1996 Wilmington Blue Rocks Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: John Mizerock (80-60)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Wilmington, Delaware
Ballpark: Judy Johnson Field at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium
Attendance: 331,562, Avg. 4,805 in 69 home dates

1996 Wilmington Blue Rocks Roster

Finals - Wilmington Blue Rocks 3 games, Kinston Indians 1

The Wilmington Blue Rocks of the Carolina League ended the 1996 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.

The Blue Rocks plated 637 runs and yielded 595 runs. Al Shirley paced Wilmington with 17 home runs, and Ramy Brooks walloped 15 or more, too. Ramy Brooks drove in 66 runs. Carlos Méndez topped batters with significant playing time with a .293 average. Eric Anderson led the squad with 12 wins, while Dusty Brixey recorded a 3.44 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Players from the 1996 Wilmington Blue Rocks who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Carlos Méndez, Alex Prieto, Kevin Hodges, Lance Carter and Jim Pittsley.

John Mizerock served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Eric Anderson	12	5	.706	3.69	27	26	0	1	1	0	158.3	161	81	65	19	44	1	69	6	0	6	665
Dusty Brixey	10	5	.667	3.44	34	12	8	1	0	1	115.0	109	58	44	4	41	3	38	8	0	4	490
Matt Saier	9	9	.500	4.03	26	26	0	0	0	0	134.0	136	74	60	9	52	2	129	6	2	9	585
Jim Telgheder	8	3	.727	2.42	31	2	9	0	0	2	74.3	60	24	20	8	14	2	50	2	0	5	294
Pat Flury	7	2	.778	1.92	45	0	19	0	0	5	84.3	66	22	18	2	29	4	67	0	0	9	339
Phil Grundy	7	11	.389	3.55	27	26	0	3	2	0	164.7	155	87	65	17	49	3	117	6	2	5	679
Geno Morones	6	3	.667	3.09	19	14	1	0	0	0	96.0	86	40	33	8	27	0	60	4	1	3	393
Steve Prihoda	6	6	.500	1.47	47	0	40	0	0	25	79.3	50	17	13	1	22	4	89	3	0	3	313
Tim Grieve	4	1	.800	1.31	22	0	13	0	0	4	34.3	28	9	5	1	13	3	30	0	0	1	143
Javier Gamboa	3	1	.750	3.15	6	6	0	0	0	0	34.3	36	12	12	3	2	0	24	1	0	1	138
Lance Carter	3	6	.333	6.34	16	12	3	0	0	0	65.3	81	50	46	8	17	2	49	2	0	3	292
Marc Phillips	2	0	1.000	5.26	31	0	14	0	0	0	49.7	59	33	29	4	19	0	19	2	0	4	219
Kevin Hodges	2	4	.333	5.35	8	8	0	0	0	0	38.7	45	30	23	2	18	0	15	1	1	5	172
Bryan Wolff	1	2	.333	3.61	42	0	28	0	0	4	62.3	49	35	25	2	38	1	56	3	0	6	280
Jimmie Byington	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Jeff Martin	0	1	.000	4.87	5	5	0	0	0	0	20.3	24	11	11	3	5	0	12	0	0	0	87
Jim Pittsley	0	1	.000	11.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	12	11	4	5	1	10	0	0	0	42
Totals	80	60	.571	3.54	389	140	135	5	3	41	1221.0	1158	595	480	95	395	26	835	44	6	64	5134

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
Alex Prieto	119	494	447	65	127	19	6	1	40	26	15	31	66	.284	.331	.360	.691	161	7	3	8	5	0
Carlos Méndez	109	441	406	40	119	25	3	4	59	3	1	22	39	.293	.329	.399	.728	162	6	3	3	7	4
Sean McNally	126	499	428	49	118	27	1	8	63	3	3	57	83	.276	.361	.400	.761	171	8	5	1	8	2
Matt Smith	125	506	451	48	112	17	2	5	59	3	4	42	110	.248	.315	.328	.643	148	6	5	1	7	5
Sergio Nunez	105	452	402	60	109	23	6	3	40	44	11	38	52	.271	.339	.381	.719	153	2	4	6	2	0
Donnie Delaney	124	417	386	45	105	17	4	4	38	18	7	21	63	.272	.312	.368	.680	142	6	3	4	3	0
Ramy Brooks	111	417	363	54	91	24	2	15	66	4	3	45	80	.251	.328	.452	.780	164	10	0	2	7	0
Jimmie Byington	105	332	297	46	88	20	2	1	32	12	8	19	44	.296	.344	.387	.731	115	4	5	6	5	0
Keifer Rackley	95	346	290	47	81	13	2	10	47	4	2	46	55	.279	.387	.441	.829	128	5	7	0	3	2
Al Shirley	116	407	340	54	78	13	2	17	47	8	7	57	149	.229	.354	.429	.783	146	1	9	0	1	3
Mike Evans	98	340	278	36	53	9	1	10	40	1	2	56	78	.191	.333	.338	.671	94	1	4	1	1	2
Julio Montilla	49	163	150	22	39	10	0	0	12	3	1	9	18	.260	.311	.327	.637	49	3	2	2	0	0
Brian Teeters	61	211	172	41	37	9	3	2	17	19	3	33	50	.215	.352	.337	.690	58	5	4	1	1	1
Edguardo Cedeno	78	184	163	28	34	7	0	1	18	11	5	14	65	.209	.280	.270	.550	44	2	3	2	2	0
Phil Grundy	28	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Chad Strickland	11	38	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	.061	.139	.091	.230	3	1	0	2	0	0
Dusty Brixey	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1494	5250	4609	637	1195	234	34	81	579	160	72	493	958	.259	.335	.378	.712	1740	67	57	39	52	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Matt Smith	1B	120	1039	61	16	108	.986	9.167
Carlos Méndez	1B	28	220	15	2	19	.992	8.393
Jimmie Byington	1B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Evans	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Sergio Nunez	2B	103	228	254	14	62	.972	4.680
Edguardo Cedeno	2B	36	59	92	7	22	.956	4.194
Julio Montilla	2B	8	8	14	2	4	.917	2.750
Jimmie Byington	2B	4	4	5	0	1	1.000	2.250
Sean McNally	3B	124	84	282	25	22	.936	2.952
Edguardo Cedeno	3B	20	7	23	3	3	.909	1.500
Jimmie Byington	3B	10	6	29	2	1	.946	3.500
Julio Montilla	3B	5	1	8	1	0	.900	1.800
Ramy Brooks	C	105	605	76	9	7	.987	6.486	15	51	45	46.9
Carlos Méndez	C	34	198	25	7	1	.970	6.559	3	35	12	25.5
Chad Strickland	C	10	62	7	0	0	1.000	6.900	1	8	4	33.3
Mike Evans	C	8	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.250	0	0	0
Jimmie Byington	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0	0	0
Jimmie Byington	CF	89						.000
Keifer Rackley	CF	45						.000
Brian Teeters	CF	33						.000
Al Shirley	CF	2						.000
Al Shirley	LF	110						.000
Keifer Rackley	LF	18						.000
Mike Evans	LF	18						.000
Brian Teeters	LF	11						.000
Edguardo Cedeno	LF	3						.000
Jimmie Byington	LF	2						.000
Donnie Delaney	OF	121	214	15	8	0	.966	1.893
Al Shirley	OF	111	182	8	12	0	.941	1.712
Jimmie Byington	OF	90	163	2	4	0	.976	1.833
Keifer Rackley	OF	65	120	5	2	0	.984	1.923
Brian Teeters	OF	48	92	4	5	0	.950	2.000
Mike Evans	OF	37	69	2	4	2	.947	1.919
Edguardo Cedeno	OF	4	2	1	0	0	1.000	.750
Steve Prihoda	P	47	4	13	0	0	1.000	.362
Pat Flury	P	45	6	15	0	1	1.000	.467
Bryan Wolff	P	42	3	13	0	0	1.000	.381
Dusty Brixey	P	34	6	19	2	0	.926	.735
Jim Telgheder	P	31	3	9	1	2	.923	.387
Marc Phillips	P	31	4	6	1	0	.909	.323
Phil Grundy	P	27	11	17	1	2	.966	1.037
Eric Anderson	P	27	15	22	0	5	1.000	1.370
Matt Saier	P	26	6	14	3	0	.870	.769
Tim Grieve	P	22	1	6	0	0	1.000	.318
Geno Morones	P	19	4	18	0	1	1.000	1.158
Lance Carter	P	16	1	15	0	2	1.000	1.000
Kevin Hodges	P	8	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.375
Javier Gamboa	P	6	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.333
Jeff Martin	P	5	2	4	0	0	1.000	1.200
Jim Pittsley	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jimmie Byington	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Donnie Delaney	RF	121						.000
Mike Evans	RF	19						.000
Brian Teeters	RF	14						.000
Keifer Rackley	RF	4						.000
Edguardo Cedeno	RF	1						.000
Jimmie Byington	RF	1						.000
Alex Prieto	SS	119	163	364	40	79	.929	4.429
Julio Montilla	SS	31	40	73	17	14	.869	3.645
Edguardo Cedeno	SS	5	6	15	1	2	.955	4.200
Jimmie Byington	SS	2	3	4	1	1	.875	3.500
Totals		2132	3663	1568	190	361	.965	2.454	19	94	61	39.4

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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