2008 Connecticut Defenders

2008 > Class AA > 2008 Eastern League (Northern)
Overall: 68-73
Scored 620 runs, Allowed 561 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-64

Affiliation: San Francisco Giants-NL-working agrmnt
Manager: Bien Figueroa
Represented: Norwich, CT
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 202,004
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	Eliezer Alfonzo	29	19	84	80	8	29	7	0	2	15	0	0	2	18	.363	.393	.525	.918	42	4	2	0	0	1
2	Brad Boyer*	24	12	55	50	6	12	3	0	0	5	0	1	3	2	.240	.283	.300	.583	15	1	0	2	0	0
3	Garrett Broshuis	26	28	17	13	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.077	.200	.077	.277	1	0	0	2	0	0
4	Dayton Buller	27	11	30	29	5	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	12	.207	.233	.379	.613	11	0	0	0	0	0
5	Nate Bump*	31	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	Ben Copeland*	24	103	423	372	54	97	17	13	5	42	21	5	39	64	.261	.334	.417	.751	155	3	3	7	2	2
7	Julio Cordido	27	13	46	43	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.116	.156	.116	.272	5	2	0	1	0	1
8	Adam Cowart	24	32	26	22	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.091	.167	.091	.258	2	0	1	2	0	0
9	Travis Denker	22	25	91	76	4	14	4	1	0	6	1	1	14	25	.184	.308	.263	.571	20	1	0	0	1	1
10	Kyle Haines#	25	105	409	348	48	91	15	4	0	43	1	4	55	58	.261	.366	.328	.694	114	8	3	2	1	1
11	Justin Hedrick	26	43	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0
12	Travis Ishikawa*	24	64	277	234	34	68	16	0	8	48	10	4	35	45	.291	.382	.462	.843	108	3	2	2	4	3
13	Simon Klink#	26	108	388	349	34	79	19	1	3	35	2	0	34	104	.226	.302	.312	.615	109	12	4	1	0	0
14	Daryl Maday	22	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
15	David Maroul	25	108	392	366	46	84	26	0	10	35	2	4	21	110	.230	.274	.383	.657	140	10	2	2	1	1
16	Joe Martinez*	25	27	18	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.154	.297	2	0	0	4	0	0
17	Eddy Martinez-Esteve	24	115	455	396	42	118	15	0	6	42	2	1	54	37	.298	.387	.381	.768	151	18	4	0	1	1
18	Dave McKae	26	28	18	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Brooks McNiven	27	18	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Mike Mooney	25	20	69	66	7	11	3	0	4	15	1	1	1	15	.167	.174	.394	.568	26	3	0	0	2	0
21	Paul Oseguera*	24	20	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.429	.714	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	Steve Palazzolo	26	23	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Kelvin Pichardo	22	46	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
24	Ronnie Ray	24	46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	Antoan Richardson#	24	123	445	365	63	88	5	6	5	31	33	6	55	82	.241	.356	.329	.685	120	3	12	10	3	0
26	Ryan Rohlinger	24	44	179	159	27	47	12	1	6	19	1	1	13	20	.296	.358	.497	.855	79	8	3	3	1	0
27	Nestor Rojas	24	16	47	46	5	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	.130	.149	.130	.279	6	3	0	0	0	1
28	Olmo Rosario	27	124	450	420	58	125	31	4	11	51	13	5	20	67	.298	.333	.469	.802	197	9	4	2	4	4
29	Pablo Sandoval#	21	44	184	175	29	59	13	0	8	37	0	1	8	20	.337	.364	.549	.913	96	4	0	0	1	2
30	Josh Sharpless	27	24	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	Ben Snyder*	22	13	9	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804	3	0	0	1	0	0
32	Carlos Sosa*	26	122	464	411	55	104	25	1	10	53	2	2	46	101	.253	.326	.392	.718	161	11	1	1	5	0
33	Jason Waddell	27	44	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Jake Wald	27	52	187	168	26	44	10	2	2	15	2	0	13	44	.262	.326	.381	.707	64	3	3	3	0	0
35	Trey Webb	26	10	20	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	.050	.050	.050	.100	1	0	0	0	0	0
36	Adam Witter*	25	118	471	400	56	95	18	2	20	77	1	5	64	102	.238	.345	.443	.787	177	12	3	1	3	4
	36 Players	25.0	141	5293	4679	620	1192	244	35	101	581	92	42	490	990	.255	.330	.387	.716	1809	119	47	48	29	22

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	Garrett Broshuis	26	13	9	.591	3.78	28	28	0	1	0	0	157.0	178	82	66	16	35	2	99	3	0	3	677	1.357	10.2	0.9	2.0	5.7	2.83
2	Nate Bump	31	4	3	.571	2.64	17	10	0	0	0	0	58.0	47	19	17	2	22	0	28	7	0	1	241	1.190	7.3	0.3	3.4	4.3	1.27
3	Adam Cowart	24	8	7	.533	3.76	32	23	0	0	0	0	138.2	170	69	58	7	29	2	73	2	0	4	596	1.435	11.0	0.5	1.9	4.7	2.52
4	Justin Hedrick	26	2	3	.400	1.37	43	0	26	0	0	9	65.2	41	12	10	4	21	0	74	0	0	3	256	0.944	5.6	0.5	2.9	10.1	3.52
5	Simon Klink	26	0	1	.000	inf	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2						0.00
6	Daryl Maday	22	1	1	.500	8.35	4	3	1	0	0	0	18.1	31	17	17	2	8	0	11	0	0	1	89	2.127	15.2	1.0	3.9	5.4	1.38
7	Joe Martinez	25	10	10	.500	2.49	27	27	0	0	0	0	148.0	131	58	41	6	37	0	112	4	0	3	611	1.135	8.0	0.4	2.2	6.8	3.03
8	Osiris Matos	23	0	0		1.23	27	0	14	0	0	8	36.2	25	5	5	0	11	0	37	1	0	1	144	0.982	6.1	0.0	2.7	9.1	3.36
9	Dave McKae	26	8	9	.471	4.57	28	22	0	0	0	0	124.0	139	78	63	10	35	1	74	5	0	1	540	1.403	10.1	0.7	2.5	5.4	2.11
10	Brooks McNiven	27	2	2	.500	1.84	18	8	3	0	0	0	58.2	42	15	12	0	14	1	22	0	0	1	229	0.955	6.4	0.0	2.1	3.4	1.57
11	Paul Oseguera*	24	3	2	.600	4.58	19	8	0	0	0	0	57.0	54	33	29	7	29	0	45	1	0	3	246	1.456	8.5	1.1	4.6	7.1	1.55
12	Steve Palazzolo	26	5	5	.500	3.56	23	0	4	0	0	1	43.0	30	19	17	1	29	4	40	5	1	7	185	1.372	6.3	0.2	6.1	8.4	1.38
13	Kelvin Pichardo	22	2	4	.333	2.48	46	0	20	0	0	7	61.2	49	18	17	4	33	3	62	6	0	4	271	1.330	7.2	0.6	4.8	9.0	1.88
14	Ronnie Ray	24	6	4	.600	3.10	46	0	20	0	0	1	72.2	80	29	25	3	24	2	47	2	0	4	316	1.431	9.9	0.4	3.0	5.8	1.96
15	Sergio Romo	25	1	3	.250	4.00	24	0	21	0	0	11	27.0	22	15	12	1	7	2	30	2	0	0	108	1.074	7.3	0.3	2.3	10.0	4.29
16	Ryan Sadowski	25	1	0	1.000	3.27	9	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	13	5	4	0	9	2	9	2	0	3	55	2.000	10.6	0.0	7.4	7.4	1.00
17	Josh Sharpless	27	1	1	.500	3.51	24	0	8	0	0	0	33.1	23	17	13	3	29	2	30	1	0	4	151	1.560	6.2	0.8	7.8	8.1	1.03
18	Ben Snyder*	22	1	6	.143	5.98	13	12	1	0	0	0	61.2	77	42	41	9	23	0	44	2	0	2	280	1.622	11.2	1.3	3.4	6.4	1.91
19	Jason Waddell*	27	0	3	.000	3.38	44	0	21	0	0	2	64.0	47	27	24	6	36	2	70	2	0	2	268	1.297	6.6	0.8	5.1	9.8	1.94
	19 Players	25.1	68	73	.482	3.44	141	141	140	1	13	39	1236.1	1200	561	472	81	432	23	907	45	1	47	5265	1.320	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.6	2.10

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%
Adam Witter	79	498	39	5	2	.991	6.80	14	56	21	27%
Pablo Sandoval	30	200	23	3	2	.987	7.43	2	11	7	39%
Eliezer Alfonzo	13	87	7	1	0	.989	7.23	2	3	4	57%
Nestor Rojas	13	65	5	0	1	1.000	5.38	3	6	1	14%
Dayton Buller	11	64	3	2	2	.971	6.09	3	6	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Travis Ishikawa	59	520	58	4	60	.993	9.80
Simon Klink	51	393	25	5	43	.988	8.20
Adam Witter	17	131	20	4	23	.974	8.88
David Maroul	10	79	6	1	9	.988	8.50
Pablo Sandoval	8	65	6	0	9	1.000	8.88
Eliezer Alfonzo	3	24	3	0	4	1.000	9.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Olmo Rosario	59	128	161	12	31	.960	4.90
Kyle Haines	33	61	85	3	22	.980	4.42
Travis Denker	21	47	62	5	19	.956	5.19
David Maroul	19	31	63	3	16	.969	4.95
Brad Boyer	10	18	29	1	6	.979	4.70
Julio Cordido	5	9	15	1	4	.960	4.80
Trey Webb	2	3	5	0	2	1.000	4.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
David Maroul	67	40	148	18	13	.913	2.81
Ryan Rohlinger	44	35	83	5	8	.959	2.68
Simon Klink	28	22	46	4	2	.944	2.43
Julio Cordido	4	0	7	1	0	.875	1.75
Brad Boyer	1	0	3	1	0	.750	3.00
Travis Denker	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Olmo Rosario	1	2	0	1	0	.667	2.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kyle Haines	60	71	152	8	40	.965	3.72
Jake Wald	52	84	165	10	38	.961	4.79
Olmo Rosario	29	41	72	7	24	.942	3.90
Trey Webb	5	8	15	1	4	.958	4.60
David Maroul	3	4	5	4	1	.692	3.00
Julio Cordido	2	3	5	1	1	.889	4.00

LF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
Eddy Martinez-Esteve	73	99	8	3	.973	1.47
Carlos Sosa	55	85	2	0	1.000	1.58
Olmo Rosario	20	20	0	1	.952	1.00
Ben Copeland	15	24	0	0	1.000	1.60
Mike Mooney	4	3	1	0	1.000	1.00

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Antoan Richardson	117	265	4	7	0	.975	2.30
Ben Copeland	32	79	1	1	1	.988	2.50
Carlos Sosa	6	12	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Mike Mooney	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.67
Trey Webb	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ben Copeland	67	134	9	3	7	.979	2.13
Carlos Sosa	67	116	4	2	1	.984	1.79
Mike Mooney	12	22	1	1	0	.958	1.92
Eddy Martinez-Esteve	9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Olmo Rosario	3	6	1	1	1	.875	2.33

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Kelvin Pichardo	46	1	7	0	1	1.000	0.17
Ronnie Ray	46	8	9	1	0	.944	0.37
Jason Waddell	44	8	8	1	2	.941	0.36
Justin Hedrick	43	0	3	1	0	.750	0.07
Adam Cowart	32	17	30	0	3	1.000	1.47
Garrett Broshuis	28	19	21	5	2	.889	1.43
Dave McKae	28	16	14	1	4	.968	1.07
Joe Martinez	27	10	23	2	2	.943	1.22
Osiris Matos	27	1	3	0	1	1.000	0.15
Sergio Romo	24	0	1	0	1	1.000	0.04
Josh Sharpless	24	4	2	1	2	.857	0.25
Steve Palazzolo	23	2	6	0	1	1.000	0.35
Paul Oseguera	19	2	8	2	0	.833	0.53
Brooks McNiven	18	3	10	0	0	1.000	0.72
Nate Bump	17	6	19	0	2	1.000	1.47
Ben Snyder	13	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.62
Ryan Sadowski	9	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.33
Daryl Maday	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.75
Simon Klink	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Eliezer Alfonzo	29	R	R	5' 11.0"	220	Feb 7, 1979	Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui, VE	2008-06-17	2008-09-01
Brad Boyer	24	L	R	6' 0.0"	185	Oct 4, 1983	Santa Monica, CA, US	2008-05-02	2008-05-26
Garrett Broshuis	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Dec 18, 1981	Cape Girardeau, MO, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-29
Dayton Buller	27	R	R	5' 10.0"	203	Jun 22, 1981	Fresno, CA, US	2008-04-06	2008-04-26
Nate Bump	31	L	R	6' 2.0"	195	Jul 24, 1976	Towanda, PA, US	2008-05-11	2008-08-31
Ben Copeland	24	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Dec 17, 1983	Bradford, PA, US	2008-04-03	2008-08-03
Julio Cordido	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jul 30, 1980	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE	2008-08-14	2008-09-01
Adam Cowart	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Aug 18, 1983	Houston, TX, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Travis Denker	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	205	Aug 5, 1985	Fountain Valley, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-04-30
Kyle Haines	25	S	R	6' 1.0"	170	Jul 28, 1982	Olney, IL, US	2008-04-14	2008-08-31
Justin Hedrick	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	225	Jun 8, 1982	Omaha, NE, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-27
Travis Ishikawa	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	220	Sep 24, 1983	Seattle, WA, US	2008-04-03	2008-06-18
Simon Klink	26	S	R	6' 1.0"	215	Dec 21, 1981	San Diego, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Daryl Maday	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	225	Aug 12, 1985	McHenry, IL, US	2008-04-17	2008-08-09
David Maroul	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Feb 15, 1983	Fort Worth, TX, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Joe Martinez	25	L	R	6' 2.0"	190	Feb 26, 1983	South Orange, NJ, US	2008-04-07	2008-09-01
Eddy Martinez-Esteve	24	R	R	6' 2.0"	215	Jul 14, 1983	Miami, FL, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Osiris Matos	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Aug 6, 1984	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-04-03	2008-06-30
Dave McKae	26	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Nov 24, 1981	Walnut Creek, CA, US	2008-04-06	2008-08-31
Brooks McNiven	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	190	Jun 19, 1981	Terrace, BC, CA	2008-04-08	2008-09-01
Mike Mooney	25	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Jun 8, 1983	San Francisco, CA, US	2008-08-06	2008-08-31
Paul Oseguera	24	L	L	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 6, 1984	La Jolla, CA, US	2008-04-30	2008-09-01
Steve Palazzolo	26	R	R	6' 10.0"	255	Mar 31, 1982	North Reading, MA, US	2008-04-05	2008-08-30
Kelvin Pichardo	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	215	Oct 13, 1985	Santiago, Santiago, DO	2008-04-05	2008-08-31
Ronnie Ray	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	May 11, 1984	St. Louis, MO, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Antoan Richardson	24	S	R	5' 8.0"	165	Oct 8, 1983	Nassau, BS	2008-04-03	2008-09-01
Ryan Rohlinger	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Oct 7, 1983	West Bend, WI, US	2008-06-23	2008-08-12
Nestor Rojas	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Nov 18, 1983	Cabimas, Zulia, VE	2008-05-03	2008-06-18
Sergio Romo	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Mar 4, 1983	Brawley, CA, US	2008-04-03	2008-06-20
Olmo Rosario	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Aug 24, 1980	Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal, DO	2008-04-05	2008-09-01
Ryan Sadowski	25	R	R	6' 4.0"	185	Oct 4, 1982	Miami, FL, US	2008-04-03	2008-04-23
Pablo Sandoval	21	S	R	5' 11.0"	240	Aug 11, 1986	Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, VE	2008-06-25	2008-08-12
Josh Sharpless	27	R	R	6' 5.0"	234	Jan 26, 1981	Beaver, PA, US	2008-05-14	2008-08-26
Ben Snyder	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	225	Jul 20, 1985	Bellevue, OH, US	2008-06-28	2008-08-30
Carlos Sosa	26	L	R	6' 1.0"	195	Oct 21, 1981	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO	2008-04-05	2008-09-01
Jason Waddell	27	R	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jun 11, 1981	Huntington Beach, CA, US	2008-04-06	2008-08-28
Jake Wald	27	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Feb 8, 1981	Washington, DC, US	2008-05-04	2008-07-10
Trey Webb	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	Feb 11, 1982	Dallas, TX, US	2008-04-03	2008-04-21
Adam Witter	25	L	R	6' 1.0"	175	Feb 17, 1983	Lexington, KY, US	2008-04-03	2008-09-01

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