1997 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 92-39
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Bruce Fields (92-39)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 536,029, Avg. 8,000 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Fort Wayne Wizards 2 games, West Michigan Whitecaps 0
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 92 wins and 39 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps yielded 456 runs, fewest in the league. West Michigan plated 698 runs. Jacques Landry and Robert Fick paced the team with 16 home runs apiece., and Brian Dubose walloped 15 or more, too. Robert Fick drove in 90 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .341 average. Clay Bruner and Dave Borkowski led the squad with 15 wins each, while Craig Quintal recorded a 1.96 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1997 West Michigan Whitecaps who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pedro Santana, Willie Blair, Francisco Cordero, Chris Wakeland, Robert Fick and Dave Borkowski.
Bruce Fields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Bruner | 15 | 3 | .833 | 2.38 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 166.3 | 134 | 52 | 44 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 135 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 664 |
| Dave Borkowski | 15 | 3 | .833 | 3.46 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 164.0 | 143 | 79 | 63 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 670 |
| Greg Romo | 12 | 6 | .667 | 3.54 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.7 | 128 | 65 | 55 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 124 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 595 |
| Craig Quintal | 11 | 6 | .647 | 1.96 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 156.3 | 133 | 48 | 34 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 634 |
| Russ Spear | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.96 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 139.7 | 126 | 63 | 46 | 9 | 61 | 0 | 112 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 605 |
| Apostol Garcia | 7 | 2 | .778 | 3.02 | 33 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.7 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 275 |
| Francisco Cordero | 6 | 1 | .857 | 0.99 | 50 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 54.3 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 208 |
| Romulo Martinez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.39 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 79.0 | 73 | 28 | 21 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 329 |
| Mark Zamarripa | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.12 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.7 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 128 |
| John Foran | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.71 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53.3 | 51 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 242 |
| Chad Schroeder | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.71 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 120 |
| Derek Dace | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.72 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| Dave Darwin | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.89 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.3 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 164 |
| Willie Blair | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Chris Bauer | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.07 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 111 |
| Totals | 92 | 39 | .702 | 2.68 | 355 | 131 | 120 | 11 | 7 | 47 | 1169.3 | 984 | 456 | 348 | 57 | 386 | 10 | 916 | 53 | 15 | 79 | 4861 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fick | 122 | 546 | 463 | 100 | 158 | 50 | 3 | 16 | 90 | 13 | 4 | 75 | 74 | .341 | .429 | .566 | .994 | 262 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| Scott Sollmann | 121 | 561 | 460 | 89 | 144 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 79 | 81 | .313 | .423 | .359 | .782 | 165 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Chris Wakeland | 111 | 468 | 414 | 64 | 118 | 38 | 2 | 7 | 75 | 20 | 6 | 43 | 120 | .285 | .353 | .437 | .790 | 181 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Jesus Cedeno | 110 | 458 | 429 | 42 | 116 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 63 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 77 | .270 | .300 | .396 | .697 | 170 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Rene Capellan | 100 | 424 | 383 | 61 | 110 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 60 | .287 | .348 | .407 | .755 | 156 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Jacques Landry | 103 | 403 | 369 | 51 | 101 | 18 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 21 | 99 | .274 | .323 | .480 | .802 | 177 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Brian Dubose | 105 | 432 | 358 | 72 | 96 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 79 | 17 | 2 | 66 | 87 | .268 | .385 | .466 | .851 | 167 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Pedro Santana | 74 | 310 | 287 | 36 | 75 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 55 | .261 | .309 | .369 | .679 | 106 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Mitchell | 110 | 419 | 353 | 47 | 70 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 11 | 8 | 50 | 91 | .198 | .304 | .258 | .562 | 91 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Chad Stevenson | 72 | 283 | 259 | 32 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 77 | .220 | .278 | .347 | .625 | 90 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin Sosa | 57 | 218 | 195 | 24 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 24 | .256 | .319 | .277 | .596 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Lemonis | 48 | 168 | 158 | 27 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 31 | .304 | .345 | .437 | .782 | 69 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Alexis Zapata | 64 | 223 | 206 | 33 | 46 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 54 | .223 | .267 | .379 | .646 | 78 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rich Ozarowski | 36 | 146 | 134 | 14 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 35 | .216 | .264 | .284 | .547 | 38 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kurt Airoso | 14 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | .297 | .386 | .432 | .819 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1247 | 5103 | 4505 | 698 | 1229 | 249 | 42 | 86 | 619 | 168 | 67 | 455 | 980 | .273 | .345 | .404 | .749 | 1820 | 76 | 66 | 36 | 41 | 29 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Fick | 1B | 96 | 970 | 60 | 10 | 88 | .990 | 1.729 | ||||
| Brian Dubose | 1B | 33 | 314 | 22 | 1 | 26 | .997 | 1.182 | ||||
| Jacques Landry | 1B | 4 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.250 | ||||
| Rene Capellan | 2B | 77 | 141 | 245 | 16 | 50 | .960 | 5.013 | ||||
| Pedro Santana | 2B | 45 | 84 | 155 | 19 | 27 | .926 | 5.311 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | 2B | 11 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 4.273 | ||||
| Jacques Landry | 3B | 92 | 60 | 173 | 31 | 9 | .883 | 2.533 | ||||
| Chris Lemonis | 3B | 26 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 4 | .875 | 2.154 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | 3B | 20 | 14 | 51 | 6 | 5 | .915 | 3.250 | ||||
| Robert Fick | 3B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Rene Capellan | 3B | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Chad Stevenson | C | 70 | 486 | 48 | 6 | 3 | .989 | 7.629 | 11 | 76 | 24 | 24.0 |
| Franklin Sosa | C | 57 | 369 | 32 | 5 | 1 | .988 | 7.035 | 7 | 46 | 14 | 23.3 |
| Robert Fick | C | 9 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 8.222 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 21.4 |
| Scott Sollmann | CF | 119 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Cedeno | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Ozarowski | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Airoso | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Wakeland | LF | 111 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alexis Zapata | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Airoso | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rene Capellan | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Sollmann | OF | 119 | 264 | 6 | 5 | 1 | .982 | 2.269 | ||||
| Chris Wakeland | OF | 111 | 169 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .972 | 1.586 | ||||
| Jesus Cedeno | OF | 109 | 163 | 10 | 7 | 1 | .961 | 1.587 | ||||
| Alexis Zapata | OF | 51 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .951 | 1.529 | ||||
| Kurt Airoso | OF | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | OF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Rene Capellan | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Francisco Cordero | P | 50 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .769 | .200 | ||||
| Romulo Martinez | P | 36 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .920 | .639 | ||||
| Apostol Garcia | P | 33 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .394 | ||||
| John Foran | P | 29 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .414 | ||||
| Dave Borkowski | P | 25 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 2 | .917 | 1.320 | ||||
| Greg Romo | P | 24 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.167 | ||||
| Clay Bruner | P | 24 | 9 | 33 | 3 | 5 | .933 | 1.750 | ||||
| Russ Spear | P | 23 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .958 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Quintal | P | 23 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 2.087 | ||||
| Dave Darwin | P | 21 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | .762 | ||||
| Mark Zamarripa | P | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Chad Schroeder | P | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Chris Bauer | P | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Derek Dace | P | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Willie Blair | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jesus Cedeno | RF | 99 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alexis Zapata | RF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kurt Airoso | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derek Mitchell | SS | 110 | 156 | 380 | 23 | 73 | .959 | 4.873 | ||||
| Pedro Santana | SS | 19 | 36 | 50 | 13 | 12 | .869 | 4.526 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | SS | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .769 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1840 | 3508 | 1550 | 182 | 333 | .965 | 2.749 | 20 | 133 | 41 | 23.6 |
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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