Windy City Blues History - 1998 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
1998 Windy City Playboys	85	77	.525	3^rd	10	90-72	-5	.256	3.72			2,740,402	$75,561,394	$107,187,199

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
All-Star	Ming Er, Jimmy Neuharth, Curt Wells, Art Yeandle	4
Player of the Week	Ángelo Hernández (Apr 13), Art Yeandle (May 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+
RF	Ming Er	25	154	591	210	48	7	4	62	92	89	3	4	4	104	9	9	.355	.440	.481	.920	5.6	153
SS	Cristián Rivera	28	156	572	147	23	3	4	52	66	70	2	1	5	46	5	2	.257	.337	.329	.666	1.8	84
LF	Ángelo Hernández	29	152	544	139	10	0	35	104	90	52	16	0	9	48	0	0	.256	.333	.467	.800	2.8	118
C	Curt Wells	30	142	542	139	39	2	22	83	75	57	7	1	3	127	0	0	.256	.333	.458	.791	4.2	115
3B	Clarence Willis	29	134	433	116	13	1	12	61	58	53	5	5	6	121	0	0	.268	.350	.386	.736	3.3	102
1B	Art Yeandle	29	116	364	110	24	3	20	72	67	72	2	0	6	81	0	0	.302	.414	.549	.964	4.0	163
2B	Raúl Águila	26	113	395	104	31	2	2	37	60	31	3	5	2	38	1	0	.263	.320	.367	.687	1.3	89
1B	Hirotaka Sakamoto	29	148	314	73	11	2	6	35	35	34	1	0	1	74	0	0	.232	.309	.338	.646	-0.1	78
LF	Gene Roberson	27	118	255	62	13	2	8	42	35	31	3	2	1	61	1	1	.243	.331	.404	.735	1.1	101
2B	Jerry Davis	26	113	260	66	26	3	0	30	24	17	1	2	5	31	0	1	.254	.297	.377	.674	0.5	84
SS	Dylan Torley	26	125	245	56	14	2	6	30	31	20	1	1	0	43	0	0	.229	.289	.376	.665	0.7	82
CF	Héctor Marín	29	69	221	40	13	1	5	17	26	30	0	2	1	35	2	0	.181	.278	.317	.595	0.5	63
LF	Dani Ortíz	27	84	223	48	16	3	7	37	37	13	0	0	1	56	3	0	.215	.257	.408	.665	-0.7	80
C	Alex Mendoza	24	89	169	41	8	0	3	18	14	6	1	2	2	32	0	0	.243	.270	.343	.613	-0.2	67
CF	Antonio Cintron	24	33	117	25	7	0	0	12	6	10	1	1	1	26	4	1	.214	.279	.274	.553	0.0	53
P	Dewitt Pierce	27	32	67	16	6	0	0	8	7	2	0	10	1	6	0	0	.239	.257	.328	.586	-0.3	60
P	Jimmy Neuharth	26	29	64	10	4	0	0	8	5	1	0	9	0	9	0	0	.156	.169	.219	.388	-0.5	6
P	Hai-feng Goei	29	31	54	6	1	0	1	2	4	1	2	8	0	16	0	0	.111	.158	.185	.343	-0.4	-6
P	Jerry Williams	31	32	53	7	1	0	0	3	5	1	0	10	0	16	0	0	.132	.148	.151	.299	-0.5	-18
P	Jamie Herberholz	24	32	53	10	3	0	0	7	5	1	0	8	0	15	0	0	.189	.204	.245	.449	-0.6	23
2B	Oscar Vargas	25	13	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	.071	.188	.071	.259	-0.1	-26
CF	Robby Yates	24	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.200	.273	.300	.573	-0.1	57
P	Ángelo Gonzáles	26	84	8	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	.125	.222	.250	.472	-0.1	30
P	Eddie Resendez	24	65	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
2B	Dani González	24	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.0	84
P	Seth Bram	26	66	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	-100
P	Shawn Mills	30	66	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Pete Puckett	26	70	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	0.1	302
P	Jeremiah Hebert	29	75	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	-100
P	Masayuki Rin	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
30 Players		27.6	2362	5596	1432	314	31	135	721	748	595	48	80	48	1007	26	14	.256	.330	.395	.726	22.1	99
IL Rank				3	6	2	10	7	5	5	6	7	2	5	6	10	10	6	7	6	6	7
BLB Rank				9	10	5	20	15	7	8	12	18	2	10	15	23	23	9	11	10	11	13

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Dewitt Pierce	27	33	33	10	8	0	3.19	220.3	198	88	78	11	109	149	0	2	0	1.39	.279	3.3	127
Jimmy Neuharth	26	30	30	13	11	0	3.77	212.3	197	96	89	27	53	103	0	4	1	1.18	.244	2.0	107
Hai-feng Goei	29	33	33	15	4	0	3.46	192.7	185	86	74	22	60	112	0	1	1	1.27	.275	1.9	117
Jerry Williams	31	33	31	10	13	0	4.33	189.0	180	97	91	31	73	95	0	0	0	1.34	.249	-0.7	93
Jamie Herberholz	24	33	33	9	14	0	4.04	176.0	151	83	79	8	119	146	0	0	0	1.53	.286	2.6	100
Ángelo Gonzáles	26	86	2	8	2	2	2.57	101.7	82	33	29	5	47	70	22	0	0	1.27	.250	1.1	157
Eddie Resendez	24	68	0	5	3	5	3.57	75.7	64	32	30	9	30	93	18	0	0	1.24	.304	1.2	113
Jeremiah Hebert	29	77	0	5	3	2	4.42	75.3	67	40	37	7	32	71	18	0	0	1.31	.294	0.7	91
Shawn Mills	30	67	0	5	10	34	2.59	73.0	61	26	21	3	44	56	3	0	0	1.44	.272	0.7	156
Pete Puckett	26	72	0	3	5	2	4.40	71.7	68	39	35	2	43	52	21	0	0	1.55	.296	0.7	92
Seth Bram	26	68	0	2	4	1	5.24	68.7	67	44	40	8	24	44	15	0	0	1.33	.266	0.0	77
Masayuki Rin	25	3	0	0	0	0	2.35	7.7	6	2	2	0	9	6	0	0	0	1.96	.273	-0.0	172
12 Pitchers	27.2	603	162	85	77	46	3.72	1464.0	1326	666	605	133	643	997	97	7	2	1.34	.269	13.5	112
IL Rank		8	1	6	6	6	5	1	2	5	5	6	8	7	1	2	1	5	1	7
BLB Rank		13	1	11	14	14	10	7	4	10	10	9	17	18	1	9	5	11	2	13

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Pierce	33	33	14	31	0	46	1	.978	220.3	1.84	-1.6
J. Neuharth	30	30	11	29	0	42	2	.952	212.3	1.70	0.4
H. Goei	33	33	11	31	2	43	1	.977	192.7	1.96	2.0
J. Williams	33	31	5	32	1	37	0	1.000	189.0	1.76	1.1
J. Herberholz	33	33	14	23	2	37	0	1.000	176.0	1.89	-2.3
�. Gonzáles	86	2	9	16	1	26	1	.962	101.7	2.21	-0.1
E. Resendez	68	0	4	6	0	10	0	1.000	75.7	1.19	0.7
J. Hebert	77	0	6	14	3	22	2	.909	75.3	2.39	-0.5
S. Mills	67	0	9	18	1	29	2	.931	73.0	3.33	0.3
P. Puckett	72	0	9	17	0	26	0	1.000	71.7	3.27	0.3
S. Bram	68	0	5	9	0	15	1	.933	68.7	1.83	-0.4
M. Rin	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	1.000	7.7	2.35	0.6
Totals	603	162	97	228	10	335	10	.970	1464.0	2.00	0.5

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
C. Wells	138	138	877	54	6	941	10	.989	1238.7	6.76	-0.2	13	25.3
A. Mendoza	20	17	126	10	1	136	0	1.000	164.0	7.46	0.6	3	83.3
A. Yeandle	7	7	41	1	0	43	1	.977	61.3	6.16	-0.9	0	6.7
Totals	165	162	1044	65	7	1120	11	.990	1464.0	6.82	-0.5	16	26.0

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
A. Yeandle	96	94	753	55	60	813	5	.994	790.0	9.21	0.1
H. Sakamoto	84	61	603	48	42	656	5	.992	589.7	9.94	2.0
D. Ortíz	6	4	27	2	0	29	0	1.000	30.0	8.70	-0.4
C. Rivera	3	3	31	1	4	32	0	1.000	25.3	11.37	0.3
A. Mendoza	3	0	13	0	2	13	0	1.000	11.7	10.03	0.0
C. Willis	4	0	8	1	1	9	0	1.000	8.0	10.12	0.7
R. Yates	2	0	5	1	0	6	0	1.000	5.0	10.80	0.0
G. Roberson	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	4.3	8.31	0.0
Totals	201	162	1444	108	109	1562	10	.994	1464.0	9.54	2.8

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Águila	92	91	173	241	51	421	7	.983	773.0	4.82	3.4
J. Davis	76	56	123	167	27	295	5	.983	522.3	5.00	3.0
C. Willis	19	11	23	41	7	66	2	.970	109.3	5.27	0.6
C. Rivera	11	3	12	11	4	23	0	1.000	38.3	5.40	0.7
O. Vargas	6	1	4	11	1	15	0	1.000	16.0	8.44	0.1
D. González	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	5.0	5.40	0.0
Totals	205	162	335	474	90	823	14	.983	1464.0	4.97	7.8

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Willis	98	97	58	191	18	257	8	.969	828.3	2.71	10.1
C. Rivera	49	47	39	75	9	122	8	.934	416.0	2.47	0.9
D. Torley	14	9	6	26	2	32	0	1.000	87.0	3.31	0.6
A. Mendoza	20	2	2	10	0	12	0	1.000	60.0	1.80	0.8
J. Davis	12	6	5	7	1	13	1	.923	53.7	2.01	0.2
R. Águila	3	1	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	12.0	1.50	0.0
A. Cintron	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
D. González	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	.500	3.0	3.00	0.0
O. Vargas	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	200	162	113	311	30	442	18	.959	1464.0	2.61	12.8

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
C. Rivera	100	98	127	233	37	366	6	.984	789.0	4.11	2.3
D. Torley	92	45	82	169	29	261	10	.962	479.7	4.71	1.1
C. Willis	13	9	15	27	4	42	0	1.000	84.3	4.48	0.6
R. Águila	12	9	18	28	7	46	0	1.000	81.0	5.11	-0.4
O. Vargas	4	1	3	5	0	8	0	1.000	14.0	5.14	0.0
J. Davis	6	0	2	4	1	6	0	1.000	13.0	4.15	-1.0
G. Roberson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
D. González	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
A. Yeandle	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	.500	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	230	162	247	468	78	732	17	.977	1464.0	4.40	2.6

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
�. Hernández	88	88	197	6	0	205	2	.990	756.0	2.42	1.7
G. Roberson	53	43	90	3	1	94	1	.989	413.7	2.02	4.5
D. Ortíz	30	24	46	1	1	49	2	.959	209.3	2.02	-1.2
A. Mendoza	12	3	9	0	0	11	2	.818	44.7	1.81	-1.7
H. Marín	3	2	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	17.3	2.60	1.4
M. Er	3	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	14.0	1.93	-0.1
R. Yates	2	1	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.1
Totals	191	162	354	10	2	371	7	.981	1464.0	2.24	4.5

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
H. Marín	63	62	170	4	3	175	1	.994	539.3	2.90	5.3
�. Hernández	64	49	137	3	0	141	1	.993	458.3	2.75	-6.0
A. Cintron	29	28	72	1	0	73	0	1.000	247.0	2.66	1.8
D. Ortíz	28	21	53	2	1	55	0	1.000	178.0	2.78	-6.1
G. Roberson	8	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	26.3	2.39	-1.6
R. Yates	7	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	11.7	2.31	-0.8
M. Er	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
A. Mendoza	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.3	0.00	0.0
Totals	201	162	442	10	4	454	2	.996	1464.0	2.78	-7.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
M. Er	145	143	291	9	1	302	2	.993	1284.0	2.10	-1.3
D. Ortíz	8	7	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	59.0	1.07	-0.1
A. Mendoza	7	5	2	1	0	4	1	.750	50.0	0.54	-1.5
�. Hernández	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	1.000	34.0	1.06	-0.1
G. Roberson	5	2	5	1	1	6	0	1.000	24.0	2.25	-0.1
A. Cintron	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	9.0	1.00	-0.0
H. Marín	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3.0	0.00	0.0
R. Yates	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
R. Águila	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	173	162	310	11	2	324	3	.991	1464.0	1.97	-3.1

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Ming Er	.355
On-Base Percentage	Ming Er	.440
Slugging Percentage	Ming Er	.481
OPS	Ming Er	.920
Games	Cristián Rivera	156
At-Bats	Ming Er	591
Runs	Ming Er	92
Hits	Ming Er	210
Doubles	Ming Er	48
Triples	Ming Er	7
Home Runs	Ángelo Hernández	35
Runs Batted In	Ángelo Hernández	104
Stolen Bases	Ming Er	9
Caught Stealing	Ming Er	9
Walks	Ming Er	89
Strikeouts	Curt Wells	127

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Hai-feng Goei	15
Losses	Jamie Herberholz	14
Saves	Shawn Mills	34
Games	Ángelo Gonzáles	86
Games Started	Dewitt Pierce, Hai-feng Goei, Jamie Herberholz	33
Complete Games	Jimmy Neuharth	4
Shutouts	Jimmy Neuharth, Hai-feng Goei	1
Innings Pitched	Dewitt Pierce	220.3
Hits Allowed	Dewitt Pierce	198
Home Runs Allowed	Jerry Williams	31
Strikeouts	Dewitt Pierce	149
Walks Allowed	Jamie Herberholz	119
Earned Run Average	Dewitt Pierce	3.19
Walks + Hits per IP	Jimmy Neuharth	1.18
BABIP	Jimmy Neuharth	.244