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2008 Midwest League

2008 > Class A > League History
Overall: 966 games, 14 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: 3,602,687 (3,729/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
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League Standings

First Half

70 games

Eastern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	39	31	.557	--
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	37	31	.544	1
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	37	33	.529	2
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	33	36	.478	5.5
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	30	39	.435	8.5
Dayton Dragons	CIN	28	40	.412	10

Western Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	41	26	0	.612	--
Kane County Cougars	OAK	39	29	0	.574	2.5
Beloit Snappers	MIN	36	32	0	.529	5.5
Quad Cities River Bandits	STL	33	31	0	.516	6.5
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	32	36	0	.471	9.5
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	31	35	0	.470	9.5
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	30	38	1	.441	11.5
Burlington Bees	KCR	30	39	1	.435	12

Second Half

70 games

Eastern Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	43	27	.614	--
Dayton Dragons	CIN	38	32	.543	5
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	37	33	.529	6
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	35	34	.507	7.5
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	34	36	.486	9
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	24	46	.343	19

Western Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Burlington Bees	KCR	43	26	.623	--
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	40	30	.571	3.5
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	37	33	.529	6.5
Quad Cities River Bandits	STL	35	35	.500	8.5
Beloit Snappers	MIN	35	35	.500	8.5
Kane County Cougars	OAK	33	37	.471	10.5
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	30	40	.429	13.5
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	25	45	.357	18.5

Quarterfinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Burlington Bees	KCR	2	0	0
Kane County Cougars	OAK	0	2	0

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Dayton Dragons	CIN	2	0	0
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	0	2	0

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Cedar Rapids Kernels	ANA	2	0	0
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	0	2	0

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	2	1	0
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	1	2	0

Semifinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Burlington Bees	KCR	2	0	0
Cedar Rapids Kernels	ANA	0	2	0

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	2	0	0
Dayton Dragons	CIN	0	2	0

Finals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L	Ties
Burlington Bees	KCR	2	0	0
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	0	2	0

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	21.1	4.88	137	5295	4720	668	1275	239	35	115	606	130	54	375	1034	.270	.336	.409	.744	1929	94	111	48	41	13
Kane County Cougars	OAK	22.9	4.54	138	5350	4628	627	1200	221	24	81	563	149	59	540	1011	.259	.342	.370	.712	1712	88	73	51	58	12
Beloit Snappers	MIN	21.5	4.53	138	5179	4554	625	1177	181	41	63	544	179	98	434	963	.258	.330	.358	.687	1629	81	71	78	42	5
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	21.8	4.51	140	5335	4649	631	1184	228	25	66	562	116	44	581	1097	.255	.341	.357	.698	1660	119	45	27	33	5
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	22.6	4.45	139	5295	4642	619	1155	246	22	70	558	58	42	513	974	.249	.331	.357	.688	1655	132	82	10	48	12
Burlington Bees	KCR	21.4	4.44	139	5236	4668	617	1205	223	45	112	543	156	90	401	972	.258	.325	.397	.722	1854	79	81	42	44	15
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	21.9	4.36	138	5133	4548	602	1101	241	48	86	534	247	107	406	1121	.242	.314	.373	.687	1696	46	91	42	46	14
Dayton Dragons	CIN	21.8	4.31	138	5148	4648	595	1183	222	44	120	545	82	50	354	1161	.255	.314	.399	.713	1853	71	72	25	49	4
Quad Cities River Bandits	STL	20.9	4.25	134	4915	4380	570	1055	208	32	101	516	97	53	396	1088	.241	.313	.372	.685	1630	79	80	23	36	6
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	22.5	4.24	137	5203	4610	581	1187	198	36	66	522	162	64	444	928	.257	.328	.359	.687	1655	119	62	34	53	8
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	21.2	4.13	139	5195	4655	574	1187	244	24	102	519	131	74	348	948	.255	.317	.383	.701	1785	101	93	66	33	7
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	20.7	4.06	140	5214	4697	569	1165	252	41	66	518	126	43	405	1242	.248	.312	.361	.673	1697	104	48	21	43	11
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	21.1	3.88	136	5002	4479	527	1091	220	38	60	467	168	73	376	1146	.244	.310	.350	.660	1567	79	70	44	33	9
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	21.4	3.63	139	5043	4575	504	1104	224	31	77	450	119	64	354	1044	.241	.300	.354	.654	1621	99	37	52	25	10
League Totals		21.6	4.30	1932	72543	64453	8309	16269	3147	486	1185	7447	1920	915	5927	14729	.252	.322	.371	.694	23943	1291	1016	563	584	131

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	22.4	3.74	76	64	.543	3.05	140	140	138	2	12	36	1246.2	1127	524	423	59	426	8	1194	73	14	60	5229	1.246	8.1	0.4	3.1	8.6	2.80
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	22.0	3.94	76	63	.547	3.49	139	139	135	4	12	37	1228.0	1111	548	476	76	369	9	1018	70	14	53	5142	1.205	8.1	0.6	2.7	7.5	2.76
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	22.2	3.97	72	65	.526	3.29	137	137	130	7	10	24	1208.1	1072	544	442	63	459	4	1005	56	22	110	5105	1.267	8.0	0.5	3.4	7.5	2.19
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	20.8	4.05	72	66	.522	3.57	138	138	130	8	16	38	1224.0	1115	559	485	67	532	9	991	103	14	79	5253	1.346	8.2	0.5	3.9	7.3	1.86
Burlington Bees	KCR	21.5	4.09	73	65	.529	3.49	139	139	138	1	14	37	1234.0	1184	569	479	93	365	6	1116	71	12	71	5193	1.255	8.6	0.7	2.7	8.1	3.06
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	22.1	4.28	71	69	.507	3.78	140	140	139	0	9	39	1217.2	1217	599	512	97	328	16	1137	74	5	61	5166	1.269	9.0	0.7	2.4	8.4	3.47
Kane County Cougars	OAK	22.2	4.28	72	66	.522	3.45	138	138	136	2	8	36	1220.0	1176	591	468	91	366	14	1039	86	7	94	5192	1.264	8.7	0.7	2.7	7.7	2.84
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	21.4	4.44	56	80	.412	3.85	136	136	135	1	9	33	1186.0	1140	604	508	80	466	8	1068	81	12	104	5120	1.354	8.7	0.6	3.5	8.1	2.29
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	20.9	4.45	78	59	.569	3.53	137	137	137	0	7	38	1217.1	1146	609	478	84	400	0	1050	68	16	103	5155	1.270	8.5	0.6	3.0	7.8	2.63
Beloit Snappers	MIN	21.5	4.45	71	67	.514	3.85	138	138	133	5	6	30	1210.0	1178	614	518	93	442	18	1140	94	12	95	5246	1.339	8.8	0.7	3.3	8.5	2.58
Quad Cities River Bandits	STL	21.1	4.47	68	66	.507	3.78	134	134	134	0	7	35	1153.0	1168	599	484	93	376	5	945	63	7	67	4944	1.339	9.1	0.7	2.9	7.4	2.51
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	21.9	4.58	54	85	.388	4.06	139	139	138	1	9	38	1216.0	1204	636	548	85	506	17	1120	58	9	84	5306	1.406	8.9	0.6	3.7	8.3	2.21
Dayton Dragons	CIN	22.1	4.72	66	72	.478	4.19	138	138	137	1	9	40	1206.0	1167	651	561	89	510	14	983	69	21	75	5280	1.391	8.7	0.7	3.8	7.3	1.93
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	21.4	4.76	60	78	.435	4.05	139	139	138	1	4	38	1219.0	1264	662	549	115	382	3	923	50	9	84	5230	1.350	9.3	0.8	2.8	6.8	2.42
League Totals		21.7	4.30	965	965	.500	3.67	1932	1932	1898	33	132	499	16986.0	16269	8309	6931	1185	5927	131	14729	1016	174	1140	72561	1.307	8.6	0.6	3.1	7.8	2.49

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	139	3684	1389	137	113	.974	16	109	44	29%	163,479	Mark Haley
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	138	3672	1545	146	139	.973	22	151	88	37%	164,568	Keith Johnson
Dayton Dragons	CIN	138	3618	1354	145	102	.972	22	169	46	21%	586,417	Donnie Scott
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	136	3558	1421	150	111	.971	11	164	75	31%	190,263	Terry Pollreisz
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	139	3648	1446	161	109	.969	13	127	67	35%	299,416	Juan Bustabad
Burlington Bees	KCR	139	3702	1393	165	111	.969	18	157	69	31%	68,313	Brian Rupp
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	137	3625	1444	162	129	.969	13	137	47	26%	367,532	Joe Depastino
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	140	3740	1578	175	143	.968	19	107	69	39%	353,571	Clayton McCullough
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	139	3657	1535	173	129	.968	15	109	67	38%	275,673	Ryne Sandberg
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	140	3653	1431	178	118	.966	16	136	70	34%	256,693	Doug Dascenzo
Quad Cities River Bandits	STL	134	3459	1359	171	133	.966	27	100	71	42%	207,048	Steve Dillard
Kane County Cougars	OAK	138	3660	1441	181	109	.966	23	153	72	32%	472,596	Aaron Nieckula
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	137	3652	1399	179	114	.966	28	174	71	29%	114,662	Mike Micucci
Beloit Snappers	MIN	138	3630	1358	211	111	.959	11	127	59	32%	82,456	Nelson Prada
League Totals		1932	50958	20093	2334	1671	.968	254	1920	915	32%	3,602,687

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