1996 Savannah Sand Gnats Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 72-69
Finished 2nd in the SAL's South Division
Manager: John Shoemaker (72-69)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Ballpark: Grayson Stadium
Attendance: 122,448, Avg. 1,801 in 68 home dates

1996 Savannah Sand Gnats Roster

Playoffs - Savannah Sand Gnats 2 games, Columbus RedStixx 0
Playoffs - Savannah Sand Gnats 2 games, Piedmont Boll Weevils 0
Finals - Savannah Sand Gnats 3 games, Delmarva Shorebirds 1

The Savannah Sand Gnats of the South Atlantic League ended the 1996 season with a record of 72 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Sand Gnats scored 671 runs and conceded 637 runs. Eric Stuckenschneider and Adrian Beltré led Savannah with 16 home runs apiece. Juan Hernaiz drove in 73 runs. Jose Pimentel and Juan Hernaiz paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .278 clip. John Davis topped the team with 9 wins, while Éric Gagné recorded a 3.28 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1996 Savannah Sand Gnats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Éric Gagné, Mike Judd, Onan Masaoka, Ricky Stone, Nate Bland, Juan Sosa, Adrian Beltré, Ángel Peña, Luke Prokopec and Gerónimo Gil.

John Shoemaker 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
John Davis	9	5	.643	2.74	38	10	8	2	0	1	111.7	72	39	34	7	58	3	123	10	2	16	461
Éric Gagné	7	6	.538	3.28	23	21	0	1	1	0	115.3	94	48	42	11	43	1	131	1	5	7	474
Dave Spykstra	6	4	.600	3.31	28	14	5	2	0	0	100.7	83	47	37	8	44	0	104	6	0	19	440
J. J. Pearsall	6	5	.545	3.29	45	2	13	0	0	3	87.7	76	48	32	6	46	3	88	7	3	8	394
Carl South	6	5	.545	4.12	33	10	7	0	0	0	96.0	85	58	44	8	42	4	84	3	0	12	422
Chris Ochsenfeld	6	7	.462	4.19	26	18	3	0	0	1	109.7	118	66	51	7	52	0	79	8	3	17	487
Darrin Babineaux	5	5	.500	4.82	13	12	0	1	0	0	71.0	70	45	38	6	30	1	48	1	2	6	307
Matt McDonald	5	6	.455	4.73	28	13	7	0	0	3	83.7	66	56	44	6	50	0	85	3	1	6	365
Mike Judd	4	2	.667	2.44	15	8	7	1	0	3	55.3	40	21	15	2	15	0	62	2	0	9	220
Marc Charbonneau	4	6	.400	4.71	25	9	6	0	0	0	80.3	84	52	42	6	31	2	82	3	2	6	353
Tony Nakashima	3	2	.600	2.45	27	0	8	0	0	2	36.7	20	11	10	2	19	1	39	0	0	0	150
Yason Torres	3	4	.429	4.28	42	0	20	0	0	3	61.0	52	39	29	5	29	0	32	9	2	4	270
Ricky Stone	2	1	.667	3.98	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.7	34	15	14	2	9	0	31	0	0	5	130
Dan Ricabal	2	4	.333	2.28	40	0	37	0	0	24	55.3	32	19	14	4	17	2	78	5	1	2	225
Onan Masaoka	2	5	.286	4.29	13	13	0	0	0	0	65.0	55	35	31	7	35	0	80	6	2	3	283
Nate Bland	1	0	1.000	1.63	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.7	24	8	5	0	10	0	24	1	0	2	115
Julio Parra	1	1	.500	2.30	12	0	5	0	0	2	15.7	8	4	4	2	6	0	19	1	0	0	59
Lance Backowski	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Craig Allen	0	0		2.45	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.7	4	4	1	2	3	0	2	0	0	1	18
Jason Reed	0	0		7.15	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.3	14	10	9	2	7	0	8	0	0	0	54
Travis Meyer	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Jeff Keppen	0	1	.000	2.25	12	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	13	10	5	0	20	3	26	5	0	3	100
Totals	72	69	.511	3.65	438	141	134	7	1	42	1241.3	1046	637	503	93	567	20	1229	71	23	126	5336

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
Juan Hernaiz	132	527	492	68	137	19	8	14	73	42	15	21	96	.278	.317	.435	.752	214	5	8	3	3	3
Eric Stuckenschneider	140	599	470	111	130	28	6	16	63	50	18	111	96	.277	.424	.464	.888	218	4	12	2	4	5
Jose Pimentel	123	508	461	66	128	21	4	7	54	50	19	28	100	.278	.330	.386	.716	178	9	10	5	4	1
Juan Sosa	112	406	370	58	94	21	2	7	38	14	12	30	64	.254	.311	.378	.689	140	9	1	4	1	2
Greg Morrison	94	321	299	32	76	11	4	4	39	4	7	19	65	.254	.299	.358	.657	107	0	1	0	2	1
Adrian Beltré	68	288	244	48	75	14	3	16	59	4	3	35	46	.307	.406	.586	.992	143	7	7	0	2	2
Rafael Ozuna	87	346	307	41	75	12	5	5	27	9	3	28	69	.244	.310	.365	.675	112	4	2	7	2	2
Gerónimo Gil	79	293	276	29	67	13	1	7	38	0	2	8	69	.243	.274	.373	.647	103	4	5	1	3	3
Travis Meyer	68	212	185	23	54	8	2	3	20	0	0	22	42	.292	.376	.405	.782	75	4	3	2	0	1
Manny Gonzalez	65	255	231	30	53	10	2	1	19	15	8	20	52	.229	.291	.303	.594	70	3	1	1	2	0
Luke Prokopec	82	280	245	34	53	12	1	4	29	0	5	27	78	.216	.300	.322	.622	79	5	4	0	4	2
Brian Harmon	85	284	230	36	50	11	0	10	37	0	3	50	56	.217	.359	.396	.755	91	1	2	0	2	1
Jose Mateo	111	359	308	33	50	3	1	2	16	15	5	34	89	.162	.263	.198	.461	61	2	8	9	0	0
Brian Zaun	52	160	147	14	30	5	0	0	11	1	0	7	41	.204	.269	.238	.507	35	3	6	0	0	1
Ángel Peña	36	135	127	13	26	4	0	6	16	1	1	7	37	.205	.246	.378	.624	48	1	0	1	0	1
Jon Tucker	14	56	47	8	15	2	1	1	12	1	0	6	7	.319	.400	.468	.868	22	2	1	1	1	0
Chad Roney	24	47	41	3	14	2	0	0	4	0	0	5	6	.341	.413	.390	.803	16	1	0	1	0	0
Miguel Garcia	17	74	66	8	10	3	0	0	5	4	3	8	15	.152	.243	.197	.440	13	0	0	0	0	0
Danilo Sotelo	10	43	38	5	8	2	2	0	3	2	0	5	6	.211	.302	.368	.671	14	1	0	0	0	0
Trent Cuevas	15	48	46	2	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	14	.152	.146	.174	.320	8	0	0	0	2	0
Lance Backowski	30	58	49	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	19	.122	.246	.122	.368	6	1	1	1	0	0
Jaime Malave	6	18	16	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	3	.250	.278	.250	.528	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jason Weekley	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	1451	5322	4699	671	1162	202	42	103	574	212	106	479	1070	.247	.324	.374	.698	1757	66	73	38	33	26

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Brian Harmon	1B	73	491	46	9	39	.984	7.356
Greg Morrison	1B	71	513	44	14	33	.975	7.845
Jon Tucker	1B	14	118	11	0	6	1.000	9.214
Travis Meyer	1B	5	38	2	0	2	1.000	8.000
Rafael Ozuna	2B	81	142	184	26	33	.926	4.025
Juan Sosa	2B	45	88	117	4	25	.981	4.556
Lance Backowski	2B	18	14	24	4	4	.905	2.111
Danilo Sotelo	2B	10	25	31	1	4	.982	5.600
Adrian Beltré	2B	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Adrian Beltré	3B	67	55	143	18	12	.917	2.955
Brian Zaun	3B	52	26	75	10	6	.910	1.942
Juan Sosa	3B	31	15	57	6	4	.923	2.323
Lance Backowski	3B	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750
Trent Cuevas	3B	3	3	2	2	0	.714	1.667
Gerónimo Gil	C	63	514	56	10	1	.983	9.048	17
Travis Meyer	C	51	388	40	9	5	.979	8.392	8
Ángel Peña	C	30	238	39	6	4	.979	9.233	4
Chad Roney	C	17	69	5	1	0	.987	4.353	3
Jaime Malave	C	3	19	2	1	0	.955	7.000	0
Juan Hernaiz	OF	123	201	13	5	5	.977	1.740
Jose Pimentel	OF	116	211	11	5	2	.978	1.914
Eric Stuckenschneider	OF	105	141	5	4	0	.973	1.390
Luke Prokopec	OF	54	59	5	8	1	.889	1.185
Manny Gonzalez	OF	39	63	3	1	0	.985	1.692
Miguel Garcia	OF	11	27	2	1	1	.967	2.636
Jason Weekley	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
J. J. Pearsall	P	45	5	9	5	0	.737	.311
Yason Torres	P	42	1	11	3	0	.800	.286
Dan Ricabal	P	40	5	14	0	0	1.000	.475
John Davis	P	38	9	16	2	3	.926	.658
Carl South	P	33	9	17	3	0	.897	.788
Dave Spykstra	P	28	7	12	1	1	.950	.679
Matt McDonald	P	28	3	15	2	0	.900	.643
Tony Nakashima	P	27	3	7	0	1	1.000	.370
Chris Ochsenfeld	P	26	3	23	2	1	.929	1.000
Marc Charbonneau	P	25	2	8	3	0	.769	.400
Éric Gagné	P	23	6	14	1	0	.952	.870
Mike Judd	P	15	8	7	2	0	.882	1.000
Onan Masaoka	P	13	2	10	2	0	.857	.923
Darrin Babineaux	P	13	8	7	1	1	.938	1.154
Julio Parra	P	12	0	2	0	0	1.000	.167
Jeff Keppen	P	12	1	3	1	1	.800	.333
Ricky Stone	P	5	4	4	1	1	.889	1.600
Jason Reed	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Nate Bland	P	5	0	3	0	0	1.000	.600
Travis Meyer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Lance Backowski	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Craig Allen	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jose Mateo	SS	109	136	256	34	38	.920	3.596
Juan Sosa	SS	41	36	87	12	11	.911	3.000
Trent Cuevas	SS	9	12	11	1	6	.958	2.556
Rafael Ozuna	SS	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.333
Lance Backowski	SS	2	0	1	0	1	1.000	.500
Totals		1690	3724	1461	222	253	.959	3.068	32	0	0

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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