Chicago American Giants History - 1998 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1998 Chicago American Giants	61	101	.377	4^th	38	60-102	1	.231	4.50			1,863,617	$52,768,863	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Johnny Berardino	1
Batter of the Month	Domingo Santana (Apr)	1
Player of the Week	Placido Polanco (Jun 1)	1

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+
SS	Placido Polanco	32	160	644	175	30	5	8	62	62	29	4	1	2	44	0	2	.272	.306	.371	.677	2.8	113
3B	Marvin Williams	28	159	588	142	48	3	21	90	73	84	1	0	5	93	1	2	.241	.335	.440	.775	4.2	143
LF	Kyle Schwarber	27	148	506	118	13	4	17	64	49	59	0	0	7	117	1	0	.233	.309	.375	.685	1.6	116
2B	Newt Joseph	37	119	419	100	22	3	9	48	79	106	0	1	4	55	6	1	.239	.389	.370	.759	3.0	142
CF	Andres Torres	34	127	416	93	20	3	5	30	46	39	0	1	0	85	1	6	.224	.290	.322	.612	0.4	94
RF	Seth Smith	30	125	369	99	30	1	13	43	48	46	0	1	2	55	0	0	.268	.348	.461	.808	2.7	153
1B	Sean Berry	29	127	370	87	20	0	5	35	28	18	2	0	4	74	1	1	.235	.272	.330	.601	-0.1	89
CF	Gary Pettis	34	107	316	63	5	8	1	21	29	53	0	2	3	110	9	6	.199	.312	.275	.587	0.1	88
RF	Domingo Santana	22	88	328	90	14	1	25	61	49	37	0	0	2	92	1	2	.274	.346	.552	.898	3.9	178
1B	Johnny Berardino	23	76	285	75	18	0	10	32	31	16	0	0	4	30	1	0	.263	.298	.432	.730	1.1	127
C	Rich Gedman	27	87	264	52	15	0	6	25	28	17	1	0	2	37	0	0	.197	.246	.322	.568	0.2	78
C	Billy Shantz	37	83	269	60	14	2	2	31	20	13	0	0	1	41	0	0	.223	.258	.312	.570	0.2	80
1B	Norm Cash	23	53	195	45	2	0	8	25	31	19	2	0	1	24	0	1	.231	.304	.364	.668	-0.1	110
RF	Willie Keeler	36	95	92	18	1	0	0	4	11	4	0	5	0	20	0	0	.196	.229	.207	.436	-0.5	39
P	Sonny Gray	24	37	71	7	2	0	0	5	4	2	1	16	0	21	0	0	.099	.135	.127	.262	-1.2	-16
P	Eddie Rommel	24	20	47	5	2	0	0	3	3	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	.106	.125	.149	.274	-0.6	-14
3B	Melvin Mora	34	26	43	8	1	0	0	1	1	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	.186	.286	.209	.495	-0.3	60
P	Danny Duffy	36	21	34	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	16	0	0	.088	.088	.147	.235	-0.6	-27
P	Frank Pastore	24	23	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	12	0	0	.031	.031	.031	.062	-0.7	-80
P	Sean Manaea	41	15	26	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	9	0	9	0	0	.077	.077	.154	.231	-0.5	-29
P	Andy Cooper	39	16	25	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	7	0	3	0	0	.120	.185	.120	.305	-0.3	-1
P	Mike Minor	21	16	21	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	5	0	6	0	0	.095	.208	.095	.304	-0.4	1
P	Aaron Harang	33	35	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	.000	.074	.000	.074	-0.5	-74
P	Atlee Hammaker	22	10	17	2	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	.118	.118	.294	.412	-0.2	25
P	Jake Jaeckel	23	29	10	2	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.333	.300	.633	0.1	103
P	Ray Poat	30	18	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	-0.1	29
P	Roger Mason	27	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.250	.143	.393	-0.0	29
P	Chris Perez	23	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jerry Blevins	29	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Alfredo Aceves	26	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Brad Brach	32	52	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
31 Players		29.9	1979	5434	1254	258	32	131	589	605	559	12	71	37	978	21	21	.231	.302	.362	.664	14.3	108
NL Rank				7	7	2	3	8	8	8	2	3	4	4	4	7	7	7	5	8	8	7
ABBA Rank				15	15	8	4	16	16	16	8	9	4	9	5	15	11	15	12	16	16	12

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Sonny Gray	24	37	37	13	13	0	4.08	234.0	225	112	106	31	91	118	0	1	1	1.35	.264	0.7	86
Eddie Rommel	24	20	20	6	11	0	4.66	141.0	148	82	73	22	30	67	0	5	1	1.26	.273	0.7	75
Danny Duffy	36	21	21	4	9	0	4.27	111.7	122	56	53	12	40	45	0	0	0	1.45	.293	0.6	82
Frank Pastore	24	23	16	4	11	0	5.22	101.7	130	75	59	14	38	59	0	0	0	1.65	.328	0.3	67
Andy Cooper	39	16	16	4	7	0	3.92	96.3	90	43	42	12	10	47	0	0	0	1.04	.255	1.4	89
Aaron Harang	33	35	8	3	6	0	4.65	93.0	97	52	48	13	45	49	0	0	0	1.53	.275	-0.6	76
Sean Manaea	41	15	13	4	8	0	4.70	84.3	95	56	44	9	21	36	0	0	0	1.38	.287	0.8	75
Mike Minor	21	16	16	2	10	0	7.42	83.7	108	74	69	17	36	31	0	0	0	1.72	.302	-1.0	47
Brad Brach	32	52	0	3	4	0	3.32	62.3	58	23	23	2	36	48	10	0	0	1.51	.303	0.9	106
Bob Apodaca	35	49	0	3	5	27	2.74	62.3	54	21	19	6	20	45	2	0	0	1.19	.258	0.8	128
Alfredo Aceves	26	37	0	2	2	0	3.15	60.0	60	27	21	5	16	35	0	0	0	1.27	.284	0.5	111
Jake Jaeckel	23	29	0	1	1	0	4.67	54.0	63	36	28	5	24	37	0	0	0	1.61	.328	0.1	75
Atlee Hammaker	22	10	10	2	5	0	5.87	53.7	58	37	35	6	21	20	0	0	0	1.47	.272	0.2	60
Steve Kealey	29	37	0	4	2	2	4.78	52.7	46	29	28	7	23	28	6	0	0	1.31	.239	-0.5	73
Jerry Blevins	29	36	0	2	3	1	4.05	46.7	50	22	21	7	16	31	3	0	0	1.41	.297	-0.2	87
Ray Poat	30	18	0	1	1	0	4.86	37.0	43	25	20	10	17	22	0	0	0	1.62	.277	-1.2	72
Chris Perez	23	25	0	2	0	0	1.51	35.7	18	8	6	0	18	35	3	0	0	1.01	.205	0.8	232
Roger Mason	27	9	5	1	3	1	7.58	29.7	30	26	25	4	21	13	0	0	0	1.72	.274	-0.4	46
18 Pitchers	28.7	485	162	61	101	31	4.50	1439.7	1495	804	720	182	523	766	24	6	2	1.40	.280	4.0	84
NL Rank		1	1	8	1	8	8	6	8	8	8	7	5	8	4	8	5	7	7	8
ABBA Rank		2	3	15	2	15	13	12	13	13	13	11	6	16	7	14	10	11	12	16

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Gray	37	37	11	30	0	43	2	.953	234.0	1.58	-0.0
E. Rommel	20	20	12	12	2	26	2	.923	141.0	1.53	-0.3
D. Duffy	20	20	9	11	2	20	0	1.000	111.7	1.61	0.0
F. Pastore	23	16	6	6	0	12	0	1.000	101.7	1.06	0.3
A. Cooper	16	16	5	7	0	12	0	1.000	96.3	1.12	0.7
A. Harang	35	8	1	14	1	16	1	.938	93.0	1.45	0.2
S. Manaea	15	13	3	6	0	11	2	.818	84.3	0.96	-0.1
M. Minor	16	16	5	14	0	20	1	.950	83.7	2.04	-0.0
B. Brach	51	0	1	10	0	11	0	1.000	62.3	1.59	0.1
B. Apodaca	49	0	2	12	0	14	0	1.000	62.3	2.02	0.3
A. Aceves	37	0	3	10	1	14	1	.929	60.0	1.95	0.5
J. Jaeckel	29	0	4	4	0	10	2	.800	54.0	1.33	0.4
A. Hammaker	10	10	1	4	0	6	1	.833	53.7	0.84	0.2
S. Kealey	37	0	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	52.7	1.54	-0.0
J. Blevins	36	0	3	2	0	7	2	.714	46.7	0.96	0.4
R. Poat	18	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	37.0	0.73	0.1
C. Perez	25	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	35.7	0.76	-0.0
R. Mason	9	5	3	3	1	7	1	.857	29.7	1.82	0.0
Totals	483	161	73	156	7	244	15	.939	1439.7	1.43	2.7

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
B. Shantz	78	73	326	39	4	371	6	.984	630.0	5.21	0.0	5	35.3
R. Gedman	69	60	351	50	3	406	5	.988	557.7	6.47	1.7	4	53.1
K. Schwarber	30	29	111	19	0	132	2	.985	252.0	4.64	-1.4	0	24.0
Totals	177	162	788	108	7	909	13	.986	1439.7	5.60	0.3	9	38.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Berry	84	77	644	46	59	699	9	.987	679.0	9.15	1.0
N. Cash	51	49	427	29	42	466	10	.979	435.7	9.42	-3.7
J. Berardino	36	35	289	20	27	314	5	.984	299.0	9.30	0.7
K. Schwarber	1	1	12	0	1	12	0	1.000	11.0	9.82	0.0
N. Joseph	1	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	6.0	12.00	0.1
R. Gedman	1	0	4	0	0	5	1	.800	5.7	6.35	-0.4
S. Smith	1	0	3	0	2	3	0	1.000	3.3	8.10	0.0
Totals	175	162	1387	95	131	1507	25	.983	1439.7	9.26	-2.3

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
N. Joseph	75	72	165	191	53	365	9	.975	638.7	5.02	-10.1
M. Williams	69	69	160	183	54	353	10	.972	615.7	5.01	-5.4
J. Berardino	20	20	45	50	16	101	6	.941	172.3	4.96	-3.3
R. Gedman	1	1	2	3	0	6	1	.833	8.0	5.62	-0.4
N. Cash	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	.333	5.0	1.80	-1.2
Totals	166	162	373	427	123	828	28	.966	1439.7	5.00	-20.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Williams	86	86	54	170	18	230	6	.974	745.0	2.71	2.5
N. Joseph	40	39	14	72	6	95	9	.905	340.7	2.27	-3.1
J. Berardino	20	19	5	42	5	48	1	.979	167.0	2.53	-0.7
S. Berry	14	11	6	29	0	38	3	.921	112.3	2.80	-2.1
M. Mora	9	7	6	17	2	23	0	1.000	74.7	2.77	-0.8
Totals	169	162	85	330	31	434	19	.956	1439.7	2.59	-4.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Polanco	158	156	254	498	93	770	18	.977	1380.7	4.90	-2.8
N. Joseph	6	5	8	10	3	19	1	.947	45.0	3.60	-3.2
M. Williams	2	1	3	5	2	8	0	1.000	14.0	5.14	-0.4
Totals	166	162	265	513	98	797	19	.976	1439.7	4.86	-6.3

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
K. Schwarber	102	99	230	6	2	243	7	.971	878.3	2.42	0.3
S. Smith	39	35	104	2	0	107	1	.991	319.3	2.99	-0.2
A. Torres	26	26	63	0	0	63	0	1.000	215.7	2.63	3.3
G. Pettis	3	2	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	21.0	2.57	0.4
W. Keeler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.3	0.00	-0.4
M. Mora	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	172	162	403	8	2	419	8	.981	1439.7	2.57	3.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Pettis	98	93	338	9	2	351	4	.989	823.7	3.79	-0.4
A. Torres	64	60	197	5	1	208	6	.971	532.7	3.41	-1.9
S. Smith	10	8	20	1	0	21	0	1.000	74.3	2.54	-0.8
W. Keeler	1	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	9.0	3.00	-0.0
Totals	173	162	558	15	3	583	10	.983	1439.7	3.58	-3.2

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Santana	85	85	212	8	0	220	0	1.000	753.3	2.63	2.5
S. Smith	45	42	90	1	0	91	0	1.000	387.3	2.11	-1.4
A. Torres	34	32	79	2	1	87	6	.931	281.0	2.59	2.6
W. Keeler	3	2	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	18.0	2.00	0.5
Totals	167	161	385	11	1	402	6	.985	1439.7	2.48	4.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Placido Polanco	.272
On-Base Percentage	Newt Joseph	.389
Slugging Percentage	Marvin Williams	.440
OPS	Marvin Williams	.775
Games	Placido Polanco	160
At-Bats	Placido Polanco	644
Runs	Newt Joseph	79
Hits	Placido Polanco	175
Doubles	Marvin Williams	48
Triples	Gary Pettis	8
Home Runs	Domingo Santana	25
Runs Batted In	Marvin Williams	90
Stolen Bases	Gary Pettis	9
Caught Stealing	Andres Torres, Gary Pettis	6
Walks	Newt Joseph	106
Strikeouts	Kyle Schwarber	117

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Sonny Gray	13
Losses	Sonny Gray	13
Saves	Bob Apodaca	27
Games	Brad Brach	52
Games Started	Sonny Gray	37
Complete Games	Eddie Rommel	5
Shutouts	Sonny Gray, Eddie Rommel	1
Innings Pitched	Sonny Gray	234.0
Hits Allowed	Sonny Gray	225
Home Runs Allowed	Sonny Gray	31
Strikeouts	Sonny Gray	118
Walks Allowed	Sonny Gray	91
Earned Run Average	Sonny Gray	4.08
Walks + Hits per IP	Sonny Gray	1.35
BABIP	Sonny Gray	.264

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
June 29th	P Andy Cooper P Sean Manaea	to the Boston Americans for	3rd Round Draft Pick 1st Round Draft Pick