1997 Visalia Oaks (A+)

+ California League

Parent Organization:	Oakland Athletics
Nickname:	Oaks
W-L Record:	71-69 .507
Rank:	2^nd in California League Freeway
Run Differential:	763-809 -46
Manager(s):	Tony DeFrancesco
Location:	Visalia, California
Ballpark:	Recreation Park
Attendance:	80,078 9/10
Playoffs:	Lost in 1st Round
Years Active:	1977-2016
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Coaching Staff

#1 Draft Picks

Eric Chavez (#10), Eric DuBose (#21)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Oakland Athletics (MLB-AL)	65-97
AAA:	Edmonton Trappers (PCL)	80-64
AA:	Huntsville Stars (Sou)	77-62
A+:	Modesto A's (Calif)	74-67
A+:	Visalia Oaks (Calif)	71-69
A-:	Southern Oregon Timberjacks (Nwst)	41-35
Rk:	Arizona Athletics (Ariz)	29-27

Organizational Player Roster
Oakland Athletics Affiliate History

California League Freeway Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Rancho Cucamonga	77	63	.550	--
Visalia	71	69	.507	6.0
San Bernardino	68	72	.486	9.0
Bakersfield	62	78	.443	15.0
Lake Elsinore	51	79	.392	21.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	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
-	Eric Chavez	3B	MLB	19	-4.4	134	520	67	141	30	3	18	100	13	7	37	91	2	1	3	2	20	.271	.321	.444	765	.173	.256	.298	2.46	28.9	231	564
-	Joe Espada	SS	AAA	21	-2.4	118	445	90	122	7	3	3	39	46	17	72	69	9	1	7	3	6	.274	.384	.324	708	.049	.276	.316	0.96	148.3	144	536
-	Duane Filchner	OF	A+	24	0.6	126	432	59	111	30	3	11	55	6	3	66	76	3	1	3	4	6	.257	.356	.417	773	.160	.319	.287	1.15	39.3	180	508
-	Jeff DaVanon	OF	MLB	23	-0.4	119	408	70	104	17	3	6	38	23	14	81	101	0	1	10	2	7	.255	.377	.355	732	.100	.321	.323	1.25	68.0	145	501
-	David Slemmer	1B-2B	AA	24	0.6	115	404	70	113	25	1	10	64	11	3	44	83	3	1	1	1	9	.280	.354	.421	775	.141	.270	.330	1.89	40.4	170	453
-	Ramon Hernandez	C	MLB	21	-2.4	86	332	57	120	21	2	15	85	2	4	35	47	9	1	0	8	5	.361	.427	.572	999	.211	.310	.378	1.34	22.1	190	384
-	Ryan Christenson	OF	MLB	23	-0.4	83	308	69	90	18	8	13	54	20	11	70	72	2	1	3	1	4	.292	.425	.529	954	.237	.494	.344	1.03	23.7	163	384
-	Troy Rauer	OF	A+	24	0.6	90	299	37	66	14	3	7	31	5	5	25	100	1	0	4	2	4	.221	.281	.358	639	.137	.221	.304	4.00	42.7	107	331
-	Dionys Cesar	2B-SS	AAA	20	-3.4	97	285	60	68	16	2	1	11	10	12	43	79	1	1	6	0	5	.239	.340	.319	659	.081	.225	.327	1.84	285.0	91	335
-	Roberto Ramirez	OF	AAA	27	3.6	63	242	28	72	12	1	3	29	4	3	19	46	1	1	0	2	5	.298	.348	.393	741	.095	.178	.354	2.42	80.7	95	264
-	David Newhan	2B	MLB	23	-0.4	67	241	52	67	15	2	7	48	9	3	44	58	3	2	2	5	5	.278	.389	.444	833	.166	.373	.331	1.32	34.4	107	295
-	Wilfredo Ventura	C	AAA	20	-3.4	62	184	23	36	5	0	6	23	1	0	9	64	1	0	2	2	5	.196	.235	.321	556	.125	.179	.259	7.11	30.7	59	198
-	Troy Penix	1B	A+	25	1.6	49	154	13	32	7	0	5	23	0	2	9	46	1	0	0	2	1	.208	.253	.351	604	.143	.188	.257	5.11	30.8	54	166
-	Danny Ardoin	C	MLB	22	-1.4	43	145	16	34	7	1	3	19	0	1	21	39	4	0	1	0	3	.234	.347	.359	706	.124	.262	.301	1.86	48.3	52	171
-	Mike Koerner	OF	A+	21	-2.4	32	85	13	16	3	2	2	12	2	3	8	27	3	0	3	1	2	.188	.278	.341	619	.153	.235	.246	3.38	42.5	29	100
-	Roberto Vaz	OF	AAA	22	-1.4	19	73	9	26	5	0	3	13	2	5	8	10	0	0	2	0	4	.356	.420	.548	968	.192	.260	.383	1.25	24.3	40	83
-	MacGregor Byers	OF	A+	22	-1.4	18	53	8	12	5	1	0	9	2	1	6	15	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.305	.358	663	.132	.264	.316	2.50	--	19	59
-	D.J. Boston	1B	AAA	25	1.6	14	49	7	11	3	0	1	4	0	0	5	13	1	0	0	0	0	.224	.309	.347	656	.122	.224	.286	2.60	49.0	17	55
-	Eddie Lara	2B	A+	21	-2.4	13	45	10	10	4	0	1	3	1	1	4	9	1	0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.378	678	.156	.244	.257	2.25	45.0	17	50
-	Todd Mensik	1B	AA	22	-1.4	15	45	3	9	1	0	1	6	0	0	6	11	1	0	0	1	2	.200	.302	.289	591	.089	.222	.235	1.83	45.0	13	53
-	Alex Miranda	1B	A+	25	1.6	11	23	2	4	1	1	0	4	0	1	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.304	573	.130	.217	.286	3.00	--	7	26
Batting Totals						1374	4772	763	1264	246	36	116	670	157	96	615	1065	46	11	47	36	94	.265	.346	.404	750	.140	.281	.317	1.73	41.1	1930	5470

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	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
-	Jake O'Dell	AA	23	-0.4	8	5	4.53	27	27	1	1	0	0	150.2	159	86	76	17	47	117	10	0	0	1.36	9.48	1.01	2.80	6.97	2.49
-	Brett Laxton	MLB	23	-0.4	11	5	2.98	29	22	0	0	2	0	138.2	141	62	46	7	50	121	14	0	0	1.37	9.13	0.45	3.24	7.83	2.42
-	Kevin Mlodik	A+	22	-1.4	8	9	5.44	35	19	0	0	3	0	129.0	164	86	78	17	42	91	7	2	0	1.60	11.44	1.19	2.93	6.35	2.17
-	Todd Abbott	AAA	23	-0.4	11	10	5.95	31	20	0	0	1	0	121.1	146	100	80	17	63	70	11	0	0	1.73	10.86	1.26	4.69	5.21	1.11
-	Kevin Gregg	MLB	19	-4.4	6	8	5.71	25	24	0	0	0	0	115.1	116	81	73	8	74	136	28	0	0	1.65	9.08	0.63	5.79	10.64	1.84
-	Benito Baez	MLB	20	-3.4	5	5	3.53	16	15	1	0	0	0	96.2	83	40	38	8	28	87	0	1	0	1.14	7.70	0.74	2.60	8.07	3.11
-	Jose Paulino	A+	20	-3.4	3	2	4.55	39	0	0	0	7	2	83.1	89	48	42	7	32	67	6	0	0	1.46	9.65	0.76	3.47	7.27	2.09
-	Chris Morrison	A+	25	1.6	3	3	3.83	48	0	0	0	21	2	79.2	92	46	34	2	39	43	8	0	0	1.64	10.35	0.23	4.39	4.84	1.10
-	Andy Smith	AA	22	-1.4	3	7	3.80	42	0	0	0	14	1	70.2	77	40	30	7	39	67	9	1	0	1.63	9.76	0.89	4.94	8.49	1.72
-	Juan Perez	AAA	24	0.6	3	6	2.77	53	0	0	0	25	8	64.2	47	30	20	6	24	66	7	1	0	1.09	6.51	0.83	3.32	9.14	2.75
-	Eric DuBose	MLB	21	-2.4	1	3	7.11	10	9	0	0	0	0	38.1	43	37	30	4	28	39	6	3	0	1.87	10.18	0.95	6.63	9.24	1.39
-	Todd Weinberg	AA	25	1.6	3	2	4.26	38	0	0	0	35	20	38.0	33	23	18	1	22	39	5	0	0	1.45	7.82	0.24	5.21	9.24	1.77
-	Brian Kern	A+	23	-0.4	3	0	7.68	23	0	0	0	9	1	34.1	42	38	29	5	28	39	7	3	0	2.06	11.12	1.32	7.41	10.32	1.39
-	Mike Holmes	A+	21	-2.4	2	1	3.86	16	0	0	0	11	3	28.1	28	13	12	5	4	20	1	0	0	1.14	9.00	1.61	1.29	6.43	5.00
-	Chad Harville	MLB	20	-3.4	0	0	5.68	14	0	0	0	1	0	18.2	25	14	12	2	13	24	1	3	0	2.00	11.84	0.95	6.16	11.37	1.85
-	Oscar Abreu	A+	21	-2.4	0	1	14.25	5	2	0	0	0	0	11.2	19	23	19	6	10	14	1	0	0	2.42	14.25	4.50	7.50	10.50	1.40
-	Brad Blumenstock	A+	22	-1.4	0	0	13.50	9	0	0	0	3	0	11.2	22	18	18	1	11	3	2	0	0	2.75	16.50	0.75	8.25	2.25	0.27
-	Bobby Kazmirski	A+	25	1.6	1	1	18.00	5	0	0	0	3	1	4.1	11	9	8	3	5	6	1	0	0	4.00	24.75	6.75	11.25	13.50	1.20
-	Billy Brewer	MLB	29	5.6	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	1.67	3.00	0.00	12.00	15.00	1.25
-	Joe Petcka	A+	26	2.6	0	1	21.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	8	8	7	1	6	1	1	0	0	4.67	24.00	3.00	18.00	3.00	0.17
-	Duane Filchner	A+	24	0.6	0	0	22.50	2	0	0	0	2	0	2.0	7	5	5	1	2	3	0	0	0	4.50	31.50	4.50	9.00	13.50	1.50
-	Dionys Cesar	AAA	20	-3.4	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3.00	18.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
Batting Totals					71	69	4.89	474	140	2	1	138	38	1244	1355	809	676	125	572	1058	126	14	0	1.55	9.80	0.90	4.14	7.65	1.85

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ramon Hernandez	C	80		564	77	16	5	.976	0.00
Danny Ardoin	C	41		308	35	4	2	.988	0.00
Wilfredo Ventura	C	33		186	21	9	0	.958	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David Slemmer	1B	72		510	41	7	33	.987	0.00
Troy Penix	1B	43		304	19	3	24	.991	0.00
D.J. Boston	1B	14		131	11	3	15	.979	0.00
Todd Mensik	1B	13		101	10	3	4	.974	0.00
Wilfredo Ventura	1B	13		79	6	3	3	.966	0.00
Alex Miranda	1B	11		61	6	0	3	1.000	0.00
MacGregor Byers	1B	4		25	0	1	2	.962	0.00
Danny Ardoin	1B	3		21	3	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ramon Hernandez	1B	2		13	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
David Newhan	2B	60		123	157	10	28	.966	0.00
Dionys Cesar	2B	52		89	122	6	17	.972	0.00
David Slemmer	2B	38		63	91	4	20	.975	0.00
Eddie Lara	2B	10		17	22	4	3	.907	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Eric Chavez	3B	118		84	268	32	10	.917	0.00
Dionys Cesar	3B	14		9	28	5	3	.881	0.00
David Slemmer	3B	11		2	14	2	0	.889	0.00
Danny Ardoin	3B	1		2	0	1	0	.667	0.00
Eddie Lara	3B	1		0	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Espada	SS	117		196	346	32	50	.944	0.00
Dionys Cesar	SS	28		44	65	13	14	.893	0.00
Eddie Lara	SS	3		4	6	1	2	.909	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff DaVanon	OF	107		166	17	10	3	.948	0.00
Ryan Christenson	OF	81		164	4	3	0	.982	0.00
Troy Rauer	OF	80		116	6	9	0	.931	0.00
Roberto Ramirez	OF	61		100	7	4	2	.964	0.00
Duane Filchner	OF	56		60	2	1	0	.984	0.00
Mike Koerner	OF	31		45	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Roberto Vaz	OF	19		37	3	1	0	.976	0.00
MacGregor Byers	OF	10		13	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dionys Cesar	OF	2		3	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Juan Perez	P	53		5	11	1	1	.941	0.00
Chris Morrison	P	48		10	20	1	0	.968	0.00
Andy Smith	P	42		5	14	1	0	.950	0.00
Jose Paulino	P	39		6	9	1	0	.937	0.00
Todd Weinberg	P	38		3	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kevin Mlodik	P	35		8	16	2	1	.923	0.00
Todd Abbott	P	31		14	13	1	1	.964	0.00
Brett Laxton	P	29		13	26	3	0	.929	0.00
Jake O'Dell	P	27		11	23	2	0	.944	0.00
Kevin Gregg	P	25		2	8	3	1	.769	0.00
Brian Kern	P	23		2	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Benito Baez	P	16		1	22	0	0	1.000	0.00
Mike Holmes	P	16		3	3	1	1	.857	0.00
Chad Harville	P	14		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Eric DuBose	P	10		3	6	1	0	.900	0.00
Oscar Abreu	P	5		1	1	3	0	.400	0.00
Bobby Kazmirski	P	5		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Joe Petcka	P	4		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00