1996 St. Catharines Stompers Statistics
Team Record: 44-32
Finished 1st in the NYPL's Stedler Division
Manager: Rocket Wheeler (44-32)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Community Park
Attendance: 56,546, Avg. 1,571 in 36 home dates
Playoffs - St. Catharines Stompers 2 games, Watertown Indians 0
Finals - Vermont Expos 2 games, St. Catharines Stompers 1
The St. Catharines Stompers of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1996 season with a record of 44 wins and 32 losses, finishing first in the league's Stedler Division.
The Stompers plated 347 runs and allowed 361 runs. Will Skett paced St. Catharines with 15 home runs and drove in 52 runs. Luis Lopez led batters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Beiker Graterol topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 1.5 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1996 St. Catharines Stompers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Paul Spoljaric, Bill Risley, Beiker Graterol, Luis Lopez, Woody Williams, John Bale, Abraham Núñez, Joe Davenport, Joe Lawrence and Jim Mann.
Rocket Wheeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beiker Graterol | 9 | 1 | .900 | 1.50 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84.0 | 59 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 330 |
| Josh Bradford | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.35 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.7 | 49 | 27 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 232 |
| Clint Lawrence | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.50 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 57.7 | 53 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 230 |
| Mike Zavershnik | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.28 | 25 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.7 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 190 |
| Derek Gaskill | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.76 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58.7 | 61 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 258 |
| Ryan Meyers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Chris McBride | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.51 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 169 |
| Jaron Seabury | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.26 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30.3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 135 |
| John Bale | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.86 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 148 |
| Jim Mann | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.62 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 27.3 | 22 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 117 |
| Joe Davenport | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 71 | 44 | 38 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 295 |
| Victor Rodriguez | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.91 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.0 | 50 | 55 | 42 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 296 |
| Paul Spoljaric | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Paxton Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Yan LaChapelle | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Bill Risley | 0 | 0 | 1.29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Woody Williams | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | |
| Chad Needle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.13 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 129 |
| Alejandro Hueda | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.71 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 41 | 33 | 30 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 151 |
| Totals | 44 | 32 | .579 | 4.02 | 235 | 76 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 651.0 | 599 | 361 | 291 | 43 | 262 | 6 | 542 | 40 | 11 | 61 | 2813 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Núñez | 75 | 342 | 297 | 43 | 83 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 37 | 14 | 31 | 43 | .279 | .353 | .357 | .710 | 106 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Will Skett | 75 | 324 | 272 | 47 | 75 | 13 | 1 | 15 | 52 | 13 | 3 | 33 | 73 | .276 | .370 | .496 | .866 | 135 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Luis Lopez | 74 | 301 | 260 | 36 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 31 | .285 | .364 | .446 | .810 | 116 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Andy Shatley | 76 | 287 | 256 | 34 | 72 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 64 | .281 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 108 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paxton Stewart | 65 | 220 | 206 | 21 | 57 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 40 | .277 | .320 | .354 | .674 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Tucci | 54 | 234 | 205 | 28 | 52 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 58 | .254 | .328 | .463 | .791 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Steve Charles | 68 | 225 | 200 | 22 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 48 | .205 | .279 | .275 | .554 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Rodriguez | 46 | 155 | 145 | 14 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | .269 | .303 | .297 | .600 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Robby Hampton | 34 | 141 | 130 | 17 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 48 | .262 | .312 | .446 | .758 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jason Koehler | 47 | 155 | 135 | 21 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 40 | .230 | .329 | .363 | .692 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Lawrence | 29 | 118 | 98 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 17 | .224 | .325 | .337 | .662 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Blaine Fortin | 29 | 89 | 82 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .220 | .273 | .354 | .626 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Allen Snelling | 39 | 113 | 104 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .144 | .205 | .154 | .359 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Johnson | 19 | 63 | 58 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | .241 | .290 | .345 | .635 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herman Gordon | 13 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .150 | .217 | .275 | .492 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Maloney | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Zavershnik | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 769 | 2818 | 2493 | 347 | 634 | 113 | 24 | 51 | 296 | 84 | 39 | 232 | 535 | .254 | .325 | .380 | .705 | 948 | 28 | 41 | 29 | 23 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Lopez | 1B | 68 | 565 | 50 | 3 | 49 | .995 | 9.044 | ||||
| Paxton Stewart | 1B | 7 | 55 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .950 | 8.143 | ||||
| Andy Shatley | 1B | 3 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | ||||
| Blaine Fortin | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jason Koehler | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Will Skett | 2B | 38 | 52 | 96 | 9 | 19 | .943 | 3.895 | ||||
| Abraham Núñez | 2B | 24 | 48 | 85 | 3 | 12 | .978 | 5.542 | ||||
| Allen Snelling | 2B | 21 | 30 | 52 | 1 | 12 | .988 | 3.905 | ||||
| Jeff Maloney | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Andy Shatley | 3B | 74 | 49 | 138 | 26 | 7 | .878 | 2.527 | ||||
| Allen Snelling | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Joe Lawrence | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mike Rodriguez | C | 35 | 229 | 14 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 6.943 | 8 | 37 | 7 | 15.9 |
| Jason Koehler | C | 27 | 168 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 6.815 | 8 | 27 | 5 | 15.6 |
| Blaine Fortin | C | 24 | 163 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 7.542 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 41.2 |
| Allen Snelling | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Will Skett | CF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Damon Johnson | CF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herman Gordon | CF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robby Hampton | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Charles | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Tucci | LF | 54 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Charles | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Snelling | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paxton Stewart | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Rodriguez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Lopez | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Charles | OF | 64 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .967 | 1.375 | ||||
| Pete Tucci | OF | 54 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.722 | ||||
| Will Skett | OF | 42 | 68 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .947 | 1.690 | ||||
| Robby Hampton | OF | 30 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 2.133 | ||||
| Damon Johnson | OF | 16 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.188 | ||||
| Paxton Stewart | OF | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.538 | ||||
| Herman Gordon | OF | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Allen Snelling | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Mike Rodriguez | OF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jim Mann | P | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .154 | ||||
| Mike Zavershnik | P | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .200 | ||||
| Victor Rodriguez | P | 21 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Chad Needle | P | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .350 | ||||
| Joe Davenport | P | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .500 | ||||
| Jaron Seabury | P | 19 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .526 | ||||
| Derek Gaskill | P | 19 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .737 | ||||
| Josh Bradford | P | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .556 | ||||
| Beiker Graterol | P | 14 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .786 | ||||
| Alejandro Hueda | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| Clint Lawrence | P | 9 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 2.111 | ||||
| John Bale | P | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Ryan Meyers | P | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Chris McBride | P | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Bill Risley | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Yan LaChapelle | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Woody Williams | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paul Spoljaric | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Paxton Stewart | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Steve Charles | RF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robby Hampton | RF | 23 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paxton Stewart | RF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Allen Snelling | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pete Tucci | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Herman Gordon | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Abraham Núñez | SS | 52 | 88 | 154 | 12 | 30 | .953 | 4.654 | ||||
| Joe Lawrence | SS | 24 | 28 | 64 | 10 | 13 | .902 | 3.833 | ||||
| Andy Shatley | SS | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Maloney | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1144 | 1953 | 811 | 109 | 157 | .962 | 2.416 | 20 | 84 | 26 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
