Chicago American Giants History - 1995 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1995 Chicago American Giants	75	87	.463	3^rd	17	82-80	-7	.252	3.63			2,484,869	$57,957,932	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Ozzie Award	Placido Polanco (SS)	1
All-Star	Mel Harder, Melvin Mora	2
Pitcher of the Month	Mel Harder (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Rafael Palmeiro (May 29), Jeff Conine (Jun 26), Melvin Mora (Jul 3)	3

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+
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	27	162	621	156	37	1	23	86	78	79	2	0	1	105	2	0	.251	.337	.425	.762	4.2	142
2B	Marvin Williams	25	159	639	194	25	2	11	63	82	53	0	3	2	90	1	1	.304	.356	.401	.757	4.1	142
3B	Sean Berry	26	161	615	166	24	3	26	96	82	55	1	0	7	131	7	4	.270	.327	.446	.773	3.7	145
SS	Placido Polanco	29	159	604	151	18	0	8	68	48	32	2	1	2	28	5	2	.250	.289	.320	.609	3.5	95
CF	Melvin Mora	31	135	522	137	27	0	20	62	78	59	3	1	2	101	4	3	.262	.340	.429	.769	4.8	144
RF	Lee Lacy	37	130	461	119	19	0	11	46	54	32	1	0	3	86	1	0	.258	.306	.371	.677	1.3	116
LF	Seth Smith	27	130	418	99	19	3	19	55	63	57	1	0	1	84	2	0	.237	.329	.433	.762	2.4	142
C	Clint Courtney	26	89	299	94	21	0	4	36	32	17	0	2	2	12	0	0	.314	.349	.425	.774	2.8	147
RF	Jeff Conine	35	117	282	79	8	2	5	33	42	34	0	0	1	33	1	0	.280	.356	.376	.732	2.3	135
C	Billy Shantz	34	70	226	57	12	2	3	27	17	13	0	0	1	31	0	0	.252	.292	.363	.654	0.8	108
RF	Trot Nixon	33	102	181	44	10	0	3	24	18	36	2	0	0	33	0	0	.243	.374	.348	.722	1.7	134
LF	Juan Encarnacion	28	61	108	28	4	1	3	14	9	8	0	0	0	19	0	0	.259	.310	.398	.708	0.3	125
SS	Junior Spivey	33	45	98	17	3	0	3	10	19	13	0	0	0	25	0	1	.173	.270	.296	.566	0.2	82
C	Kyle Schwarber	24	27	87	17	2	0	4	8	12	14	0	0	1	20	0	0	.195	.304	.356	.660	0.4	111
P	Frank Pastore	21	45	81	11	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	14	0	22	0	0	.136	.146	.160	.307	-1.0	-2
P	Sean Manaea	38	38	82	5	0	1	0	0	8	4	0	9	0	41	0	0	.061	.105	.085	.190	-1.1	-38
P	Mel Harder	29	28	63	6	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	17	0	15	0	0	.095	.095	.111	.206	-1.1	-34
P	Aaron Harang	30	35	60	3	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	8	0	16	0	0	.050	.050	.083	.133	-1.1	-58
CF	Terrence Long	27	17	50	12	2	0	5	12	9	10	0	1	1	8	1	0	.240	.361	.580	.941	0.6	195
P	Rex Cecil	37	39	35	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	7	0	7	0	0	.086	.158	.086	.244	-0.5	-19
P	Andy Cooper	36	11	10	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.100	.100	.200	.300	-0.1	-7
P	Cal Eldred	34	15	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-0.1	-8
P	Greg Swindell	30	22	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	115
P	Greg W Harris	25	79	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Gene Harris	28	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
25 Players		29.2	1886	5555	1401	235	16	148	647	664	520	12	67	24	911	24	11	.252	.316	.380	.697	28.3	121
NL Rank				4	2	6	7	6	5	5	3	3	5	8	6	7	8	2	2	4	4	3
ABBA Rank				11	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	10	5	16	12	14	16	9	10	11	11	4

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Frank Pastore	21	45	41	17	9	0	3.38	268.7	216	111	101	33	56	177	0	2	1	1.01	.230	4.0	100
Sean Manaea	38	38	38	12	15	0	3.94	244.7	221	116	107	29	77	113	0	1	0	1.22	.243	1.7	86
Mel Harder	29	28	28	14	4	0	2.76	205.3	171	66	63	22	35	120	0	5	2	1.00	.240	3.7	123
Aaron Harang	30	35	29	8	14	0	3.87	193.0	182	89	83	28	52	127	0	0	0	1.21	.263	1.7	87
Rex Cecil	37	39	16	3	7	1	3.62	144.0	124	67	58	16	51	80	0	1	0	1.22	.241	0.8	93
Greg W Harris	25	79	0	5	15	22	3.88	120.7	121	62	52	20	40	101	3	0	0	1.33	.292	-0.3	87
Bob Apodaca	32	56	0	7	6	4	3.99	65.3	54	33	29	9	19	43	12	0	0	1.12	.233	0.1	85
Taylor Buchholz	25	47	0	3	9	2	4.23	61.7	62	32	29	7	10	37	5	0	0	1.17	.271	0.6	80
Andy Cooper	36	11	8	2	2	0	3.00	45.0	46	21	15	5	3	21	0	0	0	1.09	.261	0.7	113
Cal Eldred	34	15	2	1	1	0	5.17	38.3	39	22	22	6	22	32	0	0	0	1.59	.292	-0.3	66
Greg Swindell	30	22	0	1	0	2	5.08	28.3	25	16	16	6	7	14	1	0	0	1.13	.213	-0.4	67
Brad Brach	29	12	0	0	1	1	1.69	16.0	10	4	3	2	6	7	0	0	0	1.00	.163	-0.1	201
Gene Harris	28	10	0	2	0	0	1.76	15.3	12	3	3	1	3	14	3	0	0	.98	.289	0.4	192
Rube Kroh	26	12	0	0	4	0	5.25	12.0	14	10	7	1	11	6	1	0	0	2.08	.310	-0.2	64
14 Pitchers	29.9	449	162	75	87	32	3.63	1458.3	1297	652	588	185	392	892	25	9	3	1.16	.249	12.5	97
NL Rank		4	3	5	4	8	3	5	3	3	3	6	1	5	4	6	3	2	2	6
ABBA Rank		8	3	9	8	14	3	6	4	3	3	11	1	9	8	9	4	2	2	11

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Pastore	45	41	12	19	0	31	0	1.000	268.7	1.04	0.8
S. Manaea	38	38	14	21	0	38	3	.921	244.7	1.29	1.5
M. Harder	28	28	9	20	2	30	1	.967	205.3	1.27	0.9
A. Harang	35	29	7	18	0	26	1	.962	193.0	1.17	0.5
R. Cecil	39	16	5	14	1	19	0	1.000	144.0	1.19	0.5
G. Harris	79	0	7	9	0	16	0	1.000	120.7	1.19	1.0
B. Apodaca	54	0	3	7	1	10	0	1.000	65.3	1.38	0.2
T. Buchholz	46	0	5	3	0	8	0	1.000	61.7	1.17	0.2
A. Cooper	11	8	5	7	2	13	1	.923	45.0	2.40	0.8
C. Eldred	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	38.3	0.00	0.1
G. Swindell	22	0	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	28.3	2.22	0.3
B. Brach	12	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	16.0	1.69	0.1
G. Harris	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	15.3	1.17	0.2
R. Kroh	12	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	12.0	1.50	0.0
Totals	446	162	72	127	7	205	6	.971	1458.3	1.23	7.0

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Courtney	87	78	420	39	3	463	4	.991	688.3	6.00	0.1	4	39.6
B. Shantz	69	61	350	29	2	386	7	.982	560.0	6.09	0.1	4	36.4
K. Schwarber	24	23	151	15	2	166	0	1.000	210.0	7.11	0.3	2	42.9
Totals	180	162	921	83	7	1015	11	.989	1458.3	6.20	0.4	10	38.9

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Palmeiro	158	158	1290	101	94	1403	12	.991	1421.3	8.81	7.7
J. Conine	5	4	37	1	1	38	0	1.000	37.0	9.24	-0.3
Totals	163	162	1327	102	95	1441	12	.992	1458.3	8.82	7.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Williams	155	154	306	422	81	752	24	.968	1378.7	4.75	-5.0
P. Polanco	8	8	17	20	1	37	0	1.000	73.7	4.52	0.8
J. Spivey	3	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	6.0	7.50	-0.2
Totals	166	162	324	446	83	794	24	.970	1458.3	4.75	-4.4

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Berry	155	155	74	223	22	321	24	.925	1387.3	1.93	-10.9
P. Polanco	6	6	3	15	0	19	1	.947	52.0	3.12	1.4
J. Spivey	4	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	14.0	1.29	0.2
J. Conine	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	78	239	22	342	25	.927	1458.3	1.96	-9.3

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Polanco	142	142	236	431	67	682	15	.978	1261.7	4.76	16.5
J. Spivey	25	20	25	59	5	86	2	.977	196.7	3.84	-0.4
Totals	167	162	261	490	72	768	17	.978	1458.3	4.63	16.1

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Smith	104	100	234	3	1	241	4	.983	891.7	2.39	-1.6
L. Lacy	45	45	94	2	1	96	0	1.000	371.3	2.33	2.4
J. Encarnacion	21	17	47	1	0	49	1	.980	171.7	2.52	0.6
T. Nixon	8	0	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	18.0	2.50	0.4
J. Conine	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.7	3.18	-0.0
Totals	180	162	382	6	2	393	5	.987	1458.3	2.39	1.7

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Mora	131	129	470	4	1	480	6	.988	1148.3	3.71	3.1
L. Lacy	19	18	82	4	0	86	0	1.000	170.0	4.55	-1.9
T. Long	16	15	48	1	0	50	1	.980	137.3	3.21	-0.1
T. Nixon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
S. Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	600	9	1	616	7	.989	1458.3	3.76	1.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
L. Lacy	74	61	157	7	1	167	3	.982	557.3	2.65	1.0
J. Conine	67	60	154	2	0	159	3	.981	536.7	2.62	4.1
T. Nixon	39	39	91	3	0	96	2	.979	332.7	2.54	3.1
S. Smith	4	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	17.0	2.12	-0.2
J. Encarnacion	3	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	14.7	2.45	0.2
Totals	187	162	410	12	1	430	8	.981	1458.3	2.60	8.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Marvin Williams	.304
On-Base Percentage	Marvin Williams	.356
Slugging Percentage	Sean Berry	.446
OPS	Sean Berry	.773
Games	Rafael Palmeiro	162
At-Bats	Marvin Williams	639
Runs	Marvin Williams, Sean Berry	82
Hits	Marvin Williams	194
Doubles	Rafael Palmeiro	37
Triples	Sean Berry, Seth Smith	3
Home Runs	Sean Berry	26
Runs Batted In	Sean Berry	96
Stolen Bases	Sean Berry	7
Caught Stealing	Sean Berry	4
Walks	Rafael Palmeiro	79
Strikeouts	Sean Berry	131

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Frank Pastore	17
Losses	Sean Manaea, Greg W Harris	15
Saves	Greg W Harris	22
Games	Greg W Harris	79
Games Started	Frank Pastore	41
Complete Games	Mel Harder	5
Shutouts	Mel Harder	2
Innings Pitched	Frank Pastore	268.7
Hits Allowed	Sean Manaea	221
Home Runs Allowed	Frank Pastore	33
Strikeouts	Frank Pastore	177
Walks Allowed	Sean Manaea	77
Earned Run Average	Mel Harder	2.76
Walks + Hits per IP	Mel Harder	1.00
BABIP	Frank Pastore	.230

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
March 10th	C Cliff Bolton	to the Caribou Caribou for	P Mel Harder
July 31st	P Mel Harder 3rd Round Draft Pick	to the Detroit Stars for	2B Mark DeRosa 1st Round Draft Pick
October 29th	RF Jeff Conine	to the Houston Eagles for	3rd Round Draft Pick