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1998 Kane County Cougars

1998 > Class A > 1998 Midwest League (Central)
Overall: 69-71
Scored 644 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-72

Affiliation: Florida Marlins-NL
Manager: Juan Bustabad
Represented: Geneva, IL
Ballpark: Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium (Geneva, IL)
Attendance: n/a
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 Jorge Bautista 21 84 321 272 33 71 16 2 7 50 3 4 40 63 .261 .355 .412 .767 112 9 3 0 6 1
2 Rhodney Donaldson* 24 108 397 334 55 73 13 0 0 45 23 10 54 56 .219 .326 .257 .583 86 15 1 4 4 0
3 Matt Erickson* 22 124 541 441 83 143 32 2 4 64 17 7 72 62 .324 .436 .433 .869 191 8 18 7 3 1
4 Quincy Foster* 23 134 616 545 90 138 14 10 0 37 73 19 51 114 .253 .324 .316 .640 172 7 8 8 4 4
5 Raul Franco 22 132 596 551 81 158 24 0 2 51 15 12 24 52 .287 .315 .341 .656 188 8 2 12 7 2
6 Ross Gload* 22 132 567 501 77 157 41 3 12 92 7 6 58 84 .313 .386 .479 .865 240 13 3 2 3 7
7 Kevin Green 22 33 115 96 8 15 2 0 1 8 6 5 15 32 .156 .274 .208 .483 20 0 1 2 1 0
8 Brandon Harper 22 113 464 412 34 95 22 2 4 50 1 3 42 64 .231 .305 .323 .627 133 16 4 1 5 3
9 Travis Hunter 22 10 23 22 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .136 .174 .136 .310 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 Alex Melconian 23 132 549 453 61 103 10 1 6 53 21 3 50 135 .227 .336 .294 .629 133 12 28 10 8 1
11 Drew Niles# 21 26 103 87 12 24 4 0 0 9 2 1 12 20 .276 .350 .322 .671 28 1 0 0 4 1
12 Isreal Polonia 20 15 43 38 6 8 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 17 .211 .302 .289 .592 11 0 3 0 0 0
13 Brian Reed 20 3 8 6 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 .625 .667 1.292 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 Nate Reese 23 13 47 40 3 10 1 0 1 7 0 0 5 12 .250 .362 .350 .712 14 2 2 0 0 0
15 Ismael Reynoso 20 48 170 144 15 27 4 0 1 9 3 3 17 34 .188 .291 .236 .527 34 2 4 5 0 0
16 Julio Rivas 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Brett Roneberg* 19 68 270 240 35 65 7 0 3 35 2 5 25 50 .271 .341 .338 .678 81 11 1 3 1 0
18 Jose Santos 24 32 142 117 17 22 9 2 2 12 5 1 21 49 .188 .326 .350 .677 41 0 3 1 0 2
19 Matt Schnabel* 23 24 75 63 5 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 7 21 .127 .219 .190 .410 12 3 1 2 2 0
20 Kelley Washington 18 65 260 239 28 59 5 0 4 21 10 8 11 75 .247 .297 .318 .615 76 4 6 4 0 0
20 Players 21.9 140 5308 4602 644 1182 206 22 49 554 189 88 509 947 .257 .339 .343 .682 1579 111 88 61 48 22
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 Aaron Akin 21 1 4 .200 3.66 12 10 1 0 0 0 51.2 50 28 21 3 20 0 41 5 2 2 228 1.355 8.7 0.5 3.5 7.1 2.05
2 Hector Almonte 22 1 5 .167 3.95 43 0 41 0 0 21 43.1 51 22 19 5 19 0 51 1 2 3 200 1.615 10.6 1.0 3.9 10.6 2.68
3 Reece Borges 22 1 2 .333 4.71 10 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 24 13 11 1 8 1 8 0 1 2 94 1.524 10.3 0.4 3.4 3.4 1.00
4 A.J. Burnett 21 10 4 .714 1.97 20 20 0 0 0 0 119.0 74 27 26 3 45 0 186 8 2 6 469 1.000 5.6 0.2 3.4 14.1 4.13
5 Scott Comer* 21 6 4 .600 2.87 15 14 1 2 0 0 97.1 91 42 31 13 9 0 85 4 0 0 395 1.027 8.4 1.2 0.8 7.9 9.44
6 Steve Gagliano 20 1 1 .500 7.66 8 3 3 0 0 0 22.1 33 21 19 2 10 0 17 1 0 2 109 1.925 13.3 0.8 4.0 6.9 1.70
7 Geoff Goetz* 19 1 4 .200 4.64 9 9 0 0 0 0 42.2 44 22 22 4 24 1 36 2 0 5 189 1.594 9.3 0.8 5.1 7.6 1.50
8 Scott Henderson 23 10 7 .588 2.99 40 1 19 0 0 4 81.1 64 29 27 2 27 7 96 4 0 2 337 1.119 7.1 0.2 3.0 10.6 3.56
9 Hector Henriquez* 19 0 5 .000 5.29 10 8 1 1 0 0 49.1 55 36 29 3 20 1 30 1 0 4 216 1.520 10.0 0.5 3.6 5.5 1.50
10 Gary Knotts 21 8 8 .500 3.87 27 27 0 3 0 0 158.1 144 84 68 11 66 1 148 11 0 7 686 1.326 8.2 0.6 3.8 8.4 2.24
11 Nelson Lara 19 2 2 .500 6.14 10 4 2 0 0 0 29.1 29 23 20 1 23 0 21 7 1 4 141 1.773 8.9 0.3 7.1 6.4 0.91
12 Matt Levan* 23 1 7 .125 6.38 30 9 7 0 0 0 91.2 111 72 65 10 36 2 87 3 0 2 410 1.604 10.9 1.0 3.5 8.5 2.42
13 Cory Lima 23 3 3 .500 4.61 31 7 9 0 0 0 80.0 106 56 41 4 29 0 48 8 1 7 379 1.688 11.9 0.4 3.3 5.4 1.66
14 Mike Marriott 21 2 4 .333 3.74 10 10 0 0 0 0 53.0 59 31 22 2 18 1 22 5 0 3 238 1.453 10.0 0.3 3.1 3.7 1.22
15 Tim McClaskey 22 5 2 .714 4.26 34 2 18 0 0 2 74.0 87 45 35 5 16 3 70 5 0 4 326 1.392 10.6 0.6 1.9 8.5 4.38
16 Todd Noel 19 8 8 .500 4.41 23 21 0 1 0 0 126.2 128 70 62 2 54 0 96 8 1 12 543 1.437 9.1 0.1 3.8 6.8 1.78 Stats for 2 teams
17 Jason Pearson* 22 0 0 3.38 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.2 3 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 14 1.500 10.1 0.0 3.4 3.4 1.00
18 Billy Putnicki 24 6 3 .667 3.23 29 0 17 0 0 4 55.2 48 23 20 1 16 2 34 2 0 9 234 1.150 7.8 0.2 2.6 5.5 2.13
19 Nick Rizzo 24 3 2 .600 2.91 26 0 10 0 0 0 52.2 49 31 17 1 22 1 33 3 0 3 230 1.348 8.4 0.2 3.8 5.6 1.50
20 Derek Santiago 22 0 1 .000 24.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 9 9 8 2 1 0 6 0 0 3 21 3.333 27.0 6.0 3.0 18.0 6.00
21 Michael Tejera* 21 6 1 .857 2.77 10 10 0 0 0 0 55.1 44 20 17 3 13 0 47 2 0 2 218 1.030 7.2 0.5 2.1 7.6 3.62
21 Players 21.6 69 71 .493 3.98 140 140 134 6 11 31 1221.0 1220 662 540 77 440 20 1093 76 9 72 5302 1.360 9.0 0.6 3.2 8.1 2.48

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
Brandon Harper 110 900 72 17 8 .983 8.84 11 135 42 24%
Alex Melconian 21 123 19 1 1 .993 6.76 2 20 9 31%
Nate Reese 9 71 13 0 0 1.000 9.33 0 10 3 23%
Travis Hunter 3 13 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 1 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ross Gload 129 1160 69 14 89 .989 9.53
Jorge Bautista 10 84 9 2 5 .979 9.30
Travis Hunter 3 14 1 1 0 .938 5.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Raul Franco 131 251 356 17 66 .973 4.63
Matt Erickson 9 14 26 1 4 .976 4.44
Drew Niles 1 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Matt Erickson 102 68 204 19 14 .935 2.67
Jose Santos 27 18 63 4 4 .953 3.00
Jorge Bautista 11 3 18 4 0 .840 1.91

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kelley Washington 64 85 200 25 35 .919 4.45
Ismael Reynoso 48 68 158 16 25 .934 4.71
Isreal Polonia 14 14 33 6 4 .887 3.36
Drew Niles 12 15 37 1 6 .981 4.33
Matt Erickson 4 5 12 1 3 .944 4.25

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alex Melconian 102 0.00
Rhodney Donaldson 33 0.00
Matt Schnabel 6 0.00
Kevin Green 3 0.00
Jorge Bautista 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Quincy Foster 132 0.00
Rhodney Donaldson 12 0.00
Kevin Green 2 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brett Roneberg 68 0.00
Rhodney Donaldson 42 0.00
Kevin Green 28 0.00
Matt Schnabel 8 0.00
Brian Reed 2 0.00
Nate Reese 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Quincy Foster 132 257 14 13 3 .954 2.05
Alex Melconian 102 121 6 6 0 .955 1.25
Rhodney Donaldson 84 135 5 10 0 .933 1.67
Brett Roneberg 68 105 1 5 0 .955 1.56
Kevin Green 32 54 2 1 0 .982 1.75
Matt Schnabel 14 10 0 1 0 .909 0.71
Brian Reed 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Jorge Bautista 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nate Reese 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Hector Almonte 43 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.09
Scott Henderson 40 7 14 1 2 .955 0.53
Tim McClaskey 34 8 7 1 0 .938 0.44
Cory Lima 31 6 12 2 0 .900 0.58
Matt Levan 30 3 17 1 0 .952 0.67
Billy Putnicki 29 3 10 2 1 .867 0.45
Gary Knotts 27 11 33 1 1 .978 1.63
Nick Rizzo 26 7 9 0 2 1.000 0.62
Todd Noel 23 8 14 0 0 1.000 0.96 Stats for 2 teams
A.J. Burnett 20 2 16 2 1 .900 0.90
Scott Comer 15 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.93
Aaron Akin 12 3 8 1 0 .917 0.92
Reece Borges 10 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.50
Hector Henriquez 10 1 13 3 1 .824 1.40
Nelson Lara 10 1 1 1 0 .667 0.20
Mike Marriott 10 1 8 2 0 .818 0.90
Michael Tejera 10 7 10 0 0 1.000 1.70
Geoff Goetz 9 3 6 0 2 1.000 1.00
Steve Gagliano 8 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.38
Jason Pearson 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Derek Santiago 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Aaron Akin 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Jun 13, 1977 Manhattan, KS, US
Hector Almonte 22 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 17, 1975 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Jorge Bautista 21 R R 5' 9.0" 185 Jul 12, 1976 San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Reece Borges 22 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Apr 4, 1976 Honolulu, HI, US
A.J. Burnett 21 R R 6' 4.0" 230 Jan 3, 1977 North Little Rock, AR, US
Scott Comer 21 L L 6' 5.0" 205 Jun 23, 1977 Klamath Falls, OR, US
Rhodney Donaldson 24 L R 5' 11.0" 170 Apr 9, 1974 Thomasville, GA, US
Matt Erickson 22 L R 5' 11.0" 190 Jul 30, 1975 Appleton, WI, US
Quincy Foster 23 L R 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 30, 1974 Bronx, NY, US
Raul Franco 22 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 14, 1976 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Steve Gagliano 20 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Aug 4, 1977 Chicago, IL, US
Ross Gload 22 L L 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 5, 1976 Brooklyn, NY, US
Geoff Goetz 19 L L 5' 11.0" 163 Apr 3, 1979 Pompton Plains, NJ, US
Kevin Green 22 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Aug 9, 1975 Utica, NY, US
Brandon Harper 22 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Apr 29, 1976 Odessa, TX, US
Scott Henderson 23 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Feb 27, 1975 Portland, OR, US
Hector Henriquez 19 L L 6' 3.0" 190 Aug 27, 1978 Samana, Samana, DO
Travis Hunter 22 R R 6' 2.0" 230 Sep 3, 1975
Gary Knotts 21 R R 6' 4.0" 235 Feb 12, 1977 Decatur, AL, US
Nelson Lara 19 R R 6' 4.0" 185 Jul 11, 1978 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Matt Levan 23 L L 6' 3.0" 200 Jun 24, 1975 West Chester, PA, US
Cory Lima 23 R R 6' 4.0" 180 Mar 16, 1975 Cleveland, OH, US
Mike Marriott 21 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Mar 12, 1977 Houston, TX, US
Tim McClaskey 22 S R 6' 1.0" 175 Jan 11, 1976 Port Smith, OH, US
Alex Melconian 23 R R 5' 10.0" 190 Mar 18, 1975 Bryn Mawr, PA, US
Drew Niles 21 S R 6' 1.0" 185 Mar 17, 1977 Colorado Springs, CO, US
Todd Noel 19 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Sep 28, 1978 Abbeville, LA, US
Jason Pearson 22 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Dec 29, 1975 Freeport, IL, US
Isreal Polonia 20 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Oct 10, 1977 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Billy Putnicki 24 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Dec 21, 1973 San Antonio, TX, US
Brian Reed 20 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Mar 3, 1978 Oakland, CA, US
Nate Reese 23 R R 5' 11.0" 215 Oct 17, 1974 Kansas City, MO, US
Ismael Reynoso 20 R R 5' 10.0" 190 Jun 17, 1978 Santa Cruz, DO
Julio Rivas 18 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Aug 22, 1979 Guayanaba, NI
Nick Rizzo 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Jan 23, 1974 Voorhees, NJ, US
Brett Roneberg 19 L L 6' 2.0" 205 Feb 5, 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Derek Santiago 22 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Oct 10, 1975 Sacramento, CA, US
Jose Santos 24 R R 5' 10.0" 195 Mar 1, 1974 Santiago, Santiago, DO
Matt Schnabel 23 L R 6' 0.0" 195 Aug 29, 1974 Webster City, IA, US
Michael Tejera 21 L L 5' 9.0" 175 Oct 18, 1976 La Habana, La Habana, CU
Kelley Washington 18 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Aug 21, 1979 Winchester, VA, US

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