Birmingham Black Barons History - 1996 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1996 Birmingham Black Barons	94	68	.580	1^st	-	89-73	5	.281	4.26	X		3,216,385	$58,656,517	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Rock Raines	1
Ozzie Award	Gabby Hartnett (C), Wade Boggs (3B)	2
All-Star	Cesar Cedeno, Gabby Hartnett, Dick Lundy, Dave Pagan, Rock Raines	5
Batter of the Month	Rock Raines (Jun, Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Rock Raines (Apr 29, May 13), Cesar Cedeno (May 27), Rock Raines (Jul 1), Howie Kendrick (Jul 15), Rock Raines (Aug 5), Dan McGann (Aug 19), Rock Raines (Sep 9)	8

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+
SS	Dick Lundy	27	161	592	169	38	2	25	86	115	111	4	1	6	61	29	17	.285	.398	.483	.881	6.7	129
LF	Rock Raines	25	160	614	235	42	10	19	92	117	86	2	1	6	62	35	17	.383	.456	.577	1.033	8.6	168
1B	Dan McGann	36	161	624	177	27	2	34	102	99	64	2	0	8	94	8	4	.284	.348	.497	.845	3.9	118
RF	Cesar Cedeno	34	151	595	171	34	1	27	102	95	49	2	1	10	88	17	11	.287	.338	.484	.822	4.0	112
3B	Wade Boggs	38	148	577	166	21	3	8	74	84	72	0	1	4	46	0	0	.288	.364	.376	.741	4.2	94
C	Gabby Hartnett	32	143	522	152	25	1	29	101	79	48	4	1	8	105	0	0	.291	.351	.510	.860	5.3	121
CF	Kenny Lofton	40	134	525	142	15	12	9	65	84	50	0	1	5	45	9	14	.270	.331	.396	.727	2.4	89
2B	Howie Kendrick	26	146	540	133	25	2	8	58	57	21	3	1	3	70	6	4	.246	.277	.344	.621	0.1	61
RF	Tony Gonzalez	37	119	222	63	6	0	3	30	22	16	3	1	3	20	1	3	.284	.336	.351	.687	0.6	80
C	Ray Murray	34	47	136	37	11	1	1	27	13	11	0	0	0	16	0	0	.272	.327	.390	.716	0.7	86
CF	Spike Shannon	25	50	112	32	5	0	0	9	14	14	1	4	1	21	6	3	.286	.367	.330	.698	0.1	84
2B	Ivan I De Jesus	37	55	112	23	4	0	1	11	14	14	0	0	1	26	3	0	.205	.291	.268	.559	0.3	48
SS	Jack Hudson	33	42	109	31	3	2	0	8	7	3	0	4	0	14	0	1	.284	.304	.349	.652	0.1	70
P	Gene Conley	28	40	81	20	2	0	2	12	5	1	1	17	0	23	0	0	.247	.265	.346	.611	-0.2	58
RF	Jose Guillen	36	89	85	16	5	0	1	11	3	3	0	0	1	18	0	0	.188	.213	.282	.496	-0.5	28
P	Vida Blue	31	43	70	9	3	1	0	2	5	4	0	11	0	43	0	0	.129	.176	.200	.376	-0.8	-2
P	Johan Santana	39	38	61	9	0	0	1	4	5	3	0	15	1	17	0	0	.148	.185	.197	.381	-0.8	-0
P	Fritz Peterson	23	30	62	12	3	0	0	1	5	3	0	7	0	26	0	0	.194	.231	.242	.473	-0.3	24
P	Al Leiter	26	23	27	4	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	5	0	9	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	-0.2	-5
P	Balor Moore	19	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	-100
P	Hersh Lyons	31	36	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-0.2	-47
3B	Harry Chappas	25	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	5
P	Randy Heflin	29	7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	0.0	211
P	Jack Sharrott	35	38	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	5
P	Scott Linebrink	26	46	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	John Smoltz	35	76	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Dave Pagan	22	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Dellin Betances	38	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Dean Stone	30	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
29 Players		32.2	2109	5711	1605	269	37	168	798	826	576	22	78	57	822	114	74	.281	.346	.429	.775	33.4	101
NL Rank				1	1	3	2	4	1	1	4	1	2	1	7	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				5	3	7	5	8	4	4	8	1	2	1	13	3	3	3	3	3	3	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+
Gene Conley	28	40	40	18	9	0	4.59	256.7	256	144	131	61	64	170	0	3	1	1.25	.254	0.2	97
Vida Blue	31	43	35	13	11	1	4.07	236.3	198	112	107	40	94	183	0	2	1	1.24	.240	1.7	109
Johan Santana	39	38	30	15	10	0	4.19	202.0	187	103	94	24	72	127	0	0	0	1.28	.267	2.6	107
Fritz Peterson	23	30	30	13	9	0	4.09	191.3	212	87	87	26	47	98	0	0	0	1.35	.299	2.2	109
John Smoltz	35	76	0	7	4	21	3.74	106.0	115	47	44	19	19	90	4	0	0	1.26	.302	0.8	119
Al Leiter	26	23	17	7	5	0	4.20	98.7	92	46	46	6	45	64	0	1	1	1.39	.282	1.8	106
Scott Linebrink	26	46	0	5	2	5	3.17	71.0	61	26	25	10	13	43	6	0	0	1.04	.234	0.4	141
Hersh Lyons	31	36	1	1	0	2	3.84	58.7	55	27	25	7	27	34	1	0	0	1.40	.265	-0.1	116
Jack Sharrott	35	38	0	3	2	4	3.25	52.7	53	21	19	5	38	39	4	0	0	1.73	.308	-0.2	137
Dave Pagan	22	32	0	4	6	3	5.32	47.3	57	34	28	6	22	51	4	0	0	1.67	.359	0.6	84
Dellin Betances	38	45	0	4	5	5	5.20	45.0	43	27	26	8	28	46	10	0	0	1.58	.302	-0.3	86
Dean Stone	30	33	0	2	4	3	4.40	43.0	42	22	21	7	22	35	4	0	0	1.49	.278	-0.2	102
Balor Moore	19	12	9	2	1	0	5.57	42.0	39	26	26	4	26	31	0	0	0	1.55	.278	0.4	80
Randy Heflin	29	7	0	0	0	0	8.40	15.0	17	14	14	2	10	9	0	0	0	1.80	.306	-0.2	53
14 Pitchers	29.9	499	162	94	68	44	4.26	1465.7	1427	736	693	225	527	1020	33	6	3	1.33	.273	9.8	107
NL Rank		2	1	1	8	2	5	3	3	4	5	8	3	3	2	6	2	3	3	7
ABBA Rank		3	1	3	14	6	9	5	5	7	9	16	5	3	2	10	4	7	5	13

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Conley	40	40	12	25	2	38	1	.974	256.7	1.30	1.6
V. Blue	43	35	9	21	0	32	2	.938	236.3	1.14	0.1
J. Santana	38	30	6	22	4	31	3	.903	202.0	1.25	1.7
F. Peterson	30	30	9	22	1	32	1	.969	191.3	1.46	1.7
J. Smoltz	76	0	3	4	0	7	0	1.000	106.0	0.59	-0.0
A. Leiter	23	17	6	11	1	18	1	.944	98.7	1.55	1.4
S. Linebrink	46	0	2	9	1	11	0	1.000	71.0	1.39	0.4
H. Lyons	36	1	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	58.7	0.92	0.3
J. Sharrott	38	0	1	7	0	8	0	1.000	52.7	1.37	-0.0
D. Pagan	32	0	1	3	1	4	0	1.000	47.3	0.76	0.1
D. Betances	45	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	45.0	0.80	-0.1
D. Stone	33	0	2	0	0	3	1	.667	43.0	0.42	-0.3
B. Moore	12	9	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	42.0	0.86	-0.1
R. Heflin	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	15.0	0.60	0.1
Totals	499	162	57	133	10	199	9	.955	1465.7	1.17	7.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Hartnett	132	129	843	72	8	923	8	.991	1172.7	7.02	2.8	7	45.8
R. Murray	36	33	198	14	2	216	4	.981	293.0	6.51	0.9	0	35.7
Totals	168	162	1041	86	10	1139	12	.989	1465.7	6.92	3.6	7	43.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. McGann	157	157	1251	77	100	1347	19	.986	1400.0	8.54	0.3
H. Kendrick	13	5	40	3	1	44	1	.977	60.0	6.45	-0.6
I. De Jesus	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	5.7	4.76	0.2
Totals	172	162	1292	82	101	1394	20	.986	1465.7	8.44	-0.1

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Kendrick	137	136	286	360	75	658	12	.982	1186.3	4.90	4.3
I. De Jesus	27	12	36	41	7	78	1	.987	139.3	4.97	3.2
J. Hudson	16	13	35	26	4	61	0	1.000	121.3	4.52	1.3
D. Lundy	3	1	2	1	1	3	0	1.000	13.0	2.08	-0.1
H. Chappas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.3	0.00	-0.1
R. Raines	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.3	3.86	0.0
Totals	185	162	359	429	87	801	13	.984	1465.7	4.84	8.6

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Boggs	146	145	81	255	22	340	4	.988	1298.7	2.33	12.0
D. Lundy	17	17	3	25	3	31	3	.903	150.7	1.67	-0.6
J. Hudson	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.000	6.7	1.35	-0.1
I. De Jesus	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.0
H. Chappas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.7	0.00	0.0
H. Kendrick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	175	162	84	282	26	373	7	.981	1465.7	2.25	11.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Lundy	139	137	220	408	65	634	6	.991	1229.7	4.60	-0.2
J. Hudson	18	13	25	26	4	54	3	.944	130.3	3.52	-0.9
I. De Jesus	14	12	19	33	5	52	0	1.000	103.7	4.51	0.5
H. Chappas	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	172	162	265	467	74	741	9	.988	1465.7	4.49	-0.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Raines	154	154	333	7	2	344	4	.988	1345.7	2.27	-2.8
C. Cedeno	11	8	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	83.7	2.26	-0.4
T. Gonzalez	11	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	29.3	1.53	-0.3
J. Guillen	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.0	3.60	0.0
I. De Jesus	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	179	162	363	7	2	374	4	.989	1465.7	2.27	-3.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Lofton	125	125	383	17	3	402	2	.995	1112.0	3.24	4.0
S. Shannon	25	23	78	1	0	80	1	.988	213.7	3.33	-2.7
C. Cedeno	14	14	37	1	0	40	2	.950	121.0	2.83	-2.8
T. Gonzalez	6	0	9	1	0	10	0	1.000	14.0	6.43	-0.1
R. Raines	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.2
Totals	172	162	508	20	3	533	5	.991	1465.7	3.24	-1.8

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Cedeno	125	123	313	10	0	327	4	.988	1103.3	2.63	7.9
T. Gonzalez	41	39	108	4	1	114	2	.982	339.7	2.97	4.3
J. Guillen	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	13.3	1.35	-0.1
R. Raines	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	-0.0
S. Shannon	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.3	2.08	0.0
Totals	176	162	425	14	1	445	6	.987	1465.7	2.70	12.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Rock Raines	.383
On-Base Percentage	Rock Raines	.456
Slugging Percentage	Rock Raines	.577
OPS	Rock Raines	1.033
Games	Dick Lundy, Dan McGann	161
At-Bats	Dan McGann	624
Runs	Rock Raines	117
Hits	Rock Raines	235
Doubles	Rock Raines	42
Triples	Kenny Lofton	12
Home Runs	Dan McGann	34
Runs Batted In	Dan McGann, Cesar Cedeno	102
Stolen Bases	Rock Raines	35
Caught Stealing	Dick Lundy, Rock Raines	17
Walks	Dick Lundy	111
Strikeouts	Gabby Hartnett	105

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Gene Conley	18
Losses	Vida Blue	11
Saves	John Smoltz	21
Games	John Smoltz	76
Games Started	Gene Conley	40
Complete Games	Gene Conley	3
Shutouts	Gene Conley, Vida Blue, Al Leiter	1
Innings Pitched	Gene Conley	256.7
Hits Allowed	Gene Conley	256
Home Runs Allowed	Gene Conley	61
Strikeouts	Vida Blue	183
Walks Allowed	Vida Blue	94
Earned Run Average	Vida Blue	4.07
Walks + Hits per IP	Vida Blue	1.24
BABIP	Vida Blue	.240

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
July 29th	P Dellin Betances 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Houston Eagles for	2nd Round Draft Pick