1998 Duluth-Superior Dukes

1998 > Class Independent > 1998 Northern League (East)
Overall: 29-56
Scored 382 runs, Allowed 536 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 30-55

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: George Mitterwald
Represented: Duluth, MN and Superior, WI
Ballpark: Wade Stadium (Duluth, MN)
Attendance: 70,105
Other Years: 1997 / 1999

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	Tyler Bain*	23	14	52	47	8	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	5	11	.106	.192	.213	.405	10	0	0	0	0	1
2	Al Barsoom	31	55	179	148	16	36	6	2	2	18	7	2	27	40	.243	.363	.351	.714	52	5	2	0	2	0
3	Chris Briller*	24	83	332	269	43	78	12	1	3	25	8	5	54	41	.290	.418	.375	.794	101	4	6	2	1	3
4	Luis Brito#	27	51	239	217	40	53	11	3	0	24	5	1	21	26	.244	.311	.323	.634	70	12	0	1	0	0
5	Ron Brown	28	61	240	207	19	39	9	1	2	21	1	0	26	49	.188	.283	.271	.554	56	4	3	0	4	0
6	Ozzie Canseco	33	61	257	215	50	66	16	0	15	55	7	0	36	54	.307	.412	.591	1.003	127	5	4	0	2	1	Stats for 2 teams
7	Mike DeCelle*	23	18	62	55	2	6	2	3	0	6	1	1	5	16	.109	.210	.255	.464	14	0	2	0	0	2
8	Tony Falciglia	25	15	53	46	4	5	2	0	1	4	0	0	4	17	.109	.226	.217	.444	10	0	3	0	0	0
9	David Francisco	26	79	334	313	43	95	11	1	5	34	20	5	9	50	.304	.329	.393	.722	123	7	4	6	2	0	Stats for 3 teams
10	Mike Gabbani	30	5	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	1	0	0	0	0
11	Matt Kastelic*	24	73	289	271	37	88	20	0	6	36	20	6	15	24	.325	.359	.465	.824	126	6	0	2	1	0
12	Anthony Lewis*	27	56	246	212	29	55	9	0	8	45	0	0	31	62	.259	.350	.415	.765	88	1	0	0	3	1
13	Mike Meggers	27	24	108	82	20	30	9	1	12	34	0	1	22	26	.366	.500	.939	1.439	77	0	2	0	2	3
14	Steve Mitrovich	23	32	115	109	11	24	5	0	3	14	0	0	4	27	.220	.252	.349	.601	38	1	1	0	1	0	Stats for 2 teams
15	Brian Ralph*	22	64	301	247	42	69	11	1	1	17	22	8	44	36	.279	.401	.344	.745	85	4	6	4	0	0
16	Javier Rodriguez	23	69	257	242	14	52	9	1	0	29	1	0	15	54	.215	.261	.260	.521	63	7	0	0	0	0
17	Ryan Rodriguez	23	57	198	180	16	40	6	1	1	14	3	4	16	29	.222	.289	.283	.573	51	4	1	1	0	1	Stats for 2 teams
18	Jackie Ross#	26	10	43	34	2	6	2	0	0	5	4	0	8	6	.176	.326	.235	.561	8	0	0	0	1	1
19	Chris Schmitz*	22	33	92	84	7	19	4	0	1	7	1	1	7	19	.226	.293	.310	.603	26	3	1	0	0	0
20	Ty Switzenberg	23	49	186	170	26	42	8	2	1	12	2	0	13	31	.247	.301	.335	.636	57	7	0	3	0	0
21	Kyle Towner#	25	32	132	123	17	24	4	0	0	3	6	0	8	27	.195	.244	.228	.472	28	1	0	1	0	0
	21 Players	25.5	85	3254	2849	382	711	141	15	51	351	90	28	344	556	.250	.335	.363	.698	1035	63	29	15	17	12

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	Scott Beach	24	4	1	.800	6.60	10	9	0	0	0	0	46.1	55	37	34	9	27	0	22	6	1	5	220	1.770	10.7	1.7	5.2	4.3	0.81	Stats for 2 teams
2	Ila Borders*	23	1	4	.200	8.66	14	8	4	0	0	0	43.2	65	45	42	11	14	0	14	3	0	4	208	1.809	13.4	2.3	2.9	2.9	1.00
3	Chris Briller	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	13.5	3.00
4	Ron Brown	28	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
5	Chris DeWitt	24	7	6	.538	3.92	20	20	0	3	1	0	126.1	143	65	55	7	39	2	67	6	0	5	556	1.441	10.2	0.5	2.8	4.8	1.72	Stats for 2 teams
6	Narcisco Febles*	24	1	4	.200	8.74	31	2	9	0	0	0	45.1	63	49	44	3	36	2	36	2	1	9	233	2.184	12.5	0.6	7.1	7.1	1.00	Stats for 3 teams
7	Emiliano Giron	26	3	2	.600	1.27	43	0	40	0	0	18	49.2	31	7	7	2	28	2	54	3	0	6	209	1.188	5.6	0.4	5.1	9.8	1.93
8	Roberto Giron	22	4	10	.286	4.52	29	7	5	0	0	0	85.2	92	56	43	10	34	1	48	5	0	2	379	1.471	9.7	1.1	3.6	5.0	1.41
9	Dave Glick*	22	7	10	.412	5.19	21	20	0	1	1	0	119.2	149	85	69	10	44	1	76	9	1	6	553	1.613	11.2	0.8	3.3	5.7	1.73
10	Neal Hannah	23	2	5	.286	5.93	16	2	3	0	0	0	27.1	35	23	18	2	13	2	16	2	0	2	127	1.756	11.5	0.7	4.3	5.3	1.23	Stats for 2 teams
11	Pete Harvell*	26	1	4	.200	9.73	7	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	48	35	31	5	13	0	24	3	0	2	145	2.128	15.1	1.6	4.1	7.5	1.85
12	Scott Heather	22	0	0		6.10	12	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	26	20	14	3	16	0	13	3	0	5	106	2.032	11.3	1.3	7.0	5.7	0.81
13	Ariel Hernandez*	21	1	5	.167	5.20	27	4	6	0	0	0	53.2	63	35	31	6	30	1	38	5	2	3	250	1.733	10.6	1.0	5.0	6.4	1.27
14	Taisuke Ishimaru	20	0	0		18.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	9	8	0	11	0	3	1	1	2	28	3.750	9.0	0.0	24.8	6.8	0.27
15	Chris Knollin	23	0	2	.000	9.00	21	2	6	0	0	1	33.0	46	36	33	6	21	1	27	1	1	4	166	2.030	12.5	1.6	5.7	7.4	1.29	Stats for 2 teams
16	Mike Marchesano	22	1	3	.250	8.10	17	1	2	0	0	0	33.1	45	37	30	6	22	2	30	3	0	2	171	2.010	12.2	1.6	5.9	8.1	1.36
17	Kevin Mlodik	23	6	2	.750	3.59	22	13	2	2	0	1	105.1	110	46	42	13	22	1	76	1	0	1	442	1.253	9.4	1.1	1.9	6.5	3.45	Stats for 2 teams
18	Tony Shaver	26	0	0		14.81	9	0	3	0	0	0	10.1	29	21	17	3	4	1	8	1	0	3	66	3.194	25.3	2.6	3.5	7.0	2.00
19	Rick Wagner	30	3	6	.333	3.92	22	9	5	0	0	0	78.0	98	51	34	7	29	0	35	1	0	7	361	1.628	11.3	0.8	3.3	4.0	1.21
	19 Players	23.9	29	56	.341	5.46	85	85	80	5	3	18	738.0	895	536	448	82	332	11	462	49	6	54	3428	1.663	10.9	1.0	4.0	5.6	1.39

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Javier Rodriguez	60	309	16	9	1	.973	5.42	17	73	10	12%
Steve Mitrovich	28	186	16	1	1	.995	7.21	5	33	12	27%	Stats for 2 teams
Tony Falciglia	14	82	17	0	1	1.000	7.07	2	20	9	31%
Mike Gabbani	5	28	6	1	0	.971	6.80	0	5	2	29%
Chris Schmitz	2	14	1	1	0	.938	7.50	1	2	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ozzie Canseco	39	311	30	4	24	.988	8.74	Stats for 2 teams
Anthony Lewis	21	168	15	4	21	.979	8.71
Mike Meggers	18	178	7	0	21	1.000	10.28
Ron Brown	7	47	6	3	3	.946	7.57
Chris Briller	6	43	2	1	3	.978	7.50
Javier Rodriguez	4	20	1	0	0	1.000	5.25

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ty Switzenberg	49	80	107	9	25	.954	3.82
Ryan Rodriguez	36	59	84	7	18	.953	3.97	Stats for 2 teams
Al Barsoom	18	39	43	1	15	.988	4.56
Kyle Towner	4	6	10	0	1	1.000	4.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chris Briller	77	62	141	17	7	.923	2.64
Al Barsoom	14	10	19	0	1	1.000	2.07
Ty Switzenberg	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Luis Brito	51	82	200	12	38	.959	5.53
Ryan Rodriguez	20	28	59	2	8	.978	4.35	Stats for 2 teams
Al Barsoom	17	27	27	8	7	.871	3.18
Tyler Bain	14	25	35	4	5	.938	4.29
Chris Briller	2	1	7	1	1	.889	4.00

LF

	G
Matt Kastelic	42
David Francisco	31	Stats for 3 teams
Chris Schmitz	24
Ozzie Canseco	20	Stats for 2 teams
Mike DeCelle	14
Al Barsoom	9
Jackie Ross	9
Kyle Towner	1

CF

	G
Brian Ralph	52
Matt Kastelic	22
David Francisco	19	Stats for 3 teams
Kyle Towner	13

RF

	G
Ron Brown	44
David Francisco	33	Stats for 3 teams
Brian Ralph	11
Chris Schmitz	3
Al Barsoom	1
Ozzie Canseco	1	Stats for 2 teams
Matt Kastelic	1
Jackie Ross	1

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Francisco	79	159	8	3	1	.982	2.11	Stats for 3 teams
Matt Kastelic	64	107	3	7	0	.940	1.72
Brian Ralph	63	171	13	6	4	.968	2.92
Ron Brown	44	69	1	5	0	.933	1.59
Chris Schmitz	27	37	3	1	0	.976	1.48
Ozzie Canseco	21	24	0	1	0	.960	1.14	Stats for 2 teams
Mike DeCelle	14	26	3	3	1	.906	2.07
Kyle Towner	14	36	0	1	0	.973	2.57
Al Barsoom	10	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Jackie Ross	10	18	2	2	0	.909	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Emiliano Giron	43	3	11	1	0	.933	0.33
Narcisco Febles	31	5	7	0	3	1.000	0.39	Stats for 3 teams
Roberto Giron	29	4	17	2	1	.913	0.72
Ariel Hernandez	27	3	8	1	1	.917	0.41
Kevin Mlodik	22	6	17	2	0	.920	1.05	Stats for 2 teams
Rick Wagner	22	5	17	3	3	.880	1.00
Dave Glick	21	6	22	1	2	.966	1.33
Chris Knollin	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.29	Stats for 2 teams
Chris DeWitt	20	14	19	3	2	.917	1.65	Stats for 2 teams
Mike Marchesano	17	2	2	1	1	.800	0.24
Neal Hannah	16	1	4	0	1	1.000	0.31	Stats for 2 teams
Ila Borders	14	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.36
Scott Heather	12	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.33
Scott Beach	10	2	12	1	1	.933	1.40	Stats for 2 teams
Tony Shaver	9	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.67
Pete Harvell	7	3	6	0	0	1.000	1.29
Taisuke Ishimaru	4	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.25
Chris Briller	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Ron Brown	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Tyler Bain	23	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 11, 1974	Agana, GU	1998-05-28	1998-06-14
Al Barsoom	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Feb 2, 1967	Reedley, CA, US	1998-05-31	1998-08-23
Scott Beach	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Oct 18, 1973	Kansas City, MO, US	1998-07-04	1998-07-25
Ila Borders	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	150	Feb 18, 1975	Downey, CA, US	1998-05-30	1998-09-01
Chris Briller	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	May 3, 1974		1998-05-28	1998-09-02
Luis Brito	27	S	R	6' 0.0"	155	Apr 12, 1971	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	1998-07-04	1998-09-02
Ron Brown	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jan 17, 1970	Tampa, FL, US	1998-05-28	1998-08-08
Ozzie Canseco	33	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Jul 2, 1964	La Habana, La Habana, CU	1998-05-28	1998-07-29
Mike DeCelle	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jul 10, 1974	Fremont, CA, US	1998-05-28	1998-06-20
Chris DeWitt	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	Mar 24, 1974	Kansas City, KS, US	1998-05-30	1998-08-01
Tony Falciglia	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Sep 29, 1972	Bronx, NY, US	1998-05-28	1998-06-28
Narcisco Febles	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Jul 15, 1973	El Seibo, DO	1998-07-18	1998-08-31
David Francisco	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	Feb 27, 1972	Santiago, DO	1998-08-04	1998-09-02
Mike Gabbani	30	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 18, 1967	Mountain View, CA, US	1998-06-10	1998-06-19
Emiliano Giron	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Jan 5, 1972	Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, DO	1998-05-28	1998-09-02
Roberto Giron	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	203	Mar 24, 1976	Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, DO	1998-05-31	1998-09-01
Dave Glick	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Apr 2, 1976	Simi Valley, CA, US	1998-05-28	1998-09-02
Neal Hannah	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	206	Apr 1, 1975	Carrollton, GA, US	1998-07-18	1998-07-22
Pete Harvell	26	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 14, 1971	Fort Smith, AR, US	1998-05-29	1998-06-30
Scott Heather	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Sep 14, 1975	St. Paul, MN, US	1998-07-18	1998-08-31
Ariel Hernandez	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Apr 2, 1977		1998-05-30	1998-08-31
Taisuke Ishimaru	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Sep 18, 1977	Tokyo, JP	1998-05-28	1998-06-08
Matt Kastelic	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jan 7, 1974	Ventura, CA, US	1998-05-28	1998-09-02
Chris Knollin	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Feb 10, 1975	Chicago, IL, US	1998-08-13	1998-08-31
Anthony Lewis	27	L	L	5' 11.0"	205	Feb 2, 1971	Las Vegas, NV, US	1998-07-02	1998-09-02
Mike Marchesano	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Sep 23, 1975	Fort Wayne, IN, US	1998-05-28	1998-07-31
Mike Meggers	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Jul 6, 1970	Oakland, CA, US	1998-08-08	1998-09-02
Steve Mitrovich	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	225	Oct 27, 1974	Ashtabula, OH, US	1998-07-04	1998-08-01
Kevin Mlodik	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Aug 21, 1974	Stevens Point, WI, US	1998-08-07	1998-08-30
Brian Ralph	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 25, 1976	Dayton, OH, US	1998-06-22	1998-09-02
Javier Rodriguez	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Aug 21, 1974	Miami, FL, US	1998-05-31	1998-09-01
Ryan Rodriguez	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Dec 20, 1974	Hialeah, FL, US	1998-05-28	1998-06-28
Jackie Ross	26	S	R	5' 8.0"	158	Dec 28, 1971	Fredriksted, St. Croix, VI	1998-06-04	1998-07-02
Chris Schmitz	22	L	R	6' 1.0"	185	Dec 14, 1975		1998-07-01	1998-09-02
Tony Shaver	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Feb 15, 1972	Monterey, CA, US	1998-05-29	1998-07-01
Ty Switzenberg	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 26, 1975		1998-06-30	1998-09-02
Kyle Towner	25	S	R	5' 5.0"	160	Nov 11, 1972	Mobile, AL, US	1998-05-28	1998-07-05
Rick Wagner	30	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jan 9, 1968	Duluth, MN, US	1998-06-14	1998-09-02

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