1997 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION REVIEW
Level: AAA
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| 1 | Brian Hunter | 1B | Retired | Indianapolis | 139 | 506 | 74 | 142 | 36 | 4 | 21 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 76 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | .281 | .336 | .492 | 828 |
| 2 | Magglio Ordonez | RF | Retired (2012) | Nashville | 135 | 523 | 65 | 172 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 90 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 61 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | .329 | .364 | .476 | 840 |
| 3 | Aaron Boone | 3B | Retired | Indianapolis | 131 | 476 | 79 | 138 | 30 | 4 | 22 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 40 | 81 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .290 | .344 | .508 | 852 |
| 4 | Richard Hidalgo | RF-CF | Retired | New Orleans | 134 | 526 | 74 | 147 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .279 | .330 | .432 | 762 |
| 5 | Robin Jennings | RF-1B | Retired | Iowa | 126 | 464 | 67 | 128 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 71 | 5 | 3 | 56 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .276 | .359 | .481 | 840 |
| 6 | Jeff Abbott | CF-LF | Retired | Nashville | 118 | 465 | 88 | 152 | 35 | 3 | 11 | 63 | 12 | 7 | 41 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | .327 | .385 | .486 | 871 |
| 7 | Greg Norton | 3B-1B | Manager - New Orleans (2011) | Nashville | 114 | 414 | 82 | 114 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 76 | 3 | 5 | 57 | 101 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | .275 | .366 | .534 | 900 |
| 8 | Bubba Smith | 1B | Retired | Oklahoma City | 140 | 514 | 60 | 131 | 30 | 1 | 27 | 94 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | .255 | .327 | .475 | 802 |
| 9 | Miguel Cairo | 1B-3B | Retired (2013) | Iowa | 135 | 569 | 82 | 159 | 35 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .279 | .314 | .381 | 695 |
| 10 | Terrell Lowery | CF-LF | Retired | Iowa | 110 | 386 | 69 | 116 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 71 | 9 | 8 | 65 | 97 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .301 | .401 | .521 | 922 |
| 11 | Bruce Aven | LF-OF | Retired | Buffalo | 121 | 432 | 69 | 124 | 27 | 3 | 17 | 77 | 10 | 3 | 50 | 99 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | .287 | .371 | .481 | 852 |
| 12 | Pedro Valdes | RF-LF | Inactive | Iowa | 125 | 464 | 65 | 132 | 30 | 1 | 14 | 60 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | .284 | .350 | .444 | 794 |
| 13 | Terry Bradshaw | OF | Minor league hitting coordinator - Kansas City Royals (2013) | Louisville | 130 | 453 | 79 | 113 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 26 | 10 | 61 | 79 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 12 | .249 | .350 | .366 | 716 |
| 14 | Hanley Frias | SS-2B | Retired | Oklahoma City | 132 | 484 | 64 | 128 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 35 | 15 | 56 | 72 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | .264 | .340 | .347 | 687 |
| 15 | Enrique Wilson | 2B-SS | Retired | Buffalo | 118 | 451 | 78 | 138 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | .306 | .369 | .437 | 806 |
| 16 | J.R. Phillips | 1B | Retired | New Orleans | 104 | 411 | 59 | 119 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .290 | .348 | .511 | 859 |
| 17 | Jeff Berblinger | 2B | Retired | Louisville | 133 | 513 | 63 | 135 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 58 | 24 | 12 | 55 | 98 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 | .263 | .339 | .392 | 731 |
| 18 | Russ Johnson | 3B-2B | Retired | New Orleans | 122 | 445 | 72 | 123 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 49 | 7 | 4 | 66 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | .276 | .370 | .366 | 736 |
| 19 | Keith Mitchell | LF-RF | Retired | Indianapolis | 124 | 407 | 72 | 108 | 24 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | .265 | .372 | .440 | 812 |
| 20 | Todd Haney | 2B | Retired | New Orleans | 115 | 454 | 63 | 128 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 5 | 2 | 43 | 50 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .282 | .343 | .350 | 693 |
| 21 | Mark Little | LF-RF | Retired | Oklahoma City | 121 | 415 | 72 | 109 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 39 | 100 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .263 | .338 | .446 | 784 |
| 22 | Richie Sexson | 1B | Retired | Buffalo | 115 | 434 | 57 | 113 | 20 | 2 | 31 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 87 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | .260 | .307 | .530 | 837 |
| 23 | Craig Wilson | 3B-SS | Retired | Nashville | 137 | 453 | 71 | 123 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | .272 | .343 | .364 | 707 |
| 24 | Dennis Colon | 1B | Retired | New Orleans | 129 | 400 | 49 | 108 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 64 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 48 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | .270 | .342 | .377 | 719 |
| 25 | Dave Silvestri | 3B-SS | Retired | Oklahoma City | 124 | 467 | 54 | 112 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 104 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .240 | .316 | .415 | 731 |
| 26 | Ozzie Timmons | LF-RF | Hitting Coach - Montgomery (2012) | Indianapolis | 125 | 407 | 46 | 103 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | .253 | .348 | .396 | 744 |
| 27 | Pork Chop Pough | 3B | Retired | Omaha | 124 | 433 | 63 | 109 | 20 | 1 | 22 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .252 | .335 | .455 | 790 |
| 28 | Larry Sutton | 1B-RF | Retired | Omaha | 106 | 380 | 61 | 114 | 27 | 1 | 19 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .300 | .395 | .526 | 921 |
| 29 | Les Norman | RF-LF | Retired | Buffalo | 118 | 428 | 71 | 111 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 56 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 80 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | .259 | .335 | .430 | 765 |
| 30 | Alex Diaz | CF-RF | Retired | Oklahoma City | 105 | 426 | 65 | 122 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 49 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .286 | .340 | .439 | 779 |
| 31 | Trenidad Hubbard | LF-CF | Retired | Buffalo | 103 | 375 | 71 | 117 | 22 | 1 | 16 | 60 | 26 | 10 | 57 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .312 | .401 | .504 | 905 |
| 32 | Eli Marrero | LF-RF | Manager - Arizona Reds (2013) | Louisville | 112 | 395 | 60 | 108 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .273 | .318 | .514 | 832 |
| 33 | Marc Sagmoen | RF | Retired | Oklahoma City | 111 | 418 | 47 | 110 | 32 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 95 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | .263 | .306 | .404 | 710 |
| 34 | Alex Ramirez | RF-LF | Inactive | Buffalo | 119 | 416 | 59 | 119 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 95 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | .286 | .329 | .450 | 779 |
| 35 | Brooks Kieschnick | P-LF | Retired | Iowa | 97 | 360 | 57 | 93 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .258 | .323 | .492 | 815 |
| 36 | Melvin Mora | 3B | Inactive | New Orleans | 119 | 370 | 55 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 52 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 | .257 | .356 | .330 | 686 |
| 37 | Torey Lovullo | 2B-3B | Bench Coach - Boston Red Sox (2013) | Buffalo | 97 | 321 | 40 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 51 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .227 | .332 | .396 | 728 |
| 38 | Ryan Long | RF-LF | Hitting Coach - Altoona (2012) | Omaha | 113 | 411 | 48 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 19 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 98 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | .265 | .305 | .467 | 772 |
| 39 | Luis Rivera | SS | Third Base Coach - Toronto Blue Jays (2013) | New Orleans | 124 | 382 | 46 | 91 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 51 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 | .238 | .300 | .343 | 643 |
| 40 | Mike Gulan | 3B | Retired | Louisville | 116 | 412 | 50 | 110 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 61 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 121 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | .267 | .316 | .447 | 763 |
| 41 | Felix Martinez | SS | Retired | Omaha | 112 | 410 | 55 | 104 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 86 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .254 | .313 | .334 | 647 |
| 42 | Yamil Benitez | LF-RF | Retired | Omaha | 92 | 329 | 61 | 97 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 24 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .295 | .341 | .535 | 876 |
| 43 | Pat Watkins | CF-RF | Retired | Indianapolis | 84 | 325 | 46 | 91 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | .280 | .330 | .449 | 779 |
| 44 | Kevin Brown | C | Retired | Oklahoma City | 116 | 403 | 56 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 111 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .241 | .312 | .437 | 749 |
| 45 | Doug Brady | 2B | Retired | Nashville | 106 | 370 | 43 | 88 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 47 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | .238 | .276 | .343 | 619 |
| 46 | Andy Stewart | C | Retired | Omaha | 86 | 288 | 38 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .274 | .335 | .378 | 713 |
| 47 | Mike Murphy | OF | Retired | Oklahoma City | 73 | 243 | 37 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 38 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .329 | .425 | .486 | 911 |
| 48 | Brandon Wilson | IF | Retired | Indianapolis | 68 | 180 | 24 | 41 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .228 | .302 | .306 | 608 |
| | | IF | Retired | Iowa | 19 | 62 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .258 | .281 | .290 | 571 |
| 49 | Chris Petersen | 2B | Retired | Iowa | 119 | 391 | 49 | 94 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 89 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | .240 | .306 | .315 | 621 |
| 50 | Mario Valdez | 1B | Inactive | Nashville | 81 | 282 | 44 | 79 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 77 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .280 | .388 | .518 | 906 |
| 51 | Micah Franklin | RF | Retired | Louisville | 99 | 326 | 49 | 72 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .221 | .329 | .380 | 709 |
| 52 | Chad Mottola | RF | Hitting Coach - Toronto Blue Jays (2013) | Indianapolis | 83 | 284 | 33 | 82 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .289 | .333 | .440 | 773 |
| 53 | Rod McCall | 1B | Retired | Buffalo | 36 | 107 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .234 | .300 | .449 | 749 |
| | | 1B | Retired | Iowa | 49 | 148 | 26 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .284 | .382 | .601 | 983 |
| 54 | Chris Stynes | 3B-2B | Retired | Indianapolis | 21 | 86 | 14 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .360 | .374 | .488 | 862 |
| | | 3B-2B | Retired | Omaha | 82 | 332 | 53 | 88 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .265 | .303 | .398 | 701 |
| 55 | Ken Ramos | RF-LF | Retired | New Orleans | 92 | 253 | 32 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | .289 | .397 | .332 | 729 |
| 56 | Damian Jackson | 2B-SS | Retired | Buffalo | 73 | 266 | 51 | 78 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .293 | .383 | .383 | 766 |
| | | 2B-SS | Retired | Indianapolis | 19 | 71 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 | .361 | .380 | 741 |
| 57 | Eric Owens | LF-RF | Retired | Indianapolis | 104 | 391 | 56 | 112 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 44 | 23 | 10 | 42 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | .286 | .357 | .430 | 787 |
| 58 | Kevin Maas | 1B | Retired | Indianapolis | 31 | 67 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .442 | .373 | 815 |
| | | 1B | Retired | New Orleans | 55 | 193 | 24 | 42 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .218 | .303 | .404 | 707 |
| 59 | Lipso Nava | 3B | Manager - Augusta (2012) | Iowa | 109 | 319 | 37 | 85 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 53 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .266 | .326 | .411 | 737 |
| 60 | Kennie Steenstra | P | Pitching Coach - Bowie (2012) | Iowa | 25 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .056 | .150 | .056 | 206 |
| 61 | Jeff Manto | 3B-1B | Hitting Coach - Chicago White Sox (2013) | Buffalo | 54 | 187 | 37 | 60 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 54 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .321 | .421 | .701 | 1122 |
| 62 | Mark Dalesandro | C-3B | Retired | Iowa | 115 | 405 | 48 | 106 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | .262 | .317 | .356 | 673 |
| 63 | Tim Costo | RF-1B | Retired | Louisville | 121 | 400 | 52 | 121 | 26 | 2 | 14 | 54 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .302 | .370 | .482 | 852 |
| 64 | Ron Warner | OF | Manager - Memphis (2012) | Louisville | 101 | 276 | 43 | 64 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 45 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | .232 | .334 | .366 | 700 |
| 65 | Frank Menechino | 2B | Assistant Coach - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (2012) | Nashville | 37 | 113 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .230 | .397 | .372 | 769 |
| 66 | Ramon Caraballo | 2B | Retired | Iowa | 49 | 133 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .211 | .329 | .361 | 690 |
| 67 | Kevin Koslofski | CF-RF | Retired | Louisville | 106 | 285 | 37 | 60 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 1 | 9 | 43 | 78 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .211 | .316 | .375 | 691 |
| 68 | Chris Hatcher | LF | Retired | Omaha | 68 | 222 | 34 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 68 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .230 | .298 | .419 | 717 |
| 69 | John Cotton | IF | Retired | Nashville | 94 | 323 | 45 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 94 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .269 | .318 | .433 | 751 |
| 70 | Robert Machado | C | Retired | Nashville | 84 | 308 | 43 | 83 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | .269 | .297 | .406 | 703 |
| 71 | Randy Knorr | C | Bench Coach - Washington Nationals (2013) | New Orleans | 72 | 244 | 22 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .238 | .300 | .340 | 640 |
| 72 | Bobby Abreu | LF | Free Agent | New Orleans | 47 | 194 | 25 | 52 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 49 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .268 | .335 | .387 | 722 |
| 73 | Julio Vinas | OF | Manager - Kannapolis (2012) | Nashville | 91 | 314 | 39 | 73 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 72 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | .232 | .289 | .389 | 678 |
| 74 | Jason Evans | OF | Retired | Nashville | 65 | 194 | 38 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .284 | .437 | .361 | 798 |
| 75 | Jed Hansen | 2B | Retired | Omaha | 114 | 380 | 43 | 102 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 78 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | .268 | .327 | .418 | 745 |
| 76 | Jeremy Carr | OF | Retired | Omaha | 35 | 120 | 17 | 32 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .267 | .362 | .375 | 737 |
| 77 | Aaron Holbert | 2B | Manager - Mississippi (2012) | Louisville | 93 | 314 | 32 | 80 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 56 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | .255 | .290 | .357 | 647 |
| 78 | Steven Soliz | C | Bullpen Coach - Los Angeles Angels (2013) | Buffalo | 62 | 151 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .192 | .238 | .245 | 483 |
| 79 | Curtis Goodwin | CF-LF | Retired | Indianapolis | 30 | 116 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .276 | .359 | .353 | 712 |
| 80 | Sal Fasano | C | Manager - New Hampshire (2012) | Omaha | 49 | 152 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .164 | .247 | .289 | 536 |
| 81 | Paul Bako | C | Retired | Indianapolis | 104 | 321 | 34 | 78 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .243 | .316 | .368 | 684 |