Birmingham Black Barons History - 1997 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1997 Birmingham Black Barons	87	75	.537	2^nd	3	89-73	-2	.276	4.20	X		3,138,109	$56,574,407	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Bibb Falk, Gabby Hartnett, Dan McGann, Jim Mecir	4
Pitcher of the Month	Andy Hassler (Jun), Jim Mecir (Aug)	2
Batter of the Month	Dan McGann (Apr), Gabby Hartnett (Jul)	2
Rookie of the Month	Jim Mecir (Aug), Eddie Collins Sr (Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Gabby Hartnett (Apr 14), Dick Lundy (May 19, Jun 30), Gabby Hartnett (Aug 11), Rock Raines (Sep 8), Dan McGann (Sep 29)	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+
RF	Rock Raines	26	161	638	183	34	4	12	70	115	84	0	1	6	53	32	24	.287	.367	.409	.776	3.5	103
1B	Dan McGann	37	158	618	192	20	2	35	98	119	83	3	13	4	83	14	5	.311	.393	.519	.912	5.5	136
CF	Kenny Lofton	41	159	609	173	18	7	7	63	82	66	0	2	2	52	14	7	.284	.353	.371	.724	2.9	90
SS	Dick Lundy	28	156	609	164	28	14	27	103	109	52	0	2	7	70	13	10	.269	.323	.494	.818	6.4	110
3B	Wade Boggs	39	158	560	143	39	3	3	60	53	86	0	1	6	45	0	0	.255	.351	.352	.703	2.4	85
C	Gabby Hartnett	33	134	504	151	24	3	32	113	82	54	0	1	6	77	0	0	.300	.363	.550	.913	5.9	134
LF	Bibb Falk	28	140	476	140	26	0	29	85	82	53	0	1	3	36	3	1	.294	.363	.532	.894	4.1	130
2B	Eddie Collins Sr	20	86	310	105	22	2	10	57	50	38	1	5	5	55	13	6	.339	.407	.519	.926	2.6	140
LF	Austin McHenry	28	122	316	95	18	1	19	75	62	30	1	2	3	58	2	2	.301	.360	.544	.904	2.8	132
2B	Morrie Rath	34	95	274	58	6	1	5	30	27	34	0	3	2	17	2	1	.212	.297	.296	.592	1.1	56
C	Billy Shantz	36	48	151	45	8	1	0	16	17	17	0	1	1	21	0	0	.298	.367	.364	.731	1.0	92
1B	Howie Kendrick	27	95	119	28	6	0	0	12	13	6	1	1	3	20	1	2	.235	.271	.286	.557	-0.6	46
P	Vida Blue	32	40	82	13	3	0	1	6	4	3	0	16	1	13	0	0	.159	.186	.232	.418	-1.0	8
P	Andy Hassler	22	39	76	11	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	14	0	45	0	0	.145	.198	.145	.342	-0.9	-8
P	Harry C. Harper	31	40	80	15	2	0	0	1	3	4	0	10	0	26	0	0	.188	.226	.212	.439	-0.8	16
SS	Harry Chappas	26	36	81	23	2	1	1	9	9	4	0	0	1	8	2	0	.284	.314	.370	.684	0.2	78
CF	Spike Shannon	26	61	65	21	1	1	0	9	11	9	0	3	2	7	6	1	.323	.395	.369	.764	0.2	102
P	Fritz Peterson	24	25	43	5	2	0	0	2	5	4	0	17	0	11	0	0	.116	.191	.163	.354	-0.7	-6
P	Balor Moore	20	47	31	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	7	1	6	0	0	.032	.031	.032	.064	-0.8	-83
P	Jim Umbarger	24	41	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.5	-100
P	Al Leiter	27	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jim Mecir	28	73	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Scott Linebrink	27	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Dave Pagan	23	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
2B	Rick Burleson	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		31.6	1983	5669	1566	259	40	181	812	848	632	6	104	53	713	102	59	.276	.347	.432	.778	33.4	101
NL Rank				1	1	3	2	5	1	1	1	7	1	2	8	3	2	1	1	3	1	2
ABBA Rank				5	2	9	2	7	3	3	1	14	1	3	15	5	3	2	2	5	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+
Vida Blue	32	40	40	12	8	0	4.33	257.7	253	143	124	41	101	183	0	3	0	1.37	.278	2.5	101
Harry C. Harper	31	40	40	15	15	0	4.37	257.3	212	138	125	37	113	190	0	1	0	1.26	.240	2.8	100
Andy Hassler	22	39	39	16	14	0	4.26	236.7	233	121	112	36	87	158	0	1	0	1.35	.275	2.5	103
Fritz Peterson	24	25	25	10	6	0	3.62	156.7	161	73	63	26	27	103	0	2	0	1.20	.277	2.5	121
Balor Moore	20	47	13	7	6	2	4.73	140.7	150	82	74	25	57	129	0	0	0	1.47	.314	0.9	92
Jim Mecir	28	73	0	9	7	25	2.70	110.0	81	37	33	12	51	82	3	0	0	1.20	.220	0.9	162
Jim Umbarger	24	41	5	2	2	3	4.31	85.7	78	43	41	13	31	83	1	0	0	1.27	.288	1.0	102
Jack Sharrott	36	58	0	7	5	3	4.12	63.3	48	29	29	6	36	39	14	0	0	1.33	.228	0.2	106
John Smoltz	36	44	0	5	6	9	5.85	52.3	62	37	34	11	19	54	4	0	0	1.55	.340	0.1	75
Scott Linebrink	27	34	0	2	5	3	5.04	44.7	43	28	25	14	18	28	0	0	0	1.37	.216	-1.2	87
Al Leiter	27	29	0	1	1	2	2.66	40.7	27	18	12	5	22	27	1	0	0	1.20	.193	-0.0	165
Dave Pagan	23	5	0	1	0	0	8.59	7.3	7	7	7	1	7	5	0	0	0	1.91	.300	-0.1	51
Mark Huismann	38	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	.60	.250	0.1	0
Al Alburquerque	36	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	.000	0.0	0
14 Pitchers	27.4	477	162	87	75	47	4.20	1455.7	1356	756	679	227	569	1084	23	7	0	1.32	.266	12.2	107
NL Rank		3	1	5	4	2	5	4	4	5	5	8	3	1	4	7	7	4	4	7
ABBA Rank		4	1	7	10	4	10	11	4	11	10	16	9	1	4	12	13	8	5	14

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Blue	40	40	13	19	0	34	2	.941	257.7	1.12	0.1
H. Harper	40	40	12	16	0	29	1	.966	257.3	0.98	1.1
A. Hassler	39	39	18	18	1	36	0	1.000	236.7	1.37	1.4
F. Peterson	25	25	5	12	0	19	2	.895	156.7	0.98	0.5
B. Moore	47	13	5	11	0	17	1	.941	140.7	1.02	0.3
J. Mecir	73	0	5	4	1	9	0	1.000	110.0	0.74	0.6
J. Umbarger	40	5	6	6	0	12	0	1.000	85.7	1.26	0.1
J. Sharrott	57	0	0	6	0	6	0	1.000	63.3	0.85	0.4
J. Smoltz	43	0	3	1	1	4	0	1.000	52.3	0.69	0.1
S. Linebrink	34	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	44.7	0.60	0.1
A. Leiter	29	0	9	4	2	13	0	1.000	40.7	2.88	0.1
D. Pagan	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7.3	0.00	0.0
M. Huismann	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.7	0.00	0.0
A. Alburquerque	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	474	162	77	99	5	182	6	.967	1455.7	1.09	5.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Hartnett	124	121	840	59	9	913	14	.985	1090.7	7.42	-1.6	8	29.2
B. Shantz	43	41	274	25	7	305	6	.980	365.0	7.37	0.4	5	48.1
Totals	167	162	1114	84	16	1218	20	.984	1455.7	7.41	-1.1	13	34.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. McGann	157	157	1278	94	124	1393	21	.985	1387.7	8.90	-1.3
H. Kendrick	9	5	58	0	4	59	1	.983	59.3	8.80	-0.7
W. Boggs	4	0	6	3	0	9	0	1.000	6.7	12.15	0.2
E. Collins Sr	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
G. Hartnett	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	1344	97	128	1463	22	.985	1455.7	8.91	-1.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Collins Sr	84	84	183	222	58	418	13	.969	738.7	4.93	-10.3
M. Rath	86	73	160	223	57	390	7	.982	645.3	5.34	11.2
H. Kendrick	9	4	15	14	5	30	1	.967	46.7	5.59	-0.2
H. Chappas	9	0	4	3	0	7	0	1.000	15.0	4.20	0.1
D. Lundy	1	1	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	8.0	9.00	0.0
R. Burleson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
D. McGann	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	191	162	365	468	121	854	21	.975	1455.7	5.15	0.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Boggs	155	154	58	270	22	339	11	.968	1358.7	2.17	-0.3
D. Lundy	9	8	4	17	2	22	1	.955	71.7	2.64	0.4
H. Chappas	8	0	0	5	1	5	0	1.000	20.3	2.21	-0.2
D. McGann	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	4.0	4.50	-0.2
E. Collins Sr	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	63	293	25	368	12	.967	1455.7	2.20	-0.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Lundy	147	143	204	496	92	718	18	.975	1282.0	4.91	12.9
H. Chappas	19	16	19	46	8	69	4	.942	136.7	4.28	-1.0
M. Rath	7	3	8	16	3	24	0	1.000	37.0	5.84	0.1
Totals	173	162	231	558	103	811	22	.973	1455.7	4.88	12.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Falk	100	100	171	1	1	177	5	.972	872.3	1.77	-3.2
A. McHenry	63	62	113	5	2	123	5	.959	553.3	1.92	-2.3
S. Shannon	20	0	7	1	0	8	0	1.000	30.0	2.40	-0.4
Totals	183	162	291	7	3	308	10	.968	1455.7	1.84	-5.9

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Lofton	153	151	490	10	4	508	8	.984	1350.0	3.33	-1.4
S. Shannon	8	8	17	2	0	19	0	1.000	66.0	2.59	-1.2
R. Raines	11	3	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	39.7	2.95	-0.4
Totals	172	162	520	12	4	540	8	.985	1455.7	3.29	-3.0

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Raines	151	151	328	12	3	346	6	.983	1339.0	2.29	3.2
B. Falk	12	11	29	3	0	33	1	.970	104.0	2.77	-1.7
S. Shannon	7	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	11.7	3.09	-0.4
A. McHenry	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	-0.0
Totals	171	162	362	15	3	384	7	.982	1455.7	2.33	1.0

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Dan McGann	.311
On-Base Percentage	Dan McGann	.393
Slugging Percentage	Gabby Hartnett	.550
OPS	Gabby Hartnett	.913
Games	Rock Raines	161
At-Bats	Rock Raines	638
Runs	Dan McGann	119
Hits	Dan McGann	192
Doubles	Wade Boggs	39
Triples	Dick Lundy	14
Home Runs	Dan McGann	35
Runs Batted In	Gabby Hartnett	113
Stolen Bases	Rock Raines	32
Caught Stealing	Rock Raines	24
Walks	Wade Boggs	86
Strikeouts	Dan McGann	83

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Andy Hassler	16
Losses	Harry C. Harper	15
Saves	Jim Mecir	25
Games	Jim Mecir	73
Games Started	Vida Blue, Harry C. Harper	40
Complete Games	Vida Blue	3
Shutouts	14 Players Tied	0
Innings Pitched	Vida Blue	257.7
Hits Allowed	Vida Blue	253
Home Runs Allowed	Vida Blue	41
Strikeouts	Harry C. Harper	190
Walks Allowed	Harry C. Harper	113
Earned Run Average	Andy Hassler	4.26
Walks + Hits per IP	Harry C. Harper	1.26
BABIP	Harry C. Harper	.240