1997 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 76-63
Finished 1st in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Gary Varsho (76-63)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium
Attendance: 227,104, Avg. 3,390 in 67 home dates
1997 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers RosterTeam Record: 76-63
Finished 1st in the MWL's Central Division
Manager: Gary Varsho (76-63)
Affiliation: Seattle Mariners
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Ballpark: Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium
Attendance: 227,104, Avg. 3,390 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 76 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's Central Division.
The Timber Rattlers scored 625 runs and allowed 612 runs. Mike Burrows and Rob Zachmann paced Wisconsin with 12 home runs apiece. Adonis Harrison accounted for 62 RBI and topped all regular batters by hitting .318. Julio Ayala led the squad with 11 wins, while Brian Fuentes recorded a 3.58 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1997 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Fitzgerald, Brian Fuentes, Denny Stark, Roy Smith, Carlos Maldonado, Ramón Vázquez, Joe Mays, Gil Meche, Justin Kaye and Jordan Zimmerman.
Gary Varsho 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Ayala | 11 | 3 | .786 | 3.67 | 36 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103.0 | 114 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 443 |
| Joe Mays | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.09 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 | 62 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 79 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 322 |
| Jeromy Palki | 9 | 3 | .750 | 2.78 | 44 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 64.7 | 50 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 255 |
| Justin Kaye | 8 | 12 | .400 | 7.30 | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 129 | 113 | 103 | 13 | 104 | 0 | 115 | 16 | 6 | 21 | 618 |
| Denny Stark | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.97 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91.3 | 52 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 105 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 361 |
| Brian Fuentes | 6 | 7 | .462 | 3.56 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.7 | 84 | 52 | 47 | 6 | 59 | 0 | 153 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 486 |
| Marty Weymouth | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5.06 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110.3 | 116 | 75 | 62 | 14 | 33 | 1 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 484 |
| Russell Jacob | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.44 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77.0 | 62 | 41 | 38 | 7 | 58 | 1 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 339 |
| Brian Fitzgerald | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.94 | 41 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 69.7 | 63 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 281 |
| Russ Koehler | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.47 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 50 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 214 |
| Albert Derenches | 3 | 2 | .600 | 4.53 | 29 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43.7 | 46 | 36 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 214 |
| Roy Smith | 3 | 4 | .429 | 5.59 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 81 | 50 | 41 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 304 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.77 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 35 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 170 |
| Kyle Kennison | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.13 | 40 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 80.3 | 54 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 112 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 324 |
| Javier Gutierrez | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.83 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 149 |
| Jordan Zimmerman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.82 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75 |
| Scott Steinmann | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Gil Meche | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| Allen Westfall | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.62 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.3 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 142 |
| Totals | 76 | 63 | .547 | 3.87 | 399 | 139 | 137 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1217.7 | 1084 | 612 | 524 | 82 | 555 | 23 | 1220 | 64 | 27 | 106 | 5236 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Figueroa | 125 | 524 | 482 | 56 | 138 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 21 | .286 | .339 | .369 | .708 | 178 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Adonis Harrison | 125 | 481 | 412 | 61 | 131 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 62 | 25 | 18 | 55 | 74 | .318 | .403 | .461 | .865 | 190 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Ramón Vázquez | 131 | 567 | 479 | 79 | 129 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 93 | .269 | .373 | .392 | .765 | 188 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Matt Sachse | 110 | 404 | 373 | 37 | 100 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 51 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 110 | .268 | .318 | .389 | .706 | 145 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Burrows | 102 | 419 | 389 | 55 | 97 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 91 | .249 | .297 | .445 | .741 | 173 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rob Zachmann | 107 | 407 | 358 | 59 | 93 | 24 | 1 | 12 | 61 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 87 | .260 | .332 | .433 | .765 | 155 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Claudio Liverziani | 108 | 419 | 346 | 73 | 88 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 68 | 93 | .254 | .381 | .384 | .766 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cirilo Cruz | 69 | 280 | 241 | 26 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 50 | .299 | .363 | .357 | .720 | 86 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| Jose Castro | 64 | 263 | 248 | 29 | 60 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 50 | .242 | .282 | .310 | .593 | 77 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Maldonado | 97 | 347 | 316 | 15 | 60 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 33 | .190 | .236 | .228 | .464 | 72 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Steinmann | 72 | 258 | 225 | 26 | 48 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 60 | .213 | .300 | .244 | .545 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Watts | 51 | 196 | 162 | 37 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 55 | .278 | .398 | .512 | .910 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jason Regan | 51 | 207 | 177 | 31 | 45 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 55 | .254 | .348 | .497 | .845 | 88 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Horner | 47 | 185 | 161 | 19 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 53 | .248 | .337 | .416 | .753 | 67 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Martinez | 30 | 106 | 95 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19 | .200 | .240 | .242 | .482 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick Myers | 20 | 58 | 55 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | .200 | .241 | .345 | .587 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramon Valera | 13 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | .176 | .263 | .235 | .498 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fernando Espino | 3 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .250 | .400 | 1.000 | 1.400 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Stewart | 4 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .214 | .357 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Marchiano | 3 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .111 | .273 | .111 | .384 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Kennison | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Albert Derenches | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1402 | 5198 | 4585 | 625 | 1187 | 250 | 39 | 79 | 541 | 102 | 90 | 480 | 972 | .259 | .334 | .382 | .717 | 1752 | 109 | 52 | 58 | 23 | 17 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Zachmann | 1B | 96 | 774 | 51 | 3 | 70 | .996 | 8.594 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | 1B | 30 | 228 | 20 | 3 | 17 | .988 | 8.267 | ||||
| Cirilo Cruz | 1B | 18 | 142 | 9 | 4 | 10 | .974 | 8.389 | ||||
| Jason Regan | 1B | 5 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 5.800 | ||||
| Victor Martinez | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Adonis Harrison | 2B | 119 | 198 | 294 | 26 | 63 | .950 | 4.134 | ||||
| Jason Regan | 2B | 17 | 19 | 23 | 4 | 3 | .913 | 2.471 | ||||
| Victor Martinez | 2B | 6 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 3.500 | ||||
| Cirilo Cruz | 2B | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .833 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramon Valera | 2B | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | ||||
| Luis Figueroa | 3B | 115 | 69 | 202 | 26 | 15 | .912 | 2.357 | ||||
| Victor Martinez | 3B | 13 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 2 | .941 | 3.692 | ||||
| Jason Regan | 3B | 10 | 2 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .905 | 1.900 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | 3B | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ramon Valera | 3B | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Cirilo Cruz | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Carlos Maldonado | C | 97 | 857 | 105 | 11 | 6 | .989 | 9.918 | 10 | 85 | 47 | 35.6 |
| Scott Steinmann | C | 28 | 165 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 6.679 | 9 | 27 | 10 | 27.0 |
| Jim Horner | C | 25 | 202 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.800 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 28.2 |
| Mick Myers | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Burrows | CF | 102 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Castro | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Stewart | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claudio Liverziani | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Watts | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Victor Martinez | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Marchiano | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Steinmann | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Claudio Liverziani | LF | 72 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Watts | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Castro | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cirilo Cruz | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Regan | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Steinmann | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Victor Martinez | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fernando Espino | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Sachse | OF | 107 | 170 | 13 | 9 | 1 | .953 | 1.710 | ||||
| Mike Burrows | OF | 102 | 177 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .969 | 1.833 | ||||
| Claudio Liverziani | OF | 75 | 114 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .992 | 1.653 | ||||
| Jose Castro | OF | 63 | 106 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.714 | ||||
| Josh Watts | OF | 44 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .952 | 1.341 | ||||
| Cirilo Cruz | OF | 18 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .833 | ||||
| Jason Regan | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | OF | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Keith Stewart | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Victor Martinez | OF | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Marchiano | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Fernando Espino | OF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jim Horner | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeromy Palki | P | 44 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .227 | ||||
| Brian Fitzgerald | P | 41 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .857 | .439 | ||||
| Kyle Kennison | P | 40 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .425 | ||||
| Julio Ayala | P | 36 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
| Albert Derenches | P | 29 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .172 | ||||
| Justin Kaye | P | 28 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .821 | ||||
| Marty Weymouth | P | 23 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .826 | ||||
| Russ Koehler | P | 23 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .867 | .565 | ||||
| Brian Fuentes | P | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | .867 | 1.182 | ||||
| Russell Jacob | P | 21 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .905 | ||||
| Allen Westfall | P | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Roy Smith | P | 18 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .944 | ||||
| Denny Stark | P | 16 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 2 | .841 | 2.312 | ||||
| Joe Mays | P | 13 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 4 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Javier Gutierrez | P | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Jose Gonzalez | P | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Jordan Zimmerman | P | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gil Meche | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Sachse | RF | 107 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Watts | RF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jose Castro | RF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Regan | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cirilo Cruz | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Steinmann | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Horner | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fernando Espino | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Vázquez | SS | 131 | 170 | 333 | 35 | 61 | .935 | 3.840 | ||||
| Jason Regan | SS | 7 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ramon Valera | SS | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .867 | 2.167 | ||||
| Victor Martinez | SS | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Steinmann | SS | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Cirilo Cruz | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 2037 | 3653 | 1454 | 177 | 291 | .967 | 2.507 | 25 | 140 | 68 | 32.7 |
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.
