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1996 Phoenix Firebirds (AAA)
+ Pacific Coast League
| Parent Organization: | San Francisco Giants |
| Nickname: | |
| W-L Record: | 69-75 .479 |
| Rank: | 3rd in Pacific Coast League Northern |
| Run Differential: | 700-734 -34 |
| Manager(s): | Ron Wotus |
| Location: | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Ballpark: | Scottsdale Stadium |
| Attendance: | 267,649 9/10 |
| Playoffs: | Lost in Finals |
| Years Active: |
Coaching Staff
Hitting Coach: Joe LefebvrePitching Coach: Joe Horlen
#1 Draft Picks
David McCarty (#3), Steve Soderstrom (#6), Calvin Murray (#7), Shawn Estes (#11), Dante Powell (#22), Jacob Cruz (#32), Marcus Jensen (#33)Organization Affiliates
MLB: San Francisco Giants (MLB-NL) 68-94AAA: Phoenix Firebirds (PCL) 69-75
AA: Shreveport Captains (Tex) 73-66
A+: San Jose Giants (Calif) 89-51
A: Burlington Bees (Midw) 65-73
A-: Bellingham Giants (Nwst) 39-36
Organizational Player Roster
San Francisco Giants Affiliate History
| Pacific Coast League Northern Standings | |||||||||
| Team | W | L | WPct | GBL | |||||
| Las Vegas | 73 | 67 | .521 | -- | |||||
| Tucson | 70 | 74 | .486 | 5.0 | |||||
| Phoenix | 69 | 75 | .479 | 6.0 | |||||
| Albuquerque | 67 | 76 | .469 | 7.5 | |||||
| Colorado Springs | 58 | 83 | .411 | 15.5 | |||||
| Batting Statistics |
| # | Player | Pos | Hi Lvl | Age | 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 |
| - | Rich Aurilia | SS | MLB | 24 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .433 | .469 | .667 | 1136 | .233 | .300 | .481 | 1.50 | -- | 20 | 32 |
| - | Shawn Barton | P | MLB | 33 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 3 |
| - | Kim Batiste | 3B-SS | MLB | 28 | 42 | 165 | 32 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .297 | .320 | .636 | 956 | .339 | .376 | .276 | 4.17 | 11.8 | 105 | 172 |
| - | Jose Bautista | P | MLB | 31 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | 250 | .000 | .000 | .167 | -- | -- | 1 | 8 |
| - | Marvin Benard | OF | MLB | 26 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .368 | .429 | .368 | 797 | .000 | .158 | .412 | 1.00 | -- | 7 | 21 |
| - | Steve Bourgeois | P | MLB | 23 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .043 | .043 | .043 | 86 | .000 | .000 | .059 | -- | -- | 1 | 24 |
| - | Jamie Brewington | P | MLB | 24 | 37 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .217 | .217 | .261 | 478 | .043 | .087 | .238 | -- | -- | 6 | 24 |
| - | Jay Canizaro | 2B-SS | MLB | 22 | 102 | 363 | 50 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 77 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .262 | .341 | .388 | 729 | .127 | .281 | .310 | 1.67 | 51.9 | 141 | 415 |
| - | Dan Carlson | P | MLB | 26 | 35 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .250 | .179 | 429 | .036 | .179 | .267 | 3.25 | -- | 5 | 35 |
| - | Andy Carter | P | MLB | 27 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .333 | .250 | 583 | .000 | .125 | .333 | 2.00 | -- | 2 | 9 |
| - | Jacob Cruz | OF | MLB | 23 | 121 | 435 | 60 | 124 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 75 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 77 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | .285 | .366 | .411 | 777 | .126 | .260 | .323 | 1.24 | 62.1 | 179 | 510 |
| - | Robert Deleon | 3B | AAA | 25 | 19 | 36 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 | .194 | .250 | 444 | .056 | .056 | .241 | -- | -- | 9 | 36 |
| - | Wilson Delgado | SS | MLB | 20 | 12 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .140 | .196 | .186 | 382 | .047 | .093 | .167 | 2.33 | -- | 8 | 46 |
| - | Andres Duncan | SS | AAA | 25 | 42 | 106 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .226 | .281 | .358 | 639 | .132 | .226 | .277 | 2.75 | 106.0 | 38 | 114 |
| - | Kurt Ehmann | SS | AAA | 25 | 50 | 134 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .201 | .267 | .276 | 543 | .075 | .149 | .273 | 2.92 | -- | 37 | 148 |
| - | Shawn Estes | P | MLB | 23 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .080 | .080 | 160 | .000 | .040 | .125 | -- | -- | 2 | 27 |
| - | Tim Florez | 2B | AAA | 26 | 113 | 366 | 42 | 106 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 56 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .290 | .347 | .423 | 770 | .134 | .213 | .330 | 1.65 | 91.5 | 155 | 403 |
| - | Darrin Glenn | C-1B | AAA | 25 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .056 | .105 | .056 | 161 | .000 | .056 | .100 | 8.00 | -- | 1 | 19 |
| - | Lee Hancock | P | MLB | 29 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 5 |
| - | Julian Heredia | P | AAA | 26 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .125 | 347 | .000 | .125 | .333 | 5.00 | -- | 1 | 9 |
| - | Glenallen Hill | OF | MLB | 31 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .353 | .353 | .765 | 1118 | .412 | .471 | .333 | -- | 8.5 | 13 | 17 |
| - | Chris Hook | P | MLB | 27 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .050 | .000 | 50 | .000 | .056 | .000 | 16.00 | -- | 0 | 23 |
| - | Marcus Jensen | C | MLB | 23 | 120 | 405 | 41 | 107 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 95 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | .264 | .333 | .375 | 708 | .111 | .220 | .330 | 2.16 | 81.0 | 152 | 455 |
| - | Dax Jones | OF | MLB | 25 | 74 | 298 | 52 | 92 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .309 | .350 | .477 | 827 | .168 | .248 | .317 | 1.11 | 49.7 | 142 | 318 |
| - | Darryl Kennedy | C | AAA | 27 | 64 | 192 | 27 | 59 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | .307 | .341 | .427 | 768 | .120 | .182 | .337 | 2.08 | 96.0 | 82 | 212 |
| - | Kirt Manwaring | C | MLB | 30 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .308 | .182 | 490 | .000 | .182 | .182 | 0.00 | -- | 2 | 13 |
| - | David McCarty | OF | MLB | 26 | 6 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .429 | .640 | 1069 | .240 | .320 | .429 | 2.00 | 25.0 | 16 | 28 |
| - | Steve Mintz | P | MLB | 27 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 666 | .000 | .000 | 1.000 | -- | -- | 1 | 4 |
| - | Doug Mirabelli | C | MLB | 25 | 14 | 47 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .298 | .353 | .447 | 800 | .149 | .234 | .350 | 1.75 | -- | 21 | 51 |
| - | Bill Mueller | 3B | MLB | 25 | 106 | 440 | 73 | 133 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 40 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .302 | .363 | .389 | 752 | .086 | .180 | .323 | 0.91 | 110.0 | 171 | 487 |
| - | Calvin Murray | OF | MLB | 24 | 83 | 311 | 50 | 76 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 43 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .244 | .335 | .363 | 698 | .119 | .277 | .293 | 1.40 | 103.7 | 113 | 360 |
| - | Dan Peltier | 1B | MLB | 28 | 70 | 267 | 40 | 76 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .285 | .350 | .337 | 687 | .052 | .150 | .330 | 1.39 | -- | 90 | 298 |
| - | Dante Powell | OF | MLB | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .500 | 900 | .250 | .375 | .400 | 1.50 | -- | 4 | 10 |
| - | Kirk Rueter | P | MLB | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -- | -- | 0 | 4 |
| - | Benji Simonton | 1B | AAA | 24 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | .800 | 1.500 | 2300 | .750 | 1.000 | .667 | 0.00 | 4.0 | 6 | 5 |
| - | Chris Singleton | OF | MLB | 23 | 9 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .152 | .125 | 277 | .000 | .031 | .133 | 2.00 | -- | 4 | 34 |
| - | Steve Soderstrom | P | MLB | 24 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .176 | .125 | 301 | .000 | .063 | .174 | 4.50 | -- | 4 | 40 |
| - | Carlos Valdez | P | MLB | 24 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | 250 | .000 | .333 | - | 3.00 | -- | 0 | 5 |
| - | Doug Vanderweele | P | AAA | 26 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | 444 | .000 | .000 | .286 | -- | -- | 2 | 11 |
| - | Keith Williams | OF | MLB | 24 | 108 | 398 | 63 | 109 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 63 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 | .274 | .354 | .450 | 804 | .176 | .307 | .327 | 1.85 | 30.6 | 179 | 456 |
| - | Desi Wilson | 1B | MLB | 27 | 113 | 407 | 56 | 138 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 80 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | .339 | .364 | .474 | 838 | .135 | .206 | .409 | 4.44 | 81.4 | 193 | 428 |
| - | Ken Woods | OF | AAA | 25 | 56 | 208 | 32 | 58 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .279 | .335 | .375 | 710 | .096 | .183 | .311 | 1.53 | 104.0 | 78 | 230 |
| Pitching Statistics |
| # | Player | Hi Lvl | 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 | BABIP |
| - | Kirk Rueter | MLB | 1 | 2 | 3.46 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.42 | 8.65 | 0.69 | 4.15 | 5.19 | 1.25 | .264 |
| - | Julian Heredia | AAA | 0 | 5 | 4.89 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 69 | 71 | 40 | 38 | 12 | 23 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.34 | 9.13 | 1.54 | 2.96 | 7.59 | 2.57 | .280 |
| - | Carlos Valdez | MLB | 4 | 3 | 4.95 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 59 | 63 | 38 | 33 | 4 | 34 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.62 | 9.45 | 0.60 | 5.10 | 5.70 | 1.12 | .292 |
| - | Steve Soderstrom | MLB | 7 | 8 | 4.42 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 178 | 94 | 84 | 13 | 58 | 80 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1.38 | 9.37 | 0.68 | 3.05 | 4.21 | 1.38 | .275 |
| - | Ricky Pickett | MLB | 0 | 3 | 9.00 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 13.50 | 1.12 | 5.63 | 7.87 | 1.40 | .379 |
| - | Steve Mintz | MLB | 3 | 5 | 5.37 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 57 | 63 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1.54 | 9.95 | 0.95 | 3.95 | 5.53 | 1.40 | .294 |
| - | Chris Hook | MLB | 7 | 10 | 4.78 | 32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 128 | 139 | 75 | 68 | 18 | 51 | 70 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1.48 | 9.77 | 1.27 | 3.59 | 4.92 | 1.37 | .278 |
| - | Lee Hancock | MLB | 0 | 2 | 4.37 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 10.80 | 0.00 | 3.09 | 4.89 | 1.58 | .326 |
| - | Andy Carter | MLB | 1 | 5 | 5.51 | 37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 79 | 98 | 61 | 49 | 5 | 36 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.67 | 11.02 | 0.56 | 4.05 | 5.62 | 1.39 | .327 |
| - | Dan Carlson | MLB | 13 | 6 | 3.43 | 33 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 146 | 135 | 61 | 56 | 18 | 46 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.23 | 8.27 | 1.10 | 2.82 | 7.53 | 2.67 | .268 |
| - | Steve Bourgeois | MLB | 8 | 6 | 3.62 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 112 | 50 | 39 | 6 | 42 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1.59 | 10.39 | 0.56 | 3.90 | 6.03 | 1.55 | .318 |
| - | Jose Bautista | MLB | 2 | 2 | 4.38 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 41 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | 9.46 | 0.23 | 1.15 | 4.15 | 3.60 | .286 |
| - | Shawn Barton | MLB | 4 | 4 | 4.78 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 49 | 52 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | 9.55 | 0.18 | 3.49 | 4.96 | 1.42 | .297 |
| - | Jamie Brewington | MLB | 6 | 9 | 7.04 | 35 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 110 | 130 | 93 | 86 | 14 | 72 | 75 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.84 | 10.64 | 1.15 | 5.89 | 6.14 | 1.04 | .312 |
| - | Shawn Estes | MLB | 9 | 3 | 3.44 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 92 | 43 | 42 | 7 | 38 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.18 | 7.53 | 0.57 | 3.11 | 7.77 | 2.50 | .265 |
| - | Doug Vanderweele | AAA | 4 | 2 | 5.36 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 89 | 101 | 55 | 53 | 13 | 35 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | 10.21 | 1.31 | 3.54 | 4.25 | 1.20 | .280 |
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