------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 533 ***************** 5-27-97 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NL West W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered GIANTS 25 19 .568 - 9- 9 16-10 4- 1 21-18 3- 4 22- 1 1- 4 2-14 4- 4 5- 2 Mike Mayko 1990 DODGERS 28 23 .549 0.5 13- 6 15-17 6- 7 22-16 9- 3 22- 3 5- 5 1-15 11-12 3- 4 Massimo Ortensi 1995 ROCKIES 23 25 .479 4 15- 9 8-16 5- 3 18-22 6- 5 20- 4 2- 3 1-18 9- 6 2- 1 Bob French 1997 PADRES 15 27 .357 9 12-10 3-17 2- 6 13-21 1- 7 9- 1 3- 2 3-24 6- 7 2- 4 Andrea Cristiani 1988 NL Central W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered PIRATES 34 14 .708 - 23- 5 11- 9 6- 3 28-11 11- 2 28- 2 3- 3 3- 9 7- 7 6- 0 Ricky Diaz 1990 CUBS 12 13 .480 10.5 2- 4 10- 9 3- 1 9-12 7- 3 8- 2 2- 1 2-10 3- 4 1- 3 David Lees 1994 ASTROS 15 29 .341 17 8-15 7-14 0- 6 15-23 6- 9 14- 3 0- 3 1-23 4-10 1- 4 Mike Ranney 1997 CARDINALS 14 33 .298 19.5 9-13 5-20 5- 8 9-25 2- 7 10- 1 2- 4 2-28 4- 5 2- 3 Don Tobin 1991 REDS 11 29 .275 19 5-10 6-19 1- 5 10-24 2- 7 9- 5 0- 2 2-22 5- 9 1- 3 Jeff Nicholson 1994 NL East W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered PHILLIES 37 10 .787 - 25- 7 12- 3 7- 1 30- 9 12- 2 29- 0 4- 1 4- 9 6- 3 3- 1 John Parker 1990 MARLINS 28 20 .583 9.5 18-10 10-10 3- 3 25-17 2- 5 20- 1 5- 4 3-15 10- 5 4- 4 Don Swearingen 1993 EXPOS 25 21 .543 11.5 14-11 11-10 3- 5 22-16 6- 6 21- 2 2- 2 2-17 8- 5 1- 2 Barry Koopersmith (TGM) BRAVES 17 16 .515 13 13- 5 4-11 3- 3 14-13 8-10 12- 1 4- 1 1-14 6- 2 1- 1 Jim Jansen 1997 METS 18 23 .439 16 13- 9 5-14 3- 5 15-18 4- 9 11- 4 4- 2 3-17 3- 7 1- 1 Gerry McDonald 1996 AL West W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered ATHLETICS 23 14 .622 0.5 5- 7 18- 7 6- 5 17- 9 3- 0 22- 0 1- 0 0-14 6- 2 1- 0 Mike Murphy 1997 MARINERS 27 17 .614 - 15- 5 12-12 8- 7 19-10 4- 3 22- 1 4- 3 1-13 4- 7 5- 1 Barry Koopersmith (TGM) RANGERS 24 27 .471 6.5 8-11 16-16 8-11 16-16 1- 6 21- 1 3- 2 0-24 3- 6 2- 1 Michael Walsh 1996 ANGELS 20 24 .455 7 13-10 7-14 6- 8 14-16 2- 1 15- 2 3- 2 2-20 9- 5 3- 2 Matt Cummings 1991 AL Central W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered ROYALS 41 9 .820 - 19- 5 22- 4 14- 3 27- 6 12- 3 35- 0 3- 1 3- 8 5- 1 1- 1 Tom Dixon, Jr. 1990 BREWERS 24 27 .471 17.5 11-15 13-12 7- 8 17-19 10- 6 20- 4 1- 4 3-19 7- 7 1- 7 John Mattfeld 1977 WHITE SOX 21 25 .457 18 10- 9 11-16 9- 8 12-17 3- 6 17- 0 4- 3 0-22 7- 9 1- 1 Chip Hopkins 1992 TWINS 18 30 .375 22 7-15 11-15 2-13 16-17 4- 8 14- 2 2- 1 2-27 4- 9 2- 2 Mark Johnson 1995 INDIANS 14 36 .280 27 7-20 7-16 4-11 10-25 8-14 12- 0 1- 6 1-30 6- 7 1- 2 Bill Mattfeld 1976 AL East W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered TIGERS 32 15 .681 - 25- 7 7- 8 12- 6 20- 9 8- 3 27- 1 4- 2 1-12 8- 7 3- 3 George C. Widenor 1987 RED SOX 26 24 .520 7.5 11-11 15-13 7- 8 19-16 3- 4 22- 2 3- 0 1-22 6- 5 1- 0 Frank Hopkins 1991 BLUE JAYS 22 26 .458 10.5 16-12 6-14 8- 5 14-21 5- 6 19- 3 2- 3 1-20 7- 8 3- 4 Roch Doran 1996 ORIOLES 17 23 .425 11.5 10-15 7- 8 5- 8 12-15 6- 4 14- 2 2- 4 1-17 5- 7 1- 1 Carmine Salerno 1997 YANKEES 18 30 .375 14.5 11-17 7-13 7- 7 11-23 3- 8 14- 1 1- 3 3-26 7- 4 1- 1 Barry Koopersmith 1974 IRBL Home Record: 347-282 .552 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN DODGERS - 4 3 2 0 5 0 4 0 2 3 2 2 1 ANGELS - 0 2 0 5 2 1 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 GIANTS 0 - 0 3 2 5 4 0 2 0 5 4 0 0 ATHLETICS 0 - 0 3 3 6 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 5 PADRES 1 0 - 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 MARINERS 1 0 - 3 5 6 1 3 0 0 0 3 2 3 ROCKIES 2 0 4 - 2 0 3 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 RANGERS 0 0 1 - 3 0 1 3 0 5 3 3 1 4 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN ASTROS 0 2 1 1 - 4 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 BREWERS 1 3 1 3 - 3 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 CARDINALS 1 1 2 6 2 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 INDIANS 4 0 0 0 1 - 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 CUBS 0 2 0 3 6 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ROYALS 3 0 2 3 4 6 - 0 2 5 6 6 4 0 PIRATES 2 0 6 4 0 3 3 - 5 4 3 2 0 2 TWINS 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 - 0 4 3 1 0 3 REDS 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 0 3 2 2 1 WHITE SOX 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 1 4 3 3 4 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN BRAVES 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0 - 3 0 4 1 BLUE JAYS 4 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 5 - 1 0 1 3 EXPOS 3 1 6 0 5 0 0 1 3 3 - 2 1 0 ORIOLES 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 2 2 - 1 0 3 MARLINS 4 2 4 0 4 3 3 2 4 0 1 - 0 1 RED SOX 0 4 3 3 2 3 0 5 3 0 2 - 1 0 METS 4 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 4 2 2 0 - 0 TIGERS 5 5 4 5 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 3 - 2 PHILLIES 5 6 0 4 4 0 0 1 5 5 0 3 4 - YANKEES 0 1 3 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 1 0 1 - IRBL # 533 5-5-97 2 ...................................... The standings include only those series received by 5-27-97 thru the MAY 24 series. ...................................... The following series were overdue as of 5-27-97: NL SERIES: (2 series) --------- APR 19, 6 g, BRA @ CUB D.Lees APR 29, 6 g, PAD @ CUB D.Lees AL SERIES: (2 series) --------- MAY 4, 4 g, WHI @ MAR (C.Hopkins) MAY 4, 6 g, ORI @ ATH M.Murphy ...................................... DMB Computer Manager Information: I asked Tom Tippett to clarify how the DMB computer manager decides who to use as a pinch-hitter. The following is Tom's response: If the scheduled hitter is part of a platoon and his platoon partner is available, the partner is chosen. If it's a blowout situation, and the computer manager is just trying to rest someone important, it will try to choose a weak player who won't be missed too much if he gets hurt. If it's not one of these special situations, the "normal" rules apply, and those are as follows: The computer manager uses the pinch- hitter list from the lineup you choose at the start of the game, whether or not the opposing pitcher has been changed. If it's a high-potential situation, it will start at the top of the list and choose the first available (unused, healthy, within playing time limits) player, regardless of left/right matchups. The good news is that it's using the PH list for the specific lineup that your manager loaded at the start of the game, which is what I think your managers expect. The bad news is that the game doesn't skip players in the list if the platoon matchup is not in their favor (I can't believe I overlooked this in the design of version 6). If the pinch hitter list is empty, or if there are no available players in the list, the computer manager then IRBL # 533 5-5-97 3 looks to the full bench to find a PH. Once it gets to this stage, it does take left/right matchups into account. We're planning to make some improvements in this area for version 7. At the moment, our #1 idea is to give you two PH lists for each lineup, one for RHP and one for LHP. This should give you the added control that you're looking for. But changes in version 7 won't help your managers this year. So you might want to let your managers know that leaving the PH lists blank is a good approach. I wish I had a better answer than this. As I said, we're going to work on this for version 7. ...................................... DMB Version 7: The Diamond Mind Baseball company has announced the forthcoming release of DMB version 7. I already have a beta test version of it. It will be too late to use version 7 for the 1997 IRBL season but it will be used in 1998. The main change is that you now have an option to play the game pitch- by-pitch in addition to play-by-play (as you have now) or letting the computer manager play the game (as you have now). It will be up to each manager if he wants to take the extra time to play a game pitch-by-pitch. I don't think that I would. I have attached text file, DMB-V7.TXT, which includes all the information about DMB version 7 taken from the Diamond Mind Baseball Internet web site. ...................................... Files included on LRD # 533: --------------------------- DMB-V7 .TXT --> Info about DMB ver 7 NEWSL533.xxx --> Newsletter # 533 plus revised team instructions files: INACTIVE.T09 --> EXPOS (5-27-97) INACTIVE.T12 --> PIRATES (5-27-97) INACTIVE.T24 --> YANKEES (5-27-97) INACTIVE.T25 --> MARINERS (5-26-97) INSTRUCT.T09 --> EXPOS (5-26-97) INSTRUCT.T24 --> YANKEES (5-27-97) INSTRUCT.T25 --> MARINERS (5-26-97) MP11 .EXP --> MARINERS (5-26-97) PITCHING.T09 --> EXPOS (5-27-97) TEAM11 .EXP --> MARINERS (5-26-97) File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- PED --> Epson Dot Matrix Compatible IRBL # 533 5-5-97 4 Printer "print file" PHL --> HP Laser Compatible Printer "print file" T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK IRBL # 533 5-5-97 5 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 5-27 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Renteria BRA .398 Jaha ROC .484 Jaha ROC .789 Jaha ROC .389 Renteria BRA .464 Gonzalez,J PHI .715 Gilkey PIR .387 Gilkey PIR .460 Gilkey PIR .699 Seitzer CUB .380 Anderson,B CUB .442 Steinbach PHI .689 Grace EXP .358 Seitzer CUB .435 McGwire PIR .682 Offerman ROC .338 McGwire PIR .428 Caminiti GIA .647 Steinbach PHI .335 Caminiti GIA .427 Seitzer CUB .630 Caminiti GIA .333 Bagwell CAR .426 Berroa CUB .627 Duncan BRA .329 Grace EXP .425 Anderson,B CUB .607 Gonzalez,J PHI .326 WilliamsM GIA .421 Buhner EXP .598 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Gilkey PIR 72 Gilkey PIR 49 Jaha ROC 57 Jaha ROC 70 Jones,Chi ROC 43 Caminiti GIA 49 Jeter DOD 69 Palmeiro,R PHI 42 McGwire PIR 45 Offerman ROC 68 Jaha ROC 42 Gilkey PIR 45 Knoblauch GIA 63 Knoblauch GIA 41 Gonzalez,J PHI 41 Grace EXP 62 Griffey MET 38 Steinbach PHI 39 Martinez,D PIR 58 Martinez,D PIR 38 Griffey MET 38 Jefferies GIA 55 McGwire PIR 36 RodriguezH PIR 38 Ripken,C PIR 55 Lopez,J ROC 34 Buhner EXP 36 Steinbach PHI 54 Caminiti GIA 33 Hoiles CAR 35 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Gilkey PIR 19 DeShields AST 4 Jaha ROC 22 RodriguezH PIR 18 Jefferies GIA 4 McGwire PIR 19 Knoblauch GIA 17 Martinez,D PIR 4 Steinbach PHI 16 Duncan BRA 16 Knoblauch GIA 4 Buhner EXP 16 Lockhart ROC 16 Valle PIR 3 Gonzalez,J PHI 15 Green ROC 16 Stocker DOD 3 Griffey MET 13 Zeile AST 15 Howard,T MET 3 Gilkey PIR 13 Ripken,C PIR 14 Surhoff PIR 3 Caminiti GIA 12 Offerman ROC 14 Offerman ROC 3 Palmeiro,R PHI 12 Cedeno,R ROC 13 Canizaro MLN 2 Hoiles CAR 10 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Gilkey PIR 32 Goodwin,T AST 33- 8 Hudler PHI 1.000 Jaha ROC 28 Young,Eri EXP 23- 7 Eisenreich PHI 1.000 RodriguezH PIR 27 Bell,De RED 22- 5 WilliamsB BRA 1.000 McGwire PIR 25 McLemore PHI 21- 6 Sanders MLN 1.000 Steinbach PHI 25 Vizquel EXP 19- 5 Phillips,T PHI 1.000 Buhner EXP 25 Morandini PAD 18- 2 Belliard PAD 1.000 Gonzalez,J PHI 24 Jordan,B PAD 18- 3 Gonzalez,J PHI 1.000 Palmeiro,R PHI 24 Goodwin,C MET 18- 8 Ochoa GIA 1.000 Caminiti GIA 22 Knoblauch GIA 15- 3 Eenhoorn AST 1.000 Zeile AST 22 Becker DOD 15- 4 Giles AST 1.000 IRBL # 533 5-5-97 6 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 5-27 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS MartinezPJ DOD 1.85 MartinezPJ DOD 96 Haney CUB 7 Brown DOD 2.16 Smoltz PHI 88 Brown DOD 10 Wells,B AST 2.21 Glavine PIR 79 Mendoza PAD 10 Hill MLN 2.30 Kile CAR 74 Woj'howski BRA 10 Appier PIR 2.33 Sanders PAD 72 Hershiser CUB 12 Smoltz PHI 2.56 Leiter,A EXP 69 Wells,B AST 13 FernandezA PHI 2.63 Schilling MLN 68 Mussina CUB 13 Woj'howski BRA 2.97 Appier PIR 67 Castillo,F BRA 13 Glavine PIR 3.06 Guzman PIR 67 Wall ROC 14 Helling RED 3.14 Osborne EXP 62 Clark,M PHI 14 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Smoltz PHI 9- 1 Glavine PIR 1.000 FernandezA PHI 3 FernandezA PHI 9- 2 Valdes,I PHI 1.000 Avery GIA 2 Glavine PIR 7- 0 Parrett BRA 1.000 Hill MLN 2 Valdes,I PHI 7- 0 Petkovsek MLN 1.000 Morgan PIR 1 Tapani PIR 7- 3 Person CUB 1.000 D'Amico AST 1 Appier PIR 6- 1 Hoffman PIR 1.000 Gardner PHI 1 Leiter,A EXP 6- 2 Corbin ROC 1.000 Schilling MLN 1 Osborne EXP 6- 2 Honeycutt CUB 1.000 Appier PIR 1 Hill MLN 6- 2 Maduro BRA 1.000 Astacio MLN 1 Gooden GIA 6- 3 Myers,Ro EXP 1.000 Brown DOD 1 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Pavlik DOD .183 Smoltz PHI .235 MartinezPJ DOD .248 Smoltz PHI .189 Brown DOD .242 Brown DOD .272 Helling RED .194 Pavlik DOD .260 Pavlik DOD .299 MartinezPJ DOD .199 Appier PIR .269 Urbina AST .301 Appier PIR .206 Wells,B AST .271 Hill MLN .312 Wells,B AST .206 Helling RED .271 Smoltz PHI .315 Guzman PIR .210 Guzman PIR .279 Hentgen DOD .325 Brown DOD .212 MartinezPJ DOD .280 Guzman PIR .330 Urbina AST .225 FernandezA PHI .281 Avery GIA .335 Sanders PAD .235 Radke MET .299 Helling RED .344 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Pavlik DOD 5.79 Brown DOD 1.03 Brown DOD 8.11 Smoltz PHI 6.08 FernandezA PHI 1.79 Smoltz PHI 8.11 MartinezPJ DOD 6.42 Valdes,I PHI 1.87 Pavlik DOD 9.16 Helling RED 6.49 Wall ROC 1.88 Wells,B AST 9.51 Wells,B AST 6.62 Clark,M PHI 1.94 Appier PIR 9.59 Appier PIR 6.72 Radke MET 2.00 FernandezA PHI 9.88 Brown DOD 6.78 Smoltz PHI 2.03 Helling RED 10.05 Guzman PIR 6.93 Mendoza PAD 2.03 MartinezPJ DOD 10.11 Urbina AST 7.56 Wells,B AST 2.21 Guzman PIR 10.15 FernandezA PHI 7.77 Osborne EXP 2.25 Schilling MLN 10.98 IRBL # 533 5-5-97 7 DMB League Team Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 5-27 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 97 ROCKIES .300 .360 .481 1681 272 505 105 11 59 260 151 318 16 17 97 CUBS .285 .357 .441 920 139 262 45 6 29 135 98 173 13 2 97 PIRATES .282 .358 .478 1689 289 477 96 12 70 277 191 337 17 19 97 PHILLIES .282 .361 .470 1596 275 450 90 6 66 256 183 294 84 17 97 EXPOS .277 .338 .424 1636 233 453 86 5 48 217 141 283 64 31 97 GIANTS .275 .342 .412 1574 233 433 88 13 34 223 153 236 34 14 97 REDS .270 .332 .407 1424 164 385 75 7 35 155 115 261 43 14 97 BRAVES .268 .335 .448 1116 156 299 79 7 36 148 106 255 14 7 97 DODGERS .260 .334 .368 1798 207 468 70 5 38 188 180 375 41 21 97 MARLINS .246 .323 .367 1650 198 406 73 11 35 188 174 340 24 17 97 ASTROS .245 .310 .351 1483 163 364 64 9 25 153 135 287 71 28 97 METS .244 .314 .404 1372 201 335 63 9 46 191 135 282 22 11 97 CARDINALS .241 .314 .360 1555 172 374 54 6 40 163 156 336 19 12 97 PADRES .238 .312 .413 1403 172 334 66 3 58 159 139 306 62 20 League Totals .265 .335 .415 2874 1054 619 2057 524 20897 5545 110 2713 4083 230 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 97 DODGERS 2.83 28 23 8 51 468.0 387 161 147 157 348 33 38 97 MARLINS 3.33 28 20 15 48 443.0 414 189 164 161 330 39 41 97 PHILLIES 3.35 37 10 10 47 430.0 393 166 160 97 343 38 30 97 PIRATES 3.35 34 14 8 48 437.2 382 181 163 157 401 30 29 97 ASTROS 4.14 15 29 5 44 397.2 403 218 183 174 246 33 24 97 GIANTS 4.25 25 19 12 44 404.1 410 207 191 178 312 32 25 97 BRAVES 4.56 17 16 14 33 290.1 302 160 147 85 222 38 19 97 PADRES 4.62 15 27 10 42 375.2 421 213 193 160 272 55 41 97 METS 4.82 18 23 8 41 358.2 379 205 192 148 290 52 29 97 CUBS 4.89 12 13 9 25 226.1 260 141 123 75 175 27 15 97 CARDINALS 4.89 14 33 7 47 410.1 445 252 223 159 291 56 35 97 EXPOS 5.12 25 21 17 46 421.2 467 262 240 195 326 50 39 97 ROCKIES 5.14 23 25 10 48 422.0 460 269 241 158 308 70 40 97 REDS 5.80 11 29 4 40 357.0 423 250 230 153 219 66 20 League Totals 4.29 302 302 5546 2597 4083 425 302 137 5442.2 2874 2057 619 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 97 PHILLIES 47 1290 423 21 37 1734 .988 2 97 PIRATES 48 1313 480 24 36 1817 .987 1 97 METS 41 1076 406 21 35 1503 .986 6 97 GIANTS 44 1213 403 24 31 1640 .985 5 97 EXPOS 46 1265 466 26 42 1757 .985 2 97 BRAVES 33 871 327 19 22 1217 .984 2 97 DODGERS 51 1404 528 31 44 1963 .984 3 97 REDS 40 1071 382 27 23 1480 .982 1 97 PADRES 42 1127 446 30 45 1603 .981 0 97 ROCKIES 48 1266 478 38 47 1782 .979 5 97 MARLINS 48 1329 532 43 43 1904 .977 5 97 CARDINALS 47 1231 464 42 40 1737 .976 3 97 ASTROS 44 1193 417 41 28 1651 .975 4 97 CUBS 25 679 228 28 18 935 .970 2 League Totals 302 16328 5980 415 491 22723 .982 41 IRBL # 533 5-5-97 8 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 5-27 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Piazza ROY .442 Piazza ROY .514 Sheffield ORI .787 Greer IND .400 Sheffield ORI .506 Piazza ROY .740 Grudz'lnek TIG .371 Greer IND .473 Burks ROY .684 Johnson,L TIG .369 Bonds ATH .456 Belle BLU .684 Lofton ATH .368 Martinez,E YAN .455 Mondesi WHI .679 Burks ROY .362 Davis,C ATH .451 Larkin MAR .641 Mondesi WHI .362 Thome RSX .443 Sorrento ANG .631 Sheffield ORI .360 Burks ROY .442 Greer IND .626 RodriguezA RSX .360 RodriguezA RSX .440 Santiago MAR .603 Kendall ATH .357 Brosius RAN .438 Canseco MAR .599 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Piazza ROY 80 Piazza ROY 51 Burks ROY 55 Grudz'lnek TIG 78 Burks ROY 51 Belle BLU 47 Johnson,L TIG 73 Grudz'lnek TIG 49 Mondesi WHI 47 RodriguezA RSX 72 Belle BLU 45 Baines ROY 45 Burks ROY 71 Finley RSX 45 Ramirez RSX 43 Mondesi WHI 71 Sheffield ORI 43 Piazza ROY 42 Martinez,T BRE 64 Mondesi WHI 43 Johnson,L TIG 42 Greer IND 62 Thome RSX 43 Gant BRE 38 Vizcaino WHI 62 Vaughn,M ROY 43 Bichette IND 38 Baines ROY 61 Johnson,L TIG 42 Karros RSX 38 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Belle BLU 19 Johnson,L TIG 6 Piazza ROY 16 Finley RSX 19 H'lndswrth ROY 6 Gant BRE 15 Ramirez RSX 16 Lankford ORI 5 Sheffield ORI 14 H'lndswrth ROY 16 Burks ROY 4 Belle BLU 14 Morris RAN 15 Stevens RSX 3 Burks ROY 14 Bichette IND 15 Myers,G TIG 3 Mondesi WHI 14 Sheffield ORI 14 Devarez BRE 3 Canseco MAR 13 Martinez,E YAN 14 Clark,D WHI 3 Larkin MAR 13 Mondesi WHI 14 Molitor BLU 3 ValentinJs RAN 13 RodriguezA RSX 14 Morris RAN 3 Sorrento ANG 12 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Belle BLU 34 Johnson,L TIG 29- 8 Finley RSX 1.000 Burks ROY 31 Lofton ATH 25- 2 Belle BLU 1.000 Mondesi WHI 31 Grudz'lnek TIG 25- 4 RodriguezA RSX 1.000 Sheffield ORI 29 Durham IND 25- 6 Alomar,R BLU 1.000 Ramirez RSX 27 Curtis RAN 19- 4 Baines ROY 1.000 ValentinJs RAN 27 Martin,A MAR 18- 8 Molitor BLU 1.000 Larkin MAR 26 Amaral TWI 16- 2 Elster ATH 1.000 H'lndswrth ROY 26 Burks ROY 15- 3 Martin,N ATH 1.000 Finley RSX 26 Larkin MAR 14- 4 Liriano IND 1.000 Morris RAN 25 Biggio BRE 14- 4 Karros RSX 1.000 IRBL # 533 5-5-97 9 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 5-27 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS Benes,An ROY 2.21 Clemens ROY 97 Darwin,D ATH 7 Clemens ROY 2.35 Finley BRE 92 Reynolds MAR 12 Maddux,G TWI 2.38 Fassero ANG 76 Harnisch ANG 12 Finley BRE 2.67 Smiley ROY 67 Mulholland ATH 13 Oliver ORI 2.98 Burba RAN 58 Maddux,G TWI 14 Moyer ANG 3.03 Nagy TIG 57 Hampton ATH 14 Smiley ROY 3.25 Wells,D RSX 55 Thompson,J WHI 15 Reynolds MAR 3.43 Reynolds MAR 54 Sager RSX 16 Harnisch ANG 3.45 McDonald BLU 54 Lira BLU 17 Wakefield MAR 3.51 Nomo ORI 50 MartinezD RSX 17 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Clemens ROY 11- 0 Clemens ROY 1.000 Moyer ANG 2 Benes,An ROY 8- 1 Grace MAR 1.000 Belcher ROY 2 Smiley ROY 8- 2 Rueter WHI 1.000 Nomo ORI 2 Nagy TIG 7- 1 Ashby TIG 1.000 Fassero ANG 2 Wakefield MAR 6- 1 Bailey,C IND 1.000 Clemens ROY 2 Stottlemyr TWI 6- 1 Embree BLU 1.000 Garcia BRE 1 Rogers TIG 6- 1 Groom YAN 1.000 Lieber RAN 1 Prieto RAN 6- 3 Carlson ANG 1.000 Campbell TIG 1 Finley BRE 6- 3 Montgomery ATH 1.000 Thompson,J WHI 1 McDonald BLU 6- 4 Eichhorn ATH 1.000 Reynolds MAR 1 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Finley BRE .193 Maddux,G TWI .279 Clemens ROY .299 Benes,An ROY .201 Finley BRE .280 Finley BRE .306 Wakefield MAR .214 Benes,An ROY .287 Moyer ANG .321 Clemens ROY .214 Clemens ROY .289 Prieto RAN .332 Stottlemyr TWI .218 Moyer ANG .289 Stottlemyr TWI .333 Prieto RAN .223 Nomo ORI .298 Benes,An ROY .346 Moyer ANG .233 Smiley ROY .300 Groom YAN .346 Nomo ORI .242 Reynolds MAR .301 Maddux,G TWI .350 Maddux,G TWI .243 Darwin,D ATH .306 Harnisch ANG .354 Smiley ROY .246 Harnisch ANG .309 MartinezR ATH .355 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Finley BRE 6.20 Darwin,D ATH 1.24 Maddux,G TWI 10.04 Benes,An ROY 6.64 Maddux,G TWI 1.51 Finley BRE 10.11 Wakefield MAR 6.87 Reynolds MAR 1.64 Moyer ANG 10.40 Stottlemyr TWI 7.00 Lira BLU 1.88 Benes,An ROY 10.62 Clemens ROY 7.15 Mulholland ATH 2.09 Clemens ROY 10.72 Prieto RAN 7.44 Wells,D RSX 2.30 Nomo ORI 11.02 Moyer ANG 7.64 Harnisch ANG 2.30 Smiley ROY 11.20 Nomo ORI 8.22 MartinezD RSX 2.42 Reynolds MAR 11.24 MartinezR ATH 8.29 Moyer ANG 2.50 Darwin,D ATH 11.29 Karl YAN 8.31 Sager RSX 2.57 Harnisch ANG 11.30 IRBL # 533 5-5-97 10 DMB League Team Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 5-27 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 97 TIGERS .313 .373 .476 1660 293 520 84 18 50 280 156 221 60 26 97 MARINERS .312 .391 .514 1578 291 493 84 3 76 279 198 285 44 15 97 ROYALS .308 .394 .493 1757 344 541 89 16 68 327 239 300 40 19 97 WHITE SOX .302 .352 .463 1649 253 498 85 9 54 229 124 278 31 17 97 RED SOX .288 .367 .482 1770 307 510 106 9 73 289 208 360 28 4 97 ATHLETICS .279 .357 .424 1282 198 358 62 5 38 188 150 202 44 11 97 BLUE JAYS .266 .331 .419 1638 229 436 85 9 49 213 153 235 45 13 97 TWINS .264 .333 .375 1657 217 438 80 5 31 203 164 269 41 15 97 RANGERS .264 .327 .425 1763 248 466 78 11 61 231 155 324 61 28 97 YANKEES .263 .353 .367 1626 208 428 76 3 29 193 215 267 25 14 97 ORIOLES .262 .333 .408 1386 200 363 64 8 41 189 142 209 13 8 97 INDIANS .257 .326 .412 1691 212 434 93 7 52 203 163 333 53 16 97 BREWERS .255 .337 .389 1767 220 450 72 8 50 208 200 328 36 18 97 ANGELS .232 .311 .384 1486 174 345 64 4 51 167 161 270 17 14 League Totals .277 .350 .432 3394 1122 723 2428 538 22710 6280 115 3199 3881 218 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 97 ROYALS 3.04 41 9 14 50 450.0 376 173 152 173 340 47 34 97 MARINERS 4.11 27 17 11 44 394.1 374 204 180 174 298 44 30 97 BLUE JAYS 4.16 22 26 7 48 428.0 460 221 198 145 269 57 40 97 BREWERS 4.19 24 27 11 51 463.2 464 242 216 214 292 50 48 97 ATHLETICS 4.38 23 14 16 37 327.0 359 176 159 101 217 29 27 97 TIGERS 4.51 32 15 18 47 426.2 439 221 214 190 304 49 35 97 ANGELS 4.64 20 24 7 44 394.0 428 217 203 147 244 39 33 97 TWINS 4.99 18 30 9 48 425.1 432 264 236 184 241 62 29 97 ORIOLES 5.05 17 23 7 40 356.2 397 229 200 150 263 60 26 97 RANGERS 5.14 24 27 14 51 450.1 505 283 257 225 291 61 39 97 WHITE SOX 5.30 21 25 9 46 402.1 459 258 237 180 284 50 31 97 RED SOX 5.39 26 24 10 50 439.0 532 287 263 154 283 64 46 97 YANKEES 5.51 18 30 11 48 421.1 517 295 258 183 283 50 34 97 INDIANS 6.06 14 36 13 50 438.0 538 324 295 208 272 61 41 League Totals 4.75 327 327 6280 3068 3881 493 327 157 5816.2 3394 2428 723 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 97 TIGERS 47 1280 508 22 38 1810 .988 2 97 ATHLETICS 37 981 413 22 32 1416 .984 2 97 BLUE JAYS 48 1284 482 30 44 1796 .983 5 97 MARINERS 44 1183 455 28 34 1666 .983 6 97 INDIANS 50 1314 550 32 44 1896 .983 4 97 ANGELS 44 1182 477 29 36 1688 .983 4 97 WHITE SOX 46 1207 469 32 31 1708 .981 1 97 BREWERS 51 1391 595 38 51 2024 .981 6 97 TWINS 48 1276 550 36 31 1862 .981 7 97 RED SOX 50 1317 576 39 46 1932 .980 4 97 ORIOLES 40 1070 386 35 31 1491 .977 3 97 ROYALS 50 1350 499 46 38 1895 .976 6 97 RANGERS 51 1351 521 47 43 1919 .976 4 97 YANKEES 48 1264 485 46 36 1795 .974 2 League Totals 327 17450 6966 482 535 24898 .981 56