1997 MICHIGAN BATTLE CATS

| Level: A

Location: Battle Creek,MI
Team Record: 70-67 .511
Result: 2nd in Midwest League - Eastern Division
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox
Manager(s): Billy Gardner
Stadium: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 126,947
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Chris Festa (24)
Youngest Player: Alex Ahumada (18)
Top Hitter: Jim Chamblee (3)
Top Pitcher: Robb Welch (9)
Top Prospect: Brian Rose

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
-	John Barnes	rf-lf	13	21	1996-4-121	MLB	130	490	80	149	19	5	6	73	19	5	65	42	5	3	0	6	7	.304	.387	.400	787	196	566	359	90	6.8	.319
-	Wilton Veras	3b	41	19	UDFA: 1995	MLB	131	489	51	141	21	3	8	68	3	2	31	51	6	0	1	3	19	.288	.336	.393	729	192	530	373	67	4.9	.307
-	Jim Chamblee	3b	3	22	1995-12-326	MLB	133	487	112	146	29	5	22	73	18	4	53	107	17	3	0	5	8	.300	.384	.515	900	251	562	358	103	7.8	.342
-	Dernell Stenson	lf-rf	5	19	1996-3-91	MLB	131	471	79	137	35	2	15	80	6	4	72	105	19	6	0	8	10	.291	.400	.469	869	221	570	356	96	7.3	.340
-	Corey Jenkins	of	46	20	1995-1-24	AA	111	426	68	102	17	4	18	62	5	5	28	129	11	1	0	3	9	.239	.301	.425	726	181	468	341	51	4.0	.298
-	Gary LoCurto	1b	83	19	1996-2-39	A	120	419	64	99	27	0	4	63	8	5	63	93	2	2	3	2	13	.236	.337	.329	667	138	489	343	48	3.7	.293
-	Rontrez Johnson	of	37	20	1995-16-438	MLB	118	411	87	99	10	6	5	40	29	12	65	96	9	0	6	3	2	.241	.355	.331	685	136	494	335	54	4.4	.300
-	Steve Lomasney	c	94	19	1995-5-130	MLB	102	324	50	89	27	3	12	51	3	4	32	98	9	0	3	3	8	.275	.353	.488	841	158	371	253	56	5.9	.355
-	Shea Hillenbrand	3b-1b	-	21	1996-10-301	MLB	64	224	28	65	13	3	3	39	1	3	9	20	1	1	0	4	2	.290	.315	.415	730	93	238	168	33	5.3	.302
-	Jose Olmeda	if	-	19	1995-2-45	A+	61	194	24	37	7	0	1	21	5	0	11	63	1	0	1	0	3	.191	.238	.242	480	47	207	161	6	1.0	.277
-	Asbel Ortiz	if	-	21	1994-21-589	A	43	143	19	40	8	1	3	6	1	0	3	32	1	0	1	0	2	.280	.299	.413	712	59	148	106	18	4.5	.343
-	Pete Prodanov	of	-	23	1995-22-606	A	55	141	24	26	5	1	5	21	1	1	18	30	3	1	2	1	3	.184	.288	.340	629	48	165	122	14	3.1	.196
-	Tim Kratochivil	c	-	23	UDFA: 1996	A	44	129	11	34	4	1	0	19	0	0	9	35	2	0	0	2	4	.264	.317	.310	627	40	142	101	11	2.9	.354
-	Javier Fuentes	if	-	22	1996-21-631	AA	30	77	10	13	1	1	0	8	1	1	7	18	4	0	2	0	2	.169	.273	.208	481	16	90	69	3	1.1	.220
-	Orlando Sanchez	2b	-	18	UDFA: 1996	AAA	21	61	3	11	2	1	1	10	0	0	9	15	0	0	0	0	2	.180	.286	.295	581	18	70	52	5	2.4	.222
-	Jorge DeLeon	3b	-	22	1997-16-491	AAA	20	59	10	16	3	0	0	4	2	0	0	19	0	0	1	3	3	.271	.258	.322	580	19	63	50	3	1.8	.372
-	Chris Madonna	c	-	24	UDFA: 1995	AA	16	34	4	5	2	0	0	1	1	0	6	9	1	0	0	1	0	.147	.286	.206	492	7	42	30	2	2.1	.192
-	Alex Ahumada	if	-	18	UDFA: 1996	AAA	3	12	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.500	750	6	12	9	2	5.5	.333
Totals: (18 players)							137	4591	725	1212	231	37	103	640	103	46	481	965	91	17	20	44	97	.264	.343	.398	741	1826	5227	3586	660	5	.311

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
-	Robb Welch	9	21	1994-4-103	A+	13	10	4.22	26	26	3	1	0	0	153.2	142	88	72	8	80	158	19	1	1.44	8.32	0.47	4.69	9.25	0.51
-	Josh Garrett	38	19	1996-1-26	AA	8	10	4.80	22	22	2	0	0	0	138.2	164	94	74	13	35	64	23	3	1.44	10.64	0.84	2.27	4.15	0.55
-	Matt Kinney	47	20	1995-6-158	MLB	8	5	3.53	22	22	2	1	0	0	117.1	93	59	46	4	78	123	6	0	1.46	7.13	0.31	5.98	9.43	0.63
-	Jason Sekany	58	21	1996-2-61	AAA	5	6	4.08	16	16	3	0	0	0	106.0	92	55	48	5	41	103	14	0	1.25	7.81	0.42	3.48	8.75	0.40
-	Chris Festa	-	24	UDFA: 1996	A+	4	5	4.04	37	10	0	0	11	0	93.2	109	50	42	8	34	53	7	2	1.53	10.47	0.77	3.27	5.09	0.64
-	Chuck Beale	50	23	1996-20-601	AA	2	7	3.73	39	9	1	0	28	12	89.1	111	58	37	5	17	86	9	2	1.43	11.18	0.50	1.71	8.66	0.20
-	Scott Musgrave	-	23	1996-11-331	A+	4	5	5.61	15	11	0	0	2	0	78.2	96	59	49	11	17	51	3	1	1.44	10.98	1.26	1.94	5.83	0.33
-	Germaine Hunter	56	23	UDFA: 1997	A+	5	4	3.64	52	0	0	0	21	1	71.2	65	40	29	8	42	68	10	6	1.49	8.16	1.00	5.27	8.54	0.62
-	Curtis Romboli	75	24	1995-21-578	A	5	2	3.00	46	1	0	0	20	1	69.0	60	29	23	3	25	69	6	0	1.23	7.83	0.39	3.26	9.00	0.36
-	Chris Reitsma	-	19	1996-1-34	MLB	4	1	2.90	9	9	0	0	0	0	49.2	57	23	16	4	13	41	3	0	1.41	10.33	0.72	2.36	7.43	0.32
-	Rafael Betancourt	66	22	UDFA: 1993	MLB	0	3	1.95	27	0	0	0	22	11	32.1	26	9	7	2	2	52	3	1	0.87	7.24	0.56	0.56	14.47	0.04
-	Larry Wimberly	-	19	1994-3-86	AAA	1	3	6.89	13	4	0	0	4	1	31.1	34	25	24	4	9	27	3	0	1.37	9.77	1.15	2.59	7.76	0.33
-	Steve Smetana	-	24	UDFA: 1996	AA	2	1	2.35	18	0	0	0	6	2	30.2	23	16	8	1	12	29	2	0	1.14	6.75	0.29	3.52	8.51	0.41
-	Justin Duchscherer	-	19	1996-8-241	MLB	1	1	5.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	24.0	26	17	15	1	10	19	0	0	1.50	9.75	0.38	3.75	7.13	0.53
-	Brian Partenheimer	-	22	1997-20-611	A+	1	1	6.65	17	0	0	0	4	0	21.2	32	16	16	1	9	16	4	0	1.89	13.29	0.42	3.74	6.65	0.56
-	Lyle Prempas	-	22	1992-25-696	A+	2	1	7.79	13	1	0	0	4	0	17.1	27	17	15	2	20	15	5	0	2.71	14.02	1.04	10.38	7.79	1.33
-	Chris Thompson	-	24	1996-26-781	AAA	0	1	1.15	8	0	0	0	3	0	15.2	11	7	2	1	1	13	1	0	0.77	6.32	0.57	0.57	7.47	0.08
-	Brian Rose	-	21	1994-3-75	MLB	4	1	1.76	10	0	0	0	1	0	15.1	12	3	3	0	2	19	1	0	0.91	7.04	0.00	1.17	11.15	0.11
-	Andy Hazlett	-	21	1997-8-251	AAA	1	0	5.25	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	15	7	7	2	1	12	0	0	1.33	11.25	1.50	0.75	9.00	0.08
Totals: (18 players)						70	67	4.11	137	137	11	2	126	28	1,168	1195	672	533	103	448	1018	119	16	1.45	9.21	0.64	3.45	7.84	0.44

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Steve Lomasney	C	94		623	83	12	3	.983	0.00
Tim Kratochivil	C	40		279	25	3	3	.990	0.00
Pete Prodanov	C	12		67	12	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Madonna	C	9		34	7	1	0	.976	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary LoCurto	1B	112		909	63	19	83	.981	0.00
Shea Hillenbrand	1B	16		133	6	3	10	.979	0.00
Pete Prodanov	1B	13		89	7	3	10	.970	0.00
Chris Madonna	1B	2		12	0	0	3	1.000	0.00
Javier Fuentes	1B	1		6	1	1	0	.875	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jim Chamblee	2B	104		194	278	20	63	.959	0.00
Asbel Ortiz	2B	30		43	77	7	17	.945	0.00
Pete Prodanov	2B	4		3	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Orlando Sanchez	2B	4		5	5	1	2	.909	0.00
Javier Fuentes	2B	3		4	9	1	2	.929	0.00
Alex Ahumada	2B	1		2	4	1	0	.857	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Wilton Veras	3B	130		99	220	19	29	.944	0.00
Shea Hillenbrand	3B	8		4	10	5	0	.737	0.00
Pete Prodanov	3B	4		3	3	2	0	.750	0.00
Javier Fuentes	3B	1		0	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Olmeda	SS	59		80	135	31	21	.874	0.00
Jim Chamblee	SS	27		29	69	7	10	.933	0.00
Javier Fuentes	SS	25		31	57	6	12	.936	0.00
Jorge DeLeon	SS	18		17	38	8	6	.873	0.00
Orlando Sanchez	SS	16		26	57	7	17	.922	0.00
Asbel Ortiz	SS	8		12	18	5	6	.857	0.00
Alex Ahumada	SS	2		2	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Barnes	OF	113		213	8	6	1	.974	0.00
Rontrez Johnson	OF	109		237	6	7	0	.972	0.00
Dernell Stenson	OF	108		145	11	14	0	.918	0.00
Corey Jenkins	OF	72		104	7	7	2	.941	0.00
Pete Prodanov	OF	18		30	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Asbel Ortiz	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Germaine Hunter	P	52		8	13	0	1	1.000	0.00
Curtis Romboli	P	46		4	13	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chuck Beale	P	39		2	15	1	1	.944	0.00
Chris Festa	P	37		8	16	3	2	.889	0.00
Rafael Betancourt	P	27		1	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Robb Welch	P	26		6	9	5	1	.750	0.00
Josh Garrett	P	22		8	25	5	4	.868	0.00
Matt Kinney	P	22		5	13	0	0	1.000	0.00
Steve Smetana	P	18		4	3	2	0	.778	0.00
Brian Partenheimer	P	17		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jason Sekany	P	16		12	15	0	0	1.000	0.00
Scott Musgrave	P	15		2	11	1	0	.929	0.00
Lyle Prempas	P	13		0	3	2	1	.600	0.00
Larry Wimberly	P	13		3	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Brian Rose	P	10		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Reitsma	P	9		2	3	2	0	.714	0.00
Chris Thompson	P	8		0	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Justin Duchscherer	P	4		0	3	1	0	.750	0.00

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