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1996 1998 1997 Statistical Breakdowns: Individual Players vs. Teams Atlanta Braves Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Colorado Rockies Detroit Tigers Houston Astros Los Angeles Dodgers Miami Marlins Montreal Expos New York Yankees Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates San Diego Padres San Francisco Giants St. Louis Cardinals Toronto Blue Jays

1996 Capital City

The 1997 Capital City Bombers Wins: 77 Losses: 63 Pos: 4th, 5.5 Games Behind (First Half) 1st, 5.5 Games Ahead (Second Half) Manager: John Stephenson

1998 Capital City

1997 Capital City Bombers Batting Statistics

Name G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP Dan Ramirez 130 478 82 146 24 4 1 42 44 0 104 4 51 25 3 3 181 .305 .379 .367 Garrick Haltiwanger 125 441 59 115 19 2 14 73 45 0 107 10 20 7 1 2 180 .261 .408 .341 Tim Tessmar 120 430 53 105 14 4 8 55 36 1 93 2 10 3 0 4 151 .244 .351 .303 John Tamargo 113 393 44 98 17 2 1 47 45 2 72 2 13 7 5 1 122 .249 .310 .329 B.J. Huff 99 363 49 92 20 5 7 41 19 1 78 4 11 3 1 2 143 .253 .394 .296 Carlos Soriano 101 318 37 66 14 0 4 41 24 1 52 1 5 2 3 7 92 .208 .289 .260 Yohanny Valera 94 293 32 56 14 0 8 33 21 0 101 5 2 0 2 1 94 .191 .321 .256 Randy Vickers 72 245 22 42 10 1 10 26 9 0 99 2 1 4 0 1 84 .171 .343 .206 Tom Stanton 60 190 29 36 10 0 7 31 24 0 79 7 0 1 0 2 67 .189 .353 .300 Corey Erickson 49 173 18 37 11 2 2 16 11 0 49 1 3 1 1 3 58 .214 .335 .261 Jeff Parsons 52 152 25 41 2 0 0 11 26 0 41 1 16 2 4 0 43 .270 .283 .380 Rafael Martinez 44 149 20 40 7 2 5 25 17 2 44 1 10 2 0 0 66 .268 .443 .347 Tracy Edmondson 50 131 16 25 6 1 1 12 16 0 38 1 1 1 1 1 36 .191 .275 .282 Junior Zamora 36 124 16 31 5 0 8 19 10 0 29 0 0 1 0 0 60 .250 .484 .306 Angel Espada 30 102 17 33 6 0 0 7 9 0 9 0 8 4 5 0 39 .324 .382 .378 Kevin McCarthy 31 98 6 19 1 0 1 9 8 0 21 0 1 1 0 0 23 .194 .235 .255 Ryan Jaroncyk 29 86 5 15 1 2 0 7 11 0 25 0 4 4 1 3 20 .174 .233 .260 Bailey Chancey 30 85 12 21 0 0 0 7 13 0 19 1 5 2 4 1 21 .247 .247 .350 Tim Bishop 14 49 4 10 2 0 0 2 6 0 16 1 7 2 1 0 12 .204 .245 .304 Jose Rijo-Berger 17 48 4 11 2 0 0 1 6 0 12 0 2 1 1 0 13 .229 .271 .315 Ryan Bennett 19 42 6 8 1 0 0 3 5 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 9 .190 .214 .277 Jeramie Simpson 10 29 4 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 15 0 1 1 0 0 9 .241 .310 .267 Juan Penalver 9 22 1 6 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 7 .273 .318 .360 Beau Engle 6 10 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .300 .462 Jerson Perez 2 6 3 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .667 1.167 .714

1997 Capital City Bombers Pitching Statistics

Name G IP W L Pct. H R ER HR SO BB GS CG ShO Sv ERA Kyle Kessel 27 168.2 11 11 0.500 131 63 51 8 151 53 27 5 1 0 2.72 Ken Pumphrey 27 165.2 12 6 0.667 137 70 57 11 133 72 27 3 2 0 3.10 Brett Herbison 28 160.0 7 14 0.333 166 86 71 13 146 63 27 2 0 0 3.99 Grant Roberts 22 129.2 11 3 0.786 98 37 34 1 122 44 22 2 1 0 2.36 Lindsay Gulin 17 99.0 8 1 0.889 77 37 32 2 118 60 15 1 1 0 2.91 Jeff Hafer 37 69.1 6 5 0.545 59 29 23 2 74 21 2 0 0 7 2.99 Mike Lyons 44 58.0 6 2 0.750 40 15 12 3 55 20 0 0 0 14 1.86 Leo Vasquez 22 56.0 4 5 0.444 63 37 32 4 49 22 8 0 0 1 5.14 Osvaldo Coronado 26 47.2 2 4 0.333 42 18 14 5 42 15 0 0 0 0 2.64 Dicky Gonzalez 10 47.1 1 4 0.200 50 28 26 8 49 15 7 1 0 0 4.94 Scott McCrary 13 28.0 3 2 0.600 20 4 3 1 24 5 0 0 0 0 0.96 Bill Santamaria 14 24.1 2 1 0.667 22 11 9 0 18 16 0 0 0 0 3.33 Erick Ojeda 7 14.0 0 2 0.000 14 10 9 2 13 4 0 0 0 0 5.79 Hans Beebe 6 12.2 0 0 0.000 21 15 14 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 9.95 Matt Splawn 7 9.2 0 0 0.000 7 4 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.93 Todd Cutchins 3 6.2 0 1 0.000 7 4 4 1 6 5 1 0 0 0 5.40 J.D. Arteaga 1 6.0 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 Kirk Presley 2 3.1 0 1 0.000 5 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.80

GAMES PLAYED BY POSITION IN 1997

Catcher Y. Valera 89 T. Stanton 43 R. Bennett 18 B. Engle 4 First Base T. Tessmar 103 R. Vickers 24 R. Martinez 17 T. Edmondson 1 Second Base C. Erickson 46 C. Soriano 31 A. Espada 30 J. Tamargo 21 T. Edmondson 11 J. Parsons 8 J. Penalver 8 J. Perez 2 Third Base C. Soriano 65 J. Zamora 36 R. Vickers 25 T. Edmondson 22 J. Parsons 4 C. Erickson 3 J. Penalver 2 Shortstop J. Tamargo 84 R. Jaroncyk 29 J. Parsons 17 T. Edmondson 15 Outfield D. Ramirez 125 G. Haltiwanger 113 B. Huff 83 K. McCarthy 27 R. Martinez 18 B. Chancey 18 J. Rijo-Berger 15 T. Bishop 14 J. Parsons 13 J. Simpson 10 T. Edmondson 3

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