1998 Savannah Sand Gnats

1998 > Class A > 1998 South Atlantic League (South)
Overall: 66-76
Scored 701 runs, Allowed 742 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-75

Affiliation: Texas Rangers-AL
Manager: Paul Carey
Represented: Savannah, GA
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	Geramel Castillo#	20	22	80	74	7	13	2	0	2	8	2	1	3	29	.176	.213	.284	.496	21	3	1	0	2	0
2	Martires Castro	21	67	229	209	26	47	11	2	3	25	4	1	16	69	.225	.284	.340	.624	71	3	2	0	2	0
3	Shawn Cheek	24	18	59	55	7	15	4	1	1	5	1	0	3	16	.273	.322	.436	.758	24	0	1	0	0	0
4	Willy Cordero	19	112	413	378	35	91	10	2	1	38	21	12	21	85	.241	.293	.286	.578	108	11	8	3	3	0
5	Geronimo Cruz#	20	9	23	23	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Tony Fisher	23	122	523	458	86	123	24	5	12	39	35	16	52	104	.269	.350	.421	.771	193	5	7	3	3	1
7	Douglas Garcia*	19	25	86	80	7	17	0	0	2	11	3	0	4	15	.213	.244	.288	.532	23	2	0	0	2	0
8	Jason Grabowski*	22	104	411	352	63	95	13	6	14	52	16	9	57	93	.270	.372	.460	.832	162	7	1	0	1	0
9	Travis Hafner*	21	123	484	405	62	96	15	4	16	84	7	3	68	139	.237	.351	.412	.764	167	8	6	0	5	2
10	Kevin Harris	20	27	89	86	12	14	1	1	2	9	5	0	1	39	.163	.170	.267	.438	23	0	0	1	1	0
11	Frank Jaramillo	23	101	355	315	50	78	12	6	10	41	8	5	37	98	.248	.330	.419	.749	132	2	2	0	1	1
12	Estivinson Lina	21	73	236	217	22	46	8	2	2	12	2	3	12	72	.212	.269	.295	.564	64	1	5	2	0	0
13	Spike Lundberg#	21	50	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	Carlos Pena*	20	30	130	117	22	38	14	0	6	20	3	2	8	26	.325	.385	.598	.983	70	0	4	0	1	0
15	Jose Pena	21	125	490	466	68	142	22	5	6	66	40	16	17	91	.305	.332	.412	.744	192	14	3	2	2	0
16	Juan Piniella	20	72	298	255	51	87	13	6	3	39	28	11	30	48	.341	.416	.475	.890	121	0	4	7	2	0
17	Jason Romano	19	134	588	524	72	142	19	4	7	52	40	17	46	94	.271	.336	.363	.699	190	6	8	5	5	1
18	Jose Santos	24	107	443	381	78	114	17	6	21	76	26	7	51	119	.299	.391	.541	.931	206	7	8	0	3	2
19	Ryan Sienko	22	17	50	46	5	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	20	.174	.240	.239	.479	11	0	0	0	0	0
20	Jason Torres*	19	19	51	46	1	9	2	0	0	5	0	0	5	17	.196	.275	.239	.514	11	0	0	0	0	0
21	Brandon Warriax	19	51	206	187	24	39	8	0	3	14	9	2	16	41	.209	.271	.299	.570	56	2	0	3	0	0
	21 Players	21.1	142	5245	4675	701	1215	198	50	111	602	252	105	451	1221	.260	.331	.395	.726	1846	71	60	26	33	7

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	Rodney Allen	24	0	1	.000	3.15	4	3	0	0	0	0	20.0	21	11	7	0	4	0	18	2	0	1	88	1.250	9.4	0.0	1.8	8.1	4.50
2	Jason Beitey	20	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	7	4	1	2	0	5	1	1	1	22	1.250	6.8	2.2	4.5	11.2	2.50
3	Joaquin Benoit	20	4	3	.571	3.82	15	15	0	1	0	0	80.0	79	41	34	8	18	0	68	3	1	3	339	1.212	8.9	0.9	2.0	7.6	3.78
4	Aaron Bond	21	10	10	.500	4.37	28	27	1	3	1	0	167.0	184	96	81	11	41	0	119	5	0	9	731	1.347	9.9	0.6	2.2	6.4	2.90
5	Melvin Brazoban	21	3	6	.333	4.76	18	18	0	0	0	0	87.0	68	50	46	9	48	0	84	6	2	8	374	1.333	7.0	0.9	5.0	8.7	1.75
6	Jorge Carrion	21	5	5	.500	5.65	15	13	1	1	0	1	73.1	71	51	46	6	51	0	38	9	1	8	342	1.664	8.7	0.7	6.3	4.7	0.75
7	Emar Fleming	21	7	8	.467	4.84	37	21	4	1	0	1	139.1	145	88	75	19	61	0	133	14	3	8	626	1.478	9.4	1.2	3.9	8.6	2.18
8	Chris Frey	24	1	0	1.000	3.52	7	0	2	0	0	0	15.1	19	8	6	1	8	0	17	0	0	0	71	1.761	11.2	0.6	4.7	10.0	2.13
9	Frank Jaramillo	23	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
10	John Kertis	23	2	3	.400	4.03	38	3	17	0	0	1	76.0	74	45	34	9	46	0	90	14	0	9	364	1.579	8.8	1.1	5.4	10.7	1.96
11	Spike Lundberg	21	6	9	.400	5.54	50	0	43	0	0	14	87.2	105	69	54	9	27	1	70	7	1	5	396	1.506	10.8	0.9	2.8	7.2	2.59
12	Sam Marsonek	19	0	0		3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	7	3	0	3	0	4	3	0	1	36	1.429	9.0	0.0	3.9	5.1	1.33
13	Matt Miller	26	3	1	.750	2.29	17	0	10	0	0	3	35.1	25	9	9	0	10	0	46	2	0	2	137	0.991	6.4	0.0	2.5	11.7	4.60
14	Anthony Shourds	21	3	7	.300	4.10	37	0	17	0	0	3	74.2	60	39	34	4	34	0	68	6	0	6	326	1.259	7.2	0.5	4.1	8.2	2.00
15	Justin Siegel*	22	1	1	.500	1.17	7	0	1	0	0	0	15.1	7	3	2	0	10	0	11	1	0	0	60	1.109	4.1	0.0	5.9	6.5	1.10
16	Doug Silva	18	3	4	.429	4.57	38	0	22	0	0	7	65.0	72	34	33	6	13	0	60	2	0	7	280	1.308	10.0	0.8	1.8	8.3	4.62
17	Ryan Smith*	23	8	6	.571	7.07	35	7	11	0	0	1	84.0	90	77	66	8	66	0	88	6	2	24	410	1.857	9.6	0.9	7.1	9.4	1.33
18	Chris Tynan	19	6	8	.429	4.40	21	21	0	1	0	0	116.2	113	69	57	11	74	0	95	3	3	10	529	1.603	8.7	0.8	5.7	7.3	1.28
19	Darell White	26	4	3	.571	4.22	13	11	2	3	1	1	70.1	68	38	33	6	25	0	53	5	0	4	302	1.322	8.7	0.8	3.2	6.8	2.12
	19 Players	21.3	66	76	.465	4.61	142	142	132	10	4	32	1218.2	1212	742	624	108	541	1	1068	89	14	106	5436	1.438	9.0	0.8	4.0	7.9	1.97

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%
Jason Grabowski	60	480	47	6	5	.989	8.78	8	81	29	26%
Estivinson Lina	56	377	46	16	3	.964	7.55	11	78	24	24%
Jason Torres	19	99	8	2	1	.982	5.63	5	24	6	20%
Shawn Cheek	12	83	4	1	0	.989	7.25	3	18	2	10%
Ryan Sienko	11	60	9	3	2	.958	6.27	1	25	6	19%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Travis Hafner	66	524	27	8	48	.986	8.35
Carlos Pena	28	196	16	3	12	.986	7.57
Frank Jaramillo	27	210	12	5	19	.978	8.22
Jason Grabowski	11	98	3	0	6	1.000	9.18
Tony Fisher	9	58	6	0	3	1.000	7.11
Shawn Cheek	6	27	1	1	1	.966	4.67
Estivinson Lina	4	28	2	0	4	1.000	7.50
Ryan Sienko	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jason Romano	133	305	326	32	76	.952	4.74
Frank Jaramillo	8	8	10	2	1	.900	2.25
Willy Cordero	7	10	14	1	3	.960	3.43
Jose Santos	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jose Santos	104	72	197	33	22	.891	2.59
Travis Hafner	24	16	30	4	2	.920	1.92
Frank Jaramillo	18	14	26	3	5	.930	2.22
Willy Cordero	2	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.50

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Willy Cordero	94	108	259	35	34	.913	3.90
Brandon Warriax	47	50	128	19	15	.904	3.79
Frank Jaramillo	6	7	11	0	0	1.000	3.00
Jason Romano	1	2	4	0	0	1.000	6.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jose Pena	62							0.00
Juan Piniella	33							0.00
Frank Jaramillo	30							0.00
Kevin Harris	19							0.00
Martires Castro	2							0.00
Geronimo Cruz	1							0.00
Tony Fisher	1							0.00
Travis Hafner	1							0.00
Carlos Pena	1							0.00
Ryan Sienko	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Tony Fisher	112							0.00
Juan Piniella	21							0.00
Douglas Garcia	5							0.00
Geramel Castillo	4							0.00
Geronimo Cruz	2							0.00
Kevin Harris	2							0.00
Jose Pena	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Martires Castro	53							0.00
Jose Pena	49							0.00
Juan Piniella	20							0.00
Geramel Castillo	18							0.00
Geronimo Cruz	5							0.00
Frank Jaramillo	3							0.00
Tony Fisher	2							0.00
Douglas Garcia	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tony Fisher	115	249	9	3	1	.989	2.24
Jose Pena	109	161	13	9	3	.951	1.60
Juan Piniella	71	126	5	2	0	.985	1.85
Martires Castro	55	91	1	3	1	.968	1.67
Frank Jaramillo	32	33	2	1	0	.972	1.09
Geramel Castillo	22	35	2	0	0	1.000	1.68
Kevin Harris	21	29	2	4	0	.886	1.48
Geronimo Cruz	8	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.50
Douglas Garcia	6	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Travis Hafner	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Carlos Pena	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Ryan Sienko	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Spike Lundberg	50	5	13	1	1	.947	0.36
John Kertis	38	3	7	2	0	.833	0.26
Doug Silva	38	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.21
Emar Fleming	37	8	15	1	2	.958	0.62
Anthony Shourds	37	5	10	2	0	.882	0.41
Ryan Smith	35	4	4	1	0	.889	0.23
Aaron Bond	28	6	15	1	1	.955	0.75
Chris Tynan	21	5	11	2	0	.889	0.76
Melvin Brazoban	18	8	6	1	0	.933	0.78
Matt Miller	17	2	6	0	0	1.000	0.47
Joaquin Benoit	15	5	8	1	1	.929	0.87
Jorge Carrion	15	7	14	1	1	.955	1.40
Darell White	13	6	9	2	0	.882	1.15
Chris Frey	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29
Justin Siegel	7	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.43
Rodney Allen	4	0	2	2	0	.500	0.50
Sam Marsonek	2	0	2	1	1	.667	1.00
Jason Beitey	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Frank Jaramillo	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Rodney Allen	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 29, 1974	Princeton, WV, US
Jason Beitey	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Nov 18, 1977	Vancouver, WA, US
Joaquin Benoit	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Jul 26, 1977	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Aaron Bond	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	Dec 2, 1976	Fairhope, AL, US
Melvin Brazoban	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	165	Jan 20, 1977	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Jorge Carrion	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Dec 10, 1976	Manhattan, NY, US
Geramel Castillo	20	S	R	6' 1.0"	160	Oct 3, 1977	La Romana, La Romana, DO
Martires Castro	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Dec 6, 1976	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Shawn Cheek	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Apr 30, 1974	Albany, GA, US
Willy Cordero	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Aug 20, 1978	San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Geronimo Cruz	20	S	L	6' 0.0"	177	Nov 15, 1977	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Tony Fisher	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jan 18, 1975	Minneapolis, MN, US
Emar Fleming	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 14, 1976	Baltimore, MD, US
Chris Frey	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Apr 15, 1974	York, PA, US
Douglas Garcia	19	L	L	6' 1.0"	165	Apr 25, 1979	Monagas, VE
Jason Grabowski	22	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	May 24, 1976	New Haven, CT, US
Travis Hafner	21	L	R	6' 3.0"	240	Jun 3, 1977	Jamestown, ND, US
Kevin Harris	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Mar 27, 1978	Tampa, FL, US
Frank Jaramillo	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Nov 28, 1974	Racine, WI, US
John Kertis	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 19, 1975	Coral Gables, FL, US
Estivinson Lina	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Oct 19, 1976	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Spike Lundberg	21	S	R	6' 1.0"	185	May 4, 1977	San Diego, CA, US
Sam Marsonek	19	R	R	6' 6.0"	225	Jul 10, 1978	Tampa, FL, US
Matt Miller	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Nov 23, 1971	Greenwood, MS, US
Carlos Pena	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	225	May 17, 1978	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Jose Pena	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Oct 13, 1976	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Juan Piniella	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Mar 13, 1978	Havelock, NC, US
Jason Romano	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Jun 24, 1979	Tampa, FL, US
Jose Santos	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	Mar 1, 1974	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Anthony Shourds	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Oct 9, 1976	Adrian, MI, US
Justin Siegel	22	L	L	6' 0.0"	170	Sep 3, 1975	Los Angeles, CA, US
Ryan Sienko	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Sep 16, 1975	Elgin, IL, US
Doug Silva	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Jul 8, 1979	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE
Ryan Smith	23	L	L	6' 4.0"	215	Sep 4, 1974	Kenosha, WI, US
Jason Torres	19	L	R	5' 10.0"	170	Dec 11, 1978	Flushing, NY, US
Chris Tynan	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	175	Nov 15, 1978	Portland, OR, US
Brandon Warriax	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Jun 23, 1979	Laurinburg, NC, US
Darell White	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Apr 16, 1972	Alexandria, LA, US

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