Santa Clara Leopardos
 Chad Johnson 3 Years  220 - 266

    Manager Record Post-Season G O+S HR RBI IP Wins Saves ERA (min 81 IP)
1994 Madison Mensheviks Steve Mundt 99-63, 2nd   Griffey  162 Griffey  1.102 Griffey  57 Griffey  148 R.Martinez  248 R.Martinez  22 Hudek  28 Eichhorn  2.09
1995 Madison Mensheviks Ken Main 76-86, 4th   McRae  162 Bagwell  .918 Bagwell  30 Bagwell  101 Neagle  249 Neagle  16 Myers  25 Neagle  3.22
1996 Taiwan Dragons Francois Coulombe 80-82, 5th   McRae  161 M.Williams  .964 M.Williams  29 M.Williams  91 Brown  226 Hitchcock  13 Rivera  16 Rivera  1.22
1997 Savannah Generals Gil LeBreton 93-69, 2nd Lost CC Bagwell  161 Bagwell  1.029 Bagwell  45 Bagwell  125 Brown  256 Brown  22 Rivera  26 Trombley  2.38
1998 Savannah Generals David Gizzo 87-75, 3rd   Bagwell  154 Walker  1.020 Bagwell  33 Guerrero  116 Brown  243 Brown  18 Rivera  24 Brown  2.81
1999 Savannah Generals David Gizzo 105-57, 1st Lost DC Bagwell  160 Guerrero  1.021 Guerrero  47 Bagwell  120 Ra.Johnson 202 Kile  14 Hoffman  21 Ra.Johnson 2.81
2000 Savannah Generals David Gizzo 83-79, 4th   Bagwell  162 Guerrero 1.008 Bagwell  49 Bagwell  141 Kile  248 Ra.Johnson 18 Hoffman  36 Ra.Johnson 3.16
2001 Grand Mound Greenmen Rory Offen 80-82, 2nd   Guerrero  162 Guerrero  .916 Guerrero  31 Guerrero  112 Ritchie  222 Reuter  16 Hoffman  38 Ritchie  3.97
2002 Grand Mound Greenmen Rory Offen 80-82, 3rd   Beltran  162 J.Jones  .985 Beltran/  J.Jones 35 Beltran  109 Baldwin  166 Burba  11 Hoffman  37 Bradford  2.15
2003 Hamilton Van Slykes Mike Zimmerman 61-101, 5th   Blake  156 Beltran .941 Beltran  25 Guerrero  85 H.Ramirez  203 Eaton/Myers 8 Looper  16 Eaton 3.81
2004 Hamilton Van Slykes Chad Johnson 71-91, 4th   Beltran  162 Durazo  .977 Beltran  41 Beltran  115 Perez, Ol. 204 Perez, Ol./Silva 12 Speier  14 Brower  3.32
2005 Santa Clara Leopardos Chad Johnson 72-90, 5th   Beltran/ F.Lpoez 154 F.Lopez .946 F.Lopez  27 F.Lopez  99 H.Ramirez  182 H.Ramirez/ Eaton  11 Heilman  26 Heilman  2.52
2006 Santa Clara Leopardos Chad Johnson 77-85, 5th   Hudson 162 Delgado .955 Delgado 40 Delgado 117 Bedard 213 Bedard 15 Heilman 31 Downs 2.49

  2005 Signings 2006 Signings 2006 Signings
1b Durazo Swisher Delgado
2b   Hudson Hudson, Pedroia
3b Hillenbrand   Mora
ss   F.Lopez, Hardy Hardy
lf   Willingham Willingham
cf Beltran Beltran  
rf Nixon, J.Jones Langerhans Swisher, Bradley
c Varitek Varitek, Paulino Markakis
ut      
sp Eaton, Silva, Od.Perez, Ol.Perez, Ramirez Bedard, Olson, Od.Perez, Ol.Perez, Mitre Bedard, Hamels, Olson, Ol.Perez
cl      
rp Betancourt Heilman Heilman

Personnel History

There was a semblance of a glory period here, with two playoff berths in three years. Additionally, the 1999 Generals were the only team to dethrone Rosehaven from the Crosley crown in the nine year period between 1994 and 2002.

Behind Kevin Brown, the 1997 version (before realignment) team won a playoff series and then gave Dresden a scare before the Blacks won the World Series. Behind Randy Johnson, the 1999 version made the playoffs but lost three extra inning games in the first round. Since then, there were three .500 teams centered around an offense of Bagwell, Guerrero, and Matt Williams. Bagwell was traded for Beltran, while Williams just got old. Over the last few years, Guerrero and Beltran were sent packing in an effort to improve the pitching staff. Their replacements, Delgado and Swisher, have come much more cheaply.

2006

Though the results weren't spectacular and the team never contended, the Leopardos made small and solid steps forward. Though they finished 16 games under .500, Santa Clara was outscored by only 6 runs over the year. Carlos Beltran was sent away for Cole Hamels and Milton Bradley, and Hamels and Erik Bedard fronted a respectable pitching staff. Carlos Delgado was picked up cheaply, and he and Nick Swisher commanded the offense. Josh Willingham (.300/27/98) tried a season behind the plate and wasn't terrible, as the predominantly lefthanded staff did what they could to keep runners close. Santa Clara went 22-13 over the last part of the season.

2005

The offense was above average, but 119 starts were made by starters with ERAs over 5. The Perezes, Oliver and Odalis, turned out to be poor investments, and combined for a 9-22 mark, but the damage was more widespread. Offensively, newcomers Felipe Lopez (through the draft) and Nick Swisher (through trade) led the offense, as Carlos Beltran had an off year (10 HR, 63 RBI). Jason Varitek had a tale of two seasons (.166 pre-all star break, .298 post), which took the Leopardos out of contention early. There was a mini-renaissance later in the season when the team won 15 of 20 in August, but they were too far out for anyone to notice. In the end they finished one game better than the previous season. 

2004

Personnel wise, somewhat of a mess. The team was long outfielders, lefty hitters, and corner infielders. They lost Kenny Lofton due to misuse, wasted Jacque Jones and Casey Blake, and had to dig deep in the free agent pool just to find bodies to slot in the right order. At the 1/4 mark of the season, Hamilton was 21-20, but then the team won only 10 of their following 28. The remainder of the season was pretty .500-ish. Carlos Beltran hit 41 HRs and drove in 115, but only hit .256, Erubial Durazo had somewhat the opposite problem with a high average and weak peripherals. The starting rotation wasn't bad: the two O.Perezes did well, and Carlos Silva chipped in 12 wins despite his 5.04 ERA. Chad Cordero, who was tabbed as the closer, was just horrible and lost his spot to Justin Speier.

2003

On July 2nd, the Van Slykes were 39-44. After that, they won only 22 and lost 57. There wasn't a lot of roster management. Vladimir Guerrero ran out of use in August, and Carlos Beltran, Ryan Klesko, and Erubiel Durazo followed shortly. Things were so bad, Klesko had to catch a few games in the second half. 41 bases were stolen against him in 12 games, and he committed 4 errors and allowed 18 passed balls. The pitching was fairly atrocious. Nobody won more than 8 games, even though 5 pitchers got 26 or more starts.

2002

Grand Mound competed on the strength of their outfield. Jacque Jones, Carlos Beltran, and Vladimir Guerrero each hit at least 34 homers and drove in 100 runs. Erubiel Durazo played well in limited appearances, but after that there was nothing much. The starting pitching was pretty brutal, with eight starters getting more than 10 starts, and nobody winning more than 11 games. Trevor Hoffman closed well, and was supported well by Chad Bradford, Joe Beimel, and T.J. Tucker; still, the Greenmen were last in the league in quality starts. The Greenmen were leading the race for the final playoff spot as late as August 25, but then dropped 20 of their next 26. Losing three games at home to Louisville in the final series dropped them under .500 and into third place.