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2008 Northwest Arkansas Naturals

2008 > Class AA > 2008 Texas League (North)
Overall: 75-65
Scored 640 runs, Allowed 628 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-69

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL-working agrmnt
Manager: Brian Poldberg
Represented: Springdale, AR
Ballpark: Arvest Ballpark (Springdale, AR)
Attendance: 358,792
Other Years: 2009

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Cory Aldridge* 29 49 195 167 23 45 6 1 10 40 2 4 25 37 .269 .361 .497 .858 83 2 0 1 2 2
2 Cody Clark 26 40 112 103 9 19 3 0 4 14 1 1 5 19 .184 .234 .330 .564 34 1 2 1 1 0
3 Adam Donachie 24 91 308 264 30 56 8 0 5 29 1 1 37 71 .212 .310 .299 .609 79 4 1 5 1 0
4 Jose Duarte 23 133 585 528 68 132 19 2 10 47 28 8 50 91 .250 .313 .350 .663 185 8 0 3 4 0
5 Irving Falu# 25 101 405 362 57 109 11 2 5 42 11 9 38 31 .301 .367 .384 .751 139 7 0 4 1 0
6 Kila Ka'aihue* 24 91 376 287 64 90 11 0 26 79 3 2 80 41 .314 .463 .624 1.086 179 3 4 0 5 7
7 Mario Lisson 24 130 531 476 57 107 23 3 14 65 31 6 33 105 .225 .284 .374 .658 178 17 9 7 6 1
8 Ed Lucas 26 79 303 270 38 82 10 4 4 30 14 7 29 47 .304 .372 .415 .787 112 4 1 2 1 0
9 Marc Maddox 24 127 518 453 69 128 30 0 4 30 15 12 48 73 .283 .363 .375 .738 170 14 10 5 2 0
10 Brian McFall 24 106 404 348 42 84 16 2 18 61 7 6 39 103 .241 .329 .454 .783 158 6 9 3 5 0
11 Juan Richardson 29 133 559 494 90 146 36 2 16 82 2 5 54 93 .296 .370 .474 .844 234 17 7 0 4 2
12 Angel Sanchez 24 63 277 241 28 63 7 2 1 23 4 4 28 40 .261 .338 .320 .658 77 5 1 5 2 0
13 Ovandy Suero# 26 98 363 328 39 83 12 5 2 24 42 16 19 61 .253 .302 .338 .641 111 8 5 9 2 0
14 Kiel Thibault 24 31 109 100 7 16 6 0 0 9 5 0 5 23 .160 .196 .220 .416 22 3 0 2 2 0
15 Geraldo Valentin 25 70 275 256 19 64 10 1 3 19 1 4 10 25 .250 .277 .332 .609 85 12 1 4 4 1
15 Players 25.0 140 5320 4677 640 1224 208 24 122 594 167 85 500 860 .262 .337 .395 .731 1846 111 50 51 42 13
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age 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
1 Greg Atencio 26 3 3 .500 3.81 27 0 10 0 0 3 54.1 44 29 23 4 25 0 63 3 1 6 226 1.270 7.3 0.7 4.1 10.4 2.52
2 John Bale* 34 0 0 5.40 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 1.800 16.2 0.0 0.0 16.2
3 Roman Colon 28 2 0 1.000 5.29 10 0 3 0 0 1 17.0 18 10 10 1 4 1 8 0 0 2 72 1.294 9.5 0.5 2.1 4.2 2.00
4 Dan Cortes 21 10 4 .714 3.78 23 23 0 0 0 0 116.2 103 51 49 13 55 0 109 8 0 3 497 1.354 7.9 1.0 4.2 8.4 1.98
5 Kyle Crist 25 4 1 .800 3.89 42 1 24 0 0 6 74.0 67 33 32 11 33 1 56 5 0 6 317 1.351 8.1 1.3 4.0 6.8 1.70
6 Julio De La Cruz 27 0 1 .000 4.23 14 0 4 0 0 0 27.2 25 14 13 5 12 0 13 1 0 1 117 1.337 8.1 1.6 3.9 4.2 1.08
7 Gilbert De La Vara* 23 3 0 1.000 2.76 21 0 7 0 0 2 32.2 23 12 10 0 15 0 21 1 0 2 129 1.163 6.3 0.0 4.1 5.8 1.40
8 Jeff Fulchino 28 0 0 5.40 2 0 1 0 0 1 3.1 3 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 15 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 16.2 6.00
9 Patrick Green 26 0 1 .000 8.38 7 0 5 0 0 0 9.2 14 9 9 3 3 1 8 0 0 2 45 1.759 13.0 2.8 2.8 7.4 2.67
10 Tim Hamulack* 31 0 1 .000 1.96 18 0 8 0 0 6 23.0 13 5 5 2 1 0 23 0 0 0 83 0.609 5.1 0.8 0.4 9.0 23.00
11 Rowdy Hardy* 25 6 11 .353 4.97 28 27 0 0 0 0 155.2 195 97 86 14 31 2 87 20 0 2 694 1.452 11.3 0.8 1.8 5.0 2.81
12 Aaron Hartsock 24 0 0 2.25 1 0 1 0 0 1 4.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.2 2.2 0.0 11.2
13 Chris Hayes 25 5 2 .714 1.64 40 0 32 0 0 12 65.2 49 14 12 4 13 3 39 1 0 1 246 0.944 6.7 0.5 1.8 5.3 3.00
14 Dusty Hughes* 26 5 2 .714 2.91 20 4 7 0 0 3 52.2 47 17 17 3 16 1 43 0 1 1 209 1.196 8.0 0.5 2.7 7.3 2.69
15 Blake Johnson 23 10 9 .526 4.85 26 25 1 0 0 0 143.0 168 85 77 20 38 0 86 11 1 5 624 1.441 10.6 1.3 2.4 5.4 2.26
16 Devon Lowery 25 1 0 1.000 0.69 9 0 5 0 0 2 13.0 8 2 1 0 5 0 17 1 0 0 54 1.000 5.5 0.0 3.5 11.8 3.40
17 Paul Mildren* 24 2 6 .250 6.33 19 3 8 0 0 1 42.2 54 31 30 5 25 0 34 1 1 1 208 1.852 11.4 1.1 5.3 7.2 1.36
18 Chris Nicoll 24 4 1 .800 3.09 19 1 5 0 0 3 43.2 43 16 15 2 8 2 55 4 0 1 183 1.168 8.9 0.4 1.6 11.3 6.88
19 Juan Carlos Oviedo 26 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
20 Matt Peterson 26 0 0 2.41 11 0 6 0 0 3 18.2 16 5 5 3 5 1 13 1 0 1 75 1.125 7.7 1.4 2.4 6.3 2.60
21 Julio Cesar Pimentel 22 7 13 .350 5.38 28 28 0 0 0 0 157.1 193 103 94 17 52 0 115 6 0 16 696 1.557 11.0 1.0 3.0 6.6 2.21
22 Jarod Plummer 24 4 1 .800 4.19 29 0 11 0 0 3 58.0 57 27 27 12 15 0 65 1 0 0 243 1.241 8.8 1.9 2.3 10.1 4.33
23 Carlos Rosa 23 4 2 .667 1.20 8 8 0 0 0 0 45.0 30 8 6 2 7 0 42 0 0 3 166 0.822 6.0 0.4 1.4 8.4 6.00
24 Blake Wood 22 5 7 .417 5.30 18 18 0 2 2 0 86.2 96 55 51 7 32 0 76 7 0 11 383 1.477 10.0 0.7 3.3 7.9 2.38
24 Players 24.3 75 65 .536 4.15 140 140 138 2 11 47 1248.0 1270 628 576 129 396 12 989 71 4 64 5308 1.335 9.2 0.9 2.9 7.1 2.50

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Adam Donachie 90 570 84 7 9 .989 7.27 3 81 48 37%
Cody Clark 39 239 24 2 3 .992 6.74 2 27 8 23%
Kiel Thibault 27 198 11 1 0 .995 7.74 3 25 9 26%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kila Ka'aihue 70 617 38 8 66 .988 9.36
Juan Richardson 67 546 35 6 58 .990 8.67
Ed Lucas 5 26 3 0 2 1.000 5.80
Geraldo Valentin 3 28 1 0 4 1.000 9.67
Cody Clark 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Adam Donachie 1 7 1 0 0 1.000 8.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Marc Maddox 119 231 340 10 89 .983 4.80
Irving Falu 20 51 52 0 17 1.000 5.15
Ed Lucas 3 8 11 1 1 .950 6.33

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Mario Lisson 68 48 150 11 16 .947 2.91
Ed Lucas 47 24 80 7 5 .937 2.21
Juan Richardson 20 18 38 1 4 .982 2.80
Irving Falu 12 12 15 0 2 1.000 2.25
Geraldo Valentin 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Angel Sanchez 61 80 207 11 40 .963 4.70
Mario Lisson 60 97 176 12 52 .958 4.55
Irving Falu 21 30 59 2 10 .978 4.24
Ed Lucas 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ovandy Suero 85 129 6 5 0 .964 1.59
Geraldo Valentin 32 36 1 1 0 .974 1.16
Irving Falu 17 22 0 1 0 .957 1.29
Cory Aldridge 10 15 0 1 0 .938 1.50
Ed Lucas 9 19 1 0 0 1.000 2.22

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jose Duarte 131 330 18 5 7 .986 2.66
Ovandy Suero 11 32 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Irving Falu 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.40

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brian McFall 99 170 8 2 2 .989 1.80
Irving Falu 24 36 4 1 1 .976 1.67
Geraldo Valentin 23 46 2 1 0 .980 2.09
Cory Aldridge 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.50

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Kyle Crist 42 0 10 0 0 1.000 0.24
Chris Hayes 40 2 15 1 2 .944 0.43
Jarod Plummer 29 0 5 1 0 .833 0.17
Rowdy Hardy 28 9 32 1 1 .976 1.46
Julio Cesar Pimentel 28 3 19 4 1 .846 0.79
Greg Atencio 27 2 8 3 1 .769 0.37
Blake Johnson 26 8 15 3 1 .885 0.88
Dan Cortes 23 7 4 0 0 1.000 0.48
Gilbert De La Vara 21 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.43
Dusty Hughes 20 2 14 0 1 1.000 0.80
Paul Mildren 19 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.16
Chris Nicoll 19 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.32
Tim Hamulack 18 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.17
Blake Wood 18 5 11 1 1 .941 0.89
Julio De La Cruz 14 4 1 1 0 .833 0.36
Matt Peterson 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.18
Roman Colon 10 0 0 0 0 0.00
Devon Lowery 9 0 0 0 0 0.00
Carlos Rosa 8 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.25
Patrick Green 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.29
John Bale 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50
Jeff Fulchino 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Aaron Hartsock 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Juan Carlos Oviedo 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Cory Aldridge 29 L R 6' 0.0" 210 Jun 13, 1979 San Angelo, TX, US 2008-07-03 2008-09-01
Greg Atencio 26 R R 6' 2.0" 191 Jul 15, 1981 Phoenix, AZ, US 2008-04-28 2008-09-01
John Bale 34 L L 6' 4.0" 210 May 22, 1974 Cheverly, MD, US 2008-07-15 2008-07-17
Cody Clark 26 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 14, 1981 Fayetteville, AR, US 2008-04-10 2008-09-01
Roman Colon 28 R R 6' 5.0" 245 Aug 13, 1979 Monte Cristi, Monte Cristi, DO 2008-04-04 2008-05-04
Dan Cortes 21 R R 6' 6.0" 235 Mar 4, 1987 Pomona, CA, US 2008-04-06 2008-08-29
Kyle Crist 25 R R 6' 3.0" 194 Jun 27, 1983 Sacramento, CA, US 2008-04-14 2008-09-01
Julio De La Cruz 27 R R 6' 1.0" 161 Oct 7, 1980 Cotui, Sanchez Ramirez, DO 2008-04-05 2008-07-31
Gilbert De La Vara 23 L L 5' 10.0" 190 Oct 4, 1984 Tucson, AZ, US 2008-06-26 2008-08-30
Adam Donachie 24 R R 6' 1.0" 215 Mar 3, 1984 Winter Park, FL, US 2008-04-05 2008-09-01
Jose Duarte 23 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Mar 7, 1985 Santa Lucia, Miranda, VE 2008-04-03 2008-09-01
Irving Falu 25 S R 5' 10.0" 185 Jun 6, 1983 Hato Rey, PR 2008-04-05 2008-08-31
Jeff Fulchino 28 R R 6' 4.0" 255 Nov 26, 1979 Titusville, FL, US 2008-04-05 2008-04-08
Patrick Green 26 L R 6' 2.0" 193 Feb 13, 1982 Alpharetta, GA, US 2008-04-10 2008-04-30
Tim Hamulack 31 R L 6' 2.0" 215 Nov 14, 1976 Ithaca, NY, US 2008-07-04 2008-08-30
Rowdy Hardy 25 L L 6' 4.0" 170 Oct 26, 1982 Dallas, TX, US 2008-04-05 2008-08-31
Aaron Hartsock 24 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jan 17, 1984 Brawley, CA, US 2008-05-25 2008-05-25
Chris Hayes 25 R R 6' 2.0" 177 Feb 5, 1983 Chicago, IL, US 2008-05-02 2008-08-30
Dusty Hughes 26 L L 5' 10.0" 190 Jun 29, 1982 Tupelo, MS, US 2008-04-03 2008-06-15
Blake Johnson 23 R R 6' 5.0" 200 Jun 14, 1985 Baton Rouge, LA, US 2008-04-07 2008-08-23
Kila Ka'aihue 24 L R 6' 4.0" 235 Mar 29, 1984 Kailua, HI, US 2008-04-03 2008-07-28
Mario Lisson 24 R R 6' 2.0" 220 May 31, 1984 Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE 2008-04-03 2008-09-01
Devon Lowery 25 L R 6' 1.0" 195 Mar 24, 1983 Lincolnton, NC, US 2008-04-03 2008-04-27
Ed Lucas 26 R R 6' 3.0" 210 May 21, 1982 Grand Rapids, MI, US 2008-04-22 2008-09-01
Marc Maddox 24 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Sep 16, 1983 Hattiesburg, MS, US 2008-04-03 2008-09-01
Brian McFall 24 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Mar 17, 1984 Flagstaff, AZ, US 2008-04-03 2008-09-01
Paul Mildren 24 R L 6' 1.0" 195 May 3, 1984 Adelaide, South Australia, AU 2008-04-04 2008-08-31
Chris Nicoll 24 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Oct 30, 1983 Whittier, CA, US 2008-06-18 2008-08-28
Juan Carlos Oviedo 26 R R 6' 2.0" 190 Mar 15, 1982 Bonao, Monsenor Nouel, DO 2008-07-17 2008-07-17
Matt Peterson 26 R R 6' 5.0" 230 Feb 11, 1982 Alexandria, LA, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-31
Julio Cesar Pimentel 22 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 14, 1985 La Romana, La Romana, DO 2008-04-04 2008-09-01
Jarod Plummer 24 R R 6' 5.0" 200 Jan 27, 1984 Dallas, TX, US 2008-04-25 2008-08-02
Juan Richardson 29 R R 5' 11.0" 215 Jan 27, 1979 Bani, Peravia, DO 2008-04-03 2008-09-01
Carlos Rosa 23 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Sep 21, 1984 San Francisco de Macoris, Duarte, DO 2008-04-03 2008-05-10
Angel Sanchez 24 R R 6' 1.0" 205 Sep 20, 1983 Humacao, PR 2008-04-03 2008-06-22
Ovandy Suero 26 S R 5' 10.0" 160 Jun 20, 1982 Villa Gonzalez, Santiago, DO 2008-04-04 2008-09-01
Kiel Thibault 24 R R 6' 0.0" 200 Mar 2, 1984 Jerome, ID, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Geraldo Valentin 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Sep 8, 1982 Rio Piedras, PR 2008-04-03 2008-07-08
Blake Wood 22 R R 6' 5.0" 240 Aug 8, 1985 Atlanta, GA, US 2008-05-29 2008-08-30

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