
| Rich Sauget | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Tony Pavlovich | 1 | 2 | .333 | 1.26 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28.7 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 108 |
| Chris Gentner | 0 | 0 | 7.04 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | |
| Caleb Brown | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Chris Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | |
| Andy Hohenstein | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| Matt Bell | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | |
| Swan Austin | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| J. R. Hoffman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.48 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 |
| Brian Kern | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
| Totals | 48 | 29 | .623 | 4.59 | 251 | 77 | 71 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 674.0 | 719 | 427 | 344 | 69 | 305 | 18 | 567 | 47 | 7 | 47 | 3029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Ronca | 76 | 354 | 317 | 56 | 109 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 58 | .344 | .411 | .562 | .972 | 178 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Bush | 76 | 355 | 304 | 63 | 101 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 66 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 41 | .332 | .412 | .595 | 1.008 | 181 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Pat Evans | 73 | 310 | 272 | 56 | 91 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 47 | .335 | .406 | .559 | .965 | 152 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| A. J. Buckholz | 75 | 300 | 253 | 52 | 82 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 28 | .324 | .403 | .530 | .932 | 134 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| David Forst | 64 | 283 | 250 | 39 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 44 | .280 | .350 | .320 | .670 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Cruz | 61 | 238 | 191 | 47 | 68 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 14 | .356 | .471 | .518 | .989 | 99 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyson Lindekugel | 73 | 312 | 277 | 41 | 68 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 60 | .245 | .312 | .383 | .695 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Risinger | 68 | 260 | 227 | 34 | 55 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 36 | .242 | .320 | .366 | .686 | 83 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Barningham | 50 | 208 | 172 | 28 | 49 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 28 | .285 | .397 | .419 | .816 | 72 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Chad Saalfrank | 57 | 213 | 186 | 42 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 31 | .237 | .319 | .301 | .620 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Bone | 22 | 96 | 79 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 18 | .304 | .421 | .532 | .953 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Kalcounos | 16 | 46 | 40 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | .350 | .413 | .700 | 1.113 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bart Close | 8 | 27 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .364 | .462 | .500 | .962 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Blackwell | 10 | 34 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .208 | .412 | .208 | .620 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Cicero | 10 | 30 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .185 | .233 | .296 | .530 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jay Wiebe | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .250 | .429 | .250 | .679 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Jordan | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .833 | 1.333 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Thomas | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .286 | .444 | .286 | .730 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Farrell | 4 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Davis | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Fulgenzi | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Zorn | 4 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 762 | 3133 | 2697 | 509 | 805 | 136 | 19 | 91 | 469 | 46 | 23 | 334 | 441 | .298 | .382 | .464 | .847 | 1252 | 76 | 45 | 36 | 21 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Lindekugel | 1B | 73 | 591 | 65 | 5 | 54 | .992 | 8.986 | ||||
| Bart Close | 1B | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 5.000 | ||||
| Nate Thomas | 1B | 2 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.500 | ||||
| Steve Zorn | 1B | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Ronca | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Andy Kalcounos | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pat Evans | 1B | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| A. J. Buckholz | 2B | 75 | 130 | 213 | 14 | 48 | .961 | 4.573 | ||||
| Billy Bone | 2B | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| David Forst | 2B | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Davis | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Andy Kalcounos | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| David Forst | 3B | 51 | 19 | 74 | 17 | 5 | .845 | 1.824 | ||||
| Billy Bone | 3B | 21 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 2 | .750 | 1.429 | ||||
| Andy Kalcounos | 3B | 11 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 1 | .852 | 2.091 | ||||
| Chad Saalfrank | 3B | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 1.167 | ||||
| Mike Davis | 3B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| A. J. Buckholz | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pat Evans | C | 68 | 492 | 62 | 5 | 7 | .991 | 8.147 | 9 | 35 | 38 | 52.1 |
| Frank Cicero | C | 10 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.900 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Bart Close | C | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Darren Bush | C | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Joel Fulgenzi | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chad Saalfrank | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Barningham | CF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Blackwell | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Wiebe | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rob Farrell | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Evans | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Cruz | LF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Barningham | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Saalfrank | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Ronca | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Blackwell | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jermaine Jordan | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jay Wiebe | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Bush | OF | 65 | 109 | 11 | 5 | 2 | .960 | 1.846 | ||||
| Paul Cruz | OF | 54 | 97 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .952 | 1.852 | ||||
| Chad Saalfrank | OF | 53 | 75 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.453 | ||||
| Steve Barningham | OF | 49 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 1.735 | ||||
| Joe Ronca | OF | 15 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.067 | ||||
| John Blackwell | OF | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .800 | ||||
| Jay Wiebe | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .667 | ||||
| Jermaine Jordan | OF | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rob Farrell | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Pat Evans | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sean House | P | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .314 | ||||
| J. R. Hoffman | P | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .214 | ||||
| John McGeown | P | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .370 | ||||
| Joe Witten | P | 23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Tony Pavlovich | P | 20 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .250 | ||||
| Jason Simontacchi | P | 16 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 3 | .881 | 2.312 | ||||
| Brad Finken | P | 16 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| Matt Beck | P | 16 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Greg Denly | P | 15 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Hank Woodman | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Andy Danner | P | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Caleb Brown | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Chris Gentner | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Rich Sauget | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Swan Austin | P | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Chris Mitchell | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Kern | P | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Matt Bell | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Andy Hohenstein | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Darren Bush | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Ronca | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Barningham | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jermaine Jordan | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Evans | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Risinger | SS | 68 | 113 | 165 | 20 | 34 | .933 | 4.088 | ||||
| David Forst | SS | 17 | 24 | 35 | 3 | 9 | .952 | 3.471 | ||||
| Billy Bone | SS | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1199 | 2022 | 821 | 121 | 178 | .959 | 2.371 | 14 | 48 | 41 | 46.1 |
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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