1997 Yakima Bears Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 23-53
Finished 4th in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Joe Vavra (23-53)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Yakima County Stadium
Attendance: 80,003, Avg. 2,105 in 38 home dates
1997 Yakima Bears RosterTeam Record: 23-53
Finished 4th in the NWL's North Division
Manager: Joe Vavra (23-53)
Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers
Location: Yakima, Washington
Ballpark: Yakima County Stadium
Attendance: 80,003, Avg. 2,105 in 38 home dates
The Yakima Bears of the Northwest League ended the 1997 season with a record of 23 wins and 53 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Bears scored 365 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 523 runs, most in the circuit. Nick Leach drove in 47 runs. Cash Riley led hitters with significant playing time with a .265 average. Adrian Burnside topped the team with 6 wins and a team-best 4.97 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. Joe Vavra 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Burnside | 6 | 3 | .667 | 4.93 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.7 | 67 | 53 | 36 | 9 | 49 | 1 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 314 |
| Darin Schmalz | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.13 | 22 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 163 |
| Chris Ochsenfeld | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.08 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.7 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 89 |
| Matt Montgomery | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.44 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 48 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 229 |
| Jared Moon | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.79 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.3 | 45 | 29 | 24 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 168 |
| Bill Everly | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.41 | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58.0 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 259 |
| Neal Hannah | 2 | 7 | .222 | 5.57 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.0 | 84 | 57 | 39 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 300 |
| Lance Backowski | 2 | 12 | .143 | 6.40 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 71.7 | 85 | 72 | 51 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 357 |
| Mickey Maestas | 1 | 4 | .200 | 6.61 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 65 | 44 | 35 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 50 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 239 |
| Brent Husted | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.98 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 45 | 32 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 145 |
| Shane Bloomfield | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve Verigood | 0 | 0 | 5.35 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.7 | 46 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 164 | |
| Chris Karabinus | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Kym Ashworth | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.63 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 73 |
| Mike Rawls | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.21 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38.0 | 38 | 27 | 22 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 176 |
| Kyle Graham | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.88 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.3 | 46 | 28 | 20 | 3 | 26 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 217 |
| Beau Parker | 0 | 8 | .000 | 9.35 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 | 63 | 59 | 53 | 4 | 32 | 1 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 252 |
| Totals | 23 | 53 | .303 | 5.29 | 253 | 76 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 673.7 | 758 | 523 | 396 | 46 | 372 | 20 | 599 | 48 | 18 | 65 | 3167 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Bell | 66 | 289 | 264 | 42 | 68 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 52 | .258 | .304 | .345 | .649 | 91 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cash Riley | 65 | 279 | 253 | 36 | 67 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 77 | .265 | .333 | .451 | .784 | 114 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Leach | 54 | 231 | 192 | 33 | 60 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 37 | .312 | .424 | .526 | .950 | 101 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Brian Zaun | 46 | 196 | 186 | 23 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 45 | .312 | .338 | .403 | .742 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rich Saitta | 44 | 201 | 183 | 37 | 57 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 27 | .311 | .365 | .421 | .786 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaime Goudie | 56 | 249 | 230 | 33 | 55 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 38 | .239 | .294 | .335 | .629 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimani Newton | 56 | 230 | 201 | 34 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 63 | .269 | .354 | .358 | .712 | 72 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Wynter Phoenix | 56 | 218 | 186 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 36 | .253 | .343 | .398 | .741 | 74 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Joe Paterson | 47 | 167 | 156 | 13 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 51 | .231 | .257 | .321 | .578 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Willie King | 50 | 186 | 155 | 14 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 43 | .219 | .335 | .335 | .671 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Derrick Peoples | 47 | 161 | 144 | 14 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 44 | .229 | .302 | .306 | .607 | 44 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Will McCrotty | 43 | 150 | 135 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 19 | .200 | .264 | .237 | .501 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Flores | 33 | 115 | 104 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 48 | .221 | .289 | .481 | .770 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Slater | 29 | 79 | 68 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | .235 | .342 | .324 | .665 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Hernandez | 29 | 88 | 77 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 22 | .182 | .276 | .260 | .536 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Brown | 18 | 70 | 59 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | .203 | .319 | .254 | .573 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Balbuena | 15 | 52 | 48 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .208 | .269 | .271 | .540 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Warren | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conan Horton | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .667 | 1.167 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Backowski | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Illig | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Allen | 12 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 13 | .000 | .161 | .000 | .161 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 786 | 3005 | 2678 | 365 | 674 | 139 | 28 | 38 | 316 | 107 | 26 | 251 | 658 | .252 | .324 | .367 | .691 | 983 | 48 | 41 | 20 | 15 | 9 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Leach | 1B | 45 | 356 | 33 | 10 | 35 | .975 | 8.644 | ||||
| Willie King | 1B | 35 | 300 | 10 | 9 | 31 | .972 | 8.857 | ||||
| Brian Zaun | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| John Hernandez | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jaime Goudie | 2B | 51 | 122 | 143 | 8 | 38 | .971 | 5.196 | ||||
| Rich Saitta | 2B | 24 | 53 | 68 | 7 | 12 | .945 | 5.042 | ||||
| Shane Allen | 2B | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Brian Zaun | 3B | 44 | 23 | 96 | 18 | 13 | .869 | 2.705 | ||||
| Mike Balbuena | 3B | 15 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 0 | .881 | 2.467 | ||||
| Rich Saitta | 3B | 12 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 3 | .944 | 2.833 | ||||
| Eric Flores | 3B | 9 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .846 | 2.444 | ||||
| Will McCrotty | C | 41 | 273 | 28 | 8 | 0 | .974 | 7.341 | 23 | 59 | 11 | 15.7 |
| Jason Brown | C | 18 | 127 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .972 | 7.667 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 21.1 |
| John Hernandez | C | 17 | 94 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 6.235 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 20.8 |
| Eric Flores | C | 11 | 79 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .958 | 8.273 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 4.5 |
| Lance Warren | C | 2 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .875 | 1.500 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22.2 |
| Conan Horton | C | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Kimani Newton | CF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wynter Phoenix | CF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Slater | CF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cash Riley | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cash Riley | LF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Paterson | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wayne Slater | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Derrick Peoples | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kimani Newton | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Eric Flores | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wynter Phoenix | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cash Riley | OF | 57 | 96 | 7 | 11 | 1 | .904 | 1.807 | ||||
| Kimani Newton | OF | 55 | 78 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .965 | 1.509 | ||||
| Wynter Phoenix | OF | 49 | 89 | 4 | 7 | 1 | .930 | 1.898 | ||||
| Derrick Peoples | OF | 37 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 2 | .929 | 1.405 | ||||
| Joe Paterson | OF | 37 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 1.514 | ||||
| Wayne Slater | OF | 14 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
| Eric Flores | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bill Everly | P | 28 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Darin Schmalz | P | 22 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .750 | .409 | ||||
| Mike Rawls | P | 22 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .318 | ||||
| Neal Hannah | P | 22 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .545 | ||||
| Steve Verigood | P | 21 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mickey Maestas | P | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .800 | .381 | ||||
| Kyle Graham | P | 21 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .333 | ||||
| Beau Parker | P | 15 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .786 | .733 | ||||
| Adrian Burnside | P | 15 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .800 | ||||
| Lance Backowski | P | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Ochsenfeld | P | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .333 | ||||
| Jared Moon | P | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .636 | ||||
| Matt Montgomery | P | 11 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.364 | ||||
| Brent Husted | P | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .700 | ||||
| Kym Ashworth | P | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Chris Karabinus | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Shane Bloomfield | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Derrick Peoples | RF | 33 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wynter Phoenix | RF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Joe Paterson | RF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cash Riley | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ricky Bell | SS | 66 | 99 | 189 | 32 | 36 | .900 | 4.364 | ||||
| Eric Flores | SS | 9 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 7 | .913 | 4.667 | ||||
| Rich Saitta | SS | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Brett Illig | SS | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1168 | 2021 | 853 | 171 | 193 | .944 | 2.461 | 50 | 122 | 25 | 17.0 |
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.
