2008 Birmingham Barons

2008 > Class AA > 2008 Southern League (South)
Overall: 74-63
Scored 602 runs, Allowed 570 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-65

Affiliation: Chicago White Sox-AL-working agrmnt
Manager: Carlos Subero
Represented: Birmingham, AL
Ballpark: Rickwood Field (Birmingham, AL) and Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Hoover, AL)
Attendance: 302,979
Other Years: 2007 / 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	Brandon Allen*	22	41	173	153	30	42	6	2	14	31	3	1	19	41	.275	.358	.614	.973	94	1	1	0	0	0
2	Cole Armstrong*	24	64	234	218	27	55	17	0	6	31	0	1	10	31	.252	.293	.413	.706	90	3	3	2	1	1
3	Javier Castillo	24	102	435	388	60	112	20	9	8	58	3	0	42	85	.289	.354	.448	.802	174	12	0	0	5	1
4	Javier Colina	29	27	110	102	11	22	5	1	3	14	2	0	7	14	.216	.273	.373	.645	38	3	1	0	0	1
5	Tom Collaro	25	61	195	173	18	35	11	1	3	27	0	0	14	55	.202	.262	.329	.591	57	3	2	0	6	1	Stats for 2 teams
6	David Cook	26	63	274	208	44	65	15	2	12	30	8	7	62	47	.313	.467	.577	1.044	120	6	1	0	3	3
7	Lee Cruz	25	54	214	197	25	54	13	1	10	27	0	3	12	40	.274	.327	.503	.830	99	2	4	0	1	0
8	Stefan Gartrell	24	122	466	409	54	104	22	2	14	52	7	1	45	106	.254	.334	.421	.755	172	4	6	2	4	2
9	Noah Hall	31	41	155	127	15	32	11	0	1	19	3	2	21	15	.252	.371	.362	.733	46	4	3	4	0	2	Stats for 2 teams
10	Eric Hollis	25	32	97	94	13	20	1	0	0	5	0	2	3	16	.213	.237	.223	.461	21	2	0	0	0	0
11	Robbie Hudson	24	93	348	320	28	80	18	0	1	28	10	6	18	55	.250	.292	.316	.608	101	5	1	9	0	0
12	C.J. Lang	24	28	97	79	17	19	4	0	1	10	1	1	13	7	.241	.354	.329	.683	26	2	2	1	2	0
13	Victor Mercedes#	29	104	444	416	57	113	29	3	12	59	11	10	16	75	.272	.302	.442	.744	184	10	3	7	2	1
14	Ricardo Nanita*	27	111	464	412	52	118	22	2	9	51	14	9	37	56	.286	.351	.415	.766	171	13	5	8	2	0
15	Miguel Negron*	25	126	551	479	72	143	17	5	7	57	25	16	63	60	.299	.381	.399	.780	191	8	2	5	2	3
16	Joe Persichina*	23	7	21	21	2	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.286	.286	.381	.667	8	0	0	0	0	0
17	Jared Price	26	37	130	112	11	22	0	0	5	7	0	0	12	40	.196	.297	.330	.627	37	1	4	2	0	1
18	Erick San Pedro	24	28	88	81	7	16	4	0	0	5	0	0	6	31	.198	.253	.247	.500	20	1	0	1	0	0
19	Micah Schnurstein	23	86	322	293	38	64	11	1	4	20	8	1	20	53	.218	.277	.304	.581	89	4	5	1	3	1
20	Freddie Thon*	24	8	30	28	1	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	.107	.167	.179	.345	5	2	0	0	0	0
21	Robert Valido	23	112	413	383	36	85	9	6	3	27	18	10	20	80	.222	.267	.300	.567	115	6	4	5	1	1
	21 Players	25.1	137	5105	4562	602	1182	230	34	110	540	111	69	427	869	.259	.327	.397	.724	1810	89	45	45	26	18

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	Shaun Babula*	31	2	0	1.000	5.29	22	0	10	0	0	0	34.0	40	22	20	2	13	1	24	3	2	1	157	1.559	10.6	0.5	3.4	6.4	1.85
2	Justin Cassel	23	10	4	.714	3.11	28	28	0	0	0	0	165.0	171	76	57	7	57	0	104	10	0	16	706	1.382	9.3	0.4	3.1	5.7	1.82
3	Dewon Day	27	1	6	.143	6.61	14	13	0	0	0	0	47.2	51	37	35	3	28	0	35	1	0	0	215	1.657	9.6	0.6	5.3	6.6	1.25
4	Jack Egbert	25	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	17	1.500	11.2	0.0	2.2	9.0	4.00
5	Lucas Harrell	23	3	3	.500	3.46	11	10	0	0	0	0	54.2	56	30	21	3	19	0	34	2	0	3	231	1.372	9.2	0.5	3.1	5.6	1.79
6	Fernando Hernandez	23	6	5	.545	4.66	41	0	12	0	0	0	58.0	60	32	30	2	29	1	47	4	0	1	260	1.534	9.3	0.3	4.5	7.3	1.62
7	Eric Hollis	25	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
8	Bobby Jenks	27	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
9	Jon Link	24	5	4	.556	3.02	56	0	49	0	0	35	56.2	48	21	19	3	27	3	66	2	1	1	249	1.324	7.6	0.5	4.3	10.5	2.44
10	Esteban Loaiza	36	0	0		0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	21	0.667	4.5	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
11	John Lujan	24	3	2	.600	3.43	50	0	22	0	0	4	76.0	64	29	29	6	39	2	51	2	0	1	323	1.355	7.6	0.7	4.6	6.0	1.31
12	Kyle McCulloch	23	8	11	.421	4.65	28	27	0	0	0	0	156.2	188	91	81	9	60	0	85	4	0	4	695	1.583	10.8	0.5	3.4	4.9	1.42
13	Ryan O'Malley*	28	4	3	.571	5.32	20	6	3	0	0	0	64.1	100	43	38	3	16	0	46	3	0	0	297	1.803	14.0	0.4	2.2	6.4	2.88
14	Brian Omogrosso	24	2	3	.400	3.69	17	5	2	0	0	1	39.0	32	19	16	2	25	0	26	1	0	2	166	1.462	7.4	0.5	5.8	6.0	1.04
15	Aaron Poreda*	21	3	4	.429	2.98	15	15	0	1	0	0	87.2	81	34	29	5	22	0	72	3	0	1	355	1.175	8.3	0.5	2.3	7.4	3.27
16	Clayton Richard*	24	6	6	.500	2.47	13	13	0	1	1	0	83.2	66	29	23	2	16	0	53	4	0	3	327	0.980	7.1	0.2	1.7	5.7	3.31
17	Derek Rodriguez	25	5	1	.833	3.38	29	0	6	0	0	1	42.2	30	17	16	2	18	0	44	7	0	0	179	1.125	6.3	0.4	3.8	9.3	2.44
18	Ryan Rote	25	1	1	.500	4.39	23	0	8	0	0	0	26.2	25	13	13	3	20	1	25	4	0	7	124	1.688	8.4	1.0	6.8	8.4	1.25
19	Clevelan Santeliz	21	0	1	.000	4.41	10	0	3	0	0	0	16.1	14	8	8	2	8	0	6	3	0	2	69	1.347	7.7	1.1	4.4	3.3	0.75
20	Kanekoa Texeira	22	3	2	.600	2.01	15	0	7	0	0	1	22.1	18	5	5	2	7	0	24	2	0	2	90	1.119	7.3	0.8	2.8	9.7	3.43
21	Carlos Torres	25	9	5	.643	3.20	21	17	0	0	0	0	101.1	86	40	36	4	29	0	93	5	0	4	407	1.135	7.6	0.4	2.6	8.3	3.21
22	Joe Torres*	25	3	1	.750	2.68	59	0	9	0	0	0	50.1	29	15	15	2	31	0	58	3	0	5	213	1.192	5.2	0.4	5.5	10.4	1.87
23	Joe Winkelsas	34	0	1	.000	10.80	4	0	2	0	0	1	5.0	7	6	6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	24	2.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
24	Matt Zaleski	26	0	0		0.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	7	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	35	0.923	7.3	0.0	1.0	3.1	3.00
	24 Players	24.4	74	63	.540	3.70	137	137	135	2	12	43	1208.2	1183	570	497	62	470	8	910	65	3	53	5168	1.368	8.8	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.94

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%
Cole Armstrong	59	370	29	4	2	.990	6.76	1	33	20	38%
Jared Price	36	230	21	1	4	.996	6.97	8	21	20	49%
Eric Hollis	30	187	19	1	3	.995	6.87	3	19	10	34%
Erick San Pedro	25	148	16	2	1	.988	6.56	5	18	9	33%
Adam Ricks	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00	0	0	1	100%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Micah Schnurstein	85	709	68	6	87	.992	9.14
Brandon Allen	39	337	24	2	44	.994	9.26
Javier Castillo	9	84	5	0	7	1.000	9.89
Javier Colina	7	58	2	0	9	1.000	8.57
Ricardo Nanita	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.50
Freddie Thon	2	24	0	1	2	.960	12.00
Eric Hollis	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Victor Mercedes	79	170	256	13	66	.970	5.39
Robbie Hudson	54	117	161	3	42	.989	5.15
C.J. Lang	5	11	23	0	4	1.000	6.80
Joe Persichina	4	7	13	0	5	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Javier Castillo	87	60	151	11	20	.950	2.43
Javier Colina	16	7	34	1	4	.976	2.56
Victor Mercedes	16	10	29	3	3	.929	2.44
Robbie Hudson	12	4	17	2	3	.913	1.75
C.J. Lang	11	6	16	2	2	.917	2.00
Joe Persichina	3	3	8	0	1	1.000	3.67
Micah Schnurstein	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Robert Valido	111	195	316	27	82	.950	4.60
Robbie Hudson	22	38	79	2	18	.983	5.32
Victor Mercedes	5	5	14	1	2	.950	3.80
C.J. Lang	4	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.00

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ricardo Nanita	65	107	5	3	2	.974	1.72
Stefan Gartrell	39	68	1	5	0	.932	1.77
Lee Cruz	29	28	0	0	0	1.000	0.97
Noah Hall	16	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.38	Stats for 2 teams
Robbie Hudson	7	4	1	0	0	1.000	0.71
C.J. Lang	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.25
Miguel Negron	2	0	0	0	0		0.00

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Miguel Negron	114	225	5	4	0	.983	2.02
David Cook	22	40	1	0	2	1.000	1.86
Ricardo Nanita	5	12	1	0	0	1.000	2.60
Robbie Hudson	2	4	0	1	0	.800	2.00

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Stefan Gartrell	60	102	6	5	3	.956	1.80
David Cook	39	68	1	3	0	.958	1.77
Ricardo Nanita	33	61	3	0	1	1.000	1.94
Tom Collaro	15	21	2	1	1	.958	1.53	Stats for 2 teams
Miguel Negron	10	8	2	0	1	1.000	1.00
Noah Hall	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.33	Stats for 2 teams
Lee Cruz	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Joe Torres	59	0	3	1	0	.750	0.05
Jon Link	56	5	16	2	0	.913	0.38
John Lujan	50	6	9	0	2	1.000	0.30
Fernando Hernandez	41	4	6	1	0	.909	0.24
Derek Rodriguez	29	6	6	1	0	.923	0.41
Justin Cassel	28	14	25	3	2	.929	1.39
Kyle McCulloch	28	14	24	1	2	.974	1.36
Ryan Rote	23	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.26
Shaun Babula	22	3	6	1	1	.900	0.41
Carlos Torres	21	6	19	1	3	.962	1.19
Ryan O'Malley	20	3	13	0	1	1.000	0.80
Brian Omogrosso	17	2	6	0	1	1.000	0.47
Aaron Poreda	15	10	11	0	1	1.000	1.40
Kanekoa Texeira	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Dewon Day	14	2	7	0	0	1.000	0.64
Clayton Richard	13	9	20	0	0	1.000	2.23
Lucas Harrell	11	4	10	0	3	1.000	1.27
Clevelan Santeliz	10	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.60
Matt Zaleski	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.40
Joe Winkelsas	4	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.50
Esteban Loaiza	3	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67
Jack Egbert	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Eric Hollis	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Bobby Jenks	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Brandon Allen	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	235	Feb 12, 1986	Conroe, TX, US	2008-07-17	2008-08-30
Cole Armstrong	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	210	Aug 24, 1983	Surrey, BC, CA	2008-04-03	2008-06-27
Shaun Babula	31	S	L	5' 11.0"	183	May 21, 1977	Mount Holly, NJ, US	2008-04-22	2008-07-17
Justin Cassel	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Sep 25, 1984	Los Angeles, CA, US	2008-04-06	2008-08-30
Javier Castillo	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Aug 29, 1983	Herrera, PA	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Javier Colina	29	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Feb 15, 1979	San Felipe, Yaracuy, VE	2008-06-13	2008-07-16
Tom Collaro	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	216	Apr 4, 1983	Sunrise, FL, US	2008-04-05	2008-05-11
David Cook	26	R	R	5' 11.0"	205	Jul 21, 1981	Columbus, OH, US	2008-04-03	2008-06-09
Lee Cruz	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Jun 13, 1983	Dade City, FL, US	2008-06-24	2008-08-30
Dewon Day	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Sep 29, 1980	Jackson, MS, US	2008-06-13	2008-08-26
Jack Egbert	25	L	R	6' 3.0"	220	May 12, 1983	Staten Island, NY, US	2008-04-18	2008-04-18
Stefan Gartrell	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	230	Jan 14, 1984	San Francisco, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Noah Hall	31	R	R	5' 11.0"	205	Jun 9, 1977	Boulder Creek, CA, US	2008-05-12	2008-06-22
Lucas Harrell	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jun 3, 1985	Springfield, MO, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-27
Fernando Hernandez	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	215	Jul 31, 1984	Miami, FL, US	2008-04-17	2008-08-30
Eric Hollis	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Sep 26, 1982	Amory, MS, US	2008-05-09	2008-08-29
Robbie Hudson	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Aug 31, 1983	Chattanooga, TN, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Bobby Jenks	27	R	R	6' 4.0"	255	Mar 14, 1981	Mission Hills, CA, US	2008-07-16	2008-07-16
C.J. Lang	24	R	R	5' 8.0"	170	Apr 12, 1984	Reno, NV, US	2008-07-19	2008-08-30
Jon Link	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Mar 23, 1984	Columbus, OH, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Esteban Loaiza	36	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	Dec 31, 1971	Tijuana, Baja California, MX	2008-07-17	2008-07-23
John Lujan	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	230	May 10, 1984	Waco, TX, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-28
Kyle McCulloch	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Mar 20, 1985	Houston, TX, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-28
Victor Mercedes	29	S	R	5' 11.0"	190	Apr 15, 1979	La Romana, La Romana, DO	2008-04-05	2008-08-30
Ricardo Nanita	27	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Jun 12, 1981	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-04-03	2008-08-19
Miguel Negron	25	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Aug 22, 1982	Caguas, PR	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Ryan O'Malley	28	R	L	6' 1.0"	205	Apr 9, 1980	Springfield, IL, US	2008-05-09	2008-08-12
Brian Omogrosso	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	240	Apr 26, 1984	Beaver Falls, PA, US	2008-04-07	2008-08-30
Joe Persichina	23	L	R	6' 0.0"	190	Dec 14, 1984	Torrance, CA, US	2008-04-26	2008-05-06
Aaron Poreda	21	L	L	6' 6.0"	240	Oct 1, 1986	Walnut Creek, CA, US	2008-06-14	2008-08-29
Jared Price	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	230	Mar 18, 1982	Burley, ID, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-30
Clayton Richard	24	L	L	6' 5.0"	245	Sep 12, 1983	Lafayette, IN, US	2008-04-05	2008-06-05
Adam Ricks	25	S	R	5' 10.0"	190	Sep 24, 1982	Rexburg, ID, US	2008-05-29	2008-05-29
Derek Rodriguez	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	May 17, 1983	Apple Valley, CA, US	2008-04-05	2008-06-11
Ryan Rote	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	225	Aug 8, 1982	West Palm Beach, FL, US	2008-06-22	2008-08-29
Erick San Pedro	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Oct 5, 1983	Ridgewood, NJ, US	2008-06-01	2008-08-27
Clevelan Santeliz	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Sep 1, 1986	Valencia, Carabobo, VE	2008-04-05	2008-05-01
Micah Schnurstein	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jul 18, 1984	Monterey Park, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-07-12
Kanekoa Texeira	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 6, 1986	Kula, HI, US	2008-07-24	2008-08-29
Freddie Thon	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	215	Apr 9, 1984	Hato Rey, PR	2008-08-22	2008-08-30
Carlos Torres	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Oct 22, 1982	Santa Cruz, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-07-18
Joe Torres	25	L	L	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 3, 1982	Bronx, NY, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-30
Robert Valido	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	May 16, 1985	Miami, FL, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-18
Joe Winkelsas	34	R	R	6' 3.0"	188	Sep 14, 1973	Buffalo, NY, US	2008-05-09	2008-05-16
Matt Zaleski	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Dec 2, 1981	Arlington Heights, IL, US	2008-04-05	2008-04-16

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