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1997 GCL Astros

1997 > Class Rookie > 1997 Gulf Coast League (North)
Overall: 24-36
Scored 236 runs, Allowed 348 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 20-40

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: Julio Linares
Represented: Kissimmee, FL
Ballpark: n/a
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 Jason Alfaro 19 34 113 102 8 27 5 0 2 13 6 0 8 14 .265 .324 .373 .697 38 2 1 2 0 0
2 Roberto Alleyne 20 3 14 13 1 5 1 1 0 3 3 0 1 0 .385 .429 .615 1.044 8 0 0 0 0 0
3 Brandon Byrd 19 45 164 146 12 28 5 0 5 18 2 2 14 49 .192 .268 .329 .597 48 2 2 0 2 0
4 Rob Bystrowski 20 51 206 177 28 40 8 0 3 22 5 6 22 47 .226 .330 .322 .652 57 4 6 0 1 0
5 Julian Colson 20 7 11 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .100 .182 .200 .382 2 1 0 0 0 0
6 Josh Cook 21 4 11 9 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .273 .333 .606 3 0 0 0 1 0
7 Miguel De La Espada 20 49 177 162 20 33 7 0 3 14 8 2 9 45 .204 .266 .302 .568 49 1 5 0 1 0
8 Jeremy DeShazer# 20 46 176 164 23 41 11 2 1 18 3 4 11 23 .250 .297 .360 .657 59 1 0 1 0 1
9 Felix Escalona 18 51 216 189 27 39 9 0 1 9 11 3 20 49 .206 .292 .270 .562 51 1 3 4 0 0
10 Danny Fatheree 18 21 43 38 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0 .237 .286 .263 .549 10 0 0 1 1 0
11 Kevin Flora 28 3 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Cameron Hahn 18 31 80 72 8 14 2 0 1 7 1 1 7 22 .194 .275 .264 .539 19 1 1 0 0 0
13 Jason Hill 22 8 30 24 7 5 0 0 0 5 3 0 5 5 .208 .367 .208 .575 5 1 1 0 0 0
14 Scott Lawler 22 1 5 4 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 .750 1.350 3 0 0 0 0 0
15 Aaron McNeal 19 46 177 164 22 48 12 0 3 26 0 5 11 28 .293 .333 .421 .754 69 4 0 0 2 0
16 Donaldo Mendez 19 48 171 150 16 29 4 0 1 13 9 6 13 32 .193 .262 .240 .502 36 2 2 3 3 0
17 Dru Nicely 19 26 66 59 5 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 30 .119 .175 .119 .293 7 2 0 3 0 0
18 Javier Ochoa 18 30 91 81 7 16 2 1 0 14 1 1 7 13 .198 .278 .247 .525 20 1 2 1 0 0
19 Nelson Samboy 20 2 6 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .400 .500 .400 .900 2 0 0 0 0 0
20 Alejandro Vasquez* 19 53 211 186 30 50 9 1 2 20 8 3 18 23 .269 .346 .360 .706 67 5 5 0 2 2
21 Mike Wheeler 19 41 140 130 13 27 4 1 1 6 5 3 8 41 .208 .259 .277 .536 36 3 1 1 0 0
21 Players 19.2 60 2118 1895 236 427 83 6 23 198 65 37 165 429 .225 .295 .312 .607 591 31 29 16 13 3
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 Jason Alfaro 19 1 0 1.000 1.50 4 0 4 0 0 0 6.0 5 2 1 0 3 0 6 1 0 1 28 1.333 7.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
2 John Blackmore 19 4 2 .667 7.75 15 4 3 0 0 0 38.1 35 40 33 1 42 0 32 9 3 17 200 2.009 8.2 0.2 9.9 7.5 0.76
3 Alberto Blanco* 21 0 0 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 1 0 0 19 0.400 1.8 0.0 1.8 19.8 11.00
4 Dan Bogeajis 19 1 1 .500 5.23 7 0 5 0 0 1 10.1 14 6 6 1 4 0 6 2 1 1 50 1.742 12.2 0.9 3.5 5.2 1.50
5 Nicolas Celta* 19 0 1 .000 6.59 8 0 4 0 0 1 13.2 14 13 10 0 9 0 16 0 1 3 64 1.683 9.2 0.0 5.9 10.5 1.78
6 Juan Centeno 19 1 5 .167 3.46 7 6 1 1 0 0 26.0 21 18 10 1 6 0 17 1 6 1 107 1.038 7.3 0.3 2.1 5.9 2.83
7 Mike Corominas* 22 1 1 .500 4.58 8 2 1 0 0 0 19.2 31 16 10 1 4 0 8 1 3 2 94 1.780 14.2 0.5 1.8 3.7 2.00
8 Billy Hall 23 2 5 .286 2.68 7 7 0 0 0 0 37.0 39 17 11 2 9 0 26 0 1 2 159 1.297 9.5 0.5 2.2 6.3 2.89
9 Tim Hamulack* 20 1 1 .500 4.20 23 0 17 0 0 9 45.0 56 31 21 3 18 0 38 0 2 2 198 1.644 11.2 0.6 3.6 7.6 2.11
10 Wilson Jaime 22 2 0 1.000 4.66 18 0 9 0 0 0 36.2 37 25 19 0 29 0 43 3 2 10 177 1.800 9.1 0.0 7.1 10.6 1.48
11 Mike Janssen 20 0 1 .000 9.36 13 0 6 0 0 1 25.0 28 27 26 2 23 0 20 1 0 5 129 2.040 10.1 0.7 8.3 7.2 0.87
12 Farley Love 24 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 12 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 21.0 3.50
13 Roy Oswalt 19 1 1 .500 0.64 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.1 25 7 2 2 7 0 28 0 0 0 117 1.129 7.9 0.6 2.2 8.9 4.00
14 Joshua Pascarella 20 2 2 .500 2.55 10 6 2 1 0 1 42.1 37 19 12 3 15 0 33 3 0 5 178 1.228 7.9 0.6 3.2 7.0 2.20
15 Darwin Peguero* 18 0 4 .000 5.57 9 8 0 0 0 0 32.1 30 26 20 1 23 0 36 4 1 6 155 1.639 8.4 0.3 6.4 10.0 1.57
16 Wilfredo Rodriguez* 18 8 2 .800 3.04 12 12 0 1 1 0 68.0 54 30 23 1 32 0 71 2 4 6 279 1.265 7.1 0.1 4.2 9.4 2.22
17 Johan Santana* 18 0 4 .000 7.93 9 5 0 1 0 0 36.1 49 36 32 2 18 0 25 2 1 5 176 1.844 12.1 0.5 4.5 6.2 1.39
18 Peter Sullivan 22 0 6 .000 9.51 14 3 2 0 0 0 23.2 39 35 25 0 26 0 14 3 1 4 141 2.746 14.8 0.0 9.9 5.3 0.54
19 Mike Wheeler 19 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
19 Players 19.9 24 36 .400 4.71 60 60 56 4 4 13 498.2 516 348 261 20 272 0 438 33 26 70 2290 1.580 9.3 0.4 4.9 7.9 1.61

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
Javier Ochoa 30 198 31 7 0 .970 7.63 5 33 13 28%
Cameron Hahn 28 152 10 6 0 .964 5.79 4 20 4 17%
Danny Fatheree 17 59 4 5 0 .926 3.71 6 19 3 14%
Josh Cook 3 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 1 4 0 0%
Jason Hill 2 12 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 1 3 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Aaron McNeal 35 279 16 5 32 .983 8.43
Brandon Byrd 27 212 19 7 21 .971 8.56

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Felix Escalona 50 94 127 7 37 .969 4.42
Mike Wheeler 7 14 12 2 3 .929 3.71
Jason Alfaro 5 10 13 2 6 .920 4.60
Nelson Samboy 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 4.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mike Wheeler 29 23 38 8 3 .884 2.10
Dru Nicely 24 7 28 9 0 .795 1.46
Jason Alfaro 16 7 17 2 2 .923 1.50
Felix Escalona 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Donaldo Mendez 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nelson Samboy 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Donaldo Mendez 47 62 157 18 31 .924 4.66
Jason Alfaro 13 18 29 6 8 .887 3.62
Mike Wheeler 5 7 10 2 5 .895 3.40

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Miguel De La Espada 47 0.00
Jeremy DeShazer 13 0.00
Roberto Alleyne 1 0.00
Julian Colson 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rob Bystrowski 51 0.00
Jeremy DeShazer 9 0.00
Kevin Flora 2 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Alejandro Vasquez 49 0.00
Jeremy DeShazer 12 0.00
Julian Colson 3 0.00
Rob Bystrowski 2 0.00
Roberto Alleyne 1 0.00
Miguel De La Espada 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rob Bystrowski 51 92 3 1 0 .990 1.86
Alejandro Vasquez 49 74 4 7 0 .918 1.59
Miguel De La Espada 48 77 3 2 1 .976 1.67
Jeremy DeShazer 33 38 3 1 0 .976 1.24
Julian Colson 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Roberto Alleyne 2 4 1 0 1 1.000 2.50
Kevin Flora 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Tim Hamulack 23 5 5 3 0 .769 0.43
Wilson Jaime 18 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.17
John Blackmore 15 1 6 1 1 .875 0.47
Peter Sullivan 14 3 1 1 1 .800 0.29
Mike Janssen 13 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.46
Wilfredo Rodriguez 12 7 7 2 0 .875 1.17
Joshua Pascarella 10 4 3 2 0 .778 0.70
Darwin Peguero 9 1 8 2 0 .818 1.00
Johan Santana 9 1 7 2 0 .800 0.89
Nicolas Celta 8 3 4 2 0 .778 0.88
Mike Corominas 8 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.63
Dan Bogeajis 7 1 3 1 1 .800 0.57
Juan Centeno 7 3 6 4 0 .692 1.29
Billy Hall 7 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.71
Roy Oswalt 5 1 4 1 0 .833 1.00
Jason Alfaro 4 2 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
Alberto Blanco 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Farley Love 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Mike Wheeler 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Jason Alfaro 19 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Nov 29, 1977 San Antonio, TX, US
Roberto Alleyne 20 R R 6' 4.0" 230 May 15, 1977 Panama, Panama, PA
John Blackmore 19 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Nov 5, 1977 New Britain, CT, US
Alberto Blanco 21 L L 6' 1.0" 200 Jun 27, 1976 Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Dan Bogeajis 19 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Oct 17, 1977 Winter Park, FL, US
Brandon Byrd 19 R R 6' 6.0" 240 May 22, 1978 Montgomery, AL, US
Rob Bystrowski 20 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 27, 1976 Carmichael, CA, US
Nicolas Celta 19 L L 6' 0.0" 160 Aug 15, 1977 Maracay, Aragua, VE
Juan Centeno 19 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Feb 24, 1978 San Miguelito, Panama, PA
Julian Colson 20 R R 5' 11.0" 190 May 24, 1977 Tampa, FL, US
Josh Cook 21 R R 6' 1.0" 215 Sep 30, 1975 Plainville, IL, US
Mike Corominas 22 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Oct 31, 1974 Los Angeles, CA, US
Miguel De La Espada 20 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Jul 8, 1976 Colon, Colon, PA
Jeremy DeShazer 20 S R 5' 10.0" 175 Aug 18, 1976 Flagstaff, AZ, US
Felix Escalona 18 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Mar 12, 1979 Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, VE
Danny Fatheree 18 R R 5' 11.0" 245 Aug 25, 1978 Dallas, TX, US
Kevin Flora 28 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jun 10, 1969 Fontana, CA, US
Cameron Hahn 18 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Dec 20, 1978 Evansville, IN, US
Billy Hall 23 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Sep 4, 1973 Tulsa, OK, US
Tim Hamulack 20 R L 6' 2.0" 215 Nov 14, 1976 Ithaca, NY, US
Jason Hill 22 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Feb 25, 1975 Los Angeles, CA, US
Wilson Jaime 22 R R 6' 1.0" 160 Feb 26, 1975 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Mike Janssen 20 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Jan 9, 1977 Sioux City, IA, US
Scott Lawler 22 R R 6' 4.0" 220 Oct 25, 1974 Norristown, PA, US
Farley Love 24 R R 6' 6.0" 200 Apr 21, 1973 Fort Ord, CA, US
Aaron McNeal 19 R R 6' 3.0" 230 Apr 28, 1978 Oakland, CA, US
Donaldo Mendez 19 R R 6' 1.0" 155 Jun 7, 1978 Barquisimeto, Lara, VE
Dru Nicely 19 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jun 29, 1978 Portland, OR, US
Javier Ochoa 18 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Jan 8, 1979 Maracay, Aragua, VE
Roy Oswalt 19 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Aug 29, 1977 Kosciusko, MS, US
Joshua Pascarella 20 R R 5' 11.0" 180 Nov 11, 1976 Gaylord, MI, US
Darwin Peguero 18 R L 6' 0.0" 190 Dec 5, 1978 Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, DO
Wilfredo Rodriguez 18 L L 6' 3.0" 180 Mar 20, 1979 Ciudad Bolivar, Bolivar, VE
Nelson Samboy 20 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Sep 4, 1976 Pedernales, DO
Johan Santana 18 L L 6' 0.0" 210 Mar 13, 1979 Tovar, Merida, VE
Peter Sullivan 22 R R 6' 5.0" 225 Sep 10, 1974 Coral Gables, FL, US
Alejandro Vasquez 19 L L 5' 11.0" 190 Jul 5, 1977 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Mike Wheeler 19 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Oct 25, 1977 Cincinnati, OH, US

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