1997 Tupelo Tornado Statistics
Team Record: 40-18
Finished 1st in the BSL
Manager: Steve Dillard (40-18)
Location: Tupelo, Mississippi
Ballpark: Ledbetter Field
Attendance: 32,762, Avg. 1,130
The Tupelo Tornado of the Big South League ended the 1997 season with a record of 40 wins and 18 losses, finishing first in the BSL.
The Tornado surrendered 244 runs, fewest in the league. Tupelo plated 366 runs. Jerrone Williams paced the team with 11 home runs Willie Gardner accounted for 49 RBI. Richie Harrelson topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .358. Les Lancaster led the squad with 8 wins and a team-best 2.92 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Les Lancaster played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tupelo Tornado to do so.
Steve Dillard 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Lancaster | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2.90 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 80.7 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 331 |
| Brian Ramsay | 7 | 1 | .875 | 3.98 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 85 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 362 |
| Steve Allison | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.26 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 77.3 | 59 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 336 |
| Ashley Moore | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.99 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.3 | 65 | 43 | 34 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 41 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 278 |
| Jon Herring | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.67 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 49 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 240 |
| Tommy Parks | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.61 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Jeremy Eduvigan | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.63 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| Richie Harrelson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Bryan Conger | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.33 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 120 |
| Jimmy Barta | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.67 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Scott Nichols | 1 | 1 | .500 | 12.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Wayne Cupit | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.08 | 27 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 26.0 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 108 |
| Kevie Austin | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Fuller | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Totals | 40 | 19 | .678 | 3.80 | 143 | 59 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 487.3 | 461 | 244 | 206 | 31 | 223 | 2 | 377 | 19 | 4 | 35 | 2114 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Harrelson | 55 | 238 | 204 | 31 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 29 | .358 | .437 | .505 | .942 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Willie Gardner | 54 | 228 | 191 | 42 | 59 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 49 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 43 | .309 | .396 | .497 | .894 | 95 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Jerrone Williams | 49 | 209 | 151 | 49 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 52 | 37 | .371 | .531 | .709 | 1.240 | 107 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Jeff Mackin | 55 | 238 | 209 | 29 | 56 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 38 | .268 | .339 | .359 | .698 | 75 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Mo Craig | 43 | 175 | 147 | 35 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 27 | .327 | .404 | .531 | .934 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Chris Chism | 48 | 219 | 172 | 43 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 38 | 29 | .273 | .424 | .360 | .784 | 62 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Dolias | 49 | 195 | 131 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 27 | .260 | .471 | .275 | .745 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Green | 42 | 157 | 124 | 33 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 25 | 47 | .266 | .395 | .347 | .742 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Enis | 54 | 213 | 163 | 28 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 18 | .202 | .353 | .227 | .580 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Hobbs | 30 | 105 | 92 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 29 | .228 | .305 | .304 | .609 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Barry Herring | 40 | 144 | 123 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 30 | .171 | .287 | .211 | .498 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Enis | 25 | 84 | 73 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | .260 | .333 | .342 | .676 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| David Henry | 9 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | .121 | .171 | .242 | .414 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Thompson | 4 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .308 | .273 | .580 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Herring | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .500 | .333 | .833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Les Lancaster | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .143 | .667 | .810 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 581 | 2265 | 1833 | 366 | 508 | 97 | 9 | 36 | 304 | 70 | 27 | 331 | 390 | .277 | .394 | .399 | .793 | 731 | 41 | 40 | 36 | 25 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Harrelson | 1B | 47 | 440 | 22 | 7 | 24 | .985 | 9.830 | ||||
| David Henry | 1B | 9 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 4 | .944 | 7.556 | ||||
| Mo Craig | 1B | 4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jeff Mackin | 1B | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Steve Dolias | 2B | 47 | 82 | 97 | 2 | 18 | .989 | 3.809 | ||||
| Mo Craig | 2B | 12 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jeff Mackin | 2B | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Mark Enis | 2B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Mackin | 3B | 48 | 30 | 77 | 10 | 4 | .915 | 2.229 | ||||
| Richie Harrelson | 3B | 9 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 3.000 | ||||
| Mark Enis | 3B | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mo Craig | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Barry Herring | C | 40 | 256 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .997 | 7.375 | 10 | 54 | 28 | 34.1 |
| Gary Enis | C | 24 | 142 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .981 | 6.542 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 37.1 |
| Brandon Hobbs | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Chism | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Green | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerrone Williams | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Hobbs | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Gardner | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Chism | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mo Craig | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Hobbs | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerrone Williams | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Green | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Gardner | OF | 47 | 51 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.106 | ||||
| Chris Chism | OF | 46 | 61 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ron Green | OF | 39 | 61 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .970 | 1.667 | ||||
| Brandon Hobbs | OF | 25 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.480 | ||||
| Mo Craig | OF | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .938 | ||||
| Jerrone Williams | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.300 | ||||
| Andre Thompson | OF | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Wayne Cupit | P | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .074 | ||||
| Ashley Moore | P | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jimmy Barta | P | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .267 | ||||
| Brian Ramsay | P | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.615 | ||||
| Bryan Conger | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
| Les Lancaster | P | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Allison | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Jeremy Eduvigan | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Tommy Parks | P | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .111 | ||||
| Jon Herring | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevie Austin | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Richie Harrelson | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Fuller | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Hobbs | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willie Gardner | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ron Green | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mo Craig | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Chism | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Andre Thompson | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerrone Williams | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark Enis | SS | 51 | 74 | 153 | 16 | 26 | .934 | 4.451 | ||||
| Mo Craig | SS | 4 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jeff Mackin | SS | 3 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.333 | ||||
| Les Lancaster | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Gary Enis | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 832 | 1462 | 543 | 70 | 92 | .966 | 2.410 | 13 | 76 | 41 | 35.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
