1997 Greensboro Bats (A)

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Parent Organization:	New York Yankees
Nickname:	Bats
W-L Record:	75-65 .536
Rank:	3rd in South Atlantic League Central
Run Differential:	641-683 -42
Manager(s):	Tom Nieto
Location:	Greensboro, North Carolina
Ballpark:	World War Memorial Stadium
Attendance:	146,987 5/14
Playoffs:	Lost in Finals
Years Active:	1980-2014

Coaching Staff

Hitting Coach: Ramon Oriz
Pitching Coach: Tom Filer

#1 Draft Picks

Brien Taylor (#1)

Organization Affiliates

MLB: New York Yankees (MLB-AL) 96-66
AAA: Columbus Clippers (IL) 79-63
AA: Norwich Navigators (East) 73-69
A+: Tampa Yankees (FSL) 70-66
A: Greensboro Bats (SAL) 75-65
A-: Oneonta Yankees (NYPL) 49-26
Rk: Gulf Coast Yankees (GCL) 40-20

Organizational Player Roster
New York Yankees Affiliate History

South Atlantic League Central Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Columbia	77	63	.550	--
Hickory	76	64	.543	1.0
Greensboro	75	65	.536	2.0
Piedmont	70	72	.493	8.0
Asheville	62	76	.449	14.0
Charleston (Sc)	60	82	.423	18.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
-	Pat Antrim	SS-2B	A	23	68	173	23	39	3	0	0	13	3	2	7	40	0	0	0	0	1	.225	.256	.243	499	.017	.064	.293	5.71	--	42	180
-	Brian Aylor	OF	A+	23	61	181	25	29	7	4	9	28	3	0	16	90	0	0	0	4	2	.160	.224	.392	616	.232	.337	.233	5.63	20.1	71	201
-	Ray Baksh	1B	A	22	4	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	.000	.000	.250	--	--	1	6
-	Garrett Butler	OF	AA	21	82	237	31	46	14	1	1	14	11	5	11	58	4	0	4	1	4	.194	.229	.274	503	.080	.152	.251	5.27	237.0	65	253
-	Scott Emmons	C	AA	23	3	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	804	.143	.286	.333	1.00	--	3	8
-	Cristian Guzman	SS	MLB	19	124	495	68	135	21	4	4	52	23	12	17	105	10	0	4	2	3	.273	.296	.356	652	.083	.139	.338	6.18	123.8	176	518
-	Ryan Huffman	1B	A	-	4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.125	425	.000	.125	.200	1.50	--	1	10
-	Nick Johnson	1B	MLB	18	127	433	77	118	23	1	16	75	16	3	76	99	18	1	0	6	5	.273	.377	.441	818	.169	.374	.315	1.30	27.1	191	515
-	Erik Keech	C	A	22	26	72	5	18	1	0	2	9	0	0	3	15	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.276	.347	623	.097	.139	.286	5.00	36.0	25	76
-	Eric Kofler	OF	AA	21	73	262	23	72	17	2	5	39	3	2	7	54	0	0	0	5	1	.275	.288	.412	700	.137	.168	.322	7.71	52.4	108	274
-	Donny Leon	3B	AAA	21	137	516	45	131	32	1	12	74	6	4	15	106	5	2	2	7	13	.254	.271	.390	661	.136	.169	.294	7.07	43.0	201	540
-	Rene Pinto	C	AA	19	35	105	20	30	9	1	2	10	0	0	3	34	1	0	0	2	0	.286	.300	.448	748	.162	.190	.394	11.33	52.5	47	110
-	James Rowson	OF	A+	20	8	21	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	8	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.423	.333	756	.048	.286	.462	1.60	--	7	27
-	Jeff Saffer	OF-1B	A	22	90	267	40	55	13	1	12	39	0	3	35	79	6	0	2	3	6	.206	.295	.397	692	.191	.311	.240	2.26	22.3	106	307
-	Scott Seabol	OF-3B	MLB	22	48	136	11	36	12	2	2	15	3	1	9	26	4	0	0	2	1	.265	.306	.426	732	.162	.243	.309	2.89	68.0	58	147
-	Derek Shumpert	OF	AA	21	86	322	49	97	22	6	6	39	12	6	27	91	7	1	0	1	3	.301	.354	.463	817	.161	.264	.403	3.37	53.7	149	350
-	Rod Smith	2B	AA	21	137	528	96	131	25	6	13	50	54	20	69	148	5	0	2	1	5	.248	.334	.392	726	.144	.339	.321	2.14	40.6	207	600
-	Jeff Staubach		A	22	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	.000	.000	.000	--	--	0	4
-	Marcus Thames	OF	MLB	20	4	16	2	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.313	.313	.375	688	.063	.125	.385	--	--	6	16
-	Dennis Twombley	C	A+	22	15	36	4	7	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	1	1	.194	.250	.278	528	.083	.167	.250	4.00	36.0	10	40
-	Victor Valencia	C	AAA	20	107	353	42	78	12	1	13	43	2	1	43	116	7	0	2	1	6	.221	.305	.371	676	.150	.275	.289	2.70	27.2	131	399
-	Jose Velazquez	OF	AA	21	137	489	77	137	19	3	9	62	10	8	42	71	1	1	2	5	15	.280	.334	.387	721	.106	.196	.309	1.69	54.3	189	538
Batting Totals					1377	4667	641	1174	233	33	107	570	147	68	391	1162	68	5	19	42	67	.252	.307	.384	691	.133	.234	.310	2.97	43.6	1794	5119

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
-	Tony Armas	MLB	19	5	2	1.04	9	9	2	1	0	0	51	36	13	6	3	13	64	1	1	0	0.94	6.23	0.52	2.25	11.08	4.92
-	Danny Mota	MLB	21	2	0	1.80	20	0	0	0	9	1	29	17	6	6	1	11	30	0	0	0	0.93	5.10	0.30	3.30	9.00	2.73
-	Scott Brand	A	21	2	0	3.43	8	0	0	0	6	1	21	21	8	8	2	5	22	2	0	0	1.24	9.00	0.86	2.14	9.43	4.40
-	Jason Coble	A	19	2	11	4.95	24	23	1	0	0	0	120	93	84	66	6	96	99	14	0	0	1.58	6.98	0.45	7.20	7.43	1.03
-	Eric Krall	A	23	2	2	3.86	15	1	0	0	9	0	35	37	23	15	3	14	26	2	0	0	1.46	9.51	0.77	3.60	6.69	1.86
-	Frisco Parotte	A+	21	1	1	4.15	18	0	0	0	11	2	38	48	27	18	6	14	28	5	0	0	1.59	11.08	1.38	3.23	6.46	2.00
-	Eric Schaffner	A+	22	5	2	3.46	28	7	0	0	9	0	78	73	35	30	1	23	73	3	2	0	1.23	8.42	0.12	2.65	8.42	3.17
-	Michael Spence	AAA	22	2	2	3.38	8	7	0	0	0	0	48	43	23	18	4	10	35	0	0	0	1.10	8.06	0.75	1.88	6.56	3.50
-	Brien Taylor	AA	25	1	4	14.33	8	7	0	0	1	0	27	31	47	43	6	52	20	13	0	0	3.07	10.33	2.00	17.33	6.67	0.38
-	Jake Robbins	MLB	21	6	4	5.79	20	19	0	0	0	0	101	114	81	65	6	55	72	7	0	0	1.67	10.16	0.53	4.90	6.42	1.31
-	Ozwaldo Mairena	MLB	21	6	1	2.55	49	0	0	0	20	8	60	43	24	17	2	16	75	0	3	0	0.98	6.45	0.30	2.40	11.25	4.69
-	Francisco De la cruz	AA	23	5	4	3.28	13	13	1	0	0	0	84	71	41	31	6	36	75	3	2	0	1.26	7.52	0.64	3.81	7.94	2.08
-	Luis De Los Santos	MLB	19	5	6	3.03	14	14	1	0	0	0	88	91	45	30	3	13	62	4	0	0	1.17	9.20	0.30	1.31	6.27	4.77
-	Dave Dudeck	A+	24	3	4	3.60	25	1	0	0	7	0	50	48	29	20	6	16	43	6	0	0	1.28	8.64	1.08	2.88	7.74	2.69
-	Omar Obando	A+	20	5	7	4.65	45	0	0	0	23	7	60	61	36	31	5	26	41	8	0	0	1.45	9.15	0.75	3.90	6.15	1.58
-	Rich Olivier	A	22	8	5	4.12	35	13	0	0	6	2	106	111	61	49	8	51	79	6	0	0	1.51	9.34	0.67	4.29	6.64	1.55
-	Tuli Rangel	AA	21	12	9	3.57	26	26	4	1	0	0	163	147	80	65	17	49	122	9	5	0	1.20	8.07	0.93	2.69	6.70	2.49
-	Craig Dingman	MLB	23	2	0	1.91	30	0	0	0	27	19	33	19	7	7	0	12	41	3	0	0	0.94	5.18	0.00	3.27	11.18	3.42
-	Jason Ellison	AA	21	1	0	4.85	9	0	0	0	4	1	13	16	10	7	1	3	11	1	0	0	1.46	11.08	0.69	2.08	7.62	3.67
-	Cesar Verdin	A+	20	0	1	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	5	3	1	2	1	8	0	0	0	1.20	9.00	3.60	1.80	14.40	8.00
Pitching Totals				75	65	3.94	405	141	9	2	132	41	1216	1125	683	533	88	516	1026	87	13	0	1.35	8.33	0.65	3.82	7.59	1.99