Denver Grizzlies History - 1997 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1997 Denver Grizzlies	88	74	.543	2^nd	5	93-69	-5	.266	4.18	X		3,976,374	$177,455,216	$180,951,218

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Jesús Escobar, Bob MacAlduie, Drake Newman, Peter Walter	4
Batter of the Month	Jesús Escobar (Jul)	1
Rookie of the Month	Drake Newman (May, Jul)	2
Player of the Week	Tommy Chávez (May 19), Hiang-ta Jung (Jun 9), Peter Walter (Jun 16), Drake Newman (Jul 21), Bernardo Rivera (Sep 8), Jesús Escobar (Sep 22)	6

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
CF	Peter Walter	35	149	556	180	24	5	32	79	118	96	8	3	4	120	85	37	.324	.428	.558	.985	9.1	169
SS	Jorge Guzmán	35	144	509	137	23	1	18	60	78	54	1	4	1	142	14	5	.269	.340	.424	.764	3.8	109
LF	Tommy Chávez	34	132	486	140	30	1	37	91	78	33	11	3	2	194	14	4	.288	.346	.582	.928	4.4	149
2B	Drake Newman	26	137	455	117	15	6	28	82	82	61	4	8	5	63	58	13	.257	.347	.501	.848	6.1	130
C	Jesús Escobar	27	135	480	155	19	4	55	125	97	52	0	0	1	118	1	2	.323	.388	.723	1.111	9.3	197
2B	Harry Bailey	25	120	391	130	35	6	4	49	58	48	3	1	1	82	20	16	.332	.409	.483	.892	2.8	145
RF	Ronald Williams	36	137	370	79	16	5	15	50	55	41	10	1	3	142	12	9	.214	.307	.405	.712	0.8	94
2B	Robert Brown	25	105	339	95	18	3	11	51	48	29	9	1	3	103	13	16	.280	.350	.448	.798	2.1	118
1B	Kurt Todd	42	112	300	81	23	3	11	38	49	47	4	1	1	81	1	4	.270	.375	.477	.852	1.8	133
RF	Bernardo Rivera	24	72	258	58	10	6	13	28	36	16	5	4	1	87	26	5	.225	.282	.461	.743	1.6	100
1B	Noriaki Gato	24	109	214	59	14	2	12	31	30	17	11	0	0	67	0	3	.276	.360	.528	.888	1.7	140
1B	Hiang-ta Jung	24	78	173	40	4	0	13	27	26	6	10	0	1	47	0	0	.231	.295	.480	.775	0.6	109
3B	Phil Farmer	28	47	165	54	9	0	11	38	27	14	2	0	0	39	8	6	.327	.387	.582	.969	2.3	162
3B	Raúl Mejía	35	40	145	30	11	1	4	20	15	12	1	0	0	52	0	1	.207	.272	.379	.651	-0.2	77
C	Chad Townsend	35	43	126	25	3	0	5	13	15	21	3	0	1	52	0	1	.198	.325	.341	.666	0.4	84
P	Jesse Wynn	28	33	90	13	1	1	0	6	1	4	0	2	0	38	0	0	.144	.181	.178	.359	-1.0	-0
P	Bob MacAlduie	33	32	85	15	2	0	0	7	6	0	0	4	0	35	0	0	.176	.176	.200	.376	-0.7	4
P	Jorge Duarte	29	33	80	13	1	0	0	6	5	1	1	3	1	32	0	0	.163	.181	.175	.356	-1.2	-1
P	Henry Puckett	28	32	80	13	4	0	1	5	6	2	0	2	0	35	0	0	.163	.183	.250	.433	-1.2	18
P	Ricardo López	26	32	76	5	2	0	0	4	2	4	1	3	0	53	0	0	.066	.123	.092	.216	-1.4	-39
C	Alfonso Vásquez	27	72	30	6	1	0	1	3	5	2	1	0	0	14	0	0	.200	.273	.333	.606	0.1	66
LF	Gregory Guevara	37	20	27	4	2	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	0	14	1	0	.148	.258	.222	.480	-0.1	35
P	Werner Kelly	37	38	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.400	.600	-0.1	59
P	Paul Sizemore	37	89	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.1	5
P	Dan Soto	34	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Cheong-u Hwang	29	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
26 Players		30.6	2006	5444	1450	268	44	271	816	841	565	85	42	25	1614	253	122	.266	.343	.481	.824	40.9	124
PL Rank				2	1	5	9	1	1	1	1	7	12	9	3	7	4	2	1	1	1	1
BSBL Rank				4	3	7	16	1	1	1	2	13	23	18	8	14	8	5	2	1	1	3

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Jorge Duarte	29	33	33	10	12	0	4.41	239.0	238	123	117	31	58	254	0	6	0	1.24	.335	3.6	85
Jesse Wynn	28	33	33	19	7	0	4.63	233.3	213	124	120	33	91	280	0	1	0	1.30	.329	2.2	81
Bob MacAlduie	33	32	32	12	11	0	3.76	227.3	251	111	95	19	30	180	0	3	1	1.24	.346	4.4	100
Henry Puckett	28	32	32	14	12	0	4.89	221.0	233	129	120	38	77	238	0	4	0	1.40	.342	0.6	77
Ricardo López	26	32	32	13	15	0	4.07	218.7	222	104	99	26	63	239	0	3	0	1.30	.358	3.0	92
Paul Sizemore	37	89	0	10	5	30	3.59	117.7	106	51	47	15	48	159	10	0	0	1.31	.350	0.5	104
Werner Kelly	37	38	0	2	1	0	4.38	51.3	56	28	25	6	19	46	0	0	0	1.46	.345	-0.3	86
Dan Soto	34	35	0	4	0	1	2.12	46.7	39	11	11	2	18	53	1	0	0	1.22	.336	0.7	177
Kunihiko Kimura	27	48	0	3	9	10	3.52	46.0	40	19	18	9	20	72	9	0	0	1.30	.352	0.0	107
Cheong-u Hwang	29	30	0	1	2	2	4.04	35.7	32	16	16	6	13	47	1	0	0	1.26	.321	-0.0	93
10 Pitchers	29.9	402	162	88	74	43	4.18	1436.7	1430	716	668	185	437	1568	21	17	1	1.30	.342	14.7	92
PL Rank		11	1	4	9	8	11	12	10	11	11	9	6	3	7	5	10	11	11	9
BSBL Rank		17	1	8	17	11	21	23	19	21	21	21	10	8	10	13	21	20	21	16

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Duarte	33	33	6	27	1	37	4	.892	239.0	1.24	-2.7
J. Wynn	33	33	8	40	3	49	1	.980	233.3	1.85	-0.7
B. MacAlduie	32	32	13	43	5	60	4	.933	227.3	2.22	1.5
H. Puckett	32	32	5	34	0	41	2	.951	221.0	1.59	-4.9
R. López	32	32	1	38	1	40	1	.975	218.7	1.61	-1.2
P. Sizemore	85	0	4	19	1	24	1	.958	117.7	1.76	-1.1
W. Kelly	36	0	2	7	1	9	0	1.000	51.3	1.58	-0.3
D. Soto	34	0	0	7	1	7	0	1.000	46.7	1.35	1.2
K. Kimura	47	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	46.0	1.17	-0.4
C. Hwang	29	0	0	6	0	7	1	.857	35.7	1.51	-0.5
Totals	393	162	42	224	13	280	14	.950	1436.7	1.67	-9.1

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
J. Escobar	121	121	1070	123	6	1208	15	.988	974.3	11.02	-2.7	7	25.1
C. Townsend	41	39	338	47	3	391	6	.985	317.7	10.91	-0.7	4	27.1
A. Vásquez	67	2	167	8	0	175	0	1.000	144.7	10.89	-0.3	3	15.4
Totals	229	162	1575	178	9	1774	21	.988	1436.7	10.98	-3.7	14	25.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Todd	84	78	567	24	56	595	4	.993	636.3	8.36	-2.8
N. Gato	78	47	454	21	35	478	3	.994	465.0	9.19	-0.2
H. Jung	40	37	315	18	32	334	1	.997	326.7	9.17	-0.8
G. Guevara	2	0	5	1	2	6	0	1.000	7.0	7.71	0.0
A. Vásquez	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.7	5.40	0.0
Totals	205	162	1342	64	125	1414	8	.994	1436.7	8.81	-3.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Brown	74	70	123	171	45	298	4	.987	619.7	4.27	-0.6
D. Newman	61	60	113	151	40	270	6	.978	522.3	4.55	0.6
H. Bailey	39	32	65	91	27	157	1	.994	292.3	4.80	1.3
P. Farmer	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.3	3.86	-0.0
Totals	176	162	301	414	112	726	11	.985	1436.7	4.48	1.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Guzmán	48	44	18	80	4	99	1	.990	395.0	2.23	2.0
P. Farmer	43	43	16	73	6	91	2	.978	375.7	2.13	0.3
R. Mejía	35	34	21	62	8	88	5	.943	302.0	2.47	-2.9
R. Brown	26	21	7	42	9	49	0	1.000	191.0	2.31	0.3
H. Bailey	17	17	3	37	5	43	3	.930	142.3	2.53	-1.7
D. Newman	4	3	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	28.7	2.20	0.2
B. Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	67	299	32	377	11	.971	1436.7	2.29	-1.9

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Guzmán	95	89	95	248	60	346	3	.991	788.7	3.91	0.7
D. Newman	57	54	64	151	33	218	3	.986	482.0	4.01	6.3
H. Bailey	19	19	16	43	4	62	3	.952	160.7	3.30	-2.0
R. Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.7	0.00	0.0
P. Farmer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	175	442	97	626	9	.986	1436.7	3.87	5.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Chávez	124	124	150	6	0	158	2	.987	1038.0	1.35	-7.0
B. Rivera	21	21	30	3	0	33	0	1.000	175.7	1.69	3.3
H. Bailey	13	9	12	0	0	12	0	1.000	86.0	1.26	-0.1
R. Williams	25	0	14	0	0	15	1	.933	49.0	2.57	0.6
D. Newman	8	3	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	40.7	1.99	-0.2
R. Mejía	3	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	28.3	1.59	-0.3
G. Guevara	3	2	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	19.0	1.42	-0.0
Totals	197	162	223	9	0	235	3	.987	1436.7	1.45	-3.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Walter	147	144	297	13	6	312	2	.994	1276.3	2.19	-2.5
H. Bailey	17	17	22	3	0	26	1	.962	146.3	1.54	-6.4
D. Newman	3	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	12.0	2.25	-0.3
B. Rivera	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	322	16	6	341	3	.991	1436.7	2.12	-9.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Williams	101	94	142	12	1	155	1	.994	839.7	1.65	0.7
B. Rivera	51	51	80	9	0	90	1	.989	437.0	1.83	2.3
H. Bailey	17	16	27	0	0	27	0	1.000	140.7	1.73	1.9
T. Chávez	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.3	2.61	0.2
G. Guevara	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	0.0
Totals	176	162	253	21	1	276	2	.993	1436.7	1.72	5.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Peter Walter	.324
On-Base Percentage	Peter Walter	.428
Slugging Percentage	Jesús Escobar	.723
OPS	Jesús Escobar	1.111
Games	Peter Walter	149
At-Bats	Peter Walter	556
Runs	Peter Walter	118
Hits	Peter Walter	180
Doubles	Harry Bailey	35
Triples	Drake Newman, Harry Bailey, Bernardo Rivera	6
Home Runs	Jesús Escobar	55
Runs Batted In	Jesús Escobar	125
Stolen Bases	Peter Walter	85
Caught Stealing	Peter Walter	37
Walks	Peter Walter	96
Strikeouts	Tommy Chávez	194

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Jesse Wynn	19
Losses	Ricardo López	15
Saves	Paul Sizemore	30
Games	Paul Sizemore	89
Games Started	Jorge Duarte, Jesse Wynn	33
Complete Games	Jorge Duarte	6
Shutouts	Bob MacAlduie	1
Innings Pitched	Jorge Duarte	239.0
Hits Allowed	Bob MacAlduie	251
Home Runs Allowed	Henry Puckett	38
Strikeouts	Jesse Wynn	280
Walks Allowed	Jesse Wynn	91
Earned Run Average	Bob MacAlduie	3.76
Walks + Hits per IP	Bob MacAlduie	1.24
BABIP	Jesse Wynn	.329

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 1st	C Marvin Miller 2B Robinson Gonzáles - Out of baseball 1st Round Draft Pick	to the Oakland Acorns for	C Jesús Escobar 3rd Round Draft Pick
July 14th	3B Raúl Mejía SS Lorne Salazar $4,000,000	to the Portland Willamettes for	3B Phil Farmer