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Standings

 
Northern
Team NameAffWLPctGBLManager(s)
Lethbridge DodgersLa3830.559--Gail Henley
Calgary ExposMtl3436.4865.0Bob Bailey
Great Falls GiantsSf3238.4577.0Ernie Rodriguez
Medicine Hat Blue JaysTor2742.39111.5Dennis Holmberg
 
Southern
Team NameAffWLPctGBLManager(s)
Billings MustangsCin4326.623--Jim Hoff
Helena PhilliesPhi4326.623--Rollie DeArmas
Butte Copper KingsMil3234.4859.5Ken Richardson, Tom Gamboa
Idaho Falls AngelsCal2542.37317.0Reuben Rodriguez

Playoff teams in bold.

Player Register


Acevedo, Julio (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Adams, Larry (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Aldridge, Eli (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Alonzo, Ray (AA) - Butte
Anderson, Tracy (Rookie) - Helena
Ayers, Jeff (A-) - Billings
Baller, Jay (MLB) - Helena
Bangert, Greg (A+) - Billings
Barnett, David (A-) - Calgary
Beals, Scott (Rookie) - Billings
Beene, Andy (MLB) - Butte
Bennett, Herbert (A-) - Helena
Berenguer, Francisco (A-) - Helena
Biggus, Bengie (AA) - Butte
Blows, Louis (A+) - Calgary
Boddy, Bill (AA) - Billings
Boger, Larry (Rookie) - Calgary
Bolla, Tony (A+) - Great Falls
Borbon, Ernesto (AAA) - Lethbridge
Box, Newton (A) - Billings
Bradley, Otis (A+) - Lethbridge
Bradshaw, David (Rookie) - Calgary
Breeden, Joseph (A+) - Calgary
Bricker, Craig (Rookie) - Great Falls
Brock, Greg (MLB) - Lethbridge
Brown, Chris (MLB) - Great Falls
Brown, Curt (MLB) - Idaho Falls
Bruno, Joseph (AAA) - Helena
Buchanan, Bob (MLB) - Billings
Buckley, Brian (AA) - Idaho Falls
Bunn, Dale (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Burdi, Frank (Rookie) - Great Falls
Burger, Brad (A) - Medicine Hat
Castillo, Juan (A+) - Medicine Hat
Cato, Keefe (MLB) - Billings
Celidonia, James (A+) - Idaho Falls
Chavez, Cesar (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Christison, Steven (A+) - Butte
Chue, Jose (AA) - Great Falls
Cicotte, Greg (A) - Butte
Clarke, Rick (Rookie) - Calgary
Cleland, Russell (Rookie) - Great Falls
Clevenger, Gary (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Cohron, Tracy (A) - Calgary
Coker, Jeffrey (A-) - Calgary
Collins, Timothy (A+) - Idaho Falls
Colon, Luis (Rookie) - Calgary
Columna, Rolando (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Concepcion, Jose (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Conti, Adam (A-) - Helena
Coughlin, Greg (A+) - Medicine Hat
Cruz, Luis (Rookie) - Calgary
Cuevas, Miguel (A) - Helena
Daniel, David (A+) - Lethbridge
Daniels, Steven (A) - Billings
Darkis, Willie (AAA) - Helena
Deer, Rob (MLB) - Great Falls
DeHart, Greg (A+) - Butte
DeJesus, Jorge (A) - Butte
Dillard, Cordie (Rookie) - Great Falls
Donovan, Michael (A+) - Butte
Dorin, Matthew (A+) - Helena
Dowless, Mike (AAA) - Billings
Dugger, Lawrence (AA) - Idaho Falls
Dunnegan, Steve (AA) - Helena
Duran, David (AA) - Idaho Falls
Eberly, Ricky (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Ediger, Lance (A-) - Butte
Eichhorn, Mark (MLB) - Medicine Hat
Ellenberg, Ken (A) - Helena
Enos, David (AA) - Helena
Escalera, Javier (Rookie) - Calgary
Estep, Perry (Rookie) - Billings
Ewald, Robert (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Fadhel, Tony (AA) - Calgary
Feliz, Rodolfo (A-) - Billings
Felt, Jerald (A) - Great Falls
Figueroa, Carlos (Rookie) - Calgary
Finch, Guy (Rookie) - Calgary
Fiorillo, Nick (AA) - Billings
Flannery, Kevin (AAA) - Billings
Forbes, Kirk (A-) - Calgary
Freeman, Preston (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Freeman, Todd (A) - Butte
Galarraga, Andres (MLB) - Calgary
Galloway, Frank (Rookie) - Butte
Gambrell, Gregory (A+) - Medicine Hat
Garrelts, Scott (MLB) - Great Falls
Gilmartin, Dan (A+) - Butte
Goodchild, Chris (A+) - Great Falls
Grier, David (AA) - Butte
Gums, Russell (A) - Helena
Guzman, Hector (A+) - Lethbridge
Guzman, Ruben (AA) - Billings
Hagemann, Tim (A) - Great Falls
Hamric, Rusty (AAA) - Helena
Hansen, Jon (AA) - Butte
Hanson, Greg (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Hanson, Michael (A-) - Helena
Harrigan, David (AA) - Helena
Harry, Whitney (AA) - Helena
Henderson, Mark (Rookie) - Calgary
Hernandez, Rafael (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Higgins, Mark (A) - Butte
Hinds, Kevin (A) - Billings
Hinrichs, Phillip (AAA) - Great Falls
Hollier, Warren (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Holton, Mark (A+) - Medicine Hat
Houston, John (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Hunter, Marion (AA) - Idaho Falls
Hutchinson, DeWayne (A-) - Helena
Javier, Ramon (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Johnson, George (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Johnson, Kent (A) - Lethbridge
Johnson, Kevin (A+) - Great Falls
Johnson, Rodney (A+) - Billings
Jones, Jeff (MLB) - Billings
Jones, Russell (A-) - Billings
Keen, George (A+) - Calgary
Kellam, Wayne (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Kepshire, Kurt (MLB) - Billings

Kibbe, Jay (AAA) - Idaho Falls
Kingsolver, Kurt (AAA) - Butte
Kiser, Orvin (A+) - Medicine Hat
Klein, Robert (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Koenigsfeld, Ron (AAA) - Butte
Kopjo, Jeff (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Kutcher, Randy (MLB) - Great Falls
Kwiecinski, Michael (A+) - Calgary
Lamar, Dan (AA) - Billings
Levi, Stan (AA) - Butte
Lewis, David (Rookie) - Helena
Lindsey, Edward (A+) - Idaho Falls
Lindsey, Jon (AA) - Helena
Lindsey, Ken (A+) - Lethbridge
Little, Ron (AAA) - Billings
Lorena, Joseph (Rookie) - Great Falls
Madden, Morris (MLB) - Lethbridge
Maebe, Arthur (A) - Great Falls
Maldonado, Candy (MLB) - Lethbridge
Malkin, John (AAA) - Lethbridge
Mann, Leo (A+) - Lethbridge
Manrique, Fred (MLB) - Medicine Hat
Marin, Fernando (A+) - Calgary
Martin, Kenneth (A) - Helena
Masone, Tony (A) - Billings
Matias, Luis (A) - Butte
Maxson, Daniel (A) - Butte
McClendon, Damion (Rookie) - Butte
McKay, Karl (A+) - Butte
McNealy, Darryl (Rookie) - Great Falls
Meadows, Brian (MLB) - Butte
Meadows, Melvin (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Meyer, Randy (AA) - Butte
Miller, Darrell (MLB) - Idaho Falls
Miller, Mark (Rookie) - Billings
Misuraca, Rick (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Mitchell, David (A+) - Helena
Moncion, Hector (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Money, Kyle (AAA) - Helena
Monroig, Jorge (Rookie) - Great Falls
Morillo, Rufino (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Morris, David (Rookie) - Butte
Moscat, Fernando (A+) - Medicine Hat
Myles, Rick (AA) - Billings
Nate, Jeff (A-) - Helena
Nebnch, Peter (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Nelson, Rodney (A) - Lethbridge
Nichols, Joey (Rookie) - Calgary
O'Malley, Tom (MLB) - Great Falls
Pangborn, Mark (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Paula, Julio (A+) - Medicine Hat
Pellack, James (A+) - Calgary
Pennachio, Frank (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Perez, David (A+) - Calgary
Perodon, Ronald (A+) - Great Falls
Pettis, Gary (MLB) - Idaho Falls
Pettit, Tim (Rookie) - Idaho Falls
Phillips, Junior (A+) - Medicine Hat
Pone, Vine (A+) - Butte
Porte, Carlos (AA) - Billings
Powers, Larry (A+) - Lethbridge
Purcell, Trent (A-) - Helena
Quinones, Rene (AA) - Calgary
Rathjen, Dennis (A+) - Great Falls
Rich, Kean (A) - Great Falls
Robins, George (A+) - Butte
Rodas, Rich (MLB) - Lethbridge
Rodriguez, Marcos (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Rosenlund, William (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Ruiz, Bobby (Rookie) - Calgary
Saatzer, Mickey (AA) - Idaho Falls
Schrimsher, Keith (A+) - Billings
Schroeder, Bill (MLB) - Butte
Seiber, John (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Sensenbrenner, Dave (A+) - Great Falls
Senteney, Steve (MLB) - Medicine Hat
Shadid, James (Rookie) - Great Falls
Shepherd, Ron (MLB) - Medicine Hat
Silicani, Robert (Rookie) - Lethbridge
Simon, Mark (A+) - Billings
Smith, Clay (A+) - Lethbridge
Smith, Roy (MLB) - Helena
Sobbe, Bill (AA) - Lethbridge
Soriano, Luis (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
St. Claire, Randy (MLB) - Calgary
St. John, Bill (A+) - Calgary
Stone, Wayne (A+) - Idaho Falls
Stovall, Jerry (AA) - Great Falls
Sua, Murphy (A+) - Lethbridge
Sullivan, Michael (AA) - Billings
Sullivan, Mike (A+) - Billings
Szymarek, Paul (AAA) - Great Falls
Terry, Glenn (A+) - Lethbridge
Thomas, David (A+) - Butte
Thornton, David (A) - Great Falls
Tirado, Julio (A+) - Billings
Tkac, Joe (Rookie) - Butte
Torres, Miguel (AA) - Calgary
Toyfair, Thomas (Rookie) - Helena
Turner, Phillip (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
Turpin, Dwight (A+) - Idaho Falls
Valdez, Jose (A-) - Billings
Valdez, Silverio (A) - Medicine Hat
Vasquez, Jesse (AA) - Butte
Vega, Randolph (A+) - Calgary
Walker, Alan (A) - Butte
Walling, Ronald (Rookie) - Butte
Warner, Curt (AA) - Helena
Waugh, Jimmy (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
West, Timothy (Rookie) - Calgary
Wetenkamp, Lee (Rookie) - Medicine Hat
White, Keith (Rookie) - Calgary
White, Robert (A+) - Lethbridge
Wilczewski, Francis (A) - Lethbridge
Wilkinson, William (Rookie) - Calgary
Williams, Frank (MLB) - Great Falls
Winfield, Steve (AAA) - Calgary
Wing, Harry (A) - Great Falls
Wojcik, John (AA) - Great Falls
Wyatt, Porter (AA) - Butte
Wysocki, Paul (A+) - Idaho Falls

Award Winners



League Leaders

Batting Average:   Joseph Bruno - Helena (.368)
On Base Pct (OBP):   John Wojcik - Great Falls (.469)
Slugging Pct (SLG):   Bill Schroeder - Butte (.640)
At Bats:   Joseph Bruno - Helena (275)
Runs:   Joseph Bruno - Helena (73)
Hits:   Joseph Bruno - Helena (88)
Doubles:   Candy Maldonado - Lethbridge (20)
Triples:   Gary Pettis - Idaho Falls, Fred Manrique - Medicine Hat (10)
Home Runs:   Willie Darkis - Helena (19)
Runs Batted In:   Willie Darkis - Helena (77)
Total Bases:   Bill Schroeder - Butte (158)
Walks:   Greg Brock - Lethbridge (53)
Strikeouts:   Willie Darkis - Helena (88)
Stolen Bases:   Ronald Perodon - Great Falls (37)
Hit by Pitch:   Julio Acevedo - Idaho Falls, George Johnson - Lethbridge, Jeff Jones - Billings (7)

Wins:   Rich Rodas - Lethbridge (10)
Losses:   Mickey Saatzer - Idaho Falls, Frank Williams - Great Falls, Miguel Torres - Calgary (6)
Earned Run Avg (ERA):   Rich Rodas - (1.12)
Games:   Russell Gums - Helena, Curt Warner - Helena, Dennis Rathjen - Great Falls (26)
Complete Games:   Rich Rodas - Lethbridge (11)
Shutouts:   Rich Rodas - Lethbridge, Nick Fiorillo - Billings ()
Saves:   Steve Winfield - Calgary (11)
Innings Pitched:   Rich Rodas - Lethbridge (99)
Walks:   Steve Dunnegan - Helena (53)
Strikeouts:   Rich Rodas - Lethbridge (114)
BB+H/IP (WHIP):   Keefe Cato - Billings (0.72)
Hits/9 Ip:   Steve Dunnegan - (1.92)
HR/9 Ip:   Nick Fiorillo - Billings (0.09)
Walks/9 Ip:   Keefe Cato - Billings (0.82)
SO/9 Ip:   Rich Rodas - (11.79)