Houston Eagles History - 1998 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1998 Houston Eagles	100	62	.617	1^st	-	94-68	6	.247	3.18	X		3,222,847	$53,919,803	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Robert Moses Grove Award	Jim Bunning	1
All-Star	Jim Bunning, Cy Perkins, Cannonball Redding, Vic Wertz	4
Pitcher of the Month	Jim Bunning (Jun), Cannonball Redding (Jul)	2
Batter of the Month	Adrian Beltre (Jul, Sep)	2
Player of the Week	Cy Perkins (Apr 20, May 4), Adrian Beltre (Jun 29, Aug 3), Brad Miller (Sep 7, Sep 14)	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+
3B	Adrian Beltre	32	158	627	189	40	0	28	108	89	48	1	0	7	67	0	0	.301	.348	.499	.848	6.8	155
CF	Kenny Lofton	42	154	616	153	19	11	9	45	91	57	0	2	5	57	14	10	.248	.310	.359	.669	2.4	104
LF	Vic Wertz	26	137	499	129	27	2	27	79	74	60	1	0	3	77	0	1	.259	.337	.483	.820	3.7	147
SS	Ruben Amaro Sr	24	140	456	120	20	9	0	35	46	57	2	2	1	60	0	0	.263	.347	.346	.693	2.5	113
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds	29	137	445	115	19	0	17	47	54	27	0	2	3	77	6	5	.258	.299	.416	.715	1.2	116
2B	Brad Miller	40	115	405	119	20	7	15	42	62	29	0	2	3	69	4	1	.294	.339	.489	.828	4.4	149
C	Cy Perkins	24	117	395	107	23	1	25	55	49	33	0	2	1	52	0	0	.271	.326	.524	.850	4.5	154
2B	Frankie Gustine	26	122	395	102	23	3	9	51	36	22	1	0	0	59	2	0	.258	.299	.400	.699	1.4	111
RF	Geoff Jenkins	26	125	354	68	15	0	9	33	40	43	2	0	1	90	0	0	.192	.282	.311	.593	-0.1	81
1B	Johnny Vergez	24	111	345	76	9	2	12	42	29	25	0	1	2	53	0	0	.220	.272	.362	.634	-0.0	92
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	30	124	322	72	17	0	12	49	42	40	0	0	0	33	1	2	.224	.309	.388	.698	0.9	112
C	Johnny Hayes	38	55	149	34	4	1	3	17	15	29	0	1	0	12	2	0	.228	.354	.329	.683	1.3	111
CF	Leonys Martin	28	111	94	25	4	0	2	13	15	10	0	0	2	19	4	3	.266	.330	.372	.703	1.6	114
P	Jim Bunning	33	34	76	10	1	0	1	5	6	3	0	18	1	16	0	0	.132	.163	.184	.347	-1.0	6
P	Jered Weaver	25	33	66	7	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	6	0	20	0	0	.106	.181	.106	.287	-0.8	-9
P	Danny Coombs	27	28	52	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	10	0	12	0	0	.038	.091	.038	.129	-1.1	-58
P	Jose RA Santiago	26	21	43	6	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	0	9	0	0	.140	.140	.163	.302	-0.5	-8
C	Alan Knicely	40	13	32	5	0	0	0	4	2	6	0	0	1	9	0	0	.156	.282	.156	.438	-0.2	39
P	Cannonball Redding	37	57	27	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	14	0	0	.037	.071	.037	.108	-0.5	-65
P	Monty Stratton	32	9	23	5	1	0	2	6	2	0	0	2	1	7	0	0	.217	.208	.522	.730	0.0	113
P	Sam Gray	36	11	20	4	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	-0.1	36
SS	Don Blasingame	31	9	17	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.294	.663	0.0	106
P	Gus McGinnis	31	60	16	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	-0.1	88
LF	Jesse Hill	28	14	15	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	.133	.235	.133	.369	-0.1	17
P	Ole Olsen	34	37	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	-0.1	-5
LF	Gino Cimoli	31	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	-0.1	-51
P	Bill Bartley	27	56	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Greg Swindell	33	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
SS	Junior Spivey	36	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Pat Clements	24	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
30 Players		30.3	2053	5519	1362	245	36	171	641	671	503	9	66	31	831	33	22	.247	.309	.397	.706	25.7	113
NL Rank				4	3	4	2	3	4	5	5	6	5	8	7	6	6	4	3	2	3	2
ABBA Rank				11	10	10	2	8	10	11	12	13	5	15	13	12	10	11	10	8	9	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+
Jim Bunning	33	34	34	20	4	0	2.61	255.0	188	79	74	26	55	199	0	5	3	.95	.230	5.8	139
Jered Weaver	25	33	33	13	14	0	3.87	218.3	221	102	94	32	36	198	0	0	0	1.18	.302	4.4	94
Danny Coombs	27	28	28	11	11	0	3.71	179.3	168	78	74	18	58	100	0	1	0	1.26	.267	2.4	98
Cannonball Redding	37	57	14	5	5	34	2.65	139.3	106	45	41	8	43	134	0	0	0	1.07	.268	4.1	137
Jose RA Santiago	26	21	18	11	5	0	3.59	128.0	95	55	51	11	40	81	0	1	0	1.05	.220	2.1	101
Gus McGinnis	31	60	9	6	8	18	2.84	98.3	83	35	31	7	33	68	7	0	0	1.18	.255	1.9	128
Bill Bartley	27	56	0	6	1	2	2.70	86.7	70	34	26	5	37	57	12	0	0	1.23	.254	1.1	135
Ole Olsen	34	37	6	0	0	0	2.81	73.7	64	23	23	8	22	42	2	0	0	1.17	.253	0.4	129
Monty Stratton	32	9	9	4	5	0	3.90	64.7	63	29	28	7	15	37	0	1	0	1.21	.273	0.9	93
Sam Gray	36	11	11	5	2	0	4.06	57.7	51	26	26	8	23	41	0	0	0	1.28	.262	0.3	90
Pat Clements	24	36	0	5	1	2	3.02	50.7	38	17	17	1	19	24	2	0	0	1.12	.233	0.7	120
Tug McGraw	40	42	0	4	5	1	3.17	48.3	54	19	17	3	7	30	4	0	0	1.26	.321	1.1	115
Tim Spooneybarger	25	32	0	7	1	3	1.59	39.7	25	7	7	2	6	26	5	0	0	.78	.198	1.0	229
Greg Swindell	33	18	0	3	0	1	3.03	32.7	30	11	11	5	5	22	1	0	0	1.07	.260	0.1	120
14 Pitchers	30.2	474	162	100	62	61	3.18	1472.3	1256	560	520	141	399	1059	33	8	3	1.12	.259	26.2	119
NL Rank		3	1	1	8	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	3	2	6	2	1	3	1
ABBA Rank		4	3	1	16	1	1	2	3	1	2	2	1	3	2	12	5	1	4	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Bunning	34	34	17	26	3	45	2	.956	255.0	1.52	0.0
J. Weaver	33	33	11	16	0	28	1	.964	218.3	1.11	0.4
D. Coombs	28	28	4	26	0	32	2	.938	179.3	1.51	-0.2
C. Redding	57	14	5	10	1	16	1	.938	139.3	0.97	0.4
J. Santiago	21	18	7	4	0	12	1	.917	128.0	0.77	0.6
G. McGinnis	59	9	5	9	1	16	2	.875	98.3	1.28	-0.5
B. Bartley	56	0	4	6	1	12	2	.833	86.7	1.04	-0.2
O. Olsen	36	5	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	73.7	1.10	0.4
M. Stratton	9	9	5	5	1	11	1	.909	64.7	1.39	-0.0
S. Gray	11	11	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	57.7	0.16	-0.2
P. Clements	35	0	4	5	0	10	1	.900	50.7	1.60	0.0
T. McGraw	42	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	48.3	1.12	-0.0
T. Spooneybarger	32	0	1	3	0	4	0	1.000	39.7	0.91	0.1
G. Swindell	16	0	1	5	2	6	0	1.000	32.7	1.65	0.1
Totals	469	161	67	128	9	208	13	.938	1472.3	1.19	0.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Perkins	113	110	696	79	10	784	9	.989	984.7	7.08	1.1	9	35.5
J. Hayes	50	43	321	20	2	343	2	.994	401.0	7.65	1.2	2	40.0
A. Knicely	13	9	59	7	2	69	3	.957	86.7	6.85	-1.2	1	9.1
Totals	176	162	1076	106	14	1196	14	.988	1472.3	7.23	1.1	12	33.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Vergez	93	88	725	51	51	788	12	.985	788.3	8.86	-0.4
R. Palmeiro	79	74	631	32	42	666	3	.995	674.3	8.85	2.0
B. Miller	2	0	11	1	0	12	0	1.000	9.0	12.00	0.0
A. Beltre	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	0.7	13.50	0.0
Totals	175	162	1368	84	94	1467	15	.990	1472.3	8.88	1.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Gustine	94	91	192	226	43	434	16	.963	812.0	4.63	-1.2
B. Miller	75	70	157	214	36	373	2	.995	650.3	5.13	7.4
D. Blasingame	2	1	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	9.7	2.79	-0.0
J. Spivey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	350	442	79	810	18	.978	1472.3	4.84	6.2

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Beltre	154	153	79	301	22	384	4	.990	1393.3	2.45	5.6
B. Miller	6	5	1	6	1	7	0	1.000	43.0	1.47	0.3
F. Gustine	3	3	3	5	1	8	0	1.000	27.0	2.67	-0.1
D. Blasingame	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	0.0
Totals	164	162	83	316	24	403	4	.990	1472.3	2.44	5.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Amaro Sr	139	138	187	408	60	604	9	.985	1236.7	4.33	-2.8
B. Miller	27	20	19	54	6	76	3	.961	189.0	3.48	-3.5
F. Gustine	6	3	4	12	5	17	1	.941	27.3	5.27	-1.2
D. Blasingame	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	13.3	0.68	-0.5
J. Spivey	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	0.0
R. Palmeiro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.3	0.00	0.0
J. Vergez	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	180	162	210	476	71	699	13	.981	1472.3	4.19	-8.0

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Wertz	132	132	258	4	1	264	2	.992	1070.7	2.20	-0.6
J. Hammonds	29	29	50	1	0	51	0	1.000	252.0	1.82	-1.8
K. Lofton	78	0	34	0	0	35	1	.971	132.7	2.31	1.1
J. Hill	4	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	14.0	2.57	-0.5
G. Cimoli	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
G. Jenkins	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	245	162	346	5	1	354	3	.992	1472.3	2.15	-1.8

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Lofton	147	146	402	12	5	417	3	.993	1165.3	3.20	-0.1
L. Martin	103	16	128	2	0	130	0	1.000	302.0	3.87	10.6
B. Miller	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	-0.0
J. Hill	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	253	162	532	14	5	549	3	.995	1472.3	3.34	10.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Jenkins	89	89	207	7	3	215	1	.995	797.7	2.41	-1.3
J. Hammonds	74	72	169	8	2	177	0	1.000	651.3	2.45	-2.2
K. Lofton	3	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	12.0	3.75	0.1
L. Martin	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70	-0.0
G. Cimoli	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.3	6.75	-0.0
Totals	168	162	385	15	5	401	1	.998	1472.3	2.45	-3.4

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Adrian Beltre	.301
On-Base Percentage	Adrian Beltre	.348
Slugging Percentage	Adrian Beltre	.499
OPS	Adrian Beltre	.848
Games	Adrian Beltre	158
At-Bats	Adrian Beltre	627
Runs	Kenny Lofton	91
Hits	Adrian Beltre	189
Doubles	Adrian Beltre	40
Triples	Kenny Lofton	11
Home Runs	Adrian Beltre	28
Runs Batted In	Adrian Beltre	108
Stolen Bases	Kenny Lofton	14
Caught Stealing	Kenny Lofton	10
Walks	Vic Wertz	60
Strikeouts	Geoff Jenkins	90

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Jim Bunning	20
Losses	Jered Weaver	14
Saves	Cannonball Redding	34
Games	Gus McGinnis	60
Games Started	Jim Bunning	34
Complete Games	Jim Bunning	5
Shutouts	Jim Bunning	3
Innings Pitched	Jim Bunning	255.0
Hits Allowed	Jered Weaver	221
Home Runs Allowed	Jered Weaver	32
Strikeouts	Jim Bunning	199
Walks Allowed	Danny Coombs	58
Earned Run Average	Jim Bunning	2.61
Walks + Hits per IP	Jim Bunning	0.95
BABIP	Jim Bunning	.230

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
January 26th	P Suds Sutherland	to the Milwaukee Bears for	1B Johnny Vergez
February 4th	RF Lee Lacy P Harry McCluskey	to the Yokohama Dodgers for	4th Round Draft Pick
February 21st	RF Tony Gonzalez	to the New York Black Yankees for	4th Round Draft Pick
April 13th	P Butch Henry	to the Kansas City Athletics for	2B Frankie Gustine
May 25th	SS Junior Spivey P Frank DiPino	to the New York Black Yankees for