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1997 Eastern League Pitching Leaders

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Rk Age Tm Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Jesus Sanchez* 22 BNG AA NYM 13 10 .565 4.30 26 26 0 3 0 0 165.1 146 87 79 25 61 2 176 5 3 4 693 1.252 7.9 1.4 3.3 9.6 2.89
2 Brian Barkley* 21 TRE AA BOS 12 9 .571 4.94 29 29 0 4 0 0 178.2 208 113 98 18 79 0 121 3 2 3 797 1.606 10.5 0.9 4.0 6.1 1.53
3 Chris Cumberland* 24 NCH,NBR AA NYY,MIN 12 10 .545 3.99 26 26 0 3 1 0 160.1 193 102 71 12 61 1 83 5 4 12 708 1.584 10.8 0.7 3.4 4.7 1.36
4 Jim Farrell 23 TRE AA BOS 12 7 .632 4.37 26 26 0 0 0 0 162.2 173 93 79 24 57 0 110 7 0 11 706 1.414 9.6 1.3 3.2 6.1 1.93
5 Mike Vavrek* 23 NHV AA COL 12 3 .800 2.57 17 17 0 2 0 0 122.2 94 38 35 7 34 0 101 1 0 4 491 1.043 6.9 0.5 2.5 7.4 2.97
6 Jason Bell 22 NBR AA MIN 11 9 .550 3.39 28 28 0 3 1 0 164.2 163 71 62 19 64 0 142 5 2 13 700 1.379 8.9 1.0 3.5 7.8 2.22
7 Hector Mercado* 23 PRT AA FLA 11 3 .786 3.96 31 17 6 1 1 0 129.2 129 66 57 10 54 5 125 3 2 16 565 1.411 9.0 0.7 3.7 8.7 2.31
8 Trey Moore* 24 HRB AA MON 11 6 .647 4.15 27 27 0 2 2 0 162.2 152 91 75 15 66 1 137 10 0 4 701 1.340 8.4 0.8 3.7 7.6 2.08
9 Jason Boyd 24 REA AA PHI 10 6 .625 4.82 48 7 9 0 0 0 115.2 113 65 62 16 64 7 98 3 2 1 509 1.530 8.8 1.2 5.0 7.6 1.53
10 Mark Brownson 22 NHV AA COL 10 9 .526 4.19 29 29 0 2 0 0 184.2 172 101 86 24 55 1 170 14 2 5 779 1.229 8.4 1.2 2.7 8.3 3.09
11 Arnie Gooch 20 BNG AA NYM 10 12 .455 5.09 27 27 0 4 1 0 161.0 179 106 91 12 76 3 98 5 0 12 727 1.584 10.0 0.7 4.2 5.5 1.29
12 Steve Montgomery 23 BOW AA BAL 10 5 .667 3.10 24 23 0 2 0 0 136.1 116 56 47 15 52 3 127 5 1 5 569 1.232 7.7 1.0 3.4 8.4 2.44
13 Tommy Phelps* 23 HRB AA MON 10 6 .625 4.71 18 18 0 0 0 0 101.1 115 68 53 14 39 1 86 5 1 3 462 1.520 10.2 1.2 3.5 7.6 2.21
14 Benj Sampson* 22 NBR AA MIN 10 6 .625 4.19 25 20 1 0 0 0 118.0 112 56 55 12 49 1 92 1 2 4 498 1.364 8.5 0.9 3.7 7.0 1.88
15 Alvie Shepherd 23 BOW AA BAL 10 6 .625 5.33 22 19 0 0 0 0 106.1 98 68 63 19 57 1 80 2 1 10 460 1.458 8.3 1.6 4.8 6.8 1.40
16 Silvio Censale* 25 REA AA PHI 9 4 .692 4.36 20 20 0 0 0 0 107.1 88 58 52 21 56 0 102 4 1 5 456 1.342 7.4 1.8 4.7 8.6 1.82
17 Robert Dodd* 24 REA AA PHI 9 4 .692 3.25 63 0 23 0 0 8 80.1 61 29 29 8 21 1 94 0 0 1 314 1.021 6.8 0.9 2.4 10.5 4.48
18 Kevin Lomon 25 NCH AA NYY 9 7 .563 3.21 18 18 0 2 1 0 115.0 104 51 41 5 50 0 117 6 1 5 487 1.339 8.1 0.4 3.9 9.2 2.34
19 Brian Meadows 21 PRT AA FLA 9 7 .563 4.61 29 29 0 4 0 0 175.2 204 99 90 23 48 4 115 4 1 7 763 1.435 10.5 1.2 2.5 5.9 2.40
20 Larry Mitchell 25 NCH AA NYY 9 9 .500 3.49 57 0 12 0 0 0 95.1 98 45 37 10 37 1 99 3 0 10 430 1.416 9.3 0.9 3.5 9.3 2.68
21 Julio Moreno 21 BOW AA BAL 9 6 .600 3.83 27 25 0 1 0 0 138.2 141 76 59 20 64 4 106 6 3 6 596 1.478 9.2 1.3 4.2 6.9 1.66
22 Mike Thurman 23 HRB AA MON 9 6 .600 3.81 20 20 0 1 0 0 115.2 102 54 49 16 30 0 85 5 0 3 474 1.141 7.9 1.2 2.3 6.6 2.83
23 Tony Fiore 25 REA AA PHI 8 3 .727 3.01 17 16 0 0 0 0 104.2 89 47 35 6 40 0 64 5 1 10 434 1.232 7.7 0.5 3.4 5.5 1.60
24 Daron Kirkreit 24 AKR AA CLE 8 9 .471 5.20 26 20 3 1 0 0 117.2 131 96 68 15 69 3 83 13 1 10 562 1.700 10.0 1.1 5.3 6.3 1.20
25 Katsuhiro Maeda 26 NCH AA NYY 8 10 .444 4.56 25 21 2 1 1 0 124.1 117 75 63 14 62 1 76 8 2 11 545 1.440 8.5 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.23
26 Mike Saipe 23 NHV AA COL 8 5 .615 3.10 19 19 0 4 2 0 136.2 127 57 47 18 29 2 123 5 1 4 550 1.141 8.4 1.2 1.9 8.1 4.24
27 Scott Sauerbeck* 25 BNG AA NYM 8 9 .471 4.93 27 20 1 2 0 0 131.1 144 89 72 15 50 0 88 3 2 4 575 1.477 9.9 1.0 3.4 6.0 1.76
28 Shane Bowers 25 NBR AA MIN 7 2 .778 3.41 14 13 0 1 1 0 71.1 65 29 27 6 22 0 59 4 0 2 299 1.220 8.2 0.8 2.8 7.4 2.68
29 Jason Bullard 28 BOW AA BAL 7 2 .778 2.62 61 0 15 0 0 3 92.2 84 39 27 6 39 9 77 10 0 10 392 1.327 8.2 0.6 3.8 7.5 1.97
30 Timothy Costa 26 REA AA PHI 7 12 .368 5.24 28 28 0 2 0 0 165.0 174 111 96 24 72 0 110 12 0 8 736 1.491 9.5 1.3 3.9 6.0 1.53
31 Greg Mix 25 PRT AA FLA 7 7 .500 4.73 30 13 4 0 0 0 102.2 121 70 54 16 32 0 74 8 0 5 461 1.490 10.6 1.4 2.8 6.5 2.31
32 Peter Munro 22 TRE AA BOS 7 10 .412 4.95 22 22 0 1 0 0 116.1 113 76 64 12 47 0 109 8 3 6 506 1.375 8.7 0.9 3.6 8.4 2.32
33 Dan Perkins 22 NBR AA MIN 7 10 .412 4.91 24 24 0 2 0 0 144.2 158 94 79 17 53 1 114 11 0 10 644 1.459 9.8 1.1 3.3 7.1 2.15
34 Gregg Press 25 PRT AA FLA 7 11 .389 4.98 28 25 1 1 0 0 144.2 178 101 80 19 41 5 93 9 1 11 648 1.514 11.1 1.2 2.6 5.8 2.27
35 Matt Snyder 22 BOW AA BAL 7 5 .583 4.16 67 0 45 0 0 19 80.0 89 48 37 11 42 5 68 4 0 10 366 1.638 10.0 1.2 4.7 7.6 1.62
36 Neil Weber* 24 HRB AA MON 7 6 .538 3.83 18 18 0 1 1 0 112.2 93 56 48 17 51 1 121 8 0 6 477 1.278 7.4 1.4 4.1 9.7 2.37
37 Joel Bennett 27 BOW AA BAL 6 8 .429 3.18 44 10 12 0 0 4 113.1 89 45 40 12 40 6 146 4 1 2 461 1.138 7.1 1.0 3.2 11.6 3.65
38 Trevor Cobb* 23 NBR AA MIN 6 4 .600 3.43 19 13 1 3 0 1 94.1 77 41 36 6 39 0 68 4 0 12 386 1.230 7.3 0.6 3.7 6.5 1.74
39 Chris Curtis 26 BOW AA BAL 6 1 .857 3.62 36 6 14 0 0 2 87.0 100 41 35 10 17 1 48 2 2 4 361 1.345 10.3 1.0 1.8 5.0 2.82
40 Rich Hunter 22 REA AA PHI 6 11 .353 4.69 29 28 0 1 1 0 163.0 191 100 85 20 60 4 104 13 0 2 730 1.540 10.5 1.1 3.3 5.7 1.73
41 Mike Matthews* 23 AKR AA CLE 6 8 .429 3.82 19 19 0 3 1 0 113.0 116 62 48 13 57 0 69 7 4 5 492 1.531 9.2 1.0 4.5 5.5 1.21
42 Jason McCommon 25 HRB AA MON 6 3 .667 5.01 29 8 7 0 0 0 82.2 81 50 46 13 39 0 58 3 1 4 358 1.452 8.8 1.4 4.2 6.3 1.49
43 Eric Milton* 21 NCH AA NYY 6 3 .667 3.13 14 14 0 1 0 0 77.2 59 29 27 2 36 0 67 0 4 3 322 1.223 6.8 0.2 4.2 7.8 1.86
44 Joel Moore 24 NHV AA COL 6 4 .600 3.84 19 12 3 1 0 0 77.1 77 38 33 12 35 3 47 3 0 7 331 1.448 9.0 1.4 4.1 5.5 1.34
45 Steve Shoemaker 24 NHV AA COL 6 4 .600 3.02 14 14 0 1 0 0 95.1 64 36 32 6 53 3 111 3 1 5 389 1.227 6.0 0.6 5.0 10.5 2.09
46 J.D. Smart 23 HRB AA MON 6 3 .667 3.69 12 12 0 0 0 0 70.2 75 34 29 7 24 0 43 3 0 3 308 1.401 9.6 0.9 3.1 5.5 1.79
47 Keith Troutman 24 REA AA PHI 6 5 .545 3.77 57 3 19 0 0 7 107.1 94 48 45 17 34 6 103 2 0 4 440 1.193 7.9 1.4 2.9 8.6 3.03
48 Bryan Ward* 25 PRT AA FLA 6 3 .667 3.91 12 12 0 0 0 0 76.0 71 39 33 17 19 1 69 2 0 6 316 1.184 8.4 2.0 2.2 8.2 3.63
49 Travis Baptist* 25 NBR AA MIN 5 6 .455 3.41 36 3 7 0 0 0 60.2 49 27 23 6 26 2 50 2 0 4 247 1.236 7.3 0.9 3.9 7.4 1.92
50 Reid Cornelius 27 PRT AA FLA 5 0 1.000 2.73 6 6 0 0 0 0 33.0 32 11 10 1 17 0 24 1 0 1 146 1.485 8.7 0.3 4.6 6.5 1.41
51 Tim Dixon* 25 HRB AA MON 5 2 .714 3.38 37 2 6 0 0 0 69.1 66 34 26 6 24 2 75 4 0 4 296 1.298 8.6 0.8 3.1 9.7 3.13
52 Nelson Figueroa 23 BNG AA NYM 5 11 .313 4.34 33 22 3 0 0 0 143.0 137 76 69 14 68 1 116 6 0 7 617 1.434 8.6 0.9 4.3 7.3 1.71
53 Heath Haynes 28 NHV,PRT,TRE AA COL,FLA,BOS 5 1 .833 2.97 47 0 15 0 0 3 72.2 69 25 24 6 16 7 73 5 2 0 306 1.170 8.5 0.7 2.0 9.0 4.56
54 Joe Jacobsen 25 PRT AA FLA 5 5 .500 5.09 47 1 29 0 0 11 58.1 76 44 33 7 23 4 48 2 0 5 270 1.697 11.7 1.1 3.5 7.4 2.09
55 Kevin Legault 26 NBR AA MIN 5 1 .833 4.50 40 1 13 0 0 3 70.0 74 37 35 6 26 3 40 3 0 4 305 1.429 9.5 0.8 3.3 5.1 1.54
56 Lloyd Peever 25 NHV AA COL 5 5 .500 5.50 20 10 2 0 0 0 73.2 70 49 45 14 24 2 46 5 0 2 310 1.276 8.6 1.7 2.9 5.6 1.92
57 Juan Pena 20 TRE AA BOS 5 6 .455 4.73 16 14 2 0 0 0 97.0 98 56 51 13 31 0 79 2 1 5 418 1.330 9.1 1.2 2.9 7.3 2.55
58 Greg Resz 25 NCH AA NYY 5 4 .556 4.70 25 13 6 0 0 0 90.0 94 59 47 9 43 0 75 3 0 17 410 1.522 9.4 0.9 4.3 7.5 1.74
59 Chris Roberts* 26 BNG AA NYM 5 8 .385 4.96 19 19 0 1 0 0 105.1 103 69 58 18 33 0 66 8 1 1 448 1.291 8.8 1.5 2.8 5.6 2.00
60 Byrond Smith 24 BOW AA BAL 5 4 .556 4.22 14 13 1 0 0 0 81.0 90 45 38 14 22 1 46 7 0 2 347 1.383 10.0 1.6 2.4 5.1 2.09
61 Jay Yennaco 21 TRE AA BOS 5 11 .313 6.33 21 21 0 0 0 0 122.1 146 89 86 8 54 0 73 8 0 5 557 1.635 10.7 0.6 4.0 5.4 1.35
62 Shayne Bennett 25 HRB AA MON 4 2 .667 4.40 23 1 7 0 0 2 47.0 47 28 23 6 20 0 38 4 0 1 210 1.426 9.0 1.1 3.8 7.3 1.90
63 Jake Benz* 25 HRB AA MON 4 1 .800 2.33 23 0 9 0 0 2 38.2 39 12 10 0 20 0 36 1 0 4 168 1.526 9.1 0.0 4.7 8.4 1.80
64 Ryan Brannan 22 REA AA PHI 4 2 .667 3.10 45 0 41 0 0 20 52.1 52 18 18 2 20 2 39 5 2 3 223 1.376 8.9 0.3 3.4 6.7 1.95
65 Rex Burgus* 24 PRT AA FLA 4 3 .571 6.75 16 9 1 0 0 0 52.0 63 47 39 12 26 1 29 4 0 0 244 1.712 10.9 2.1 4.5 5.0 1.12
66 Troy Carrasco* 22 NBR AA MIN 4 4 .500 4.96 31 3 16 0 0 1 65.1 69 53 36 11 44 4 46 2 1 4 305 1.730 9.5 1.5 6.1 6.3 1.05
67 Maximo De La Rosa 25 AKR AA CLE 4 9 .308 4.44 17 13 2 5 0 0 97.1 112 63 48 11 32 3 70 5 4 2 435 1.479 10.4 1.0 3.0 6.5 2.19
68 Mike Duvall* 22 PRT AA FLA 4 6 .400 1.84 45 0 25 0 0 18 68.1 63 20 14 4 20 2 49 2 0 2 291 1.215 8.3 0.5 2.6 6.5 2.45
69 Jared Fernandez 25 TRE AA BOS 4 6 .400 5.41 21 16 4 1 0 0 121.1 138 90 73 12 66 0 73 0 0 14 560 1.681 10.2 0.9 4.9 5.4 1.11
70 Ben Ford 21 NCH AA NYY 4 3 .571 4.22 28 0 14 0 0 1 42.2 35 28 20 1 19 1 38 3 0 4 183 1.266 7.4 0.2 4.0 8.0 2.00
71 Mark Guerra 25 BNG AA NYM 4 8 .333 3.23 48 7 17 1 0 7 94.2 96 46 34 10 30 1 74 1 0 2 403 1.331 9.1 1.0 2.9 7.0 2.47
72 Frank Lankford 26 NCH AA NYY 4 2 .667 2.90 11 11 0 2 0 0 68.1 58 28 22 3 15 1 39 2 1 1 277 1.068 7.6 0.4 2.0 5.1 2.60
73 Ramiro Martinez* 25 HRB AA MON 4 4 .500 3.69 37 3 15 0 0 1 75.2 64 36 31 11 33 1 69 5 0 2 330 1.282 7.6 1.3 3.9 8.2 2.09
74 Noe Najera* 26 AKR AA CLE 4 8 .333 6.06 25 14 4 1 0 0 84.2 96 63 57 3 40 1 50 3 1 2 383 1.606 10.2 0.3 4.3 5.3 1.25
75 Felix Ramirez* 22 TRE AA BOS 4 2 .667 5.44 18 3 6 0 0 2 41.1 43 28 25 7 20 1 29 1 0 1 186 1.524 9.4 1.5 4.4 6.3 1.45
76 Brad Tweedlie 25 TRE AA BOS 4 6 .400 5.77 41 0 26 0 0 5 57.2 62 41 37 10 44 3 30 6 0 1 275 1.838 9.7 1.6 6.9 4.7 0.68
77 Javier Vazquez 20 HRB AA MON 4 0 1.000 1.07 6 6 0 1 0 0 42.0 15 5 5 2 12 0 47 2 0 2 155 0.643 3.2 0.4 2.6 10.1 3.92
78 Greg Whiteman* 24 REA AA PHI 4 4 .500 4.05 9 9 0 0 0 0 53.1 57 27 24 6 21 0 31 1 0 3 226 1.462 9.6 1.0 3.5 5.2 1.48
79 Kirk Bullinger 27 HRB AA MON 3 0 1.000 2.67 21 0 12 0 0 6 27.0 22 9 8 4 6 0 21 1 0 0 106 1.037 7.3 1.3 2.0 7.0 3.50
80 Melvin Bunch 25 HRB AA MON 3 3 .500 4.20 9 9 0 0 0 0 49.1 45 27 23 7 22 0 50 4 0 2 210 1.358 8.2 1.3 4.0 9.1 2.27
81 Rocco Cafaro 24 BOW AA BAL 3 3 .500 5.40 13 6 0 0 0 0 48.1 50 34 29 9 16 0 43 1 4 2 208 1.366 9.3 1.7 3.0 8.0 2.69
82 Octavio Dotel 23 BNG AA NYM 3 4 .429 5.98 12 12 0 0 0 0 55.2 66 50 37 5 38 1 40 0 1 2 266 1.868 10.7 0.8 6.1 6.5 1.05
83 Sean Fesh* 24 BNG AA NYM 3 1 .750 3.25 45 0 13 0 0 4 55.1 60 26 20 3 24 0 37 2 3 2 255 1.518 9.8 0.5 3.9 6.0 1.54
84 Scott Forster* 25 HRB AA MON 3 6 .333 2.27 17 15 2 0 0 0 79.1 77 45 20 7 48 0 71 6 0 4 365 1.576 8.7 0.8 5.4 8.1 1.48
85 Frank Gonzales* 29 TRE AA BOS 3 1 .750 5.88 14 0 8 0 0 2 26.0 29 18 17 3 16 2 14 2 0 1 122 1.731 10.0 1.0 5.5 4.8 0.88
86 Gabe Gonzalez* 25 PRT AA FLA 3 2 .600 2.11 29 0 10 0 0 3 42.2 43 12 10 1 5 1 28 0 0 1 171 1.125 9.1 0.2 1.1 5.9 5.60
87 Dwight Gooden 32 NCH AA NYY 3 0 1.000 3.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.0 13 6 6 3 5 0 14 2 0 0 74 1.000 6.5 1.5 2.5 7.0 2.80
88 Ron Mahay* 26 TRE AA BOS 3 3 .500 3.10 17 4 9 0 0 5 40.2 29 16 14 0 13 0 47 1 0 2 165 1.033 6.4 0.0 2.9 10.4 3.62
89 Len Manning* 25 REA AA PHI 3 1 .750 5.34 28 7 8 0 0 0 62.1 66 40 37 4 46 0 41 7 1 3 295 1.797 9.5 0.6 6.6 5.9 0.89
90 Marcus Moore 26 AKR AA CLE 3 5 .375 4.94 13 10 0 1 0 0 71.0 84 50 39 9 32 1 63 1 1 4 323 1.634 10.6 1.1 4.1 8.0 1.97
91 Paul Morse 24 NBR AA MIN 3 11 .214 5.98 37 17 9 0 0 1 111.1 124 91 74 16 70 2 75 6 0 11 508 1.743 10.0 1.3 5.7 6.1 1.07
92 Matt Pool 23 NHV AA COL 3 5 .375 4.28 29 1 9 0 0 0 48.1 57 36 23 9 16 3 23 1 0 2 217 1.510 10.6 1.7 3.0 4.3 1.44
93 Fred Rath 24 NBR AA MIN 3 3 .500 2.68 33 0 23 0 0 12 50.1 43 17 15 1 13 0 33 1 0 3 200 1.113 7.7 0.2 2.3 5.9 2.54
94 Jay Tessmer 25 NCH AA NYY 3 6 .333 5.31 55 0 49 0 0 17 62.2 78 41 37 7 24 2 51 2 0 4 289 1.628 11.2 1.0 3.4 7.3 2.13
95 Evan Thomas 23 REA AA PHI 3 6 .333 4.12 15 15 0 0 0 0 83.0 98 51 38 10 32 1 83 7 2 3 377 1.566 10.6 1.1 3.5 9.0 2.59
96 Dave Townsend 22 PRT AA FLA 3 7 .300 4.87 15 13 0 1 0 0 77.2 86 49 42 9 36 1 30 11 0 2 350 1.571 10.0 1.0 4.2 3.5 0.83
97 Jaret Wright 21 AKR AA CLE 3 3 .500 3.67 8 8 0 1 0 0 54.0 43 26 22 4 23 2 59 0 1 2 221 1.222 7.2 0.7 3.8 9.8 2.57
98 Ed Yarnall* 21 BNG AA NYM 3 2 .600 3.06 5 5 0 0 0 0 32.1 20 11 11 2 11 0 32 0 0 0 127 0.959 5.6 0.6 3.1 8.9 2.91
99 Mike Zolecki 25 NHV AA COL 3 5 .375 5.08 16 7 2 1 0 0 56.2 64 38 32 10 32 3 32 1 2 10 255 1.694 10.2 1.6 5.1 5.1 1.00
100 Scott Baker* 27 AKR AA CLE 2 1 .667 3.42 4 4 0 1 0 0 26.1 25 11 10 2 4 0 12 0 0 0 108 1.101 8.5 0.7 1.4 4.1 3.00

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