1997 VISALIA OAKS

| Level: A+

Location: Visalia,CA
Team Record: 71-69 .507
Result: 2nd in California League - Freeway Division
Affiliate: Oakland Athletics
Manager(s): Tony DeFrancesco
Stadium: Recreation Park
Attendance: 80,078
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round

Oakland Athletics affiliate history

Oldest Player: Billy Brewer (29)
Youngest Player: Kevin Gregg (19)
Top Hitter: Eric Chavez (24)
Top Pitcher: Jake O'Dell (4)
Top Prospect: Eric Chavez

California League Standings

Freeway	W	L	Pct	GB
Rancho Cucamonga	77	63	.550	--
Visalia	71	69	.507	6.0
San Bernardino	68	72	.486	9.0
Bakersfield	62	78	.443	15.0
Lake Elsinore	51	79	.392	21.0

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
-	Eric Chavez	3b	24	19	1996-1-10	MLB	134	520	67	141	30	3	18	100	13	7	37	91	2	1	3	2	20	.271	.321	.444	765	231	564	411	74	4.9	.298
-	Joe Espada	2b-ss	26	21	1996-2-45	AAA	118	445	90	122	7	3	3	39	46	17	72	69	9	1	7	3	6	.274	.384	.324	707	144	536	356	65	4.9	.316
-	Duane Filchner	of	37	24	1995-23-624	A+	126	432	59	111	30	3	11	55	6	3	66	76	3	1	3	4	6	.257	.356	.417	773	180	508	337	74	5.9	.287
-	Jeff DaVanon	rf-cf	30	23	1995-26-708	MLB	119	408	70	104	17	3	6	38	23	14	81	101	0	1	10	2	7	.255	.377	.355	732	145	501	337	58	4.7	.323
-	David Slemmer	ss-2b	-	24	1995-20-540	AA	115	404	70	113	25	1	10	64	11	3	44	83	3	1	1	1	9	.280	.354	.421	775	170	453	305	63	5.6	.330
-	Ramon Hernandez	c	41	21	UDFA: 1994	MLB	86	332	57	120	21	2	15	85	2	4	35	47	9	1	0	8	5	.361	.427	.572	999	190	384	229	85	10.1	.378
-	Ryan Christenson	cf-lf	55	23	1995-10-260	MLB	83	308	69	90	18	8	13	54	20	11	70	72	2	1	3	1	4	.292	.425	.529	954	163	384	237	75	8.5	.344
-	Troy Rauer	of	-	24	1995-12-316	A+	90	299	37	66	14	3	7	31	5	5	25	100	1	0	4	2	4	.221	.281	.358	639	107	331	248	26	2.8	.304
-	Dionys Cesar	if	85	20	UDFA: 1993	AAA	97	285	60	68	16	2	1	11	10	12	43	79	1	1	6	0	5	.239	.340	.319	660	91	335	240	29	3.2	.327
-	Roberto Ramirez	of	-	27	UDFA: 1991	AAA	63	242	28	72	12	1	3	29	4	3	19	46	1	1	0	2	5	.298	.348	.393	741	95	264	180	33	5.0	.354
-	David Newhan	rf-2b	83	23	1995-17-456	MLB	67	241	52	67	15	2	7	48	9	3	44	58	3	2	2	5	5	.278	.389	.444	833	107	295	189	46	6.6	.331
-	Wilfredo Ventura	c	-	20	UDFA: 1995	AAA	62	184	23	36	5	0	6	23	1	0	9	64	1	0	2	2	5	.196	.235	.321	555	59	198	157	9	1.5	.259
-	Troy Penix	1b	-	25	1992-8-228	A+	49	154	13	32	7	0	5	23	0	2	9	46	1	0	0	2	1	.208	.253	.351	604	54	166	127	12	2.5	.257
-	Danny Ardoin	c	-	22	1995-5-120	MLB	43	145	16	34	7	1	3	19	0	1	21	39	4	0	1	0	3	.234	.347	.359	706	52	171	116	18	4.3	.301
-	Mike Koerner	of	-	21	1997-11-335	A+	32	85	13	16	3	2	2	12	2	3	8	27	3	0	3	1	2	.188	.278	.341	620	29	100	78	7	2.3	.246
-	Roberto Vaz	of	-	22	1997-7-215	AAA	19	73	9	26	5	0	3	13	2	5	8	10	0	0	2	0	4	.356	.420	.548	968	40	83	58	15	6.9	.383
-	MacGregor Byers	3b	-	22	UDFA: 1996	A+	18	53	8	12	5	1	0	9	2	1	6	15	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.305	.358	664	19	59	43	6	3.7	.316
-	D.J. Boston	if	-	25	1990-39-1025	AAA	14	49	7	11	3	0	1	4	0	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	.224	.309	.347	656	17	55	38	5	3.9	.286
-	Eddie Lara	if	-	21	UDFA: 1995	A+	13	45	10	10	4	0	1	3	1	1	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.378	678	17	50	36	6	4.2	.257
-	Todd Mensik	of	-	22	1996-12-345	AA	15	45	3	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	11	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.302	.289	591	13	53	39	3	2.4	.235
-	Alex Miranda	1b	-	25	1994-21-569	A+	11	23	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.304	574	7	26	20	1	1.7	.286
Totals: (21 players)							140	4772	763	1264	246	36	116	670	157	96	615	1065	46	11	47	36	94	.265	.352	.404	756	1930	5516	3781	708	5.1	.317

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
-	Jake O'Dell	4	23	1996-11-315	AA	8	5	4.54	27	27	1	1	0	0	150.2	159	86	76	17	47	117	10	0	1.37	9.50	1.02	2.81	6.99	0.40
-	Brett Laxton	37	23	1996-24-705	MLB	11	5	2.99	29	22	0	0	2	0	138.2	141	62	46	7	50	121	14	0	1.38	9.15	0.45	3.25	7.85	0.41
-	Kevin Mlodik	40	22	UDFA: 1998	A+	8	9	5.44	35	19	0	0	3	0	129.0	164	86	78	17	42	91	7	2	1.60	11.44	1.19	2.93	6.35	0.46
-	Todd Abbott	26	23	1995-44-1212	AAA	11	10	5.93	31	20	0	0	1	0	121.1	146	100	80	17	63	70	11	0	1.72	10.83	1.26	4.67	5.19	0.90
-	Kevin Gregg	46	19	1996-15-435	MLB	6	8	5.70	25	24	0	0	0	0	115.1	116	81	73	8	74	136	28	0	1.65	9.05	0.62	5.77	10.61	0.54
-	Benito Baez	69	20	UDFA: 1993	MLB	5	5	3.54	16	15	1	0	0	0	96.2	83	40	38	8	28	87	0	1	1.15	7.73	0.74	2.61	8.10	0.32
-	Jose Paulino	-	20	UDFA: 1996	A+	3	2	4.54	39	0	0	0	7	2	83.1	89	48	42	7	32	67	6	0	1.45	9.61	0.76	3.46	7.24	0.48
-	Chris Morrison	54	25	1995-34-932	A+	3	3	3.84	48	0	0	0	21	2	79.2	92	46	34	2	39	43	8	0	1.64	10.39	0.23	4.41	4.86	0.91
-	Andy Smith	80	22	1993-5-153	AA	3	7	3.82	42	0	0	0	14	1	70.2	77	40	30	7	39	67	9	1	1.64	9.81	0.89	4.97	8.53	0.58
-	Juan Perez	33	24	UDFA: 1993	AAA	3	6	2.78	53	0	0	0	25	8	64.2	47	30	20	6	24	66	7	1	1.10	6.54	0.84	3.34	9.19	0.36
-	Eric DuBose	-	21	1997-1-21	MLB	1	3	7.04	10	9	0	0	0	0	38.1	43	37	30	4	28	39	6	3	1.85	10.10	0.94	6.57	9.16	0.72
-	Todd Weinberg	29	25	1994-12-317	AA	3	2	4.26	38	0	0	0	35	20	38.0	33	23	18	1	22	39	5	0	1.45	7.82	0.24	5.21	9.24	0.56
-	Brian Kern	-	23	UDFA: 1995	A+	3	0	7.60	23	0	0	0	9	1	34.1	42	38	29	5	28	39	7	3	2.04	11.01	1.31	7.34	10.22	0.72
-	Mike Holmes	-	21	1997-18-545	A+	2	1	3.81	16	0	0	0	11	3	28.1	28	13	12	5	4	20	1	0	1.13	8.89	1.59	1.27	6.35	0.20
-	Chad Harville	-	20	1997-2-63	MLB	0	0	5.79	14	0	0	0	1	0	18.2	25	14	12	2	13	24	1	3	2.04	12.05	0.96	6.27	11.57	0.54
-	Oscar Abreu	-	21	UDFA: 1995	A+	0	1	14.66	5	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	19	23	19	6	10	14	1	0	2.49	14.66	4.63	7.71	10.80	0.71
-	Brad Blumenstock	-	22	1996-8-225	A+	0	0	13.89	9	0	0	0	3	0	11.2	22	18	18	1	11	3	2	0	2.83	16.97	0.77	8.49	2.31	3.67
-	Bobby Kazmirski	-	25	UDFA: 1995	A+	1	1	16.62	5	0	0	0	3	1	4.1	11	9	8	3	5	6	1	0	3.69	22.85	6.23	10.38	12.46	0.83
-	Billy Brewer	-	29	1990-28-734	MLB	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	1.67	3.00	0.00	12.00	15.00	0.80
-	Joe Petcka	-	26	1992-5-133	A+	0	1	23.62	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	8	7	1	6	1	1	0	5.25	27.00	3.37	20.25	3.37	6.00
-	Duane Filchner	-	24	1995-23-624	A+	0	0	22.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	3	0	0	4.50	31.50	4.50	9.00	13.50	0.67
-	Dionys Cesar	-	20	UDFA: 1993	AAA	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--
Totals: (21 players)						71	69	4.89	140	140	2	1	138	38	1,244	1355	809	676	116	572	1058	126	14	1.51	9.80	0.90	4.14	7.65	0.54

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ramon Hernandez	C	80		564	77	16	5	.976	0.00
Danny Ardoin	C	41		308	35	4	2	.988	0.00
Wilfredo Ventura	C	33		186	21	9	0	.958	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David Slemmer	1B	72		510	41	7	33	.987	0.00
Troy Penix	1B	43		304	19	3	24	.991	0.00
D.J. Boston	1B	14		131	11	3	15	.979	0.00
Todd Mensik	1B	13		101	10	3	4	.974	0.00
Wilfredo Ventura	1B	13		79	6	3	3	.966	0.00
Alex Miranda	1B	11		61	6	0	3	1.000	0.00
MacGregor Byers	1B	4		25	0	1	2	.962	0.00
Danny Ardoin	1B	3		21	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ramon Hernandez	1B	2		13	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David Newhan	2B	60		123	157	10	28	.966	0.00
Dionys Cesar	2B	52		89	122	6	17	.972	0.00
David Slemmer	2B	38		63	91	4	20	.975	0.00
Eddie Lara	2B	10		17	22	4	3	.907	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric Chavez	3B	118		84	268	32	10	.917	0.00
Dionys Cesar	3B	14		9	28	5	3	.881	0.00
David Slemmer	3B	11		2	14	2	0	.889	0.00
Danny Ardoin	3B	1		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Eddie Lara	3B	1		0	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Espada	SS	117		196	346	32	50	.944	0.00
Dionys Cesar	SS	28		44	65	13	14	.893	0.00
Eddie Lara	SS	3		4	6	1	2	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff DaVanon	OF	107		166	17	10	3	.948	0.00
Ryan Christenson	OF	81		164	4	3	0	.982	0.00
Troy Rauer	OF	80		116	6	9	0	.931	0.00
Roberto Ramirez	OF	61		100	7	4	2	.964	0.00
Duane Filchner	OF	56		60	2	1	0	.984	0.00
Mike Koerner	OF	31		45	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roberto Vaz	OF	19		37	3	1	0	.976	0.00
MacGregor Byers	OF	10		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dionys Cesar	OF	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Juan Perez	P	53		5	11	1	1	.941	0.00
Chris Morrison	P	48		10	20	1	0	.968	0.00
Andy Smith	P	42		5	14	1	0	.950	0.00
Jose Paulino	P	39		6	9	1	0	.937	0.00
Todd Weinberg	P	38		3	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Mlodik	P	35		8	16	2	1	.923	0.00
Todd Abbott	P	31		14	13	1	1	.964	0.00
Brett Laxton	P	29		13	26	3	0	.929	0.00
Jake O'Dell	P	27		11	23	2	0	.944	0.00
Kevin Gregg	P	25		2	8	3	1	.769	0.00
Brian Kern	P	23		2	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Benito Baez	P	16		1	22	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Holmes	P	16		3	3	1	1	.857	0.00
Chad Harville	P	14		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eric DuBose	P	10		3	6	1	0	.900	0.00
Oscar Abreu	P	5		1	1	3	0	.400	0.00
Bobby Kazmirski	P	5		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Petcka	P	4		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00

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