1998 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Bruce Fields (83-57)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 500,083, Avg. 7,144 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Clinton LumberKings 0
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Michigan Battle Cats 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Rockford Cubbies 1
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 1998 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps led the league with just 511 runs allowed. West Michigan scored 660 runs. Alexis Zapata paced the team with 11 home runs Antuan Bunkley accounted for 91 RBI and topped all regular hitters with a .297 average. Craig Johnson paced the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Shane Loux, Matt Miller, Jeff Weaver, Mike Rivera, Adam Pettyjohn, Rod Lindsey and Pedro Santana were all players from the 1998 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in the Majors during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Johnson | 14 | 6 | .700 | 2.79 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 164.7 | 146 | 66 | 51 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 116 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 658 |
| Mark Persails | 11 | 5 | .688 | 2.83 | 39 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 92.3 | 75 | 33 | 29 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 372 |
| Alan Webb | 10 | 7 | .588 | 2.93 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 172.0 | 110 | 69 | 56 | 9 | 58 | 1 | 202 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 690 |
| Matt Miller | 7 | 4 | .636 | 1.52 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 95.0 | 59 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 366 |
| Greg Romo | 7 | 4 | .636 | 2.92 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.7 | 78 | 42 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 390 |
| Shane Loux | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.64 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 157.0 | 184 | 96 | 81 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 88 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 698 |
| Mark Zamarripa | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.23 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 72.7 | 59 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 299 |
| Chad Schroeder | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.25 | 35 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63.7 | 67 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 272 |
| Randy Viegas | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.95 | 52 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.7 | 52 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 243 |
| Adam Pettyjohn | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.97 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.3 | 46 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 64 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 210 |
| Jose Ramirez | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.98 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 69 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 315 |
| Bill Snyder | 3 | 1 | .750 | 1.82 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59.3 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 236 |
| Jeff Weaver | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Jose Castillo | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.44 | 51 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 51.7 | 42 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 202 |
| Bobby Sismondo | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2.11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.3 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 92 |
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 3.01 | 402 | 140 | 127 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 1235.7 | 1056 | 511 | 413 | 75 | 359 | 12 | 1177 | 61 | 11 | 58 | 5089 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antuan Bunkley | 129 | 553 | 492 | 74 | 146 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 91 | 4 | 2 | 47 | 64 | .297 | .362 | .411 | .772 | 202 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Pedro Santana | 118 | 484 | 438 | 79 | 115 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 64 | 7 | 28 | 93 | .263 | .317 | .370 | .687 | 162 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Alexis Zapata | 103 | 423 | 376 | 57 | 112 | 18 | 4 | 11 | 70 | 20 | 8 | 36 | 101 | .298 | .357 | .455 | .812 | 171 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Rivera | 108 | 426 | 403 | 40 | 111 | 34 | 3 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 68 | .275 | .301 | .442 | .743 | 178 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Alex Steele | 123 | 497 | 424 | 53 | 105 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 137 | .248 | .352 | .347 | .698 | 147 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Ryan Grimmett | 113 | 491 | 412 | 68 | 94 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 33 | 48 | 14 | 55 | 123 | .228 | .328 | .311 | .639 | 128 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 |
| Brian Rios | 100 | 375 | 343 | 44 | 91 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 60 | .265 | .315 | .350 | .664 | 120 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Rich Ozarowski | 92 | 341 | 299 | 47 | 78 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 49 | .261 | .338 | .368 | .706 | 110 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Juan Mora | 88 | 331 | 308 | 33 | 71 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 103 | .231 | .270 | .341 | .611 | 105 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Lauterhahn | 94 | 341 | 305 | 34 | 67 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 56 | .220 | .279 | .289 | .568 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Heath Schesser | 93 | 368 | 323 | 48 | 67 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 67 | .207 | .290 | .257 | .547 | 83 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Mandy Jacomino | 93 | 317 | 273 | 35 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 63 | .209 | .312 | .319 | .631 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Rod Lindsey | 45 | 191 | 158 | 37 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 42 | .272 | .393 | .424 | .817 | 67 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremiah Lignitz | 44 | 139 | 125 | 9 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 45 | .176 | .246 | .208 | .454 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Bush | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio McKinney | 5 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .071 | .125 | .071 | .196 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 1352 | 5306 | 4705 | 660 | 1182 | 250 | 40 | 55 | 572 | 188 | 63 | 445 | 1078 | .251 | .322 | .356 | .678 | 1677 | 70 | 65 | 47 | 44 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antuan Bunkley | 1B | 125 | 1113 | 78 | 18 | 102 | .985 | 9.528 | ||||
| Brian Rios | 1B | 17 | 119 | 6 | 2 | 5 | .984 | 7.353 | ||||
| Mandy Jacomino | 1B | 7 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 4.857 | ||||
| Pedro Santana | 2B | 117 | 205 | 309 | 22 | 72 | .959 | 4.393 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | 2B | 26 | 52 | 70 | 5 | 11 | .961 | 4.692 | ||||
| Brian Rios | 2B | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 4.667 | ||||
| Ron Bush | 2B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 3.500 | ||||
| Heath Schesser | 3B | 76 | 33 | 150 | 22 | 6 | .893 | 2.408 | ||||
| Brian Rios | 3B | 67 | 40 | 127 | 12 | 9 | .933 | 2.493 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | 3B | 4 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ron Bush | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Rivera | C | 106 | 889 | 108 | 10 | 7 | .990 | 9.406 | 8 | 68 | 32 | 32.0 |
| Jeremiah Lignitz | C | 42 | 278 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 7.262 | 9 | 48 | 13 | 21.3 |
| Rich Ozarowski | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ryan Grimmett | CF | 95 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Lindsey | CF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Mora | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Steele | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Ozarowski | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio McKinney | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alexis Zapata | LF | 61 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Mora | LF | 55 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Grimmett | LF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Lindsey | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio McKinney | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mandy Jacomino | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alex Steele | OF | 122 | 184 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .985 | 1.623 | ||||
| Ryan Grimmett | OF | 112 | 188 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .980 | 1.741 | ||||
| Alexis Zapata | OF | 80 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.388 | ||||
| Juan Mora | OF | 68 | 108 | 5 | 6 | 2 | .950 | 1.662 | ||||
| Rod Lindsey | OF | 44 | 79 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 1.841 | ||||
| Antonio McKinney | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mandy Jacomino | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Viegas | P | 52 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .173 | ||||
| Jose Castillo | P | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .039 | ||||
| Bill Snyder | P | 42 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .286 | ||||
| Mark Persails | P | 39 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .923 | .615 | ||||
| Mark Zamarripa | P | 35 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .900 | .514 | ||||
| Chad Schroeder | P | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .343 | ||||
| Shane Loux | P | 28 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 2 | .971 | 1.179 | ||||
| Alan Webb | P | 27 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.407 | ||||
| Craig Johnson | P | 26 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .953 | 1.577 | ||||
| Jose Ramirez | P | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Greg Romo | P | 16 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Matt Miller | P | 14 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Adam Pettyjohn | P | 8 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Bobby Sismondo | P | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Weaver | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alex Steele | RF | 119 | .000 | |||||||||
| Alexis Zapata | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Mora | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rod Lindsey | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Lauterhahn | SS | 94 | 120 | 283 | 29 | 58 | .933 | 4.287 | ||||
| Rich Ozarowski | SS | 47 | 59 | 124 | 14 | 24 | .929 | 3.894 | ||||
| Brian Rios | SS | 8 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .885 | 2.875 | ||||
| Ron Bush | SS | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2021 | 3707 | 1559 | 177 | 325 | .967 | 2.606 | 17 | 116 | 45 | 28.0 |
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.
