Birmingham Black Barons History - 1998 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1998 Birmingham Black Barons	99	63	.611	1^st	-	104-58	-5	.273	3.21	X		3,193,837	$55,583,393	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Eddie Collins Sr	1
All-Star	Eddie Collins Sr, Don Hood, Dick Lundy, Dan McGann, Austin McHenry, John Smoltz, Jim Umbarger	7
Batter of the Month	Eddie Collins Sr (Jun, Aug)	2
Player of the Week	Eddie Collins Sr (Apr 27, Aug 10, Aug 24, Aug 31)	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+
2B	Eddie Collins Sr	21	160	652	237	32	7	32	91	130	62	1	11	2	97	53	15	.363	.418	.581	1.000	11.6	183
1B	Dan McGann	38	160	622	173	20	0	32	92	105	68	0	5	6	104	6	1	.278	.346	.465	.811	4.3	130
SS	Dick Lundy	29	160	607	185	31	14	14	97	88	66	1	1	6	60	12	3	.305	.371	.471	.842	7.0	140
LF	Austin McHenry	29	159	588	160	33	4	24	86	78	47	0	2	5	105	3	3	.272	.323	.464	.788	3.2	123
3B	Wade Boggs	40	120	407	123	15	2	5	48	60	45	0	0	4	29	0	0	.302	.368	.386	.754	3.2	117
C	Gabby Hartnett	34	102	370	95	19	1	17	67	53	43	1	0	3	66	0	0	.257	.333	.451	.785	3.6	123
CF	Rock Raines	27	90	358	94	12	3	10	50	55	39	2	0	2	34	10	9	.263	.337	.397	.733	2.0	110
RF	Bibb Falk	29	115	342	89	13	1	18	56	52	41	0	8	4	30	1	0	.260	.336	.462	.798	1.7	126
3B	Rick Burleson	23	95	285	75	18	0	4	43	31	28	1	3	2	34	2	2	.263	.329	.368	.698	1.7	100
RF	Howie Kendrick	28	102	300	78	16	2	10	47	34	17	0	0	0	41	2	1	.260	.300	.427	.726	0.4	106
C	Frank Bowerman	34	110	287	60	8	0	11	33	33	19	3	2	1	52	3	2	.209	.265	.352	.616	0.7	75
CF	Max Venable	35	91	264	72	15	4	6	32	32	12	0	1	1	47	2	1	.273	.303	.428	.731	1.4	107
P	Fritz Peterson	25	36	71	9	2	1	0	2	3	3	1	18	0	18	0	0	.127	.173	.183	.356	-0.9	3
CF	Tom Saffell	26	36	75	11	2	0	0	4	6	6	0	0	0	17	1	0	.147	.210	.173	.383	-0.6	12
P	Al Leiter	28	35	70	9	2	0	0	4	8	3	0	7	0	29	0	0	.129	.164	.157	.322	-0.8	-7
P	Balor Moore	21	32	63	10	4	1	0	5	7	4	0	8	0	14	0	0	.159	.209	.254	.463	-0.3	32
P	Jim Umbarger	25	34	56	9	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	5	0	19	0	0	.161	.161	.161	.321	-0.8	-7
LF	Spike Shannon	27	49	54	13	2	1	0	4	3	1	1	0	1	11	3	1	.241	.263	.315	.578	-0.1	65
P	Andy Hassler	23	24	52	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	27	0	0	.173	.189	.192	.381	-0.4	10
C	Rick Cerone	31	10	28	6	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.214	.267	.357	.624	-0.0	77
P	Don Hood	26	45	19	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	.211	.211	.263	.474	-0.1	35
1B	Hank Blalock	27	15	17	7	3	0	2	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.412	.444	.941	1.386	0.5	284
P	Thornton Lee	36	6	11	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	-0.1	27
P	John Smoltz	37	71	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Scott Linebrink	28	40	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Robbie Weinhardt	29	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.0	477
P	Greg Washburn	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.0	61
P	Eddie Kolb	29	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Dave Pagan	24	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
29 Players		29.9	1959	5607	1531	250	41	186	774	794	510	11	82	37	851	98	38	.273	.333	.432	.765	37.2	117
NL Rank				1	1	3	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	4	6	3	3	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				8	1	9	1	2	4	4	11	11	2	9	11	4	5	1	5	2	2	1

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Fritz Peterson	25	36	36	17	13	0	3.24	250.3	234	101	90	41	33	155	0	4	2	1.07	.248	3.1	119
Al Leiter	28	35	35	17	10	0	3.84	213.3	173	97	91	21	102	177	0	1	0	1.29	.262	3.2	101
Balor Moore	21	32	30	15	8	0	4.03	185.3	155	91	83	28	82	175	0	0	0	1.28	.260	1.9	96
Jim Umbarger	25	34	30	14	5	1	2.73	168.3	128	62	51	21	48	124	1	0	0	1.05	.225	2.4	142
Andy Hassler	23	24	24	9	6	0	3.30	155.3	128	60	57	11	50	110	0	2	0	1.15	.253	3.6	117
John Smoltz	37	71	0	7	6	27	2.11	98.3	69	27	23	8	23	82	9	0	0	.94	.228	2.6	184
Don Hood	26	45	0	3	1	2	2.16	87.7	71	31	21	7	51	71	0	0	0	1.39	.251	0.3	179
Jim Mecir	29	60	0	7	5	7	2.96	82.0	67	30	27	7	23	54	13	0	0	1.10	.246	1.1	130
Scott Linebrink	28	40	0	2	3	3	3.06	61.7	50	23	21	5	25	34	5	0	0	1.22	.238	0.3	126
Robbie Weinhardt	29	44	0	5	4	1	3.09	55.3	45	21	19	2	13	25	5	0	0	1.05	.244	0.9	125
Thornton Lee	36	6	6	1	2	0	4.25	36.0	38	17	17	4	12	20	0	1	0	1.39	.291	0.4	91
Dale Willis	24	21	0	1	0	2	1.00	27.0	18	4	3	1	14	15	1	0	0	1.19	.215	0.2	387
Eddie Kolb	29	11	0	0	0	2	5.79	14.0	8	10	9	1	15	12	1	0	0	1.64	.200	-0.1	67
Dave Pagan	24	6	0	1	0	0	3.27	11.0	7	4	4	0	3	9	3	0	0	.91	.250	0.4	118
Greg Washburn	36	1	1	0	0	0	1.69	5.3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.38	.062	0.0	229
15 Pitchers	26.4	466	162	99	63	45	3.21	1451.0	1193	579	517	158	494	1064	38	8	2	1.16	.247	20.3	129
NL Rank		4	1	2	7	2	2	3	1	2	1	6	4	2	1	6	5	2	1	3
ABBA Rank		5	3	2	15	5	2	9	2	2	1	7	4	2	1	12	10	2	2	6

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Peterson	36	36	15	22	0	38	1	.974	250.3	1.33	0.2
A. Leiter	35	35	7	19	1	30	4	.867	213.3	1.10	0.1
B. Moore	32	30	6	18	2	27	3	.889	185.3	1.17	0.7
J. Umbarger	34	30	12	7	0	20	1	.950	168.3	1.02	-0.3
A. Hassler	24	24	11	18	1	31	2	.935	155.3	1.68	0.4
J. Smoltz	71	0	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	98.3	0.73	0.3
D. Hood	45	0	5	5	1	11	1	.909	87.7	1.03	0.5
J. Mecir	60	0	1	5	1	6	0	1.000	82.0	0.66	0.4
S. Linebrink	40	0	1	2	0	4	1	.750	61.7	0.44	0.3
R. Weinhardt	44	0	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	55.3	1.14	0.1
T. Lee	6	6	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	36.0	1.00	0.1
D. Willis	20	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	27.0	0.67	0.2
E. Kolb	11	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	0.0
D. Pagan	6	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	11.0	2.45	-0.1
G. Washburn	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	465	162	66	115	6	194	13	.933	1451.0	1.12	2.9

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Hartnett	95	94	614	52	4	677	11	.984	833.0	7.20	1.5	5	52.6
F. Bowerman	65	62	421	32	1	455	2	.996	563.0	7.24	0.1	5	30.4
R. Cerone	7	6	40	1	0	41	0	1.000	55.0	6.71	-0.7	2	0.0
Totals	167	162	1075	85	5	1173	13	.989	1451.0	7.20	0.9	12	44.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. McGann	158	158	1355	79	110	1454	20	.986	1400.0	9.22	-0.4
F. Bowerman	3	3	23	1	1	24	0	1.000	26.0	8.31	0.3
H. Blalock	8	1	17	2	4	19	0	1.000	20.0	8.55	-0.1
W. Boggs	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	0.0
R. Cerone	2	0	3	1	1	5	1	.800	2.0	18.00	-0.5
S. Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	1401	83	116	1505	21	.986	1451.0	9.20	-0.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Collins Sr	156	155	337	410	95	776	29	.963	1372.0	4.90	9.9
R. Burleson	8	6	10	18	3	29	1	.966	51.7	4.88	0.8
H. Kendrick	7	0	3	3	1	6	0	1.000	18.3	2.95	0.2
W. Boggs	1	1	3	2	0	5	0	1.000	9.0	5.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	353	433	99	816	30	.963	1451.0	4.88	10.9

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Boggs	97	95	41	179	14	226	6	.973	827.7	2.39	-0.5
R. Burleson	74	67	38	135	11	179	6	.966	600.7	2.59	2.1
E. Collins Sr	3	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	10.7	1.69	-0.1
D. McGann	5	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.2
D. Lundy	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.3
Totals	181	162	81	318	25	411	12	.971	1451.0	2.47	2.0

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Lundy	155	154	187	520	87	727	20	.972	1368.3	4.65	4.6
R. Burleson	10	7	13	21	3	34	0	1.000	67.7	4.52	2.0
W. Boggs	1	1	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	0.1
E. Collins Sr	1	0	1	2	1	4	1	.750	6.0	4.50	-0.1
Totals	167	162	203	544	91	768	21	.973	1451.0	4.63	6.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. McHenry	154	154	297	5	1	307	5	.984	1337.3	2.03	-3.9
M. Venable	24	5	21	0	0	21	0	1.000	77.3	2.44	3.3
S. Shannon	3	3	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	26.0	0.69	-0.1
R. Raines	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.0	0.00	0.0
H. Kendrick	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	4.3	2.08	-0.5
Totals	186	162	321	5	1	331	5	.985	1451.0	2.02	-1.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Raines	88	88	266	6	0	274	2	.993	774.3	3.16	-4.4
M. Venable	61	58	181	3	1	187	3	.984	507.3	3.26	-0.1
T. Saffell	30	16	51	1	0	52	0	1.000	169.3	2.76	-1.1
Totals	179	162	498	10	1	513	5	.990	1451.0	3.15	-5.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
B. Falk	91	89	201	6	0	217	10	.954	788.7	2.36	-7.0
H. Kendrick	69	69	142	3	0	149	4	.973	610.0	2.14	-5.6
M. Venable	9	4	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	48.3	1.86	0.7
S. Shannon	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.0
R. Raines	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	355	9	0	378	14	.963	1451.0	2.26	-11.9

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Eddie Collins Sr	.363
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Collins Sr	.418
Slugging Percentage	Eddie Collins Sr	.581
OPS	Eddie Collins Sr	1.000
Games	Eddie Collins Sr, Dan McGann, Dick Lundy	160
At-Bats	Eddie Collins Sr	652
Runs	Eddie Collins Sr	130
Hits	Eddie Collins Sr	237
Doubles	Austin McHenry	33
Triples	Dick Lundy	14
Home Runs	Eddie Collins Sr, Dan McGann	32
Runs Batted In	Dick Lundy	97
Stolen Bases	Eddie Collins Sr	53
Caught Stealing	Eddie Collins Sr	15
Walks	Dan McGann	68
Strikeouts	Austin McHenry	105

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Fritz Peterson, Al Leiter	17
Losses	Fritz Peterson	13
Saves	John Smoltz	27
Games	John Smoltz	71
Games Started	Fritz Peterson	36
Complete Games	Fritz Peterson	4
Shutouts	Fritz Peterson	2
Innings Pitched	Fritz Peterson	250.3
Hits Allowed	Fritz Peterson	234
Home Runs Allowed	Fritz Peterson	41
Strikeouts	Al Leiter	177
Walks Allowed	Al Leiter	102
Earned Run Average	Jim Umbarger	2.73
Walks + Hits per IP	Jim Umbarger	1.05
BABIP	Jim Umbarger	.225