1997 Trenton Thunder

1997 > Class AA > 1997 Eastern League (South)
Overall: 71-70
Scored 766 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-70

Affiliation: Boston Red Sox-AL
Manager: DeMarlo Hale
Represented: Trenton, NJ
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1996 / 1998

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Andy Abad*	24	45	201	165	37	50	13	0	8	24	2	4	33	27	.303	.423	.527	.950	87	2	2	0	1	3
2	Richie Borrero	24	57	222	203	31	51	12	1	3	23	2	2	13	46	.251	.305	.365	.669	74	7	3	2	1	0
3	Randy Brown	27	116	456	396	61	99	13	4	11	57	11	8	47	124	.250	.336	.386	.722	153	7	6	3	4	3	Stats for 2 teams
4	Pat Bryant	24	104	452	379	73	109	20	3	19	77	18	7	60	76	.288	.396	.507	.902	192	3	9	2	2	1
5	Michael Coleman	21	102	444	385	56	116	17	8	14	58	20	7	41	89	.301	.372	.496	.869	191	5	5	9	4	1
6	Rod Correia	29	67	282	249	40	73	18	1	7	33	4	2	22	32	.293	.363	.458	.821	114	7	6	4	1	0
7	Joe Depastino	23	79	316	276	51	70	14	1	17	55	1	2	32	63	.254	.345	.496	.841	137	10	7	0	1	0
8	Tony Derosso	21	102	390	357	50	77	18	1	14	40	13	1	26	94	.216	.271	.389	.661	139	5	2	3	2	0
9	Chad Epperson*	25	3	9	9	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.444	.778	4	0	0	0	0	0
10	Ethan Faggett*	22	17	68	56	10	16	2	0	2	8	2	0	8	17	.286	.379	.429	.807	24	0	1	2	1	0
11	Aaron Fuller#	25	128	589	481	87	125	17	6	6	46	40	15	95	84	.260	.384	.358	.741	172	8	4	5	4	4
12	Dave Gibralter	22	123	536	478	70	131	25	1	14	86	3	5	44	103	.274	.344	.418	.762	200	10	9	1	4	3
13	Bill Haselman	31	7	28	26	3	6	1	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	.231	.286	.500	.786	13	0	0	0	0	0
14	Heath Haynes	28	47	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 3 teams
15	Gavin Jackson	23	100	369	301	46	82	12	0	1	46	2	6	48	36	.272	.381	.322	.703	97	11	6	12	2	0
16	Cole Liniak	20	53	222	200	20	56	11	0	2	18	0	1	17	29	.280	.338	.365	.703	73	6	1	3	1	0
17	Chris Madonna*	24	14	47	41	7	14	3	0	0	6	2	2	6	11	.341	.426	.415	.840	17	1	0	0	0	0
18	Walt McKeel	25	7	27	25	0	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	.160	.192	.240	.432	6	0	0	1	0	0
19	Lou Merloni	26	69	302	255	49	79	17	4	5	37	3	2	30	43	.310	.402	.467	.869	119	2	12	1	4	1
20	Nick Ortiz	23	87	331	288	47	81	17	2	8	53	3	2	27	55	.281	.348	.438	.785	126	8	5	6	5	1
21	Nate Tebbs#	24	5	18	16	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	.313	.389	.313	.701	5	0	0	0	0	0
22	Juan Williams*	24	63	235	200	34	40	5	1	12	30	0	4	33	63	.200	.312	.415	.727	83	2	0	1	1	2
	22 Players	23.8	141	5473	4726	766	1274	236	33	142	697	125	70	578	977	.270	.356	.424	.779	2002	93	76	55	38	19

Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

Rk		Age	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	Brian Barkley*	21	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
2	Rick Betti*	23	2	0	1.000	6.35	30	0	14	0	0	3	39.2	42	29	28	7	17	0	30	3	0	3	179	1.487	9.5	1.6	3.9	6.8	1.76
3	Mike Blais	25	2	0	1.000	3.32	18	0	14	0	0	5	21.2	26	11	8	1	12	0	14	1	0	4	104	1.754	10.8	0.4	5.0	5.8	1.17
4	Kevan Cannon*	22	1	1	.500	2.81	13	0	7	0	0	1	16.0	7	7	5	1	12	1	11	1	0	2	67	1.188	3.9	0.6	6.8	6.2	0.92
5	Brett Cederblad	24	0	0		8.68	6	0	2	0	0	0	9.1	12	10	9	1	2	0	7	0	0	1	42	1.500	11.6	1.0	1.9	6.8	3.50
6	Robinson Checo	25	1	0	1.000	2.35	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	6	3	2	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	29	0.913	7.0	0.0	1.2	10.6	9.00
7	Jim Farrell	23	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
8	Jared Fernandez	25	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
9	Frank Gonzales*	29	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
10	Chad Hale*	25	0	0		8.31	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	5	4	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	22	2.308	10.4	2.1	10.4	4.2	0.40
11	Heath Haynes	28	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	Stats for 3 teams
12	Doug Hecker	26	1	0	1.000	2.57	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	2	0	9	1	7	0	0	0	34	2.000	6.4	0.0	11.6	9.0	0.78
13	Ron Mahay*	26	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
14	Peter Munro	22	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
15	Rafael Orellano*	24	0	1	.000	17.05	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.1	14	12	12	1	7	0	5	0	1	1	42	3.316	19.9	1.4	9.9	7.1	0.71
16	Juan Pena	20	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
17	Dean Peterson	24	1	3	.250	4.60	33	1	19	0	0	5	58.2	67	30	30	4	30	3	48	4	1	5	268	1.653	10.3	0.6	4.6	7.4	1.60
18	Felix Ramirez*	22	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
19	Brian Rose	24	2	1	.667	2.84	15	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	23	8	8	4	10	0	18	0	0	0	107	1.303	8.2	1.4	3.6	6.4	1.80
20	Bret Saberhagen	33	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	27	0.375	2.2	0.0	1.1	10.1	9.00
21	Steve Smetana*	24	1	2	.333	2.95	18	0	10	0	0	3	21.1	25	9	7	2	7	1	16	2	0	1	97	1.500	10.5	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.29
22	Brad Tweedlie	25	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
23	Pete Walker	28	0	0		4.05	8	0	3	0	0	3	13.1	14	6	6	1	7	0	13	0	0	0	61	1.575	9.4	0.7	4.7	8.8	1.86
24	Jay Yennaco	21	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
	24 Players	23.8	71	70	.504	4.92	141	141	135	6	5	36	1229.1	1313	760	672	132	555	15	900	52	9	66	5487	1.520	9.6	1.0	4.1	6.6	1.62

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Joe Depastino	71	447	45	6	4	.988	6.93	7	46	25	35%
Richie Borrero	56	373	39	7	1	.983	7.36	17	75	18	19%
Chris Madonna	11	69	5	0	0	1.000	6.73	1	13	2	13%
Bill Haselman	4	30	2	0	0	1.000	8.00	0	1	1	50%
Walt McKeel	2	12	0	0	0	1.000	6.00	1	0	0
Chad Epperson	1	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00	0	0	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Dave Gibralter	114	942	74	10	86	.990	8.91
Andy Abad	21	167	14	2	13	.989	8.62
Tony Derosso	7	57	9	1	4	.985	9.43
Chris Madonna	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Chad Epperson	1	6	0	0	0	1.000	6.00
Walt McKeel	1	5	1	0	1	1.000	6.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nick Ortiz	63	129	176	5	36	.984	4.84
Rod Correia	28	43	69	6	15	.949	4.00
Gavin Jackson	27	39	67	2	12	.981	3.93
Lou Merloni	12	23	28	1	8	.981	4.25
Aaron Fuller	2	4	6	0	1	1.000	5.00
Nate Tebbs	2	7	3	0	1	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Lou Merloni	53	45	102	8	8	.948	2.77
Cole Liniak	46	35	82	9	11	.929	2.54
Tony Derosso	41	20	72	13	8	.876	2.24
Nick Ortiz	4	3	7	2	0	.833	2.50
Nate Tebbs	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Randy Brown	77	122	194	15	41	.955	4.10	Stats for 2 teams
Gavin Jackson	73	113	175	16	27	.947	3.95
Nick Ortiz	12	20	31	3	6	.944	4.25
Lou Merloni	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Nate Tebbs	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Aaron Fuller	94							0.00
Juan Williams	19							0.00
Tony Derosso	18							0.00
Rod Correia	12							0.00
Pat Bryant	5							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Michael Coleman	100							0.00
Aaron Fuller	29							0.00
Pat Bryant	14							0.00
Juan Williams	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Pat Bryant	80							0.00
Juan Williams	28							0.00
Andy Abad	19							0.00
Ethan Faggett	14							0.00
Rod Correia	4							0.00
Dave Gibralter	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Aaron Fuller	122	232	11	6	1	.976	1.99
Michael Coleman	100	259	6	5	1	.981	2.65
Pat Bryant	96	197	6	3	2	.985	2.11
Juan Williams	48	100	4	1	1	.990	2.17
Andy Abad	19	33	1	1	0	.971	1.79
Tony Derosso	18	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.44
Rod Correia	16	27	3	0	0	1.000	1.88
Ethan Faggett	14	19	0	1	0	.950	1.36
Dave Gibralter	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Heath Haynes	47	3	9	1	0	.923	0.26	Stats for 3 teams
Brad Tweedlie	41	4	9	1	2	.929	0.32
Dean Peterson	33	4	10	0	1	1.000	0.42
Rick Betti	30	1	3	2	1	.667	0.13
Brian Barkley	29	7	29	5	3	.878	1.24
Jim Farrell	26	12	27	0	4	1.000	1.50
Peter Munro	22	10	24	0	0	1.000	1.55
Jared Fernandez	21	8	23	1	0	.969	1.48
Jay Yennaco	21	11	18	0	1	1.000	1.38
Mike Blais	18	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.06
Felix Ramirez	18	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.44
Steve Smetana	18	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.28
Ron Mahay	17	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.29
Juan Pena	16	3	14	0	0	1.000	1.06
Brian Rose	15	0	5	0	0	1.000	0.33
Frank Gonzales	14	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.50
Kevan Cannon	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.08
Pete Walker	8	2	2	1	0	.800	0.50
Brett Cederblad	6	0	0	0	0		0.00
Doug Hecker	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.25
Chad Hale	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Rafael Orellano	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Bret Saberhagen	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
Robinson Checo	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Andy Abad	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	184	Aug 25, 1972	Palm Beach, FL, US
Brian Barkley	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Dec 8, 1975	Conroe, TX, US
Rick Betti	23	R	L	5' 11.0"	170	Sep 16, 1973	Natick, MA, US
Mike Blais	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	226	Oct 2, 1971	Norwich, CT, US
Richie Borrero	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jan 5, 1973	Mayaguez, PR
Randy Brown	27	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	May 1, 1970	Dallas, TX, US
Pat Bryant	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	182	Oct 27, 1972	Lexington, KY, US
Kevan Cannon	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	222	Aug 24, 1974	Columbus, OH, US
Brett Cederblad	24	S	R	6' 5.0"	195	Mar 6, 1973	Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Robinson Checo	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	165	Sep 9, 1971	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Michael Coleman	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Aug 16, 1975	Nashville, TN, US
Rod Correia	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 13, 1967	Providence, RI, US
Joe Depastino	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Sep 4, 1973	Philadelphia, PA, US
Tony Derosso	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	226	Nov 7, 1975	Waukesha, WI, US
Chad Epperson	25	L	R	6' 3.0"	215	Mar 26, 1972	Elizabethtown, KY, US
Ethan Faggett	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 21, 1974	Fort Worth, TX, US
Jim Farrell	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 1, 1973	Akron, OH, US
Jared Fernandez	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	223	Feb 2, 1972	Salt Lake City, UT, US
Aaron Fuller	25	S	R	5' 10.0"	180	Sep 7, 1971	Fresno, CA, US
Dave Gibralter	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	224	Jun 19, 1975	Dallas, TX, US
Frank Gonzales	29	R	L	6' 0.0"	185	Mar 12, 1968	La Junta, CO, US
Chad Hale	25	R	L	6' 6.0"	245	Aug 3, 1971	Newark, OH, US
Bill Haselman	31	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	May 25, 1966	Long Branch, NJ, US
Heath Haynes	28	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Nov 30, 1968	Wheeling, WV, US
Doug Hecker	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jan 21, 1971	Syosset, NY, US
Gavin Jackson	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Jul 19, 1973	Sylvester, GA, US
Cole Liniak	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	181	Aug 23, 1976	Encinitas, CA, US
Chris Madonna	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	190	Mar 13, 1973	Smithtown, NY, US
Ron Mahay	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 28, 1971	Crestwood, IL, US
Walt McKeel	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 17, 1972	Wilson, NC, US
Lou Merloni	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	188	Apr 6, 1971	Framingham, MA, US
Peter Munro	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 14, 1975	Flushing, NY, US
Rafael Orellano	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	160	Apr 28, 1973	Hamacao, PR
Nick Ortiz	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jul 9, 1973	Cidra, PR
Juan Pena	20	R	R	6' 5.0"	210	Jun 27, 1977	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Dean Peterson	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Aug 3, 1972	Peru, IN, US
Felix Ramirez	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Jan 7, 1975	Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, DO
Brian Rose	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 7, 1972	Malone, NY, US
Bret Saberhagen	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	160	Apr 11, 1964	Chicago Heights, IL, US
Steve Smetana	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	205	Apr 14, 1973	Chardon, OH, US
Nate Tebbs	24	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 14, 1972	Salt Lake City, UT, US
Brad Tweedlie	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Dec 9, 1971	Long Beach, CA, US
Pete Walker	28	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Apr 8, 1969	Beverly, MA, US
Juan Williams	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 9, 1972	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jay Yennaco	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Nov 17, 1975	Lawrence, MA, US

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