1996 Trenton Thunder Statistics
Team Record: 86-56
Finished 1st in the EL's South Division
Manager: Ken Macha (86-56)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Ballpark: ARM & HAMMER Park
Attendance: 437,446, Avg. 6,340 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Harrisburg Senators 3 games, Trenton Thunder 1
The Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League ended the 1996 season with a record of 86 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Thunder scored 751 runs and surrendered 644 runs. Adam Hyzdu and Ty Woods led Trenton with 25 home runs apiece., while Walt McKeel and Todd Carey walloped 15 or more also. Adam Hyzdu drove in 80 runs. Walt McKeel paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Carl Pavano topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.63 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1996 Trenton Thunder who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tim Naehring, Ken Grundt, Tom McGraw, Brian Rose, Brent Knackert, Ron Mahay, Erik Schullstrom, Carl Pavano, Bryan Eversgerd, Donnie Sadler, John Doherty, Adam Hyzdu, Jared Fernández, Andy Abad, Trot Nixon, Jeff Pierce, Jeff Manto, Walt McKeel, Alex Delgado, Joel Bennett, Reggie Harris, Lou Merloni and Brian Barkley.
Ken Macha 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Pavano | 16 | 5 | .762 | 2.63 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 185.0 | 154 | 66 | 54 | 16 | 47 | 2 | 146 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 741 |
| Brian Rose | 12 | 7 | .632 | 4.01 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 163.7 | 157 | 82 | 73 | 21 | 45 | 3 | 115 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 687 |
| Mike Blais | 10 | 3 | .769 | 3.94 | 53 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 77.7 | 74 | 37 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 323 |
| Rick Betti | 9 | 1 | .900 | 3.67 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 81.0 | 70 | 39 | 33 | 7 | 44 | 5 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 361 |
| Jared Fernández | 9 | 9 | .500 | 5.08 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 179.0 | 185 | 115 | 101 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 798 |
| Brian Barkley | 8 | 8 | .500 | 5.72 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.7 | 126 | 79 | 76 | 17 | 56 | 4 | 89 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 535 |
| Shawn Senior | 5 | 6 | .455 | 4.72 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 89 | 53 | 43 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 372 |
| Erik Schullstrom | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.54 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.3 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 124 |
| Tom McGraw | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.18 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.0 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 149 |
| Ethan Merrill | 3 | 6 | .333 | 7.05 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 71 | 55 | 47 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 279 |
| Reggie Harris | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1.46 | 33 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 37.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 144 |
| Ken Grundt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 |
| Bryan Eversgerd | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.57 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31 |
| Scott Emerson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.85 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 154 |
| Joel Bennett | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| John Doherty | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.85 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 95 |
| Brett Cederblad | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.72 | 27 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58.0 | 59 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 245 |
| Jeff Pierce | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | |
| Brent Knackert | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | |
| Doug Hecker | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.25 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 82 |
| Ron Mahay | 0 | 1 | .000 | 29.45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
| Totals | 86 | 56 | .606 | 4.11 | 399 | 142 | 127 | 15 | 4 | 39 | 1231.7 | 1170 | 644 | 563 | 135 | 494 | 44 | 896 | 67 | 7 | 63 | 5303 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt McKeel | 128 | 543 | 464 | 86 | 140 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 78 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 52 | .302 | .385 | .450 | .835 | 209 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Adam Hyzdu | 109 | 434 | 374 | 71 | 126 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 80 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 75 | .337 | .424 | .618 | 1.042 | 231 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Donnie Sadler | 115 | 507 | 454 | 68 | 121 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 46 | 34 | 8 | 38 | 75 | .267 | .329 | .385 | .715 | 175 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Ty Woods | 99 | 414 | 356 | 75 | 111 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 71 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 66 | .312 | .403 | .579 | .982 | 206 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Trot Nixon | 123 | 502 | 438 | 55 | 110 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 65 | .251 | .329 | .370 | .698 | 162 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Todd Carey | 125 | 497 | 440 | 78 | 110 | 34 | 3 | 20 | 78 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 123 | .250 | .326 | .477 | .803 | 210 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Rickey Holifield | 109 | 448 | 375 | 73 | 100 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 38 | 35 | 18 | 52 | 98 | .267 | .367 | .421 | .788 | 158 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Chris Allison | 109 | 392 | 357 | 49 | 82 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 28 | 61 | .230 | .291 | .255 | .546 | 91 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Brown | 72 | 278 | 245 | 46 | 73 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 56 | .298 | .379 | .510 | .889 | 125 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Abad | 65 | 249 | 213 | 33 | 59 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 41 | .277 | .369 | .446 | .815 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Kevin Coughlin | 52 | 202 | 170 | 24 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 24 | .271 | .359 | .294 | .653 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Paul Rappoli | 69 | 231 | 193 | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 54 | .212 | .313 | .301 | .613 | 58 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Nick Ortiz | 38 | 144 | 130 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 28 | .223 | .294 | .323 | .617 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Richie Borrero | 26 | 80 | 71 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .310 | .380 | .563 | .943 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Merloni | 28 | 110 | 95 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .232 | .330 | .411 | .741 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dan Collier | 28 | 104 | 94 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 36 | .213 | .282 | .372 | .654 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Delgado | 21 | 93 | 81 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .222 | .304 | .383 | .687 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dana Levangie | 23 | 69 | 55 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | .218 | .358 | .382 | .740 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Manto | 6 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .286 | .333 | .286 | .619 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gavin Jackson | 6 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .318 | .350 | .668 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Patton | 6 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | .188 | .350 | .250 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Naehring | 3 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .667 | .967 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Romano | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1361 | 5380 | 4677 | 751 | 1259 | 228 | 33 | 150 | 689 | 134 | 92 | 566 | 924 | .269 | .352 | .428 | .780 | 2003 | 76 | 51 | 49 | 37 | 44 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Abad | 1B | 41 | 326 | 18 | 1 | 33 | .997 | 8.390 | ||||
| Walt McKeel | 1B | 38 | 283 | 23 | 5 | 26 | .984 | 8.053 | ||||
| Ty Woods | 1B | 27 | 220 | 14 | 0 | 23 | 1.000 | 8.667 | ||||
| Kevin Coughlin | 1B | 25 | 196 | 14 | 1 | 17 | .995 | 8.400 | ||||
| Todd Carey | 1B | 16 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .976 | 7.688 | ||||
| Alex Delgado | 1B | 6 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 11.500 | ||||
| Paul Rappoli | 1B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Scott Romano | 1B | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 15.000 | ||||
| Greg Patton | 1B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lou Merloni | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Chris Allison | 2B | 106 | 237 | 253 | 21 | 62 | .959 | 4.623 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | 2B | 20 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 9 | .971 | 3.300 | ||||
| Randy Brown | 2B | 19 | 29 | 32 | 6 | 7 | .910 | 3.211 | ||||
| Lou Merloni | 2B | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 2.571 | ||||
| Todd Carey | 2B | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .895 | 4.250 | ||||
| Greg Patton | 2B | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Jeff Manto | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Todd Carey | 3B | 103 | 67 | 238 | 19 | 21 | .941 | 2.961 | ||||
| Lou Merloni | 3B | 20 | 22 | 50 | 6 | 5 | .923 | 3.600 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | 3B | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.800 | ||||
| Randy Brown | 3B | 8 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .895 | 2.125 | ||||
| Greg Patton | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Jeff Manto | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Tim Naehring | 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Walt McKeel | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Alex Delgado | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Walt McKeel | C | 93 | 552 | 76 | 5 | 11 | .992 | 6.753 | 17 | 72 | 45 | 38.5 |
| Richie Borrero | C | 25 | 157 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .982 | 6.640 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 22.2 |
| Dana Levangie | C | 23 | 129 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 6.217 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 23.1 |
| Alex Delgado | C | 13 | 94 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.077 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 32.0 |
| Adam Hyzdu | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rickey Holifield | CF | 97 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donnie Sadler | CF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trot Nixon | CF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Coughlin | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Hyzdu | LF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Rappoli | LF | 36 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Coughlin | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Abad | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Collier | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rickey Holifield | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trot Nixon | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Randy Brown | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Trot Nixon | OF | 120 | 224 | 14 | 5 | 4 | .979 | 1.983 | ||||
| Rickey Holifield | OF | 104 | 240 | 8 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 2.385 | ||||
| Adam Hyzdu | OF | 79 | 132 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .979 | 1.785 | ||||
| Paul Rappoli | OF | 60 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Donnie Sadler | OF | 30 | 68 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 2.467 | ||||
| Andy Abad | OF | 28 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.571 | ||||
| Kevin Coughlin | OF | 20 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.550 | ||||
| Dan Collier | OF | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Randy Brown | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Blais | P | 53 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .377 | ||||
| Reggie Harris | P | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .152 | ||||
| Rick Betti | P | 31 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .516 | ||||
| Tom McGraw | P | 30 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .233 | ||||
| Jared Fernández | P | 30 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.367 | ||||
| Brian Rose | P | 27 | 9 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Carl Pavano | P | 27 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.074 | ||||
| Brett Cederblad | P | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Brian Barkley | P | 22 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .900 | .818 | ||||
| Erik Schullstrom | P | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Scott Emerson | P | 19 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .316 | ||||
| Shawn Senior | P | 16 | 4 | 24 | 2 | 4 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Ethan Merrill | P | 13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .615 | ||||
| Doug Hecker | P | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Ken Grundt | P | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brent Knackert | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Jeff Pierce | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Bryan Eversgerd | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| John Doherty | P | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Joel Bennett | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ron Mahay | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Trot Nixon | RF | 103 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Rappoli | RF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andy Abad | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Coughlin | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Adam Hyzdu | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Donnie Sadler | SS | 79 | 117 | 231 | 26 | 42 | .930 | 4.405 | ||||
| Randy Brown | SS | 46 | 61 | 115 | 11 | 27 | .941 | 3.826 | ||||
| Nick Ortiz | SS | 11 | 10 | 41 | 1 | 3 | .981 | 4.636 | ||||
| Gavin Jackson | SS | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Todd Carey | SS | 4 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 5.750 | ||||
| Lou Merloni | SS | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Manto | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2087 | 3695 | 1510 | 148 | 351 | .972 | 2.494 | 26 | 123 | 63 | 33.9 |
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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