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2008 Appalachian League

2008 > Class Rookie > League History
Overall: 327 games, 10 teams, approx. 65 games in season
Attendance: 317,058 (969/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Standings

Regular Season

68 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Pulaski Mariners	SEA	40	27	.597	--
Danville Braves	ATL	35	32	.522	5
Bluefield Orioles	BAL	29	36	.446	10
Princeton Rays	TBR	24	38	.387	13.5
Burlington Royals	KCR	24	41	.369	15

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Elizabethton Twins	MIN	41	25	.621	--
Johnson City Cardinals	STL	36	30	.545	5
Bristol White Sox	CHW	34	30	.531	6
Kingsport Mets	NYM	34	32	.515	7
Greeneville Astros	HOU	30	36	.455	11

Finals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Elizabethton Twins	MIN	2	0
Pulaski Mariners	SEA	0	2

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
Elizabethton Twins	MIN	20.5	6.33	66	2629	2291	418	628	142	13	88	368	24	19	263	614	.274	.360	.463	.823	1060	43	53	6	16	2
Johnson City Cardinals	STL	20.4	5.48	66	2642	2321	362	625	125	15	53	308	84	41	232	603	.269	.347	.405	.752	939	54	55	17	17	4
Bristol White Sox	CHW	20.3	5.36	64	2380	2150	343	582	107	17	38	299	87	48	138	509	.271	.325	.389	.715	837	40	46	25	21	3
Kingsport Mets	NYM	20.5	5.32	66	2545	2296	351	620	127	25	48	302	36	18	183	505	.270	.335	.410	.745	941	34	48	4	14	4
Pulaski Mariners	SEA	20.3	4.97	67	2504	2221	333	598	110	17	51	302	40	27	204	568	.269	.337	.403	.740	895	56	37	14	28	2
Greeneville Astros	HOU	19.6	4.62	66	2495	2239	305	575	93	23	35	265	64	37	198	570	.257	.326	.366	.691	819	51	37	7	14	3
Bluefield Orioles	BAL	21.1	4.58	65	2450	2130	298	531	94	13	39	260	57	35	224	561	.249	.335	.361	.695	768	47	57	24	15	4
Danville Braves	ATL	20.9	4.55	67	2530	2277	305	608	123	20	39	271	37	22	167	524	.267	.327	.390	.717	888	55	46	16	24	3
Princeton Rays	TBR	19.6	4.26	62	2360	2121	264	526	95	28	23	208	58	20	183	560	.248	.313	.352	.665	746	54	27	10	19	7
Burlington Royals	KCR	20.0	4.09	65	2410	2181	266	520	82	18	25	227	48	39	172	526	.238	.300	.327	.627	713	32	26	18	13	2
League Totals		20.3	4.96	654	24945	22227	3245	5813	1098	189	439	2810	535	306	1964	5540	.262	.331	.387	.718	8606	466	432	141	181	34

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
Danville Braves	ATL	20.2	3.99	35	32	.522	3.12	67	67	66	1	6	23	585.2	521	267	203	33	209	7	663	33	6	71	2480	1.246	8.0	0.5	3.2	10.2	3.17
Bristol White Sox	CHW	21.0	4.27	34	30	.531	3.58	64	64	63	1	1	19	557.1	539	273	222	42	182	2	528	47	8	48	2395	1.294	8.7	0.7	2.9	8.5	2.90
Greeneville Astros	HOU	19.1	4.88	30	36	.455	4.07	66	66	66	0	7	17	577.2	616	322	261	36	195	1	506	47	8	70	2555	1.404	9.6	0.6	3.0	7.9	2.59
Kingsport Mets	NYM	20.8	4.98	34	32	.515	4.07	66	66	65	1	4	18	566.1	579	329	256	49	200	0	528	54	11	53	2471	1.376	9.2	0.8	3.2	8.4	2.64
Johnson City Cardinals	STL	19.9	5.09	36	30	.545	4.14	66	66	66	0	4	17	596.1	599	336	274	42	216	6	639	58	4	66	2631	1.367	9.0	0.6	3.3	9.6	2.96
Pulaski Mariners	SEA	20.4	5.10	40	27	.597	4.26	67	67	65	2	0	22	581.0	606	342	275	47	215	3	563	48	4	62	2580	1.413	9.4	0.7	3.3	8.7	2.62
Bluefield Orioles	BAL	21.8	5.18	29	36	.446	4.31	65	65	63	2	3	12	553.2	615	337	265	35	181	5	469	40	4	58	2472	1.438	10.0	0.6	2.9	7.6	2.59
Elizabethton Twins	MIN	20.7	5.27	41	25	.621	4.37	66	66	64	2	2	16	576.2	603	348	280	52	181	5	595	37	0	71	2532	1.360	9.4	0.8	2.8	9.3	3.29
Princeton Rays	TBR	19.3	5.37	24	38	.387	4.42	62	62	62	0	4	13	539.2	544	333	265	47	185	0	528	39	10	53	2379	1.351	9.1	0.8	3.1	8.8	2.85
Burlington Royals	KCR	20.0	5.51	24	41	.369	4.66	65	65	65	0	4	9	562.1	591	358	291	56	200	5	521	29	5	65	2458	1.407	9.5	0.9	3.2	8.3	2.61
League Totals		20.3	4.96	327	327	.500	4.10	654	654	645	9	35	166	5696.2	5813	3245	2592	439	1964	34	5540	432	60	617	24953	1.365	9.2	0.7	3.1	8.8	2.82

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Danville Braves	ATL	67	1757	659	84	54	.966	9	39	42	52%	39,534	Paul Runge
Burlington Royals	KCR	65	1687	681	86	62	.965	27	53	34	39%	28,196	Tony Tijerina
Kingsport Mets	NYM	66	1699	737	90	74	.964	27	62	33	35%	38,589	Pedro Lopez and Nick Leyva
Pulaski Mariners	SEA	67	1743	701	95	51	.963	20	73	29	28%	33,679	Rob Mummau
Bristol White Sox	CHW	64	1672	702	94	71	.962	17	64	23	26%	21,696	Bobby Thigpen
Elizabethton Twins	MIN	66	1730	714	98	58	.961	22	51	19	27%	28,131	Ray Smith
Johnson City Cardinals	STL	66	1789	705	109	57	.958	33	35	30	46%	21,327	Joe Almaraz
Greeneville Astros	HOU	66	1733	723	113	64	.956	11	59	34	37%	51,806	Rodney Linares
Princeton Rays	TBR	62	1619	655	113	44	.953	12	53	32	38%	24,233	Joe Szekely
Bluefield Orioles	BAL	65	1661	764	122	61	.952	22	46	30	39%	29,867	Orlando Gomez
League Totals		654	17090	7041	1004	596	.960	200	535	306	36%	317,058

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