1996 Saskatoon Smokin' Guns Statistics
Prairie League (PL) - Independent
Team Record: 30-47
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Andre Johnson (30-47)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ballpark: J.F. Cairns Field
Attendance: 22,991, Avg. 597
1996 Saskatoon Smokin' Guns RosterTeam Record: 30-47
Finished 6th in the PL
Manager: Andre Johnson (30-47)
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ballpark: J.F. Cairns Field
Attendance: 22,991, Avg. 597
The Saskatoon Smokin' Guns of the Prairie League ended the 1996 season with a record of 30 wins and 47 losses, finishing sixth in the PL.
The Smokin' Guns scored 413 runs and allowed 540 runs, most in the circuit. Andre Johnson led Saskatoon with 15 home runs and drove in 63 runs. Wayne Weinheimer paced batters with significant playing time with a .355 average. Brian Nelson and Jess Gonzales topped the team with 6 wins each, while James Gamble recorded a 3.7 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Curt Ford played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Saskatoon Smokin' Guns to do so.
Andre Johnson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Nelson | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4.18 | 36 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 60.3 | 66 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 284 |
| Jess Gonzales | 6 | 9 | .400 | 5.10 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 136.0 | 152 | 89 | 77 | 17 | 29 | 2 | 101 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 598 |
| James Gamble | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.70 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 | 92 | 53 | 37 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 378 |
| Timothy Oakes | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.63 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 51 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 206 |
| Jim Marchesi | 3 | 3 | .500 | 5.60 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.7 | 90 | 52 | 44 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 54 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 337 |
| Stanley Hurt | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.91 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.3 | 58 | 48 | 37 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 264 |
| Derek Mix | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| Rob Gaiko | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.16 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.3 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Don Colberson | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.58 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 60 | 54 | 41 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 229 |
| Mike Spears | 1 | 6 | .143 | 7.84 | 28 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62.0 | 88 | 63 | 54 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 310 |
| Kirby Holmes | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Andre Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sheldon Sawatsky | 0 | 0 | 5.19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | |
| Wayne Weinheimer | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Kyle Billingsley | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Shane Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Josh Lommer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.32 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 |
| Bill Pitman | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12.60 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 61 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 149 |
| Totals | 30 | 47 | .390 | 5.87 | 192 | 77 | 67 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 653.7 | 809 | 540 | 426 | 71 | 277 | 11 | 485 | 38 | 3 | 35 | 3084 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kory Witmer | 74 | 308 | 287 | 44 | 93 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | .324 | .351 | .380 | .731 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Andre Johnson | 76 | 325 | 279 | 56 | 91 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 63 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 49 | .326 | .409 | .570 | .979 | 159 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Kyle Billingsley | 68 | 264 | 228 | 36 | 77 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 54 | .338 | .426 | .526 | .952 | 120 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Weinheimer | 57 | 249 | 214 | 47 | 76 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 44 | .355 | .427 | .603 | 1.030 | 129 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Nalls | 60 | 218 | 211 | 24 | 72 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | .341 | .349 | .474 | .823 | 100 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Curt Ford | 43 | 198 | 175 | 32 | 52 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 8 | .297 | .359 | .406 | .765 | 71 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Kirby Holmes | 64 | 207 | 188 | 24 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 42 | .266 | .322 | .335 | .657 | 63 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Taylor | 62 | 212 | 192 | 22 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 30 | .240 | .305 | .271 | .576 | 52 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Benji Kaber | 65 | 218 | 183 | 18 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 45 | .224 | .319 | .273 | .592 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Cory Wafer | 36 | 163 | 140 | 33 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 31 | .264 | .364 | .329 | .693 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Melero | 34 | 125 | 110 | 21 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 22 | .318 | .384 | .373 | .757 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Todd Coburn | 32 | 123 | 120 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 | .258 | .276 | .292 | .568 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Hobbs | 43 | 129 | 125 | 16 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .240 | .252 | .312 | .564 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Hopgood | 35 | 117 | 102 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | .216 | .283 | .255 | .538 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Chambers | 9 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .189 | .268 | .216 | .485 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bond | 7 | 27 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .238 | .407 | .286 | .693 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stanley Hurt | 26 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | .286 | .286 | .571 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Colberson | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Spears | 29 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Lommer | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Nelson | 38 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Sawatsky | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 882 | 2951 | 2638 | 413 | 771 | 141 | 7 | 45 | 358 | 98 | 42 | 237 | 463 | .292 | .354 | .402 | .756 | 1061 | 52 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Billingsley | 1B | 51 | 390 | 24 | 11 | 29 | .974 | 8.118 | ||||
| Todd Coburn | 1B | 14 | 97 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .990 | 7.429 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | 1B | 9 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.444 | ||||
| Shane Hobbs | 1B | 6 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.667 | ||||
| Curt Ford | 1B | 3 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | 1B | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kevin Nalls | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .333 | 1.000 | ||||
| Benji Kaber | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Stanley Hurt | 1B | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Cory Wafer | 2B | 35 | 69 | 80 | 6 | 19 | .961 | 4.257 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | 2B | 23 | 34 | 40 | 2 | 7 | .974 | 3.217 | ||||
| Matt Taylor | 2B | 21 | 51 | 60 | 7 | 14 | .941 | 5.286 | ||||
| Scott Hopgood | 2B | 8 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.875 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | 2B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Benji Kaber | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Curt Ford | 2B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Kevin Nalls | 3B | 57 | 38 | 92 | 20 | 5 | .867 | 2.281 | ||||
| Scott Hopgood | 3B | 15 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 1.733 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | 3B | 11 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 3 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Sid Melero | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Taylor | 3B | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 3.000 | ||||
| Andre Johnson | 3B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Shane Hobbs | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Benji Kaber | C | 53 | 288 | 45 | 7 | 2 | .979 | 6.283 | 18 | 57 | 29 | 33.7 |
| Shane Hobbs | C | 20 | 130 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .972 | 6.850 | 3 | 30 | 5 | 14.3 |
| Todd Coburn | C | 14 | 81 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .943 | 5.929 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 5.0 |
| Wayne Weinheimer | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirby Holmes | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Gonzales | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Billingsley | C | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kory Witmer | CF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Chambers | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sid Melero | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Johnson | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirby Holmes | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curt Ford | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kyle Billingsley | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Curt Ford | LF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Johnson | LF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sid Melero | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kyle Billingsley | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Hobbs | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Nalls | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Todd Coburn | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kory Witmer | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Lommer | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Colberson | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Chambers | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kory Witmer | OF | 71 | 177 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .973 | 2.535 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | OF | 43 | 82 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .946 | 2.047 | ||||
| Andre Johnson | OF | 33 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .925 | 1.485 | ||||
| Curt Ford | OF | 32 | 61 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .957 | 2.062 | ||||
| Sid Melero | OF | 27 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .975 | 1.444 | ||||
| Kyle Billingsley | OF | 13 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.923 | ||||
| Mark Chambers | OF | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Shane Hobbs | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 1.286 | ||||
| Kevin Nalls | OF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Josh Lommer | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Don Colberson | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Todd Coburn | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Benji Kaber | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brian Nelson | P | 36 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .194 | ||||
| Mike Spears | P | 28 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .464 | ||||
| Stanley Hurt | P | 19 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .737 | ||||
| Jess Gonzales | P | 19 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.368 | ||||
| Jim Marchesi | P | 15 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .933 | ||||
| James Gamble | P | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .800 | ||||
| Don Colberson | P | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Timothy Oakes | P | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Rob Gaiko | P | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Bill Pitman | P | 8 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Derek Mix | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Josh Lommer | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sheldon Sawatsky | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Andre Johnson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kirby Holmes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane Hobbs | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kyle Billingsley | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Wayne Weinheimer | RF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sid Melero | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Johnson | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kyle Billingsley | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kory Witmer | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Lommer | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benji Kaber | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Shane Hobbs | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Don Colberson | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Chambers | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Taylor | SS | 39 | 41 | 93 | 15 | 13 | .899 | 3.436 | ||||
| Kirby Holmes | SS | 28 | 34 | 76 | 13 | 12 | .894 | 3.929 | ||||
| Scott Hopgood | SS | 14 | 26 | 30 | 5 | 10 | .918 | 4.000 | ||||
| Michael Bond | SS | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .727 | 2.286 | ||||
| Andre Johnson | SS | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 3.667 | ||||
| Totals | 1137 | 1961 | 735 | 149 | 144 | .948 | 2.371 | 24 | 113 | 35 | 23.6 |
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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