Chicago American Giants History - 1996 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1996 Chicago American Giants	68	94	.420	3^rd	26	69-93	-1	.251	4.78			2,550,492	$58,744,984	$0

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Roger Bresnahan	1
Rookie of the Month	Roger Mason (Jul)	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+
2B	Marvin Williams	26	159	642	167	30	8	22	72	100	75	0	4	4	81	8	6	.260	.336	.435	.770	3.2	120
CF	Melvin Mora	32	160	605	183	28	0	18	83	99	68	3	0	6	127	3	1	.302	.372	.438	.810	0.6	132
SS	Placido Polanco	30	158	597	164	17	6	4	54	64	34	1	0	3	32	0	2	.275	.313	.343	.657	2.7	89
CF	Elmer Smith	27	153	507	116	28	1	20	82	51	41	0	8	4	97	0	0	.229	.284	.406	.691	-1.7	96
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	28	148	514	135	31	0	30	82	78	40	0	0	5	67	3	1	.263	.313	.498	.811	2.8	129
3B	Sean Berry	27	144	439	117	21	1	15	70	54	31	1	0	5	87	1	4	.267	.313	.421	.734	-0.5	109
C	Roger Bresnahan	32	106	370	109	20	3	8	47	65	74	0	2	2	43	8	3	.295	.410	.430	.840	4.5	142
RF	Seth Smith	28	126	394	95	24	4	13	47	50	37	0	1	3	67	1	0	.241	.304	.421	.725	0.5	106
LF	George Jackson	38	95	298	67	9	0	4	38	40	30	3	0	1	54	6	0	.225	.301	.295	.597	-0.7	73
1B	Gene Oliver	31	75	233	56	13	1	11	39	36	36	0	0	2	63	0	1	.240	.339	.446	.786	0.4	124
C	Clint Courtney	27	59	186	47	11	1	2	23	29	10	0	0	2	6	0	0	.253	.288	.355	.643	0.5	84
LF	Kyle Schwarber	25	49	166	35	5	3	7	26	25	18	0	0	2	45	0	0	.211	.285	.404	.689	0.0	95
SS	Nelson Liriano	27	88	129	29	4	2	2	10	10	9	0	0	1	12	1	2	.225	.273	.333	.607	-0.3	74
CF	Terrence Long	28	77	107	23	3	1	2	11	9	8	0	0	1	19	0	1	.215	.267	.318	.585	-0.3	68
P	Aaron Harang	31	39	65	4	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	15	0	38	0	0	.062	.090	.062	.151	-1.2	-55
P	Frank Pastore	22	36	63	11	3	0	0	3	2	1	0	9	1	28	0	0	.175	.185	.222	.407	-0.7	16
LF	Hulk Hogan	28	18	63	20	5	2	2	11	11	4	0	0	0	9	3	1	.317	.358	.556	.914	0.7	158
P	Sonny Gray	22	25	51	6	2	0	0	3	1	1	0	7	0	26	0	0	.118	.135	.157	.291	-0.6	-16
P	Andy Cooper	37	24	38	5	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	11	0	7	0	0	.132	.175	.132	.307	-0.5	-10
P	Sean Manaea	39	23	38	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	5	1	11	0	0	.026	.050	.053	.103	-0.8	-70
P	Rex Cecil	38	21	23	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	5	0	6	0	0	.261	.320	.261	.581	-0.2	70
P	Greg W Harris	26	40	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	.000	.133	.000	.133	-0.2	-57
C	Billy Shantz	35	7	10	5	1	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.600	1.100	0.2	215
P	Steve D Barber	32	32	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	0	.000	.091	.000	.091	-0.1	-71
P	Cal Eldred	35	45	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	-0.0	16
-	Steve Balboni	30	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Steve Simpson	30	16	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Ray Poat	28	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-0.0	7
P	Roger Mason	25	66	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.1	189
P	Taylor Buchholz	26	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Haddie Gill	32	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Brad Brach	30	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Bob Apodaca	33	49	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1	479
33 Players		29.2	2104	5587	1404	256	33	160	712	739	528	9	72	44	949	34	22	.251	.315	.395	.710	8.3	102
NL Rank				7	7	5	3	8	6	6	6	7	5	2	6	7	7	6	8	7	8	8
ABBA Rank				14	12	10	6	12	11	10	12	11	5	5	9	13	13	11	15	12	13	16

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Aaron Harang	31	39	39	15	18	0	4.31	219.3	233	133	105	23	79	131	0	0	0	1.42	.297	2.9	94
Frank Pastore	22	36	36	8	13	0	5.07	195.3	235	119	110	18	79	134	0	0	0	1.61	.342	3.0	80
Sonny Gray	22	25	25	6	10	0	4.02	152.3	155	73	68	15	42	84	0	0	0	1.29	.285	2.5	101
Andy Cooper	37	24	24	7	10	0	4.43	136.0	146	81	67	15	12	77	0	0	0	1.16	.285	2.8	91
Sean Manaea	39	23	22	5	8	0	5.13	126.3	144	81	72	9	58	65	0	1	0	1.60	.321	1.7	79
Greg W Harris	26	40	3	2	3	3	4.97	92.3	121	56	51	18	29	77	0	0	0	1.62	.358	-0.2	81
Roger Mason	25	66	0	8	13	19	5.16	90.7	111	58	52	5	57	94	2	0	0	1.85	.375	1.7	78
Rex Cecil	38	21	11	4	4	1	5.67	85.7	105	61	54	7	40	38	0	0	0	1.69	.327	0.6	71
Cal Eldred	35	45	0	1	3	1	3.44	65.3	64	25	25	10	31	48	3	0	0	1.45	.274	-0.3	118
Bob Apodaca	33	49	0	5	2	3	3.81	56.7	52	24	24	9	17	40	7	0	0	1.22	.261	-0.0	106
Steve D Barber	32	32	0	2	1	1	4.97	54.3	75	30	30	5	24	31	0	0	0	1.82	.368	0.1	82
Gene Harris	29	34	0	1	1	1	3.83	49.3	48	27	21	3	24	33	3	0	0	1.46	.304	0.4	106
Taylor Buchholz	26	30	0	2	3	2	7.16	44.0	57	38	35	9	18	25	1	0	0	1.70	.327	-0.7	57
Brad Brach	30	22	0	0	4	0	3.76	38.3	33	18	16	4	18	28	1	0	0	1.33	.259	0.1	108
Steve Simpson	30	16	0	2	0	1	7.88	24.0	27	25	21	1	23	12	0	0	0	2.08	.306	-0.3	51
Haddie Gill	32	6	0	0	0	0	4.66	9.7	12	5	5	0	7	9	0	0	0	1.97	.387	0.1	87
Ray Poat	28	2	2	0	1	0	14.62	8.0	14	13	13	6	3	4	0	0	0	2.12	.276	-0.5	28
17 Pitchers	29.8	510	162	68	94	32	4.78	1447.7	1632	867	769	157	561	930	17	1	0	1.51	.315	13.8	88
NL Rank		1	1	7	2	6	7	7	7	7	7	4	6	5	7	8	7	7	8	5
ABBA Rank		2	1	12	5	12	13	13	14	13	12	6	11	10	13	14	12	13	15	10

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Harang	39	39	4	22	2	27	1	.963	219.3	1.07	1.6
F. Pastore	36	36	15	23	0	43	5	.884	195.3	1.75	0.1
S. Gray	25	25	5	12	2	17	0	1.000	152.3	1.00	1.3
A. Cooper	24	24	3	13	1	18	2	.889	136.0	1.06	1.7
S. Manaea	23	22	1	19	0	21	1	.952	126.3	1.42	0.7
G. Harris	40	3	7	9	0	17	1	.941	92.3	1.56	0.5
R. Mason	66	0	3	3	0	6	0	1.000	90.7	0.60	0.5
R. Cecil	21	11	6	6	0	13	1	.923	85.7	1.26	-0.6
C. Eldred	45	0	5	6	0	11	0	1.000	65.3	1.52	0.5
B. Apodaca	49	0	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	56.7	1.11	0.2
S. Barber	32	0	3	7	2	10	0	1.000	54.3	1.66	0.4
G. Harris	34	0	4	6	0	12	2	.833	49.3	1.82	-0.2
T. Buchholz	30	0	1	6	0	8	1	.875	44.0	1.43	0.2
B. Brach	22	0	4	3	0	7	0	1.000	38.3	1.64	0.2
S. Simpson	16	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	24.0	0.75	0.0
H. Gill	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	9.7	1.86	0.0
R. Poat	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	510	162	65	142	7	221	14	.937	1447.7	1.29	7.2

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
R. Bresnahan	94	94	593	59	7	658	6	.991	842.0	6.97	1.4	8	47.1
C. Courtney	45	43	258	28	5	292	6	.979	379.0	6.79	0.1	5	37.1
G. Oliver	23	22	98	12	4	111	1	.991	192.7	5.14	-0.6	2	28.6
B. Shantz	5	1	13	0	0	13	0	1.000	17.0	6.88	0.0	0	0.0
K. Schwarber	2	2	12	1	0	13	0	1.000	17.0	6.88	-0.1	0	25.0
Totals	169	162	974	100	16	1087	13	.988	1447.7	6.68	0.8	15	40.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Palmeiro	121	121	1041	77	95	1131	13	.989	1074.3	9.37	4.5
G. Oliver	43	40	310	16	33	330	4	.988	343.3	8.55	-8.1
N. Liriano	7	1	18	3	3	21	0	1.000	28.0	6.75	0.1
R. Bresnahan	2	0	3	0	1	3	0	1.000	2.0	13.50	0.1
Totals	173	162	1372	96	132	1485	17	.989	1447.7	9.13	-3.4

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Williams	156	155	390	458	119	868	20	.977	1390.3	5.49	-4.0
P. Polanco	7	7	11	20	4	31	0	1.000	55.0	5.07	0.7
M. Mora	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	2.3	0.00	-0.5
Totals	164	162	401	478	123	900	21	.977	1447.7	5.46	-3.7

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Berry	105	102	59	158	15	238	21	.912	910.7	2.14	-21.6
M. Mora	61	59	26	101	9	137	10	.927	528.0	2.16	-7.4
T. Long	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.500	9.0	1.00	-0.4
Totals	167	162	86	259	24	377	32	.915	1447.7	2.14	-29.4

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
P. Polanco	149	148	253	535	103	797	9	.989	1292.0	5.49	10.0
N. Liriano	27	14	25	39	7	66	2	.970	155.7	3.70	-3.2
Totals	176	162	278	574	110	863	11	.987	1447.7	5.30	6.8

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
E. Smith	62	45	100	2	0	104	2	.981	432.7	2.12	-5.0
G. Jackson	52	50	100	4	2	108	4	.963	424.3	2.21	-1.5
K. Schwarber	48	44	105	5	1	110	0	1.000	371.7	2.66	-3.1
H. Hogan	18	18	36	0	0	37	1	.973	138.3	2.34	0.7
T. Long	5	5	6	1	0	7	0	1.000	40.0	1.57	-0.6
M. Mora	18	0	7	0	0	8	1	.875	38.7	1.63	-0.5
G. Oliver	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	2.0	4.50	-0.1
Totals	205	162	355	12	3	376	9	.976	1447.7	2.28	-10.2

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Mora	95	95	231	3	1	240	6	.975	774.0	2.72	-38.6
E. Smith	55	55	118	3	0	126	5	.960	443.7	2.45	-18.1
T. Long	62	10	66	1	0	69	2	.971	199.0	3.03	-0.6
G. Jackson	2	2	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	18.0	2.00	-1.4
S. Smith	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	7.3	3.68	-0.2
N. Liriano	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	5.7	3.18	0.2
Totals	219	162	424	7	1	444	13	.971	1447.7	2.68	-58.7

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
S. Smith	108	105	250	8	0	260	2	.992	911.0	2.55	-3.8
E. Smith	34	32	79	3	0	82	0	1.000	289.0	2.55	-1.2
G. Jackson	29	25	48	3	1	53	2	.962	221.3	2.07	-2.3
M. Mora	9	0	8	0	0	10	2	.800	26.3	2.73	0.1
Totals	180	162	385	14	1	405	6	.985	1447.7	2.48	-7.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Melvin Mora	.302
On-Base Percentage	Melvin Mora	.372
Slugging Percentage	Rafael Palmeiro	.498
OPS	Rafael Palmeiro	.811
Games	Melvin Mora	160
At-Bats	Marvin Williams	642
Runs	Marvin Williams	100
Hits	Melvin Mora	183
Doubles	Rafael Palmeiro	31
Triples	Marvin Williams	8
Home Runs	Rafael Palmeiro	30
Runs Batted In	Melvin Mora	83
Stolen Bases	Marvin Williams, Roger Bresnahan	8
Caught Stealing	Marvin Williams	6
Walks	Marvin Williams	75
Strikeouts	Melvin Mora	127

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Aaron Harang	15
Losses	Aaron Harang	18
Saves	Roger Mason	19
Games	Roger Mason	66
Games Started	Aaron Harang	39
Complete Games	Sean Manaea	1
Shutouts	17 Players Tied	0
Innings Pitched	Aaron Harang	219.3
Hits Allowed	Frank Pastore	235
Home Runs Allowed	Aaron Harang	23
Strikeouts	Frank Pastore	134
Walks Allowed	Aaron Harang, Frank Pastore	79
Earned Run Average	Aaron Harang	4.31
Walks + Hits per IP	Aaron Harang	1.42
BABIP	Aaron Harang	.297