1997 Utica Blue Sox Statistics
Team Record: 36-38
Finished 3rd in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Juan Bustabad (36-38)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Utica, New York
Ballpark: Donovan Stadium
Attendance: 52,185, Avg. 1,535 in 34 home dates
The Utica Blue Sox of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1997 season with a record of 36 wins and 38 losses, finishing third in the league's Pinckney Division.
The Blue Sox scored 334 runs and gave up 359 runs. Matt Erickson drove in 44 runs. Raul Franco led batters with significant playing time by hitting .352. Reece Borges topped the team with 7 wins, while Nick Rizzo recorded a 2.38 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1997 Utica Blue Sox who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Matt Erickson, Michael Tejera, Brandon Harper, Gary Knotts and Ross Gload.
Juan Bustabad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece Borges | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.80 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80.7 | 92 | 54 | 43 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 358 |
| Scott Henderson | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.27 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39.7 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 151 |
| Nick Rizzo | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.36 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.7 | 64 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 278 |
| Cory Lima | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.02 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 31 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 160 |
| Michael Tejera | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.76 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69.3 | 65 | 36 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 279 |
| Billy Putnicki | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.47 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43.7 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 184 |
| Gary Knotts | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.62 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69.7 | 70 | 34 | 28 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 304 |
| Blair Fowler | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 160 |
| Zak Doan | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.65 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 127 |
| Tim McClaskey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Corey Ehlers | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.47 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Mike Marriott | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.52 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.3 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 134 |
| Andy Bair | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.32 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 54 | 42 | 37 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 228 |
| Mark Richards | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Matt Levan | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | |
| Travis Hunter | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Steve Gagliano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Shaw Casey | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.00 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 76 |
| Henry Williams | 0 | 3 | .000 | 7.66 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24.7 | 38 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 130 |
| Totals | 36 | 38 | .486 | 4.12 | 200 | 74 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 629.3 | 653 | 359 | 288 | 42 | 192 | 6 | 549 | 40 | 4 | 38 | 2713 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Franco | 72 | 319 | 293 | 41 | 103 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 24 | .352 | .385 | .447 | .832 | 131 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Matt Erickson | 69 | 303 | 238 | 44 | 78 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 48 | 36 | .328 | .455 | .433 | .888 | 103 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Rhodney Donaldson | 70 | 313 | 269 | 49 | 71 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 37 | 42 | .264 | .355 | .301 | .656 | 81 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ross Gload | 68 | 280 | 245 | 28 | 64 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 57 | .261 | .336 | .376 | .711 | 92 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Alex Melconian | 62 | 253 | 215 | 37 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 48 | .279 | .373 | .353 | .727 | 76 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jorge Bautista | 58 | 229 | 201 | 19 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 55 | .244 | .328 | .348 | .676 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Matt Schnabel | 67 | 272 | 225 | 23 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 46 | .191 | .305 | .244 | .549 | 55 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Tony Schifano | 48 | 175 | 153 | 26 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | .261 | .317 | .327 | .644 | 50 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Harper | 47 | 174 | 152 | 27 | 39 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 32 | .257 | .339 | .368 | .708 | 56 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Remy Maduro | 49 | 175 | 157 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 27 | .217 | .287 | .287 | .574 | 45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Isreal Polonia | 37 | 132 | 110 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 51 | .173 | .287 | .264 | .550 | 29 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Travis Hunter | 19 | 58 | 53 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .226 | .276 | .302 | .578 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Reese | 13 | 47 | 44 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .205 | .234 | .250 | .484 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Green | 10 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .238 | .360 | .238 | .598 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Clark | 6 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .062 | .167 | .125 | .292 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 695 | 2773 | 2392 | 334 | 627 | 102 | 12 | 23 | 280 | 68 | 39 | 282 | 486 | .262 | .346 | .344 | .690 | 822 | 59 | 42 | 26 | 31 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Gload | 1B | 63 | 546 | 37 | 16 | 38 | .973 | 9.254 | ||||
| Jorge Bautista | 1B | 14 | 120 | 3 | 3 | 9 | .976 | 8.786 | ||||
| Raul Franco | 2B | 67 | 124 | 182 | 15 | 37 | .953 | 4.567 | ||||
| Tony Schifano | 2B | 5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Matt Erickson | 2B | 5 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Matt Erickson | 3B | 61 | 39 | 140 | 11 | 11 | .942 | 2.934 | ||||
| Jorge Bautista | 3B | 12 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 0 | .708 | 1.417 | ||||
| Tony Schifano | 3B | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brandon Harper | C | 46 | 337 | 54 | 9 | 1 | .978 | 8.500 | 6 | 31 | 38 | 55.1 |
| Alex Melconian | C | 19 | 130 | 25 | 1 | 0 | .994 | 8.158 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 36.0 |
| Nate Reese | C | 11 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.091 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 46.2 |
| Rhodney Donaldson | CF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Remy Maduro | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Green | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Melconian | LF | 41 | .000 | |||||||||
| Remy Maduro | LF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Clark | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Green | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Schifano | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Travis Hunter | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rhodney Donaldson | OF | 68 | 121 | 3 | 6 | 1 | .954 | 1.824 | ||||
| Matt Schnabel | OF | 65 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .971 | 1.523 | ||||
| Alex Melconian | OF | 41 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .891 | 1.390 | ||||
| Remy Maduro | OF | 40 | 62 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .917 | 1.650 | ||||
| Kevin Green | OF | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Chris Clark | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.200 | ||||
| Tony Schifano | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Travis Hunter | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Putnicki | P | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .381 | ||||
| Henry Williams | P | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Blair Fowler | P | 18 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .278 | ||||
| Cory Lima | P | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .294 | ||||
| Nick Rizzo | P | 15 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .867 | ||||
| Scott Henderson | P | 15 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .533 | ||||
| Reece Borges | P | 15 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Zak Doan | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Michael Tejera | P | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Gary Knotts | P | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .667 | ||||
| Andy Bair | P | 12 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Corey Ehlers | P | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Shaw Casey | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Mike Marriott | P | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .600 | .857 | ||||
| Mark Richards | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Travis Hunter | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tim McClaskey | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Levan | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Steve Gagliano | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Schnabel | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Remy Maduro | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Green | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Schifano | SS | 42 | 72 | 110 | 12 | 18 | .938 | 4.333 | ||||
| Isreal Polonia | SS | 37 | 42 | 99 | 14 | 19 | .910 | 3.811 | ||||
| Totals | 1046 | 1888 | 800 | 119 | 146 | .958 | 2.570 | 12 | 54 | 53 | 49.5 |
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.
