1997 KANE COUNTY COUGARS

| Level: A

Location: Geneva,IL
Team Record: 70-68 .507
Result: 2nd in Midwest League - Central Division
Affiliate: Florida Marlins
Manager(s): Lynn Jones
Stadium: Elfstrom Stadium
Attendance: 436,505
Playoffs: Lost in Semi-Finals

Florida Marlins affiliate history

Oldest Player: Joe Aversa (29)
Youngest Player: Nelson Lara (18)
Top Hitter: Tyrone Horne (2)
Top Pitcher: Brent Billingsley (2)

Midwest League Standings

Central	W	L	Pct	GB
Wisconsin	76	63	.547	--
Kane County	70	68	.507	5.5
Peoria	70	69	.504	6.0
Rockford	66	66	.500	6.5
Beloit	60	73	.451	13.0

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
-	Scott Podsednik	lf-cf	16	21	1994-3-85	MLB	135	531	80	147	23	4	3	49	28	11	60	72	3	2	14	3	5	.277	.352	.352	704	187	611	417	76	4.9	.314
-	Jason Garrett	1b	44	24	1995-44-1213	A+	128	476	72	131	28	3	5	68	3	2	35	101	5	2	3	9	11	.275	.326	.378	704	180	528	370	60	4.4	.332
-	Tyrone Horne	of	2	26	1989-44-1133	AAA	133	468	89	143	24	2	21	91	18	7	104	88	3	18	0	1	13	.306	.434	.500	934	234	576	346	108	8.4	.339
-	Jeff Venghaus	2b	35	22	1996-25-734	A+	128	416	71	98	20	3	0	43	17	11	86	105	6	1	15	6	12	.236	.370	.298	668	124	529	362	50	3.7	.309
-	Ryan Roberts	p	24	-	1994-61-1531	AAA	116	376	64	107	22	1	11	71	0	3	85	69	3	4	0	7	9	.285	.414	.436	850	164	471	288	76	7.2	.317
-	Julio Ramirez	cf-rf	32	19	UDFA: 1993	MLB	99	376	70	96	18	7	14	53	41	6	37	122	5	1	14	2	1	.255	.329	.452	781	170	434	303	61	5.5	.339
-	Larry Kleinz	ss-3b	-	23	1996-17-494	AA	107	364	50	88	16	1	11	44	1	2	48	63	4	2	2	3	8	.242	.334	.382	716	139	421	291	50	4.6	.263
-	Jon Heinrichs	of	-	22	1997-9-276	AA	60	235	35	63	12	2	1	36	8	5	19	34	0	1	3	1	7	.268	.322	.349	671	82	258	188	27	3.8	.308
-	Roosevelt Brown	lf	-	21	1993-20-572	MLB	61	211	29	50	7	1	4	30	5	4	22	52	1	2	0	0	5	.237	.312	.336	648	71	234	170	20	3.2	.297
-	Jay Jones	c-1b	-	22	UDFA: 1996	A+	64	210	20	62	6	0	4	31	0	2	8	29	3	1	1	0	7	.295	.330	.381	711	80	222	158	25	4.3	.328
-	Joe Aversa	ss	-	29	1990-45-1152	AAA	63	203	17	41	3	2	0	17	3	1	30	58	1	1	6	3	4	.202	.304	.236	540	48	243	176	12	1.9	.277
-	Larry Glozier	ss-2b	-	23	UDFA: 1996	A+	55	159	21	28	5	0	0	16	2	2	16	29	6	1	0	1	8	.176	.275	.208	482	33	182	142	6	1.1	.214
-	Larry Rupcich		-	-	UDFA: 1997	A	33	111	13	24	1	0	0	8	2	0	17	21	2	0	5	0	4	.216	.331	.225	556	25	135	96	8	2.3	.267
-	Earl Agnoly	dh	-	21	UDFA: 1995	A	34	100	9	21	0	1	2	10	3	1	6	23	4	0	3	0	0	.210	.282	.290	572	29	113	83	8	2.5	.253
-	Ismael Reynoso	ss	-	19	UDFA: 1995	A+	34	91	4	12	0	0	0	10	1	2	8	21	1	0	2	0	5	.132	.210	.132	342	12	102	88	-3	-0.9	.171
-	Jason Alaimo	c	-	21	1996-37-1094	A+	36	90	7	22	5	0	2	10	1	2	5	25	2	1	0	2	0	.244	.293	.367	660	33	99	72	9	3.4	.308
-	Jorge Bautista	3b	-	20	UDFA: 1995	A+	20	67	9	10	3	0	0	7	2	2	5	18	1	0	1	2	2	.149	.213	.194	407	13	76	64	0	0.1	.196
-	Chris Clark	p	-	22	1997-34-1026	AA	21	47	7	8	3	0	0	2	2	1	6	12	2	0	0	0	0	.170	.291	.234	525	11	55	40	3	2.2	.229
-	Alex Melconian	of	-	22	1997-22-666	AAA	3	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	.100	.250	.100	350	1	12	10	0	-0.7	.125
Totals: (19 players)							138	4541	667	1152	196	27	78	596	137	64	598	944	53	37	69	40	102	.254	.345	.360	705	1636	5301	3664	594	4.4	.302

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
-	Brent Billingsley	2	22	1996-5-134	MLB	14	7	3.01	26	26	3	1	0	0	170.2	146	67	57	9	50	175	13	1	1.15	7.70	0.47	2.64	9.23	0.29
-	Bobby Rodgers	11	22	1995-17-466	AAA	8	10	3.86	27	27	2	0	0	0	165.2	154	81	71	9	61	138	7	1	1.30	8.37	0.49	3.31	7.50	0.44
-	Aaron Carnes	7	21	1995-51-1377	AA	8	10	3.91	26	26	3	3	0	0	149.2	143	67	65	11	43	157	10	6	1.24	8.60	0.66	2.59	9.44	0.27
-	Geoff Duncan	-	22	1996-69-1646	AAA	7	2	4.07	44	2	0	0	13	1	86.1	85	46	39	7	30	96	4	0	1.33	8.86	0.73	3.13	10.01	0.31
-	Jonathan Widerski	-	20	1995-12-317	A+	2	4	5.71	17	10	0	0	0	0	64.2	76	46	41	5	30	45	5	0	1.64	10.58	0.70	4.18	6.26	0.67
-	Dave Townsend	-	22	1996-6-164	AA	5	1	2.40	12	11	1	0	0	0	63.2	54	20	17	4	16	51	5	1	1.10	7.63	0.57	2.26	7.21	0.31
-	Martin Sanchez	26	20	UDFA: 1996	AA	3	5	4.50	51	0	0	0	44	22	54.0	40	31	27	2	32	57	11	0	1.33	6.67	0.33	5.33	9.50	0.56
-	Travis Wyckoff	-	23	1996-11-314	A+	4	2	2.68	40	0	0	0	14	0	50.1	50	23	15	2	22	36	3	0	1.43	8.94	0.36	3.93	6.44	0.61
-	Derek Santiago	-	21	1994-37-1020	A+	1	6	8.02	12	8	0	0	0	0	46.0	72	46	41	6	18	30	3	1	1.96	14.09	1.17	3.52	5.87	0.60
-	Matt Levan	-	22	UDFA: 1996	AA	2	3	3.09	11	9	0	0	0	0	43.2	44	16	15	5	16	45	5	2	1.37	9.07	1.03	3.30	9.27	0.36
-	Brandon Leese	-	21	1996-7-192	AAA	3	1	3.83	7	6	0	0	0	0	42.1	27	18	18	0	18	32	3	1	1.06	5.74	0.00	3.83	6.80	0.56
-	Nelson Lara	-	18	UDFA: 1994	AA	1	2	3.99	29	0	0	0	18	3	38.1	37	20	17	1	14	43	3	1	1.33	8.69	0.23	3.29	10.10	0.33
-	Tim McClaskey	-	21	1995-36-989	AAA	2	1	3.16	18	2	0	0	7	1	37.0	29	18	13	3	8	38	3	1	1.00	7.05	0.73	1.95	9.24	0.21
-	Mark Richards	-	23	1996-12-355	AA	1	1	2.38	18	0	0	0	5	1	34.0	34	13	9	3	7	27	1	0	1.21	9.00	0.79	1.85	7.15	0.26
-	Alex Morris	-	20	1995-23-625	A+	4	0	5.34	19	0	0	0	5	0	32.0	39	24	19	3	19	22	6	1	1.81	10.97	0.84	5.34	6.19	0.86
-	Kevin Zaleski	-	23	1996-51-1463	A+	2	3	5.47	21	0	0	0	13	0	24.2	37	20	15	4	12	19	1	0	1.99	13.50	1.46	4.38	6.93	0.63
-	Bobby Rector	78	22	1993-20-554	AA	1	0	0.86	3	3	1	1	0	0	21.0	11	2	2	1	4	24	0	0	0.71	4.71	0.43	1.71	10.29	0.17
-	Gary Knotts	-	20	1995-11-289	MLB	1	5	13.05	7	7	0	0	0	0	20.0	33	34	29	2	17	19	8	1	2.50	14.85	0.90	7.65	8.55	0.89
-	Adam Danner	-	22	1996-76-1683	A+	1	4	4.12	10	0	0	0	2	0	19.2	26	12	9	2	8	16	2	2	1.73	11.90	0.92	3.66	7.32	0.50
-	Hector Almonte	-	21	UDFA: 1993	MLB	0	1	3.86	8	1	0	0	3	1	14.0	11	6	6	1	6	10	2	0	1.21	7.07	0.64	3.86	6.43	0.60
-	Jeff Johannsen	-	24	UDFA: 1996	A	0	0	7.15	7	0	0	0	3	0	11.1	13	10	9	2	7	10	3	0	1.76	10.32	1.59	5.56	7.94	0.70
-	Joe Aversa	-	29	1990-45-1152	AAA	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.50	9.00	0.00	4.50	0.00	--
-	Larry Rupcich	-	-	UDFA: 1997	A	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
Totals: (19 players)						70	68	4.03	138	138	10	5	128	29	1,192	1164	620	534	78	439	1090	98	19	1.47	8.79	0.62	3.31	8.23	0.40

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ryan Roberts	C	98		793	90	8	5	.991	0.00
Jason Alaimo	C	33		185	20	1	5	.995	0.00
Jay Jones	C	23		142	10	1	1	.993	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jason Garrett	1B	123		1084	76	9	90	.992	0.00
Jay Jones	1B	10		74	4	0	6	1.000	0.00
Earl Agnoly	1B	9		64	4	0	5	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Venghaus	2B	125		234	313	24	77	.958	0.00
Larry Glozier	2B	12		17	30	1	4	.979	0.00
Larry Rupcich	2B	6		7	12	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Aversa	2B	1		0	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Larry Kleinz	3B	106		52	217	27	16	.909	0.00
Jorge Bautista	3B	20		12	28	8	2	.833	0.00
Larry Rupcich	3B	12		5	24	4	4	.879	0.00
Larry Glozier	3B	3		0	7	1	1	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Aversa	SS	62		83	175	9	39	.966	0.00
Larry Glozier	SS	41		54	93	10	21	.936	0.00
Ismael Reynoso	SS	34		33	79	9	11	.926	0.00
Larry Rupcich	SS	16		19	46	4	7	.942	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Scott Podsednik	OF	133		202	10	5	1	.977	0.00
Julio Ramirez	OF	99		179	8	4	2	.979	0.00
Jon Heinrichs	OF	60		81	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roosevelt Brown	OF	59		75	5	6	1	.930	0.00
Tyrone Horne	OF	34		50	2	1	0	.981	0.00
Earl Agnoly	OF	20		26	0	2	0	.929	0.00
Chris Clark	OF	19		23	0	2	0	.920	0.00
Jeff Venghaus	OF	5		9	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Alex Melconian	OF	3		7	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Martin Sanchez	P	51		5	9	2	0	.875	0.00
Geoff Duncan	P	44		7	14	3	0	.875	0.00
Travis Wyckoff	P	40		5	11	1	0	.941	0.00
Nelson Lara	P	29		1	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Rodgers	P	27		12	31	3	3	.935	0.00
Brent Billingsley	P	26		3	22	1	1	.962	0.00
Aaron Carnes	P	26		6	25	3	0	.912	0.00
Kevin Zaleski	P	21		1	3	1	0	.800	0.00
Alex Morris	P	19		5	14	2	1	.905	0.00
Tim McClaskey	P	18		0	7	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mark Richards	P	18		4	8	1	0	.923	0.00
Jonathan Widerski	P	17		6	13	3	0	.864	0.00
Derek Santiago	P	12		3	12	1	2	.937	0.00
Dave Townsend	P	12		3	11	0	3	1.000	0.00
Matt Levan	P	11		2	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Adam Danner	P	10		1	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Hector Almonte	P	8		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Johannsen	P	7		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Gary Knotts	P	7		0	4	2	0	.667	0.00
Brandon Leese	P	7		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Bobby Rector	P	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Larry Rupcich	P	1		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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