1998 Trenton Thunder Statistics

Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 71-70
Finished 3rd in the EL's South Division
Manager: DeMarlo Hale (71-70)
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Location: Trenton, New Jersey
Ballpark: ARM & HAMMER Park
Attendance: 457,344, Avg. 6,628 in 69 home dates

1998 Trenton Thunder Roster

The Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League ended the 1998 season with a record of 71 wins and 70 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Thunder plated 647 runs and allowed 670 runs. Dernell Stenson paced Trenton with 24 home runs, while Wilton Veras, Dave Gibralter, Jim Chamblee and Chad Epperson each walloped 15 or more, too. Dernell Stenson accounted for 71 RBI. Wilton Veras led batters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Robert Ramsay topped the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.5 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.

Members of the 1998 Trenton Thunder who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Depastino, Robert Ramsay, Jared Fernández, Jin Ho Cho, Dernell Stenson, Jim Chamblee, Keith Mitchell, Jack Cressend, John Barnes, Rafael Betancourt, Bart Miadich, Wilton Veras and Paxton Crawford.

DeMarlo Hale 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
Robert Ramsay	12	6	.667	3.49	27	27	0	1	1	0	162.7	137	67	63	10	50	1	166	3	3	8	659
Jason Sekany	10	10	.500	5.21	28	28	0	1	0	0	148.7	151	101	86	21	57	0	113	5	0	14	643
Jack Cressend	10	11	.476	4.34	29	29	0	1	1	0	149.3	168	86	72	13	55	0	130	5	0	6	646
Sal Urso	8	6	.571	4.10	69	0	18	0	0	3	83.3	86	45	38	7	32	8	86	2	0	8	354
Paxton Crawford	6	5	.545	4.17	22	20	1	1	0	0	108.0	104	53	50	8	39	1	82	6	0	7	457
Jin Ho Cho	5	2	.714	2.19	13	13	0	1	1	0	74.0	59	21	18	4	19	2	62	3	0	0	299
Chuck Beale	5	3	.625	3.26	43	0	14	0	0	1	69.0	54	31	25	9	31	7	39	3	0	4	284
Jay Yennaco	3	3	.500	4.86	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.7	50	30	29	8	19	1	23	2	0	3	217
Brian Rose	3	5	.375	3.90	24	0	6	0	0	2	32.3	39	16	14	2	16	5	23	0	0	0	150
Jared Fernández	3	7	.300	5.25	36	7	10	0	0	1	118.3	132	80	69	8	51	3	70	3	1	15	527
Mike Blais	2	1	.667	3.95	22	0	11	0	0	2	27.3	36	14	12	2	10	4	14	1	0	3	125
Steve Smetana	2	3	.400	4.46	49	0	30	0	0	12	76.7	88	40	38	9	23	4	51	1	0	1	336
Brad Tweedlie	1	2	.333	5.93	35	0	12	0	0	2	41.0	47	33	27	6	27	2	29	4	0	3	197
Bart Miadich	1	6	.143	5.96	22	8	4	0	0	1	54.3	66	39	36	4	26	1	33	5	0	3	253
Fernando De La Cruz	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	1	3.7	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	15
Nate Tebbs	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Pat Flury	0	0		1.76	26	0	24	0	0	16	30.7	24	6	6	2	11	1	37	0	0	3	122
Rafael Betancourt	0	0		6.75	7	0	3	0	0	0	9.3	9	7	7	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	42
John Raifstanger	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Totals	71	70	.504	4.27	466	141	136	5	3	41	1244.3	1255	670	591	114	470	40	971	43	4	79	5334

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
Wilton Veras	126	502	470	70	137	27	4	16	67	5	4	15	66	.291	.319	.468	.787	220	14	6	6	5	1
Dernell Stenson	138	608	505	90	130	21	1	24	71	5	3	84	135	.257	.376	.446	.821	225	6	14	1	4	3
Jim Chamblee	136	577	489	71	118	33	3	17	65	9	5	62	144	.241	.343	.425	.769	208	2	16	6	4	1
John Barnes	100	429	380	53	104	18	0	14	36	3	8	40	47	.274	.344	.432	.776	164	11	3	2	4	3
Nate Tebbs	104	437	394	44	101	21	2	2	31	14	13	36	63	.256	.323	.335	.658	132	10	3	3	1	0
Dave Gibralter	100	424	385	48	100	16	0	15	61	2	3	25	91	.260	.312	.418	.730	161	5	7	1	6	2
Chad Epperson	109	434	383	53	97	27	2	15	57	2	8	38	129	.253	.327	.452	.779	173	6	6	3	4	2
Joe Depastino	73	306	275	34	81	16	0	10	43	3	0	28	51	.295	.359	.462	.821	127	4	1	0	2	5
Dwight Maness	85	369	313	48	77	12	5	11	32	15	6	37	80	.246	.338	.422	.760	132	4	8	8	3	0
Gavin Jackson	50	189	168	12	41	7	1	0	17	3	1	18	21	.244	.314	.298	.611	50	5	0	1	2	0
Richie Borrero	51	179	162	21	40	6	0	6	24	3	3	6	32	.247	.291	.395	.686	64	2	4	7	0	0
Virgil Chevalier	30	125	117	19	32	7	2	2	16	2	2	4	17	.274	.295	.419	.714	49	2	0	3	1	0
Nick Ortiz	39	149	131	17	30	6	0	1	9	0	0	14	27	.229	.308	.298	.606	39	3	1	3	0	0
Pat Bryant	26	103	88	17	26	5	0	3	14	3	3	12	20	.295	.373	.455	.827	40	4	0	1	2	0
Jorge DeLeon	29	96	86	11	25	7	0	0	10	2	1	5	3	.291	.330	.372	.702	32	5	0	5	0	0
Damian Sapp	28	103	91	9	22	5	0	5	10	0	0	9	35	.242	.330	.462	.792	42	2	3	0	0	0
Joe Hamilton	30	104	92	10	16	3	0	3	10	1	3	11	33	.174	.262	.304	.566	28	2	0	1	0	1
Rafael Martinez	15	56	49	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	6	13	.204	.304	.265	.569	13	1	1	0	0	0
Darin Everson	9	39	33	4	9	3	0	0	2	0	0	5	5	.273	.385	.364	.748	12	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Mitchell	12	50	41	4	8	2	0	2	7	0	0	8	5	.195	.320	.390	.710	16	1	0	0	1	0
John Raifstanger	20	50	44	4	7	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	13	.159	.260	.273	.533	12	2	0	0	0	0
Tony Derosso	9	31	28	3	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	12	.107	.161	.214	.376	6	0	0	0	1	0
Jared Fernández	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1355	5361	4725	647	1214	247	20	148	595	72	63	471	1042	.257	.331	.412	.743	1945	91	74	51	40	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Dave Gibralter	1B	90	837	44	9	70	.990	9.789
Chad Epperson	1B	17	152	12	1	10	.994	9.647
Rafael Martinez	1B	15	111	10	3	11	.976	8.067
Virgil Chevalier	1B	12	74	4	0	8	1.000	6.500
Darin Everson	1B	6	56	4	0	5	1.000	1.000
Damian Sapp	1B	2	12	1	0	2	1.000	6.500
John Raifstanger	1B	2	6	2	0	1	1.000	4.000
Joe Depastino	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jim Chamblee	2B	131	247	352	16	92	.974	4.573
Nate Tebbs	2B	12	22	32	2	5	.964	4.500
John Raifstanger	2B	1	2	2	3	0	.571	4.000
Wilton Veras	3B	125	100	259	18	25	.952	2.872
Nate Tebbs	3B	13	9	26	4	1	.897	2.692
Dave Gibralter	3B	5	4	10	4	1	.778	2.800
John Raifstanger	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Joe Depastino	C	56	368	53	6	6	.986	7.518	14	34	32	48.5
Richie Borrero	C	49	338	32	7	4	.981	7.551	11	47	16	25.4
Damian Sapp	C	22	132	21	6	0	.962	6.955	12	27	10	27.0
Chad Epperson	C	19	135	13	1	0	.993	7.789	5	14	7	33.3
Virgil Chevalier	C	2	9	1	1	0	.909	5.000	0	1	0	0.0
John Raifstanger	C	1	0	0	0	0		.000	0	0	0
Dernell Stenson	OF	131	218	15	6	1	.975	1.779
John Barnes	OF	94	134	6	3	1	.979	1.489
Dwight Maness	OF	83	209	11	6	3	.973	2.651
Nate Tebbs	OF	49	100	6	1	0	.991	2.163
Joe Hamilton	OF	29	55	1	1	0	.982	1.931
Pat Bryant	OF	24	45	2	1	0	.979	1.958
Virgil Chevalier	OF	11	12	0	2	0	.857	1.091
Keith Mitchell	OF	10	22	1	0	0	1.000	2.300
Chad Epperson	OF	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Raifstanger	OF	4	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Tony Derosso	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Dave Gibralter	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Chamblee	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Sal Urso	P	69	6	27	4	0	.892	.478
Steve Smetana	P	49	6	15	1	1	.955	.429
Chuck Beale	P	43	4	14	0	1	1.000	.419
Jared Fernández	P	36	10	29	0	1	1.000	1.083
Brad Tweedlie	P	35	4	9	0	1	1.000	.371
Jack Cressend	P	29	10	21	0	0	1.000	1.069
Jason Sekany	P	28	7	23	2	2	.938	1.071
Robert Ramsay	P	27	7	26	4	0	.892	1.222
Pat Flury	P	26	0	5	0	0	1.000	.192
Brian Rose	P	24	3	5	0	0	1.000	.333
Bart Miadich	P	22	6	4	2	0	.833	.455
Paxton Crawford	P	22	8	13	0	2	1.000	.955
Mike Blais	P	22	1	7	0	0	1.000	.364
Jin Ho Cho	P	13	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.077
Jay Yennaco	P	9	3	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Rafael Betancourt	P	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.286
Fernando De La Cruz	P	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	.667
Nate Tebbs	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
John Raifstanger	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Gavin Jackson	SS	50	86	155	7	31	.972	4.820
Nick Ortiz	SS	38	65	102	14	21	.923	4.395
Nate Tebbs	SS	31	36	88	6	15	.954	4.000
Jorge DeLeon	SS	29	43	79	4	16	.968	4.207
Jim Chamblee	SS	1	0	1	0	1	1.000	1.000
Totals		1643	3733	1560	145	338	.973	3.222	42	123	65	34.6

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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