1996 Williamsport Cubs Statistics
New York-Pennsylvania League (NYPL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 43-32
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (43-32)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 65,089, Avg. 1,808 in 36 home dates
1996 Williamsport Cubs RosterTeam Record: 43-32
Finished 2nd in the NYPL's Pinckney Division
Manager: Rubén Amaro (43-32)
Affiliation: Chicago Cubs
Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Ballpark: Bowman Field 1924-
Attendance: 65,089, Avg. 1,808 in 36 home dates
The Williamsport Cubs of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 1996 season with a record of 43 wins and 32 losses, finishing second in the league's Pinckney Division.
The Cubs scored 342 runs and yielded 326 runs. Jose Nova recorded 38 runs batted in. Nate Manning led all regular hitters by connecting at a .317 clip. Courtney Duncan topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.2 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1996 Williamsport Cubs who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Chad Meyers, Julio Zuleta, Phil Norton, Ismael Villegas, Chris Booker and Courtney Duncan.
Rubén Amaro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Duncan | 11 | 1 | .917 | 2.19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 58 | 28 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 0 | 91 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 360 |
| Phil Norton | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.54 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 85.0 | 68 | 33 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 2 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 364 |
| Jon Cannon | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.02 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 | 61 | 31 | 28 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 329 |
| Chris Booker | 4 | 6 | .400 | 5.31 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 57 | 51 | 36 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 292 |
| Casey Brookens | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.33 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51.3 | 50 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 219 |
| Ron Licciardi | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.50 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.0 | 78 | 51 | 38 | 4 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 338 |
| Trevor Schaffer | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 32.0 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 134 |
| Byron Tribe | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.49 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21.7 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 97 |
| Len Hart | 2 | 3 | .400 | 1.44 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 129 |
| Roark Birsner | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.47 | 31 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 53 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 238 |
| Mike Holobinko | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 69 |
| Ryan Graves | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | |
| Ismael Villegas | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | |
| John Nall | 0 | 0 | 6.07 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | |
| Jeff Velez | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Jim Crawford | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.67 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.0 | 40 | 35 | 29 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 142 |
| Totals | 43 | 32 | .573 | 3.59 | 238 | 76 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 654.7 | 560 | 326 | 261 | 30 | 322 | 12 | 585 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 2836 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nate Manning | 62 | 258 | 240 | 28 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 62 | .317 | .357 | .433 | .790 | 104 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Tony Ellison | 63 | 255 | 229 | 33 | 65 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 51 | .284 | .350 | .428 | .778 | 98 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Hall | 67 | 257 | 227 | 35 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 20 | 58 | .264 | .321 | .339 | .661 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Julio Zuleta | 62 | 250 | 221 | 35 | 57 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 36 | .258 | .336 | .344 | .680 | 76 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Chad Meyers | 67 | 271 | 230 | 46 | 56 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 33 | 39 | .243 | .349 | .326 | .676 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dax Kiefer | 64 | 265 | 229 | 36 | 52 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 27 | 50 | .227 | .314 | .323 | .637 | 74 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Nova | 60 | 232 | 203 | 27 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 62 | .232 | .320 | .355 | .675 | 72 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Keith Lewis | 60 | 214 | 188 | 25 | 36 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 46 | .191 | .271 | .234 | .505 | 44 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jose Colon | 36 | 140 | 125 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 31 | .216 | .283 | .272 | .555 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Daryl Jefferies | 34 | 115 | 101 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 18 | .257 | .339 | .297 | .636 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chad Blessing | 38 | 124 | 105 | 15 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 25 | .238 | .344 | .295 | .640 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lisanti | 43 | 136 | 119 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 27 | .193 | .278 | .252 | .530 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Gordon | 32 | 100 | 94 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 35 | .223 | .270 | .287 | .557 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Andersen | 25 | 85 | 75 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | .267 | .333 | .293 | .627 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brad King | 23 | 79 | 70 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | .171 | .253 | .229 | .482 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miguel Campos | 6 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .150 | .150 | .200 | .350 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Connell | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 744 | 2807 | 2482 | 342 | 606 | 96 | 20 | 24 | 289 | 104 | 44 | 238 | 582 | .244 | .319 | .328 | .647 | 814 | 38 | 44 | 25 | 18 | 7 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Zuleta | 1B | 43 | 338 | 25 | 4 | 30 | .989 | 8.442 | ||||
| Chad Blessing | 1B | 31 | 205 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 1.000 | 7.258 | ||||
| Nate Manning | 1B | 7 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Buck Gordon | 1B | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.250 | ||||
| Brad King | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | 2B | 57 | 106 | 136 | 12 | 33 | .953 | 4.246 | ||||
| Keith Lewis | 2B | 19 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 10 | .963 | 4.158 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | 2B | 9 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.444 | ||||
| Jose Nova | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jose Nova | 3B | 42 | 23 | 66 | 8 | 6 | .918 | 2.119 | ||||
| Nate Manning | 3B | 37 | 28 | 63 | 17 | 6 | .843 | 2.459 | ||||
| Chad Blessing | 3B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ryan Andersen | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Bob Lisanti | C | 43 | 291 | 35 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 7.581 | 10 | 49 | 11 | 18.3 |
| Brad King | C | 22 | 133 | 15 | 3 | 0 | .980 | 6.727 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 23.3 |
| Buck Gordon | C | 18 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.889 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Miguel Campos | C | 6 | 49 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .982 | 9.000 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 75.0 |
| Doug Hall | CF | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Nova | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dax Kiefer | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Ellison | LF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Buck Gordon | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Nova | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dax Kiefer | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Doug Hall | OF | 67 | 133 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .979 | 2.075 | ||||
| Dax Kiefer | OF | 64 | 123 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .934 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tony Ellison | OF | 57 | 88 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .947 | 1.561 | ||||
| Jose Colon | OF | 36 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .970 | 1.806 | ||||
| Chad Meyers | OF | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Jose Nova | OF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Buck Gordon | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jerry Connell | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Roark Birsner | P | 31 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .194 | ||||
| Len Hart | P | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Trevor Schaffer | P | 25 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .280 | ||||
| Casey Brookens | P | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .360 | ||||
| Jim Crawford | P | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .429 | ||||
| Byron Tribe | P | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Phil Norton | P | 15 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | .914 | 2.133 | ||||
| Ron Licciardi | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Courtney Duncan | P | 15 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .897 | 1.733 | ||||
| Jon Cannon | P | 14 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| Chris Booker | P | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| John Nall | P | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Holobinko | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Ryan Graves | P | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ismael Villegas | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jeff Velez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Dax Kiefer | RF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Colon | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Meyers | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Connell | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Lewis | SS | 41 | 55 | 109 | 10 | 20 | .943 | 4.000 | ||||
| Daryl Jefferies | SS | 24 | 23 | 58 | 5 | 12 | .942 | 3.375 | ||||
| Ryan Andersen | SS | 20 | 17 | 41 | 10 | 8 | .853 | 2.900 | ||||
| Jose Nova | SS | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1159 | 1964 | 752 | 121 | 164 | .957 | 2.343 | 24 | 94 | 21 | 18.3 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
