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1996 Savannah Sand Gnats

1996 > Class A > 1996 South Atlantic League (South)
Overall: 72-69
Scored 671 runs, Allowed 637 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 74-67

Affiliation: Los Angeles Dodgers-NL
Manager: John Shoemaker
Represented: Savannah, GA
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1995 / 1997

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 Lance Backowski 21 30 58 49 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 19 .122 .246 .122 .368 6 1 1 1 0 0
2 Adrian Beltre 17 68 288 244 48 75 14 3 16 59 4 3 35 46 .307 .406 .586 .992 143 7 7 0 2 2
3 Trent Cuevas 19 15 48 46 2 7 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 14 .152 .146 .174 .320 8 0 0 0 2 0
4 Miguel Garcia 21 17 74 66 8 10 3 0 0 5 4 3 8 15 .152 .243 .197 .440 13 0 0 0 0 0
5 Geronimo Gil 20 79 293 276 29 67 13 1 7 38 0 2 8 69 .243 .274 .373 .647 103 4 5 1 3 3
6 Manny Gonzalez# 20 65 255 231 30 53 10 2 1 19 15 8 20 52 .229 .291 .303 .594 70 3 1 1 2 0
7 Brian Harmon 20 85 284 230 36 50 11 0 10 37 0 3 50 56 .217 .359 .396 .755 91 1 2 0 2 1
8 Juan Hernaiz 21 132 527 492 68 137 19 8 14 73 42 15 21 96 .278 .317 .435 .752 214 5 8 3 3 3
9 Jaime Malave 21 6 18 16 2 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 .250 .278 .250 .528 4 0 1 0 1 0
10 Jose Mateo# 19 111 359 308 33 50 3 1 2 16 15 5 34 89 .162 .263 .198 .461 61 2 8 9 0 0
11 Travis Meyer 22 68 212 185 23 54 8 2 3 20 0 0 22 42 .292 .376 .405 .782 75 4 3 2 0 1
12 Greg Morrison* 20 94 321 299 32 76 11 4 4 39 4 7 19 65 .254 .299 .358 .657 107 0 1 0 2 1
13 Rafael Ozuna# 21 87 346 307 41 75 12 5 5 27 9 3 28 69 .244 .310 .365 .675 112 4 2 7 2 2
14 Angel Pena 21 36 135 127 13 26 4 0 6 16 1 1 7 37 .205 .246 .378 .624 48 1 0 1 0 1
15 Jose Pimentel 21 123 508 461 66 128 21 4 7 54 50 19 28 100 .278 .330 .386 .716 178 9 10 5 4 1
16 Luke Prokopec* 18 82 280 245 34 53 12 1 4 29 0 5 27 78 .216 .300 .322 .622 79 5 4 0 4 2
17 Chad Roney 21 24 47 41 3 14 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 6 .341 .413 .390 .803 16 1 0 1 0 0
18 Juan Sosa 20 112 406 370 58 94 21 2 7 38 14 12 30 64 .254 .311 .378 .689 140 9 1 4 1 2
19 Danilo Sotelo 21 10 43 38 5 8 2 2 0 3 2 0 5 6 .211 .302 .368 .671 14 1 0 0 0 0
20 Eric Stuckenschneider 24 140 599 470 111 130 28 6 16 63 50 18 111 96 .277 .424 .464 .888 218 4 12 2 4 5
21 Jon Tucker* 19 14 56 47 8 15 2 1 1 12 1 0 6 7 .319 .400 .468 .868 22 2 1 1 1 0
22 Jason Weekley 22 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 0 0 1
23 Brian Zaun 22 52 160 147 14 30 5 0 0 11 1 0 7 41 .204 .269 .238 .507 35 3 6 0 0 1
23 Players 20.5 141 5322 4699 671 1162 202 42 103 574 212 106 479 1070 .247 .324 .374 .698 1757 66 73 38 33 26
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 Craig Allen 23 0 0 2.45 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 4 1 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 18 1.909 9.8 4.9 7.4 4.9 0.67
2 Darrin Babineaux 21 5 5 .500 4.82 13 12 0 1 0 0 71.0 70 45 38 6 30 1 48 1 2 6 307 1.408 8.9 0.8 3.8 6.1 1.60
3 Lance Backowski 21 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 27.0
4 Nate Bland* 21 1 0 1.000 1.63 5 5 0 0 0 0 27.2 24 8 5 0 10 0 24 1 0 2 115 1.229 7.8 0.0 3.3 7.8 2.40
5 Marc Charbonneau* 20 4 6 .400 4.71 25 9 6 0 0 0 80.1 84 52 42 6 31 2 82 3 2 6 353 1.432 9.4 0.7 3.5 9.2 2.65
6 John Davis 22 9 5 .643 2.74 38 10 8 2 0 1 111.2 72 39 34 7 58 3 123 10 2 16 461 1.164 5.8 0.6 4.7 9.9 2.12
7 Eric Gagne 20 7 6 .538 3.28 23 21 0 1 1 0 115.1 94 48 42 11 43 1 131 1 5 7 474 1.188 7.3 0.9 3.4 10.2 3.05
8 Mike Judd 21 6 4 .600 2.90 44 8 33 1 0 13 83.2 62 35 27 4 23 3 98 4 1 11 339 1.016 6.7 0.4 2.5 10.5 4.26 Stats for 2 teams
9 Jeff Keppen 22 0 1 .000 2.25 12 0 4 0 0 0 20.0 13 10 5 0 20 3 26 5 0 3 100 1.650 5.8 0.0 9.0 11.7 1.30
10 Onan Masaoka* 18 2 5 .286 4.29 13 13 0 0 0 0 65.0 55 35 31 7 35 0 80 6 2 3 283 1.385 7.6 1.0 4.8 11.1 2.29
11 Matt McDonald* 22 5 6 .455 4.73 28 13 7 0 0 3 83.2 66 56 44 6 50 0 85 3 1 6 365 1.386 7.1 0.6 5.4 9.1 1.70
12 Travis Meyer 22 0 0 18.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
13 Tony Nakashima* 18 3 2 .600 2.45 27 0 8 0 0 2 36.2 20 11 10 2 19 1 39 0 0 0 150 1.064 4.9 0.5 4.7 9.6 2.05
14 Chris Ochsenfeld* 19 6 7 .462 4.19 26 18 3 0 0 1 109.2 118 66 51 7 52 0 79 8 3 17 487 1.550 9.7 0.6 4.3 6.5 1.52
15 Julio Parra 21 1 1 .500 2.30 12 0 5 0 0 2 15.2 8 4 4 2 6 0 19 1 0 0 59 0.894 4.6 1.1 3.4 10.9 3.17
16 J.J. Pearsall* 22 6 5 .545 3.29 45 2 13 0 0 3 87.2 76 48 32 6 46 3 88 7 3 8 394 1.392 7.8 0.6 4.7 9.0 1.91
17 Jason Reed* 23 0 0 7.15 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 14 10 9 2 7 0 8 0 0 0 54 1.853 11.1 1.6 5.6 6.4 1.14
18 Dan Ricabal 23 2 4 .333 2.28 40 0 37 0 0 24 55.1 32 19 14 4 17 2 78 5 1 2 225 0.886 5.2 0.7 2.8 12.7 4.59
19 Carl South 21 6 6 .500 4.06 34 11 7 0 0 0 102.0 90 60 46 8 44 4 93 3 0 12 447 1.314 7.9 0.7 3.9 8.2 2.11 Stats for 2 teams
20 Dave Spykstra 22 6 4 .600 3.31 28 14 5 2 0 0 100.2 83 47 37 8 44 0 104 6 0 19 440 1.262 7.4 0.7 3.9 9.3 2.36
21 Ricky Stone 21 2 1 .667 3.98 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 34 15 14 2 9 0 31 0 0 5 130 1.358 9.7 0.6 2.6 8.8 3.44
22 Yason Torres 22 3 4 .429 4.28 42 0 20 0 0 3 61.0 52 39 29 5 29 0 32 9 2 4 270 1.328 7.7 0.7 4.3 4.7 1.10
22 Players 21.1 72 69 .511 3.64 141 141 134 7 9 42 1241.1 1046 637 502 93 567 20 1229 71 23 126 5336 1.299 7.6 0.7 4.1 8.9 2.17

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Geronimo Gil 63 514 56 10 1 .983 9.05 17
Travis Meyer 51 388 40 9 5 .979 8.39 8
Angel Pena 30 238 39 6 4 .979 9.23 4
Chad Roney 17 69 5 1 0 .987 4.35 3
Jaime Malave 3 19 2 1 0 .955 7.00 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brian Harmon 73 491 46 9 39 .984 7.36
Greg Morrison 71 513 44 14 33 .975 7.85
Jon Tucker 14 118 11 0 6 1.000 9.21
Travis Meyer 5 38 2 0 2 1.000 8.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rafael Ozuna 81 142 184 26 33 .926 4.02
Juan Sosa 45 88 117 4 25 .981 4.56
Lance Backowski 18 14 24 4 4 .905 2.11
Danilo Sotelo 10 25 31 1 4 .982 5.60
Adrian Beltre 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Adrian Beltre 67 55 143 18 12 .917 2.96
Brian Zaun 52 26 75 10 6 .910 1.94
Juan Sosa 31 15 57 6 4 .923 2.32
Lance Backowski 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
Trent Cuevas 3 3 2 2 0 .714 1.67

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Mateo 109 136 256 34 38 .920 3.60
Juan Sosa 41 36 87 12 11 .911 3.00
Trent Cuevas 9 12 11 1 6 .958 2.56
Rafael Ozuna 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.33
Lance Backowski 2 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.50

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Juan Hernaiz 123 201 13 5 5 .977 1.74
Jose Pimentel 116 211 11 5 2 .978 1.91
Eric Stuckenschneider 105 141 5 4 0 .973 1.39
Luke Prokopec 54 59 5 8 1 .889 1.19
Manny Gonzalez 39 63 3 1 0 .985 1.69
Miguel Garcia 11 27 2 1 1 .967 2.64
Jason Weekley 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
J.J. Pearsall 45 5 9 5 0 .737 0.31
Mike Judd 44 9 15 4 0 .857 0.55 Stats for 2 teams
Yason Torres 42 1 11 3 0 .800 0.29
Dan Ricabal 40 5 14 0 0 1.000 0.48
John Davis 38 9 16 2 3 .926 0.66
Carl South 34 11 17 3 0 .903 0.82 Stats for 2 teams
Matt McDonald 28 3 15 2 0 .900 0.64
Dave Spykstra 28 7 12 1 1 .950 0.68
Tony Nakashima 27 3 7 0 1 1.000 0.37
Chris Ochsenfeld 26 3 23 2 1 .929 1.00
Marc Charbonneau 25 2 8 3 0 .769 0.40
Eric Gagne 23 6 14 1 0 .952 0.87
Darrin Babineaux 13 8 7 1 1 .938 1.15
Onan Masaoka 13 2 10 2 0 .857 0.92
Jeff Keppen 12 1 3 1 1 .800 0.33
Julio Parra 12 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.17
Nate Bland 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.60
Jason Reed 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.80
Ricky Stone 5 4 4 1 1 .889 1.60
Craig Allen 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lance Backowski 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Travis Meyer 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Craig Allen 23 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Dec 22, 1972 Franklin, KY, US
Darrin Babineaux 21 R R 6' 4.0" 210 Jul 10, 1974 Lafayette, LA, US
Lance Backowski 21 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 8, 1975 Richland, WA, US
Adrian Beltre 17 R R 5' 11.0" 220 Apr 7, 1979 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Nate Bland 21 L L 6' 5.0" 190 Dec 27, 1974 Birmingham, AL, US
Marc Charbonneau 20 R L 6' 3.0" 185 Sep 29, 1975 Ottawa, ON, CA
Trent Cuevas 19 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 25, 1976 Bellflower, CA, US
John Davis 22 R R 6' 4.0" 218 Aug 31, 1973 Statesboro, GA, US
Eric Gagne 20 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jan 7, 1976 Montreal, QC, CA
Miguel Garcia 21 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Feb 15, 1975 Santiago, Santiago, DO
Geronimo Gil 20 R R 6' 3.0" 240 Aug 7, 1975 Estacion Lagunas, Oaxaca, MX
Manny Gonzalez 20 S R 6' 2.0" 195 May 5, 1976 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Brian Harmon 20 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Mar 21, 1976
Juan Hernaiz 21 R R 5' 10.0" 192 Feb 15, 1975 San Juan, PR
Mike Judd 21 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jun 30, 1975 San Diego, CA, US
Jeff Keppen 22 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 31, 1974 Sioux Falls, SD, US
Jaime Malave 21 R R 6' 0.0" 210 Mar 22, 1975 Santurce, PR
Onan Masaoka 18 R L 6' 0.0" 188 Oct 27, 1977 Hilo, HI, US
Jose Mateo 19 S R 6' 0.0" 160 Dec 28, 1976 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Matt McDonald 22 L L 6' 3.0" 200 Jun 10, 1974 Princeton, IL, US
Travis Meyer 22 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Sep 18, 1973 Plainview, NE, US
Greg Morrison 20 L L 6' 1.0" 205 Feb 23, 1976 Unity, SK, CA
Tony Nakashima 18 L L 5' 9.0" 160 Mar 17, 1978 Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BR
Chris Ochsenfeld 19 L L 6' 2.0" 210 Aug 21, 1976 Newport News, VA, US
Rafael Ozuna 21 S R 5' 11.0" 176 Jul 11, 1974 Santo Domingo, DO
Julio Parra 21 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 2, 1974 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, MX
J.J. Pearsall 22 L L 6' 2.0" 200 Sep 9, 1973 Schenectady, NY, US
Angel Pena 21 R R 5' 10.0" 225 Feb 16, 1975 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Jose Pimentel 21 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Dec 3, 1974 San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Luke Prokopec 18 L R 5' 11.0" 166 Feb 23, 1978 Blackwood, South Australia, AU
Jason Reed 23 L L 6' 3.0" 215 Jun 8, 1973 La Mesa, CA, US
Dan Ricabal 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Jul 8, 1972 Los Angeles, CA, US
Chad Roney 21 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Sep 3, 1974 Fort Myers, FL, US
Juan Sosa 20 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 19, 1975 San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte, DO
Danilo Sotelo 21 R R 5' 8.0" 160 Mar 22, 1975 Managua, NI
Carl South 21 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Apr 14, 1975 Atlanta, GA, US
Dave Spykstra 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 26, 1973 Denver, CO, US
Ricky Stone 21 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Feb 28, 1975 Hamilton, OH, US
Eric Stuckenschneider 24 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Aug 24, 1971 Jefferson City, MO, US
Yason Torres 22 R R 6' 2.0" 178 Aug 8, 1973 Azua, Azua, DO
Jon Tucker 19 L L 6' 4.0" 200 Dec 17, 1976 Granada Hills, CA, US
Jason Weekley 22 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Aug 20, 1973 Oakland, CA, US
Brian Zaun 22 R R 6' 2.0" 195 May 14, 1974 Van Nuys, CA, US

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