1997 Syracuse SkyChiefs Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 55-87
Finished 4th in the IL's East Division
Manager: Garth Iorg (55-87)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: Alliance Bank Stadium
Attendance: 400,804, Avg. 5,982 in 67 home dates

1997 Syracuse SkyChiefs Roster

The Syracuse SkyChiefs of the International League ended the 1997 season with a record of 55 wins and 87 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.

The SkyChiefs plated 617 runs and allowed 720 runs. Rich Butler paced Syracuse with 24 home runs, while Ryan Thompson, Rich Aude and Tom Evans each walloped 15 or more as well. Rich Butler drove in 87 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Derek Brandow, Brian Smith, Roy Halladay and Ken Robinson led the team with 7 wins each, and Huck Flener recorded a 4.14 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1997 Syracuse SkyChiefs who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rubén Sierra, Mark Lukasiewicz, Robert Person, Mike Romano, Brian Smith, Tim Crabtree, Ryan Thompson, Jim Czajkowski, Sandy Martínez, Ken Robinson, Roy Halladay, Rich Butler, Jorge Brito, Jeff Manto, Luis Andújar, Julio Mosquera, Rickey Cradle, Bill Risley, Felipe Crespo, Marvin Freeman, Carlos Almánzar, Rich Aude, Shannon Stewart, Huck Flener, Tomás Pérez, Darrell Whitmore, Mike Aldrete, Steve Sinclair, Chris Carpenter, Ray Giannelli, Omar Daal, Adam Melhuse, Tom Evans and Marty Janzen.

Garth Iorg 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
Ken Robinson	7	7	.500	2.56	56	0	41	0	0	17	81.0	44	24	23	6	36	1	96	0	0	5	319
Roy Halladay	7	10	.412	4.58	22	22	0	2	2	0	125.7	132	74	64	13	53	1	64	1	3	8	537
Brian Smith	7	11	.389	5.37	31	21	2	0	0	0	137.3	169	89	82	12	51	1	73	8	3	4	619
Derek Brandow	7	11	.389	5.41	31	25	0	1	0	0	143.0	161	103	86	14	91	1	120	11	1	10	677
Huck Flener	6	6	.500	4.14	20	20	0	1	1	0	124.0	126	71	57	14	43	1	58	2	2	6	524
Carlos Almánzar	5	1	.833	1.41	32	0	17	0	0	3	51.0	30	9	8	2	8	0	47	2	0	2	189
Chris Carpenter	4	9	.308	4.50	19	19	0	3	2	0	120.0	113	64	60	16	53	0	97	3	0	8	499
Omar Daal	3	0	1.000	0.53	5	5	0	1	1	0	33.7	18	2	2	0	10	0	29	0	1	2	128
Mark Lukasiewicz	2	3	.400	5.17	30	0	9	0	0	0	31.3	37	22	18	7	13	1	31	2	0	1	146
Mike Romano	2	4	.333	4.25	40	12	9	0	0	0	108.0	100	56	51	10	74	2	83	6	0	7	487
Robert Person	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	26
Roger Doman	1	2	.333	7.59	8	0	1	0	0	0	10.7	11	9	9	3	6	0	8	0	0	1	50
Bill Risley	1	2	.333	8.22	11	1	4	0	0	0	15.3	19	15	14	5	10	0	20	3	0	2	78
Kurt Bogott	1	3	.250	7.89	16	0	6	0	0	0	21.7	23	20	19	2	15	1	16	3	0	1	106
Luis Andújar	1	6	.143	5.54	13	5	7	1	0	1	39.0	37	25	24	6	14	1	29	3	1	1	169
Mark Sievert	0	0		3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.3	5	3	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	23
Steve Sinclair	0	0		6.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	11	6	6	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	40
Kendall Rhine	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12
Marvin Freeman	0	0		9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4
Tim Crabtree	0	0		9.82	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.7	7	4	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19
Ray Giannelli	0	0		54.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	10
Jim Czajkowski	0	2	.000	3.18	16	0	6	0	0	0	22.7	21	11	8	2	14	1	13	0	0	0	101
Tim Cain	0	2	.000	5.32	13	1	6	0	0	0	22.0	26	13	13	4	14	0	14	3	0	1	107
Chad Brown	0	3	.000	6.34	22	0	14	0	0	0	38.3	41	32	27	5	26	0	26	1	0	1	178
Marty Janzen	0	5	.000	7.20	22	9	6	0	0	1	65.0	76	58	52	12	36	0	56	3	0	8	304
Totals	55	87	.387	4.71	421	142	133	9	6	23	1218.7	1218	720	638	135	582	11	902	52	11	68	5352

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
Rich Butler	137	607	537	93	161	30	9	24	87	20	7	60	107	.300	.373	.523	.896	281	11	4	3	3	2
Rich Aude	100	390	350	48	99	23	2	15	59	3	0	26	88	.283	.349	.489	.837	171	9	11	0	3	2
Tom Evans	107	442	376	60	99	17	1	15	65	1	2	53	104	.263	.365	.434	.799	163	4	9	1	3	1
Ryan Thompson	83	357	330	37	95	23	1	16	58	4	3	21	59	.288	.333	.509	.842	168	10	3	0	3	1
Jeff Patzke	96	373	316	38	90	25	2	2	29	0	3	51	66	.285	.384	.396	.779	125	4	1	3	2	3
Rob Mummau	103	382	333	47	85	17	2	8	40	2	3	35	60	.255	.337	.390	.727	130	3	7	5	2	3
Felipe Crespo	80	344	290	53	75	12	0	12	26	7	7	46	38	.259	.365	.424	.790	123	1	4	2	2	0
Shannon Stewart	58	249	208	41	72	13	1	5	24	9	6	36	26	.346	.452	.490	.942	102	1	4	1	0	3
Sandy Martínez	96	359	322	28	72	12	1	4	29	7	2	27	76	.224	.292	.304	.596	98	9	5	3	2	2
Tomás Pérez	89	355	303	32	68	13	0	1	20	3	4	37	67	.224	.308	.277	.585	84	9	0	14	1	1
Darrell Whitmore	58	222	195	23	50	15	0	4	21	7	4	24	54	.256	.338	.395	.733	77	4	1	0	2	3
Santiago Henry	44	121	116	15	28	5	1	2	16	5	1	2	21	.241	.258	.353	.612	41	3	1	1	1	0
Adam Melhuse	38	132	118	7	28	5	1	2	9	1	1	12	18	.237	.311	.347	.658	41	2	1	0	1	0
Lorenzo De La Cruz	39	134	128	11	28	4	0	5	13	1	2	6	35	.219	.254	.367	.621	47	0	0	0	0	1
Jeff Manto	40	156	132	18	27	5	1	3	11	1	2	22	30	.205	.323	.326	.648	43	3	1	1	0	1
Lonell Roberts	77	194	173	17	27	4	0	3	10	6	7	19	50	.156	.240	.231	.471	40	1	0	2	0	0
Mike Aldrete	27	93	74	8	22	5	0	0	8	0	0	17	15	.297	.424	.365	.789	27	2	0	1	1	0
Ryan Jones	41	145	123	8	17	5	1	3	16	0	2	15	28	.138	.241	.268	.510	33	2	3	0	4	0
Ray Giannelli	38	103	80	9	14	4	0	0	8	1	1	18	20	.175	.327	.225	.552	18	3	1	2	2	1
Julio Mosquera	10	38	35	5	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.229	.289	.257	.547	9	2	1	0	0	0
Jorge Brito	8	37	30	3	7	3	0	2	4	1	0	3	10	.233	.343	.533	.876	16	1	2	2	0	0
Rubén Sierra	8	34	32	5	7	2	0	1	5	0	0	2	6	.219	.265	.375	.640	12	0	0	0	0	1
Fred Soriano	17	48	44	3	5	1	1	0	4	2	0	1	7	.114	.152	.182	.334	8	0	1	2	0	0
Angel Ramirez	7	25	23	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.174	.174	.217	.391	5	1	0	2	0	0
Rickey Cradle	11	29	25	4	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	9	.120	.241	.240	.481	6	0	2	0	0	0
Luis Rodriguez	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1415	5371	4695	617	1191	245	24	128	566	81	58	537	1008	.254	.336	.398	.734	1868	85	62	45	32	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Rich Aude	1B	68	587	34	10	78	.984	9.132
Ryan Jones	1B	40	333	16	3	43	.991	8.725
Mike Aldrete	1B	22	173	10	2	18	.989	8.318
Felipe Crespo	1B	19	151	11	4	16	.976	8.526
Ray Giannelli	1B	6	25	1	0	2	1.000	4.333
Jeff Manto	1B	2	13	4	0	2	1.000	8.500
Jeff Patzke	2B	78	153	238	10	74	.975	5.013
Rob Mummau	2B	35	68	103	4	23	.977	4.886
Felipe Crespo	2B	28	47	78	5	20	.962	4.464
Santiago Henry	2B	8	16	21	2	6	.949	4.625
Fred Soriano	2B	2	2	5	1	1	.875	3.500
Lonell Roberts	2B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Adam Melhuse	2B	1	1	3	0	1	1.000	4.000
Tom Evans	3B	104	83	242	12	27	.964	3.125
Rob Mummau	3B	30	18	55	0	3	1.000	2.433
Jeff Manto	3B	7	3	15	1	2	.947	2.571
Felipe Crespo	3B	3	2	10	0	1	1.000	4.000
Lonell Roberts	3B	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	4.000
Jeff Patzke	3B	1	2	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Rich Butler	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Sandy Martínez	C	92	588	50	9	8	.986	6.935	4	44	26	37.1
Adam Melhuse	C	36	211	20	2	3	.991	6.417	2	21	11	34.4
Julio Mosquera	C	10	55	5	1	0	.984	6.000	0	8	2	20.0
Jorge Brito	C	8	58	5	2	1	.969	7.875	0	4	2	33.3
Luis Rodriguez	C	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000	0	0	0
Rob Mummau	C	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Lonell Roberts	CF	51						.000
Rich Butler	CF	49						.000
Shannon Stewart	CF	29						.000
Ryan Thompson	CF	13						.000
Darrell Whitmore	CF	9						.000
Rickey Cradle	CF	5						.000
Felipe Crespo	CF	4						.000
Angel Ramirez	CF	1						.000
Rich Butler	LF	94						.000
Shannon Stewart	LF	26						.000
Rob Mummau	LF	16						.000
Jeff Manto	LF	5						.000
Lonell Roberts	LF	4						.000
Felipe Crespo	LF	4						.000
Rubén Sierra	LF	2						.000
Rich Aude	LF	2						.000
Mike Aldrete	LF	2						.000
Ryan Thompson	LF	1						.000
Rich Butler	OF	135	236	8	8	4	.968	1.807
Ryan Thompson	OF	76	117	4	1	0	.992	1.592
Lonell Roberts	OF	67	83	3	3	0	.966	1.284
Shannon Stewart	OF	55	115	1	2	0	.983	2.109
Darrell Whitmore	OF	39	69	1	1	0	.986	1.795
Felipe Crespo	OF	30	47	4	3	2	.944	1.700
Rob Mummau	OF	16	20	0	1	0	.952	1.250
Lorenzo De La Cruz	OF	9	16	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Rubén Sierra	OF	8	10	2	1	1	.923	1.500
Angel Ramirez	OF	7	8	0	3	0	.727	1.143
Rickey Cradle	OF	7	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.429
Jeff Manto	OF	5	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.400
Rich Aude	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Mike Aldrete	OF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Adam Melhuse	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ken Robinson	P	56	3	8	0	0	1.000	.196
Mike Romano	P	40	6	10	0	1	1.000	.400
Carlos Almánzar	P	32	1	5	0	0	1.000	.188
Brian Smith	P	31	6	19	0	0	1.000	.806
Derek Brandow	P	31	2	9	2	1	.846	.355
Mark Lukasiewicz	P	30	1	2	0	1	1.000	.100
Marty Janzen	P	22	4	11	1	0	.938	.682
Roy Halladay	P	22	9	16	1	1	.962	1.136
Chad Brown	P	22	2	5	0	0	1.000	.318
Huck Flener	P	20	6	25	3	4	.912	1.550
Chris Carpenter	P	19	5	16	0	4	1.000	1.105
Jim Czajkowski	P	16	0	3	0	0	1.000	.188
Kurt Bogott	P	16	1	5	1	0	.857	.375
Tim Cain	P	13	3	7	1	1	.909	.769
Luis Andújar	P	13	1	6	1	0	.875	.538
Bill Risley	P	11	0	0	0	0		.000
Roger Doman	P	8	3	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Steve Sinclair	P	6	1	2	1	0	.750	.500
Omar Daal	P	5	2	5	0	0	1.000	1.400
Tim Crabtree	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Mark Sievert	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Kendall Rhine	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Robert Person	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Ray Giannelli	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Marvin Freeman	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Ryan Thompson	RF	63						.000
Darrell Whitmore	RF	31						.000
Felipe Crespo	RF	23						.000
Lonell Roberts	RF	12						.000
Lorenzo De La Cruz	RF	9						.000
Rubén Sierra	RF	6						.000
Angel Ramirez	RF	6						.000
Rickey Cradle	RF	2						.000
Adam Melhuse	RF	1						.000
Tomás Pérez	SS	89	158	274	12	78	.973	4.854
Santiago Henry	SS	32	57	84	11	24	.928	4.406
Rob Mummau	SS	17	25	38	8	10	.887	3.706
Fred Soriano	SS	14	19	35	3	8	.947	3.857
Totals		2109	3656	1549	136	470	.975	2.468	6	77	41	34.7

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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