Chicago Federals History - 1997 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1997 Chicago Federals	93	69	.574	2^nd	13	97-65	-4	.257	3.74	X		3,026,033	$60,496,479	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Jerry Koosman	1
Ozzie Award	Jose Valentin (SS)	1
All-Star	Brian Givens, Jerry Koosman, Frank Schulte, Jimmy Sheckard, Gorman Thomas	5
Pitcher of the Month	Jerry Koosman (May), Spades Wood (Sep)	2
Batter of the Month	Gorman Thomas (Jun)	1
Player of the Week	Jose Altuve (Apr 21), Frank Schulte (Apr 28), Harry Craft (Sep 15), Jimmy Sheckard (Sep 22)	4

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+
LF	Jimmy Sheckard	27	159	611	166	34	9	31	91	135	96	1	2	6	119	28	12	.272	.368	.509	.877	6.1	147
1B	Denny Lyons	21	162	641	196	47	3	27	103	102	60	3	1	9	53	55	19	.306	.363	.515	.878	4.6	146
RF	Frank Schulte	28	160	595	145	30	4	27	102	76	67	0	0	6	124	18	8	.244	.317	.444	.761	1.2	114
3B	Buck O'Neil	32	155	601	206	12	8	11	78	83	53	0	1	5	34	7	4	.343	.393	.444	.837	6.4	138
CF	Gorman Thomas	29	160	582	140	29	1	43	115	95	63	1	0	3	227	1	1	.241	.314	.515	.830	4.2	131
2B	Jose Altuve	33	149	514	147	15	6	14	68	93	64	3	2	2	45	11	4	.286	.367	.420	.787	4.0	124
SS	Jose Valentin	35	129	442	105	18	4	23	66	69	40	0	0	4	116	8	3	.238	.298	.452	.751	4.4	110
C	Thurman Munson	21	123	424	93	22	6	9	52	46	36	2	0	4	78	1	0	.219	.281	.363	.644	0.8	82
2B	Eddie Bressoud	32	102	189	40	12	0	8	23	24	12	0	1	1	67	0	0	.212	.257	.402	.660	0.1	84
C	Tony Wolters	28	55	157	34	10	1	0	12	17	18	0	0	1	22	0	0	.217	.295	.293	.588	0.3	69
SS	Dick Wallace	30	67	130	28	7	0	1	12	14	13	0	2	2	34	0	0	.215	.283	.292	.575	-0.1	64
P	Jerry Koosman	27	44	102	14	0	0	1	4	10	2	0	13	0	28	0	0	.137	.154	.167	.321	-1.4	-9
CF	Harry Craft	22	69	98	30	4	2	10	26	14	3	0	0	0	20	0	1	.306	.327	.694	1.021	1.4	180
P	Spades Wood	27	37	76	13	0	0	0	8	1	2	1	14	1	16	0	0	.171	.200	.171	.371	-1.0	7
1B	Eddie Robinson	25	97	79	13	4	0	3	14	9	10	0	0	0	12	0	0	.165	.258	.329	.588	-0.1	66
SS	Jack Barry	23	28	65	13	0	0	2	11	7	5	0	0	1	10	2	0	.200	.254	.292	.546	-0.1	55
RF	Jeffrey Leonard	23	54	56	12	1	0	2	9	10	8	1	0	0	17	3	0	.214	.323	.339	.662	0.2	89
P	Brian Givens	38	29	46	4	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	6	1	17	0	0	.087	.104	.130	.235	-0.8	-34
P	Emil Frisk	25	18	38	6	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	4	0	11	0	0	.158	.179	.158	.337	-0.4	-3
P	Dave Eiland	33	42	30	5	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	5	1	15	0	0	.167	.188	.167	.354	-0.4	2
P	Johan Santana	40	13	26	8	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	0	6	0	0	.308	.308	.385	.692	0.0	96
P	Zach Britton	23	22	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.105	.105	.105	.211	-0.3	-40
LF	Tommy Brown	29	6	4	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.714	1.250	1.964	0.3	445
P	Jared Hughes	32	34	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	0.0	15
P	Joe Willis	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Bob W Miller	39	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Randall Delgado	26	66	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Nick Vincent	29	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Sam McConnell	28	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
29 Players		28.1	2077	5538	1423	249	44	213	802	822	558	12	58	47	1078	134	52	.257	.324	.433	.757	29.3	113
NL Rank				6	5	5	1	1	2	2	5	4	6	4	2	2	3	5	4	1	4	4
ABBA Rank				14	10	11	1	3	4	4	8	9	6	5	4	2	6	9	7	3	6	5

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Jerry Koosman	27	44	44	24	13	0	3.01	320.0	257	113	107	35	87	243	0	9	3	1.07	.246	7.8	134
Spades Wood	27	37	37	14	12	0	3.50	252.3	217	111	98	30	103	148	0	5	0	1.27	.241	3.2	115
Brian Givens	38	29	26	10	6	0	3.33	154.0	135	67	57	11	71	92	0	0	0	1.34	.261	3.0	121
Emil Frisk	25	18	18	4	9	0	5.60	119.0	126	82	74	14	64	40	0	3	0	1.60	.275	0.3	72
Dave Eiland	33	42	14	5	3	1	3.65	116.0	112	53	47	10	47	51	2	0	0	1.37	.268	1.2	110
Randall Delgado	26	66	0	9	9	7	4.09	88.0	99	43	40	9	39	47	7	0	0	1.57	.310	0.6	98
Johan Santana	40	13	13	4	4	0	4.41	83.7	80	44	41	15	27	34	0	0	0	1.28	.246	0.1	91
Zach Britton	23	22	9	2	3	0	5.04	69.7	78	42	39	7	29	21	0	1	0	1.54	.278	0.3	80
Nick Vincent	29	41	0	4	4	12	4.20	55.7	58	28	26	2	23	33	4	0	0	1.46	.299	1.5	96
Jared Hughes	32	34	0	6	3	2	4.15	52.0	56	27	24	7	23	29	1	0	0	1.52	.292	0.2	97
Bob W Miller	39	33	1	5	1	3	4.18	51.7	43	24	24	7	21	27	3	0	0	1.24	.229	0.1	96
Norm Lehr	36	28	0	4	2	3	2.27	39.7	22	10	10	1	21	25	6	0	0	1.08	.193	0.9	177
Sam McConnell	28	19	0	1	0	2	3.33	27.0	26	10	10	2	13	13	1	0	0	1.44	.282	0.2	121
Ben DeMott	23	11	0	1	0	2	2.51	14.3	12	6	4	0	8	6	0	0	0	1.40	.245	0.2	160
Joe Willis	20	4	0	0	0	1	3.12	8.7	8	3	3	0	5	3	0	0	0	1.50	.267	0.2	129
Steve Simpson	31	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	.143	0.0	0
16 Pitchers	29.8	443	162	93	69	34	3.74	1453.7	1330	663	604	150	582	812	24	18	3	1.32	.260	19.7	112
NL Rank		5	1	2	7	6	3	5	3	3	3	1	6	7	3	2	4	3	3	2
ABBA Rank		6	1	3	14	13	5	12	3	4	4	2	12	14	3	5	7	7	4	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Koosman	44	44	10	25	0	35	0	1.000	320.0	0.98	1.1
S. Wood	37	37	13	21	1	36	2	.944	252.3	1.21	0.0
B. Givens	29	26	7	16	2	26	3	.885	154.0	1.34	0.3
E. Frisk	18	18	2	11	0	14	1	.929	119.0	0.98	0.6
D. Eiland	42	14	8	10	2	18	0	1.000	116.0	1.40	-0.2
R. Delgado	66	0	6	6	0	12	0	1.000	88.0	1.23	0.5
J. Santana	13	13	6	9	0	15	0	1.000	83.7	1.61	0.4
Z. Britton	21	8	2	4	0	6	0	1.000	69.7	0.78	0.2
N. Vincent	41	0	3	3	0	7	1	.857	55.7	0.97	-0.4
J. Hughes	34	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	52.0	0.69	0.4
B. Miller	33	1	1	4	0	5	0	1.000	51.7	0.87	0.2
N. Lehr	27	0	4	2	0	6	0	1.000	39.7	1.36	0.3
S. McConnell	19	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	27.0	1.33	0.3
B. DeMott	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	14.3	0.63	0.1
J. Willis	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	8.7	1.04	-0.3
S. Simpson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	441	161	63	120	5	190	7	.963	1453.7	1.13	3.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
T. Munson	122	114	613	53	6	677	11	.984	1035.0	5.79	-1.2	7	29.8
T. Wolters	54	48	244	32	1	277	1	.996	418.7	5.93	2.2	4	68.0
Totals	176	162	857	85	7	954	12	.987	1453.7	5.83	1.0	11	41.5

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Lyons	160	160	1380	93	125	1497	24	.984	1389.0	9.54	-4.5
E. Robinson	21	1	37	1	3	38	0	1.000	36.7	9.33	0.3
B. O'Neil	11	0	20	0	1	20	0	1.000	19.0	9.47	-0.2
J. Leonard	2	0	9	0	1	9	0	1.000	9.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	194	161	1446	94	130	1564	24	.985	1453.7	9.53	-4.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Altuve	140	138	304	394	98	712	14	.980	1192.3	5.27	-2.1
D. Wallace	43	10	28	55	13	84	1	.988	128.7	5.81	2.8
E. Bressoud	20	14	22	41	7	65	2	.969	127.7	4.44	-0.7
J. Valentin	3	0	3	4	1	7	0	1.000	5.0	12.60	0.1
Totals	206	162	357	494	119	868	17	.980	1453.7	5.27	0.1

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. O'Neil	145	144	72	279	17	354	3	.992	1278.0	2.47	10.9
E. Bressoud	18	13	4	26	1	31	1	.968	118.0	2.29	-0.2
D. Wallace	11	5	4	13	2	18	1	.944	53.0	2.89	0.6
T. Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
D. Lyons	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	-0.1
J. Valentin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	177	162	80	318	20	403	5	.988	1453.7	2.46	11.2

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Valentin	124	119	196	442	76	648	10	.985	1052.3	5.46	14.0
D. Wallace	22	19	40	56	13	97	1	.990	166.7	5.18	-1.4
J. Barry	27	16	34	60	13	102	8	.922	157.3	5.38	-0.9
E. Bressoud	13	8	14	19	6	33	0	1.000	77.3	3.84	-1.3
Totals	186	162	284	577	108	880	19	.978	1453.7	5.33	10.4

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Sheckard	156	155	362	5	0	374	7	.981	1354.3	2.44	6.2
G. Thomas	39	6	33	1	0	34	0	1.000	85.3	3.59	1.6
J. Leonard	3	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	-0.0
T. Brown	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	6.0	6.00	0.2
Totals	201	162	403	6	0	416	7	.983	1453.7	2.53	8.0

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Thomas	142	141	435	21	3	462	6	.987	1223.0	3.36	-4.4
H. Craft	58	21	107	6	2	114	1	.991	227.7	4.47	2.1
J. Leonard	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	201	162	543	27	5	577	7	.988	1453.7	3.53	-2.3

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Schulte	155	155	301	13	1	327	13	.960	1351.0	2.09	-9.7
G. Thomas	5	4	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	36.0	3.25	0.4
J. Sheckard	35	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	34.3	1.31	-0.0
J. Leonard	6	3	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	32.3	1.95	0.5
Totals	201	162	326	13	1	352	13	.963	1453.7	2.10	-8.8

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Buck O'Neil	.343
On-Base Percentage	Buck O'Neil	.393
Slugging Percentage	Gorman Thomas	.515
OPS	Denny Lyons	.878
Games	Denny Lyons	162
At-Bats	Denny Lyons	641
Runs	Jimmy Sheckard	135
Hits	Buck O'Neil	206
Doubles	Denny Lyons	47
Triples	Jimmy Sheckard	9
Home Runs	Gorman Thomas	43
Runs Batted In	Gorman Thomas	115
Stolen Bases	Denny Lyons	55
Caught Stealing	Denny Lyons	19
Walks	Jimmy Sheckard	96
Strikeouts	Gorman Thomas	227

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Jerry Koosman	24
Losses	Jerry Koosman	13
Saves	Nick Vincent	12
Games	Randall Delgado	66
Games Started	Jerry Koosman	44
Complete Games	Jerry Koosman	9
Shutouts	Jerry Koosman	3
Innings Pitched	Jerry Koosman	320.0
Hits Allowed	Jerry Koosman	257
Home Runs Allowed	Jerry Koosman	35
Strikeouts	Jerry Koosman	243
Walks Allowed	Spades Wood	103
Earned Run Average	Jerry Koosman	3.01
Walks + Hits per IP	Jerry Koosman	1.07
BABIP	Spades Wood	.241

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 14th	3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Kansas City Monarchs for	P Johan Santana