1997 Spokane Indians Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 45-31
Finished 2nd in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Garber (45-31)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 185,304, Avg. 4,876 in 38 home dates
1997 Spokane Indians RosterTeam Record: 45-31
Finished 2nd in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Jeff Garber (45-31)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Spokane, Washington
Ballpark: Avista Stadium
Attendance: 185,304, Avg. 4,876 in 38 home dates
The Spokane Indians of the Northwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 45 wins and 31 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Indians scored 514 runs and allowed 420 runs. Dee Brown led Spokane with 13 home runs and recorded 73 runs batted in. Goef Tomlinson paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .338. Jordy Alexander topped the team with 7 wins, while Scott Key earned a 3.25 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Kris Wilson, Dan Reichert, Jeremy Hill, Dee Brown, Joe Dillon, Jason Gilfillan and Corey Thurman were all players from the 1997 Spokane Indians who played in the Majors during their careers.
Jeff Garber 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordy Alexander | 7 | 3 | .700 | 4.59 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 86.3 | 82 | 59 | 44 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 366 |
| Justin Pederson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.44 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 61 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 280 |
| Kris Wilson | 5 | 3 | .625 | 4.52 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 101 | 50 | 37 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 345 |
| Jason Gooding | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.26 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 44 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 220 |
| Donald Quigley | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.40 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 56 | 35 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 212 |
| Scott Key | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.23 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69.7 | 55 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 296 |
| Dan Reichert | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.84 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 40 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 178 |
| Aaron Carter | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.06 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35.0 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 155 |
| Richard Boring | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.20 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25.3 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 121 |
| Kenny Fitzpatrick | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.24 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 |
| Jason Gilfillan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.06 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 82 |
| Jason Roeder | 2 | 1 | .667 | 7.23 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 93 |
| Todd Meady | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.72 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.3 | 68 | 38 | 27 | 4 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 283 |
| Justin Lamber | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.28 | 25 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27.3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 126 |
| Corey Thurman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 106 |
| Jaime Burton | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
| Eric Yanz | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.18 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 92 |
| Totals | 45 | 31 | .592 | 4.07 | 266 | 76 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 685.0 | 701 | 420 | 310 | 50 | 272 | 9 | 683 | 36 | 10 | 70 | 3055 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Brown | 73 | 339 | 298 | 67 | 97 | 20 | 6 | 13 | 73 | 17 | 4 | 38 | 65 | .326 | .404 | .564 | .968 | 168 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Juan LeBron | 69 | 308 | 288 | 49 | 88 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 74 | .306 | .347 | .479 | .827 | 138 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dave Willis | 65 | 272 | 252 | 36 | 72 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 54 | .286 | .327 | .429 | .756 | 108 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Goef Tomlinson | 58 | 256 | 210 | 49 | 71 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 32 | 20 | .338 | .440 | .471 | .912 | 99 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricardo Montas | 66 | 258 | 217 | 42 | 65 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 39 | .300 | .398 | .378 | .776 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Doug Blosser | 65 | 264 | 213 | 43 | 63 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 47 | 61 | .296 | .420 | .540 | .960 | 115 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Joe Caruso | 57 | 237 | 194 | 48 | 58 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 29 | 30 | .299 | .406 | .469 | .875 | 91 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Hill | 60 | 216 | 187 | 35 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 53 | .283 | .366 | .406 | .772 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rod Metzler | 62 | 250 | 224 | 37 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 48 | .228 | .286 | .335 | .621 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Merrell Ligons | 44 | 176 | 143 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 54 | .224 | .366 | .280 | .645 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Petru | 33 | 115 | 99 | 25 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 15 | .273 | .354 | .455 | .809 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Brambilla | 36 | 132 | 115 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 34 | .226 | .313 | .391 | .704 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Pagan | 26 | 73 | 68 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | .279 | .329 | .353 | .682 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Taylor | 23 | 69 | 59 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .254 | .333 | .492 | .825 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Dillon | 19 | 76 | 70 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .214 | .276 | .343 | .619 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Bautista | 29 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | .278 | .366 | .417 | .783 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Ullery | 12 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .217 | .379 | .348 | .727 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cade Griffis | 24 | 33 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .107 | .242 | .107 | .350 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown | 14 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .059 | .158 | .059 | .217 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 835 | 3163 | 2741 | 514 | 771 | 149 | 28 | 70 | 435 | 97 | 27 | 341 | 628 | .281 | .366 | .433 | .799 | 1186 | 50 | 36 | 26 | 19 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Willis | 1B | 44 | 302 | 18 | 5 | 28 | .985 | 7.273 | ||||
| Doug Blosser | 1B | 35 | 274 | 7 | 11 | 17 | .962 | 8.029 | ||||
| Mike Brambilla | 1B | 10 | 87 | 5 | 6 | 8 | .939 | 9.200 | ||||
| Ricardo Montas | 1B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Caruso | 2B | 51 | 97 | 137 | 10 | 22 | .959 | 4.588 | ||||
| Rod Metzler | 2B | 30 | 68 | 67 | 4 | 11 | .971 | 4.500 | ||||
| Rich Petru | 2B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ricardo Montas | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ricardo Montas | 3B | 56 | 33 | 97 | 17 | 9 | .884 | 2.321 | ||||
| Dave Willis | 3B | 28 | 22 | 53 | 14 | 2 | .843 | 2.679 | ||||
| Rod Metzler | 3B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Cade Griffis | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rich Petru | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeremy Hill | C | 60 | 462 | 60 | 8 | 2 | .985 | 8.700 | 29 | 61 | 27 | 30.7 |
| Carlos Pagan | C | 25 | 164 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 7.240 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 30.4 |
| Dave Ullery | C | 6 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.167 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| Cade Griffis | C | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Goef Tomlinson | CF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Metzler | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirk Taylor | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Brown | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dee Brown | LF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bobby Brown | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirk Taylor | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Metzler | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan LeBron | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cade Griffis | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dee Brown | OF | 70 | 80 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .921 | 1.171 | ||||
| Juan LeBron | OF | 65 | 104 | 9 | 8 | 4 | .934 | 1.738 | ||||
| Goef Tomlinson | OF | 55 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .972 | 1.909 | ||||
| Rod Metzler | OF | 24 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .963 | 1.083 | ||||
| Kirk Taylor | OF | 21 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.048 | ||||
| Francisco Bautista | OF | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bobby Brown | OF | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .100 | ||||
| Cade Griffis | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richard Boring | P | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Justin Lamber | P | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .120 | ||||
| Scott Key | P | 25 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .560 | ||||
| Aaron Carter | P | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .167 | ||||
| Donald Quigley | P | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .455 | ||||
| Todd Meady | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Jason Gilfillan | P | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .188 | ||||
| Jordy Alexander | P | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kris Wilson | P | 15 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.067 | ||||
| Justin Pederson | P | 15 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .333 | ||||
| Kenny Fitzpatrick | P | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jason Gooding | P | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jason Roeder | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Dan Reichert | P | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Eric Yanz | P | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .625 | ||||
| Jaime Burton | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Corey Thurman | P | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Juan LeBron | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Bautista | RF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Metzler | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kirk Taylor | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Merrell Ligons | SS | 44 | 70 | 130 | 23 | 22 | .897 | 4.545 | ||||
| Rich Petru | SS | 29 | 31 | 79 | 9 | 7 | .924 | 3.793 | ||||
| Ricardo Montas | SS | 13 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 2 | .920 | 3.538 | ||||
| Totals | 1240 | 2055 | 830 | 153 | 147 | .950 | 2.327 | 36 | 79 | 36 | 31.3 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
