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2009 Northwest Arkansas Naturals
2009 > Class AA > 2009 Texas League
Overall: 73-67
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 704 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-70

Affiliation: Kansas City Royals-AL-working agrmnt
Manager: Brian Poldberg
Represented: Springdale, AR
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a

Team Batting

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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 Yuniesky Betancourt 27 3 13 13 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .385 .538 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Jeff Bianchi 22 68 297 270 42 85 17 1 5 42 10 4 19 58 .315 .356 .441 .797 119 2 1 2 5 0
3 Douglas Clark 27 65 215 191 33 58 13 0 8 32 1 2 15 27 .304 .366 .497 .864 95 5 5 2 2 1
4 Joe Dickerson 22 34 150 126 15 29 7 2 0 13 5 1 18 19 .230 .338 .317 .655 40 3 3 2 1 2
5 Jose Duarte 24 93 380 326 50 81 14 3 4 39 18 10 47 67 .248 .342 .347 .689 113 4 0 6 1 1
6 Jarrod Dyson 24 63 283 248 38 64 7 4 0 14 37 6 27 54 .258 .331 .319 .649 79 4 0 8 0 0
7 Alex Gordon 25 8 35 30 4 11 3 0 2 10 0 0 5 5 .367 .457 .667 1.124 20 2 0 0 0 1
8 Jeff Howell 26 62 216 195 22 51 10 1 4 24 0 2 16 36 .262 .316 .385 .701 75 4 1 1 3 0
9 Josh Johnson 23 51 164 132 26 25 3 0 0 9 2 2 29 24 .189 .340 .212 .552 28 2 1 2 0 0
10 Mario Lisson 25 36 158 136 20 28 4 0 2 17 4 3 14 29 .206 .287 .279 .566 38 2 3 1 4 0
11 David Lough 23 61 253 236 41 78 13 2 9 31 13 4 12 30 .331 .371 .517 .887 122 2 3 2 0 0
12 Ed Lucas 27 103 424 355 61 103 22 2 10 58 18 2 53 75 .290 .388 .448 .836 159 6 7 4 5 1
13 Marc Maddox 25 44 174 149 20 25 6 0 4 17 4 2 20 23 .168 .283 .289 .572 43 8 4 1 0 0
14 Chris McConnell 23 59 192 169 25 37 7 1 0 11 6 5 14 40 .219 .280 .272 .552 46 5 1 6 2 0
15 Brian McFall 25 59 233 204 29 51 13 0 7 37 3 1 19 57 .250 .335 .417 .751 85 2 8 0 2 0
16 Kurt Mertins 23 126 552 495 64 136 23 8 2 57 11 10 41 107 .275 .332 .366 .698 181 9 4 7 5 1
17 Jordan Parraz 24 64 269 226 35 81 17 3 7 42 4 8 29 25 .358 .451 .553 1.005 125 10 11 1 2 0
18 Corey Smith 27 140 597 550 67 137 29 1 21 90 12 8 39 132 .249 .302 .420 .722 231 14 4 0 4 4
19 William Strait 26 87 358 320 59 89 22 1 4 38 14 4 31 65 .278 .340 .391 .731 125 7 0 5 2 0
20 Richard Suomi 28 37 136 119 23 37 6 2 7 19 0 2 13 17 .311 .378 .571 .949 68 3 1 1 2 1
21 Vance Wilson 36 59 229 204 27 55 9 0 10 32 0 1 16 46 .270 .342 .461 .803 94 6 7 1 1 1
21 Players 25.3 140 5328 4694 703 1263 245 31 107 633 162 77 477 937 .269 .342 .403 .745 1891 100 64 52 41 13
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

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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 Juan Abreu 24 2 2 .500 5.75 16 0 11 0 0 4 20.1 19 15 13 3 22 3 25 1 0 2 103 2.016 8.4 1.3 9.7 11.1 1.14
2 John Bale 35 0 0 1.35 6 0 1 0 0 0 6.2 4 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 25 0.750 5.4 0.0 1.4 6.8 5.00
3 John Bannister 25 1 0 1.000 5.02 8 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 12 8 8 1 6 0 9 1 0 2 59 1.256 7.5 0.6 3.8 5.7 1.50
4 Federico Castaneda 25 0 3 .000 4.28 12 2 6 0 0 1 27.1 20 13 13 2 11 0 27 4 0 1 113 1.134 6.6 0.7 3.6 8.9 2.45
5 Dan Cevette 25 0 0 5.32 14 2 5 0 0 0 22.0 25 13 13 1 11 0 13 1 0 2 100 1.636 10.2 0.4 4.5 5.3 1.18
6 Christopher Chavez 24 0 1 .000 3.86 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 2 2 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 22 1.714 5.8 0.0 9.6 5.8 0.60
7 Douglas Clark 27 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 1.500 6.8 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
8 Daniel Cortes 22 6 6 .500 3.92 16 15 0 0 0 0 80.1 77 43 35 3 50 0 57 4 0 6 360 1.581 8.6 0.3 5.6 6.4 1.14
9 Kyle Crist 26 0 0 8.38 8 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 14 12 9 0 10 0 4 1 0 2 53 2.483 13.0 0.0 9.3 3.7 0.40
10 Gilbert DeLaVara 24 6 2 .750 5.74 35 1 9 0 0 2 64.1 83 59 41 6 27 1 40 4 0 6 306 1.710 11.6 0.8 3.8 5.6 1.48
11 Kyle Farnsworth 33 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 13 0.545 2.5 0.0 2.5 7.4 3.00
12 Jason Godin 24 0 2 .000 6.48 8 2 1 0 0 0 16.2 23 15 12 1 13 1 9 2 0 6 89 2.160 12.4 0.5 7.0 4.9 0.69
13 Lenny Hardy 26 4 4 .500 3.43 11 10 0 0 0 0 60.1 59 28 23 5 20 1 39 9 0 2 261 1.309 8.8 0.7 3.0 5.8 1.95
14 Aaron Hartsock 25 3 1 .750 2.82 28 0 19 0 0 8 51.0 43 17 16 4 17 3 27 0 0 4 215 1.176 7.6 0.7 3.0 4.8 1.59
15 Chris Hayes 26 3 0 1.000 0.98 18 0 12 0 0 3 36.2 33 11 4 1 6 2 17 1 0 0 148 1.064 8.1 0.2 1.5 4.2 2.83
16 Greg Holland 23 3 2 .600 3.18 29 0 19 0 0 8 45.1 46 16 16 2 19 0 49 0 0 6 194 1.434 9.1 0.4 3.8 9.7 2.58
17 Blake Johnson 24 8 8 .500 4.57 24 24 0 0 0 0 122.0 148 70 62 11 41 2 61 6 1 4 540 1.549 10.9 0.8 3.0 4.5 1.49
18 Matt Kniginyzky 26 5 10 .333 5.48 26 24 0 0 0 0 134.2 157 98 82 21 57 0 68 10 2 11 605 1.589 10.5 1.4 3.8 4.5 1.19
19 Anthony Lerew 26 10 6 .625 4.09 27 27 0 1 1 0 152.0 164 79 69 14 55 3 101 6 1 9 667 1.441 9.7 0.8 3.3 6.0 1.84
20 Victor Marte 28 2 1 .667 2.45 13 0 8 0 0 4 22.0 15 7 6 1 5 0 17 1 0 1 86 0.909 6.1 0.4 2.0 7.0 3.40
21 Chris Nicoll 25 7 0 1.000 3.50 33 0 10 0 0 1 61.2 60 32 24 4 26 3 58 0 1 5 271 1.395 8.8 0.6 3.8 8.5 2.23
22 Chad Orvella 28 1 1 .500 1.64 8 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 7 2 2 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 40 0.636 5.7 0.8 0.0 4.9
23 Carlos Sencion 24 3 1 .750 6.02 25 1 9 0 0 1 46.1 58 34 31 5 30 2 43 2 1 4 225 1.899 11.3 1.0 5.8 8.4 1.43
24 Corey Smith 27 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 6 2.000 0.0 0.0 18.0 9.0 0.50
25 Ben Swaggerty 26 4 1 .800 4.33 26 0 11 0 0 1 43.2 53 21 21 3 20 6 54 1 2 2 201 1.672 10.9 0.6 4.1 11.1 2.70
26 Everett Teaford 25 3 7 .300 5.11 16 16 0 1 0 0 81.0 86 53 46 12 34 0 42 3 1 2 361 1.481 9.6 1.3 3.8 4.7 1.24
27 Robinson Tejeda 27 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 3.2 3 2 2 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 14 1.364 7.4 2.5 4.9 12.3 2.50
28 Blake Wood 23 2 8 .200 5.83 17 13 3 1 0 0 78.2 92 52 51 8 28 1 49 4 0 7 338 1.525 10.5 0.9 3.2 5.6 1.75
28 Players 24.9 73 67 .521 4.43 140 140 137 3 1 33 1222.1 1306 704 602 110 520 28 833 63 9 84 5421 1.494 9.6 0.8 3.8 6.1 1.60

Team Fielding--By Pos

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C

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Douglas Clark 65 371 38 3 2 .993 6.29 2 47 18 28%
Jeff Howell 49 248 36 6 3 .979 5.80 4 42 13 24%
Richard Suomi 24 137 26 2 3 .988 6.79 2 33 13 28%
Vance Wilson 18 81 7 1 1 .989 4.89 0 20 0 0%

1B

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Ed Lucas 5 24 4 0 2 1.000 5.60
Brian McFall 35 291 22 6 32 .981 8.94
Corey Smith 107 980 41 14 104 .986 9.54

2B

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jeff Bianchi 2 7 4 0 2 1.000 5.50
Josh Johnson 7 14 23 2 9 .949 5.29
Ed Lucas 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Marc Maddox 29 61 104 1 32 .994 5.69
Chris McConnell 19 35 59 0 13 1.000 4.95
Kurt Mertins 86 146 266 10 54 .976 4.79

3B

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Alex Gordon 5 6 5 2 0 .846 2.20
Josh Johnson 23 9 37 4 5 .920 2.00
Ed Lucas 53 30 96 7 9 .947 2.38
Marc Maddox 14 2 26 2 1 .933 2.00
Kurt Mertins 26 18 43 6 5 .910 2.35
Corey Smith 27 15 35 6 4 .893 1.85

SS

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Yuniesky Betancourt 3 2 7 1 1 .900 3.00
Jeff Bianchi 60 95 191 8 46 .973 4.77
Josh Johnson 12 18 31 0 9 1.000 4.08
Mario Lisson 32 53 98 10 20 .938 4.72
Chris McConnell 39 47 117 5 26 .970 4.21

LF

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Joe Dickerson 32 50 2 2 1 .963 1.63
Jose Duarte 20 41 2 1 1 .977 2.15
Jarrod Dyson 13 18 4 1 0 .957 1.69
David Lough 22 38 1 1 0 .975 1.77
Ed Lucas 29 53 1 4 1 .931 1.86
William Strait 26 53 0 1 0 .981 2.04

CF

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Joe Dickerson 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jose Duarte 53 146 7 2 2 .987 2.89
Jarrod Dyson 49 131 6 3 0 .979 2.80
David Lough 18 39 0 1 0 .975 2.17
William Strait 22 58 1 1 0 .983 2.68

RF

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Jose Duarte 17 25 1 0 1 1.000 1.53
David Lough 18 38 3 2 0 .953 2.28
Ed Lucas 18 38 5 4 1 .915 2.39
Brian McFall 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Jordan Parraz 63 124 9 4 2 .971 2.11
William Strait 25 60 1 2 1 .968 2.44

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G PO A E DP Fld% RF/G
Juan Abreu 16 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.25
John Bale 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.17
John Bannister 8 0 5 0 0 1.000 0.63
Federico Castaneda 12 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.33
Dan Cevette 14 1 1 0 1 1.000 0.14
Christopher Chavez 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Douglas Clark 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Daniel Cortes 16 1 6 5 1 .583 0.44
Kyle Crist 8 1 1 1 1 .667 0.25
Gilbert DeLaVara 35 2 8 0 0 1.000 0.29
Kyle Farnsworth 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Jason Godin 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
Lenny Hardy 11 2 16 2 1 .900 1.64
Aaron Hartsock 28 5 7 3 1 .800 0.43
Chris Hayes 18 4 10 1 0 .933 0.78
Greg Holland 29 8 4 0 1 1.000 0.41
Blake Johnson 24 7 23 3 0 .909 1.25
Matt Kniginyzky 26 5 16 1 1 .955 0.81
Anthony Lerew 27 8 22 5 2 .857 1.11
Victor Marte 13 1 1 1 0 .667 0.15
Chris Nicoll 33 3 3 1 0 .857 0.18
Chad Orvella 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.13
Carlos Sencion 25 3 2 0 0 1.000 0.20
Corey Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ben Swaggerty 26 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.23
Everett Teaford 16 2 12 1 0 .933 0.88
Robinson Tejeda 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
Blake Wood 17 4 10 0 1 1.000 0.82

Team Roster

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace Stint From To
Juan Abreu 24 R R 6' 0" 167 Apr 8, 1985 San Francisco de Macoris, DO 0720 0907
John Bale 35 L L 6' 4" 195 May 22, 1974 Cheverly, MD, US 0506 0519
John Bannister 25 R R 6' 4" 198 Jan 20, 1984 Tucson, AZ, US 0815 0906
Yuniesky Betancourt 27 R R 5' 10" 190 Jan 31, 1982 Santa Clara, US 0712 0714
Jeff Bianchi 22 R R 6' 0" 175 Oct 5, 1986 Lancaster, PA, US 0619 0907
Federico Castaneda 25 R R 6' 3" 187 Jan 26, 1984 Torreon, MX 0721 0906
Dan Cevette 25 L L 6' 3" 195 Oct 19, 1983 Wellsboro, PA, US 0430 0709
Christopher Chavez 24 L R 6' 3" 195 Sep 11, 1984 Kingman, AZ, US 0807 0815
Douglas Clark 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Sep 14, 1981 Fayetteville, AR, US 0527 0906
Daniel Cortes 22 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 4, 1987 Pomona, CA, US 0409 0704
Kyle Crist 26 R R 6' 3" 194 Jun 27, 1983 Sacramento, CA, US 0411 0506
Gilbert DeLaVara 24 L L 5' 11" 160 Oct 4, 1984 Tucson, AZ, US 0409 0823
Joe Dickerson 22 L L 6' 1" 190 Oct 3, 1986 Yorba Linda, CA, US 0409 0522
Jose Duarte 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Mar 7, 1985 Santa Lucia Edo Miranda, VE 0409 0907
Jarrod Dyson 24 L R 5' 10" 160 Aug 15, 1984 McComb, MS, US 0625 0907
Kyle Farnsworth 33 R R 6' 4" 205 Apr 14, 1976 Wichita, KS, US 0813 0817
Jason Godin 24 R R 6' 5" 170 Sep 23, 1984 Anchorage, AK, US 0726 0907
Alex Gordon 25 L R 6' 1" 220 Feb 10, 1984 Lincoln, NE, US 0705 0714
Lenny Hardy 26 L L 6' 4" 170 Oct 26, 1982 Dallas, TX, US 0716 0906
Aaron Hartsock 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Jan 17, 1984 Brawley, CA, US 0528 0906
Chris Hayes 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Feb 5, 1983 Arlington Heights, IL, US 0410 0606
Greg Holland 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 20, 1985 Asheville, NC, US 0410 0719
Jeff Howell 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Apr 1, 1983 Melbourne, FL, US 0411 0907
Blake Johnson 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Jun 14, 1985 Baton Rouge, LA, US 0411 0904
Josh Johnson 23 B R 5' 11" 170 Jan 11, 1986 Tampa, FL, US 0411 0810
Matt Kniginyzky 26 L R 6' 3" 185 Oct 5, 1982 Oakville, ON, CA 0413 0901
Anthony Lerew 26 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 28, 1982 Carlisle, PA, US 0410 0902
Mario Lisson 25 R R 6' 2" 193 May 31, 1984 Caracas, VE 0409 0523
David Lough 23 L L 6' 0" 180 Jan 20, 1986 Erie, PA, US 0702 0907
Ed Lucas 27 R R 6' 4" 205 May 21, 1982 Grand Rapids, MI, US 0514 0907
Marc Maddox 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Sep 16, 1983 Hattiesburg, MS, US 0718 0907
Victor Marte 28 R R 6' 2" 265 Nov 8, 1980 Puerto Plata, D.R. 0409 0525
Chris McConnell 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Dec 18, 1985 Philadelphia, PA, US 0411 0907
Brian McFall 25 R R 6' 3" 215 Mar 17, 1984 Flagstaff, AZ, US 0409 0617
Kurt Mertins 23 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1986 Yorba Linda, CA, US 0409 0907
Chris Nicoll 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Oct 30, 1983 Whittier, CA, US 0410 0803
Chad Orvella 28 R R 5' 11" 190 Oct 1, 1980 Renton, WA, US 0629 0906
Jordan Parraz 24 R R 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1984 Henderson, NV, US 0409 0622
Carlos Sencion 24 L L 6' 6" 170 Nov 17, 1984 Sanchez Ramirez, DO 0409 0713
Corey Smith 27 R R 6' 1" 200 Apr 15, 1982 Plainfield, NJ, US 0409 0907
William Strait 26 R R 6' 1" 180 May 28, 1983 Beaumont, TX, US 0409 0724
Richard Suomi 28 L R 5' 11" 199 Oct 5, 1980 Toronto, ON, CA 0409 0622
Ben Swaggerty 26 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 8, 1982 Knoxville, TN, US 0616 0907
Everett Teaford 25 L L 6' 0" 155 May 15, 1984 Alpharetta, GA, US 0615 0905
Robinson Tejeda 27 R R 6' 3" 190 Mar 24, 1982 Bani, D, DO 0611 0614
Vance Wilson 36 R R 5' 11" 190 Mar 17, 1973 Mesa, AZ, US 0619 0906
Blake Wood 23 R R 6' 4" 225 Aug 8, 1985 Atlanta, GA, US 0412 0905

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