2010 West Michigan Whitecaps

2010 > Class A > 2010 Midwest League (Eastern)
Overall: 62-77
Scored 609 runs, Allowed 625 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 68-71

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Joe Depastino
Represented: Grand Rapids, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 371,575
Other Years: 2009 / 2011

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	Billy Alvino	22	30	105	84	8	22	3	0	0	1	1	0	15	6	.262	.398	.298	.696	25	4	4	2	0	0
2	Ron Bourquin*	25	11	47	38	3	9	3	0	0	3	1	0	8	11	.237	.383	.316	.699	12	1	1	0	0	0
3	Rob Brantly*	20	52	217	188	26	48	10	1	1	21	2	2	23	22	.255	.352	.335	.687	63	9	5	1	0	0
4	Alexis Espinoza	21	67	268	253	34	61	8	6	6	28	4	3	6	88	.241	.280	.391	.671	99	4	8	0	1	0
5	Avisail Garcia	19	125	524	494	58	139	17	4	4	63	20	4	20	113	.281	.313	.356	.669	176	14	5	0	5	1
6	Wade Gaynor	22	131	574	514	91	147	39	4	10	80	13	5	46	111	.286	.354	.436	.789	224	10	10	0	4	0
7	Mike Gosse*	24	37	151	137	13	31	9	3	0	13	1	0	11	17	.226	.289	.336	.624	46	4	1	2	0	0
8	Carlos Guillen#	34	2	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	2	1	0	0	0	0
9	Jimmy Gulliver*	24	42	160	145	16	37	6	1	2	18	3	4	12	42	.255	.306	.352	.658	51	3	0	0	3	0
10	Brandon Inge	33	1	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.800	1.200	4	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jamie Johnson*	23	122	555	443	76	126	21	8	3	41	11	7	98	76	.284	.413	.388	.802	172	7	3	6	5	0
12	Clay Jones	22	50	214	189	22	51	10	0	2	24	1	0	17	31	.270	.346	.354	.700	67	8	6	0	2	0
13	Corey Jones*	22	48	226	189	27	68	19	0	0	30	1	0	17	27	.360	.450	.460	.911	87	3	15	4	1	0
14	Jordan Lennerton*	24	59	249	214	21	62	15	0	3	23	0	0	31	65	.290	.386	.402	.787	86	7	3	0	1	0
15	Luis Palacios	20	27	102	94	11	18	3	1	0	5	2	0	8	28	.191	.255	.245	.500	23	1	0	0	0	0
16	Hernan Perez	19	124	507	473	45	111	15	0	5	50	5	1	25	98	.235	.273	.298	.571	141	19	2	2	5	0
17	Tony Plagman*	22	63	273	243	33	66	19	3	5	35	1	0	22	47	.272	.337	.436	.773	106	4	4	0	4	1
18	Michael Rockett	22	99	402	379	53	89	20	5	7	43	5	7	12	81	.235	.266	.369	.635	140	10	5	3	3	0
19	Julio Rodriguez	20	2	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	Eric Roof*	23	36	136	120	9	28	5	1	0	14	0	2	14	40	.233	.324	.292	.615	35	1	2	0	0	0
21	Jeff Rowland*	22	57	252	210	42	59	9	3	1	24	5	3	34	51	.281	.383	.367	.750	77	3	2	4	2	0
22	Luis Salas	21	31	111	103	6	15	6	0	0	8	1	0	5	32	.146	.191	.204	.395	21	5	1	1	1	0
23	Luis Sanz	19	21	79	67	5	17	1	0	0	3	3	1	7	10	.254	.338	.269	.606	18	1	2	2	1	0
24	Christopher Sedon	22	24	82	76	6	19	1	0	3	7	1	2	3	32	.250	.293	.382	.674	29	0	2	0	1	0
25	Elvin Soto*	21	16	56	46	4	6	2	1	1	4	0	3	9	18	.130	.273	.283	.555	13	1	0	1	0	0
	25 Players	21.5	139	5310	4718	609	1235	243	41	53	540	81	44	444	1049	.262	.333	.364	.698	1719	120	81	28	39	2

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	Nolan Cain	24	0	0		3.38	9	0	5	0	0	0	10.2	11	6	4	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	52	1.594	9.3	1.7	5.1	8.4	1.67
2	Patrick Cooper	20	2	1	.667	5.72	8	8	0	0	0	0	39.1	42	26	25	4	23	0	26	0	0	4	176	1.653	9.6	0.9	5.3	5.9	1.13
3	Antonio Cruz*	18	2	0	1.000	2.79	10	0	6	0	0	0	19.1	19	6	6	0	10	0	13	0	0	2	86	1.500	8.8	0.0	4.7	6.1	1.30
4	Kenny Faulk*	23	5	4	.556	2.16	49	0	38	0	0	12	58.1	52	17	14	0	30	2	78	1	0	9	257	1.406	8.0	0.0	4.6	12.0	2.60
5	Trevor Feeney	24	12	13	.480	3.46	29	29	0	1	0	0	184.2	216	85	71	12	22	0	123	6	0	7	775	1.289	10.5	0.6	1.1	6.0	5.59
6	Cory Hamilton	22	0	0		0.84	4	0	3	0	0	2	10.2	9	1	1	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	42	1.219	7.6	0.0	3.4	7.6	2.25
7	Kevan Hess	22	0	1	.000	8.00	10	0	3	0	0	1	18.0	17	17	16	1	17	0	15	2	0	3	89	1.889	8.5	0.5	8.5	7.5	0.88
8	Victor Larez	23	8	11	.421	4.27	33	17	3	0	0	2	130.2	150	73	62	13	35	0	59	6	0	7	571	1.416	10.3	0.9	2.4	4.1	1.69
9	Ramon Lebron	21	4	5	.444	6.85	13	13	0	0	0	0	47.1	50	38	36	5	39	0	55	5	3	7	231	1.880	9.5	1.0	7.4	10.5	1.41
10	Matt Little	22	1	0	1.000	4.71	15	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	17	11	11	0	14	1	25	1	1	4	95	1.476	7.3	0.0	6.0	10.7	1.79
11	Miguel Mejia	22	1	0	1.000	4.05	7	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	13	6	6	1	6	0	13	1	0	0	59	1.425	8.8	0.7	4.0	8.8	2.17
12	Melvin Mercedes	19	1	2	.333	5.03	15	0	11	0	0	3	19.2	16	11	11	0	19	1	12	3	0	2	94	1.780	7.3	0.0	8.7	5.5	0.63
13	Nolan Moody	24	0	0		4.82	10	0	2	0	0	1	18.2	24	11	10	3	6	0	18	1	0	3	86	1.607	11.6	1.4	2.9	8.7	3.00
14	Nate Newman	23	0	5	.000	4.46	28	4	9	0	0	0	68.2	69	39	34	3	34	1	45	2	1	17	304	1.500	9.0	0.4	4.5	5.9	1.32
15	Jose Ortega	21	0	3	.000	4.56	18	0	11	0	0	1	25.2	28	14	13	1	17	1	22	0	0	2	120	1.753	9.8	0.4	6.0	7.7	1.29
16	Jordan Pratt	20	1	2	.333	2.63	19	0	10	0	0	4	27.1	26	8	8	0	9	0	26	2	0	2	115	1.280	8.6	0.0	3.0	8.6	2.89
17	Zach Samuels	23	4	1	.800	2.98	30	0	7	0	0	3	66.1	63	27	22	3	25	0	53	8	0	2	285	1.327	8.5	0.4	3.4	7.2	2.12
18	Luis Sanz	22	4	7	.364	5.38	25	12	4	0	0	0	87.0	93	59	52	8	43	0	62	8	3	11	389	1.563	9.6	0.8	4.4	6.4	1.44
19	Giovanni Soto*	19	9	8	.529	2.93	22	22	0	2	2	0	113.2	97	42	37	7	36	0	107	10	0	5	464	1.170	7.7	0.6	2.9	8.5	2.97	Stats for 2 teams
20	Shawn Teufel*	23	1	1	.500	2.60	9	0	5	0	0	0	17.1	11	6	5	1	8	1	14	1	0	0	71	1.096	5.7	0.5	4.2	7.3	1.75
21	Jade Todd*	20	0	8	.000	5.11	14	14	0	1	0	0	68.2	78	43	39	6	24	0	56	0	0	3	303	1.485	10.2	0.8	3.1	7.3	2.33
22	Jacob Turner	19	2	3	.400	3.67	11	10	1	0	0	0	54.0	53	26	22	4	9	0	51	1	0	1	228	1.148	8.8	0.7	1.5	8.5	5.67
23	Jared Wesson*	24	7	2	.778	3.44	19	15	1	0	0	0	81.0	74	35	31	1	41	0	85	4	1	7	354	1.420	8.2	0.1	4.6	9.4	2.07
24	Richard Zumaya	20	1	2	.333	5.05	27	1	8	0	0	0	46.1	55	31	26	4	18	0	28	2	0	2	211	1.576	10.7	0.8	3.5	5.4	1.56
	24 Players	21.8	62	77	.446	4.05	139	139	135	4	9	29	1216.2	1261	625	548	74	484	7	974	60	9	99	5333	1.434	9.3	0.5	3.6	7.2	2.01

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Rob Brantly	52	353	39	2	2	.995	7.54	7	53	16	23%
Eric Roof	36	265	25	6	2	.980	8.06	3	44	13	23%
Billy Alvino	30	209	17	0	2	1.000	7.53	2	57	10	15%
Luis Sanz	21	153	13	1	1	.994	7.90	1	27	9	25%
Julio Rodriguez	2	13	1	0	0	1.000	7.00	0	1	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tony Plagman	51	422	29	7	41	.985	8.84
Jordan Lennerton	46	399	27	3	30	.993	9.26
Clay Jones	23	190	20	4	16	.981	9.13
Elvin Soto	14	99	11	0	8	1.000	7.86
Ron Bourquin	6	58	5	1	3	.984	10.50

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Corey Jones	46	82	107	5	26	.974	4.11
Mike Gosse	30	50	69	1	17	.992	3.97
Jimmy Gulliver	24	38	59	1	12	.990	4.04
Christopher Sedon	24	53	51	3	9	.972	4.33
Luis Palacios	18	29	45	1	10	.987	4.11
Carlos Guillen	2	2	2	1	1	.800	2.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Wade Gaynor	127	82	237	25	16	.927	2.51
Jimmy Gulliver	12	3	15	3	2	.857	1.50
Luis Palacios	4	5	12	1	0	.944	4.25
Brandon Inge	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Hernan Perez	124	200	380	35	68	.943	4.68
Jimmy Gulliver	10	19	26	2	9	.957	4.50
Luis Palacios	5	5	12	2	1	.895	3.40

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Michael Rockett	65	112	8	2	1	.984	1.85
Jamie Johnson	29	53	6	2	2	.967	2.03
Luis Salas	29	50	3	2	1	.964	1.83
Jeff Rowland	13	26	1	0	0	1.000	2.08
Alexis Espinoza	6	6	1	1	0	.875	1.17

CF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Jamie Johnson	87	199	9	4	.981	2.39
Jeff Rowland	42	86	5	1	.989	2.17
Michael Rockett	13	31	4	0	1.000	2.69

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Avisail Garcia	117	233	12	6	0	.976	2.09
Michael Rockett	13	35	1	2	0	.947	2.77
Alexis Espinoza	11	24	1	1	1	.962	2.27

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kenny Faulk	49	0	7	0	1	1.000	0.14
Victor Larez	33	7	11	3	1	.857	0.55
Zach Samuels	30	3	10	0	2	1.000	0.43
Trevor Feeney	29	15	19	2	0	.944	1.17
Nate Newman	28	4	15	0	2	1.000	0.68
Richard Zumaya	27	1	5	1	1	.857	0.22
Luis Sanz	25	8	16	2	3	.923	0.96
Giovanni Soto	22	6	22	2	0	.933	1.27	Stats for 2 teams
Jordan Pratt	19	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.32
Jared Wesson	19	3	10	0	1	1.000	0.68
Jose Ortega	18	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.33
Matt Little	15	2	6	1	1	.889	0.53
Melvin Mercedes	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Jade Todd	14	1	6	1	0	.875	0.50
Ramon Lebron	13	2	7	1	0	.900	0.69
Jacob Turner	11	2	4	0	0	1.000	0.55
Antonio Cruz	10	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.10
Kevan Hess	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.30
Nolan Moody	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.20
Nolan Cain	9	3	1	1	0	.800	0.44
Shawn Teufel	9	0	4	1	0	.800	0.44
Patrick Cooper	8	1	5	0	1	1.000	0.75
Miguel Mejia	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.29
Cory Hamilton	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Billy Alvino	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Sep 2, 1987	Stony Brook, NY, US	2010-04-09	2010-06-16
Ron Bourquin	25	L	R	6' 3.0"	215	Apr 29, 1985	Canton, OH, US	2010-06-01	2010-06-15
Rob Brantly	20	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jul 14, 1989	San Diego, CA, US	2010-06-25	2010-09-05
Nolan Cain	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	235	Jan 2, 1986	Tampa, FL, US	2010-04-08	2010-05-02
Patrick Cooper	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	204	Aug 25, 1989	Danville, KY, US	2010-07-29	2010-09-03
Antonio Cruz	18	L	L	5' 11.0"	200	Oct 7, 1991	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2010-08-04	2010-09-06
Alexis Espinoza	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Dec 20, 1988	La Victoria, Aragua, VE	2010-04-09	2010-09-06
Kenny Faulk	23	L	L	6' 0.0"	235	May 27, 1987	Kennesaw, GA, US	2010-04-08	2010-09-05
Trevor Feeney	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Jun 4, 1986	Channahon, IL, US	2010-04-08	2010-09-04
Avisail Garcia	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	240	Jun 12, 1991	Anaco, Anzoategui, VE	2010-04-08	2010-09-04
Wade Gaynor	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	225	Apr 19, 1988	Hawesville, KY, US	2010-04-08	2010-09-04
Mike Gosse	24	L	R	5' 7.0"	165	May 30, 1986	Pitt Meadows, CA, US	2010-04-09	2010-05-27
Carlos Guillen	34	S	R	6' 1.0"	215	Sep 30, 1975	Maracay, Aragua, VE	2010-08-06	2010-08-07
Jimmy Gulliver	24	L	R	5' 11.0"	175	Jun 6, 1986	Allen Park, MI, US	2010-05-29	2010-09-06
Cory Hamilton	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Apr 15, 1988	Sonora, CA, US	2010-04-28	2010-05-09
Kevan Hess	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 30, 1988	Kalamazoo, MI, US	2010-07-26	2010-09-06
Brandon Inge	33	R	R	5' 11.0"	190	May 19, 1977	Lynchburg, VA, US	2010-08-03	2010-08-03
Jamie Johnson	23	L	R	5' 9.0"	180	Apr 26, 1987	Calhoun, LA, US	2010-04-08	2010-09-04
Clay Jones	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Nov 11, 1987	Birmingham, AL, US	2010-06-25	2010-09-06
Corey Jones	22	L	R	6' 0.0"	202	Sep 14, 1987	Camarillo, CA, US	2010-07-14	2010-09-06
Victor Larez	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	160	May 28, 1987	Cumana, Sucre, VE	2010-04-08	2010-09-01
Ramon Lebron	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jan 2, 1989	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	2010-04-12	2010-06-27
Jordan Lennerton	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	217	Feb 16, 1986	Langley, BC, CA	2010-04-08	2010-06-19
Matt Little	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Mar 19, 1988	Virginia Beach, VA, US	2010-06-30	2010-08-16
Miguel Mejia	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jan 19, 1988	Brooklyn, NY, US	2010-06-27	2010-07-14
Melvin Mercedes	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	250	Nov 2, 1990	El Seibo, DO	2010-04-09	2010-05-24
Nolan Moody	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	200	Sep 23, 1985		2010-05-12	2010-06-19
Nate Newman	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Dec 17, 1986	Houston, TX, US	2010-04-09	2010-09-04
Jose Ortega	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	185	Oct 12, 1988	Caja Seca, Zulia, VE	2010-04-09	2010-06-10
Luis Palacios	20	R	R	5' 10.0"	162	Jul 7, 1989	Anaco, Anzoategui, VE	2010-04-08	2010-05-27
Hernan Perez	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 26, 1991	Villa de Cura, Aragua, VE	2010-04-08	2010-09-06
Tony Plagman	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	211	Aug 14, 1987	Alpharetta, GA, US	2010-06-16	2010-09-06
Jordan Pratt	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Sep 25, 1989	Harrison, AR, US	2010-07-03	2010-09-06
Michael Rockett	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jul 26, 1987	Sugar Land, TX, US	2010-04-08	2010-09-06
Julio Rodriguez	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	235	Aug 3, 1989	Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor, DO	2010-06-18	2010-06-19
Eric Roof	23	L	R	6' 3.0"	185	Nov 15, 1986	Paducah, KY, US	2010-04-08	2010-06-13
Jeff Rowland	22	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Apr 1, 1988	Augusta, GA, US	2010-06-30	2010-09-06
Luis Salas	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jan 2, 1989	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE	2010-04-08	2010-06-27
Zach Samuels	23	L	R	6' 2.0"	180	Oct 8, 1986	San Jose, CA, US	2010-05-29	2010-09-05
Luis Sanz	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	173	Nov 19, 1987	Guatire, Miranda, VE	2010-04-08	2010-09-02
Luis Sanz	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	165	Feb 23, 1991	Guatire, Miranda, VE	2010-06-17	2010-09-06
Christopher Sedon	22	R	R	5' 10.0"	175	Nov 6, 1987	Kingston, PA, US	2010-05-28	2010-07-11
Elvin Soto	21	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	May 6, 1989	Bani, Peravia, DO	2010-04-09	2010-05-27
Giovanni Soto	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	May 18, 1991	Carolina, PR	2010-04-11	2010-07-23
Shawn Teufel	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	215	Jul 16, 1986	Greenwich, CT, US	2010-06-27	2010-07-29
Jade Todd	20	R	L	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 22, 1990	Birmingham, AL, US	2010-04-09	2010-06-29
Jacob Turner	19	R	R	6' 5.0"	215	May 21, 1991	St. Charles, MO, US	2010-04-10	2010-06-18
Jared Wesson	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	190	Jan 30, 1986	Tupelo, MS, US	2010-05-30	2010-09-05
Richard Zumaya	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Nov 10, 1989	Chula Vista, CA, US	2010-06-17	2010-09-06

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