1998 Waterbury Spirit Statistics
Northeast League (NL) - Independent
Team Record: 42-42
Finished 2nd in the NL's North Division
Manager: Stan Hough (42-42)
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 46,170, Avg. 1,126 in 41 home dates
1998 Waterbury Spirit RosterTeam Record: 42-42
Finished 2nd in the NL's North Division
Manager: Stan Hough (42-42)
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 46,170, Avg. 1,126 in 41 home dates
Playoffs - Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs 2 games, Waterbury Spirit 0
The Waterbury Spirit of the Northeast League ended the 1998 season with a record of 42 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.
The Spirit plated 398 runs and allowed 362 runs. Toby Ricard drove in 63 runs. Eddie Lantigua paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .339. Dave Swanson and Ed Ponte topped the team with 7 wins each, while Ed Ponte earned a 2.15 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
George Tsamis and Jarvis Brown both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Stan Hough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Swanson | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.63 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 109.7 | 95 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 450 |
| Ed Ponte | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.15 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 88.0 | 76 | 31 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 355 |
| Gary Santoro | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.43 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 99.7 | 111 | 56 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 429 |
| Ron Licciardi | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.78 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 77 | 42 | 28 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 301 |
| John Shea | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.67 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.7 | 60 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 248 |
| Ron Frazier | 4 | 6 | .400 | 4.87 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77.7 | 89 | 57 | 42 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 344 |
| Heath Mercier | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.47 | 28 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 47.3 | 44 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 201 |
| George Tsamis | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| J. J. Munoz | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.90 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Neil Forsythe | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.86 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34.7 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 149 |
| Steve Maddock | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.34 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Mark Hale | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.78 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 120 |
| Chris Strahowski | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.53 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.3 | 36 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 191 |
| Rich Linares | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6.3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Mark Hreben | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.38 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 |
| Bobby Douglas | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.09 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 84 |
| Totals | 42 | 42 | .500 | 3.30 | 237 | 84 | 72 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 730.7 | 721 | 362 | 268 | 37 | 225 | 19 | 516 | 30 | 6 | 37 | 3121 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Lantigua | 81 | 326 | 301 | 43 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 46 | .339 | .383 | .462 | .845 | 139 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jarvis Brown | 76 | 319 | 281 | 70 | 93 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 33 | 41 | .331 | .401 | .470 | .870 | 132 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Toby Ricard | 78 | 319 | 297 | 44 | 91 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 48 | .306 | .345 | .434 | .779 | 129 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Kelly Kingston | 79 | 324 | 285 | 49 | 75 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 59 | .263 | .341 | .460 | .800 | 131 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabe Duross | 69 | 252 | 237 | 24 | 68 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | .287 | .319 | .359 | .677 | 85 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Church | 70 | 248 | 223 | 23 | 58 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 48 | .260 | .307 | .341 | .648 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Tim Belcher | 71 | 268 | 225 | 31 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 37 | .253 | .365 | .311 | .676 | 70 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Kiko Reyes | 49 | 181 | 159 | 19 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 18 | .258 | .322 | .340 | .662 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Joe Lewis | 42 | 147 | 119 | 14 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 30 | .261 | .362 | .269 | .631 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Wilson | 57 | 147 | 130 | 23 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 32 | .215 | .295 | .400 | .695 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Reintjes | 53 | 117 | 98 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 25 | .204 | .316 | .255 | .571 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Roy Hodge | 16 | 67 | 60 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .317 | .379 | .483 | .862 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ervan Wingate | 14 | 49 | 45 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .311 | .367 | .356 | .723 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Pagana | 14 | 53 | 50 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .220 | .245 | .240 | .485 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Al Shirley | 17 | 49 | 43 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .233 | .327 | .395 | .722 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Santoro | 17 | 38 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .229 | .229 | .286 | .514 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Falciglia | 19 | 61 | 54 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | .111 | .213 | .167 | .380 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muchie Dagliere | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .571 | .625 | .571 | 1.196 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Ponte | 12 | 30 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .160 | .222 | .160 | .382 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Frazier | 14 | 32 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .138 | .161 | .172 | .334 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Swanson | 17 | 40 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .114 | .139 | .143 | .282 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Strahowski | 26 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Shea | 13 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .118 | .167 | .176 | .343 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Aucoin | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .333 | .600 | .333 | .933 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hale | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. J. Munoz | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nando Porzio | 7 | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .056 | .150 | .056 | .206 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Licciardi | 23 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .053 | .143 | .053 | .195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Maddock | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Forsythe | 28 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Tsamis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Wilson | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglas | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Mercier | 29 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1050 | 3180 | 2833 | 398 | 757 | 143 | 25 | 32 | 353 | 59 | 14 | 247 | 535 | .267 | .331 | .369 | .701 | 1046 | 58 | 37 | 39 | 24 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabe Duross | 1B | 62 | 554 | 33 | 5 | 43 | .992 | 9.468 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 1B | 24 | 158 | 6 | 1 | 15 | .994 | 6.833 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | 1B | 5 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 5.600 | ||||
| Steve Reintjes | 1B | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 14.500 | ||||
| Eddie Lantigua | 1B | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Mike Church | 1B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | 2B | 67 | 153 | 145 | 21 | 36 | .934 | 4.448 | ||||
| Mike Pagana | 2B | 13 | 22 | 37 | 3 | 7 | .952 | 4.538 | ||||
| Joe Lewis | 2B | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 2B | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .846 | 3.667 | ||||
| Muchie Dagliere | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ervan Wingate | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Eddie Aucoin | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eddie Lantigua | 3B | 74 | 57 | 162 | 21 | 13 | .912 | 2.959 | ||||
| Scott Wilson | 3B | 14 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 2 | .844 | 2.714 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Lewis | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Church | C | 67 | 400 | 39 | 8 | 1 | .982 | 6.552 | 9 | 91 | 26 | 22.2 |
| Tony Falciglia | C | 17 | 86 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .969 | 5.471 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 17.4 |
| Nando Porzio | C | 7 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.143 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 25.0 |
| Jon Wilson | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 3.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jarvis Brown | CF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Hodge | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelly Kingston | CF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Shirley | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Reintjes | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Belcher | LF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Reintjes | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Al Shirley | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ervan Wingate | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Toby Ricard | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Hodge | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Porter | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kelly Kingston | OF | 76 | 152 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.092 | ||||
| Jarvis Brown | OF | 70 | 152 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .975 | 2.271 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | OF | 62 | 79 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .953 | 1.306 | ||||
| Steve Reintjes | OF | 24 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Roy Hodge | OF | 16 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.812 | ||||
| Al Shirley | OF | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .885 | 1.643 | ||||
| Ervan Wingate | OF | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.143 | ||||
| Toby Ricard | OF | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.500 | ||||
| Frank Porter | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Heath Mercier | P | 28 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Neil Forsythe | P | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .071 | ||||
| Chris Strahowski | P | 26 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .654 | ||||
| Ron Licciardi | P | 23 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .478 | ||||
| Dave Swanson | P | 17 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Hale | P | 17 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .529 | ||||
| Gary Santoro | P | 15 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
| Ron Frazier | P | 14 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .947 | 1.286 | ||||
| John Shea | P | 13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.923 | ||||
| Ed Ponte | P | 12 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 2.833 | ||||
| J. J. Munoz | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .364 | ||||
| Bobby Douglas | P | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .636 | ||||
| Mark Hreben | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Rich Linares | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Steve Maddock | P | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| George Tsamis | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kelly Kingston | RF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Belcher | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Reintjes | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Roy Hodge | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kiko Reyes | SS | 48 | 64 | 147 | 13 | 26 | .942 | 4.396 | ||||
| Joe Lewis | SS | 36 | 43 | 106 | 8 | 12 | .949 | 4.139 | ||||
| Ervan Wingate | SS | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .840 | 4.200 | ||||
| Eddie Aucoin | SS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1259 | 2192 | 939 | 127 | 182 | .961 | 2.487 | 14 | 117 | 32 | 21.5 |
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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