1997 SOUTHERN LEAGUE REVIEW
Level: AA
An organized section of a full season review with standings, team totals, leaderboards, player registers and much more.
YEAR IN REVIEW
| 1 | Luis Raven | 1B | Retired | Birmingham | 117 | 456 | 88 | 153 | 30 | 3 | 30 | 112 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .336 | .397 | .612 | 1009 |
| 2 | Juan Encarnacion | RF-CF | Retired | Jacksonville | 131 | 493 | 91 | 159 | 31 | 4 | 26 | 90 | 17 | 3 | 43 | 86 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .323 | .394 | .560 | 954 |
| 3 | Mike Coolbaugh | 3B | Deceased | Huntsville | 139 | 559 | 100 | 172 | 37 | 2 | 30 | 132 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 105 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 17 | .308 | .369 | .542 | 911 |
| 4 | D.T. Cromer | 1B | Retired | Huntsville | 134 | 545 | 100 | 176 | 40 | 6 | 15 | 121 | 12 | 7 | 60 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .323 | .389 | .501 | 890 |
| 5 | Mike Neill | LF-CF | Retired | Huntsville | 122 | 486 | 129 | 165 | 30 | 2 | 14 | 80 | 16 | 7 | 72 | 113 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .340 | .427 | .496 | 923 |
| 6 | Ben Grieve | RF-LF | Retired | Huntsville | 100 | 372 | 100 | 122 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 108 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 75 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .328 | .455 | .610 | 1065 |
| 7 | Chad Hermansen | CF-RF | Retired | Carolina | 129 | 487 | 87 | 134 | 31 | 4 | 20 | 70 | 18 | 6 | 69 | 136 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | .275 | .373 | .478 | 851 |
| 8 | Brian Simmons | LF-CF | Retired | Birmingham | 138 | 546 | 108 | 143 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 72 | 15 | 12 | 88 | 124 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .262 | .365 | .440 | 805 |
| 9 | Kevin Witt | 1B-LF | Retired | Knoxville | 127 | 501 | 76 | 145 | 27 | 4 | 30 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 109 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | .289 | .349 | .539 | 888 |
| 10 | Chris Prieto | OF | Manager - Pulaski (2013) | Mobile | 109 | 388 | 80 | 124 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 58 | 26 | 6 | 59 | 55 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .320 | .418 | .438 | 856 |
| 11 | Jason Maxwell | 2B-3B | Retired | Orlando | 122 | 409 | 87 | 114 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 12 | 9 | 82 | 72 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | .279 | .397 | .465 | 862 |
| 12 | Pete Rose | 3B-1B | Manager - Great Falls (2013) | Chattanooga | 112 | 445 | 75 | 137 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 98 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .308 | .359 | .546 | 905 |
| 13 | Miguel Tejada | 3B | KC 40m | Huntsville | 128 | 502 | 85 | 138 | 20 | 3 | 22 | 97 | 15 | 11 | 50 | 99 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | .275 | .344 | .458 | 802 |
| 14 | Tracy Sanders | 1B | Retired | Carolina | 116 | 376 | 77 | 102 | 23 | 1 | 21 | 78 | 7 | 6 | 74 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .271 | .397 | .505 | 902 |
| 15 | Pedro Swann | LF-RF | Head Coach - University of Maryland-Eastern Shore (2013) | Greenville | 124 | 465 | 78 | 133 | 29 | 2 | 24 | 83 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | .286 | .358 | .512 | 870 |
| 16 | Dusty Allen | 1B | Retired | Mobile | 131 | 475 | 85 | 120 | 28 | 4 | 17 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .253 | .360 | .436 | 796 |
| 17 | Justin Towle | C | Retired | Chattanooga | 119 | 418 | 62 | 129 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 70 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .309 | .389 | .500 | 889 |
| 18 | Terry Joseph | OF | Retired | Orlando | 134 | 452 | 80 | 125 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 68 | 17 | 16 | 59 | 87 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 11 | .277 | .374 | .447 | 821 |
| 19 | Marc Lewis | OF | Retired | Greenville | 135 | 512 | 64 | 140 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 67 | 21 | 14 | 25 | 84 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .273 | .316 | .418 | 734 |
| 20 | Ben Candelaria | OF | Retired | Knoxville | 120 | 472 | 81 | 139 | 32 | 5 | 15 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 9 | .294 | .354 | .479 | 833 |
| 21 | Randy Jorgensen | 1B | Retired | Memphis | 129 | 477 | 66 | 139 | 28 | 3 | 11 | 70 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 10 | .291 | .349 | .432 | 781 |
| 22 | Dave Roberts | CF-LF | First Base Coach - San Diego Padres (2013) | Jacksonville | 105 | 415 | 76 | 123 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 23 | 5 | 45 | 62 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | .296 | .366 | .393 | 759 |
| 23 | Gabe Alvarez | 3B | Assistant Coach - USC (2013) | Mobile | 114 | 427 | 71 | 128 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 64 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .300 | .376 | .473 | 849 |
| 24 | Anthony Sanders | LF-RF | Manager - Grand Junction (2013) | Knoxville | 111 | 429 | 68 | 114 | 20 | 4 | 26 | 69 | 20 | 12 | 44 | 121 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | .266 | .335 | .513 | 848 |
| 25 | Michael Eaglin | SS-2B | Retired | Greenville | 126 | 396 | 62 | 114 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 15 | 10 | 41 | 66 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 5 | .288 | .365 | .379 | 744 |
| 26 | Jesse Ibarra | 1B | Retired | Jacksonville | 115 | 441 | 73 | 125 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 85 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | .283 | .363 | .512 | 875 |
| 27 | Shane Monahan | LF | Retired | Memphis | 107 | 401 | 52 | 121 | 24 | 6 | 12 | 76 | 14 | 7 | 30 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .302 | .352 | .481 | 833 |
| 28 | Earl Johnson | OF | Retired | Jacksonville | 36 | 146 | 24 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .226 | .272 | .301 | 573 |
| | | OF | Retired | Mobile | 78 | 307 | 52 | 78 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 21 | 56 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | .254 | .300 | .319 | 619 |
| 29 | Frank Menechino | 2B | Assistant Coach - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (2012) | Birmingham | 90 | 318 | 78 | 95 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 60 | 7 | 3 | 79 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .299 | .447 | .525 | 972 |
| 30 | Marcus Sturdivant | OF | Retired | Memphis | 112 | 432 | 71 | 117 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 21 | 17 | 63 | 61 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .271 | .363 | .350 | 713 |
| 31 | Andy Thompson | LF | Retired | Knoxville | 124 | 448 | 75 | 128 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 71 | 0 | 5 | 63 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | .286 | .378 | .455 | 833 |
| 32 | Demond Smith | OF | Retired | Huntsville | 87 | 323 | 79 | 90 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 31 | 9 | 65 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .279 | .404 | .452 | 856 |
| 33 | Jeff Liefer | 1B-LF | Retired | Birmingham | 119 | 474 | 67 | 113 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 115 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .238 | .302 | .422 | 724 |
| 34 | Chris Wimmer | 2B | Retired | Orlando | 102 | 371 | 62 | 102 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 23 | 4 | 23 | 37 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 13 | .275 | .333 | .348 | 681 |
| 35 | Brandon Moore | SS | Hitting Coach - Birmingham (2012) | Birmingham | 125 | 414 | 58 | 106 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 7 | 45 | 48 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 11 | .256 | .328 | .304 | 632 |
| 36 | Glenn Murray | RF | Retired | Chattanooga | 94 | 329 | 66 | 93 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 73 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 91 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .283 | .387 | .581 | 968 |
| 37 | Charles Peterson | OF | Retired | Carolina | 126 | 442 | 59 | 111 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 20 | 11 | 40 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .251 | .318 | .376 | 694 |
| 38 | Charles Gipson | LF-RF | Retired | Memphis | 88 | 320 | 56 | 79 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 31 | 6 | 34 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .247 | .342 | .309 | 651 |
| 39 | Luis Garcia | SS | Retired | Jacksonville | 126 | 456 | 55 | 122 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 59 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | .268 | .284 | .346 | 630 |
| 40 | Bryant Nelson | 2B-LF | Inactive | Orlando | 110 | 382 | 51 | 110 | 33 | 2 | 8 | 58 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | .288 | .359 | .448 | 807 |
| 41 | Rich Almanzar | 2B | Retired | Jacksonville | 103 | 387 | 55 | 94 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 35 | 20 | 6 | 37 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | .243 | .314 | .344 | 658 |
| 42 | Rob DeBoer | OF | Retired | Huntsville | 91 | 288 | 55 | 70 | 16 | 1 | 18 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 111 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 6 | .243 | .385 | .493 | 878 |
| 43 | Glen Barker | CF | Retired | Jacksonville | 69 | 257 | 47 | 72 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 29 | 72 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .280 | .361 | .412 | 773 |
| 44 | Michael Warner | OF | Retired | Greenville | 91 | 303 | 58 | 97 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 61 | 61 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .320 | .432 | .482 | 914 |
| 45 | Scott Smith | OF | Retired | Memphis | 123 | 453 | 58 | 113 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 67 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .249 | .319 | .393 | 712 |
| 46 | Steven Eddie | 3B | Retired | Chattanooga | 118 | 394 | 57 | 113 | 25 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 64 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | .287 | .319 | .431 | 750 |
| 47 | Donald Broach | OF | Retired | Chattanooga | 105 | 402 | 62 | 110 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .274 | .339 | .331 | 670 |
| 48 | Ricky Freeman | 1B | Retired | Orlando | 81 | 308 | 58 | 96 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 73 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .312 | .378 | .542 | 920 |
| 49 | Juan Melo | 2B | Inactive | Mobile | 113 | 456 | 52 | 131 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | .287 | .329 | .390 | 719 |
| 50 | Eddie Christian | OF | Retired | Memphis | 68 | 238 | 50 | 80 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | .336 | .421 | .471 | 892 |
| 51 | Eddie Pearson | 1B | Retired | Birmingham | 95 | 382 | 59 | 125 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .327 | .366 | .458 | 824 |
| 52 | Angel Ramirez | OF | Retired | Knoxville | 85 | 369 | 55 | 114 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .309 | .331 | .453 | 784 |
| 53 | Manny Jimenez | SS | Retired | Greenville | 115 | 430 | 59 | 125 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 70 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 20 | .291 | .333 | .391 | 724 |
| 54 | Jose Molina | C | TB 40m | Orlando | 37 | 99 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .172 | .267 | .232 | 499 |
| 55 | Luis Brito | SS | Retired | Greenville | 97 | 336 | 35 | 97 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 11 | .289 | .316 | .333 | 649 |
| 56 | Jesus Marquez | OF | Retired | Jacksonville | 114 | 465 | 56 | 124 | 24 | 4 | 12 | 74 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | .267 | .301 | .413 | 714 |
| 57 | Dane Walker | OF | Retired | Huntsville | 106 | 361 | 62 | 87 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 7 | 2 | 68 | 87 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .241 | .360 | .363 | 723 |
| 58 | Rick Holifield | OF | Retired | Carolina | 51 | 185 | 27 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .216 | .274 | .416 | 690 |
| 59 | Rick Gama | 2B | Retired | Mobile | 88 | 295 | 56 | 85 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 3 | 51 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .288 | .390 | .417 | 807 |
| 60 | Greg LaRocca | 3B | Inactive | Mobile | 76 | 300 | 44 | 80 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 4 | .267 | .336 | .363 | 699 |
| 61 | Gabe Whatley | OF | Retired | Greenville | 95 | 310 | 60 | 94 | 17 | 5 | 15 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | .303 | .403 | .535 | 938 |
| 62 | Matt Clement | P | Retired | Mobile | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | 400 |
| 63 | Joe Millette | SS | Retired | Memphis | 57 | 191 | 36 | 58 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .304 | .376 | .419 | 795 |
| 64 | Sandy McKinnon | OF | Retired | Birmingham | 96 | 332 | 58 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 31 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .271 | .334 | .373 | 707 |
| 65 | Justin Mashore | OF | Hitting Coach - Hickory (2013) | Mobile | 90 | 281 | 53 | 67 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 41 | 11 | 8 | 32 | 70 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | .238 | .324 | .427 | 751 |
| 66 | John Finn | 3B-OF | Retired | Birmingham | 73 | 246 | 49 | 68 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 2 | 39 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | .276 | .391 | .337 | 728 |
| 67 | Sharnol Adriana | 2B | Inactive | Knoxville | 99 | 314 | 50 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 9 | 7 | 47 | 66 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .236 | .341 | .334 | 675 |
| 68 | Jason Evans | OF | Retired | Birmingham | 63 | 223 | 33 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .305 | .381 | .453 | 834 |
| 69 | Chris Dean | 2B | Retired | Memphis | 67 | 237 | 24 | 60 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .253 | .328 | .380 | 708 |
| 70 | Brian Koelling | 2B-SS | Retired | Chattanooga | 73 | 279 | 50 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 28 | 49 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .280 | .348 | .366 | 714 |
| 71 | Del Marine | 3B | Retired | Jacksonville | 99 | 328 | 45 | 78 | 22 | 1 | 12 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .238 | .346 | .421 | 767 |
| 72 | Freddy Garcia | 3B-LF | Retired | Carolina | 73 | 282 | 47 | 82 | 17 | 4 | 19 | 57 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | .291 | .342 | .582 | 924 |
| 73 | Craig Griffey | OF | Retired | Chattanooga | 55 | 180 | 28 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .228 | .319 | .267 | 586 |
| | | OF | Retired | Memphis | 35 | 120 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .217 | .289 | .258 | 547 |
| 74 | Mike Mahoney | C | Retired | Greenville | 87 | 298 | 46 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 75 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | .228 | .299 | .366 | 665 |
| 75 | Juan Thomas | IF | Retired | Birmingham | 80 | 311 | 50 | 94 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 92 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .302 | .354 | .463 | 817 |
| 76 | Chad Mottola | RF | Hitting Coach - Toronto Blue Jays (2013) | Chattanooga | 46 | 174 | 35 | 63 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .362 | .408 | .534 | 942 |
| 77 | Lou Benbow | 1B | Retired | Greenville | 117 | 315 | 39 | 73 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 8 | 34 | 80 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | .232 | .311 | .368 | 679 |
| 78 | Vee Hightower | OF | Retired | Orlando | 87 | 283 | 35 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 43 | 66 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .233 | .340 | .339 | 679 |
| 79 | Rickey Cradle | CF-RF | Retired | Knoxville | 84 | 257 | 50 | 55 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 67 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .214 | .337 | .401 | 738 |
| 80 | Raymond Nunez | 3B | Retired | Orlando | 106 | 351 | 59 | 104 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .296 | .330 | .487 | 817 |
| 81 | Brandon Cromer | 2B | Retired | Carolina | 55 | 193 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .228 | .326 | .394 | 720 |
| 82 | Dee Dowler | 2B-OF | Retired | Orlando | 52 | 178 | 32 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .253 | .346 | .343 | 689 |
| 83 | Mandy Romero | C | Retired | Mobile | 61 | 222 | 50 | 71 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .320 | .422 | .595 | 1017 |
| 84 | Toby Rumfield | C | Retired | Chattanooga | 101 | 331 | 35 | 95 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | .287 | .326 | .405 | 731 |