1997 Knoxville Smokies

1997 > Class AA > 1997 Southern League (East)
Overall: 75-63
Scored 727 runs, Allowed 723 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-69

Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays-AL
Manager: Omar Malave
Represented: Knoxville, TN
Ballpark: Bill Meyer Stadium (Knoxville, TN)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1996 / 1998

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	Sharnol Adriana	26	99	375	314	50	74	11	1	6	39	9	7	47	66	.236	.341	.334	.675	105	11	5	5	4	2
2	Ben Candelaria*	22	120	529	472	81	139	32	5	15	67	4	3	42	89	.294	.354	.479	.833	226	9	5	4	6	2
3	Rickey Cradle	24	84	308	257	50	55	16	1	10	34	5	6	41	67	.214	.337	.401	.737	103	5	7	2	1	0
4	John Curl*	24	10	32	29	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.207	.281	.241	.523	7	0	0	0	0	0
5	Lorenzo De La Cruz	25	39	166	146	32	49	7	2	7	26	2	2	14	38	.336	.410	.555	.964	81	2	5	0	1	1
6	Cesar Diaz	22	7	20	15	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	2	.200	.400	.467	.867	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	Ryan Freel	21	33	116	94	18	19	1	1	0	4	5	3	19	13	.202	.348	.234	.582	22	3	2	1	0	0
8	Anton French*	21	2	6	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	0
9	Santiago Henry	24	52	204	196	25	57	10	1	5	26	3	2	4	35	.291	.304	.429	.732	84	3	1	0	3	1
10	Ryan Jones	22	86	362	328	41	84	19	3	12	51	0	1	27	63	.256	.315	.442	.757	145	5	3	0	4	1
11	Adam Melhuse#	25	31	108	87	14	20	3	0	3	10	0	0	19	19	.230	.364	.368	.732	32	1	0	1	1	1
12	Dave Morgan	25	21	55	44	6	12	2	0	0	4	0	0	10	14	.273	.418	.318	.736	14	0	1	0	0	0
13	Julio Mosquera	25	87	341	309	47	90	23	1	5	50	3	4	22	56	.291	.345	.421	.766	130	10	5	2	3	0
14	Angel Ramirez	24	85	384	369	55	114	24	7	5	37	11	6	10	48	.309	.331	.453	.783	167	4	3	0	2	0
15	Lonell Roberts#	26	7	27	21	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	.190	.320	.286	.606	6	0	2	2	0	0
16	Luis Rodriguez	23	24	82	78	6	21	3	1	0	6	0	1	3	20	.269	.305	.333	.638	26	1	1	0	0	0
17	Anthony Sanders	23	111	484	429	68	114	20	4	26	69	20	12	44	121	.266	.335	.513	.848	220	9	3	4	4	3
18	Wil Skett	23	30	117	110	18	30	6	1	3	15	4	4	4	31	.273	.302	.427	.729	47	2	1	1	1	0
19	Fausto Solano	23	115	424	378	52	100	24	4	10	56	8	14	37	47	.265	.329	.429	.757	162	11	1	4	4	2
20	Fred Soriano#	22	7	22	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	.059	.273	.059	.332	1	0	2	0	0	0
21	Mike Strange	23	12	24	21	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4	.095	.208	.190	.399	4	0	0	0	0	0
22	Andy Thompson	21	124	522	448	75	128	25	3	15	71	0	5	63	76	.286	.378	.455	.833	204	18	6	1	4	3
23	Kevin Witt*	21	127	551	501	76	145	27	4	30	91	1	0	44	109	.289	.349	.539	.888	270	13	3	1	2	7
	23 Players	23.0	139	5259	4669	727	1269	255	42	153	661	76	73	466	933	.272	.342	.443	.785	2067	107	56	28	40	23

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	Carlos Almanzar	23	1	1	.500	4.91	21	0	19	0	0	8	25.2	30	14	14	2	5	1	25	0	0	0	109	1.364	10.5	0.7	1.8	8.8	5.00
2	Kurt Bogott*	24	2	1	.667	3.90	35	1	14	0	0	2	64.2	66	32	28	10	25	2	77	6	1	6	284	1.407	9.2	1.4	3.5	10.7	3.08
3	Chad Brown*	25	6	4	.600	3.72	32	0	14	0	0	4	55.2	46	25	23	4	16	0	40	2	0	2	231	1.114	7.4	0.6	2.6	6.5	2.50
4	John Curl	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	2.000	13.5	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
5	Jim Czajkowski	33	2	2	.500	6.47	25	0	18	0	0	5	32.0	43	27	23	5	11	1	33	2	0	0	149	1.688	12.1	1.4	3.1	9.3	3.00
6	Tom Davey	23	6	7	.462	5.83	20	16	1	0	0	0	92.2	108	65	60	5	50	0	72	6	0	14	429	1.705	10.5	0.5	4.9	7.0	1.44
7	Roger Doman	24	7	3	.700	3.67	48	1	13	0	0	4	100.2	99	46	41	5	29	6	71	8	1	9	425	1.272	8.9	0.4	2.6	6.3	2.45
8	Kelvim Escobar	21	2	1	.667	3.70	5	5	0	1	0	0	24.1	20	13	10	1	16	0	31	2	2	1	108	1.479	7.4	0.4	5.9	11.5	1.94
9	Ken Folkers	22	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	15	0.231	2.1	0.0	0.0	8.3
10	Chris Freeman	24	3	3	.500	2.48	47	2	21	0	0	8	83.1	71	32	23	8	36	7	86	3	0	4	362	1.284	7.7	0.9	3.9	9.3	2.39
11	Mike Gordon	24	2	3	.400	5.33	33	6	7	0	0	2	72.2	91	46	43	5	40	3	64	1	0	6	341	1.803	11.3	0.6	5.0	7.9	1.60
12	Beiker Graterol	22	2	1	.667	5.40	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.2	24	12	10	1	9	0	11	1	0	0	81	1.980	13.0	0.5	4.9	5.9	1.22
13	Roy Halladay	20	2	3	.400	5.40	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	46	26	22	4	11	0	30	0	0	4	165	1.555	11.3	1.0	2.7	7.4	2.73
14	D.J. Harris	26	1	1	.500	1.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.0	6	2	2	1	6	0	8	0	0	1	43	1.091	4.9	0.8	4.9	6.5	1.33
15	Jason Jarvis	23	0	2	.000	9.78	4	4	0	1	0	0	19.1	28	24	21	7	9	0	11	0	0	1	95	1.914	13.0	3.3	4.2	5.1	1.22
16	Benny Lowe*	23	3	1	.750	5.54	18	0	8	0	0	0	26.0	33	21	16	6	14	1	29	2	2	2	124	1.808	11.4	2.1	4.8	10.0	2.07
17	Mark Lukasiewicz*	24	2	0	1.000	3.65	27	0	8	0	0	7	37.0	26	17	15	2	14	1	43	1	0	4	149	1.081	6.3	0.5	3.4	10.5	3.07
18	Chris McBride	23	4	4	.500	3.71	10	10	0	0	0	0	60.2	61	30	25	5	14	0	33	3	1	3	256	1.236	9.0	0.7	2.1	4.9	2.36
19	Doug Meiners	23	9	5	.643	5.43	23	23	0	3	0	0	122.2	161	85	74	13	31	0	81	8	0	4	554	1.565	11.8	1.0	2.3	5.9	2.61
20	Adam Meinershagen	23	0	0		3.71	7	7	0	0	0	0	17.0	16	8	7	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	72	1.294	8.5	0.0	3.2	3.7	1.17
21	Dave Morgan	25	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
22	Kendall Rhine	26	0	0		10.32	8	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	13	13	13	1	15	1	6	2	0	1	61	2.471	10.3	0.8	11.9	4.8	0.40
23	Brian Smith	24	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
24	Jason Stevenson	22	12	9	.571	4.27	26	26	0	2	2	0	149.2	166	88	71	18	43	1	101	7	1	7	640	1.396	10.0	1.1	2.6	6.1	2.35
25	Jay Veniard*	22	3	8	.273	5.85	17	15	0	2	0	0	75.1	97	59	49	6	37	2	54	8	2	14	369	1.779	11.6	0.7	4.4	6.5	1.46
26	Joe Young	22	5	4	.556	4.42	19	11	2	0	0	0	59.0	52	38	29	4	40	0	62	5	3	6	271	1.559	7.9	0.6	6.1	9.5	1.55
	26 Players	23.7	75	63	.543	4.60	139	139	130	9	6	40	1202.1	1307	723	615	113	480	26	980	67	14	89	5351	1.486	9.8	0.8	3.6	7.3	2.04

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%
Julio Mosquera	86	587	56	7	6	.989	7.48	4	76	27	26%
Luis Rodriguez	24	153	19	3	2	.983	7.17	4	19	10	34%
Adam Melhuse	18	114	18	1	3	.992	7.33	4	17	12	41%
Dave Morgan	16	118	9	2	2	.984	7.94	2	15	4	21%
Cesar Diaz	5	26	1	0	0	1.000	5.40	0	8	1	11%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kevin Witt	66	529	60	5	43	.992	8.92
Ryan Jones	62	546	26	9	44	.985	9.23
Adam Melhuse	8	48	6	1	1	.982	6.75
Sharnol Adriana	7	49	3	2	6	.963	7.43
Dave Morgan	3	14	2	0	2	1.000	5.33

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sharnol Adriana	79	157	223	18	45	.955	4.81
Santiago Henry	35	87	108	11	25	.947	5.57
Fausto Solano	23	30	44	1	10	.987	3.22
Mike Strange	8	15	19	1	2	.971	4.25
Fred Soriano	4	12	6	1	1	.947	4.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Andy Thompson	104	72	202	31	9	.898	2.63
Kevin Witt	34	19	58	10	9	.885	2.26
Sharnol Adriana	5	1	8	1	0	.900	1.80

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Fausto Solano	93	151	267	22	53	.950	4.49
Ryan Freel	33	44	92	13	17	.913	4.12
Santiago Henry	17	27	63	6	9	.938	5.29
Fred Soriano	2	5	4	1	1	.900	4.50
Kevin Witt	2	0	0	0	0		0.00
Mike Strange	1	0	3	0	0	1.000	3.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Angel Ramirez	62							0.00
Wil Skett	30							0.00
Rickey Cradle	26							0.00
Ben Candelaria	9							0.00
Adam Melhuse	5							0.00
Lonell Roberts	5							0.00
Kevin Witt	4							0.00
Anton French	2							0.00
John Curl	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Anthony Sanders	108							0.00
Angel Ramirez	22							0.00
Rickey Cradle	8							0.00
Ben Candelaria	3							0.00
Lonell Roberts	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ben Candelaria	90							0.00
Rickey Cradle	39							0.00
Lorenzo De La Cruz	11							0.00
Anthony Sanders	2							0.00
Lonell Roberts	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Anthony Sanders	109	224	7	4	3	.983	2.12
Ben Candelaria	102	174	13	5	1	.974	1.83
Angel Ramirez	82	131	15	7	5	.954	1.78
Rickey Cradle	73	104	5	2	0	.982	1.49
Wil Skett	30	40	2	1	0	.977	1.40
Lorenzo De La Cruz	11	20	2	1	0	.957	2.00
Lonell Roberts	7	16	0	1	0	.941	2.29
Adam Melhuse	5	10	2	0	0	1.000	2.40
Kevin Witt	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.25
Anton French	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50
John Curl	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Roger Doman	48	6	23	3	1	.906	0.60
Chris Freeman	47	10	9	0	0	1.000	0.40
Kurt Bogott	35	0	11	1	0	.917	0.31
Mike Gordon	33	4	10	1	0	.933	0.42
Chad Brown	32	9	4	0	1	1.000	0.41
Mark Lukasiewicz	27	4	4	0	0	1.000	0.30
Jason Stevenson	26	7	18	3	1	.893	0.96
Jim Czajkowski	25	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.12
Doug Meiners	23	5	14	2	0	.905	0.83
Carlos Almanzar	21	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.38
Tom Davey	20	8	11	3	1	.864	0.95
Joe Young	19	4	1	1	0	.833	0.26
Benny Lowe	18	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.22
Jay Veniard	17	5	17	1	1	.957	1.29
Chris McBride	10	3	3	2	0	.750	0.60
Kendall Rhine	8	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.25
Roy Halladay	7	4	9	1	2	.929	1.86
Adam Meinershagen	7	0	1	1	0	.500	0.14
Kelvim Escobar	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.40
Jason Jarvis	4	3	3	0	0	1.000	1.50
Beiker Graterol	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.00
D.J. Harris	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
John Curl	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Ken Folkers	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Dave Morgan	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Brian Smith	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Sharnol Adriana	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	205	Nov 13, 1970	Willemstad, CW
Carlos Almanzar	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	166	Nov 6, 1973	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Kurt Bogott	24	L	L	6' 4.0"	195	Sep 30, 1972	Stirling, IL, US
Chad Brown	25	L	L	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 9, 1971	Gastonia, NC, US
Ben Candelaria	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	167	Jan 29, 1975	Philadelphia, PA, US
Rickey Cradle	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jun 20, 1973	Norfolk, VA, US
John Curl	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	205	Nov 10, 1972	Logansport, IN, US
Jim Czajkowski	33	S	R	6' 4.0"	215	Dec 18, 1963	Parma, OH, US
Tom Davey	23	R	R	6' 7.0"	215	Sep 11, 1973	Garden City, MI, US
Lorenzo De La Cruz	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	199	Sep 5, 1971	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Cesar Diaz	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Jul 12, 1974	Maracay, Aragua, VE
Roger Doman	24	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Jan 26, 1973	Manhattan, KS, US
Kelvim Escobar	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Apr 11, 1976	La Guaira, Vargas, VE
Ken Folkers	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Oct 11, 1974	Naperville, IL, US
Ryan Freel	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Mar 8, 1976	Jacksonville, FL, US
Chris Freeman	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Aug 27, 1972	Knoxville, TN, US
Anton French	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	170	Jul 25, 1975	St. Louis, MO, US
Mike Gordon	24	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Nov 30, 1972	Quincy, FL, US
Beiker Graterol	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	165	Nov 9, 1974	Lara, VE
Roy Halladay	20	R	R	6' 6.0"	225	May 14, 1977	Denver, CO, US
D.J. Harris	26	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Apr 11, 1971	Moultrie, GA, US
Santiago Henry	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	178	Jul 27, 1972	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Jason Jarvis	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Oct 27, 1973	Salt Lake City, UT, US
Ryan Jones	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Nov 5, 1974	Torrance, CA, US
Benny Lowe	23	L	L	5' 10.0"	200	Jun 13, 1974	Key West, FL, US
Mark Lukasiewicz	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	240	Mar 8, 1973	Jersey City, NJ, US
Chris McBride	23	L	R	6' 5.0"	210	Oct 13, 1973	Wilmington, NC, US
Doug Meiners	23	R	R	6' 8.0"	200	May 16, 1974	Oak Park, IL, US
Adam Meinershagen	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Jul 25, 1973	St. Louis, MO, US
Adam Melhuse	25	S	R	6' 2.0"	185	Mar 27, 1972	Santa Clara, CA, US
Dave Morgan	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Nov 19, 1971	Newton, MA, US
Julio Mosquera	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jan 29, 1972	Panama, Panama, PA
Angel Ramirez	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	166	Jan 24, 1973	Azua, Azua, DO
Kendall Rhine	26	R	R	6' 7.0"	215	Nov 27, 1970	Houston, TX, US
Lonell Roberts	26	S	R	6' 0.0"	172	Jun 7, 1971	San Bernardino, CA, US
Luis Rodriguez	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Jan 3, 1974	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Anthony Sanders	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 2, 1974	Tucson, AZ, US
Wil Skett	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 22, 1974	Tarzana, CA, US
Brian Smith	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Jul 19, 1972	Salisbury, NC, US
Fausto Solano	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	155	Jun 19, 1974	Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, DO
Fred Soriano	22	S	R	5' 9.0"	160	Aug 5, 1974	Bani, Peravia, DO
Jason Stevenson	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	180	Aug 11, 1974	Columbus, GA, US
Mike Strange	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	172	Apr 21, 1974	Tampa, FL, US
Andy Thompson	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 8, 1975	Oconomowoc, WI, US
Jay Veniard	22	L	L	6' 4.0"	215	Aug 16, 1974	Syracuse, NY, US
Kevin Witt	21	L	R	6' 4.0"	195	Jan 5, 1976	High Point, NC, US
Joe Young	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Apr 28, 1975	Fort McMurray, AB, CA

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