1996 South Bend Silver Hawks Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 54-82
Finished 5th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Dave Keller (54-82)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Ballpark: Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium
Attendance: 214,721, Avg. 3,520 in 61 home dates
1996 South Bend Silver Hawks RosterTeam Record: 54-82
Finished 5th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Dave Keller (54-82)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: South Bend, Indiana
Ballpark: Stanley Coveleski Regional Stadium
Attendance: 214,721, Avg. 3,520 in 61 home dates
The South Bend Silver Hawks of the Midwest League ended the 1996 season with a record of 54 wins and 82 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Silver Hawks plated 566 runs and yielded 665 runs. Brian Simmons paced South Bend with 17 home runs, and Jeff Liefer walloped 15 or more, too. Brian Simmons and Jeff Liefer each recorded 58 runs batted in. Steve Friedrich topped all regular batters with a .264 average. Carlos Castillo paced the team with 9 wins, while Jason Secoda recorded a 3.99 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jeff Liefer, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne, Mario Valdez, Mark Johnson, Luis García, Chris Heintz and Carlos Castillo were all players from the 1996 South Bend Silver Hawks who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dave Keller 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Castillo | 9 | 9 | .500 | 4.05 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 133.3 | 131 | 74 | 60 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 128 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 557 |
| Derek Hasselhoff | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.02 | 35 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 47.7 | 46 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 205 |
| Ariel Garcia | 6 | 10 | .375 | 4.58 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.3 | 159 | 96 | 77 | 11 | 48 | 0 | 76 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 659 |
| Jason Secoda | 6 | 12 | .333 | 3.97 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 133.7 | 132 | 84 | 59 | 9 | 75 | 0 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 605 |
| Jason Olsen | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.75 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 220 |
| Carlos Chantres | 4 | 5 | .444 | 3.60 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 61 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 274 |
| Kevin Beirne | 4 | 11 | .267 | 4.15 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 145.3 | 153 | 85 | 67 | 5 | 60 | 0 | 110 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 627 |
| Tim Kraus | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.67 | 35 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81.0 | 82 | 42 | 24 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 355 |
| Shane Buteaux | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.23 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 37 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 178 |
| Erik Des Rosiers | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.72 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 68 | 41 | 36 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 293 |
| Michael Vota | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.57 | 34 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 79 | 41 | 33 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 299 |
| Sean Duncan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.38 | 43 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 56.0 | 43 | 29 | 21 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 238 |
| Kelly Kruse | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.89 | 26 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 163 |
| Ryan Filbeck | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.63 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34.7 | 27 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Alex Portillo | 0 | 0 | 2.89 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | |
| John Quirk | 0 | 0 | 4.26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | |
| Greg Shepard | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Joel Garber | 0 | 5 | .000 | 5.10 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 60 | 40 | 27 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 224 |
| Totals | 54 | 82 | .397 | 3.92 | 380 | 136 | 129 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 1176.7 | 1174 | 665 | 513 | 78 | 426 | 0 | 825 | 56 | 23 | 72 | 5119 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Friedrich | 133 | 582 | 545 | 51 | 144 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 11 | 20 | 114 | .264 | .297 | .349 | .645 | 190 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Brian Simmons | 92 | 411 | 356 | 73 | 106 | 29 | 6 | 17 | 58 | 14 | 9 | 48 | 69 | .298 | .380 | .556 | .937 | 198 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Brent Wilhelm | 107 | 450 | 380 | 55 | 92 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 57 | 55 | .242 | .347 | .339 | .686 | 129 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Ryan Topham | 114 | 456 | 392 | 50 | 91 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 18 | 9 | 53 | 106 | .232 | .326 | .349 | .675 | 137 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Liefer | 74 | 316 | 277 | 60 | 90 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 62 | .325 | .396 | .538 | .933 | 149 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| David Cancel | 96 | 340 | 315 | 30 | 79 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 37 | .251 | .276 | .305 | .581 | 96 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Mario Valdez | 61 | 246 | 202 | 46 | 76 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 43 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 42 | .376 | .480 | .619 | 1.098 | 125 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jeffrey Johnson | 102 | 381 | 345 | 27 | 62 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 22 | 49 | .180 | .226 | .235 | .461 | 81 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| Chris Heintz | 64 | 258 | 230 | 25 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 46 | .265 | .339 | .339 | .678 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Johnson | 67 | 262 | 214 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 25 | .257 | .368 | .379 | .747 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Brian Drent | 93 | 344 | 291 | 37 | 55 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 44 | 107 | .189 | .296 | .275 | .571 | 80 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Luis García | 58 | 232 | 221 | 23 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 29 | .217 | .250 | .281 | .531 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brian Bowness | 65 | 223 | 203 | 19 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 36 | .202 | .269 | .232 | .501 | 47 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greg Shepard | 54 | 158 | 142 | 17 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 40 | .268 | .325 | .317 | .642 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Frank Anderson | 68 | 230 | 213 | 8 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 89 | .155 | .198 | .263 | .461 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuck Klee | 18 | 64 | 55 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | .236 | .317 | .345 | .663 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chuck Antczak | 16 | 35 | 31 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .097 | .176 | .161 | .338 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Hayes | 9 | 38 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | .071 | .263 | .179 | .442 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| John Strasser | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sergio Izquierdo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1295 | 5036 | 4450 | 566 | 1090 | 213 | 34 | 71 | 494 | 117 | 84 | 445 | 947 | .245 | .317 | .356 | .673 | 1584 | 80 | 45 | 52 | 44 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Valdez | 1B | 52 | 438 | 41 | 8 | 29 | .984 | 9.212 | ||||
| Brian Bowness | 1B | 51 | 428 | 25 | 8 | 41 | .983 | 8.882 | ||||
| Greg Shepard | 1B | 26 | 183 | 13 | 3 | 12 | .985 | 7.538 | ||||
| Chris Heintz | 1B | 11 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .990 | 9.364 | ||||
| Brent Wilhelm | 1B | 6 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Steve Friedrich | 2B | 109 | 203 | 282 | 32 | 64 | .938 | 4.450 | ||||
| Jeffrey Johnson | 2B | 28 | 42 | 69 | 2 | 10 | .982 | 3.964 | ||||
| Brent Wilhelm | 2B | 5 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .889 | 3.200 | ||||
| Greg Shepard | 2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Heintz | 3B | 50 | 41 | 89 | 13 | 8 | .909 | 2.600 | ||||
| Brent Wilhelm | 3B | 43 | 49 | 82 | 15 | 2 | .897 | 3.047 | ||||
| Jeff Liefer | 3B | 36 | 31 | 62 | 23 | 6 | .802 | 2.583 | ||||
| Steve Friedrich | 3B | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.800 | ||||
| Greg Shepard | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chuck Klee | 3B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Chuck Antczak | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Frank Anderson | C | 68 | 396 | 42 | 19 | 3 | .958 | 6.441 | 9 | 54 | 19 | 26.0 |
| Mark Johnson | C | 65 | 408 | 37 | 9 | 1 | .980 | 6.846 | 13 | 63 | 28 | 30.8 |
| Chuck Antczak | C | 11 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .904 | 4.273 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 4.2 |
| Greg Shepard | C | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sergio Izquierdo | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Simmons | CF | 90 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Cancel | CF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Drent | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Topham | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Friedrich | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Topham | LF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis García | LF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Drent | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Cancel | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Shepard | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Hayes | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Topham | OF | 102 | 183 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .969 | 1.853 | ||||
| Brian Simmons | OF | 91 | 204 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .968 | 2.352 | ||||
| David Cancel | OF | 79 | 164 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .966 | 2.139 | ||||
| Brian Drent | OF | 78 | 130 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .958 | 1.744 | ||||
| Luis García | OF | 48 | 112 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 2.479 | ||||
| Greg Shepard | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Darren Hayes | OF | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Steve Friedrich | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sean Duncan | P | 43 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .372 | ||||
| Tim Kraus | P | 35 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .600 | ||||
| Derek Hasselhoff | P | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Michael Vota | P | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Jason Secoda | P | 31 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .912 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kelly Kruse | P | 26 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .385 | ||||
| Ariel Garcia | P | 26 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 0 | .902 | 1.423 | ||||
| Kevin Beirne | P | 26 | 9 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| Shane Buteaux | P | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| Carlos Castillo | P | 20 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 0 | .806 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ryan Filbeck | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Joel Garber | P | 14 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Erik Des Rosiers | P | 14 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Carlos Chantres | P | 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jason Olsen | P | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alex Portillo | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| John Quirk | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Greg Shepard | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brian Drent | RF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Topham | RF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Cancel | RF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis García | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Darren Hayes | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Greg Shepard | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Simmons | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeffrey Johnson | SS | 74 | 102 | 204 | 22 | 37 | .933 | 4.135 | ||||
| Brent Wilhelm | SS | 33 | 31 | 104 | 9 | 20 | .938 | 4.091 | ||||
| Steve Friedrich | SS | 19 | 28 | 52 | 10 | 10 | .889 | 4.211 | ||||
| Chuck Klee | SS | 16 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 8 | .878 | 4.062 | ||||
| John Strasser | SS | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1940 | 3530 | 1401 | 242 | 282 | .953 | 2.542 | 28 | 143 | 48 | 25.1 |
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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