1997 Visalia Oaks Statistics
Team Record: 71-69
Finished 2nd in the CL's Freeway Division
Manager: Tony DeFrancesco (71-69)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Visalia, California
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Attendance: 80,078, Avg. 1,144 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - San Bernardino Stampede 2 games, Visalia Oaks 0
The Visalia Oaks of the California League ended the 1997 season with a record of 71 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's Freeway Division.
The Oaks scored 763 runs and gave up 809 runs, most in the circuit. Eric Chavez led Visalia with 18 home runs, and Ramón Hernández walloped 15 or more also. Eric Chavez drove in 100 runs. Dave Slemmer paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .280 average. Todd Abbott and Brett Laxton topped the squad with 11 wins each, while Brett Laxton recorded a 3 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1997 Visalia Oaks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chad Harville, Ryan Christenson, David Newhan, Kevin Gregg, Billy Brewer, Jeff DaVanon, Eric Chavez, Danny Ardoin, Brett Laxton, Eric DuBose, Ramón Hernández and Benito Báez.
Tony DeFrancesco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Laxton | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.99 | 29 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138.7 | 141 | 62 | 46 | 7 | 50 | 0 | 121 | 11 | 0 | 14 | 606 |
| Todd Abbott | 11 | 10 | .524 | 5.93 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 121.3 | 146 | 100 | 80 | 17 | 63 | 2 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 575 |
| Jake O'Dell | 8 | 5 | .615 | 4.54 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 150.7 | 159 | 86 | 76 | 17 | 47 | 0 | 117 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 648 |
| Kevin Mlodik | 8 | 9 | .471 | 5.44 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 164 | 86 | 78 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 580 |
| Kevin Gregg | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.70 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115.3 | 116 | 81 | 73 | 8 | 74 | 0 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 534 |
| Benito Báez | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.54 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.7 | 83 | 40 | 38 | 8 | 28 | 0 | 87 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 393 |
| Brian Kern | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.60 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34.3 | 42 | 38 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 178 |
| Todd Weinberg | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.26 | 38 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 38.0 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 166 |
| Jose Paulino | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.54 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.3 | 89 | 48 | 42 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 363 |
| Chris Morrison | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.84 | 48 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79.7 | 92 | 46 | 34 | 2 | 39 | 4 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 366 |
| Juan Perez | 3 | 6 | .333 | 2.78 | 53 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 64.7 | 47 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 266 |
| Andy Smith | 3 | 7 | .300 | 3.82 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 70.7 | 77 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 39 | 6 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 330 |
| Mike Holmes | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.81 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28.3 | 28 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 116 |
| Bob Kazmirski | 1 | 1 | .500 | 16.62 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Eric DuBose | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.04 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.3 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 194 |
| Billy Brewer | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Chad Harville | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 92 | |
| Dionys Cesar | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Brad Blumenstock | 0 | 0 | 13.89 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 | |
| Duane Filchner | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Oscar Abreu | 0 | 1 | .000 | 14.66 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 |
| Joe Petcka | 0 | 1 | .000 | 23.62 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| Totals | 71 | 69 | .507 | 4.89 | 474 | 140 | 138 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 1244.0 | 1355 | 809 | 676 | 125 | 572 | 25 | 1058 | 57 | 14 | 126 | 5627 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Chavez | 134 | 564 | 520 | 67 | 141 | 30 | 3 | 18 | 100 | 13 | 7 | 37 | 91 | .271 | .321 | .444 | .765 | 231 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Espada | 118 | 536 | 445 | 90 | 122 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 46 | 17 | 72 | 69 | .274 | .384 | .324 | .707 | 144 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Ramón Hernández | 86 | 384 | 332 | 57 | 120 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 85 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 47 | .361 | .427 | .572 | .999 | 190 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Dave Slemmer | 115 | 453 | 404 | 70 | 113 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 83 | .280 | .354 | .421 | .775 | 170 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Duane Filchner | 126 | 508 | 432 | 59 | 111 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 55 | 6 | 3 | 66 | 76 | .257 | .356 | .417 | .773 | 180 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff DaVanon | 119 | 501 | 408 | 70 | 104 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 14 | 81 | 101 | .255 | .377 | .355 | .732 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Christenson | 83 | 384 | 308 | 69 | 90 | 18 | 8 | 13 | 54 | 20 | 11 | 70 | 72 | .292 | .425 | .529 | .954 | 163 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Roberto Ramirez | 63 | 264 | 242 | 28 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 46 | .298 | .348 | .393 | .741 | 95 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dionys Cesar | 97 | 335 | 285 | 60 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 43 | 79 | .239 | .340 | .319 | .660 | 91 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| David Newhan | 67 | 295 | 241 | 52 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 9 | 3 | 44 | 58 | .278 | .389 | .444 | .833 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Troy Rauer | 90 | 331 | 299 | 37 | 66 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 100 | .221 | .281 | .358 | .639 | 107 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Wilfredo Ventura | 62 | 198 | 184 | 23 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 64 | .196 | .235 | .321 | .555 | 59 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Ardoin | 43 | 171 | 145 | 16 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 39 | .234 | .347 | .359 | .706 | 52 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troy Penix | 49 | 166 | 154 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 46 | .208 | .253 | .351 | .604 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Roberto Vaz | 19 | 83 | 73 | 9 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 10 | .356 | .420 | .548 | .968 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Koerner | 32 | 100 | 85 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 27 | .188 | .278 | .341 | .620 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| MacGregor Byers | 18 | 59 | 53 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .226 | .305 | .358 | .664 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. J. Boston | 14 | 55 | 49 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .224 | .309 | .347 | .656 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Lara | 13 | 50 | 45 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | .222 | .300 | .378 | .678 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Mensik | 15 | 53 | 45 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | .200 | .302 | .289 | .591 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Miranda | 11 | 26 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .174 | .269 | .304 | .574 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1374 | 5516 | 4772 | 763 | 1264 | 246 | 36 | 116 | 670 | 157 | 96 | 615 | 1065 | .265 | .352 | .404 | .756 | 1930 | 94 | 46 | 47 | 36 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Slemmer | 1B | 72 | 510 | 41 | 7 | 33 | .987 | 7.653 | ||||
| Troy Penix | 1B | 43 | 304 | 19 | 3 | 24 | .991 | 7.512 | ||||
| D. J. Boston | 1B | 14 | 131 | 11 | 3 | 15 | .979 | 1.143 | ||||
| Wilfredo Ventura | 1B | 13 | 79 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .966 | 6.538 | ||||
| Todd Mensik | 1B | 13 | 101 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .974 | 8.538 | ||||
| Alex Miranda | 1B | 11 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.091 | ||||
| MacGregor Byers | 1B | 4 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .962 | 6.250 | ||||
| Danny Ardoin | 1B | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | 1B | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| David Newhan | 2B | 60 | 123 | 157 | 10 | 28 | .966 | 4.667 | ||||
| Dionys Cesar | 2B | 52 | 89 | 122 | 6 | 17 | .972 | 4.058 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | 2B | 38 | 63 | 91 | 4 | 20 | .975 | 4.053 | ||||
| Eddie Lara | 2B | 10 | 17 | 22 | 4 | 3 | .907 | 3.900 | ||||
| Eric Chavez | 3B | 118 | 84 | 268 | 32 | 10 | .917 | 2.983 | ||||
| Dionys Cesar | 3B | 14 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 3 | .881 | 2.643 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | 3B | 11 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .889 | 1.455 | ||||
| Eddie Lara | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Danny Ardoin | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ramón Hernández | C | 80 | 564 | 77 | 16 | 5 | .976 | 8.012 | 11 | 56 | 41 | 42.3 |
| Danny Ardoin | C | 41 | 308 | 35 | 4 | 2 | .988 | 8.366 | 6 | 36 | 15 | 29.4 |
| Wilfredo Ventura | C | 33 | 186 | 21 | 9 | 0 | .958 | 6.273 | 8 | 29 | 10 | 25.6 |
| Ryan Christenson | CF | 81 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Koerner | CF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Vaz | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Rauer | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Rauer | LF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Duane Filchner | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | LF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| MacGregor Byers | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dave Slemmer | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dionys Cesar | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Danny Ardoin | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jeff DaVanon | OF | 107 | 166 | 17 | 10 | 3 | .948 | 1.710 | ||||
| Ryan Christenson | OF | 81 | 164 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 2.074 | ||||
| Troy Rauer | OF | 80 | 116 | 6 | 9 | 0 | .931 | 1.525 | ||||
| Roberto Ramirez | OF | 61 | 100 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .964 | 1.754 | ||||
| Duane Filchner | OF | 56 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.107 | ||||
| Mike Koerner | OF | 31 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.548 | ||||
| Roberto Vaz | OF | 19 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 2.105 | ||||
| MacGregor Byers | OF | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dionys Cesar | OF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dave Slemmer | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Ardoin | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Juan Perez | P | 53 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .302 | ||||
| Chris Morrison | P | 48 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .968 | .625 | ||||
| Andy Smith | P | 42 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .452 | ||||
| Jose Paulino | P | 39 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .385 | ||||
| Todd Weinberg | P | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .211 | ||||
| Kevin Mlodik | P | 35 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .923 | .686 | ||||
| Todd Abbott | P | 31 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .964 | .871 | ||||
| Brett Laxton | P | 29 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | .929 | 1.345 | ||||
| Jake O'Dell | P | 27 | 11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.259 | ||||
| Kevin Gregg | P | 25 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 1 | .769 | .400 | ||||
| Brian Kern | P | 23 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .304 | ||||
| Mike Holmes | P | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Benito Báez | P | 16 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Chad Harville | P | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
| Eric DuBose | P | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .900 | .900 | ||||
| Brad Blumenstock | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bob Kazmirski | P | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Oscar Abreu | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .400 | .400 | ||||
| Joe Petcka | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Duane Filchner | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Brewer | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dionys Cesar | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeff DaVanon | RF | 96 | .000 | |||||||||
| Troy Rauer | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramirez | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roberto Vaz | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| MacGregor Byers | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Koerner | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dionys Cesar | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Espada | SS | 117 | 196 | 346 | 32 | 50 | .944 | 4.632 | ||||
| Dionys Cesar | SS | 28 | 44 | 65 | 13 | 14 | .893 | 3.893 | ||||
| Eddie Lara | SS | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 2169 | 3732 | 1584 | 207 | 250 | .963 | 2.451 | 25 | 121 | 66 | 35.3 |
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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