1997 Waterbury Spirit Statistics

Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 46-37
Finished 1st in the NL's South Division
Manager: Stan Hough (46-37)
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 32,893, Avg. 843 in 39 home dates

1997 Waterbury Spirit Roster

Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 2 games, Waterbury Spirit 0

The Waterbury Spirit of the Northeast League ended the 1997 season with a record of 46 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Spirit scored 444 runs and yielded 386 runs. Tom Russin drove in 75 runs. Mike Pagana led batters with significant playing time by hitting .339. Ron Frazier topped the squad with 12 wins, while Ed Ponte earned a 2.86 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Dave Fleming and Doug Piatt both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Stan Hough 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
Ron Frazier	12	4	.750	3.54	16	16	0	6	1	0	119.3	122	61	47	3	21	0	90	4	2	5	503
Dave Swanson	7	7	.500	4.41	16	16	0	3	0	0	112.3	129	63	55	5	36	0	79	9	2	11	511
Dave Fleming	5	3	.625	3.64	16	14	1	1	0	0	101.3	110	49	41	4	26	0	69	4	1	4	429
Jeff Runion	5	4	.556	3.60	12	12	0	0	0	0	70.0	74	33	28	4	23	0	68	1	0	3	296
Ed Ponte	5	6	.455	2.86	15	15	0	3	2	0	110.0	97	45	35	6	23	3	99	5	0	8	453
Jeff Love	4	1	.800	4.25	19	1	10	0	0	0	29.7	29	20	14	2	16	0	32	0	0	1	130
Doug Piatt	3	4	.429	3.04	22	0	21	0	0	11	26.7	22	13	9	1	9	0	34	1	0	1	109
Jeff Letourneau	2	1	.667	4.39	12	10	1	2	0	0	65.7	58	38	32	7	32	0	36	15	2	1	295
Bobby Douglas	2	3	.400	2.75	25	0	14	0	0	3	39.3	37	19	12	2	14	0	44	1	1	3	161
Scott LaRock	1	3	.250	5.06	18	0	11	0	0	1	26.7	31	19	15	2	9	1	21	2	0	0	121
Pat Jordan	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Terry Wright	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Chris Strahowski	0	0		7.15	10	0	2	0	0	0	11.3	16	10	9	0	6	1	11	1	0	1	57
Brian Sullivan	0	0		13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	13
Grey Wilkinson	0	1	.000	2.28	16	0	10	0	0	0	23.7	19	13	6	3	13	0	25	4	0	2	108
Totals	46	37	.554	3.72	201	85	70	15	3	15	739.7	752	386	306	39	229	5	611	48	8	40	3191

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
Tom Russin	83	356	318	55	103	30	4	8	75	2	2	25	37	.324	.386	.519	.905	165	1	9	1	3	5
Joey Madden	83	383	347	60	103	13	11	1	39	34	5	23	54	.297	.340	.406	.746	141	2	1	9	3	4
Mike Miller	83	371	324	62	102	18	6	9	58	5	2	40	61	.315	.402	.491	.892	159	4	7	0	0	0
Mike Pagana	70	292	271	49	92	15	6	1	30	20	4	15	40	.339	.377	.450	.827	122	5	2	3	1	0
John Lombardi	82	359	322	43	88	10	1	6	53	7	2	27	29	.273	.325	.366	.691	118	3	1	2	7	3
Kiko Reyes	84	329	300	36	77	14	1	2	34	4	4	17	32	.257	.304	.330	.634	99	6	5	3	4	0
Terry Wright	74	309	266	51	71	7	8	1	29	26	8	33	45	.267	.346	.365	.711	97	1	2	3	5	1
Tim Belcher	44	146	118	23	32	3	1	1	13	1	3	23	26	.271	.394	.339	.733	40	0	1	4	0	1
Mike Church	41	153	133	16	31	2	0	1	15	1	1	15	34	.233	.313	.271	.584	36	1	1	3	1	0
Roby Brooks	38	149	133	19	30	4	2	2	8	2	2	14	38	.226	.304	.331	.635	44	2	1	1	0	0
Nando Porzio	33	121	115	10	29	5	0	2	17	1	2	4	21	.252	.283	.348	.631	40	0	1	1	0	0
Arnold Santiago	24	89	87	2	18	3	1	0	6	0	0	1	23	.207	.225	.264	.489	23	1	1	0	0	0
Chad Ebbert	20	79	76	5	14	4	1	0	12	0	0	3	9	.184	.215	.263	.478	20	0	0	0	0	1
David Lawson	24	83	63	11	9	3	0	3	10	0	0	18	24	.143	.337	.333	.671	21	3	1	0	1	0
John Stratton	14	46	37	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	5	.189	.302	.189	.492	7	0	0	3	0	2
Paul Reinisch	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	798	3268	2912	444	807	131	42	37	401	103	35	265	478	.277	.342	.389	.731	1133	29	33	33	25	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tom Russin	1B	71	617	39	15	53	.978	9.239
Arnold Santiago	1B	11	75	6	0	5	1.000	7.364
Tim Belcher	1B	6	46	6	0	4	1.000	8.667
Mike Church	1B	1	3	0	0	1	1.000	3.000
Mike Pagana	2B	49	78	121	12	18	.943	4.061
Roby Brooks	2B	37	56	96	5	17	.968	4.108
Mike Miller	3B	82	67	142	19	11	.917	2.549
Mike Pagana	3B	2	2	3	0	0	1.000	2.500
Arnold Santiago	3B	1	2	3	0	0	1.000	5.000
Mike Church	C	40	264	25	2	2	.993	7.225	11	34	12	26.1
Nando Porzio	C	22	165	14	1	0	.994	8.136	5	25	5	16.7
Chad Ebbert	C	20	148	16	0	1	1.000	8.200	5	15	5	25.0
John Stratton	C	6	55	2	2	0	.966	9.500	2	7	2	22.2
Joey Madden	CF	83						.000
Tim Belcher	CF	3						.000
John Lombardi	LF	47						.000
Terry Wright	LF	18						.000
Tim Belcher	LF	12						.000
Tom Russin	LF	10						.000
Arnold Santiago	LF	2						.000
Joey Madden	OF	83	161	6	4	1	.977	2.012
Terry Wright	OF	73	120	10	5	3	.963	1.781
John Lombardi	OF	53	87	5	4	0	.958	1.736
Tim Belcher	OF	26	35	4	2	1	.951	1.500
David Lawson	OF	18	31	1	3	0	.914	1.778
Tom Russin	OF	10	13	1	1	0	.933	1.400
Arnold Santiago	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Jeff Letourneau	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Bobby Douglas	P	25	1	4	1	1	.833	.200
Doug Piatt	P	23	3	6	0	1	1.000	.391
Jeff Love	P	19	2	6	1	1	.889	.421
Scott LaRock	P	18	4	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Grey Wilkinson	P	16	3	3	0	0	1.000	.375
Dave Swanson	P	16	9	27	1	0	.973	2.250
Ron Frazier	P	16	8	24	1	3	.970	2.000
Dave Fleming	P	16	6	27	0	5	1.000	2.062
Ed Ponte	P	15	7	24	3	1	.912	2.067
Jeff Runion	P	12	6	9	1	1	.938	1.250
Jeff Letourneau	P	12	5	13	0	1	1.000	1.500
Chris Strahowski	P	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Brian Sullivan	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Terry Wright	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Pat Jordan	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Terry Wright	RF	55						.000
David Lawson	RF	18						.000
Tim Belcher	RF	13						.000
John Lombardi	RF	7						.000
Jeff Letourneau	RF	1						.000
Kiko Reyes	SS	84	137	244	24	55	.941	4.536
Mike Pagana	SS	1	2	3	2	0	.714	5.000
Totals		1170	2219	894	109	186	.966	2.661	23	81	24	22.9

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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