1996 Tyler Wildcatters Statistics
Texas-Louisiana League (TTL) - Independent
Team Record: 36-63
Finished 6th in the TTL
Manager: Dave Hilton (36-63)
Location: Tyler, Texas
Ballpark: Mike Carter Field
Attendance: 58,572, Avg. 1,183
1996 Tyler Wildcatters RosterTeam Record: 36-63
Finished 6th in the TTL
Manager: Dave Hilton (36-63)
Location: Tyler, Texas
Ballpark: Mike Carter Field
Attendance: 58,572, Avg. 1,183
The Tyler Wildcatters of the Texas-Louisiana League ended the 1996 season with a record of 36 wins and 63 losses, finishing sixth in the TTL.
The Wildcatters tallied 419 runs, worst in the circuit, and gave up 539 runs. Ken Shamburg paced Tyler with 15 home runs Derek Henderson accounted for 59 RBI. Sean Collins led all regular batters by connecting at a .313 clip. Chris Rusciano topped the team with 8 wins, while Bill Johnson recorded a 2.97 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Ken Patterson and Greg Brummett both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Dave Hilton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Rusciano | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.99 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 124.0 | 130 | 66 | 55 | 11 | 51 | 3 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 548 |
| Alex Slattery | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.53 | 33 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 55.7 | 48 | 31 | 28 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 251 |
| Bill Johnson | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.97 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 91 | 48 | 36 | 9 | 42 | 2 | 83 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 459 |
| Greg Brummett | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.37 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 78.3 | 84 | 45 | 38 | 6 | 46 | 1 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 365 |
| Ron Kitchen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.61 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31.0 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 134 |
| Steve Long | 3 | 6 | .333 | 4.96 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 92 | 51 | 43 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 353 |
| Chris Hancock | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.47 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 87 | 54 | 41 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 281 |
| Erin Higgins | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 19.80 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ken Patterson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.13 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.3 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105 |
| Tommy Carter | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.98 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 52 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 203 |
| Todd Ingram | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.68 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 43 | 28 | 24 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 154 |
| Mark Mesewicz | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.64 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 31 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 105 |
| John Simmons | 1 | 4 | .200 | 7.57 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 60 | 33 | 30 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 182 |
| Robert Batchler | 1 | 7 | .125 | 5.16 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 89.0 | 111 | 57 | 51 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 392 |
| Paul Meador | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6.66 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 61 | 42 | 36 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 217 |
| Lanny Williams | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Troy Conkle | 0 | 0 | 6.35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| Brian Williams | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Totals | 36 | 63 | .364 | 4.88 | 237 | 99 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 844.3 | 956 | 539 | 458 | 74 | 397 | 16 | 533 | 41 | 12 | 70 | 3827 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Collins | 94 | 428 | 367 | 66 | 115 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 10 | 47 | 39 | .313 | .397 | .417 | .814 | 153 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Derek Henderson | 92 | 401 | 364 | 48 | 113 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 55 | .310 | .366 | .467 | .833 | 170 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Ken Shamburg | 99 | 412 | 357 | 50 | 103 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 56 | .289 | .371 | .501 | .873 | 179 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Carlos Perez | 98 | 412 | 360 | 52 | 102 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 51 | 9 | 4 | 46 | 62 | .283 | .369 | .394 | .763 | 142 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Jason Smiga | 78 | 288 | 246 | 32 | 73 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 37 | .297 | .355 | .346 | .701 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Rocky Turner | 83 | 309 | 274 | 36 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 56 | .248 | .319 | .307 | .626 | 84 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Richie Hare | 78 | 252 | 233 | 26 | 63 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 43 | .270 | .302 | .309 | .611 | 72 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Rich | 46 | 203 | 177 | 19 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 26 | .271 | .328 | .328 | .656 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Cooney | 36 | 127 | 116 | 12 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 26 | .302 | .354 | .474 | .828 | 55 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Bowles | 36 | 143 | 126 | 16 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 23 | .278 | .357 | .397 | .753 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Wollenburg | 36 | 145 | 130 | 12 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | .231 | .279 | .285 | .563 | 37 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Josef Klam | 35 | 128 | 115 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 24 | .243 | .294 | .270 | .563 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Koerick | 34 | 128 | 118 | 11 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 53 | .229 | .283 | .280 | .563 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Conkle | 41 | 131 | 120 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | .208 | .242 | .258 | .501 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Colby Weaver | 26 | 91 | 77 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .221 | .330 | .286 | .615 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Motes | 20 | 62 | 57 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .246 | .295 | .263 | .558 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanny Williams | 12 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .226 | .250 | .355 | .605 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Motley | 9 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .167 | .333 | .208 | .542 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Patterson | 23 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .231 | .333 | .308 | .641 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 976 | 3738 | 3305 | 419 | 910 | 167 | 20 | 40 | 367 | 92 | 36 | 312 | 599 | .275 | .342 | .374 | .717 | 1237 | 64 | 39 | 54 | 28 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Perez | 1B | 48 | 375 | 19 | 6 | 54 | .985 | 8.208 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | 1B | 32 | 277 | 24 | 5 | 25 | .984 | 9.406 | ||||
| John Bowles | 1B | 16 | 123 | 9 | 3 | 12 | .978 | 8.250 | ||||
| Jim Cooney | 1B | 6 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.833 | ||||
| Jason Motley | 1B | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 7.800 | ||||
| Tony Rich | 2B | 46 | 115 | 130 | 3 | 40 | .988 | 5.326 | ||||
| Doug Wollenburg | 2B | 36 | 79 | 97 | 7 | 22 | .962 | 4.889 | ||||
| Sean Collins | 2B | 10 | 28 | 41 | 4 | 3 | .945 | 6.900 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | 2B | 6 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | 2B | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Rocky Turner | 2B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Jason Smiga | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Derek Henderson | 3B | 69 | 47 | 130 | 16 | 13 | .917 | 2.565 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | 3B | 17 | 11 | 43 | 4 | 4 | .931 | 3.176 | ||||
| John Bowles | 3B | 14 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 5 | .896 | 3.071 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .333 | .500 | ||||
| Jim Cooney | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2.500 | ||||
| Jason Smiga | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sean Collins | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tom Koerick | C | 32 | 164 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .979 | 5.906 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 19.6 |
| Josef Klam | C | 32 | 174 | 23 | 5 | 1 | .975 | 6.156 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 30.9 |
| Colby Weaver | C | 22 | 103 | 21 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 5.636 | 10 | 29 | 14 | 32.6 |
| Jim Cooney | C | 12 | 46 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.333 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 3.6 |
| Lanny Williams | C | 10 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 1 | .968 | 6.000 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 18.2 |
| Sean Collins | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Hare | CF | 44 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rocky Turner | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Conkle | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Perez | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Robert Batchler | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Shamburg | LF | 38 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Collins | LF | 37 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rocky Turner | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Hare | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Cooney | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff Motes | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Sean Collins | OF | 85 | 204 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 2.529 | ||||
| Rocky Turner | OF | 81 | 136 | 10 | 8 | 1 | .948 | 1.802 | ||||
| Richie Hare | OF | 70 | 124 | 6 | 4 | 3 | .970 | 1.857 | ||||
| Carlos Perez | OF | 42 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .948 | 1.738 | ||||
| Ken Shamburg | OF | 39 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.590 | ||||
| Jim Cooney | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .600 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robert Batchler | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Slattery | P | 33 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .212 | ||||
| Robert Batchler | P | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Ken Patterson | P | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .095 | ||||
| Chris Rusciano | P | 19 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .889 | .842 | ||||
| Steve Long | P | 19 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.105 | ||||
| Ron Kitchen | P | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Bill Johnson | P | 17 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .882 | ||||
| Mark Mesewicz | P | 15 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .400 | ||||
| Tommy Carter | P | 13 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Greg Brummett | P | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Chris Hancock | P | 12 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| John Simmons | P | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .700 | ||||
| Paul Meador | P | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .875 | ||||
| Todd Ingram | P | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Brian Williams | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Erin Higgins | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Lanny Williams | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rocky Turner | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Perez | RF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Hare | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Shamburg | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Cooney | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Smiga | SS | 76 | 116 | 237 | 15 | 47 | .959 | 4.645 | ||||
| Troy Conkle | SS | 17 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 9 | .940 | 4.588 | ||||
| Jeff Motes | SS | 11 | 17 | 34 | 4 | 8 | .927 | 4.636 | ||||
| Totals | 1428 | 2533 | 1098 | 122 | 285 | .967 | 2.543 | 33 | 157 | 47 | 23.0 |
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.
