Birmingham Black Barons History - 1999 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1999 Birmingham Black Barons	116	46	.716	1^st	-	117-45	-1	.268	2.75	X	X	3,221,370	$64,551,010	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Most Impactful Player Award	Gabby Hartnett	1
Ozzie Award	Gabby Hartnett (C), Wade Boggs (1B), Eddie Collins Sr (2B)	3
All-Star	Wade Boggs, Eddie Collins Sr, Gabby Hartnett, Fritz Peterson, John Smoltz, Jim Umbarger	6
Pitcher of the Month	Thornton Lee (Jul)	1
Batter of the Month	Eddie Collins Sr (Jul)	1
Player of the Week	Wade Boggs (Apr 12), Eddie Collins Sr (May 17), Jimmy Sheckard (Jun 21), Al Leiter (Jul 5), Jimmy Sheckard (Aug 23)	5

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+
LF	Rock Raines	28	160	633	177	21	6	22	66	132	92	1	3	1	56	35	11	.280	.371	.436	.807	6.2	125
2B	Eddie Collins Sr	22	157	621	209	40	7	21	119	130	70	1	6	12	110	46	13	.337	.398	.525	.923	9.5	156
SS	Dick Lundy	30	142	581	167	24	2	15	74	93	45	0	2	2	69	18	9	.287	.338	.413	.751	4.7	109
C	Gabby Hartnett	35	136	504	134	15	3	35	124	91	53	4	0	8	46	0	0	.266	.336	.516	.852	6.1	134
1B	Wade Boggs	41	148	502	154	20	3	7	75	55	50	0	2	8	42	3	2	.307	.364	.400	.765	3.6	114
RF	Jimmy Sheckard	29	128	426	123	26	1	22	72	69	67	1	0	5	62	22	8	.289	.383	.509	.892	4.7	147
3B	Rick Burleson	24	124	441	117	20	1	13	68	57	42	1	5	5	38	6	8	.265	.327	.404	.731	3.0	103
CF	Tom Saffell	27	114	340	74	6	3	10	47	36	25	1	3	4	87	2	1	.218	.270	.341	.611	0.1	70
2B	Howie Kendrick	29	124	346	109	16	2	9	49	45	18	1	1	2	52	8	3	.315	.349	.451	.800	2.7	122
LF	Austin McHenry	30	119	283	76	11	0	14	54	49	23	0	0	8	48	3	4	.269	.315	.456	.771	1.5	113
CF	Dave Schneck	32	86	242	43	8	1	2	19	15	10	0	0	2	47	0	0	.178	.209	.244	.452	-0.3	26
C	Rick Cerone	32	52	149	28	7	0	2	17	13	19	1	0	0	19	0	0	.188	.284	.275	.559	0.2	58
P	Fritz Peterson	26	34	76	4	2	0	0	2	5	3	0	14	2	23	0	0	.053	.086	.079	.165	-1.5	-53
P	Al Leiter	29	33	75	8	1	0	0	8	7	6	0	9	0	23	0	0	.107	.173	.120	.293	-1.0	-16
P	Thornton Lee	37	33	73	13	3	0	0	6	12	3	1	9	0	21	0	0	.178	.221	.219	.440	-0.4	24
3B	Garth Iorg	25	28	77	22	2	0	0	4	11	4	0	0	0	8	0	0	.286	.321	.312	.633	0.3	78
P	Andy Hassler	24	26	55	9	0	1	0	2	5	2	0	10	0	30	0	0	.164	.193	.200	.393	-0.7	10
P	Don Hood	27	25	51	12	1	1	0	7	5	7	0	5	0	20	0	0	.235	.328	.294	.622	-0.0	76
SS	Harry Chappas	28	31	46	10	1	0	0	3	9	5	2	0	0	11	2	0	.217	.321	.239	.560	0.3	60
LF	Max Venable	36	44	46	12	3	0	1	5	7	4	0	1	0	7	0	0	.261	.320	.391	.711	0.2	98
P	Jim Umbarger	26	38	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	.038	.038	.038	.077	-0.6	-78
P	Jack Fisher	29	12	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.100	.100	.100	.200	-0.2	-44
P	Dale Willis	25	24	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
-	Spike Shannon	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Jim Mecir	30	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	182
P	Joe Cowley	31	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.0	182
P	John Smoltz	38	74	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Robbie Weinhardt	30	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
28 Players		29.5	1971	5619	1505	227	31	173	822	846	548	14	74	59	831	145	59	.268	.331	.412	.743	38.4	106
NL Rank				1	1	6	3	2	1	1	2	3	4	1	7	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
ABBA Rank				8	6	14	5	7	3	3	6	4	4	2	13	2	2	5	5	5	5	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	26	34	33	17	9	0	2.96	255.0	215	91	84	30	30	141	0	7	2	.96	.234	4.9	133
Thornton Lee	37	33	33	17	11	0	2.90	223.3	172	90	72	21	88	107	0	2	0	1.16	.215	2.2	135
Al Leiter	29	33	33	18	5	0	2.81	217.7	155	70	68	12	100	158	0	3	2	1.17	.239	4.5	140
Andy Hassler	24	26	26	17	2	0	2.23	169.3	110	47	42	7	69	90	0	0	0	1.06	.206	3.4	176
Don Hood	27	25	25	15	4	0	2.76	163.3	115	53	50	12	51	85	0	0	0	1.02	.210	3.0	143
Jim Umbarger	26	38	7	7	0	2	2.65	98.3	79	33	29	4	24	72	0	0	0	1.05	.256	2.6	148
John Smoltz	38	74	0	4	5	42	1.91	94.3	78	21	20	5	18	78	2	0	0	1.02	.272	3.4	206
Dave Pagan	25	57	0	8	3	6	3.04	74.0	57	29	25	9	28	60	13	0	0	1.15	.234	0.4	129
Robbie Weinhardt	30	42	0	6	2	2	2.61	48.3	33	14	14	4	11	30	4	0	0	.91	.204	0.8	151
Dale Willis	25	24	0	1	2	0	2.91	43.3	37	19	14	1	24	36	4	0	0	1.41	.279	0.7	135
Jim Mecir	30	32	0	6	0	0	1.45	43.3	29	8	7	1	10	17	2	0	0	.90	.206	0.8	270
Jack Fisher	29	12	4	0	3	1	6.06	35.7	37	26	24	9	10	9	1	0	0	1.32	.222	-0.7	65
Joe Cowley	31	1	1	0	0	0	1.42	6.3	3	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	.79	.111	0.0	276
13 Pitchers	29.0	431	162	116	46	53	2.75	1472.3	1120	502	450	116	465	886	26	12	4	1.08	.228	25.9	149
NL Rank		5	1	1	8	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	2	6	3	1	1	2
ABBA Rank		8	1	1	16	1	1	4	1	1	1	1	3	6	2	8	4	1	1	4

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Peterson	34	33	12	21	0	36	3	.917	255.0	1.16	-0.8
T. Lee	33	33	10	26	2	39	3	.923	223.3	1.45	0.6
A. Leiter	33	33	6	16	0	23	1	.957	217.7	0.91	-0.6
A. Hassler	26	26	9	19	1	30	2	.933	169.3	1.49	-1.0
D. Hood	25	25	8	14	1	22	0	1.000	163.3	1.21	-0.5
J. Umbarger	38	7	7	6	0	15	2	.867	98.3	1.19	-0.5
J. Smoltz	73	0	5	7	0	13	1	.923	94.3	1.14	-0.4
D. Pagan	57	0	3	6	0	9	0	1.000	74.0	1.09	0.4
R. Weinhardt	42	0	0	6	0	6	0	1.000	48.3	1.12	0.1
J. Mecir	32	0	1	5	0	6	0	1.000	43.3	1.25	0.1
D. Willis	23	0	3	1	0	4	0	1.000	43.3	0.83	0.2
J. Fisher	12	4	2	4	0	7	1	.857	35.7	1.51	-0.4
J. Cowley	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	6.3	1.42	0.1
Totals	429	162	66	132	4	211	13	.938	1472.3	1.21	-2.6

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
G. Hartnett	127	124	706	65	2	777	6	.992	1132.0	6.13	4.0	3	34.1
R. Cerone	42	38	215	23	1	239	1	.996	340.3	6.29	0.4	1	27.8
Totals	169	162	921	88	3	1016	7	.993	1472.3	6.17	4.4	4	32.3

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
W. Boggs	139	136	1254	83	100	1346	9	.993	1207.0	9.97	9.8
H. Kendrick	34	26	250	12	25	266	4	.985	240.7	9.80	-1.5
G. Iorg	8	0	9	3	1	12	0	1.000	12.7	8.53	0.4
R. Cerone	3	0	11	0	0	11	0	1.000	10.0	9.90	0.1
H. Chappas	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
Totals	185	162	1525	98	126	1636	13	.992	1472.3	9.92	8.7

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Collins Sr	125	125	287	382	92	683	14	.980	1119.7	5.38	11.5
H. Kendrick	38	35	78	91	21	176	7	.960	330.7	4.60	3.4
H. Chappas	3	2	3	8	2	11	0	1.000	19.0	5.21	0.6
G. Iorg	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	168	162	368	482	115	871	21	.976	1472.3	5.20	15.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Burleson	119	119	59	270	28	345	16	.954	1054.3	2.81	9.2
G. Iorg	17	17	9	36	3	49	4	.918	146.0	2.77	-0.2
E. Collins Sr	17	13	10	23	2	34	1	.971	126.0	2.36	1.6
H. Kendrick	15	12	5	29	2	34	0	1.000	112.3	2.72	0.3
H. Chappas	14	1	3	6	1	9	0	1.000	33.7	2.41	0.2
Totals	182	162	86	364	36	471	21	.955	1472.3	2.75	11.1

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Lundy	141	141	205	490	79	716	21	.971	1262.7	4.95	0.5
E. Collins Sr	16	16	34	56	8	95	5	.947	150.7	5.38	0.2
H. Chappas	11	4	6	16	2	22	0	1.000	50.0	3.96	1.1
G. Iorg	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9.0	0.00	-0.1
Totals	169	162	245	562	89	833	26	.969	1472.3	4.93	1.7

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Raines	109	103	222	3	0	230	5	.978	922.3	2.20	3.3
A. McHenry	59	59	103	4	0	109	2	.982	508.7	1.89	0.7
M. Venable	9	0	6	0	0	6	0	1.000	21.0	2.57	0.2
J. Sheckard	9	0	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	20.3	3.10	-0.1
Totals	186	162	338	7	0	352	7	.980	1472.3	2.11	4.1

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Saffell	110	97	313	7	2	326	6	.982	872.0	3.30	1.2
D. Schneck	77	65	215	2	0	221	4	.982	580.0	3.37	9.2
M. Venable	6	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	13.3	2.03	0.0
A. McHenry	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	7.0	1.29	-0.9
Totals	198	162	532	9	2	551	10	.982	1472.3	3.31	9.6

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Sheckard	109	109	220	11	1	237	6	.975	979.7	2.12	1.7
R. Raines	53	53	106	2	0	110	2	.982	459.0	2.12	-0.1
D. Schneck	14	0	8	0	0	8	0	1.000	27.7	2.60	0.7
M. Venable	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.0	1.50	-0.0
Totals	179	162	335	13	1	356	8	.978	1472.3	2.13	2.3

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Eddie Collins Sr	.337
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Collins Sr	.398
Slugging Percentage	Eddie Collins Sr	.525
OPS	Eddie Collins Sr	.923
Games	Rock Raines	160
At-Bats	Rock Raines	633
Runs	Rock Raines	132
Hits	Eddie Collins Sr	209
Doubles	Eddie Collins Sr	40
Triples	Eddie Collins Sr	7
Home Runs	Gabby Hartnett	35
Runs Batted In	Gabby Hartnett	124
Stolen Bases	Eddie Collins Sr	46
Caught Stealing	Eddie Collins Sr	13
Walks	Rock Raines	92
Strikeouts	Eddie Collins Sr	110

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Al Leiter	18
Losses	Thornton Lee	11
Saves	John Smoltz	42
Games	John Smoltz	74
Games Started	Fritz Peterson, Thornton Lee, Al Leiter	33
Complete Games	Fritz Peterson	7
Shutouts	Fritz Peterson, Al Leiter	2
Innings Pitched	Fritz Peterson	255.0
Hits Allowed	Fritz Peterson	215
Home Runs Allowed	Fritz Peterson	30
Strikeouts	Al Leiter	158
Walks Allowed	Al Leiter	100
Earned Run Average	Andy Hassler	2.23
Walks + Hits per IP	Fritz Peterson	0.96
BABIP	Andy Hassler	.206

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
February 12th	C Frank Bowerman	to the Caribou Caribou for	CF Dave Schneck 3rd Round Draft Pick