1998 Syracuse SkyChiefs Statistics
Team Record: 80-62
Finished 2nd in the IL's North Division
Manager: Terry Bevington (80-62)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Syracuse, New York
Ballpark: Alliance Bank Stadium
Attendance: 420,488, Avg. 6,184 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Buffalo Bisons 3 games, Syracuse SkyChiefs 0
The Syracuse SkyChiefs of the International League ended the 1998 season with a record of 80 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The SkyChiefs led the circuit with just 567 runs allowed. Syracuse scored 653 runs. Pat Lennon paced the team with 27 home runs, while Pat Kelly, Kevin Witt and Tom Evans each walloped 15 or more also. Pat Lennon drove in 95 runs. Tom Evans topped all regular batters by connecting at a .300 clip. Shannon Withem paced the squad with 17 wins and a team-best 3.28 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Tom Evans, Billy Koch, Mark Dalesandro, Kevin Witt, Pat Kelly, Ben VanRyn, Dave Stieb, Steve Sinclair, Tomás Pérez, Tony Phillips, Kevin Brown, Chris Woodward, Adam Melhuse, Tim Costo, Anthony Sanders, Robert Person, Mark Lukasiewicz, Alex Delgado, José Herrera, Carlos Delgado, Dane Johnson, Ryan Freel, Roy Halladay, José Cruz, Mike Romano, Benito Santiago, Luis Andújar, Luis Lopez, Juan Bell, Paul Fletcher, Alonzo Powell, Pat Lennon, Julio Mosquera, Kelvim Escobar, Peter Munro, Beiker Graterol, Carlos Almánzar and Shannon Withem were all players from the 1998 Syracuse SkyChiefs who played in the Majors during their careers.
Terry Bevington 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Withem | 17 | 5 | .773 | 3.27 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 189.7 | 176 | 72 | 69 | 14 | 58 | 2 | 113 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 781 |
| Beiker Graterol | 9 | 2 | .818 | 4.59 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 103 | 55 | 49 | 10 | 32 | 1 | 62 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 422 |
| Roy Halladay | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.79 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116.3 | 107 | 52 | 49 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 71 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 500 |
| Mike Romano | 8 | 6 | .571 | 4.14 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 117.3 | 131 | 66 | 54 | 13 | 53 | 3 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 516 |
| Mark Sievert | 7 | 6 | .538 | 4.12 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96.0 | 92 | 48 | 44 | 8 | 59 | 2 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 423 |
| Dave Stieb | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.73 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 252 |
| Steve Sinclair | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.17 | 43 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49.7 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
| Luis Andújar | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.12 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 34.0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 130 |
| Robert Person | 3 | 3 | .500 | 2.29 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 59.0 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 238 |
| Paul Fletcher | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.70 | 48 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 73.3 | 65 | 29 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 312 |
| Carlos Almánzar | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.31 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.7 | 44 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 211 |
| Ben VanRyn | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.51 | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41.0 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
| Mark Lukasiewicz | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.40 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.7 | 38 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 201 |
| Kelvim Escobar | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.77 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59.7 | 51 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 253 |
| Peter Munro | 2 | 5 | .286 | 7.46 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 58 | 42 | 37 | 7 | 23 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 213 |
| Dane Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.18 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| D. J. Harris | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.98 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.7 | 40 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 172 |
| Billy Koch | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.29 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| Jay Yennaco | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 55 | 27 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 174 |
| Totals | 80 | 62 | .563 | 3.68 | 397 | 142 | 132 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 1231.7 | 1150 | 567 | 503 | 124 | 496 | 27 | 860 | 65 | 4 | 55 | 5220 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Herrera | 118 | 516 | 473 | 72 | 129 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 32 | 60 | .273 | .318 | .419 | .736 | 198 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Pat Lennon | 126 | 529 | 438 | 87 | 127 | 22 | 4 | 27 | 95 | 12 | 4 | 87 | 121 | .290 | .408 | .543 | .952 | 238 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kevin Witt | 126 | 521 | 455 | 71 | 124 | 20 | 3 | 23 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 124 | .273 | .354 | .481 | .835 | 219 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Tom Evans | 109 | 459 | 400 | 57 | 120 | 32 | 1 | 15 | 55 | 11 | 7 | 50 | 74 | .300 | .388 | .498 | .885 | 199 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Costo | 101 | 396 | 365 | 45 | 108 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 72 | .296 | .344 | .471 | .816 | 172 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tomás Pérez | 116 | 426 | 404 | 40 | 102 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 67 | .252 | .284 | .332 | .616 | 134 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Kelly | 80 | 346 | 291 | 58 | 82 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 39 | 60 | .282 | .376 | .553 | .929 | 161 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Alex Delgado | 82 | 319 | 286 | 22 | 67 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 39 | .234 | .304 | .346 | .650 | 99 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ben Candelaria | 69 | 279 | 251 | 28 | 62 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 68 | .247 | .312 | .398 | .710 | 100 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 45 | 182 | 164 | 25 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 20 | .268 | .335 | .518 | .853 | 85 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| José Cruz | 40 | 174 | 141 | 29 | 42 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 32 | .298 | .425 | .560 | .986 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Santiago Henry | 62 | 233 | 216 | 20 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 55 | .194 | .236 | .310 | .546 | 67 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Sanders | 60 | 236 | 209 | 23 | 40 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 65 | .191 | .270 | .311 | .581 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryan Freel | 37 | 151 | 118 | 19 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 16 | .229 | .377 | .314 | .691 | 37 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Julio Mosquera | 28 | 105 | 94 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | .213 | .279 | .340 | .619 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Woodward | 25 | 94 | 85 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | .200 | .261 | .341 | .602 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Probst | 12 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .333 | .371 | .455 | .826 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Melhuse | 12 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .289 | .391 | .447 | .839 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alonzo Powell | 15 | 56 | 48 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | .229 | .339 | .438 | .777 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Lopez | 11 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .220 | .312 | .293 | .605 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Phillips | 10 | 47 | 32 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | .250 | .489 | .375 | .864 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Bell | 12 | 41 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .211 | .250 | .368 | .618 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Brown | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .625 | .625 | .875 | 1.500 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benito Santiago | 5 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .227 | .261 | .318 | .579 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Delgado | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .571 | .667 | 1.286 | 1.952 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Mummau | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .429 | .429 | .571 | 1.000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Rodriguez | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .133 | .125 | .133 | .258 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Grebeck | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1314 | 5306 | 4682 | 653 | 1231 | 250 | 31 | 164 | 607 | 111 | 59 | 506 | 963 | .263 | .339 | .435 | .774 | 2035 | 119 | 52 | 35 | 31 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Witt | 1B | 102 | 941 | 68 | 4 | 105 | .996 | 9.892 | ||||
| Tim Costo | 1B | 41 | 347 | 26 | 1 | 34 | .997 | 9.098 | ||||
| Carlos Delgado | 1B | 2 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Kelly | 2B | 79 | 133 | 211 | 8 | 58 | .977 | 4.354 | ||||
| Santiago Henry | 2B | 40 | 70 | 112 | 5 | 20 | .973 | 4.550 | ||||
| Tomás Pérez | 2B | 17 | 38 | 52 | 2 | 11 | .978 | 5.294 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | 2B | 8 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 3.875 | ||||
| Juan Bell | 2B | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | 2B | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Brian Grebeck | 2B | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Tom Evans | 3B | 108 | 89 | 208 | 14 | 15 | .955 | 2.750 | ||||
| Mark Dalesandro | 3B | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.333 | ||||
| Santiago Henry | 3B | 10 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 2.500 | ||||
| Luis Lopez | 3B | 9 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 0 | .964 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rob Mummau | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim Costo | 3B | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Adam Melhuse | 3B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Alex Delgado | C | 79 | 547 | 53 | 8 | 7 | .987 | 7.595 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 33.3 |
| Julio Mosquera | C | 28 | 145 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.893 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 44.0 |
| Alan Probst | C | 11 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 5.727 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 12.5 |
| Mark Dalesandro | C | 10 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 4.800 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Adam Melhuse | C | 8 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .960 | 6.000 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 40.0 |
| Luis Rodriguez | C | 5 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Benito Santiago | C | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 33.3 |
| Kevin Brown | C | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Anthony Sanders | CF | 52 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Herrera | CF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cruz | CF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Freel | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Candelaria | LF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Lennon | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Witt | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alonzo Powell | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Phillips | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Anthony Sanders | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Freel | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Dalesandro | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Cruz | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Herrera | OF | 115 | 241 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .988 | 2.165 | ||||
| Pat Lennon | OF | 80 | 132 | 11 | 8 | 1 | .947 | 1.788 | ||||
| Ben Candelaria | OF | 65 | 79 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .967 | 1.338 | ||||
| Anthony Sanders | OF | 60 | 145 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 2.517 | ||||
| José Cruz | OF | 40 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .991 | 2.650 | ||||
| Ryan Freel | OF | 28 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .957 | 1.607 | ||||
| Kevin Witt | OF | 18 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.778 | ||||
| Alonzo Powell | OF | 13 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Tony Phillips | OF | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.556 | ||||
| Mark Dalesandro | OF | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Paul Fletcher | P | 48 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .354 | ||||
| Steve Sinclair | P | 43 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
| Ben VanRyn | P | 30 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Carlos Almánzar | P | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .067 | ||||
| Shannon Withem | P | 28 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.429 | ||||
| Mike Romano | P | 27 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .815 | ||||
| D. J. Harris | P | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .120 | ||||
| Mark Lukasiewicz | P | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Mark Sievert | P | 21 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .944 | .810 | ||||
| Roy Halladay | P | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .952 | ||||
| Robert Person | P | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .550 | ||||
| Luis Andújar | P | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Beiker Graterol | P | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Kelvim Escobar | P | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Dave Stieb | P | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 2.333 | ||||
| Peter Munro | P | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jay Yennaco | P | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dane Johnson | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Billy Koch | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| José Herrera | RF | 81 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Lennon | RF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alonzo Powell | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Dalesandro | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Candelaria | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tomás Pérez | SS | 99 | 167 | 385 | 13 | 86 | .977 | 5.576 | ||||
| Chris Woodward | SS | 25 | 29 | 69 | 4 | 15 | .961 | 3.920 | ||||
| Santiago Henry | SS | 11 | 15 | 23 | 2 | 6 | .950 | 3.455 | ||||
| Juan Bell | SS | 9 | 17 | 31 | 4 | 9 | .923 | 5.333 | ||||
| Totals | 2009 | 3695 | 1560 | 102 | 407 | .981 | 2.616 | 6 | 82 | 43 | 34.4 |
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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