1998 Fort Myers Miracle

1998 > Class Adv A > 1998 Florida State League (West)
Overall: 65-73
Scored 704 runs, Allowed 735 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 66-72

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL
Manager: Mike Boulanger
Represented: Fort Myers, FL
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	Rafael Alvarez*	21	110	445	391	54	114	20	2	4	38	19	8	45	51	.292	.364	.384	.747	150	5	1	5	3	8
2	Papo Bolivar	19	126	523	489	59	129	15	2	5	45	14	11	29	104	.264	.306	.333	.639	163	14	1	3	1	1
3	Joey Cranford	23	75	286	254	41	57	15	3	8	39	6	1	26	58	.224	.301	.402	.703	102	3	2	4	0	0
4	Cleatus Davidson#	21	130	591	527	97	127	12	7	2	45	44	16	45	99	.241	.303	.302	.604	159	6	3	13	3	0
5	Anthony Felston*	23	114	532	427	74	119	8	0	0	43	86	26	83	65	.279	.398	.297	.696	127	5	6	10	6	2
6	Joe Fraser	23	34	124	101	25	27	3	1	3	13	3	1	15	12	.267	.372	.406	.778	41	2	3	3	2	1
7	Shane Gunderson	24	42	180	149	25	40	12	2	5	20	3	2	23	42	.268	.375	.477	.852	71	1	3	4	1	1
8	Steve Hacker	23	62	272	251	29	62	11	0	11	38	0	1	17	40	.247	.298	.422	.720	106	9	2	0	2	0
9	Steve Huls	23	74	252	223	30	47	3	0	1	25	3	5	20	43	.211	.278	.238	.516	53	7	2	4	3	0
10	Matt LeCroy	22	51	231	200	32	61	9	1	12	51	2	1	21	35	.305	.372	.540	.912	108	7	4	0	6	1
11	Aaron Lough	21	1	5	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.500	.600	1.250	1.850	5	0	0	0	0	0
12	Chad Moeller	23	66	288	254	37	83	24	1	6	39	2	3	31	37	.327	.406	.500	.906	127	8	3	0	0	4
13	Rick Moss*	22	41	188	160	18	50	7	0	1	19	0	0	24	17	.313	.412	.375	.787	60	3	3	1	0	0
14	Kelcey Mucker*	23	21	78	71	11	24	6	0	2	9	1	0	5	10	.338	.397	.507	.904	36	1	2	0	0	0
15	Tommy Peterman*	23	135	593	519	71	162	36	2	20	110	2	0	63	86	.312	.387	.505	.892	262	11	4	1	6	13
16	Nelson Prada	22	41	141	133	11	32	6	0	1	11	0	0	4	21	.241	.279	.308	.587	41	5	3	1	0	0
17	Luis Rivas	18	126	490	463	58	130	21	5	4	51	34	8	14	75	.281	.302	.374	.676	173	11	3	4	6	0
18	John Schroeder*	22	39	147	135	17	28	5	0	8	24	0	0	10	53	.207	.272	.422	.694	57	0	2	0	0	3
19	Jeff Smith*	24	6	25	23	4	8	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	.348	.400	.435	.835	10	1	1	0	0	0
20	Tony Stevens#	19	3	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	0	0	0
21	Lateef Vaughn	22	22	65	59	9	17	2	1	0	8	2	3	3	12	.288	.328	.356	.684	21	0	1	1	1	0
	21 Players	21.6	139	5463	4840	704	1321	217	27	94	631	222	86	480	863	.273	.342	.387	.729	1874	99	49	54	40	34

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	Mike Bauder*	23	5	6	.455	4.59	36	8	7	0	0	1	98.0	108	61	50	6	46	1	79	5	3	6	442	1.571	9.9	0.6	4.2	7.3	1.72
2	Seth Bean	23	0	0		3.78	10	0	6	0	0	1	16.2	16	7	7	2	5	0	19	0	0	0	68	1.260	8.6	1.1	2.7	10.3	3.80
3	Troy Carrasco*	23	0	4	.000	4.53	19	4	2	0	0	0	45.2	52	29	23	4	26	0	35	1	1	6	209	1.708	10.2	0.8	5.1	6.9	1.35
4	Walker Chapman	22	4	0	1.000	1.97	24	0	11	0	0	2	50.1	40	17	11	1	15	0	47	1	0	4	209	1.093	7.2	0.2	2.7	8.4	3.13
5	Mick Fieldbinder	24	10	8	.556	4.73	35	21	4	0	0	1	137.0	171	99	72	14	44	1	64	4	0	9	614	1.569	11.2	0.9	2.9	4.2	1.45
6	Chris Garza*	22	5	5	.500	2.74	58	0	43	0	0	14	82.0	73	33	25	3	46	3	63	4	0	9	358	1.451	8.0	0.3	5.0	6.9	1.37
7	Dave Hooten	23	9	11	.450	4.49	28	28	0	0	0	0	158.1	185	94	79	7	57	0	136	11	0	4	714	1.528	10.5	0.4	3.2	7.7	2.39
8	Matt Kinney	21	12	8	.600	3.80	29	27	1	2	1	1	158.2	140	88	67	5	93	3	135	2	2	25	698	1.468	7.9	0.3	5.3	7.7	1.45	Stats for 2 teams
9	Tom LaRosa	23	1	2	.333	7.91	22	3	12	0	0	0	38.2	37	39	34	4	48	0	29	9	1	22	198	2.198	8.6	0.9	11.2	6.8	0.60
10	Bryan Malko	21	0	1	.000	6.92	7	0	3	0	0	2	13.0	19	14	10	0	9	0	5	1	0	3	67	2.154	13.2	0.0	6.2	3.5	0.56
11	Joe Mays	22	7	2	.778	3.04	16	15	0	0	0	0	94.2	101	45	32	7	23	0	83	5	0	4	409	1.310	9.6	0.7	2.2	7.9	3.61
12	Ryan Mills*	20	0	0		1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	3	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	20	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
13	Danny Mota	22	3	5	.375	2.85	19	4	9	0	0	0	47.1	45	21	15	3	22	0	49	0	1	6	206	1.415	8.6	0.6	4.2	9.3	2.23
14	Micheal Nakamura	21	1	3	.250	3.45	8	6	1	1	0	0	28.2	28	15	11	3	10	0	21	2	0	1	123	1.326	8.8	0.9	3.1	6.6	2.10
15	Brad Niedermaier	25	4	2	.667	7.88	25	0	13	0	0	3	40.0	59	39	35	3	21	1	44	1	0	13	202	2.000	13.3	0.7	4.7	9.9	2.10
16	Mario Opipari	23	0	1	.000	3.97	17	0	4	0	0	0	34.0	38	19	15	2	13	1	18	3	0	1	152	1.500	10.1	0.5	3.4	4.8	1.38
17	Jeromy Palki	22	0	4	.000	4.76	40	0	17	0	0	4	58.2	51	39	31	3	29	1	48	2	0	7	263	1.364	7.8	0.5	4.4	7.4	1.66
18	Chad Roper	24	0	7	.000	8.93	17	6	2	0	0	0	40.1	61	46	40	2	21	2	30	3	1	4	204	2.033	13.6	0.4	4.7	6.7	1.43
19	Corey Spiers*	23	9	8	.529	3.33	24	24	0	1	0	0	151.1	172	70	56	7	38	0	98	6	1	7	650	1.388	10.2	0.4	2.3	5.8	2.58
20	Nate Yeskie	23	4	2	.667	3.30	14	11	2	1	0	0	62.2	74	27	23	4	16	0	39	5	0	3	273	1.436	10.6	0.6	2.3	5.6	2.44
	20 Players	22.6	65	73	.471	4.21	139	139	136	3	3	28	1239.2	1363	735	580	75	508	10	949	63	8	118	5543	1.509	9.9	0.5	3.7	6.9	1.87

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%
Chad Moeller	57	395	36	9	0	.980	7.56	9	77	16	17%
Matt LeCroy	44	309	28	3	0	.991	7.66	17	47	21	31%
Nelson Prada	40	194	26	3	1	.987	5.50	8	34	12	26%
Jeff Smith	4	33	3	1	0	.973	9.00	2	3	2	40%
Steve Huls	3	7	1	0	0	1.000	2.67	1	2	1	33%
Aaron Lough	1	11	2	0	0	1.000	13.00	1	4	1	20%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Peterman	123	1156	80	9	117	.993	10.05
Steve Hacker	14	118	7	2	11	.984	8.93
John Schroeder	3	20	3	0	3	1.000	7.67
Steve Huls	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.00
Shane Gunderson	1	7	0	0	1	1.000	7.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Cleatus Davidson	125	320	403	25	98	.967	5.78
Joey Cranford	18	28	59	3	11	.967	4.83
Tony Stevens	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50
Lateef Vaughn	2	3	8	1	2	.917	5.50
Steve Huls	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Steve Huls	54	29	119	11	9	.931	2.74
Joey Cranford	35	19	58	9	3	.895	2.20
Joe Fraser	31	23	73	7	9	.932	3.10
Rick Moss	25	18	54	7	6	.911	2.88
Lateef Vaughn	2	1	4	2	0	.714	2.50

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Luis Rivas	124	162	415	55	78	.913	4.65
Steve Huls	12	17	38	4	12	.932	4.58
Cleatus Davidson	5	5	14	2	2	.905	3.80
Rafael Alvarez	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Papo Bolivar	87							0.00
Rafael Alvarez	21							0.00
Shane Gunderson	19							0.00
Joey Cranford	15							0.00
Tommy Peterman	6							0.00
Lateef Vaughn	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Anthony Felston	113							0.00
Papo Bolivar	19							0.00
Lateef Vaughn	4							0.00
Rafael Alvarez	3							0.00
Shane Gunderson	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Rafael Alvarez	79							0.00
Papo Bolivar	21							0.00
Shane Gunderson	18							0.00
Kelcey Mucker	18							0.00
Lateef Vaughn	7							0.00
Tony Stevens	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Papo Bolivar	124	193	10	8	0	.962	1.64
Anthony Felston	113	233	8	7	0	.972	2.13
Rafael Alvarez	102	184	12	3	2	.985	1.92
Shane Gunderson	39	60	3	3	2	.955	1.62
Kelcey Mucker	18	32	1	2	1	.943	1.83
Joey Cranford	15	22	4	0	0	1.000	1.73
Lateef Vaughn	12	27	0	3	0	.900	2.25
Tommy Peterman	6	10	0	0	0	1.000	1.67
Tony Stevens	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chris Garza	58	4	19	1	1	.958	0.40
Jeromy Palki	40	4	6	1	1	.909	0.25
Mike Bauder	36	4	17	1	1	.955	0.58
Mick Fieldbinder	35	11	18	2	1	.935	0.83
Matt Kinney	29	12	13	4	2	.862	0.86	Stats for 2 teams
Dave Hooten	28	11	29	1	2	.976	1.43
Brad Niedermaier	25	3	6	1	0	.900	0.36
Walker Chapman	24	3	8	1	0	.917	0.46
Corey Spiers	24	6	27	0	0	1.000	1.38
Tom LaRosa	22	5	4	1	2	.900	0.41
Troy Carrasco	19	3	7	0	0	1.000	0.53
Danny Mota	19	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.32
Mario Opipari	17	2	5	0	1	1.000	0.41
Chad Roper	17	8	7	1	1	.938	0.88
Joe Mays	16	4	15	0	1	1.000	1.19
Nate Yeskie	14	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.71
Seth Bean	10	1	0	1	0	.500	0.10
Micheal Nakamura	8	0	6	3	0	.667	0.75
Bryan Malko	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.43
Ryan Mills	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Rafael Alvarez	21	L	L	6' 0.0"	220	Jan 22, 1977	Valencia, Carabobo, VE
Mike Bauder	23	L	L	5' 9.0"	171	May 13, 1975	Las Vegas, NV, US
Seth Bean	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 31, 1975	Dayton, OH, US
Papo Bolivar	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	214	Oct 18, 1978	La Guaira, Vargas, VE
Troy Carrasco	23	S	L	5' 11.0"	177	Jan 27, 1975	Tampa, FL, US
Walker Chapman	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	201	Feb 25, 1976	Cumberland, MD, US
Joey Cranford	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	192	Feb 10, 1975	Macon, GA, US
Cleatus Davidson	21	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Nov 1, 1976	Bartow, FL, US
Anthony Felston	23	L	L	5' 9.0"	180	Nov 26, 1974	Mound Bayou, MS, US
Mick Fieldbinder	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	204	Oct 2, 1973	Springfield, IL, US
Joe Fraser	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Aug 23, 1974	Long Beach, CA, US
Chris Garza	22	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 23, 1975	Los Angeles, CA, US
Shane Gunderson	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Oct 16, 1973	Faribault, MN, US
Steve Hacker	23	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Sep 6, 1974	St. Louis, MO, US
Dave Hooten	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	May 8, 1975	Fort Smith, AR, US
Steve Huls	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	178	Oct 11, 1974	St. Cloud, MN, US
Matt Kinney	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	220	Dec 16, 1976	Bangor, ME, US
Tom LaRosa	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	188	Jun 28, 1975	Granada Hills, CA, US
Matt LeCroy	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Dec 13, 1975	Belton, SC, US
Aaron Lough	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	194	Jun 3, 1977	Harrisonburg, VA, US
Bryan Malko	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Jan 23, 1977	Anderson, SC, US
Joe Mays	22	S	R	6' 1.0"	160	Dec 10, 1975	Flint, MI, US
Ryan Mills	20	R	L	6' 5.0"	200	Jul 21, 1977	Peoria, IL, US
Chad Moeller	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	207	Feb 18, 1975	Upland, CA, US
Rick Moss	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	197	Sep 18, 1975	Hinsdale, IL, US
Danny Mota	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Oct 9, 1975	El Seibo, El Seibo, DO
Kelcey Mucker	23	L	R	6' 4.0"	250	Feb 17, 1975	Washington, IN, US
Micheal Nakamura	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Sep 6, 1976	Nara, JP
Brad Niedermaier	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	209	Feb 9, 1973	Park Ridge, IL, US
Mario Opipari	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	185	Jan 24, 1975	Detroit, MI, US
Jeromy Palki	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Apr 14, 1976	Eugene, OR, US
Tommy Peterman	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	228	May 21, 1975	Springfield, OH, US
Nelson Prada	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Feb 22, 1976	Maracay, Aragua, VE
Luis Rivas	18	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Aug 30, 1979	La Guaira, Vargas, VE
Chad Roper	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	223	Mar 29, 1974	Anderson, SC, US
John Schroeder	22	L	R	6' 3.0"	245	Oct 9, 1975	Coeur d'Alene, ID, US
Jeff Smith	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jun 17, 1974	Akron, OH, US
Corey Spiers	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	204	Jun 19, 1975	Joliet, IL, US
Tony Stevens	19	S	R	5' 10.0"	160	Sep 18, 1978	Fort Walton Beach, FL, US
Lateef Vaughn	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Oct 1, 1975	San Diego, CA, US
Nate Yeskie	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	201	Aug 13, 1974	La Crosse, WI, US

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