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1996 Salem Avalanche

1996 > Class Adv A > 1996 Carolina League (South)
Overall: 62-76
Scored 585 runs, Allowed 656 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-76

Affiliation: Colorado Rockies-NL
Manager: Bill McGuire
Represented: Salem, VA
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 Blake Barthol 23 109 430 375 58 107 17 2 13 67 12 5 36 48 .285 .366 .445 .811 167 5 12 6 1 0
2 Steve Bernhardt 25 63 223 203 17 61 12 2 1 19 4 4 12 23 .300 .344 .394 .738 80 4 2 5 1 0
3 Brian Culp 25 36 140 121 8 24 4 0 1 15 3 1 16 14 .198 .293 .256 .549 31 2 1 0 2 0
4 Earl Cunningham 26 29 100 87 9 15 1 0 1 6 3 0 9 24 .172 .263 .218 .481 19 0 2 1 1 0
5 John Fantauzzi* 24 62 117 95 10 27 10 0 0 11 2 0 17 25 .284 .409 .389 .798 37 3 3 2 0 1
6 Chad Gambill 21 115 449 406 61 120 22 2 7 41 6 6 33 83 .296 .352 .411 .763 167 4 3 6 1 2
7 John Giudice 25 101 431 373 58 109 30 1 16 67 10 8 45 66 .292 .376 .507 .883 189 11 7 3 3 6
8 Gary Gordon 19 10 38 35 5 13 3 0 0 1 2 1 3 6 .371 .421 .457 .878 16 0 0 0 0 0
9 Keith Grunewald# 24 10 42 37 1 9 1 0 0 4 0 3 2 12 .243 .293 .270 .563 10 0 1 1 1 0
10 Ronnie Hall 20 14 58 53 7 8 2 0 0 2 1 1 4 8 .151 .224 .189 .413 10 2 1 0 0 0
11 Mark Hamlin 22 9 33 28 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 .143 .273 .250 .523 7 2 1 0 0 0
12 Mike Higgins 25 66 249 219 24 52 11 0 5 18 1 4 24 50 .237 .317 .356 .673 78 6 2 3 1 2
13 Nate Holdren 24 114 466 426 53 118 24 0 16 64 15 5 29 109 .277 .327 .446 .773 190 6 5 1 5 3
14 Kyle Houser 21 117 513 436 59 104 12 3 1 48 13 9 68 47 .239 .341 .287 .627 125 12 1 5 3 1
15 Lincoln Jarrett# 24 38 110 98 9 22 3 1 0 8 1 2 8 14 .224 .290 .276 .565 27 3 1 3 0 0
16 Robert Jones 24 102 376 335 45 94 18 1 6 40 16 6 29 76 .281 .336 .394 .730 132 12 1 7 4 0
17 Tal Light 22 64 259 234 29 55 10 0 13 36 3 1 19 59 .235 .305 .444 .749 104 6 5 0 1 0
18 Chan Mayber 23 97 310 264 38 55 5 0 1 20 22 9 27 50 .208 .291 .239 .530 63 2 5 11 3 0
19 Garrett Neubart 22 24 102 85 16 31 2 2 0 6 8 6 12 13 .365 .465 .435 .901 37 0 4 1 0 0
20 Elvis Pena# 19 102 419 341 48 76 9 4 0 28 30 16 61 70 .223 .345 .273 .618 93 12 3 13 1 2
21 Will Scalzitti 23 81 287 270 24 53 14 0 6 23 0 2 16 33 .196 .244 .315 .559 85 5 1 0 0 2
22 Larry Walker* 29 2 8 8 3 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.250 1.750 10 1 0 0 0 0
23 Eric Young 29 3 13 10 2 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 .300 .462 .600 1.062 6 0 0 0 0 0
23 Players 22.9 138 5173 4539 585 1164 216 18 89 527 154 89 477 835 .256 .333 .371 .704 1683 98 61 68 28 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 Keith Barnes* 21 1 0 1.000 3.38 4 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 3 3 0 2 0 9 0 0 1 34 1.500 11.2 0.0 2.2 10.1 4.50
2 John Burke 26 0 1 .000 6.00 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.0 10 12 8 1 9 0 12 0 0 4 54 1.583 7.5 0.8 6.8 9.0 1.33
3 Luis Colmenares 19 4 5 .444 5.23 32 0 25 0 0 12 32.2 28 21 19 4 22 1 45 2 3 6 156 1.531 7.7 1.1 6.1 12.4 2.05
4 Brent Crowther 24 3 3 .500 4.03 8 8 0 1 1 0 51.1 52 23 23 2 14 0 28 3 0 2 210 1.286 9.1 0.4 2.5 4.9 2.00
5 Bill Eden* 23 0 1 .000 2.70 11 0 7 0 0 1 13.1 8 4 4 0 7 1 15 1 0 2 56 1.125 5.4 0.0 4.7 10.1 2.14
6 Neil Garrett 21 0 1 .000 5.14 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 4 1 2 0 8 0 0 1 29 1.429 10.3 1.3 2.6 10.3 4.00
7 Todd Genke 25 8 7 .533 3.53 41 1 13 0 0 3 86.2 88 41 34 7 28 1 55 3 0 5 372 1.338 9.1 0.7 2.9 5.7 1.96
8 Luther Hackman 21 5 7 .417 4.24 21 21 0 1 0 0 110.1 93 60 52 2 69 1 83 5 2 6 484 1.468 7.6 0.2 5.6 6.8 1.20
9 Mike Kusiewicz* 19 0 1 .000 5.09 5 3 2 0 0 1 23.0 19 15 13 2 12 0 18 1 0 2 100 1.348 7.4 0.8 4.7 7.0 1.50
10 Scott LaRock 23 3 2 .600 3.65 39 1 13 0 0 1 81.1 72 38 33 4 31 3 57 0 1 2 341 1.266 8.0 0.4 3.4 6.3 1.84
11 David Lee 23 0 2 .000 2.25 8 0 5 0 0 1 12.0 14 6 3 1 6 0 10 2 0 2 56 1.667 10.5 0.8 4.5 7.5 1.67
12 Chandler Martin 22 2 8 .200 5.87 13 13 0 1 1 0 69.0 80 56 45 5 53 1 59 5 0 12 333 1.928 10.4 0.7 6.9 7.7 1.11
13 Pat McClinton* 24 3 1 .750 2.09 39 0 20 0 0 1 64.2 58 28 15 2 21 1 47 3 2 2 278 1.222 8.1 0.3 2.9 6.5 2.24
14 Doug Million* 20 7 5 .583 2.53 17 16 0 1 1 0 106.2 84 37 30 1 60 1 99 2 1 8 443 1.350 7.1 0.1 5.1 8.4 1.65
15 Sean Murphy 23 0 1 .000 5.68 3 0 2 0 0 1 6.1 9 5 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 29 1.579 12.8 0.0 1.4 5.7 4.00
16 David Nied 27 3 3 .500 2.95 7 6 1 1 1 0 42.2 37 25 14 3 18 0 42 1 0 3 183 1.289 7.8 0.6 3.8 8.9 2.33
17 Matt Pool 22 5 6 .455 4.64 27 21 3 0 0 0 135.2 158 80 70 8 41 3 93 6 0 10 591 1.467 10.5 0.5 2.7 6.2 2.27
18 Brian Rose 23 0 0 6.14 5 0 3 0 0 0 7.1 10 7 5 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 32 1.636 12.3 0.0 2.5 2.5 1.00
19 Zack Sawyer 23 0 1 .000 13.50 4 0 4 0 0 1 2.0 6 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 13 3.500 27.0 4.5 4.5 9.0 2.00
20 Steve Shoemaker 23 2 7 .222 4.69 25 13 5 0 0 1 86.1 63 49 45 6 63 0 105 4 1 1 371 1.459 6.6 0.6 6.6 10.9 1.67
21 Jeff Sobkoviak 24 6 6 .500 3.14 46 1 26 0 0 9 77.1 67 31 27 7 26 6 52 6 1 0 331 1.203 7.8 0.8 3.0 6.1 2.00
22 Bill Swift 34 0 0 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 4 3 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 29 1.667 13.5 0.0 1.5 6.0 4.00
23 Mike Vavrek* 22 10 8 .556 4.87 26 25 0 2 1 0 149.2 167 92 81 15 59 0 103 5 0 10 658 1.510 10.0 0.9 3.5 6.2 1.75
24 Doug Walls 22 0 0 7.07 5 3 1 0 0 1 14.0 17 12 11 3 10 0 17 0 0 3 70 1.929 10.9 1.9 6.4 10.9 1.70
24 Players 22.6 62 76 .449 4.10 138 138 131 7 9 33 1205.1 1167 656 549 75 558 19 969 49 13 84 5253 1.431 8.7 0.6 4.2 7.2 1.74

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
Blake Barthol 92 668 80 16 5 .979 8.13 15 115 44 28%
Mike Higgins 47 323 44 13 1 .966 7.81 11 63 20 24%
Will Scalzitti 5 25 2 2 0 .931 5.40 0 3 2 40%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Nate Holdren 94 788 64 11 68 .987 9.06
John Fantauzzi 58 294 20 3 22 .991 5.41
Will Scalzitti 23 145 7 3 11 .981 6.61
Tal Light 4 15 2 0 1 1.000 4.25

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Elvis Pena 97 211 245 19 60 .960 4.70
Lincoln Jarrett 19 48 42 1 11 .989 4.74
Chan Mayber 15 24 42 1 6 .985 4.40
Keith Grunewald 10 21 38 0 4 1.000 5.90
Eric Young 3 8 6 2 3 .875 4.67

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Steve Bernhardt 61 39 150 14 13 .931 3.10
Tal Light 58 33 120 32 7 .827 2.64
Chan Mayber 27 15 53 5 3 .932 2.52
Lincoln Jarrett 7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.29
Elvis Pena 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Will Scalzitti 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kyle Houser 117 151 342 20 59 .961 4.21
Chan Mayber 18 21 47 5 5 .932 3.78
Lincoln Jarrett 10 9 31 2 5 .952 4.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Robert Jones 91 0.00
Will Scalzitti 20 0.00
Chan Mayber 18 0.00
Brian Culp 10 0.00
Chad Gambill 8 0.00
Earl Cunningham 7 0.00
Mark Hamlin 4 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
John Giudice 87 0.00
Garrett Neubart 23 0.00
Chan Mayber 14 0.00
Gary Gordon 10 0.00
Chad Gambill 6 0.00
Ronnie Hall 5 0.00
Robert Jones 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chad Gambill 106 0.00
Earl Cunningham 17 0.00
John Giudice 13 0.00
Robert Jones 9 0.00
Chan Mayber 7 0.00
Brian Culp 3 0.00
Mark Hamlin 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chad Gambill 114 197 8 5 1 .976 1.80
John Giudice 100 210 16 7 3 .970 2.26
Robert Jones 97 108 7 9 1 .927 1.19
Chan Mayber 37 33 7 1 1 .976 1.08
Garrett Neubart 23 54 4 0 0 1.000 2.52
Earl Cunningham 22 28 3 0 0 1.000 1.41
Will Scalzitti 20 24 3 3 0 .900 1.35
Brian Culp 13 10 0 2 0 .833 0.77
Gary Gordon 10 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.30
Ronnie Hall 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Mark Hamlin 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeff Sobkoviak 46 0 8 0 0 1.000 0.17
Todd Genke 41 3 20 0 1 1.000 0.56
Scott LaRock 39 5 14 1 0 .950 0.49
Pat McClinton 39 9 9 2 0 .900 0.46
Luis Colmenares 32 1 9 0 0 1.000 0.31
Matt Pool 27 16 32 2 2 .960 1.78
Mike Vavrek 26 13 29 4 3 .913 1.62
Steve Shoemaker 25 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.52
Luther Hackman 21 3 15 1 1 .947 0.86
Doug Million 17 4 22 2 0 .929 1.53
Chandler Martin 13 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.69
Bill Eden 11 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.09
Brent Crowther 8 5 16 2 2 .913 2.63
David Lee 8 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.38
David Nied 7 1 7 1 0 .889 1.14
Mike Kusiewicz 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.20
Brian Rose 5 1 2 2 0 .600 0.60
Doug Walls 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.60
Keith Barnes 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.75
Zack Sawyer 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
John Burke 3 0 3 2 1 .600 1.00
Sean Murphy 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Bill Swift 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Neil Garrett 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Keith Barnes 21 L L 6' 0.0" 187 Aug 9, 1974 Chattanooga, TN, US
Blake Barthol 23 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Apr 7, 1973 Bethlehem, PA, US
Steve Bernhardt 25 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Oct 9, 1970 Baltimore, MD, US
John Burke 26 S R 6' 4.0" 220 Feb 9, 1970 Durango, CO, US
Luis Colmenares 19 R R 5' 11.0" 190 Nov 25, 1976 Valencia, Carabobo, VE
Brent Crowther 24 R R 6' 4.0" 220 May 15, 1972
Brian Culp 25 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jul 5, 1970 Kansas City, MO, US
Earl Cunningham 26 R R 6' 2.0" 250 Jun 3, 1970 Lancaster, SC, US
Bill Eden 23 L L 6' 2.0" 205 Apr 4, 1973 Effingham, IL, US
John Fantauzzi 24 L L 6' 6.0" 215 Nov 26, 1971 Brooklyn, NY, US
Chad Gambill 21 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Nov 27, 1974 Clearwater, FL, US
Neil Garrett 21 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Jul 4, 1974 Joliet, IL, US
Todd Genke 25 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Apr 8, 1971 Milwaukee, WI, US
John Giudice 25 R R 6' 1.0" 205 Jun 19, 1971 New Haven, CT, US
Gary Gordon 19 R R 5' 10.0" 190 Dec 13, 1976 Trenton, NJ, US
Keith Grunewald 24 S R 6' 1.0" 185 Oct 15, 1971 Terre Haute, IN, US
Luther Hackman 21 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Oct 10, 1974 Columbus, MS, US
Ronnie Hall 20 R R 6' 4.0" 215 Oct 14, 1975 San Diego, CA, US
Mark Hamlin 22 R R 6' 3.0" 220 Feb 9, 1974 Augusta, GA, US
Mike Higgins 25 R R 6' 0.0" 210 Jun 3, 1971
Nate Holdren 24 R R 6' 4.0" 240 Dec 8, 1971 Moscow, ID, US
Kyle Houser 21 R R 6' 0.0" 150 Jan 21, 1975 Dallas, TX, US
Lincoln Jarrett 24 S R 5' 10.0" 165 Jan 26, 1972 Tallahassee, FL, US
Robert Jones 24 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 13, 1971
Mike Kusiewicz 19 R L 6' 2.0" 185 Nov 1, 1976 Montreal, QC, CA
Scott LaRock 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Sep 17, 1972 New Haven, CT, US
David Lee 23 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Mar 12, 1973 Pittsburgh, PA, US
Tal Light 22 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Nov 28, 1973 Beaumont, TX, US
Chandler Martin 22 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Oct 23, 1973 Salem, OR, US
Chan Mayber 23 R R 5' 11.0" 160 Oct 7, 1972
Pat McClinton 24 L L 6' 5.0" 210 Aug 9, 1971 Louisville, KY, US
Doug Million 20 L L 6' 4.0" 175 Oct 13, 1975 Fort Thomas, KY, US
Sean Murphy 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 7, 1972 Macomb, IL, US
Garrett Neubart 22 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Nov 7, 1973 Summit, NJ, US
David Nied 27 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Dec 22, 1968 Dallas, TX, US
Elvis Pena 19 S R 5' 11.0" 164 Sep 15, 1976 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Matt Pool 22 R R 6' 5.0" 190 Jul 8, 1973 Corpus Christi, TX, US
Brian Rose 23 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Oct 7, 1972 Malone, NY, US
Zack Sawyer 23 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Mar 19, 1973
Will Scalzitti 23 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 29, 1972
Steve Shoemaker 23 L R 6' 1.0" 214 Feb 3, 1973 Phoenixville, PA, US
Jeff Sobkoviak 24 R R 6' 7.0" 225 Aug 22, 1971 Watseka, IL, US
Bill Swift 34 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Oct 27, 1961 Portland, ME, US
Mike Vavrek 22 L L 6' 2.0" 185 Apr 23, 1974 Winfield, IL, US
Larry Walker 29 L R 6' 2.0" 185 Dec 1, 1966 Maple Ridge, BC, CA
Doug Walls 22 L R 6' 2.0" 204 Mar 21, 1974 Dayton, OH, US
Eric Young 29 R R 5' 9.0" 180 May 18, 1967 New Brunswick, NJ, US

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