Chicago American Giants History - 1997 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1997 Chicago American Giants	56	106	.346	4^th	34	56-106	0	.235	4.89			2,119,605	$56,843,724	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Bob Apodaca	1
Player of the Week	Seth Smith (Aug 4), Kyle Schwarber (Aug 25)	2

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	Melvin Mora	33	159	626	167	29	0	21	62	75	55	1	0	3	115	5	0	.267	.326	.414	.739	3.3	107
2B	Placido Polanco	31	160	632	177	34	1	12	60	56	29	4	3	4	30	2	3	.280	.314	.394	.708	2.8	99
SS	Marvin Williams	27	129	522	132	14	3	18	55	66	50	1	1	5	82	2	7	.253	.317	.395	.711	1.2	100
RF	Seth Smith	29	153	485	115	29	2	14	67	67	70	2	0	4	93	2	0	.237	.333	.392	.725	1.9	104
CF	Domingo Santana	21	95	356	75	14	1	12	35	41	42	1	0	4	119	2	1	.211	.293	.357	.650	-0.0	82
C	Kyle Schwarber	26	112	348	90	12	2	17	74	43	48	3	0	2	90	1	0	.259	.352	.451	.803	3.0	125
1B	Newt Joseph	36	141	348	80	9	2	6	32	36	45	0	0	0	42	0	0	.230	.318	.319	.637	0.1	81
1B	Sean Berry	28	140	346	70	15	1	11	34	40	34	1	0	2	63	3	1	.202	.274	.347	.621	-0.4	74
LF	Hulk Hogan	29	97	290	52	12	1	6	34	27	22	1	2	3	56	3	3	.179	.237	.290	.527	-1.6	48
C	Frank Chance	35	93	256	52	11	1	5	27	27	30	1	2	3	36	2	0	.203	.286	.312	.599	0.2	69
CF	Chili Davis	27	63	236	61	14	0	4	22	22	24	0	0	1	44	5	4	.258	.326	.369	.694	-0.9	96
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	29	58	221	53	8	0	10	21	31	22	1	0	2	41	0	0	.240	.309	.412	.721	0.5	101
LF	Norm Cash	22	72	166	29	2	0	4	11	18	24	1	0	0	31	0	1	.175	.283	.259	.542	-0.8	55
LF	Willie Keeler	35	40	159	54	2	0	7	19	22	7	0	3	0	25	3	3	.340	.367	.484	.852	0.9	138
C	Clint Courtney	28	40	127	33	7	0	1	12	13	6	2	0	0	6	0	0	.260	.304	.339	.642	0.3	81
P	Sean Manaea	40	41	76	11	2	0	1	6	2	2	0	9	0	29	0	0	.145	.167	.211	.377	-0.9	6
1B	Buck Leonard	41	47	67	14	2	1	1	7	7	5	0	0	0	5	0	0	.209	.264	.313	.577	-0.0	62
P	Sonny Gray	23	33	48	3	1	1	0	4	2	3	0	13	1	21	0	0	.062	.115	.125	.240	-0.9	-32
P	Danny Duffy	35	33	55	3	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	0	26	0	0	.055	.071	.073	.144	-1.0	-59
P	Aaron Harang	32	23	36	4	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	6	0	11	0	0	.111	.135	.167	.302	-0.5	-15
P	Greg W Harris	27	27	26	6	2	0	0	1	1	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	.231	.310	.308	.618	-0.0	76
SS	Tim Beckham	28	16	26	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	.231	.286	.231	.516	-0.1	49
P	Frank Pastore	23	13	23	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	.087	.125	.130	.255	-0.3	-28
SS	Nelson Liriano	28	15	16	5	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.312	.353	.438	.790	0.1	122
RF	Kyle Parker	31	4	14	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.214	.214	.357	.571	-0.0	58
2B	Denny Hocking	31	5	10	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.333	.600	.933	0.2	156
P	Todd Wellemeyer	29	6	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	42
P	Jerry Blevins	28	13	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-0.0	-5
P	Gene Harris	30	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.0	6
P	Alfredo Aceves	25	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	-0.0	42
P	Roger Mason	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Andy Cooper	38	61	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0.0	6
P	Ray Richmond	25	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Cal Eldred	36	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Haddie Gill	33	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Brad Brach	31	60	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Bob Apodaca	34	65	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Dean Stone	31	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1	469
P	Steve Kealey	28	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Chuck Hockenbery	29	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
40 Players		29.6	2200	5555	1304	224	18	151	593	616	531	19	55	34	999	30	23	.235	.302	.363	.665	6.6	86
NL Rank				5	7	7	6	7	8	8	6	1	7	7	4	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
ABBA Rank				13	15	13	14	13	16	16	10	3	7	15	6	14	13	15	16	16	16	15

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Sean Manaea	40	41	41	6	16	0	4.34	228.0	239	130	110	20	100	95	0	0	0	1.49	.285	2.3	93
Danny Duffy	35	33	33	7	10	0	3.42	181.3	180	76	69	11	74	102	0	0	0	1.40	.290	3.6	118
Sonny Gray	23	33	33	7	21	0	5.99	180.3	221	135	120	28	75	75	0	0	0	1.64	.304	0.1	68
Aaron Harang	32	23	17	5	6	1	5.50	111.3	110	70	68	20	48	56	0	0	0	1.42	.256	-0.3	74
Greg W Harris	27	27	16	3	6	0	5.03	105.7	122	73	59	22	38	54	0	0	0	1.51	.279	-0.5	81
Bob Apodaca	34	65	0	5	8	10	3.95	98.0	104	51	43	4	40	57	6	0	0	1.47	.301	2.1	103
Brad Brach	31	60	0	4	9	7	4.91	73.3	68	46	40	7	45	46	5	0	0	1.54	.265	-0.1	83
Andy Cooper	38	61	3	2	3	7	5.65	73.3	92	49	46	12	19	30	17	0	0	1.51	.305	-0.4	72
Frank Pastore	23	13	13	1	8	0	5.55	71.3	87	47	44	10	31	41	0	0	0	1.65	.324	0.4	73
Ray Richmond	25	34	0	3	2	1	4.91	47.7	36	27	26	3	38	16	2	0	0	1.55	.214	-0.5	83
Alfredo Aceves	25	30	0	4	2	1	3.06	47.0	41	16	16	3	15	21	1	0	0	1.19	.255	0.5	132
Steve Kealey	28	35	0	2	1	3	3.93	36.7	44	19	16	1	10	16	1	0	0	1.47	.323	0.6	103
Gene Harris	30	21	0	5	0	0	6.23	34.7	42	26	24	4	23	15	1	0	0	1.87	.314	-0.4	65
Haddie Gill	33	24	0	0	2	0	6.35	34.0	38	28	24	3	36	18	0	0	0	2.18	.292	-0.7	64
Cal Eldred	36	21	0	1	2	1	3.72	29.0	22	13	12	3	18	21	3	0	0	1.38	.229	-0.1	109
Todd Wellemeyer	29	6	6	1	4	0	9.35	26.0	36	28	27	7	18	10	0	0	0	2.08	.319	-0.6	43
Jerry Blevins	28	13	0	0	1	0	5.47	24.7	28	15	15	5	6	10	0	0	0	1.38	.291	-0.3	74
Chuck Hockenbery	29	16	0	0	3	0	3.86	21.0	24	9	9	2	9	12	0	0	0	1.57	.314	0.1	105
Chris Perez	22	9	0	0	2	0	5.84	12.3	10	8	8	3	8	10	2	0	0	1.46	.219	-0.2	69
Roger Mason	26	3	0	0	0	0	7.04	7.7	9	6	6	1	5	2	0	0	0	1.83	.308	-0.1	58
Dean Stone	31	2	0	0	0	0	9.64	4.7	8	5	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	2.36	.400	0.0	42
21 Pitchers	31.3	570	162	56	106	31	4.89	1448.0	1561	877	787	169	659	709	38	0	0	1.53	.288	5.7	87
NL Rank		1	1	8	1	7	7	6	7	7	7	3	8	8	2	8	7	7	7	8
ABBA Rank		1	1	15	2	14	14	13	14	14	14	7	14	16	2	16	13	14	14	15

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Manaea	40	40	12	23	2	37	2	.946	228.0	1.38	-0.3
D. Duffy	33	33	8	24	0	33	1	.970	181.3	1.59	0.7
S. Gray	33	33	10	19	1	31	2	.935	180.3	1.45	0.3
A. Harang	23	17	8	13	2	23	2	.913	111.3	1.70	0.9
G. Harris	27	16	4	11	1	18	3	.833	105.7	1.28	0.2
B. Apodaca	65	0	4	5	0	11	2	.818	98.0	0.83	-0.4
B. Brach	60	0	4	5	0	10	1	.900	73.3	1.10	0.5
A. Cooper	60	3	4	9	0	13	0	1.000	73.3	1.60	0.6
F. Pastore	13	13	4	4	1	8	0	1.000	71.3	1.01	0.6
R. Richmond	33	0	6	6	0	13	1	.923	47.7	2.27	0.1
A. Aceves	30	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	47.0	1.15	-0.0
S. Kealey	34	0	0	2	1	3	1	.667	36.7	0.49	-0.2
G. Harris	21	0	3	3	0	7	1	.857	34.7	1.56	-0.0
H. Gill	24	0	2	3	0	7	2	.714	34.0	1.32	-0.0
C. Eldred	20	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	29.0	0.62	0.1
T. Wellemeyer	6	6	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	26.0	1.04	-0.2
J. Blevins	13	0	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	24.7	2.19	0.2
C. Hockenbery	15	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	21.0	0.43	-0.1
C. Perez	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	12.3	0.00	0.0
R. Mason	3	0	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	7.7	4.70	0.1
D. Stone	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.7	0.00	0.0
Totals	564	161	73	145	9	236	18	.924	1448.0	1.35	2.9

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
F. Chance	73	70	282	32	4	322	8	.975	608.7	4.64	-3.1	4	28.8
K. Schwarber	63	61	290	33	2	330	7	.979	543.7	5.35	-3.2	6	18.4
C. Courtney	37	31	181	19	3	205	5	.976	295.7	6.09	0.3	1	40.9
Totals	173	162	753	84	9	857	20	.977	1448.0	5.20	-5.9	11	26.8

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Palmeiro	57	57	494	47	42	551	10	.982	505.3	9.64	0.4
N. Joseph	52	51	406	37	42	446	3	.993	441.3	9.03	0.8
S. Berry	49	46	401	23	33	427	3	.993	420.0	9.09	-1.4
B. Leonard	11	8	82	7	7	89	0	1.000	73.3	10.92	0.5
F. Chance	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	3.0	9.00	0.0
D. Hocking	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.1
N. Liriano	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
N. Cash	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	1391	114	125	1521	16	.989	1448.0	9.35	0.5

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Polanco	150	150	337	495	102	847	15	.982	1308.3	5.72	3.9
N. Joseph	15	10	26	31	5	57	0	1.000	107.0	4.79	0.4
D. Hocking	1	1	6	2	1	8	0	1.000	13.0	5.54	0.2
T. Beckham	1	1	2	5	1	7	0	1.000	10.0	6.30	-0.1
M. Williams	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5.3	0.00	-0.1
M. Mora	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	4.3	4.15	0.0
Totals	171	162	371	535	109	921	15	.984	1448.0	5.63	4.3

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Mora	82	82	60	154	18	220	6	.973	714.3	2.70	7.6
M. Williams	39	37	25	81	5	109	3	.972	334.0	2.86	3.2
S. Berry	28	25	11	49	5	65	5	.923	227.7	2.37	-2.2
N. Joseph	20	17	15	30	2	45	0	1.000	159.3	2.54	0.3
T. Beckham	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.4
W. Keeler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.7	0.00	-0.6
Totals	171	162	111	316	30	441	14	.968	1448.0	2.65	8.7

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Williams	89	88	141	238	47	388	9	.977	772.0	4.42	-13.0
M. Mora	67	66	100	191	40	299	8	.973	587.3	4.46	-10.5
P. Polanco	6	5	10	25	3	35	0	1.000	50.3	6.26	0.2
N. Liriano	6	1	2	7	2	9	0	1.000	16.0	5.06	-0.6
T. Beckham	4	1	4	4	2	8	0	1.000	15.3	4.70	-0.6
N. Joseph	1	1	3	3	2	6	0	1.000	7.0	7.71	-0.0
Totals	173	162	260	468	96	745	17	.977	1448.0	4.52	-24.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Hogan	82	71	166	3	0	174	5	.971	648.3	2.35	-0.5
N. Cash	47	39	87	3	1	91	1	.989	352.3	2.30	-0.6
K. Schwarber	28	27	63	0	0	64	1	.984	243.0	2.33	2.3
W. Keeler	25	25	44	0	0	44	0	1.000	200.7	1.97	-1.6
S. Smith	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.7	2.45	-0.0
Totals	183	162	361	6	1	374	7	.981	1448.0	2.28	-0.3

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Santana	95	95	350	16	2	377	11	.971	842.7	3.91	-8.6
C. Davis	62	62	217	10	0	232	5	.978	553.3	3.69	-18.6
M. Mora	5	5	15	2	0	17	0	1.000	45.0	3.40	-0.8
S. Smith	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	5.0	1.80	0.1
D. Hocking	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	165	162	583	28	2	627	16	.974	1448.0	3.80	-27.9

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Smith	135	133	355	11	2	368	2	.995	1152.3	2.86	-1.3
W. Keeler	16	13	38	4	0	42	0	1.000	128.7	2.94	-1.2
N. Joseph	4	4	10	0	0	15	5	.667	38.0	2.37	-2.5
N. Cash	5	2	6	0	0	7	1	.857	32.7	1.65	-1.3
K. Parker	4	4	10	0	0	10	0	1.000	32.0	2.81	0.3
F. Chance	5	3	7	1	1	8	0	1.000	32.0	2.25	-0.0
H. Hogan	3	3	10	2	0	12	0	1.000	26.0	4.15	-1.1
M. Mora	1	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	6.3	5.68	-0.1
Totals	173	162	440	18	3	466	8	.983	1448.0	2.85	-7.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Placido Polanco	.280
On-Base Percentage	Seth Smith	.333
Slugging Percentage	Melvin Mora	.414
OPS	Melvin Mora	.739
Games	Placido Polanco	160
At-Bats	Placido Polanco	632
Runs	Melvin Mora	75
Hits	Placido Polanco	177
Doubles	Placido Polanco	34
Triples	Marvin Williams	3
Home Runs	Melvin Mora	21
Runs Batted In	Kyle Schwarber	74
Stolen Bases	Melvin Mora, Chili Davis	5
Caught Stealing	Marvin Williams	7
Walks	Seth Smith	70
Strikeouts	Domingo Santana	119

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Danny Duffy, Sonny Gray	7
Losses	Sonny Gray	21
Saves	Bob Apodaca	10
Games	Bob Apodaca	65
Games Started	Sean Manaea	41
Complete Games	21 Players Tied	0
Shutouts	21 Players Tied	0
Innings Pitched	Sean Manaea	228.0
Hits Allowed	Sean Manaea	239
Home Runs Allowed	Sonny Gray	28
Strikeouts	Danny Duffy	102
Walks Allowed	Sean Manaea	100
Earned Run Average	Danny Duffy	3.42
Walks + Hits per IP	Danny Duffy	1.40
BABIP	Sean Manaea	.285

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 9th	C Clint Courtney	to the Memphis Red Sox for	CF Domingo Santana P Jake Jaeckel 3rd Round Draft Pick
June 9th	1B Rafael Palmeiro P Cal Eldred	to the Houston Eagles for	1B Buck Leonard P Eddie Rommel P Alfredo Aceves 1st Round Draft Pick
June 16th	CF Chili Davis	to the Boston Americans for	SS Tim Beckham P Jerry Blevins 2nd Round Draft Pick