1997 Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks Statistics
Northern League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 36-48
Finished 3rd in the NL's East Division
Manager: Jay Ward (36-48)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Port Arthur Stadium
Attendance: 62,496, Avg. 1,602 in 39 home dates
1997 Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks RosterTeam Record: 36-48
Finished 3rd in the NL's East Division
Manager: Jay Ward (36-48)
Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Ballpark: Port Arthur Stadium
Attendance: 62,496, Avg. 1,602 in 39 home dates
The Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks of the Northern League ended the 1997 season with a record of 36 wins and 48 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Whiskey Jacks plated 426 runs and conceded 548 runs, most in the circuit. Danny Lewis paced Thunder Bay with 24 home runs, while Larry See walloped 15 or more as well. Larry See recorded 69 runs batted in. Danny Lewis led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .358. Jim Boynewicz topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.83 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Larry See played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks to do so.
Jay Ward 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Boynewicz | 9 | 4 | .692 | 3.83 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 141.0 | 140 | 65 | 60 | 17 | 44 | 2 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 597 |
| Jeff Bock | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.02 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 87 | 50 | 40 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 333 |
| Jason Hart | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.35 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 41.3 | 40 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 186 |
| Bob Jesperson | 4 | 7 | .364 | 7.42 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70.3 | 96 | 68 | 58 | 18 | 30 | 0 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 337 |
| Aaron Quinn | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.90 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67.0 | 68 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 29 | 10 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 303 |
| John Duffy | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.66 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 90 |
| Ken Smyth | 2 | 2 | .500 | 8.14 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 35 | 24 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 123 |
| Brandon Evans | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.29 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.0 | 65 | 39 | 31 | 6 | 35 | 1 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 297 |
| Bobby Danielson | 2 | 4 | .333 | 6.47 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.7 | 79 | 45 | 40 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 267 |
| Pat Tilmon | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Paul Rogers | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.85 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 58 | 39 | 34 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 196 |
| Tajah Merrill | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.59 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 32 | 24 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 |
| Andy Noffke | 1 | 5 | .167 | 8.84 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 205 |
| Chris Sawyer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bill Perusek | 0 | 0 | 3.48 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 105 | |
| Jon Barnes | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Travis Meyer | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Sabino Loaiza | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.48 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Brian Grant | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| John Gast | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.47 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 31 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 99 |
| Totals | 36 | 48 | .429 | 5.67 | 267 | 84 | 80 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 735.0 | 888 | 548 | 463 | 101 | 360 | 22 | 556 | 46 | 10 | 45 | 3439 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Lewis | 77 | 329 | 288 | 54 | 103 | 16 | 0 | 24 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 47 | .358 | .432 | .663 | 1.095 | 191 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Chad Thornhill | 84 | 380 | 320 | 52 | 91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 60 | .284 | .388 | .319 | .707 | 102 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry See | 81 | 343 | 319 | 43 | 90 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 53 | .282 | .318 | .502 | .819 | 160 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Chris Sawyer | 83 | 342 | 309 | 48 | 83 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 88 | .269 | .332 | .443 | .776 | 137 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Toby Ricard | 74 | 267 | 252 | 32 | 70 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 66 | .278 | .312 | .405 | .717 | 102 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Benny Castillo | 51 | 215 | 195 | 37 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 36 | .333 | .382 | .497 | .880 | 97 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Tony Ellison | 43 | 155 | 141 | 20 | 47 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 30 | .333 | .377 | .546 | .923 | 77 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Patton | 58 | 205 | 187 | 20 | 44 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | .235 | .288 | .396 | .684 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Dee Jenkins | 43 | 189 | 160 | 28 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 40 | .269 | .372 | .506 | .879 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregg Pacitti | 45 | 159 | 145 | 22 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .283 | .335 | .476 | .811 | 69 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Hearn | 26 | 114 | 96 | 17 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 25 | .271 | .377 | .458 | .836 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Manny Francois | 17 | 78 | 69 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 20 | .290 | .372 | .435 | .807 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Meyer | 36 | 113 | 100 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .190 | .243 | .270 | .513 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremias Peguero | 11 | 51 | 49 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .367 | .392 | .429 | .821 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Sturges | 30 | 97 | 87 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 21 | .172 | .242 | .195 | .438 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Evans | 32 | 57 | 45 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | .200 | .339 | .222 | .562 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Julio Mercado | 16 | 47 | 41 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | .195 | .261 | .220 | .480 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reagan Buckley | 19 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .178 | .245 | .333 | .578 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kessick | 17 | 29 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .250 | .276 | .286 | .562 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Jones | 4 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .062 | .118 | .062 | .180 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Quinn | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 884 | 3237 | 2893 | 426 | 808 | 168 | 13 | 90 | 391 | 51 | 27 | 264 | 648 | .279 | .345 | .440 | .784 | 1272 | 74 | 36 | 23 | 21 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry See | 1B | 73 | 657 | 30 | 10 | 49 | .986 | 9.411 | ||||
| Josh Patton | 1B | 18 | 94 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .991 | 5.889 | ||||
| Chris Kessick | 1B | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Gregg Pacitti | 1B | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .700 | 3.500 | ||||
| Reagan Buckley | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dee Jenkins | 2B | 42 | 95 | 103 | 7 | 20 | .966 | 4.714 | ||||
| Manny Francois | 2B | 17 | 36 | 48 | 4 | 9 | .955 | 4.941 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | 2B | 12 | 24 | 32 | 5 | 7 | .918 | 4.667 | ||||
| Jeremias Peguero | 2B | 11 | 18 | 30 | 2 | 9 | .960 | 4.364 | ||||
| Bryan Jones | 2B | 4 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .905 | 4.750 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | 3B | 54 | 36 | 107 | 13 | 9 | .917 | 2.648 | ||||
| Josh Patton | 3B | 37 | 19 | 69 | 7 | 4 | .926 | 2.378 | ||||
| Travis Meyer | C | 36 | 234 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .988 | 6.944 | 7 | 57 | 9 | 13.6 |
| Brian Sturges | C | 30 | 160 | 19 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 5.967 | 2 | 44 | 13 | 22.8 |
| Reagan Buckley | C | 16 | 97 | 10 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 6.688 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 31.8 |
| Larry See | C | 12 | 61 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .971 | 5.667 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 23.1 |
| Chris Kessick | C | 10 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.900 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tony Ellison | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chris Sawyer | CF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Castillo | CF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Evans | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Mercado | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Hearn | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ellison | LF | 39 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Sawyer | LF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Pacitti | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Toby Ricard | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Sawyer | OF | 83 | 158 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 1.988 | ||||
| Benny Castillo | OF | 51 | 103 | 5 | 6 | 0 | .947 | 2.118 | ||||
| Tony Ellison | OF | 39 | 47 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Gregg Pacitti | OF | 37 | 61 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .957 | 1.811 | ||||
| Sean Hearn | OF | 23 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .913 | 1.826 | ||||
| Brandon Evans | OF | 15 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.267 | ||||
| Julio Mercado | OF | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.714 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | OF | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Reagan Buckley | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Aaron Quinn | P | 37 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .486 | ||||
| Jason Hart | P | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .056 | ||||
| Paul Rogers | P | 25 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .240 | ||||
| Bob Jesperson | P | 23 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .261 | ||||
| Jim Boynewicz | P | 20 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| John Duffy | P | 16 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .875 | ||||
| Andy Noffke | P | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Brandon Evans | P | 15 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Bobby Danielson | P | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .467 | ||||
| Jeff Bock | P | 14 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .895 | 1.214 | ||||
| Ken Smyth | P | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Bill Perusek | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Tajah Merrill | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| John Gast | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | .375 | ||||
| Sabino Loaiza | P | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Pat Tilmon | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Brian Grant | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Sawyer | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Travis Meyer | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jon Barnes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Sawyer | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Hearn | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Benny Castillo | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Pacitti | RF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Julio Mercado | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Evans | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reagan Buckley | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Thornhill | SS | 84 | 120 | 257 | 19 | 40 | .952 | 4.488 | ||||
| Totals | 1272 | 2205 | 899 | 116 | 171 | .964 | 2.440 | 15 | 140 | 32 | 18.6 |
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.
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