1998 New Jersey Cardinals

1998 > Class Short-Season A > 1998 New York-Pennsylvania League (McNamara)
Overall: 34-41
Scored 309 runs, Allowed 361 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 32-43

Affiliation: St. Louis Cardinals-NL
Manager: Jose Oquendo
Represented: Augusta, NJ
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	Eliezer Alfonzo	19	48	187	175	16	43	4	1	2	19	1	0	6	49	.246	.274	.314	.588	55	5	2	1	3	0
2	Danilo Araujo	21	32	101	85	18	18	1	1	0	9	21	4	13	24	.212	.313	.247	.560	21	0	0	2	1	0
3	Greg Clark	21	51	187	170	15	30	3	0	2	14	1	0	15	46	.176	.246	.229	.475	39	7	1	0	1	0
4	Troy Farnsworth	22	65	254	218	33	56	14	1	6	37	2	4	25	64	.257	.345	.413	.758	90	2	6	2	3	0
5	Brandon Folkers*	22	52	152	133	7	32	5	1	1	16	2	2	10	50	.241	.300	.316	.616	42	0	3	2	4	2
6	Brad Freeman	22	73	301	253	37	63	11	3	2	26	19	10	24	45	.249	.342	.340	.682	86	0	14	6	4	1
7	Dan Hummel	21	48	145	121	17	27	7	0	2	17	2	1	16	30	.223	.329	.331	.659	40	3	4	2	2	1
8	Chris Kelly	21	19	70	61	6	16	4	0	1	6	1	0	7	17	.262	.343	.377	.720	23	1	1	0	1	0
9	Tommy Kidwell	21	39	134	123	14	30	6	0	0	9	1	2	8	17	.244	.299	.293	.591	36	3	2	0	1	0
10	Troy McNaughton*	23	53	183	157	27	40	7	4	1	14	6	5	20	45	.255	.344	.369	.714	58	4	2	3	1	0
11	Jim Molina	22	58	229	212	25	48	9	0	2	28	22	1	13	58	.226	.278	.297	.575	63	6	2	2	0	0
12	Jose Nunez	19	55	175	162	17	35	6	2	1	14	5	4	9	22	.216	.270	.296	.566	48	4	3	1	0	0
13	Todd Schmidt#	23	29	93	78	9	11	1	0	2	7	1	0	14	24	.141	.269	.231	.500	18	1	0	0	1	0
14	Joe Secoda	20	53	176	159	13	36	4	0	0	14	7	4	10	59	.226	.282	.252	.533	40	1	3	2	2	0
15	Nate Smith	23	42	164	143	17	35	5	3	0	17	4	1	13	27	.245	.313	.322	.634	46	2	2	4	2	0
16	Esix Snead#	22	58	234	193	38	45	4	4	1	16	42	11	33	54	.233	.365	.311	.676	60	3	7	1	0	0
	16 Players	21.4	75	2785	2443	309	565	91	20	23	263	137	49	236	631	.231	.309	.313	.623	765	42	52	28	26	4

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	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	Casey Bates	22	1	2	.333	3.29	27	0	2	0	0	41.0	39	15	15	2	13	0	52	2	5	2	175	1.268	8.6	0.4	2.9	11.4	4.00
2	Brandon Folkers*	22	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
3	Wilson Garcia	18	3	0	1.000	3.76	19	0	2	0	0	26.1	34	15	11	2	7	0	22	3	1	1	119	1.557	11.6	0.7	2.4	7.5	3.14
4	Rick Gonzales	23	0	0		2.70	6	0	3	0	0	6.2	3	2	2	0	2	0	10	0	1	1	25	0.750	4.0	0.0	2.7	13.5	5.00
5	Derek Gooden	23	1	3	.250	1.71	29	0	27	0	17	31.2	22	11	6	0	9	0	30	0	0	3	124	0.979	6.3	0.0	2.6	8.5	3.33
6	Kirk Griffin	23	5	1	.833	1.63	35	0	8	0	4	49.2	32	23	9	4	15	0	51	3	0	3	208	0.946	5.8	0.7	2.7	9.2	3.40
7	Eric Gutshall	22	0	1	.000	5.23	29	0	15	0	0	32.2	31	29	19	2	14	1	22	4	0	3	154	1.378	8.5	0.6	3.9	6.1	1.57
8	Toribio Guzman	21	1	4	.200	7.27	17	2	4	0	0	43.1	62	47	35	7	14	0	27	2	0	5	212	1.754	12.9	1.5	2.9	5.6	1.93
9	Travis Held	21	5	5	.500	4.05	14	14	0	0	0	73.1	71	42	33	3	18	0	65	6	3	3	307	1.214	8.7	0.4	2.2	8.0	3.61
10	Chad Hutchinson	21	0	1	.000	3.52	3	3	0	0	0	15.1	15	7	6	0	4	0	20	2	0	0	67	1.239	8.8	0.0	2.3	11.7	5.00
11	Otoniel Lanfranco	21	1	0	1.000	1.24	5	5	0	0	0	29.0	14	5	4	0	13	0	35	3	1	1	116	0.931	4.3	0.0	4.0	10.9	2.69
12	Brian Langen*	20	0	0		7.64	20	0	6	0	0	17.2	30	21	15	0	11	0	12	2	0	6	94	2.321	15.3	0.0	5.6	6.1	1.09
13	Franklin Ortega	24	2	0	1.000	4.21	15	0	5	0	0	25.2	16	12	12	1	28	0	23	3	2	1	121	1.714	5.6	0.4	9.8	8.1	0.82
14	Scott Prather*	21	4	6	.400	3.15	15	14	0	0	0	71.1	55	30	25	2	30	0	73	1	0	6	295	1.192	6.9	0.3	3.8	9.2	2.43
15	Ruben Rosario	23	2	7	.222	5.11	16	9	1	0	0	49.1	33	33	28	2	37	0	63	5	2	6	216	1.419	6.0	0.4	6.8	11.5	1.70
16	Andy Shibilo	21	4	4	.500	3.45	9	9	0	0	0	47.0	51	21	18	2	8	0	54	3	1	0	202	1.255	9.8	0.4	1.5	10.3	6.75
17	Steve Stemle	21	3	3	.500	1.83	9	9	0	0	0	44.1	37	17	9	1	14	0	47	1	1	4	184	1.150	7.5	0.2	2.8	9.5	3.36
18	Les Walrond*	21	2	4	.333	4.01	13	10	0	0	0	51.2	52	31	23	1	24	0	52	0	0	3	228	1.471	9.1	0.2	4.2	9.1	2.17
	18 Players	21.7	34	41	.453	3.70	75	75	75	5	21	656.2	597	361	270	29	261	1	659	40	17	48	2849	1.307	8.2	0.4	3.6	9.0	2.52

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%
Greg Clark	43	347	41	4	5	.990	9.02	8	41	19	32%
Eliezer Alfonzo	24	186	17	4	2	.981	8.46	9	32	8	20%
Todd Schmidt	10	82	7	2	1	.978	8.90	0	19	2	10%
Dan Hummel	7	37	2	0	0	1.000	5.57	1	5	1	17%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brandon Folkers	41	292	17	6	18	.981	7.54
Dan Hummel	28	172	14	2	14	.989	6.64
Troy Farnsworth	21	146	9	6	9	.963	7.38

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tommy Kidwell	38	65	84	8	18	.949	3.92
Danilo Araujo	24	31	44	2	6	.974	3.13
Jose Nunez	18	34	46	3	7	.964	4.44
Troy Farnsworth	3	1	3	1	0	.800	1.33

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Troy Farnsworth	44	32	88	11	10	.916	2.73
Jose Nunez	29	15	50	7	3	.903	2.24
Chris Kelly	9	5	12	4	0	.810	1.89

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Brad Freeman	73		97	178	22	22	.926	3.77
Jose Nunez	9		9	12	3	2	.875	2.33

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Troy McNaughton	33							0.00
Nate Smith	33							0.00
Joe Secoda	16							0.00
Jim Molina	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Esix Snead	55							0.00
Jim Molina	16							0.00
Joe Secoda	9							0.00
Troy McNaughton	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Molina	43							0.00
Joe Secoda	25							0.00
Nate Smith	5							0.00
Troy McNaughton	4							0.00
Brandon Folkers	3							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jim Molina	57	93	6	0	0	1.000	1.74
Esix Snead	55	123	1	3	1	.976	2.25
Joe Secoda	48	77	4	2	1	.976	1.69
Troy McNaughton	39	47	1	1	0	.980	1.23
Nate Smith	38	37	1	1	0	.974	1.00
Brandon Folkers	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kirk Griffin	35	2	9	1	0	.917	0.31
Derek Gooden	29	3	11	0	0	1.000	0.48
Eric Gutshall	29	2	2	0	0	1.000	0.14
Casey Bates	27	2	5	0	0	1.000	0.26
Brian Langen	20	3	4	0	0	1.000	0.35
Wilson Garcia	19	2	5	0	1	1.000	0.37
Toribio Guzman	17	4	5	2	0	.818	0.53
Ruben Rosario	16	5	7	1	0	.923	0.75
Franklin Ortega	15	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.20
Scott Prather	15	3	8	2	1	.846	0.73
Travis Held	14	2	10	4	0	.750	0.86
Les Walrond	13	2	7	2	0	.818	0.69
Andy Shibilo	9	2	3	0	0	1.000	0.56
Steve Stemle	9	4	3	0	0	1.000	0.78
Rick Gonzales	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.17
Otoniel Lanfranco	5	2	1	0	0	1.000	0.60
Chad Hutchinson	3	0	2	1	0	.667	0.67
Brandon Folkers	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Eliezer Alfonzo	19	R	R	5' 11.0"	220	Feb 7, 1979	Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui, VE
Danilo Araujo	21	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Jan 17, 1977	Bani, Peravia, DO
Casey Bates	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Oct 1, 1975	Athens, GA, US
Greg Clark	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Jan 5, 1977	Toronto, ON, CA
Troy Farnsworth	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Feb 4, 1976	Salt Lake City, UT, US
Brandon Folkers	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Aug 29, 1975	San Diego, CA, US
Brad Freeman	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Sep 13, 1975	Memphis, TN, US
Wilson Garcia	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	174	Jul 27, 1979	Azua, Azua, DO
Rick Gonzales	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Oct 25, 1974	Albuquerque, NM, US
Derek Gooden	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Jun 26, 1975	West Monroe, LA, US
Kirk Griffin	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 4, 1975	Sacramento, CA, US
Eric Gutshall	22	R	R	6' 5.0"	225	Nov 14, 1975	Massillon, OH, US
Toribio Guzman	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jul 6, 1976	Paya, DO
Travis Held	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Mar 19, 1977	West Palm Beach, FL, US
Dan Hummel	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	225	Aug 10, 1976	Goshen, NY, US
Chad Hutchinson	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Feb 21, 1977	Boulder, CO, US
Chris Kelly	21	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	May 29, 1977	Nashua, NH, US
Tommy Kidwell	21	R	R	5' 9.0"	175	Nov 19, 1976	Watertown, NY, US
Otoniel Lanfranco	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Jul 17, 1976	Cotui, Sanchez Ramirez, DO
Brian Langen	20	L	L	6' 7.0"	210	Mar 13, 1978	Litchfield, IL, US
Troy McNaughton	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jan 27, 1975	Edmonton, AB, CA
Jim Molina	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Apr 9, 1976	Middletown, NY, US
Jose Nunez	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Dec 8, 1978	Cotui, Sanchez Ramirez, DO
Franklin Ortega	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	160	Dec 2, 1973	Villa Suarez, DO
Scott Prather	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Oct 8, 1976	Atlanta, GA, US
Ruben Rosario	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	175	Jan 26, 1975	Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, DO
Todd Schmidt	23	S	R	6' 3.0"	225	Oct 12, 1974	St. Louis, MO, US
Joe Secoda	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 19, 1977	Garden Grove, CA, US
Andy Shibilo	21	R	R	6' 7.0"	220	Sep 16, 1976	Massapequa Park, NY, US
Nate Smith	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Dec 27, 1974	Seaside, OR, US
Esix Snead	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	175	Jun 7, 1976	Fort Myers, FL, US
Steve Stemle	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	May 20, 1977	Louisville, KY, US
Les Walrond	21	L	L	6' 3.0"	205	Nov 7, 1976	Muskogee, OK, US

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