1998 Salt Lake Buzz

1998 > Class AAA > 1998 Pacific Coast League (Pacific - South)
Overall: 79-64
Scored 787 runs, Allowed 750 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 75-68

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Phil Roof
Represented: Salt Lake City, UT
Ballpark: n/a
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	Esteban Beltre	30	133	558	510	84	142	24	4	2	49	26	11	39	109	.278	.327	.353	.680	180	7	0	5	4	0
2	Brian Buchanan	24	133	547	500	74	139	29	3	17	82	14	2	36	90	.278	.337	.450	.787	225	7	9	1	1	1
3	Jeff Ferguson	25	81	263	223	35	46	6	1	3	20	7	2	24	42	.206	.319	.283	.602	63	7	13	3	0	0
4	Jeff Horn	27	24	87	72	14	22	5	0	1	6	1	2	12	18	.306	.412	.417	.828	30	0	1	2	0	0
5	Torii Hunter	22	26	97	92	15	31	7	0	4	20	2	2	1	13	.337	.347	.543	.891	50	3	1	2	1	0
6	Corey Koskie*	25	135	574	505	91	152	32	5	26	105	15	7	51	104	.301	.368	.539	.906	272	17	8	0	10	4
7	Chris Latham#	25	97	438	377	81	122	21	4	11	51	29	5	56	99	.324	.412	.488	.901	184	5	1	4	0	4
8	Matt LeCroy	22	3	13	13	2	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	7	.308	.308	.846	1.154	11	0	0	0	0	0
9	Marc Lewis	23	119	473	444	61	130	31	1	14	68	10	11	23	64	.293	.328	.462	.789	205	16	1	3	2	0
10	Travis Miller	25	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Paul Molitor	41	2	10	10	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.600	1.100	6	1	0	0	0	0
12	Mike Moriarty	24	64	187	161	21	36	8	2	3	19	2	1	22	39	.224	.319	.354	.673	57	1	1	2	1	0
13	Jamie Ogden*	26	94	293	272	29	68	16	0	6	32	4	2	16	65	.250	.297	.375	.672	102	7	2	3	0	0
14	David Ortiz*	22	11	40	37	5	9	3	0	2	6	0	0	3	9	.243	.300	.486	.786	18	0	0	0	0	0
15	Jayhawk Owens	29	52	179	161	19	33	9	0	3	16	1	2	13	63	.205	.271	.317	.588	51	1	2	2	1	0
16	A.J. Pierzynski*	21	59	220	208	29	53	7	2	7	30	3	1	9	24	.255	.284	.409	.693	85	4	0	2	1	2
17	Ken Ramos*	31	102	327	286	34	82	13	1	5	41	3	1	35	37	.287	.364	.392	.756	112	4	1	3	2	3	Stats for 2 teams
18	Fred Rath	25	50	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
19	Chad Rupp	26	115	489	413	78	120	25	3	20	89	8	3	61	105	.291	.383	.511	.894	211	3	6	1	8	4
20	Jon Shave	30	90	370	317	63	107	20	1	4	41	8	9	34	46	.338	.422	.445	.867	141	7	13	5	1	1
21	Jeff Smith*	24	23	73	67	9	17	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	13	.254	.296	.299	.594	20	2	0	2	0	0
22	Scott Stahoviak*	28	111	452	399	71	126	33	6	18	82	5	2	45	94	.316	.381	.564	.944	225	9	1	0	7	4
23	Gary Wilson	28	39	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
	23 Players	26.2	143	5441	4852	787	1380	285	33	144	733	136	63	455	1017	.284	.351	.446	.796	2163	98	59	38	37	20

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	Travis Baptist*	26	8	5	.615	3.12	21	21	0	1	0	0	135.2	128	53	47	12	41	1	98	4	1	7	559	1.246	8.5	0.8	2.7	6.5	2.39
2	Esteban Beltre	30	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	Ricky Bones	29	6	3	.667	4.65	11	11	0	0	0	0	62.0	60	36	32	10	29	2	49	3	0	2	270	1.435	8.7	1.5	4.2	7.1	1.69	Stats for 2 teams
4	Shane Bowers	26	9	7	.563	5.89	33	16	2	2	0	0	110.0	137	76	72	18	40	0	101	1	0	6	498	1.609	11.2	1.5	3.3	8.3	2.53
5	Chris Cumberland*	25	3	2	.600	5.93	17	1	4	1	1	0	30.1	37	21	20	2	18	1	19	1	3	5	142	1.813	11.0	0.6	5.3	5.6	1.06
6	Gus Gandarillas	26	4	5	.444	5.27	53	1	24	0	0	4	70.0	88	47	41	4	24	5	42	0	0	9	322	1.600	11.3	0.5	3.1	5.4	1.75
7	Jeff Harris	23	8	0	1.000	5.91	25	0	18	0	0	3	32.0	38	24	21	4	19	4	24	0	0	3	148	1.781	10.7	1.1	5.3	6.8	1.26
8	Doug Linton	33	4	4	.500	5.99	18	14	2	0	0	0	79.2	106	57	53	19	14	1	60	1	2	5	348	1.506	12.0	2.1	1.6	6.8	4.29
9	Travis Miller*	25	3	4	.429	4.84	34	2	15	0	0	9	57.2	60	33	31	3	31	1	65	1	0	4	262	1.578	9.4	0.5	4.8	10.1	2.10
10	Dan Naulty	28	1	0	1.000	6.75	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	8	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	24	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	8.4	2.50
11	Kevin Ohme*	27	4	3	.571	5.01	51	0	23	0	0	6	82.2	90	48	46	5	31	3	47	6	1	3	361	1.464	9.8	0.5	3.4	5.1	1.52
12	Dan Perkins	23	5	0	1.000	4.82	7	7	0	1	0	0	46.2	48	30	25	8	20	1	33	2	0	2	205	1.457	9.3	1.5	3.9	6.4	1.65
13	Fred Rath	25	6	3	.667	4.80	50	0	36	0	0	12	60.0	72	33	32	6	23	1	35	4	0	7	265	1.583	10.8	0.9	3.4	5.2	1.52	Stats for 2 teams
14	Mark Redman*	24	6	7	.462	5.53	19	18	1	0	0	0	99.1	111	75	61	13	41	1	88	5	3	3	446	1.530	10.1	1.2	3.7	8.0	2.15
15	Todd Ritchie	26	1	3	.250	4.15	36	0	18	0	0	4	60.2	55	38	28	5	31	3	62	4	0	2	271	1.418	8.2	0.7	4.6	9.2	2.00
16	Frankie Rodriguez	25	5	7	.417	4.67	16	16	0	2	1	0	96.1	97	53	50	9	35	0	79	5	1	7	419	1.370	9.1	0.8	3.3	7.4	2.26
17	Benj Sampson*	23	10	7	.588	5.14	28	28	0	0	0	0	161.0	198	99	92	24	52	0	132	2	4	8	726	1.553	11.1	1.3	2.9	7.4	2.54
18	Dan Serafini*	24	2	4	.333	3.71	9	8	1	0	0	0	53.1	56	29	22	4	21	0	39	3	0	4	233	1.444	9.4	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.86
19	Gary Wilson	28	3	6	.333	6.04	39	5	8	0	0	1	82.0	101	62	55	15	27	7	52	5	1	1	374	1.561	11.1	1.6	3.0	5.7	1.93	Stats for 2 teams
20	Steve Wojciechowski*	27	0	2	.000	6.55	9	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	13	10	8	0	7	0	6	0	0	1	52	1.818	10.6	0.0	5.7	4.9	0.86
	20 Players	25.9	79	64	.552	4.89	143	143	136	7	10	34	1234.1	1371	750	671	142	459	23	969	42	15	74	5452	1.483	10.0	1.0	3.3	7.1	2.11

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%
A.J. Pierzynski	59	366	30	7	3	.983	6.71	5	28	15	35%
Jayhawk Owens	47	323	16	2	4	.994	7.21	4	24	6	20%
Jeff Horn	23	148	9	1	0	.994	6.83	1	14	3	18%
Jeff Smith	22	145	9	1	2	.994	7.00	1	12	5	29%
Matt LeCroy	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00	0	0	0

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Scott Stahoviak	67	548	55	3	50	.995	9.00
Chad Rupp	59	517	31	5	59	.991	9.29
Jamie Ogden	14	80	9	1	6	.989	6.36
David Ortiz	9	76	10	3	8	.966	9.56
Jon Shave	2	13	2	0	2	1.000	7.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jeff Ferguson	67	108	164	13	39	.954	4.06
Jon Shave	63	107	149	7	28	.973	4.06
Mike Moriarty	37	59	100	6	28	.964	4.30

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Corey Koskie	131	83	250	23	21	.935	2.54
Jon Shave	14	2	14	4	2	.800	1.14
Mike Moriarty	7	3	12	3	0	.833	2.14

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Esteban Beltre	124	173	388	19	79	.967	4.52
Mike Moriarty	23	33	59	5	12	.948	4.00
Jon Shave	8	11	17	4	5	.875	3.50

LF

	G
Marc Lewis	79
Ken Ramos	31	Stats for 2 teams
Jamie Ogden	29
Chris Latham	14
Jon Shave	8
Scott Stahoviak	3
Brian Buchanan	1

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chris Latham	72							0.00
Marc Lewis	35							0.00
Jamie Ogden	26							0.00
Torii Hunter	22							0.00

RF

	G
Brian Buchanan	122
Ken Ramos	57	Stats for 2 teams
Jamie Ogden	10
Chris Latham	8
Scott Stahoviak	5
Torii Hunter	2
Marc Lewis	1
Jon Shave	1

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brian Buchanan	122	244	6	8	3	.969	2.05
Marc Lewis	113	171	8	3	1	.984	1.58
Chris Latham	93	201	8	9	2	.959	2.25
Ken Ramos	84	141	7	4	1	.974	1.76	Stats for 2 teams
Jamie Ogden	64	92	5	1	0	.990	1.52
Torii Hunter	24	55	1	2	0	.966	2.33
Jon Shave	9	16	1	0	0	1.000	1.89
Scott Stahoviak	8	17	1	0	1	1.000	2.25

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gus Gandarillas	53	10	11	0	0	1.000	0.40
Kevin Ohme	51	3	17	0	2	1.000	0.39
Fred Rath	50	1	7	1	2	.889	0.16	Stats for 2 teams
Gary Wilson	39	8	10	1	2	.947	0.46	Stats for 2 teams
Todd Ritchie	36	2	9	1	0	.917	0.31
Travis Miller	34	3	8	0	0	1.000	0.32
Shane Bowers	33	11	4	3	0	.833	0.45
Benj Sampson	28	10	28	1	0	.974	1.36
Jeff Harris	25	3	5	1	3	.889	0.32
Travis Baptist	21	8	26	2	5	.944	1.62
Mark Redman	19	6	13	3	2	.864	1.00
Doug Linton	18	5	6	1	0	.917	0.61
Chris Cumberland	17	1	9	0	0	1.000	0.59
Frankie Rodriguez	16	13	17	2	1	.938	1.88
Ricky Bones	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	1.00	Stats for 2 teams
Dan Serafini	9	2	9	2	1	.846	1.22
Steve Wojciechowski	9	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Dan Perkins	7	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.86
Dan Naulty	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.40
Esteban Beltre	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Travis Baptist	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	195	Dec 30, 1971	Forest Grove, OR, US
Esteban Beltre	30	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Dec 26, 1967	Quisqueya, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Ricky Bones	29	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Apr 7, 1969	Salinas, PR
Shane Bowers	26	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Jul 27, 1971	Glendora, CA, US
Brian Buchanan	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	230	Jul 21, 1973	Miami, FL, US
Chris Cumberland	25	R	L	6' 1.0"	189	Jan 15, 1973	Clearwater, FL, US
Jeff Ferguson	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	184	Jun 18, 1973	Los Angeles, CA, US
Gus Gandarillas	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Jul 19, 1971	Coral Gables, FL, US
Jeff Harris	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jul 4, 1974	Alameda, CA, US
Jeff Horn	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	213	Aug 23, 1970	Baltimore, MD, US
Torii Hunter	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Jul 18, 1975	Pine Bluff, AR, US
Corey Koskie	25	L	R	6' 3.0"	215	Jun 28, 1973	Anola, MB, CA
Chris Latham	25	S	R	6' 0.0"	195	May 26, 1973	Coeur d'Alene, ID, US
Matt LeCroy	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Dec 13, 1975	Belton, SC, US
Marc Lewis	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	May 20, 1975	Decatur, GA, US
Doug Linton	33	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Feb 9, 1965	Santa Ana, CA, US
Travis Miller	25	R	L	6' 3.0"	205	Nov 2, 1972	Dayton, OH, US
Paul Molitor	41	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Aug 22, 1956	St. Paul, MN, US
Mike Moriarty	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Mar 8, 1974	Camden, NJ, US
Dan Naulty	28	R	R	6' 6.0"	211	Jan 6, 1970	Los Angeles, CA, US
Jamie Ogden	26	L	L	6' 5.0"	225	Jan 19, 1972	South St. Paul, MN, US
Kevin Ohme	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 13, 1971	Palm Beach, FL, US
David Ortiz	22	L	L	6' 4.0"	250	Nov 18, 1975	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Jayhawk Owens	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	213	Feb 10, 1969	Cincinnati, OH, US
Dan Perkins	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	193	Mar 15, 1975	Miami, FL, US
A.J. Pierzynski	21	L	R	6' 3.0"	235	Dec 30, 1976	Bridgehampton, NY, US
Ken Ramos	31	L	L	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 6, 1967	Sidney, NE, US
Fred Rath	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Jan 5, 1973	Dallas, TX, US
Mark Redman	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	220	Jan 5, 1974	San Diego, CA, US
Todd Ritchie	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Nov 7, 1971	Portsmouth, VA, US
Frankie Rodriguez	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	193	Dec 11, 1972	Brooklyn, NY, US
Chad Rupp	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Sep 30, 1971	Tampa, FL, US
Benj Sampson	23	R	L	6' 2.0"	210	Apr 27, 1975	Des Moines, IA, US
Dan Serafini	24	S	L	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 25, 1974	San Francisco, CA, US
Jon Shave	30	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 4, 1967	Waycross, GA, US
Jeff Smith	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 17, 1974	Akron, OH, US
Scott Stahoviak	28	L	R	6' 5.0"	210	Mar 6, 1970	Waukegan, IL, US
Gary Wilson	28	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jan 1, 1970	Arcata, CA, US
Steve Wojciechowski	27	L	L	6' 2.0"	185	Jul 29, 1970	Blue Island, IL, US

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