1998 Sioux City Explorers Statistics

Northern League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 40-46
Finished 3rd in the NL's West Division
Manager: Ed Nottle (40-46)
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Lewis and Clark Park
Attendance: 120,114, Avg. 2,930 in 41 home dates

1998 Sioux City Explorers Roster

The Sioux City Explorers of the Northern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 40 wins and 46 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Explorers scored 481 runs and conceded 488 runs. Marty Neff led Sioux City with 15 home runs and drove in 74 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Doug Bedinger topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 4.5 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers. Ed Nottle served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Doug Bedinger	9	6	.600	4.49	20	20	0	1	0	116.3	141	67	58	14	44	3	81	0	0	6	522
Dennys Gomez	7	8	.467	4.58	21	20	1	4	1	139.7	147	85	71	19	56	1	80	13	0	5	610
Bobby Post	5	6	.455	5.17	22	22	0	1	0	135.7	153	85	78	16	39	3	72	7	0	0	586
Brian Miller	4	4	.500	5.68	36	3	6	0	1	71.3	101	57	45	5	38	7	47	1	0	7	342
Chris Hill	4	5	.444	4.74	33	2	15	0	0	62.7	63	36	33	6	26	3	44	2	0	2	269
Javier Gutierrez	2	0	1.000	3.77	6	1	2	0	1	14.3	15	6	6	1	9	0	9	1	0	0	62
Derek Fahs	2	1	.667	5.00	15	0	13	0	3	18.0	22	11	10	3	4	1	16	0	0	3	80
Leonardo Patino	2	2	.500	3.96	36	1	14	0	2	36.3	40	17	16	6	18	2	38	0	1	0	164
Marc Mosman	2	6	.250	5.70	12	11	0	0	0	66.3	76	53	42	8	29	2	53	1	0	3	301
Greg Winkleman	1	0	1.000	11.25	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	20
Dale Ballance	1	3	.250	7.11	6	6	0	0	0	31.7	47	29	25	3	16	0	18	0	0	2	153
Scooter Cushman	1	5	.167	3.99	37	0	26	0	12	38.3	38	18	17	2	18	3	19	2	0	2	168
Chris Allen	0	0		4.91	2	0	1	0	0	3.7	5	2	2	0	3	0	4	1	0	1	19
Jamie Mullikin	0	0		6.00	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	14
Dan Roman	0	0		14.73	7	0	1	0	0	7.3	14	14	12	1	11	0	4	0	0	3	49
Totals	40	46	.465	5.07	257	86	80	6	20	748.7	875	488	422	85	313	25	491	29	1	34	3359

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
Marty Neff	86	379	347	55	114	33	2	15	74	12	4	22	71	.329	.369	.565	.934	196	7	3	2	5	3
Derek Kopacz	83	367	312	54	99	26	1	13	52	18	4	38	66	.317	.401	.532	.933	166	6	10	0	7	0
John Toven	81	361	332	48	95	16	0	8	37	12	4	18	40	.286	.325	.407	.732	135	7	3	4	4	0
Nolan Lane	77	338	300	52	94	16	3	13	43	14	4	32	62	.313	.388	.517	.904	155	4	5	0	1	1
Chris Sawyer	86	364	330	70	92	19	1	11	46	19	6	21	74	.279	.335	.442	.778	146	9	8	3	2	1
Dee Dalton	85	377	338	54	90	21	0	6	39	2	2	26	70	.266	.318	.382	.700	129	7	2	6	5	0
Chad Thornhill	80	311	270	44	78	16	1	4	42	1	8	31	41	.289	.368	.400	.768	108	9	5	1	4	0
Tom Carcione	81	289	253	24	62	8	1	4	39	0	1	27	52	.245	.318	.332	.650	84	11	2	3	4	1
Josh Patton	66	219	188	23	51	12	1	3	31	2	2	27	26	.271	.369	.394	.762	74	3	2	2	0	0
Chris Powell	42	171	143	27	39	7	2	7	27	8	3	14	46	.273	.367	.497	.864	71	2	8	5	1	0
Bryan Mack	30	54	50	9	15	2	0	1	5	0	0	4	17	.300	.352	.400	.752	20	1	0	0	0	0
Jose Miranda	10	46	38	11	12	3	0	2	5	0	0	7	9	.316	.435	.553	.987	21	0	1	0	0	0
Calvin Tanton	20	56	48	10	9	1	0	1	4	0	0	7	8	.188	.291	.271	.562	13	3	0	1	0	0
Neal Barwick	9	22	21	0	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.238	.238	.381	.619	8	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	836	3354	2970	481	855	183	12	88	446	88	38	274	585	.288	.354	.446	.801	1326	69	49	28	33	6

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Marty Neff	1B	56	455	40	11	54	.978	8.839
Josh Patton	1B	29	185	14	0	25	1.000	6.862
Calvin Tanton	1B	15	98	3	3	3	.971	6.733
Bryan Mack	1B	3	17	1	0	2	1.000	6.000
Neal Barwick	1B	1	1	0	0	1	1.000	1.000
John Toven	2B	78	175	250	18	57	.959	5.449
Dee Dalton	2B	8	19	15	1	7	.971	4.250
Josh Patton	2B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Dee Dalton	3B	76	64	154	10	20	.956	2.868
Josh Patton	3B	15	12	11	3	2	.885	1.533
Neal Barwick	3B	2	1	2	0	1	1.000	1.500
Tom Carcione	C	81	449	51	3	5	.994	6.173	4	76	37	32.7
Bryan Mack	C	22	75	5	2	0	.976	3.636	1	8	4	33.3
Calvin Tanton	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Josh Patton	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0	0	0
Chris Sawyer	CF	51						.000
Chris Powell	CF	40						.000
Derek Kopacz	LF	80						.000
Nolan Lane	LF	4						.000
Josh Patton	LF	3						.000
Marty Neff	LF	1						.000
Chris Sawyer	OF	86	174	12	2	2	.989	2.163
Derek Kopacz	OF	83	131	9	7	2	.952	1.687
Chris Powell	OF	40	92	10	2	4	.981	2.550
Marty Neff	OF	33	62	5	2	3	.971	2.030
Jose Miranda	OF	10	26	0	1	0	.963	2.600
Josh Patton	OF	8	9	1	1	0	.909	1.250
Nolan Lane	OF	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Bryan Mack	OF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Scooter Cushman	P	37	2	6	1	0	.889	.216
Leonardo Patino	P	36	0	2	0	0	1.000	.056
Brian Miller	P	36	5	16	3	1	.875	.583
Chris Hill	P	33	1	17	0	1	1.000	.545
Bobby Post	P	22	7	9	1	0	.941	.727
Dennys Gomez	P	21	11	20	1	2	.969	1.476
Doug Bedinger	P	20	8	16	5	1	.828	1.200
Derek Fahs	P	15	1	5	0	0	1.000	.400
Marc Mosman	P	12	6	11	2	0	.895	1.417
Dan Roman	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Javier Gutierrez	P	6	1	0	0	1	1.000	.167
Dale Ballance	P	6	0	3	1	0	.750	.500
Greg Winkleman	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jamie Mullikin	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Allen	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Chris Sawyer	RF	40						.000
Marty Neff	RF	33						.000
Jose Miranda	RF	10						.000
Josh Patton	RF	5						.000
Derek Kopacz	RF	3						.000
Bryan Mack	RF	1						.000
Chad Thornhill	SS	80	139	228	25	49	.936	4.588
Neal Barwick	SS	5	11	15	2	5	.929	5.200
Dee Dalton	SS	3	1	7	0	2	1.000	2.667
Totals		1270	2246	944	107	250	.968	2.512	5	84	41	32.8

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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