1997 Sioux City Explorers Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 50-34
Finished 2nd in the NL's West Division
Manager: Ed Nottle (50-34)
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Lewis and Clark Park
Attendance: 134,580, Avg. 3,204 in 42 home dates

1997 Sioux City Explorers Roster

The Sioux City Explorers of the Northern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 50 wins and 34 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Explorers yielded 435 runs, fewest in the league. Sioux City plated 568 runs. Kevin Garner paced the team with 27 home runs, while Scott Pinoni and Nolan Lane walloped 15 or more also. Scott Pinoni drove in 92 runs. Nolan Lane led batters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Aaron Jersild topped the squad with 11 wins, and Bobby Post recorded a 3.93 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Players from the 1997 Sioux City Explorers who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Matt Turner, Mike Porzio, Julius Matos and Danny Perez.

Ed Nottle 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
Aaron Jersild	11	3	.786	3.97	20	20	0	2	0	0	122.3	126	66	54	5	41	3	90	7	0	5	538
Bobby Post	9	3	.750	3.92	21	19	0	0	0	0	128.7	135	66	56	12	16	0	58	6	1	2	538
Wes Brooks	8	7	.533	4.91	21	21	0	2	1	0	124.7	144	82	68	13	32	1	64	5	3	4	543
Steve Shoemaker	7	7	.500	4.84	19	18	1	0	0	0	115.3	147	64	62	10	32	0	77	3	0	3	520
Alonso Aguilar	5	1	.833	4.83	24	1	4	0	0	0	41.0	38	28	22	4	32	3	23	5	0	7	189
Rich Grife	5	6	.455	2.98	41	0	16	0	0	1	63.3	48	28	21	2	31	4	42	5	0	4	266
Mike Porzio	2	2	.500	4.26	27	5	6	1	1	0	61.3	75	32	29	6	27	1	63	5	0	2	284
Marc Cerbone	2	2	.500	4.99	28	0	16	0	0	1	39.7	41	25	22	4	25	0	27	5	0	4	189
Mark Barron	1	0	1.000	5.66	11	0	5	0	0	0	20.7	29	15	13	6	10	0	11	2	0	3	100
Matt Turner	0	3	.000	5.31	37	0	31	0	0	16	39.0	48	29	23	2	16	2	54	1	0	5	181
Totals	50	34	.595	4.40	249	84	79	5	2	18	756.0	831	435	370	64	262	14	509	44	4	39	3348

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
Nolan Lane	83	368	334	71	107	23	7	17	74	36	8	26	74	.320	.370	.584	.953	195	2	3	0	5	3
Scott Pinoni	84	383	325	63	102	19	2	20	92	1	0	48	60	.314	.407	.569	.977	185	4	6	0	4	1
Danny Perez	81	374	315	70	96	21	2	4	45	14	3	50	57	.305	.399	.422	.822	133	5	3	1	5	0
Julius Matos	83	380	353	64	94	12	3	6	44	8	7	20	38	.266	.311	.368	.680	130	4	4	1	2	0
Derek Kopacz	74	310	275	53	81	14	4	12	44	13	4	28	86	.295	.365	.505	.870	139	4	3	3	1	0
Kevin Garner	74	319	253	64	76	15	0	27	73	0	1	56	66	.300	.436	.680	1.116	172	5	7	0	3	8
Angelo Cox	73	340	284	59	72	10	4	7	37	31	7	41	74	.254	.358	.391	.749	111	3	7	5	3	0
Josh Kliner	84	365	299	47	71	17	3	5	31	7	8	46	54	.237	.360	.365	.724	109	5	11	9	0	0
Aaron Cannaday	67	280	249	31	67	17	0	5	43	3	2	22	65	.269	.331	.398	.729	99	8	3	2	4	1
Jose Miranda	28	91	85	15	23	3	1	2	12	0	0	5	17	.271	.319	.400	.719	34	2	1	0	0	1
Shane Slayton	38	80	72	11	18	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	13	.250	.312	.319	.632	23	3	1	0	1	0
Mike Vogel	15	64	51	3	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	15	.235	.375	.275	.650	14	1	0	0	1	0
Jayson Grevengoed	8	33	23	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	.174	.406	.217	.624	5	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Harrell	5	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Petru	6	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333	2	2	0	0	0	0
Freddy Flores	19	17	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Ahrendt	8	14	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	.100	.357	.100	.457	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Chiprez	10	8	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	.000	.375	.000	.375	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	840	3443	2967	568	830	156	26	106	506	117	41	375	648	.280	.367	.457	.824	1356	48	50	22	29	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Scott Pinoni	1B	84	746	42	10	78	.987	9.381
Jay Ahrendt	1B	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Derek Kopacz	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Josh Kliner	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Josh Kliner	2B	84	154	233	9	54	.977	4.607
Freddy Flores	2B	4	2	4	1	1	.857	1.500
Derek Kopacz	3B	73	61	130	25	7	.884	2.616
Jayson Grevengoed	3B	8	4	12	2	1	.889	2.000
Freddy Flores	3B	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Shane Slayton	3B	3	1	6	1	0	.875	2.333
Rich Petru	3B	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Aaron Cannaday	C	67	382	35	6	1	.986	6.224	7	43	22	33.8
Shane Slayton	C	16	40	0	0	0	1.000	2.500	0	3	0	0.0
Mike Vogel	C	15	102	10	2	2	.982	7.467	6	20	4	16.7
Jay Ahrendt	C	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500	0	0	0
Nolan Lane	CF	80						.000
Danny Perez	CF	6						.000
Ken Harrell	CF	2						.000
Chris Chiprez	CF	1						.000
Angelo Cox	LF	71						.000
Jose Miranda	LF	17						.000
Shane Slayton	LF	2						.000
Nolan Lane	LF	2						.000
Derek Kopacz	LF	1						.000
Ken Harrell	LF	1						.000
Chris Chiprez	LF	1						.000
Nolan Lane	OF	82	208	5	5	1	.977	2.598
Danny Perez	OF	81	160	7	6	0	.965	2.062
Angelo Cox	OF	72	164	9	6	1	.966	2.403
Jose Miranda	OF	28	35	2	0	0	1.000	1.321
Ken Harrell	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Shane Slayton	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Chris Chiprez	OF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Derek Kopacz	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rich Grife	P	41	2	9	0	4	1.000	.268
Matt Turner	P	37	1	1	0	0	1.000	.054
Marc Cerbone	P	28	3	3	0	1	1.000	.214
Mike Porzio	P	27	2	7	0	0	1.000	.333
Alonso Aguilar	P	24	4	7	0	1	1.000	.458
Bobby Post	P	21	8	13	0	2	1.000	1.000
Wes Brooks	P	21	15	12	6	1	.818	1.286
Aaron Jersild	P	20	2	17	1	0	.950	.950
Steve Shoemaker	P	19	3	21	1	0	.960	1.263
Mark Barron	P	11	0	5	0	0	1.000	.455
Danny Perez	RF	77						.000
Jose Miranda	RF	13						.000
Angelo Cox	RF	1						.000
Julius Matos	SS	83	150	250	24	57	.943	4.819
Freddy Flores	SS	4	1	5	0	1	1.000	1.500
Rich Petru	SS	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Derek Kopacz	SS	1	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.000
Totals		1252	2268	852	105	213	.967	2.492	13	66	26	28.3

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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