1997 Fort Myers Miracle

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W-L Record: 81-58 -- 1st in Florida State League West Manager: John Russell Location: Fort Myers,FL Baseball Stadium: Hammond Stadium Attendance: 88,266 Youngest Player: Rafael Alvarez (20) Oldest Player: Roberto Kelly (32) Longest Tenure: Juan Guzman, Mike Timlin, Ed Sprague, Pat Hentgen, Joe Carter (7)

Statistics

Roster

Personnel

Baseball Roster for 1997 Fort Myers Miracle

#	Player Name	Pos	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	Born	Place	High Level	mlbYears
-	Chad Allen	LF	22	R	R	6-1	195	2/6/1975	Dallas,Texas	MLB	1999-2005
-	Rafael Alvarez	OF	20	B	L	5-11	192	1/22/1977	Valencia,Venezuela	AAA	-
-	Troy Carrasco	P	22	B	L	5-11	170	1/27/1975	Tampa,Florida	AA	-
-	Dan Cey	2B	21	R	R	5-11	168	11/8/1975	Los Angeles,California	AAA	-
-	Walker Chapman	P	21	R	R	6-3	201	2/25/1976	Cumberland,Maryland	AA	-
-	Trevor Cobb	P	23	L	L	6-2	189	7/13/1973	Everett,Washington	AA	-
-	Joe Cranford	2B	22	R	R	6-0	186	2/10/1975	Macon,Georgia	AA	-
-	Darren Fidge	P	22	R	R	6-2	202	11/12/1974	Tanunda,Australia	A+	-
-	Troy Fortin	C	22	R	R	5-11	209	2/24/1975	Winnipeg,Manitoba	AA	-
-	Carlos Garcia		0				0		-	A+	-
-	Charlie Gillian	P	23	R	R	6-2	196	5/29/1974	Beckley,West Virginia	A+	-
-	Shane Gunderson	OF	23	R	R	6-0	216	10/16/1973	Faribault,Minnesota	AA	-
-	Phil Haigler	P	23	R	R	6-3	217	6/13/1974	Pascagoula,Mississippi	AA	-
-	Jeff Harris	P	22	R	R	6-0	190	7/4/1974	Alameda,California	MLB	2005-2006
-	Travis Johnson	OF	23	L	R	6-0	210	11/23/1973	Coon Rapids,Minnesota	A+	-
-	Jacque Jones	LF-RF	22	L	L	5-10	176	4/25/1975	San Diego,California	MLB	1999-2008
-	Roberto Kelly	CF-LF	32	R	R	6-2	198	10/1/1964	Panama City,Panama	MLB	1987-2000
-	Tommy LaRosa	P	22	R	R	5-10	180	6/28/1975	Granada Hills,California	A+	-
-	Mike Lincoln	P	22	R	R	6-2	211	4/10/1975	Carmichael,California	MLB	1999-2010
-	Alan Mahaffey	P	23	L	L	6-1	199	2/2/1974	Altus,Oklahoma	AAA	-
-	Tom Mott	P	23	R	R	6-3	217	10/9/1973	San Luis Obispo,California	AA	-
-	Kelcey Mucker	OF	22	L	R	6-4	238	2/17/1975	Washington,Indiana	AA	-
-	Brad Neidermaier	P	0				0		-	AAA	-
-	David Ortiz	1B	21	L	L	6-4	237	11/18/1975	Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic	MLB	1997-2011
-	Israel Paez	3B	20	B	R	5-10	188	12/23/1976	Valencia,Venezuela	AA	-
-	A.J. Pierzynski	C	20	L	R	6-3	220	12/30/1976	Bridgehampton,New York	MLB	1998-2011
-	Rob Radlosky	P	23	R	R	6-2	204	1/7/1974	West Palm Beach,Florida	MLB	1999-1999
-	Fred Rath	P	24	R	R	6-3	220	1/5/1973	Dallas,Texas	MLB	1998-1998
-	Kasey Richardson	P	20	L	L	6-3	191	8/27/1976	Washington,DC	A+	-
-	J.C. Romero	P	21	B	L	5-11	195	6/4/1976	Rio Piedras,Puerto Rico	MLB	1999-2011
-	Chad Roper	SS	23	R	R	6-1	223	3/29/1974	Anderson,South Carolina	AA	-
-	Will Rushing	P	24	L	L	6-2	186	11/8/1972	Statesboro,Georgia	AA	-
-	Jeff Smith	C	23	L	R	6-3	216	6/17/1974	Akron,Ohio	AAA	-
-	Jamie Splittorff	P	23	L	R	6-3	185	10/12/1973	Blue Springs,Missouri	A+	-
-	Brent Stentz	P	21	R	R	6-5	225	7/24/1975	New Port Richey,Florida	AAA	-
-	Hector Trinidad	P	23	R	R	6-2	190	9/8/1973	Whittier,California	AA	-
-	Lateef Vaughn	SS	21	R	R	5-9	175	10/1/1975	San Diego,California	A+	-

Team Personnel

Eric Rasmussen (Pitching Coach)
John Russell (Manager)

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