1997 FORT WAYNE WIZARDS

| Level: A

Location: Fort Wayne,IN
Team Record: 68-67 .504
Result: 4th in Midwest League - Eastern Division
Affiliate: Minnesota Twins
Manager(s): Mike Boulanger
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 230,210
Playoffs: Lost in Finals

Minnesota Twins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Jake Patterson (23)
Youngest Player: Luis Rivas (17)
Top Hitter: Rick Moss (17)
Top Pitcher: Dave Hooten (4)
Top Prospect: Luis Rivas

Midwest League Standings

Eastern	W	L	Pct	GB
West Michigan	92	39	.702	--
Michigan	70	67	.511	25.0
Fort Wayne	68	67	.504	26.0
Lansing	69	68	.504	26.0
South Bend	54	83	.394	41.0

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
-	Rick Moss	3b	17	21	1996-44-1290	AA	133	508	76	141	28	4	3	77	3	3	61	57	2	4	2	8	10	.278	.352	.366	718	186	581	390	75	5.2	.303
-	Cleatus Davidson	2b-ss	38	20	1994-2-42	MLB	124	478	80	122	16	8	6	52	39	9	52	100	1	1	5	4	7	.255	.327	.360	687	172	540	381	62	4.4	.309
-	Jake Patterson	1b	29	23	1993-31-877	A	121	469	61	101	16	2	20	80	11	2	38	131	12	1	2	3	10	.215	.289	.386	675	181	524	385	50	3.5	.252
-	Luis Rivas	2b	57	17	UDFA: 1995	MLB	121	419	61	100	20	6	1	30	28	18	33	90	5	1	6	2	5	.239	.301	.322	623	135	465	350	39	3.0	.300
-	Tommy Peterman	1b	68	22	1996-11-307	AA	113	417	46	122	22	0	7	57	0	4	28	69	1	4	1	5	9	.293	.335	.396	730	165	452	314	56	4.8	.332
-	Chad Moeller	c	51	22	1996-7-187	MLB	108	384	58	111	18	3	9	39	11	8	48	76	13	0	2	1	8	.289	.386	.422	808	162	448	292	66	6.1	.340
-	Anthony Felston	of	45	22	1996-34-997	AA	94	338	63	94	10	2	2	29	45	15	55	53	4	1	11	1	6	.278	.384	.337	722	114	409	277	51	5.0	.324
-	Manny Lopez	of	-	19	UDFA: 1998	A+	87	327	43	80	13	4	5	29	10	9	29	76	4	1	4	0	11	.245	.314	.355	669	116	364	271	33	3.2	.305
-	Papo Bolivar	of	98	18	UDFA: 1995	AA	91	324	30	85	12	6	7	42	18	9	11	82	3	0	2	3	7	.262	.290	.401	692	130	343	260	35	3.7	.328
-	Freddy Reyes	1b-3b	87	21	1995-18-492	A	85	306	37	80	19	2	8	45	0	0	12	79	11	1	1	0	11	.261	.313	.415	728	127	330	238	37	4.2	.329
-	Steve Huls	3b-ss	-	22	1996-15-427	AAA	56	158	20	30	7	0	0	16	2	1	12	37	0	0	2	1	2	.190	.246	.234	480	37	173	134	6	1.3	.246
-	Scott Poepard	of	-	22	UDFA: 1997	A	36	103	16	24	9	0	1	8	3	1	10	30	1	0	1	0	4	.233	.307	.350	657	36	115	85	10	3.2	.319
-	Nelson Prada	c	-	21	UDFA: 1995	A+	29	98	8	24	5	0	3	11	0	1	3	22	0	0	0	1	3	.245	.265	.388	652	38	102	79	9	3.0	.284
-	Heath Johnson	of	-	20	UDFA: 1994	A	22	67	10	14	4	0	3	11	0	1	13	29	0	0	1	1	0	.209	.333	.403	736	27	82	56	9	4.1	.306
-	Tom Knauss	ss-3b	-	23	1992-2-68	A+	14	58	3	11	1	0	1	7	1	0	6	18	0	0	0	0	1	.190	.266	.259	524	15	64	48	3	1.5	.256
-	Shane Gunderson	of	-	23	1995-6-156	AA	13	45	3	12	1	0	0	7	1	1	3	3	0	0	1	1	2	.267	.306	.289	595	13	50	38	4	2.7	.279
-	Tom Buchman	c	-	22	1996-38-1117	A	13	42	7	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	14	0	0	0	1	0	.143	.213	.167	379	7	47	37	0	-0.0	.207
-	Brad Meyer	of	-	21	UDFA: 1997	A	12	20	5	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	4	6	0	0	3	0	0	.300	.417	.450	867	9	27	17	4	7.0	.429
-	Juan Lorenzo	2b	-	19	UDFA: 1995	AA	4	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.143	.250	.143	393	1	9	7	0	0.8	.167
Totals: (19 players)							135	4895	670	1244	216	42	81	577	183	91	451	1049	62	15	49	32	107	.254	.323	.365	688	1787	5489	3930	582	4	.306

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
-	Dave Hooten	4	22	1996-14-397	AAA	11	8	2.61	28	27	2	2	0	0	165.2	134	57	48	5	54	138	4	6	1.13	7.28	0.27	2.93	7.50	0.39
-	Nate Yeskie	15	22	1996-9-247	AA	11	7	4.84	27	27	2	0	0	0	165.1	190	99	89	12	41	111	7	3	1.40	10.34	0.65	2.23	6.04	0.37
-	Corey Spiers	-	22	1996-8-217	AA	5	9	4.86	24	23	0	0	0	0	120.1	154	83	65	5	33	94	12	1	1.55	11.52	0.37	2.47	7.03	0.35
-	Kasey Richardson	79	20	1994-16-435	A+	7	5	3.07	19	19	1	1	0	0	114.1	100	47	39	5	46	84	10	0	1.28	7.87	0.39	3.62	6.61	0.55
-	Mike Bauder	-	22	1996-22-637	A+	6	4	3.72	40	10	0	0	5	0	104.0	94	51	43	5	33	96	10	3	1.22	8.13	0.43	2.86	8.31	0.34
-	Chris Garza	28	21	1996-18-517	AAA	5	2	1.99	60	0	0	0	32	15	95.0	67	28	21	2	38	90	11	0	1.11	6.35	0.19	3.60	8.53	0.42
-	Mario Opipari	45	22	1996-53-1499	AAA	6	7	3.44	53	2	0	0	27	8	70.2	71	45	27	2	24	61	7	1	1.34	9.04	0.25	3.06	7.77	0.39
-	Gary Dose	73	23	UDFA: 1996	A	1	4	4.70	45	4	0	0	25	3	67.0	52	44	35	3	61	73	7	2	1.69	6.99	0.40	8.19	9.81	0.84
-	Bryan Malko	-	20	1995-53-1420	AA	4	4	3.78	14	13	0	0	1	0	64.1	68	29	27	2	22	59	3	1	1.40	9.51	0.28	3.08	8.25	0.37
-	Rick Loonam	-	21	1996-33-967	A	3	2	5.66	34	1	0	0	6	0	49.1	63	36	31	3	33	35	8	2	1.95	11.49	0.55	6.02	6.39	0.94
-	Rodney McBride	-	22	1994-21-575	A	3	4	6.31	31	0	0	0	11	0	45.2	57	40	32	3	32	54	7	1	1.95	11.23	0.59	6.31	10.64	0.59
-	Ryan Lynch	-	22	1996-12-337	AA	2	2	3.15	15	2	0	0	5	0	34.1	38	20	12	2	10	39	0	0	1.40	9.96	0.52	2.62	10.22	0.26
-	Charlie Gillian	-	23	1996-26-757	A+	0	0	3.16	22	0	0	0	7	3	25.2	21	11	9	1	13	24	2	0	1.32	7.36	0.35	4.56	8.42	0.54
-	Josh Gandy	-	21	1997-10-303	A+	2	4	5.40	8	5	0	0	1	0	20.0	25	19	12	0	12	14	2	1	1.85	11.25	0.00	5.40	6.30	0.86
-	Greg Clark	-	19	UDFA: 1996	A	0	1	4.41	6	1	0	0	1	0	16.1	16	9	8	0	8	7	2	0	1.47	8.82	0.00	4.41	3.86	1.14
-	Darren Fidge	-	22	UDFA: 1992	A+	2	2	2.84	8	0	0	0	5	0	12.2	15	4	4	0	4	8	1	0	1.50	10.66	0.00	2.84	5.68	0.50
-	Fred Lindberg	-	23	UDFA: 1997	A	0	0	3.65	5	0	0	0	2	0	12.1	16	5	5	0	5	8	2	1	1.70	11.68	0.00	3.65	5.84	0.63
-	Scott Tanksley	-	23	1995-22-604	A	0	1	4.05	5	0	0	0	1	0	6.2	4	5	3	0	4	2	0	0	1.20	5.40	0.00	5.40	2.70	2.00
-	Matt Carnes	-	21	1997-7-213	AAA	0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	4	4	1	5	3	1	1	1.75	4.50	2.25	11.25	6.75	1.67
-	Steve Huls	-	22	1996-15-427	AAA	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	4.00	36.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00
-	Scott Poepard	-	22	UDFA: 1997	A	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	18.00	1.00
Totals: (19 players)						68	67	3.88	135	135	5	3	130	29	1,196	1191	638	516	81	480	1003	96	23	1.42	8.96	0.38	3.61	7.55	0.48

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chad Moeller	C	107		824	90	15	7	.984	0.00
Nelson Prada	C	29		174	21	3	2	.985	0.00
Tom Buchman	C	5		16	4	1	1	.952	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jake Patterson	1B	57		566	35	2	54	.997	0.00
Freddy Reyes	1B	52		504	35	9	48	.984	0.00
Tommy Peterman	1B	31		247	10	3	27	.988	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cleatus Davidson	2B	121		271	405	20	98	.971	0.00
Steve Huls	2B	17		26	48	3	2	.961	0.00
Juan Lorenzo	2B	1		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Moss	3B	119		67	244	31	18	.909	0.00
Steve Huls	3B	18		12	49	4	4	.938	0.00
Juan Lorenzo	3B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Luis Rivas	SS	119		169	394	58	92	.907	0.00
Steve Huls	SS	16		12	50	4	7	.939	0.00
Juan Lorenzo	SS	2		1	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Anthony Felston	OF	91		143	5	4	2	.974	0.00
Papo Bolivar	OF	90		110	4	5	1	.958	0.00
Tommy Peterman	OF	60		71	3	4	0	.949	0.00
Scott Poepard	OF	34		53	3	1	1	.982	0.00
Heath Johnson	OF	22		26	1	1	0	.964	0.00
Tom Knauss	OF	14		20	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Shane Gunderson	OF	13		21	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brad Meyer	OF	10		13	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rick Moss	OF	3		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cleatus Davidson	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Huls	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chris Garza	P	60		9	18	1	2	.964	0.00
Mario Opipari	P	53		2	15	3	1	.850	0.00
Gary Dose	P	45		5	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Bauder	P	40		10	16	1	1	.963	0.00
Rick Loonam	P	34		4	6	0	2	1.000	0.00
Rodney McBride	P	31		4	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Dave Hooten	P	28		22	36	1	1	.983	0.00
Nate Yeskie	P	27		12	32	1	2	.978	0.00
Corey Spiers	P	24		8	25	2	3	.943	0.00
Charlie Gillian	P	22		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kasey Richardson	P	19		7	28	1	3	.972	0.00
Ryan Lynch	P	15		1	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bryan Malko	P	14		3	15	1	3	.947	0.00
Darren Fidge	P	8		0	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Josh Gandy	P	8		1	2	1	0	.750	0.00
Fred Lindberg	P	5		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Tanksley	P	5		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Matt Carnes	P	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Poepard	P	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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