1998 Wilmington Blue Rocks Statistics
Carolina League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Darrell Evans (0-0), Kevin Long (0-0), Brian Poldberg (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Ballpark: Judy Johnson Field at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium
Attendance: 320,540, Avg. 4,784 in 67 home dates
1998 Wilmington Blue Rocks RosterTeam Record: 86-54
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Darrell Evans (0-0), Kevin Long (0-0), Brian Poldberg (0-0)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Ballpark: Judy Johnson Field at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium
Attendance: 320,540, Avg. 4,784 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Wilmington Blue Rocks 3 games, Winston-Salem Warthogs 1
The Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League ended the 1998 season with a record of 86 wins and 54 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Blue Rocks allowed 491 runs, least in the league. Wilmington plated 618 runs. Jason Layne and Dee Brown paced the squad with 10 home runs apiece. Jason Layne drove in 71 runs. Jose Cepeda led batters with significant playing time with a .281 average. Jake Chapman and Aaron Lineweaver topped the squad with 13 wins each, while Aaron Lineweaver registered a 2.79 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1998 Wilmington Blue Rocks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Lance Carter, Kris Wilson, Orber Moreno, Dan Reichert, Scott Mullen, Dee Brown, Chad Durbin, Carlos Beltrán, Paul Phillips, Brandon Berger and Kiko Calero.
Darrell Evans, Kevin Long and Brian Poldberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Lineweaver | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.79 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 168.0 | 136 | 62 | 52 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 116 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 685 |
| Jake Chapman | 13 | 9 | .591 | 3.27 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 162.3 | 158 | 72 | 59 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 113 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 665 |
| Chad Durbin | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.93 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147.7 | 126 | 57 | 48 | 10 | 59 | 3 | 162 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 624 |
| Todd Thorn | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.13 | 26 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 149.3 | 128 | 60 | 52 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 103 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 604 |
| Scott Mullen | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.21 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 85.7 | 68 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 344 |
| Kiko Calero | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.86 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.7 | 74 | 33 | 31 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 90 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 409 |
| Brandon Baird | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.05 | 54 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56.0 | 49 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 29 | 6 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 247 |
| Carlos Paredes | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.97 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45.3 | 53 | 29 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 215 |
| Ethan Stein | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.07 | 41 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 76.3 | 78 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 322 |
| Ryan Brewer | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.54 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 41.0 | 36 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 169 |
| Orber Moreno | 3 | 2 | .600 | 0.82 | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 115 |
| Dan Reichert | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 |
| Justin Lamber | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.38 | 32 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53.3 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 228 |
| Edwin Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 82 |
| Lance Carter | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.29 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 52.0 | 50 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 217 |
| Brett Newell | 0 | 0 | 9.90 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | |
| Brandon Berger | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Kris Wilson | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.75 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 96 |
| Totals | 86 | 54 | .614 | 2.97 | 406 | 140 | 129 | 11 | 6 | 39 | 1239.7 | 1076 | 491 | 409 | 66 | 405 | 29 | 1085 | 70 | 9 | 77 | 5142 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dee Brown | 128 | 503 | 442 | 64 | 114 | 30 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 26 | 10 | 53 | 115 | .258 | .347 | .403 | .749 | 178 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Jose Cepeda | 115 | 453 | 391 | 46 | 110 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 19 | 3 | 36 | 55 | .281 | .354 | .366 | .720 | 143 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| Kendrick Moore | 121 | 454 | 387 | 54 | 105 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 19 | 45 | 51 | .271 | .362 | .375 | .736 | 145 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Brett Taft | 121 | 466 | 405 | 55 | 104 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 6 | 37 | 79 | .257 | .323 | .341 | .664 | 138 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 2 |
| Pat Hallmark | 103 | 426 | 364 | 59 | 99 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 19 | 46 | 71 | .272 | .357 | .371 | .728 | 135 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Jason Layne | 108 | 418 | 357 | 54 | 97 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 108 | .272 | .363 | .479 | .842 | 171 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Emiliano Escandon | 116 | 436 | 353 | 50 | 92 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 58 | 5 | 9 | 74 | 64 | .261 | .389 | .374 | .762 | 132 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Brandon Berger | 110 | 408 | 338 | 53 | 75 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 53 | 94 | .222 | .332 | .364 | .696 | 123 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Jose Amado | 70 | 273 | 236 | 34 | 62 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 28 | .263 | .353 | .394 | .747 | 93 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Carlos Beltrán | 52 | 220 | 192 | 32 | 53 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 39 | .276 | .364 | .427 | .791 | 82 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Pagan | 77 | 226 | 202 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 48 | .218 | .283 | .376 | .659 | 76 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Tony Miranda | 47 | 169 | 148 | 16 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .277 | .351 | .419 | .770 | 62 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Ullery | 74 | 240 | 202 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 66 | .193 | .270 | .262 | .532 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 |
| Goef Tomlinson | 38 | 152 | 136 | 15 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 26 | .279 | .347 | .353 | .700 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmie Byington | 32 | 113 | 98 | 13 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | .337 | .405 | .429 | .834 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Vic Radcliff | 41 | 140 | 137 | 14 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 34 | .226 | .243 | .314 | .557 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Rocha | 16 | 44 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .250 | .318 | .275 | .593 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Coffee | 16 | 60 | 47 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .191 | .350 | .213 | .563 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Longueira | 10 | 38 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .152 | .263 | .182 | .445 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan DiPace | 16 | 49 | 41 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .122 | .265 | .122 | .387 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Phillips | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .333 | .400 | .733 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hersy Felix | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1416 | 5297 | 4557 | 618 | 1169 | 258 | 28 | 72 | 567 | 171 | 94 | 543 | 979 | .257 | .343 | .373 | .716 | 1699 | 120 | 81 | 69 | 47 | 27 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Layne | 1B | 95 | 808 | 70 | 9 | 78 | .990 | 9.242 | ||||
| Jose Cepeda | 1B | 41 | 284 | 37 | 4 | 28 | .988 | 7.829 | ||||
| Dave Ullery | 1B | 7 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .982 | 7.714 | ||||
| Gary Coffee | 1B | 7 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .974 | 1.857 | ||||
| Jose Amado | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Dan DiPace | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Jimmie Byington | 1B | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Emiliano Escandon | 2B | 73 | 131 | 162 | 19 | 40 | .939 | 4.014 | ||||
| Kendrick Moore | 2B | 53 | 99 | 132 | 12 | 22 | .951 | 4.358 | ||||
| Jose Cepeda | 2B | 33 | 59 | 85 | 1 | 24 | .993 | 4.364 | ||||
| Tony Longueira | 2B | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jimmie Byington | 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jose Amado | 3B | 69 | 46 | 149 | 18 | 14 | .915 | 2.826 | ||||
| Jose Cepeda | 3B | 39 | 21 | 74 | 5 | 8 | .950 | 2.436 | ||||
| Jimmie Byington | 3B | 26 | 18 | 50 | 10 | 9 | .872 | 2.615 | ||||
| Emiliano Escandon | 3B | 11 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.727 | ||||
| Tony Longueira | 3B | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2 | .944 | 2.429 | ||||
| Carlos Pagan | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Vic Radcliff | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Pagan | C | 72 | 491 | 50 | 8 | 4 | .985 | 7.514 | 13 | 45 | 25 | 35.7 |
| Dave Ullery | C | 62 | 381 | 55 | 2 | 6 | .995 | 7.032 | 12 | 47 | 26 | 35.6 |
| Pat Hallmark | C | 32 | 195 | 22 | 5 | 3 | .977 | 6.781 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 37.1 |
| Hersy Felix | C | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Phillips | C | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.500 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Carlos Beltrán | CF | 50 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kendrick Moore | CF | 47 | .000 | |||||||||
| Goef Tomlinson | CF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Hallmark | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Radcliff | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Byington | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dee Brown | LF | 107 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Berger | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kendrick Moore | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Miranda | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Rocha | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Goef Tomlinson | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Radcliff | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Hallmark | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dee Brown | OF | 107 | 124 | 5 | 13 | 1 | .908 | 1.206 | ||||
| Brandon Berger | OF | 89 | 139 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 1.607 | ||||
| Kendrick Moore | OF | 68 | 97 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 1.456 | ||||
| Carlos Beltrán | OF | 50 | 109 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .983 | 2.260 | ||||
| Tony Miranda | OF | 38 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.605 | ||||
| Vic Radcliff | OF | 35 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 1.886 | ||||
| Goef Tomlinson | OF | 33 | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.909 | ||||
| Pat Hallmark | OF | 19 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| Juan Rocha | OF | 11 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Emiliano Escandon | OF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jimmie Byington | OF | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brandon Baird | P | 54 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .222 | ||||
| Ethan Stein | P | 41 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .341 | ||||
| Carlos Paredes | P | 37 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .405 | ||||
| Justin Lamber | P | 32 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .250 | ||||
| Lance Carter | P | 28 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .393 | ||||
| Jake Chapman | P | 27 | 13 | 40 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.963 | ||||
| Todd Thorn | P | 26 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Aaron Lineweaver | P | 26 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 1 | .957 | 1.692 | ||||
| Chad Durbin | P | 26 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .808 | ||||
| Ryan Brewer | P | 26 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Orber Moreno | P | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .130 | ||||
| Kiko Calero | P | 17 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.353 | ||||
| Scott Mullen | P | 14 | 9 | 22 | 1 | 5 | .969 | 2.214 | ||||
| Kris Wilson | P | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .500 | ||||
| Brett Newell | P | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Edwin Gonzalez | P | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dan Reichert | P | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Brandon Berger | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Berger | RF | 72 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tony Miranda | RF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Radcliff | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kendrick Moore | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Rocha | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Goef Tomlinson | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Emiliano Escandon | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Hallmark | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jimmie Byington | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Taft | SS | 119 | 157 | 348 | 24 | 64 | .955 | 4.244 | ||||
| Jose Cepeda | SS | 16 | 20 | 32 | 2 | 6 | .963 | 3.250 | ||||
| Emiliano Escandon | SS | 15 | 18 | 43 | 2 | 7 | .968 | 4.067 | ||||
| Tony Longueira | SS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Totals | 2126 | 3719 | 1576 | 177 | 344 | .968 | 2.491 | 30 | 117 | 65 | 35.7 |
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.
