2001 Kane County Cougars

2001 > Class A > 2001 Midwest League (West)
Overall: 88-50
Scored 767 runs, Allowed 619 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-56

Affiliation: Florida Marlins-NL
Manager: Russ Morman
Represented: Geneva, IL
Ballpark: Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium (Geneva, IL)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 2000 / 2002

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	Chip Ambres	21	96	449	377	79	100	26	8	5	41	19	15	53	81	.265	.369	.416	.786	157	7	11	5	3	0
2	Dennis Anderson#	23	78	298	242	43	57	14	2	6	35	2	3	37	45	.236	.365	.384	.749	93	6	14	2	3	0
3	Miguel Cabrera	18	110	465	422	61	113	19	4	7	66	3	0	37	76	.268	.328	.382	.709	161	10	2	1	3	2
4	Matt DeMarco*	21	77	256	222	25	56	6	2	0	22	9	2	20	31	.252	.317	.297	.615	66	5	4	4	6	0
5	Matt Easterday	22	72	236	195	42	51	7	2	2	16	10	3	33	37	.262	.374	.349	.723	68	6	4	1	3	0
6	Frank Ferrand*	28	85	322	297	43	86	20	2	6	45	3	1	17	49	.290	.331	.431	.762	128	1	3	2	3	2
7	Adrian Gonzalez*	19	127	584	516	86	161	37	1	17	103	5	5	57	83	.312	.382	.486	.868	251	17	5	0	6	6
8	Scott Hicks*	21	1	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	3	0	0	0	0	0
9	Willy Hill*	24	6	21	21	3	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	.333	.333	.381	.714	8	1	0	0	0	0
10	Kevin Hooper	24	17	77	65	11	19	2	0	0	4	3	1	11	13	.292	.390	.323	.713	21	0	0	0	1	0
11	Jim Kavourias	21	120	524	460	77	120	30	4	23	88	11	3	48	126	.261	.340	.493	.833	227	10	10	0	6	1
12	Heath Kelly	25	11	35	34	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	10	.176	.200	.176	.376	6	0	0	0	0	0
13	Pat Magness*	23	68	285	227	25	58	14	0	6	39	2	1	53	41	.256	.400	.396	.796	90	6	3	0	2	1
14	Matt Postell*	24	34	107	95	16	27	6	0	3	6	2	2	11	36	.284	.364	.442	.807	42	1	1	0	0	0
15	Will Smith*	19	125	577	535	92	150	26	2	16	91	4	5	32	74	.280	.324	.426	.750	228	12	5	0	5	2
16	Matt Treanor	25	1	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	Josh Willingham	22	97	390	320	57	83	20	2	7	36	24	2	53	85	.259	.382	.400	.782	128	7	13	0	4	0
18	Josh Wilson	20	123	546	506	65	144	28	5	4	61	17	11	28	60	.285	.325	.383	.708	194	11	4	4	4	0
19	Dominic Woody	22	66	257	227	38	54	11	3	6	33	6	2	21	47	.238	.319	.392	.711	89	5	7	0	2	0
20	Hunter Wyant	22	7	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	Winton Zapey	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
	21 Players	21.2	138	5451	4779	767	1295	268	37	108	690	120	59	515	899	.271	.349	.410	.759	1961	106	86	20	51	14

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	Denny Bautista	18	3	1	.750	4.35	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	43	21	19	2	14	0	20	2	2	4	172	1.449	9.8	0.5	3.2	4.6	1.43
2	Terry Byron	22	1	2	.333	7.90	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.2	12	13	12	0	7	0	11	1	0	4	61	1.390	7.9	0.0	4.6	7.2	1.57
3	Ramon Castillo	22	11	2	.846	3.80	28	28	0	0	0	0	158.2	178	79	67	19	31	1	108	12	1	11	688	1.317	10.1	1.1	1.8	6.1	3.48
4	Manuel Esquivia	21	8	7	.533	5.13	24	18	1	0	0	1	105.1	92	66	60	7	51	0	82	5	2	15	462	1.358	7.9	0.6	4.4	7.0	1.61
5	Mike Flannery	21	3	4	.429	4.79	53	0	33	0	0	16	56.1	58	35	30	5	31	0	47	3	1	5	260	1.580	9.3	0.8	5.0	7.5	1.52
6	Rolando Geigel	21	3	3	.500	4.06	30	1	6	0	0	0	44.1	39	22	20	1	28	1	19	10	0	7	199	1.511	7.9	0.2	5.7	3.9	0.68
7	Kevin Halamicek	23	0	3	.000	4.70	20	0	9	0	0	0	30.2	31	17	16	3	13	0	17	4	0	5	137	1.435	9.1	0.9	3.8	5.0	1.31
8	Brad Haynes	19	7	3	.700	3.81	17	17	0	0	0	0	89.2	86	50	38	4	39	0	73	11	1	6	402	1.394	8.6	0.4	3.9	7.3	1.87
9	Rob Henkel*	22	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	20	1.750	13.5	0.0	2.2	4.5	2.00
10	Hansel Izquierdo	24	7	1	.875	1.32	24	2	5	0	0	2	47.2	27	8	7	1	13	0	42	3	2	1	181	0.839	5.1	0.2	2.5	7.9	3.23
11	Chris Key*	23	7	0	1.000	2.35	54	1	13	0	0	3	92.0	89	30	24	6	10	1	71	2	0	7	369	1.076	8.7	0.6	1.0	6.9	7.10
12	Eudy Lajara*	24	5	2	.714	4.44	36	0	10	0	0	0	48.2	44	29	24	5	21	0	48	5	0	6	210	1.336	8.1	0.9	3.9	8.9	2.29
13	Gustavo Lopez	25	6	4	.600	3.58	17	17	0	0	0	0	93.0	89	42	37	2	27	0	63	2	0	11	392	1.247	8.6	0.2	2.6	6.1	2.33
14	Mike McNutt	21	9	5	.643	3.94	28	25	1	1	0	1	146.1	152	72	64	14	20	0	107	6	3	13	602	1.175	9.3	0.9	1.2	6.6	5.35
15	Randy Messenger	19	2	1	.667	3.93	14	0	7	0	0	0	18.1	22	13	8	0	5	0	14	2	0	0	85	1.473	10.8	0.0	2.5	6.9	2.80
16	Vladimir Nunez	26	0	0		9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
17	Marc Sauer	21	2	2	.500	4.20	9	5	0	0	0	0	30.0	30	15	14	2	1	0	13	5	0	1	123	1.033	9.0	0.6	0.3	3.9	13.00
18	Steve Sawyer	22	10	2	.833	4.20	55	0	25	0	0	7	70.2	78	39	33	5	27	0	37	4	2	10	316	1.486	9.9	0.6	3.4	4.7	1.37
19	John Skinner	24	1	4	.200	3.00	25	0	5	0	0	0	36.0	36	16	12	1	8	1	26	1	0	3	151	1.222	9.0	0.2	2.0	6.5	3.25
20	Brandon Sloan	23	3	4	.429	3.36	41	13	22	0	0	9	107.0	108	48	40	4	26	0	65	6	0	2	435	1.252	9.1	0.3	2.2	5.5	2.50
	20 Players	22.0	88	50	.638	3.86	138	138	137	1	4	39	1232.2	1223	619	528	81	373	4	865	84	15	112	5270	1.295	8.9	0.6	2.7	6.3	2.32

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%
Dennis Anderson	78	482	69	7	5	.987	7.06	12	71	41	37%
Dominic Woody	51	288	41	4	1	.988	6.45	14	64	6	9%
Matt Postell	18	97	17	4	1	.966	6.33	2	20	5	20%
Matt Treanor	1	11	0	0	0	1.000	11.00	0	1	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Adrian Gonzalez	116	1091	85	14	92	.988	10.14
Pat Magness	14	124	7	1	10	.992	9.36
Matt Postell	7	44	2	0	3	1.000	6.57
Matt DeMarco	4	29	2	0	2	1.000	7.75
Dominic Woody	1	9	0	0	2	1.000	9.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Josh Wilson	67	143	173	8	42	.975	4.72
Matt Easterday	33	65	80	6	17	.960	4.39
Matt DeMarco	27	34	66	0	15	1.000	3.70
Kevin Hooper	17	38	52	4	7	.957	5.29
Heath Kelly	5	12	21	0	4	1.000	6.60
Hunter Wyant	3	4	4	1	1	.889	2.67
Josh Willingham	2	3	2	0	0	1.000	2.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Josh Willingham	87	61	184	14	16	.946	2.82
Matt DeMarco	37	27	71	11	9	.899	2.65
Josh Wilson	11	7	24	4	1	.886	2.82
Miguel Cabrera	8	7	12	0	2	1.000	2.38
Heath Kelly	4	8	5	0	1	1.000	3.25
Hunter Wyant	3	0	5	1	0	.833	1.67
Matt Postell	2	0	2	1	0	.667	1.00
Matt Easterday	1	1	3	0	0	1.000	4.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Miguel Cabrera	98	147	267	32	50	.928	4.22
Josh Wilson	52	88	145	18	32	.928	4.48
Matt DeMarco	2	1	4	1	0	.833	2.50
Heath Kelly	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Will Smith	117							0.00
Frank Ferrand	15							0.00
Matt Easterday	11							0.00
Josh Willingham	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Chip Ambres	91							0.00
Frank Ferrand	40							0.00
Matt Easterday	15							0.00
Willy Hill	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jim Kavourias	106							0.00
Frank Ferrand	22							0.00
Matt Easterday	7							0.00
Josh Willingham	3							0.00
Matt DeMarco	2							0.00
Willy Hill	2							0.00
Pat Magness	2							0.00
Scott Hicks	1							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Will Smith	117	182	10	2	0	.990	1.64
Jim Kavourias	106	193	10	3	1	.985	1.92
Chip Ambres	91	212	5	5	3	.977	2.38
Frank Ferrand	75	152	7	4	0	.975	2.12
Matt Easterday	32	55	1	3	0	.949	1.75
Willy Hill	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Josh Willingham	4	5	1	1	0	.857	1.50
Matt DeMarco	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
Pat Magness	2	3	0	1	0	.750	1.50
Scott Hicks	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Steve Sawyer	55	3	8	0	0	1.000	0.20
Chris Key	54	5	17	2	1	.917	0.41
Mike Flannery	53	2	6	1	0	.889	0.15
Brandon Sloan	41	5	10	1	1	.938	0.37
Eudy Lajara	36	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.17
Rolando Geigel	30	3	4	1	1	.875	0.23
Ramon Castillo	28	5	17	2	0	.917	0.79
Mike McNutt	28	7	22	3	2	.906	1.04
John Skinner	25	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.24
Manuel Esquivia	24	5	11	3	0	.842	0.67
Hansel Izquierdo	24	2	4	2	0	.750	0.25
Kevin Halamicek	20	3	6	0	0	1.000	0.45
Brad Haynes	17	5	10	4	0	.789	0.88
Gustavo Lopez	17	4	9	1	0	.929	0.76
Randy Messenger	14	1	9	2	0	.833	0.71
Marc Sauer	9	1	9	1	1	.909	1.11
Denny Bautista	8	4	2	0	0	1.000	0.75
Terry Byron	4	0	3	1	0	.750	0.75
Rob Henkel	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Vladimir Nunez	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Chip Ambres	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Dec 19, 1979	Beaumont, TX, US
Dennis Anderson	23	S	R	6' 0.0"	210	Feb 1, 1978	Tucson, AZ, US
Denny Bautista	18	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Oct 23, 1982	Sanchez, Samana, DO
Terry Byron	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Mar 28, 1979	St. Croix, VI
Miguel Cabrera	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	240	Apr 18, 1983	Maracay, Aragua, VE
Ramon Castillo	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	155	Dec 24, 1978	La Vega, La Vega, DO
Matt DeMarco	21	L	R	6' 0.0"	172	Jan 24, 1980	Woodbury, NJ, US
Matt Easterday	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	May 3, 1979	Conyers, GA, US
Manuel Esquivia	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	165	May 30, 1980	Cartagena, CO
Frank Ferrand	28	L	L	5' 10.0"	170	May 20, 1973	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Mike Flannery	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 20, 1979	Philadelphia, PA, US
Rolando Geigel	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 18, 1979	Rio Piedras, PR
Adrian Gonzalez	19	L	L	6' 2.0"	225	May 8, 1982	San Diego, CA, US
Kevin Halamicek	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Oct 23, 1977	Westlake Village, CA, US
Brad Haynes	19	R	R	6' 5.0"	185	Sep 29, 1981	Glasgow, KY, US
Rob Henkel	22	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Aug 3, 1978	La Mesa, CA, US
Scott Hicks	21	L	R	6' 4.0"	210	Jun 6, 1980	Winter Park, FL, US
Willy Hill	24	L	R	5' 9.0"	160	Sep 21, 1976	Los Angeles, CA, US
Kevin Hooper	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	160	Dec 7, 1976	Lawrence, KS, US
Hansel Izquierdo	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	205	Jan 2, 1977	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Jim Kavourias	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	230	Oct 4, 1979	Brooklyn, OH, US
Heath Kelly	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 16, 1976	Pensacola, FL, US
Chris Key	23	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Oct 30, 1977	Reno, NV, US
Eudy Lajara	24	L	L	5' 10.0"	160	Aug 15, 1976	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Gustavo Lopez	25	R	R	5' 9.0"	180	Aug 12, 1975	Santiago, Santiago, DO
Pat Magness	23	L	R	6' 3.0"	245	Jan 19, 1978	Kansas City, MO, US
Mike McNutt	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 18, 1979	Rochester, NY, US
Randy Messenger	19	R	R	6' 6.0"	255	Aug 13, 1981	Reno, NV, US
Vladimir Nunez	26	R	R	6' 5.0"	235	Mar 15, 1975	La Habana, La Habana, CU
Matt Postell	24	L	R	6' 4.0"	180	Jan 10, 1977	Gastonia, NC, US
Marc Sauer	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Jun 30, 1980	Woodbury, NJ, US
Steve Sawyer	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Jul 31, 1978	Fayette, AL, US
John Skinner	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Jun 15, 1977	Hayward, CA, US
Brandon Sloan	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 26, 1977	Wichita, KS, US
Will Smith	19	L	R	6' 2.0"	200	Oct 23, 1981	Alexandria, LA, US
Matt Treanor	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Mar 3, 1976	Garden Grove, CA, US
Josh Willingham	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	Feb 17, 1979	Florence, AL, US
Josh Wilson	20	R	R	6' 0.0"	175	Mar 26, 1981	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Dominic Woody	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Aug 17, 1978	Spokane, WA, US
Hunter Wyant	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 4, 1978	Charlottesville, VA, US
Winton Zapey	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	170	Mar 21, 1978	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO

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