1997 FORT MYERS MIRACLE

| Level: A+

Location: Fort Myers,FL
Team Record: 81-58 .583
Result: 1st in Florida State League - West Division
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins
Manager(s): John Russell
Stadium: Hammond Stadium
Attendance: 88,266
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Roberto Kelly (32)
Youngest Player: Rafael Alvarez (20)
Top Hitter: Jacque Jones (7)
Top Pitcher: Phil Haigler (11)
Top Prospect: Jacque Jones

Florida State League Standings

West	W	L	Pct	GB
St. Petersburg	81	56	.591	--
Lakeland	81	57	.587	0.5
Fort Myers	81	58	.583	1.0
Tampa	70	66	.515	10.5
Clearwater	70	68	.507	11.5
Charlotte	68	71	.489	14.0
Sarasota	63	76	.453	19.0
Dunedin	57	82	.410	25.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
-	Jacque Jones	lf-rf	7	22	1996-2-37	MLB	131	539	84	160	33	6	15	82	24	12	33	110	3	3	0	2	9	.297	.340	.464	804	250	577	402	87	5.9	.349
-	Dan Cey	2b	18	21	1996-3-67	AAA	127	521	84	148	34	5	7	60	23	9	34	85	5	1	3	4	11	.284	.332	.409	740	213	567	400	76	5.1	.326
-	Israel Paez	3b	46	20	UDFA: 1994	AA	135	478	56	121	11	1	1	39	26	16	35	66	1	1	5	3	18	.253	.304	.287	590	137	522	399	36	2.5	.290
-	A.J. Pierzynski	c	-	20	1994-3-71	MLB	118	412	49	115	23	1	9	64	2	1	16	59	6	1	1	4	9	.279	.313	.405	718	167	439	312	55	4.8	.305
-	Chad Allen	lf	29	22	1996-4-97	MLB	105	401	66	124	18	4	3	45	27	15	40	51	2	2	2	2	9	.309	.373	.397	770	159	447	305	63	5.6	.347
-	Kelcey Mucker	of	68	22	1993-1-38	AA	114	389	43	93	26	3	3	48	1	5	33	80	4	1	4	7	5	.239	.300	.344	645	134	437	317	42	3.6	.288
-	Troy Fortin	c	77	22	1993-11-317	AA	111	383	58	113	20	0	13	59	1	2	34	37	10	1	3	4	11	.295	.364	.449	813	172	434	290	69	6.4	.297
-	Joe Cranford	2b	-	22	1996-10-277	AA	112	355	39	71	9	1	1	22	4	6	21	90	1	0	3	1	4	.200	.246	.239	485	85	381	298	12	1.1	.264
-	David Ortiz	dh	99	21	UDFA: 1992	MLB	61	239	45	79	15	0	13	58	2	1	22	53	1	3	0	3	3	.331	.385	.556	941	133	265	167	52	8.4	.375
-	Travis Johnson	of	-	23	1995-30-828	A+	73	227	29	55	16	1	7	36	2	1	30	77	4	2	0	2	4	.242	.338	.414	752	94	263	179	31	4.7	.331
-	Chad Roper	ss	-	23	1992-2-64	AA	66	148	19	30	3	0	3	9	1	0	22	23	0	1	0	0	7	.203	.306	.284	590	42	170	125	12	2.6	.221
-	Carlos Garcia	if	91	21	UDFA: 1993	A+	69	147	11	20	3	0	0	2	8	6	11	31	0	0	7	0	4	.136	.196	.156	353	23	165	144	-2	-0.4	.172
-	Rafael Alvarez	of	-	20	UDFA: 1994	AAA	47	122	13	33	9	1	1	15	6	2	17	27	0	0	3	1	1	.270	.357	.385	742	47	143	96	19	5.3	.337
-	Jeff Smith	c	104	23	1995-20-548	AAA	49	121	17	34	5	0	4	26	0	2	12	18	0	0	0	6	4	.281	.331	.421	752	51	139	99	18	4.8	.286
-	Lateef Vaughn	ss	-	21	1997-12-363	A+	36	93	15	25	2	0	0	8	2	0	6	18	1	0	5	0	0	.269	.320	.290	610	27	105	73	9	3.4	.333
-	Shane Gunderson	of	-	23	1995-6-156	AA	14	50	5	14	4	0	0	5	3	1	7	8	1	0	0	0	2	.280	.379	.360	739	18	58	39	8	5.2	.333
-	Roberto Kelly	cf-lf	-	32	UDFA: 1982	MLB	4	11	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.533	.636	1170	7	15	7	4	15.8	.333
Totals: (17 players)							139	4636	635	1239	231	23	81	581	132	79	377	834	39	16	36	39	101	.267	.325	.379	704	1759	5127	3652	588	4.3	.308

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO
-	Phil Haigler	11	23	1996-25-727	AA	11	9	2.84	25	25	4	1	0	0	158.1	172	57	50	7	32	80	2	0	1.29	9.78	0.40	1.82	4.55	0.40
-	Tommy LaRosa	64	22	1996-6-157	A+	8	6	4.31	25	23	3	1	0	0	135.2	120	73	65	10	66	118	6	0	1.37	7.96	0.66	4.38	7.83	0.56
-	Mike Lincoln	48	22	1996-13-367	MLB	13	4	2.28	20	20	1	1	0	0	134.0	130	41	34	4	25	75	4	2	1.16	8.73	0.27	1.68	5.04	0.33
-	Rob Radlosky	69	23	1993-22-625	MLB	9	5	2.59	23	22	3	1	1	0	128.1	87	42	37	10	37	109	2	0	0.97	6.10	0.70	2.59	7.64	0.34
-	Walker Chapman	-	21	1994-6-155	AA	6	5	5.80	27	14	0	0	4	1	90.0	121	64	58	7	32	65	1	1	1.70	12.10	0.70	3.20	6.50	0.49
-	Brent Stentz	26	21	1994-33-921	AAA	7	2	2.47	49	1	0	0	30	17	69.1	53	20	19	4	24	70	5	2	1.11	6.88	0.52	3.12	9.09	0.34
-	Trevor Cobb	-	23	1992-24-682	AA	7	0	2.97	15	7	1	1	0	0	60.2	49	29	20	2	16	48	2	0	1.07	7.27	0.30	2.37	7.12	0.33
-	Troy Carrasco	-	22	1993-3-77	AA	3	3	5.37	12	8	0	0	3	0	55.1	61	37	33	5	18	36	4	1	1.43	9.92	0.81	2.93	5.86	0.50
-	Alan Mahaffey	-	23	1995-16-436	AAA	1	2	4.10	38	0	0	0	11	1	48.1	46	27	22	2	8	55	1	0	1.12	8.57	0.37	1.49	10.24	0.15
-	Jeff Harris	-	22	1995-28-772	MLB	2	4	2.14	24	0	0	0	6	1	42.0	30	11	10	4	15	32	1	0	1.07	6.43	0.86	3.21	6.86	0.47
-	Chad Roper	-	23	1992-2-64	AA	1	2	2.72	27	1	0	0	10	0	39.2	32	20	12	1	13	27	1	0	1.13	7.26	0.23	2.95	6.13	0.48
-	Darren Fidge	-	22	UDFA: 1992	A+	0	3	6.34	24	0	0	0	13	0	38.1	44	29	27	3	20	25	4	0	1.67	10.33	0.70	4.70	5.87	0.80
-	Will Rushing	-	24	1995-8-212	AA	1	5	7.51	12	7	0	0	0	0	38.1	54	41	32	4	22	34	1	0	1.98	12.68	0.94	5.17	7.98	0.65
-	Brad Neidermaier	35	24	1995-15-408	AAA	2	3	1.47	32	0	0	0	29	17	36.2	27	15	6	2	12	47	4	0	1.06	6.63	0.49	2.95	11.54	0.26
-	Kasey Richardson	-	20	1994-16-435	A+	1	3	4.46	7	7	0	0	0	0	34.1	35	23	17	1	18	17	5	0	1.54	9.17	0.26	4.72	4.46	1.06
-	Tom Mott	-	23	1994-4-99	AA	2	0	3.19	14	0	0	0	3	0	31.0	25	13	11	1	12	23	6	0	1.19	7.26	0.29	3.48	6.68	0.52
-	Fred Rath	-	24	UDFA: 1995	MLB	4	0	1.64	17	0	0	0	11	2	22.0	18	4	4	2	3	22	1	0	0.95	7.36	0.82	1.23	9.00	0.14
-	Charlie Gillian	-	23	1996-26-757	A+	1	1	2.30	10	0	0	0	3	0	15.2	10	5	4	1	5	11	3	0	0.96	5.74	0.57	2.87	6.32	0.45
-	J.C. Romero	-	21	1997-21-633	MLB	1	1	4.38	7	1	0	0	3	0	12.1	11	6	6	1	4	9	0	0	1.22	8.03	0.73	2.92	6.57	0.44
-	Hector Trinidad	-	23	1991-6-164	AA	1	0	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0.38	2.25	0.00	1.13	5.63	0.20
-	Jamie Splittorff	-	23	1995-13-352	A+	0	0	9.53	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	11	6	6	0	1	3	0	0	2.12	17.47	0.00	1.59	4.76	0.33
Totals: (17 players)						81	58	3.54	139	139	12	5	127	39	1,204	1138	563	473	81	384	911	54	6	1.34	8.51	0.53	2.87	6.81	0.42

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
A.J. Pierzynski	C	105		661	78	10	6	.987	0.00
Troy Fortin	C	22		151	14	6	1	.965	0.00
Jeff Smith	C	18		120	5	2	0	.984	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Troy Fortin	1B	72		611	43	7	42	.989	0.00
David Ortiz	1B	59		524	44	9	52	.984	0.00
Jeff Smith	1B	8		47	3	1	4	.980	0.00
A.J. Pierzynski	1B	2		16	0	0	1	1.000	0.00
Shane Gunderson	1B	1		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Travis Johnson	1B	1		4	0	1	1	.800	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Cranford	2B	100		178	280	22	57	.954	0.00
Israel Paez	2B	33		71	110	2	23	.989	0.00
Dan Cey	2B	14		25	23	0	5	1.000	0.00
Carlos Garcia	2B	4		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Lateef Vaughn	2B	1		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Israel Paez	3B	99		70	185	17	17	.937	0.00
Chad Roper	3B	39		19	79	9	5	.916	0.00
Joe Cranford	3B	3		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Carlos Garcia	3B	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Dan Cey	SS	68		84	178	25	39	.913	0.00
Carlos Garcia	SS	52		58	140	7	25	.966	0.00
Lateef Vaughn	SS	34		39	87	9	16	.933	0.00
Israel Paez	SS	2		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jacque Jones	OF	131		313	8	7	2	.979	0.00
Chad Allen	OF	105		206	10	5	1	.977	0.00
Kelcey Mucker	OF	103		187	2	3	0	.984	0.00
Travis Johnson	OF	36		58	4	1	0	.984	0.00
Rafael Alvarez	OF	29		55	1	2	1	.966	0.00
Shane Gunderson	OF	13		23	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Roberto Kelly	OF	4		6	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brent Stentz	P	49		2	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alan Mahaffey	P	38		3	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brad Neidermaier	P	32		1	5	1	0	.857	0.00
Walker Chapman	P	27		3	7	4	1	.714	0.00
Chad Roper	P	27		3	3	1	0	.857	0.00
Phil Haigler	P	25		15	32	2	2	.959	0.00
Tommy LaRosa	P	25		8	17	3	1	.893	0.00
Darren Fidge	P	24		4	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jeff Harris	P	24		3	8	1	2	.917	0.00
Rob Radlosky	P	23		5	15	1	0	.952	0.00
Mike Lincoln	P	20		10	29	1	2	.975	0.00
Fred Rath	P	17		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Trevor Cobb	P	15		7	12	2	1	.905	0.00
Tom Mott	P	14		2	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Troy Carrasco	P	12		4	13	3	0	.850	0.00
Will Rushing	P	12		0	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Charlie Gillian	P	10		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kasey Richardson	P	7		1	9	0	1	1.000	0.00
J.C. Romero	P	7		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jamie Splittorff	P	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Hector Trinidad	P	2		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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