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Home >> Teams >> Minor Leagues >> Southern League >> Knoxville Smokies >> 1996 Team Capsule

1996 Knoxville Smokies (AA)

+ Southern League

Parent Organization:	Toronto Blue Jays
Nickname:	Smokies
W-L Record:	75-65 .536
Rank:	3rd in Southern League West
Run Differential:	708-673 + 35
Manager(s):	Omar Malave
Location:	Knoxville, Tennessee
Ballpark:	Bill Meyer Stadium
Attendance:	142,537 9/10
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Years Active:	1977-1999

Coaching Staff

Pitching Coach: Rick Langford

#1 Draft Picks

Chris Carpenter (#15), Brandon Cromer (#34), Kendall Rhine (#37)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB-AL)	74-88
AAA:	Syracuse Chiefs (IL)	67-75
AA:	Knoxville Smokies (Sou)	75-65
A+:	Dunedin Blue Jays (FSL)	67-70
A:	Hagerstown Suns (SAL)	70-71
A-:	St. Catharines Stompers (NYPL)	44-32
Rk:	Medicine Hat Blue Jays (Pio)	22-50

Organizational Player Roster
Toronto Blue Jays Affiliate History

Southern League West Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Memphis	81	58	.583	--
Chattanooga	81	59	.579	0.5
Knoxville	75	65	.536	6.5
Birmingham	74	65	.532	7.0
Huntsville	66	74	.471	15.5

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Ryan Jones	1B	AAA	21	-3.5	134	506	70	137	26	3	20	97	2	2	60	88	6	6	0	6	6	.271	.351	.453	804	.182	.300	.290	1.47	25.3	229	578
-	Lorenzo De La Cruz	OF	AAA	24	-0.5	122	441	60	109	24	4	18	79	8	4	36	123	7	1	0	4	11	.247	.311	.442	753	.195	.286	.299	3.42	24.5	195	488
-	Jeff Patzke	2B	AAA	22	-2.5	124	429	70	130	31	4	4	66	6	5	80	103	6	6	0	2	2	.303	.418	.422	840	.119	.308	.389	1.29	107.3	181	517
-	Tom Evans	3B	MLB	21	-3.5	120	394	87	111	27	1	17	65	4	0	115	113	9	0	0	2	7	.282	.452	.485	937	.203	.505	.353	0.98	23.2	191	520
-	Angel Ramirez	OF	AAA	23	-1.5	102	392	64	110	25	7	5	51	16	6	15	69	6	1	1	4	9	.281	.314	.418	732	.138	.202	.326	4.60	78.4	164	418
-	Santiago Henry	SS	AAA	23	-1.5	110	371	37	100	15	7	3	32	11	7	19	66	3	1	4	2	5	.270	.309	.372	681	.102	.164	.319	3.47	123.7	138	399
-	Rickey Cradle	OF	MLB	23	-1.5	92	333	59	94	23	2	12	47	15	11	55	65	10	1	7	7	2	.282	.393	.471	864	.189	.366	.312	1.18	27.8	157	412
-	Brandon Cromer	SS	AAA	22	-2.5	98	318	56	88	15	8	7	32	3	6	60	84	2	3	2	3	2	.277	.392	.440	832	.164	.343	.352	1.40	45.4	140	385
-	Julio Mosquera	C	MLB	24	-0.5	92	318	36	73	17	0	2	31	6	5	29	55	4	1	3	1	16	.230	.301	.302	603	.072	.167	.271	1.90	159.0	96	355
-	Chris Weinke	1B	AAA	23	-1.5	75	265	48	70	18	2	15	55	2	2	52	74	0	4	0	4	3	.264	.380	.517	897	.253	.449	.306	1.42	17.7	137	321
-	Lonell Roberts	OF	AAA	25	0.5	58	237	35	69	1	0	1	12	24	14	32	39	0	1	3	0	1	.291	.375	.308	683	.017	.194	.345	1.22	237.0	73	272
-	Ben Candelaria	OF	AAA	21	-3.5	55	162	16	45	11	2	3	14	3	3	18	40	2	0	2	0	7	.278	.357	.426	783	.148	.259	.353	2.22	54.0	69	184
-	Rob Mummau	3B	AAA	24	-0.5	47	154	23	43	11	0	2	22	1	4	15	25	3	1	3	2	8	.279	.351	.390	741	.110	.188	.318	1.67	77.0	60	177
-	Anthony Sanders	OF	MLB	22	-2.5	38	133	16	36	8	0	1	18	1	3	7	33	2	0	1	0	0	.271	.317	.353	670	.083	.120	.354	4.71	133.0	47	143
-	Kris Harmes	C	AA	25	0.5	44	122	16	26	8	1	2	8	1	0	13	17	1	1	0	0	4	.213	.294	.344	638	.131	.246	.233	1.31	61.0	42	136
-	Adam Melhuse	C	MLB	24	-0.5	32	94	13	20	3	0	1	6	0	1	14	29	0	1	1	1	3	.213	.312	.277	589	.064	.202	.292	2.07	94.0	26	110
-	Sandy Martinez	C	MLB	23	-1.5	4	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.188	.188	376	.000	.000	.273	--	--	3	16
Batting Totals						1347	4685	708	1264	263	41	113	635	103	73	620	1028	61	28	27	38	86	.270	.353	.416	769	.146	.285	.321	1.66	41.5	1948	5370

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Chris Carpenter	MLB	21	-3.5	7	9	3.95	28	28	1	0	0	0	171.1	161	94	75	13	91	150	8	2	0	1.47	8.47	0.68	4.79	7.89	1.65
-	Mike Halperin	AAA	22	-2.5	13	7	3.48	28	28	0	0	0	0	155.0	156	67	60	6	71	112	11	4	0	1.46	9.06	0.35	4.12	6.50	1.58
-	Mike Romano	MLB	24	-0.5	9	9	4.98	34	21	0	0	5	1	130.0	148	98	72	17	72	92	5	2	0	1.69	10.25	1.18	4.98	6.37	1.28
-	Mark Sievert	AAA	23	-1.5	9	2	2.58	17	17	0	0	0	0	101.1	79	32	29	6	51	75	3	0	0	1.29	7.04	0.53	4.54	6.68	1.47
-	Carlos Almanzar	MLB	22	-2.5	7	8	4.83	54	0	0	0	29	9	94.2	106	58	51	13	33	105	3	0	0	1.46	10.04	1.23	3.13	9.95	3.18
-	Roberto Duran	MLB	23	-1.5	4	6	5.11	19	16	0	0	1	0	80.2	72	52	46	8	61	74	13	2	0	1.64	8.00	0.89	6.78	8.22	1.21
-	Brian Smith	MLB	23	-1.5	3	5	3.79	54	0	0	0	43	16	75.2	76	42	32	7	31	58	4	0	0	1.41	9.00	0.83	3.67	6.87	1.87
-	Chad Brown	AAA	24	-0.5	2	4	4.08	46	0	0	0	23	7	64.1	72	33	29	2	23	63	6	1	0	1.48	10.13	0.28	3.23	8.86	2.74
-	Kelvim Escobar	MLB	20	-4.5	3	4	5.33	10	10	0	0	0	0	54.0	61	36	32	7	24	44	6	1	0	1.57	10.17	1.17	4.00	7.33	1.83
-	Kurt Bogott	AAA	23	-1.5	2	2	5.33	33	0	0	0	9	3	54.0	64	34	32	2	29	56	12	1	0	1.72	10.67	0.33	4.83	9.33	1.93
-	Chris Freeman	AA	23	-1.5	6	1	3.33	26	0	0	0	8	0	45.2	45	23	17	3	23	54	1	0	0	1.48	8.80	0.59	4.50	10.57	2.35
-	Jose Silva	MLB	22	-2.5	2	3	4.91	22	6	0	0	4	0	44.0	45	27	24	3	22	26	4	0	0	1.52	9.20	0.61	4.50	5.32	1.18
-	Jose Pett	AAA	20	-4.5	4	2	4.09	7	7	1	1	0	0	44.0	37	20	20	4	10	38	1	1	0	1.07	7.57	0.82	2.05	7.77	3.80
-	Roger Doman	AAA	23	-1.5	1	1	5.54	17	1	0	0	6	0	39.1	51	30	24	2	14	30	5	1	0	1.67	11.77	0.46	3.23	6.92	2.14
-	Frank Viola	MLB	36	11.5	0	0	1.64	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	16	4	4	1	3	15	0	0	0	0.86	6.55	0.41	1.23	6.14	5.00
-	Kendall Rhine	AAA	25	0.5	0	0	6.00	11	0	0	0	6	2	12.1	12	8	8	1	11	9	3	0	0	1.92	9.00	0.75	8.25	6.75	0.82
-	Scott Pace	AAA	24	-0.5	2	0	3.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	4	2	6	5	1	0	0	1.17	6.00	1.50	4.50	3.75	0.83
-	Derek Brandow	AAA	26	1.5	1	2	7.50	5	1	0	0	3	2	11.2	11	10	10	3	5	6	2	1	0	1.33	8.25	2.25	3.75	4.50	1.20
-	Kris Harmes	AA	25	0.5	0	0	3.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	3.00	0.50
Batting Totals					75	65	4.22	420	140	2	1	138	40	1215	1223	673	570	100	582	1013	88	17	0	1.49	9.06	0.74	4.31	7.50	1.74

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Julio Mosquera	C	92		679	63	7	6	.991	0.00
Adam Melhuse	C	31		162	15	2	2	.989	0.00
Kris Harmes	C	30		182	17	4	1	.980	0.00
Sandy Martinez	C	3		17	2	1	1	.950	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ryan Jones	1B	121		1054	76	9	116	.992	0.00
Chris Weinke	1B	11		78	13	0	14	1.000	0.00
Kris Harmes	1B	10		82	7	0	6	1.000	0.00
Tom Evans	1B	1		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rob Mummau	1B	1		2	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Patzke	2B	120		223	343	16	90	.973	0.00
Santiago Henry	2B	26		47	65	4	16	.966	0.00
Brandon Cromer	2B	1		0	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Evans	3B	72		46	146	12	13	.941	0.00
Rob Mummau	3B	45		31	93	5	11	.961	0.00
Brandon Cromer	3B	27		15	66	2	8	.976	0.00
Kris Harmes	3B	2		0	2	2	0	.500	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Santiago Henry	SS	80		135	224	26	68	.932	0.00
Brandon Cromer	SS	73		79	172	14	36	.947	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lorenzo De La Cruz	OF	116		184	9	9	1	.955	0.00
Angel Ramirez	OF	95		180	5	4	1	.979	0.00
Rickey Cradle	OF	88		135	8	4	1	.973	0.00
Lonell Roberts	OF	58		102	4	1	1	.991	0.00
Ben Candelaria	OF	38		47	3	2	0	.962	0.00
Anthony Sanders	OF	38		66	1	3	0	.957	0.00
Santiago Henry	OF	3		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Weinke	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carlos Almanzar	P	54		7	7	2	0	.875	0.00
Brian Smith	P	54		5	12	1	2	.944	0.00
Chad Brown	P	46		2	10	1	1	.923	0.00
Mike Romano	P	34		10	19	3	1	.906	0.00
Kurt Bogott	P	33		5	10	1	0	.937	0.00
Chris Carpenter	P	28		8	25	2	3	.943	0.00
Mike Halperin	P	28		7	43	2	1	.962	0.00
Chris Freeman	P	26		4	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jose Silva	P	22		5	8	1	0	.929	0.00
Roberto Duran	P	19		5	7	2	1	.857	0.00
Roger Doman	P	17		2	5	1	1	.875	0.00
Mark Sievert	P	17		7	9	1	1	.941	0.00
Kendall Rhine	P	11		3	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Kelvim Escobar	P	10		8	3	2	0	.846	0.00
Jose Pett	P	7		2	5	1	1	.875	0.00
Scott Pace	P	4		1	1	1	0	.667	0.00
Frank Viola	P	4		4	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kris Harmes	P	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00