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2007 Midwest League

2007 > Class A > League History
Overall: 972 games, 14 teams, approx. 138 games in season
Attendance: 3,530,410 (3,632/game)
Other Years: 2006 / 2008
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League Standings

First Half

70 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Dayton Dragons	CIN	44	26	.629	--
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	38	32	.543	6
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	35	34	.507	8.5
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	34	36	.486	10
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	34	36	.486	10
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	31	38	.449	12.5

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Beloit Snappers	MIN	44	26	.629	--
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	41	26	.612	1.5
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	38	31	.551	5.5
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	38	31	.551	5.5
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	31	38	.449	12.5
Burlington Bees	KCR	30	39	.435	13.5
Kane County Cougars	OAK	24	45	.348	19.5
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	22	46	.324	21

Second Half

70 games

East Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	45	25	.643	--
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	43	27	.614	2
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	34	34	.500	10
Dayton Dragons	CIN	34	36	.486	11
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	24	46	.343	21
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	23	46	.333	21.5

West Division

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	40	30	.571	--
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	40	30	.571	--
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	40	30	.571	--
Kane County Cougars	OAK	39	31	.557	1
Beloit Snappers	MIN	35	35	.500	5
Burlington Bees	KCR	31	38	.449	8.5
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	31	39	.443	9
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	29	41	.414	11

Quarterfinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	2	1
Cedar Rapids Kernels	ANA	1	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	2	1
Dayton Dragons	CIN	1	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
Beloit Snappers	MIN	2	0
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	0	2

Tm	Aff	W	L
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	2	0
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	0	2

Semifinals

3 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
Beloit Snappers	MIN	2	0
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	0	2

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

Finals

5 games

Tm	Aff	W	L
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	3	2
Beloit Snappers	MIN	2	3

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
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	22.2	5.17	139	5354	4616	718	1194	273	53	104	658	77	42	602	1168	.259	.349	.408	.757	1885	98	61	33	42	14
Dayton Dragons	CIN	21.7	4.78	140	5258	4762	669	1254	233	28	106	594	122	57	379	1061	.263	.325	.391	.715	1861	99	69	16	32	12
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	21.7	4.63	140	5302	4726	648	1268	243	43	74	590	181	70	437	893	.268	.335	.385	.720	1819	105	60	33	46	11
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	21.5	4.50	139	5200	4653	625	1191	211	16	94	553	95	54	396	940	.256	.323	.369	.692	1716	116	87	24	40	6
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	22.5	4.48	138	5245	4597	618	1217	224	35	81	546	67	51	501	864	.265	.344	.382	.726	1754	121	75	32	40	14
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	20.9	4.40	139	4991	4519	611	1154	231	42	112	540	196	89	339	1108	.255	.314	.399	.713	1805	93	63	31	39	12
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	21.0	4.31	137	5127	4558	590	1131	240	30	77	504	144	50	426	1036	.248	.321	.365	.686	1662	88	85	19	39	18
Kane County Cougars	OAK	22.1	4.24	139	5212	4579	589	1133	203	16	73	524	80	42	522	950	.247	.329	.347	.675	1587	108	51	25	35	8
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	21.0	4.19	139	5164	4677	582	1223	229	32	94	528	104	64	367	1082	.261	.320	.384	.704	1798	102	47	46	27	6
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	21.6	4.18	139	5084	4597	581	1166	196	23	61	513	136	69	364	925	.254	.313	.346	.659	1591	105	49	38	36	13
Beloit Snappers	MIN	21.1	4.18	140	5095	4547	585	1099	217	29	87	523	93	65	395	1075	.242	.312	.360	.671	1635	83	85	32	36	8
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	21.6	4.01	139	5192	4600	557	1158	210	21	83	506	79	52	469	1006	.252	.326	.361	.687	1659	84	57	28	38	8
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	20.9	3.96	138	5045	4502	546	1117	236	31	71	495	145	94	385	1216	.248	.315	.362	.677	1628	69	69	57	32	6
Burlington Bees	KCR	21.7	3.70	138	5059	4534	511	1104	222	16	76	446	157	64	393	1014	.243	.310	.350	.660	1586	74	63	32	37	14
League Totals		21.5	4.34	1944	72328	64467	8430	16409	3168	415	1193	7520	1676	863	5975	14338	.255	.324	.372	.696	23986	1345	921	446	519	150

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
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	21.0	3.75	78	61	.561	3.21	139	139	134	4	11	38	1189.0	1196	521	424	69	303	11	957	44	5	75	5018	1.261	9.1	0.5	2.3	7.2	3.16
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	22.6	3.82	83	57	.593	3.31	140	140	136	3	7	42	1237.0	1166	535	455	76	359	7	1081	48	7	75	5151	1.233	8.5	0.6	2.6	7.9	3.01
Beloit Snappers	MIN	21.5	3.87	79	61	.564	3.28	140	140	136	4	11	53	1214.0	1160	542	443	81	368	10	1040	49	5	64	5129	1.259	8.6	0.6	2.7	7.7	2.83
Dayton Dragons	CIN	22.0	3.89	78	62	.557	3.41	140	140	138	1	10	37	1225.0	1131	545	464	96	479	19	1109	66	6	85	5208	1.314	8.3	0.7	3.5	8.1	2.32
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	21.6	3.97	78	61	.561	3.32	139	139	139	0	11	45	1209.1	1113	552	446	81	424	11	1086	82	10	117	5120	1.271	8.3	0.6	3.2	8.1	2.56
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	21.5	4.07	70	67	.511	3.51	137	137	136	1	11	39	1198.0	1121	557	467	99	400	0	1044	57	7	78	5055	1.270	8.4	0.7	3.0	7.8	2.61
Kane County Cougars	OAK	21.8	4.27	63	76	.453	3.73	139	139	133	6	11	35	1193.1	1139	593	494	83	476	18	1078	71	14	97	5151	1.353	8.6	0.6	3.6	8.1	2.26
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	22.0	4.28	68	70	.493	3.83	138	138	135	3	7	31	1194.1	1215	590	508	92	367	8	985	65	2	100	5115	1.325	9.2	0.7	2.8	7.4	2.68
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	21.6	4.45	71	68	.511	4.02	139	139	137	1	13	36	1206.0	1105	618	539	96	503	13	1031	81	5	94	5222	1.333	8.2	0.7	3.8	7.7	2.05
Burlington Bees	KCR	22.1	4.51	61	77	.442	4.13	138	138	135	3	12	37	1195.0	1182	622	548	92	387	13	928	63	3	80	5116	1.313	8.9	0.7	2.9	7.0	2.40
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	22.0	4.63	78	61	.561	3.92	139	139	135	2	8	44	1205.1	1263	644	525	79	385	13	1004	66	2	75	5230	1.367	9.4	0.6	2.9	7.5	2.61
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	21.9	4.89	55	84	.396	4.45	139	139	136	2	9	29	1191.1	1225	680	589	89	403	9	876	83	8	76	5177	1.367	9.3	0.7	3.0	6.6	2.17
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	21.6	4.96	53	85	.384	4.07	138	138	135	3	4	28	1186.2	1144	684	537	102	497	9	1068	65	8	130	5177	1.383	8.7	0.8	3.8	8.1	2.15
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	21.3	5.37	57	82	.410	4.53	139	139	138	1	5	35	1198.2	1249	747	603	58	624	9	1051	81	10	123	5475	1.563	9.4	0.4	4.7	7.9	1.68
League Totals		21.7	4.34	972	972	.500	3.76	1944	1944	1903	34	130	529	16843.0	16409	8430	7042	1193	5975	150	14338	921	92	1269	72344	1.329	8.8	0.6	3.2	7.7	2.40

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
West Michigan Whitecaps	DET	140	3711	1412	133	121	.975	11	85	66	44%	377,412	Tom Brookens
Dayton Dragons	CIN	140	3675	1399	141	112	.973	8	117	73	38%	585,348	Donnie Scott
South Bend Silver Hawks	ARI	138	3583	1465	147	127	.972	21	97	59	38%	149,281	Mark Haley
Burlington Bees	KCR	138	3585	1443	146	124	.972	22	130	57	30%	66,857	Jim Gabella
Peoria Chiefs	CHC	139	3618	1337	161	106	.969	17	113	45	28%	259,784	Ryne Sandberg
Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	139	3628	1535	172	112	.968	20	128	76	37%	148,773	Keith Mitchell
Kane County Cougars	OAK	139	3580	1316	167	120	.967	26	132	70	35%	468,869	Aaron Nieckula
Clinton LumberKings	TEX	137	3594	1448	179	135	.966	14	145	73	33%	116,261	Mike Micucci
Fort Wayne Wizards	SDP	139	3574	1468	177	142	.966	12	165	58	26%	237,966	Doug Dascenzo
Cedar Rapids Kernels	LAA	139	3567	1486	182	117	.965	9	150	44	23%	173,219	Ever Magallanes
Lansing Lugnuts	TOR	139	3616	1582	187	123	.965	24	82	61	43%	341,746	Gary Cathcart
Beloit Snappers	MIN	140	3642	1436	183	134	.965	18	79	48	38%	82,819	Jeff Smith
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers	SEA	138	3560	1423	209	119	.960	36	142	67	32%	197,511	Jim Horner
Great Lakes Loons	LAD	139	3596	1399	227	125	.957	35	111	66	37%	324,564	Lance Parrish
League Totals		1944	50529	20149	2411	1717	.967	273	1676	863	34%	3,530,410

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