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2001 Western League

2001 > Class Independent > League History
Overall: 270 games, 6 teams, approx. 90 games in season
Attendance: 481,945 (1,784/game)
Other Years: 2000 / 2002
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2000 / 2002

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2000 / 2002

League Standings

First Half

45 games

North Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Chico Heat 31 14 .689 --
Solano Steelheads 25 20 .556 6
Sonoma County Crushers 23 22 .511 8

South Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
St. George Pioneerzz 21 24 .467 --
Yuma Bullfrogs 20 25 .444 1
Long Beach Breakers 15 30 .333 6

Second Half

45 games

North Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Solano Steelheads 27 18 .600 --
Chico Heat 25 20 .556 2
Sonoma County Crushers 25 20 .556 2

South Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Long Beach Breakers 21 24 .467 --
Yuma Bullfrogs 19 26 .422 2
St. George Pioneerzz 18 27 .400 3

Semifinals

5 games
Tm W L
Chico Heat 3 1
Solano Steelheads 1 3

Finals

5 games

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
St. George Pioneerzz 27.3 6.56 90 3693 3223 590 944 184 27 101 530 85 35 350 736 .293 .370 .461 .831 1485 62 65 22 33 10
Chico Heat 27.1 6.29 90 3691 3227 566 997 187 15 62 511 72 36 348 509 .309 .379 .434 .813 1400 78 44 25 47 22
Solano Steelheads 28.1 5.97 90 3512 3126 537 919 179 31 97 487 86 37 267 556 .294 .358 .464 .822 1451 75 60 27 32 12
Sonoma County Crushers 26.4 5.59 90 3544 3074 503 850 156 14 68 460 76 33 361 652 .277 .359 .403 .762 1238 86 54 21 34 5
Yuma Bullfrogs 26.9 5.21 90 3523 3120 469 884 153 31 43 424 42 29 278 542 .283 .348 .394 .742 1228 69 50 42 33 11
Long Beach Breakers 26.5 5.02 90 3563 3096 452 822 146 12 49 403 104 49 331 610 .266 .346 .368 .714 1139 64 65 39 32 6
League Totals 27.0 5.77 540 21526 18866 3117 5416 1005 130 420 2815 465 219 1935 3605 .287 .360 .421 .781 7941 434 338 176 211 66

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
Chico Heat 27.5 4.71 56 34 .622 3.79 90 90 86 4 2 27 796.0 831 424 335 63 280 5 654 55 6 33 3505 1.396 9.4 0.7 3.2 7.4 2.34
Solano Steelheads 27.1 5.49 52 38 .578 4.65 90 90 83 7 1 27 789.2 893 494 408 69 292 5 648 36 10 45 3523 1.501 10.2 0.8 3.3 7.4 2.22
Long Beach Breakers 25.9 5.49 36 54 .400 4.47 90 90 80 10 4 18 805.2 886 494 400 50 304 9 549 48 11 49 3565 1.477 9.9 0.6 3.4 6.1 1.81
Sonoma County Crushers 27.1 5.66 48 42 .533 4.68 90 90 86 4 1 28 787.0 866 509 409 60 336 26 602 73 11 41 3595 1.527 9.9 0.7 3.8 6.9 1.79
Yuma Bullfrogs 27.5 5.92 39 51 .433 5.17 90 90 87 3 2 19 783.1 875 533 450 74 370 18 613 73 15 77 3584 1.589 10.1 0.9 4.3 7.0 1.66
St. George Pioneerzz 27.1 7.37 39 51 .433 6.54 90 90 86 4 1 15 784.2 1065 663 570 104 353 3 539 53 14 47 3764 1.807 12.2 1.2 4.0 6.2 1.53
League Totals 27.0 5.77 270 270 .500 4.88 540 540 508 32 11 134 4746.1 5416 3117 2572 420 1935 66 3605 338 67 292 21536 1.549 10.3 0.8 3.7 6.8 1.86

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Yuma Bullfrogs 90 2350 942 103 85 .970 22 109 32 23% 83,046 Bill Plummer
Solano Steelheads 90 2369 904 120 93 .965 25 73 30 29% 83,926 Bo Dodson and Paul Menhart
Long Beach Breakers 90 2417 1033 129 118 .964 15 69 37 35% 51,833 Steve Yeager
Chico Heat 90 2388 983 131 78 .963 20 50 42 46% 109,057 Charlie Kerfeld
Sonoma County Crushers 90 2361 895 133 60 .961 17 71 42 37% 77,200 Tim Ireland
St. George Pioneerzz 90 2354 988 149 90 .957 10 93 36 28% 76,883 Billy Ashley, Mike Littlewood and Brian Grebeck
League Totals 540 14239 5745 765 524 .963 109 465 219 32% 481,945