1998 MICHIGAN BATTLE CATS

| Level: A

Location: Battle Creek,MI
Team Record: 79-61 .564
Result: 3rd in Midwest League - Eastern Division
Affiliate: Boston Red Sox
Manager(s): Billy Gardner
Stadium: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 107,137
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round

Boston Red Sox affiliate history

Oldest Player: Keith Habig (24)
Youngest Player: John Curtice (18)
Top Hitter: Shea Hillenbrand (5)
Top Pitcher: Joe Thomas (6)

Midwest League Standings

Eastern	W	L	Pct	GB
West Michigan	83	57	.593	--
Fort Wayne	79	61	.564	4.0
Michigan	79	61	.564	4.0
Lansing	71	69	.507	12.0
South Bend	40	100	.286	43.0

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
-	Shea Hillenbrand	3b-1b	5	22	1996-10-301	MLB	129	498	80	174	33	4	19	93	13	7	19	49	10	2	1	3	11	.349	.383	.546	929	272	531	346	110	8.6	.358
-	Aaron Capista	if	66	19	1997-2-57	AA	127	471	58	123	25	5	5	68	5	3	23	47	6	0	2	6	16	.261	.300	.367	668	173	508	375	56	4.0	.278
-	Jess Graham	of	70	22	UDFA: 1998	AA	113	414	73	108	22	5	8	61	10	4	50	96	12	1	2	2	13	.261	.356	.396	752	164	480	327	60	5.0	.321
-	Alex Ahumada	if	-	19	UDFA: 1996	AAA	111	390	45	108	22	2	0	35	4	7	25	91	8	0	3	4	9	.277	.330	.344	674	134	430	305	42	3.7	.356
-	Mark Fischer	of	-	22	1997-1-35	AA	102	379	52	96	19	2	8	50	9	6	36	93	1	2	0	3	5	.253	.317	.377	695	143	419	297	45	4.1	.313
-	Jeff Keaveney	1b-of	34	22	1996-16-481	A	112	373	61	94	24	0	15	54	0	2	65	104	9	3	0	5	10	.252	.372	.437	809	163	452	296	63	5.7	.305
-	Carlos Leon	2b	67	18	UDFA: 1997	AAA	107	372	59	93	7	3	3	37	10	10	50	81	11	0	10	3	5	.250	.353	.309	662	115	446	307	42	3.7	.309
-	Rontrez Johnson	of	61	21	1995-16-438	MLB	85	306	65	83	15	5	5	32	24	8	66	46	4	0	1	5	4	.271	.402	.402	804	123	382	241	61	6.8	.300
-	Danny Haas	of	-	22	1997-18-551	AA	96	299	39	70	14	1	3	29	1	2	22	55	5	1	2	2	7	.234	.296	.318	613	95	330	242	27	3.0	.276
-	Chad Alevras	c	-	23	1997-14-431	A+	85	281	35	70	14	1	7	39	1	1	27	70	4	2	0	4	8	.249	.320	.381	700	107	316	224	33	4.0	.303
-	Joe Hamilton	of	-	23	1992-4-114	AA	63	203	36	55	12	0	9	34	3	1	28	68	2	0	3	2	6	.271	.362	.463	825	94	238	160	33	5.5	.359
-	Gary LoCurto	1b	-	20	1996-2-39	A	60	188	20	35	8	0	0	15	1	3	31	52	0	0	2	1	2	.186	.300	.229	529	43	222	161	11	1.8	.255
-	Jorge DeLeon	3b	-	23	1997-16-491	AAA	50	185	23	49	8	1	2	19	4	0	15	19	0	0	3	2	4	.265	.317	.351	668	65	205	145	24	4.4	.283
-	Larry Marino	3b	-	23	UDFA: 1997	A+	53	139	15	25	3	0	1	13	0	0	22	26	1	0	2	0	0	.180	.296	.223	519	31	164	116	10	2.3	.214
-	Marcus Howard	of	-	22	UDFA: 1997	A	30	94	7	19	1	1	1	10	2	2	8	24	2	0	0	0	2	.202	.279	.266	545	25	104	79	5	1.7	.261
-	Mike Gancasz	c	-	24	UDFA: 1997	A	26	46	7	12	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	17	4	0	0	1	0	.261	.375	.326	701	15	56	35	6	4.5	.400
-	Jeff Uccello	c	-	24	UDFA: 1998	A+	21	41	4	9	3	0	0	1	3	2	3	6	1	0	1	0	0	.220	.289	.293	582	12	46	35	4	2.9	.257
-	Paul McDaniels	of	-	21	UDFA: 1998	A	12	29	4	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	11	1	0	0	1	1	.172	.286	.207	493	6	35	26	1	1.3	.263
-	Keith Habig	ss	-	24	UDFA: 1998	A	6	12	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.083	.083	.083	167	1	12	12	-	-	.100
Totals: (19 players)							140	4720	685	1229	232	31	86	595	92	58	499	957	81	11	32	44	104	.260	.339	.377	716	1781	5376	3729	629	4.6	.307

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
-	Justin Duchscherer	20	20	1996-8-241	MLB	7	12	4.79	30	26	0	0	2	0	142.2	166	87	76	9	47	106	7	1	1.49	10.47	0.57	2.96	6.69	0.44
-	John Curtice	65	18	1997-1-17	AAA	6	6	3.37	25	25	1	0	0	0	133.2	96	61	50	7	79	146	14	3	1.31	6.46	0.47	5.32	9.83	0.54
-	Joe Thomas	6	23	1997-21-641	A+	12	5	3.25	20	20	1	1	0	0	130.1	126	52	47	6	36	100	1	3	1.24	8.70	0.41	2.49	6.91	0.36
-	Rafael Arias	-	21	UDFA: 1996	A	7	7	5.09	34	12	0	0	3	1	109.2	130	68	62	8	31	69	6	0	1.47	10.67	0.66	2.54	5.66	0.45
-	Marty McLeary	-	23	1997-10-311	MLB	5	7	4.16	37	7	0	0	11	0	88.2	99	58	41	4	35	54	5	1	1.51	10.05	0.41	3.55	5.48	0.65
-	Brian Partenheimer	39	23	1997-20-611	A+	7	5	3.62	60	0	0	0	23	6	82.0	79	35	33	5	21	61	5	0	1.22	8.67	0.55	2.30	6.70	0.34
-	Jeff Taglienti	24	22	1997-7-221	AA	4	2	1.89	57	0	0	0	49	30	76.1	54	19	16	0	17	111	3	0	0.93	6.37	0.00	2.00	13.09	0.15
-	Jon Lyons	-	23	UDFA: 1997	A+	3	4	2.77	41	0	0	0	17	3	65.0	63	29	20	2	27	57	3	0	1.38	8.72	0.28	3.74	7.89	0.47
-	Lance Surridge	-	21	1998-15-445	A+	3	3	2.81	18	8	0	0	5	2	64.0	59	26	20	2	27	43	4	0	1.34	8.30	0.28	3.80	6.05	0.63
-	Pedro Santana	-	20	UDFA: 1995	A	5	3	5.11	15	9	0	0	2	0	61.2	77	41	35	3	19	39	3	0	1.56	11.24	0.44	2.77	5.69	0.49
-	Kenny Rayborn	-	23	1997-17-521	AAA	4	2	4.56	17	8	0	0	5	0	49.1	62	27	25	5	13	34	8	0	1.52	11.31	0.91	2.37	6.20	0.38
-	MIke Rupp	-	20	1996-19-571	A+	6	1	5.03	11	11	0	0	0	0	48.1	51	28	27	2	30	48	3	0	1.68	9.50	0.37	5.59	8.94	0.63
-	Jason Norton	-	22	1998-16-475	AA	3	1	1.93	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	34	14	9	1	12	36	3	0	1.10	7.29	0.21	2.57	7.71	0.33
-	Terry Hayden	-	23	UDFA: 1997	A+	2	2	7.76	20	0	0	0	5	1	31.1	46	29	27	5	10	30	1	0	1.79	13.21	1.44	2.87	8.62	0.33
-	Germaine Hunter	-	24	UDFA: 1997	A+	2	0	1.19	22	0	0	0	9	2	30.1	23	5	4	0	14	31	1	0	1.22	6.82	0.00	4.15	9.20	0.45
-	Byron Tribe	-	23	1996-16-472	A+	0	0	5.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	25.0	17	15	14	1	15	25	0	0	1.28	6.12	0.36	5.40	9.00	0.60
-	Michael Rahilly	-	21	1996-28-820	A+	2	0	8.84	12	1	0	0	2	0	18.1	25	18	18	2	9	19	4	0	1.85	12.27	0.98	4.42	9.33	0.47
-	Tom Miller	-	23	1997-11-341	A+	0	0	6.35	11	0	0	0	3	0	17.0	28	13	12	2	7	10	1	0	2.06	14.82	1.06	3.71	5.29	0.70
-	Mark Cisar	-	23	UDFA: 1998	AA	1	1	4.91	6	0	0	0	2	1	7.1	8	4	4	0	8	4	2	0	2.18	9.82	0.00	9.82	4.91	2.00
-	Rick O'Dette	-	22	1997-15-461	A	0	0	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	2	2	0	6	2	1	0	3.00	0.00	0.00	27.00	9.00	3.00
Totals: (19 players)						79	61	3.98	140	140	2	1	138	46	1,225	1243	631	542	86	463	1025	75	8	1.41	9.13	0.47	3.40	7.53	0.45

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Shea Hillenbrand	C	87		612	58	13	5	.981	0.00
Chad Alevras	C	49		331	32	6	4	.984	0.00
Mike Gancasz	C	12		50	2	1	0	.981	0.00
Jeff Uccello	C	9		63	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gary LoCurto	1B	59		463	30	6	32	.988	0.00
Jeff Keaveney	1B	26		205	18	5	25	.978	0.00
Joe Hamilton	1B	21		188	15	5	9	.976	0.00
Chad Alevras	1B	20		145	6	6	14	.962	0.00
Mike Gancasz	1B	14		74	7	1	6	.988	0.00
Shea Hillenbrand	1B	12		88	5	0	5	1.000	0.00
Jeff Uccello	1B	6		26	0	0	4	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Carlos Leon	2B	107		209	254	17	55	.965	0.00
Alex Ahumada	2B	26		45	52	6	13	.942	0.00
Jorge DeLeon	2B	18		32	42	3	9	.961	0.00
Larry Marino	2B	1		2	0	1	1	.667	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alex Ahumada	3B	81		38	153	14	8	.932	0.00
Larry Marino	3B	52		25	86	3	8	.974	0.00
Jorge DeLeon	3B	26		17	49	6	4	.917	0.00
Shea Hillenbrand	3B	2		0	1	1	0	.500	0.00
Keith Habig	3B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Aaron Capista	SS	126		188	329	24	58	.956	0.00
Alex Ahumada	SS	15		26	49	4	7	.949	0.00
Jorge DeLeon	SS	5		5	16	0	3	1.000	0.00
Carlos Leon	SS	1		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jess Graham	OF	109		170	13	4	1	.979	0.00
Mark Fischer	OF	95		177	5	9	0	.953	0.00
Rontrez Johnson	OF	82		175	3	3	1	.983	0.00
Danny Haas	OF	71		110	8	10	1	.922	0.00
Joe Hamilton	OF	41		62	2	1	0	.985	0.00
Marcus Howard	OF	29		49	1	1	0	.980	0.00
Paul McDaniels	OF	12		22	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Keith Habig	OF	3		2	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Uccello	OF	3		2	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Brian Partenheimer	P	60		5	16	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jeff Taglienti	P	57		5	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jon Lyons	P	41		5	6	0	0	1.000	0.00
Marty McLeary	P	37		6	19	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rafael Arias	P	34		7	11	0	1	1.000	0.00
Justin Duchscherer	P	30		7	34	1	4	.976	0.00
John Curtice	P	25		6	10	4	0	.800	0.00
Germaine Hunter	P	22		1	7	0	1	1.000	0.00
Terry Hayden	P	20		1	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Thomas	P	20		6	20	3	1	.897	0.00
Lance Surridge	P	18		4	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Kenny Rayborn	P	17		7	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Pedro Santana	P	15		3	8	1	0	.917	0.00
Michael Rahilly	P	12		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tom Miller	P	11		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
MIke Rupp	P	11		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Jason Norton	P	7		3	6	1	0	.900	0.00
Mark Cisar	P	6		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Byron Tribe	P	5		2	4	0	0	1.000	0.00

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