2008 Frontier League

2008 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 576 games, 12 teams, approx. 96 games in season
Attendance: 1,468,977 (2,550/game)
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Standings

Regular Season

East Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Kalamazoo Kings	60	36	.625	--
Traverse City Beach Bums	50	46	.521	10
Washington WildThings	48	48	.500	12
Florence Freedom	47	49	.490	13
Chillicothe Paints	39	57	.406	21
Midwest Sliders	29	67	.302	31

West Division

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Windy City ThunderBolts	60	36	.625	--
Southern Illinois Miners	58	38	.604	2
Gateway Grizzlies	51	45	.531	9
Rockford RiverHawks	48	48	.500	12
River City Rascals	47	49	.490	13
Evansville Otters	39	57	.406	21

Semifinals

4 games

Tm	W	L
Kalamazoo Kings	3	1
Gateway Grizzlies	1	3

Tm	W	L
Windy City ThunderBolts	3	1
Southern Illinois Miners	1	3

Finals

3 games

Tm	W	L
Windy City ThunderBolts	3	0
Kalamazoo Kings	0	3

League Batting

Tm	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
Windy City ThunderBolts	24.1	6.33	96	3837	3286	608	933	166	14	100	548	103	44	394	610	.284	.369	.434	.803	1427	75	68	56	33	10
Kalamazoo Kings	24.1	6.19	96	3767	3180	594	850	154	21	113	554	139	41	427	786	.267	.367	.436	.802	1385	51	92	32	36	4
Southern Illinois Miners	24.2	6.11	96	3898	3298	587	938	164	21	102	536	75	22	409	591	.284	.375	.440	.815	1450	76	92	65	34	5
Washington WildThings	23.7	5.83	96	3826	3238	560	864	160	32	73	512	106	43	425	687	.267	.361	.404	.764	1307	49	68	64	31	12
Florence Freedom	24.1	5.79	96	3814	3314	556	926	162	17	128	517	74	25	372	698	.279	.356	.454	.811	1506	71	41	56	31	10
Gateway Grizzlies	23.7	5.54	96	3777	3215	532	850	151	19	121	493	70	12	394	715	.264	.356	.436	.792	1402	58	81	56	31	10
Rockford RiverHawks	24.0	5.38	96	3803	3313	516	925	164	15	68	462	143	34	343	724	.279	.357	.399	.756	1323	45	78	34	35	14
River City Rascals	23.9	5.18	96	3743	3238	497	864	160	12	90	466	68	43	370	697	.267	.349	.407	.756	1318	44	58	41	36	6
Evansville Otters	23.7	4.81	96	3740	3204	462	853	164	11	62	415	80	44	411	671	.266	.355	.382	.737	1225	59	44	54	27	4
Traverse City Beach Bums	24.1	4.59	96	3682	3166	441	788	150	19	46	401	123	35	395	621	.249	.340	.352	.691	1114	64	50	51	20	6
Chillicothe Paints	23.9	4.48	96	3649	3138	430	773	139	16	51	385	102	45	368	629	.246	.331	.350	.681	1097	43	47	64	32	12
Midwest Sliders	23.2	4.14	96	3694	3232	397	756	138	17	59	363	89	31	315	639	.234	.313	.342	.655	1105	64	69	55	23	9
League Totals	23.9	5.36	1152	45230	38822	6180	10320	1872	214	1013	5652	1172	419	4623	8068	.266	.353	.403	.756	15659	699	788	628	369	102

League Pitching

Tm	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
Traverse City Beach Bums	23.3	4.15	50	46	.521	3.57	96	96	90	6	11	24	857.1	786	398	340	76	312	11	583	59	1	36	3656	1.281	8.3	0.8	3.3	6.1	1.87
Southern Illinois Miners	23.6	4.60	58	38	.604	3.81	96	96	94	2	8	23	854.2	798	442	362	60	325	17	734	66	8	65	3687	1.314	8.4	0.6	3.4	7.7	2.26
Kalamazoo Kings	23.6	4.85	60	36	.625	4.21	96	96	85	11	6	25	840.0	810	466	393	85	387	8	585	68	6	58	3698	1.425	8.7	0.9	4.1	6.3	1.51
Windy City ThunderBolts	23.4	5.03	60	36	.625	4.51	96	96	86	10	5	24	852.1	800	483	427	71	408	2	739	48	8	56	3757	1.417	8.4	0.7	4.3	7.8	1.81
Gateway Grizzlies	23.2	5.29	51	45	.531	4.52	96	96	95	1	2	23	831.2	800	508	418	94	416	6	654	69	8	81	3685	1.462	8.7	1.0	4.5	7.1	1.57
Rockford RiverHawks	24.1	5.43	48	48	.500	4.68	96	96	90	6	3	23	845.0	847	521	439	99	458	8	693	69	8	67	3855	1.544	9.0	1.1	4.9	7.4	1.51
Evansville Otters	24.0	5.67	39	57	.406	4.78	96	96	93	3	4	20	833.0	953	544	442	75	355	4	661	58	5	39	3828	1.570	10.3	0.8	3.8	7.1	1.86
Florence Freedom	23.2	5.67	47	49	.490	4.74	96	96	88	8	5	18	852.1	893	544	449	94	337	17	709	75	10	42	3846	1.443	9.4	1.0	3.6	7.5	2.10
Washington WildThings	24.2	5.71	48	48	.500	4.87	96	96	89	7	2	12	847.0	893	548	458	100	349	11	635	59	3	63	3773	1.466	9.5	1.1	3.7	6.7	1.82
Chillicothe Paints	23.4	5.83	39	57	.406	5.31	96	96	92	4	1	19	830.0	862	560	490	97	401	3	632	95	5	59	3765	1.522	9.3	1.1	4.3	6.9	1.58
River City Rascals	23.3	5.89	47	49	.490	5.13	96	96	92	4	3	25	840.1	932	565	479	88	406	7	743	66	9	60	3864	1.592	10.0	0.9	4.3	8.0	1.83
Midwest Sliders	23.1	6.26	29	67	.302	5.76	96	96	92	4	2	18	809.2	946	601	518	74	469	8	700	56	12	75	3827	1.748	10.5	0.8	5.2	7.8	1.49
League Totals	23.5	5.36	576	576	.500	4.65	1152	1152	1086	66	52	254	10093.1	10320	6180	5215	1013	4623	102	8068	788	83	701	45241	1.480	9.2	0.9	4.1	7.2	1.75

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	SB	CS	CS%	Attendance	Managers
Traverse City Beach Bums	96	2572	1143	79	79	.979	16	86	39	31%	193,724	Jon Cahill
Chillicothe Paints	96	2490	1071	100	77	.973	22	128	37	22%	67,253	Mark Mason
Southern Illinois Miners	96	2564	1028	103	69	.972	9	97	22	18%	218,191	Mike Pinto
Washington WildThings	96	2541	977	106	76	.971	15	97	29	23%	154,444	Greg Jelks
Gateway Grizzlies	96	2495	958	107	83	.970	24	73	32	30%	190,892	Phil Warren
Kalamazoo Kings	96	2520	992	108	80	.970	20	89	42	32%	83,157	Fran Riordan
Rockford RiverHawks	96	2535	979	117	75	.968	21	95	29	23%	138,234	Bob Koopmann
Windy City ThunderBolts	96	2557	1017	119	80	.968	15	98	41	29%	90,616	Brian Nelson and Mike Kashirsky
River City Rascals	96	2521	933	127	72	.965	23	96	36	27%	106,114	Toby Rumfield
Evansville Otters	96	2499	958	128	67	.964	9	90	39	30%	119,645	Jason Verdugo
Florence Freedom	96	2557	956	133	72	.964	14	95	27	22%	106,707	Jamie Keefe
Midwest Sliders	96	2429	885	131	58	.962	23	128	46	26%		Eric Coleman
League Totals	1152	30280	11897	1358	888	.969	211	1172	419	26%	1,468,977

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