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1997 Danville Braves

1997 > Class Rookie > 1997 Appalachian League (East)
Overall: 30-38
Scored 360 runs, Allowed 428 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 29-39

Affiliation: Atlanta Braves-NL
Manager: Rick Albert
Represented: Danville, VA
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 Troy Allen* 21 43 154 131 16 28 5 0 2 12 1 1 19 44 .214 .312 .298 .609 39 2 1 0 3 2
2 Steve Ashley 23 26 81 74 7 12 2 0 1 5 1 0 5 15 .162 .225 .230 .455 17 4 1 1 0 0
3 Junior Brignac 19 59 262 225 47 55 10 0 4 25 12 4 29 70 .244 .349 .342 .691 77 2 7 1 0 0
4 Anthony Brooks 20 67 248 229 43 62 12 1 4 24 15 5 8 59 .271 .306 .384 .690 88 5 5 3 3 0
5 Troy Cameron# 18 56 236 208 28 45 5 2 6 24 1 3 25 80 .216 .309 .346 .655 72 3 3 0 0 1
6 Jesse Crespo 19 14 45 42 11 12 0 0 3 7 0 0 3 8 .286 .333 .500 .833 21 2 0 0 0 0
7 Marcus Giles 19 55 246 207 53 72 13 3 8 45 5 2 32 47 .348 .437 .556 .992 115 4 3 1 3 0
8 Jason Hairston 21 52 207 177 21 43 4 3 6 33 7 3 19 42 .243 .345 .401 .746 71 3 9 1 1 0
9 Mark Mortimer 21 5 19 13 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 .077 .278 .077 .355 1 1 0 1 1 0
10 Steve Torrealba 19 44 171 150 17 34 9 0 2 18 0 1 15 27 .227 .302 .327 .628 49 6 2 2 2 0
11 Jose Villar 18 54 218 203 34 45 10 4 2 16 16 5 12 69 .222 .266 .340 .606 69 3 1 0 2 0
12 Travis Wilson 19 61 256 233 29 50 14 6 0 27 4 1 14 60 .215 .282 .326 .609 76 5 8 1 0 0
13 A.J. Zapp* 19 65 277 234 34 79 23 2 7 56 0 1 35 78 .338 .437 .543 .980 127 3 7 0 1 0
14 John Zydowsky 19 43 178 151 19 35 6 0 1 15 2 4 20 42 .232 .331 .291 .623 44 7 3 3 1 0
14 Players 19.3 68 2598 2277 360 573 113 21 46 310 64 30 240 642 .252 .334 .380 .714 866 50 50 14 17 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 Simon Birrell 19 4 3 .571 4.71 13 9 0 0 0 0 49.2 59 36 26 6 27 0 25 8 0 8 232 1.732 10.7 1.1 4.9 4.5 0.93
2 Travis Brummitt 21 0 0 13.05 12 0 4 0 0 0 20.0 34 36 29 4 16 0 24 7 1 5 118 2.500 15.3 1.8 7.2 10.8 1.50
3 Anthony Canciobello 20 0 0 12.27 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 6 5 0 6 0 4 0 0 2 24 3.273 14.7 0.0 14.7 9.8 0.67
4 Jon Ciravolo 21 4 2 .667 5.06 19 0 5 0 0 1 37.1 48 31 21 4 13 0 42 4 0 4 176 1.634 11.6 1.0 3.1 10.1 3.23
5 Lawrence Dolby 22 0 0 5.87 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.2 7 5 5 2 5 0 6 0 0 1 35 1.565 8.2 2.3 5.9 7.0 1.20
6 Byron Embry 20 2 1 .667 1.97 20 1 14 0 0 3 32.0 14 7 7 0 15 0 56 0 0 4 125 0.906 3.9 0.0 4.2 15.8 3.73
7 Will Fleck 20 2 3 .400 3.57 23 0 18 0 0 6 35.1 36 17 14 2 17 3 56 1 1 3 158 1.500 9.2 0.5 4.3 14.3 3.29
8 Jeff Fry* 22 1 1 .500 4.12 21 0 10 0 0 1 19.2 19 12 9 3 20 1 16 3 0 1 99 1.983 8.7 1.4 9.2 7.3 0.80
9 Garrett Lee 20 5 5 .500 4.93 14 14 0 1 1 0 84.0 87 57 46 8 17 1 72 7 1 3 360 1.238 9.3 0.9 1.8 7.7 4.24
10 Derrick Lewis 21 2 4 .333 6.34 16 9 2 0 0 0 49.2 59 48 35 5 31 0 46 2 0 8 241 1.812 10.7 0.9 5.6 8.3 1.48
11 Tim Lyons 22 0 0 32.40 10 0 5 0 0 0 8.1 14 31 30 0 19 0 13 12 1 24 70 3.960 15.1 0.0 20.5 14.0 0.68
12 Joey Nation* 18 1 2 .333 2.73 8 8 0 0 0 0 26.1 24 11 8 1 5 0 41 1 0 1 107 1.101 8.2 0.3 1.7 14.0 8.20
13 Ruben Quevedo 18 1 5 .167 3.56 13 11 0 0 0 0 68.1 46 37 27 6 27 0 78 4 1 3 286 1.068 6.1 0.8 3.6 10.3 2.89
14 Luis Rivera 19 3 1 .750 2.41 9 9 0 0 0 0 41.0 28 15 11 2 17 0 57 1 0 5 169 1.098 6.1 0.4 3.7 12.5 3.35
15 Paul Shanklin 21 4 3 .571 4.95 17 0 5 0 0 3 43.2 51 27 24 2 9 0 44 4 3 9 195 1.374 10.5 0.4 1.9 9.1 4.89
16 Aaron Taylor 19 1 8 .111 5.53 15 7 2 0 0 0 55.1 65 49 34 4 31 0 38 2 1 11 261 1.735 10.6 0.7 5.0 6.2 1.23
17 John Zydowsky 19 0 0 10.80 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.2 4 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 2.400 21.6 0.0 0.0 16.2
17 Players 20.0 30 38 .441 5.13 68 68 67 1 3 14 583.2 601 428 333 49 275 5 621 56 9 92 2666 1.501 9.3 0.8 4.2 9.6 2.26

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
Steve Torrealba 42 398 41 18 0 .961 10.45 15 54 25 32%
Steve Ashley 26 175 30 5 0 .976 7.88 2 33 18 35%
Mark Mortimer 5 33 5 0 0 1.000 7.60 0 6 5 45%
Jason Hairston 4 17 1 0 0 1.000 4.50 3 2 1 33%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
A.J. Zapp 65 497 37 12 40 .978 8.22
Troy Allen 4 28 0 2 1 .933 7.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Marcus Giles 42 86 92 7 17 .962 4.24
John Zydowsky 27 49 71 4 14 .968 4.44

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Travis Wilson 56 29 88 26 5 .818 2.09
John Zydowsky 14 10 22 5 1 .865 2.29

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Troy Cameron 35 58 96 16 18 .906 4.40
Junior Brignac 33 55 81 21 12 .866 4.12

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jason Hairston 44 0.00
Troy Allen 24 0.00
Anthony Brooks 7 0.00
Jesse Crespo 5 0.00
Travis Wilson 2 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Villar 54 0.00
Anthony Brooks 19 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Anthony Brooks 45 0.00
Troy Allen 19 0.00
Jesse Crespo 8 0.00
Travis Wilson 3 0.00
Jason Hairston 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Anthony Brooks 67 111 4 9 1 .927 1.72
Jose Villar 54 85 3 7 0 .926 1.63
Jason Hairston 45 32 2 6 0 .850 0.76
Troy Allen 38 40 1 4 0 .911 1.08
Jesse Crespo 13 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.85
Travis Wilson 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.80

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Will Fleck 23 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.17
Jeff Fry 21 1 5 2 0 .750 0.29
Byron Embry 20 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.15
Jon Ciravolo 19 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.32
Paul Shanklin 17 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.53
Derrick Lewis 16 4 9 2 0 .867 0.81
Aaron Taylor 15 2 5 2 0 .778 0.47
Garrett Lee 14 5 8 2 1 .867 0.93
Simon Birrell 13 5 6 2 0 .846 0.85
Ruben Quevedo 13 3 8 2 0 .846 0.85
Travis Brummitt 12 0 4 1 0 .800 0.33
Tim Lyons 10 0 0 0 0 0.00
Luis Rivera 9 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.78
Joey Nation 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
Anthony Canciobello 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
Lawrence Dolby 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.33
John Zydowsky 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Troy Allen 21 L R 6' 5.0" 225 Oct 8, 1975 Joliet, IL, US
Steve Ashley 23 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Mar 21, 1974 San Mateo, CA, US
Simon Birrell 19 R R 6' 6.0" 185 Oct 7, 1977 Korumburra, Victoria, AU
Junior Brignac 19 R R 6' 3.0" 175 Feb 15, 1978 Sun Valley, CA, US
Anthony Brooks 20 R R 6' 0.0" 195 Jan 25, 1977 Panama City, FL, US
Travis Brummitt 21 R R 6' 7.0" 225 Apr 27, 1976 Knoxville, TN, US
Troy Cameron 18 S R 5' 11.0" 180 Aug 31, 1978 Hollywood, FL, US
Anthony Canciobello 20 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Aug 21, 1976 Carol City, FL, US
Jon Ciravolo 21 S R 6' 1.0" 190 Sep 26, 1975 Elizabeth, NJ, US
Jesse Crespo 19 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 18, 1977 Arecibo, PR
Lawrence Dolby 22 S R 6' 4.0" 205 Sep 26, 1974 Manassas, VA, US
Byron Embry 20 R R 6' 2.0" 240 Sep 5, 1976 Richmond, KY, US
Will Fleck 20 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Aug 29, 1976 Somerville, NJ, US
Jeff Fry 22 R L 6' 2.0" 215 Sep 4, 1974 Phillipsburg, PA, US
Marcus Giles 19 R R 5' 8.0" 180 May 18, 1978 San Diego, CA, US
Jason Hairston 21 R R 6' 2.0" 212 May 3, 1976 Portland, OR, US
Garrett Lee 20 R R 6' 5.0" 210 Aug 17, 1976 Burbank, CA, US
Derrick Lewis 21 R R 6' 5.0" 210 May 7, 1976 Montgomery, AL, US
Tim Lyons 22 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Sep 14, 1974 South Laguna Beach, CA, US
Mark Mortimer 21 R R 6' 1.0" 215 Sep 15, 1975 Atlanta, GA, US
Joey Nation 18 L L 6' 2.0" 175 Sep 28, 1978 Oklahoma City, OK, US
Ruben Quevedo 18 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Jan 5, 1979 Valencia, Carabobo, VE
Luis Rivera 19 R R 6' 3.0" 163 Jun 21, 1978 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MX
Paul Shanklin 21 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Feb 20, 1976 Logan, WV, US
Aaron Taylor 19 R R 6' 7.0" 230 Aug 20, 1977 Valdosta, GA, US
Steve Torrealba 19 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Feb 24, 1978 Barquisimeto, Lara, VE
Jose Villar 18 R R 6' 1.0" 170 May 1, 1979 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Travis Wilson 19 R R 6' 2.0" 180 Jul 10, 1977 Christchurch, NZ
A.J. Zapp 19 L R 6' 3.0" 190 Apr 24, 1978 Indianapolis, IN, US
John Zydowsky 19 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Apr 18, 1978 Portage, WI, US

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