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2007 West Michigan Whitecaps

2007 > Class A > 2007 Midwest League (East)
Overall: 83-57
Scored 648 runs, Allowed 535 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-58

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL-working agrmnt
Manager: Tom Brookens
Represented: Grand Rapids, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 377,412
Other Years: 2006 / 2008

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 Michael Bertram* 23 77 275 247 24 62 16 2 2 32 2 2 19 39 .251 .309 .356 .665 88 8 3 3 3 1
2 Brennan Boesch* 22 126 542 513 52 137 19 4 10 86 15 4 23 81 .267 .297 .378 .675 194 16 1 0 5 2
3 Audy Ciriaco 20 121 460 434 42 97 18 4 4 39 8 3 18 78 .224 .254 .311 .565 135 14 1 4 3 0
4 Ed Clelland* 25 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Santo De Leon 23 109 425 398 38 104 18 3 3 44 10 6 13 65 .261 .300 .344 .644 137 14 9 5 0 0
6 Gorkys Hernandez 19 124 533 481 84 141 25 5 4 50 54 11 36 69 .293 .344 .391 .735 188 2 5 4 7 1
7 Jeff Kunkel# 24 29 109 100 6 23 2 1 0 4 1 0 5 19 .230 .287 .270 .557 27 3 3 1 0 0
8 Jeramy Laster 22 110 441 391 68 108 21 3 16 72 16 7 37 141 .276 .348 .468 .816 183 8 8 1 4 2
9 Jordan Newton 21 37 148 134 17 36 6 2 3 16 5 2 9 32 .269 .327 .410 .737 55 0 3 1 1 0
10 Louis Ott# 22 43 163 140 24 38 4 1 2 16 2 3 19 28 .271 .368 .357 .725 50 3 3 0 1 1
11 Deik Scram* 23 73 313 266 45 87 14 6 2 24 14 5 40 54 .327 .416 .447 .863 119 1 2 3 2 2
12 Scott Sizemore 22 125 530 438 78 116 33 5 4 48 16 10 73 60 .265 .376 .390 .767 171 11 9 4 6 1
13 James Skelton* 21 101 417 353 60 109 24 2 7 52 18 5 55 53 .309 .402 .448 .850 158 7 2 4 3 0
14 Ryan Strieby 21 123 519 443 65 112 23 2 16 76 6 5 63 78 .253 .347 .422 .769 187 10 5 0 8 1
15 Brandon Timm 22 82 280 253 31 63 14 3 0 19 8 4 19 66 .249 .309 .328 .637 83 4 4 2 2 0
16 Joseph Tucker 23 35 146 134 14 35 6 0 1 12 6 3 8 30 .261 .310 .328 .639 44 4 2 1 1 0
16 Players 21.6 140 5302 4726 648 1268 243 43 74 590 181 70 437 893 .268 .335 .385 .720 1819 105 60 33 46 11
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 Eleazar Aponte 22 0 0 7.88 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 14 7 7 0 4 0 9 0 2 0 40 2.250 15.8 0.0 4.5 10.1 2.25
2 Duane Below* 21 13 5 .722 2.97 26 26 0 0 0 0 145.2 128 54 48 6 58 0 160 3 2 9 608 1.277 7.9 0.4 3.6 9.9 2.76
3 Randor Bierd 23 1 1 .500 2.05 15 0 10 0 0 0 22.0 17 8 5 1 6 0 29 1 0 0 88 1.045 7.0 0.4 2.5 11.9 4.83
4 Angel Castro 24 7 4 .636 3.01 14 12 0 0 0 0 77.2 66 29 26 10 23 0 43 2 0 5 315 1.146 7.6 1.2 2.7 5.0 1.87
5 Kelvin Cedano 21 2 2 .500 4.23 13 0 2 0 0 0 27.2 26 13 13 2 19 0 24 4 0 2 129 1.627 8.5 0.7 6.2 7.8 1.26
6 Ed Clelland* 25 2 0 1.000 0.79 24 0 10 0 0 6 34.0 16 4 3 0 6 0 23 0 0 2 125 0.647 4.2 0.0 1.6 6.1 3.83
7 Chris Cody* 23 5 5 .500 1.77 14 14 0 0 0 0 91.1 70 22 18 1 15 0 92 2 0 1 347 0.931 6.9 0.1 1.5 9.1 6.13
8 Casey Fien 23 6 1 .857 3.10 39 0 21 0 0 6 61.0 55 28 21 4 10 0 77 3 0 2 253 1.066 8.1 0.6 1.5 11.4 7.70
9 Jose Fragoso 22 0 2 .000 7.82 6 0 5 0 0 0 12.2 18 11 11 4 4 1 12 1 0 1 59 1.737 12.8 2.8 2.8 8.5 3.00
10 Charlie Furbush* 21 4 1 .800 2.17 8 7 0 0 0 0 45.2 40 14 11 2 11 0 46 2 0 3 185 1.117 7.9 0.4 2.2 9.1 4.18
11 Dan Fyvie 24 0 3 .000 5.50 14 0 5 0 0 1 18.0 21 11 11 0 7 0 13 0 0 1 80 1.556 10.5 0.0 3.5 6.5 1.86
12 L.J. Gagnier 22 5 11 .313 4.57 28 22 1 1 0 0 143.2 142 85 73 14 60 2 119 7 2 15 621 1.406 8.9 0.9 3.8 7.5 1.98
13 Ramon Garcia* 22 0 1 .000 5.52 5 4 0 0 0 0 14.2 17 10 9 0 4 0 13 0 0 2 67 1.432 10.4 0.0 2.5 8.0 3.25
14 Jeff Gerbe 22 2 2 .500 2.34 19 9 3 0 0 2 73.0 65 26 19 2 12 0 40 4 0 4 289 1.055 8.0 0.2 1.5 4.9 3.33
15 Luis Gil 23 0 0 4.91 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.2 6 2 2 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 20 2.727 14.7 0.0 9.8 4.9 0.50
16 Brett Jensen 23 5 1 .833 1.79 56 0 50 0 0 23 60.1 52 12 12 2 8 1 66 2 0 1 240 0.994 7.8 0.3 1.2 9.8 8.25
17 Luis Marte 20 1 2 .333 2.83 15 2 6 0 0 3 35.0 28 13 11 2 11 1 36 0 0 1 140 1.114 7.2 0.5 2.8 9.3 3.27
18 Guillermo Moscoso 23 0 0 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 5 1 1 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 28 0.625 5.6 1.1 0.0 7.9
19 Phil Napolitan 25 4 2 .667 6.25 27 0 9 0 0 1 44.2 67 36 31 6 8 0 42 3 0 3 207 1.679 13.5 1.2 1.6 8.5 5.25
20 Jonah Nickerson 22 11 7 .611 4.24 25 25 0 2 1 0 150.2 156 74 71 8 38 0 116 1 0 7 624 1.288 9.3 0.5 2.3 6.9 3.05
21 Matt O'Brien 24 7 2 .778 2.19 12 12 0 0 0 0 82.1 83 29 20 5 14 1 41 6 0 4 339 1.178 9.1 0.5 1.5 4.5 2.93
22 Zach Piccola* 22 1 2 .333 6.18 20 0 9 0 0 0 27.2 31 26 19 3 22 0 28 4 0 8 140 1.916 10.1 1.0 7.2 9.1 1.27
23 Josh Rainwater 22 7 2 .778 2.32 16 4 3 0 0 0 42.2 34 16 11 2 13 0 39 3 1 3 177 1.102 7.2 0.4 2.7 8.2 3.00
24 Kenny Rogers* 42 0 1 .000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 23 1.800 12.6 0.0 3.6 7.2 2.00
25 Derek Witt 23 0 0 4.50 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 9.0 4.5 0.0 0.0
25 Players 22.7 83 57 .593 3.31 140 140 136 3 7 42 1237.0 1166 535 455 76 359 7 1081 48 7 75 5151 1.233 8.5 0.6 2.6 7.9 3.01

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
James Skelton 84 615 56 7 4 .990 7.99 8 46 34 43%
Jeff Kunkel 29 207 25 2 2 .991 8.00 2 20 16 44%
Jordan Newton 29 235 21 1 3 .996 8.83 1 16 15 48%
Louis Ott 8 21 3 1 0 .960 3.00 0 3 1 25%
Michael Bertram 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 0 0 0

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ryan Strieby 114 962 70 7 76 .993 9.05
Michael Bertram 29 215 6 3 24 .987 7.62
Santo De Leon 5 32 5 1 5 .974 7.40
James Skelton 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67
Brandon Timm 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Scott Sizemore 116 193 313 15 82 .971 4.36
Joseph Tucker 16 19 42 2 5 .968 3.81
Louis Ott 14 17 37 2 2 .964 3.86

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Santo De Leon 104 84 190 21 18 .929 2.63
Michael Bertram 35 26 60 5 3 .945 2.46
Louis Ott 5 2 10 3 3 .800 2.40
Joseph Tucker 2 1 10 0 1 1.000 5.50

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Audy Ciriaco 121 163 303 24 63 .951 3.85
Joseph Tucker 12 14 25 2 3 .951 3.25
Louis Ott 11 12 26 3 7 .927 3.45

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jeramy Laster 59 93 7 4 2 .962 1.69
Brandon Timm 56 87 4 2 1 .978 1.63
Deik Scram 34 55 0 1 0 .982 1.62
Joseph Tucker 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gorkys Hernandez 121 277 6 6 2 .979 2.34
Jeramy Laster 19 21 2 1 0 .958 1.21
Deik Scram 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.17
Brandon Timm 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brennan Boesch 114 225 4 3 2 .987 2.01
Jeramy Laster 15 20 1 2 1 .913 1.40
Brandon Timm 13 18 1 0 0 1.000 1.46

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Brett Jensen 56 4 6 0 0 1.000 0.18
Casey Fien 39 1 5 1 0 .857 0.15
L.J. Gagnier 28 10 21 1 0 .969 1.11
Phil Napolitan 27 0 7 1 0 .875 0.26
Duane Below 26 4 20 0 1 1.000 0.92
Jonah Nickerson 25 10 24 1 4 .971 1.36
Ed Clelland 24 4 11 0 0 1.000 0.63
Zach Piccola 20 0 2 1 0 .667 0.10
Jeff Gerbe 19 7 18 1 0 .962 1.32
Josh Rainwater 16 3 5 1 1 .889 0.50
Randor Bierd 15 1 3 1 0 .800 0.27
Luis Marte 15 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.47
Angel Castro 14 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.93
Chris Cody 14 7 18 3 0 .893 1.79
Dan Fyvie 14 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.29
Kelvin Cedano 13 4 5 0 1 1.000 0.69
Matt O'Brien 12 8 7 1 1 .938 1.25
Charlie Furbush 8 3 4 1 0 .875 0.88
Jose Fragoso 6 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ramon Garcia 5 0 2 1 0 .667 0.40
Luis Gil 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.33
Eleazar Aponte 2 0 2 1 0 .667 1.00
Derek Witt 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50
Guillermo Moscoso 1 1 2 0 1 1.000 3.00
Kenny Rogers 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Eleazar Aponte 22 R R 6' 1.0" 160 Mar 4, 1985 Valencia, Carabobo, VE 2007-06-10 2007-06-15
Duane Below 21 L L 6' 3.0" 220 Nov 15, 1985 Britton, MI, US 2007-04-09 2007-08-29
Michael Bertram 23 L R 6' 2.0" 220 Feb 25, 1984 Lexington, KY, US 2007-04-09 2007-09-03
Randor Bierd 23 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Mar 14, 1984 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO 2007-04-07 2007-06-05
Brennan Boesch 22 L L 6' 4.0" 235 Apr 12, 1985 Santa Monica, CA, US 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Angel Castro 24 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Nov 14, 1982 Pimentel, DO 2007-04-07 2007-06-17
Kelvin Cedano 21 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Nov 3, 1985 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO 2007-07-03 2007-09-01
Audy Ciriaco 20 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Jun 16, 1987 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Ed Clelland 25 L L 6' 0.0" 165 Jun 27, 1982 Huizen, NL 2007-04-07 2007-07-15
Chris Cody 23 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Jan 7, 1984 Mount Kisco, NY, US 2007-04-05 2007-06-14
Santo De Leon 23 R R 6' 2.0" 175 Nov 1, 1983 Azua, Azua, DO 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Casey Fien 23 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Oct 21, 1983 Santa Rosa, CA, US 2007-04-05 2007-09-02
Jose Fragoso 22 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Nov 12, 1984 Santiago, Santiago, DO 2007-05-23 2007-06-12
Charlie Furbush 21 L L 6' 5.0" 215 Apr 11, 1986 South Portland, ME, US 2007-07-21 2007-09-01
Dan Fyvie 24 R R 6' 0.0" 207 Aug 12, 1982 Flint, MI, US 2007-06-26 2007-08-20
L.J. Gagnier 22 R R 6' 2.0" 210 Feb 28, 1985 Santa Cruz, CA, US 2007-04-07 2007-09-03
Ramon Garcia 22 L L 6' 2.0" 165 Oct 30, 1984 Yamasa, Monte Plata, DO 2007-06-23 2007-09-03
Jeff Gerbe 22 R R 6' 3.0" 200 Jul 4, 1984 Shelby Township, MI, US 2007-04-09 2007-08-26
Luis Gil 23 R R 6' 1.0" 170 Feb 12, 1984 Castillo, DO 2007-06-09 2007-06-15
Gorkys Hernandez 19 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Sep 7, 1987 Guiria, Sucre, VE 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Brett Jensen 23 R R 6' 7.0" 190 Nov 29, 1983 Humboldt, IA, US 2007-04-09 2007-09-02
Jeff Kunkel 24 S R 5' 11.0" 200 Mar 11, 1983 Olympia Fields, IL, US 2007-04-05 2007-06-11
Jeramy Laster 22 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Apr 5, 1985 Nashville, TN, US 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Luis Marte 20 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Aug 26, 1986 San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO 2007-07-03 2007-09-02
Guillermo Moscoso 23 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Nov 14, 1983 Maracay, Aragua, VE 2007-08-31 2007-08-31
Phil Napolitan 25 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 29, 1982 Page, AZ, US 2007-04-07 2007-09-02
Jordan Newton 21 R R 5' 10.0" 195 Aug 29, 1985 Elizabethtown, KY, US 2007-06-26 2007-09-02
Jonah Nickerson 22 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Mar 9, 1985 Casper, WY, US 2007-04-10 2007-09-02
Matt O'Brien 24 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Aug 10, 1982 Royal Palm Beach, FL, US 2007-06-24 2007-08-25
Louis Ott 22 S R 6' 0.0" 185 Feb 22, 1985 Marin, CA, US 2007-04-09 2007-06-28
Zach Piccola 22 R L 6' 3.0" 225 Mar 27, 1985 Nashua, NH, US 2007-06-21 2007-09-03
Josh Rainwater 22 R R 6' 1.0" 230 Apr 9, 1985 DeRidder, LA, US 2007-04-05 2007-06-14
Kenny Rogers 42 L L 6' 1.0" 200 Nov 10, 1964 Savannah, GA, US 2007-06-15 2007-06-15
Deik Scram 23 L R 6' 2.0" 180 Feb 1, 1984 Arkansas City, KS, US 2007-04-05 2007-07-17
Scott Sizemore 22 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Jan 4, 1985 Virginia Beach, VA, US 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
James Skelton 21 L R 5' 11.0" 165 Oct 28, 1985 West Covina, CA, US 2007-04-07 2007-09-03
Ryan Strieby 21 R R 6' 5.0" 235 Aug 9, 1985 Seattle, WA, US 2007-04-05 2007-09-03
Brandon Timm 22 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Dec 4, 1984 Hamilton, OH, US 2007-04-07 2007-09-03
Joseph Tucker 23 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Jan 25, 1984 Canton, OH, US 2007-07-03 2007-09-03
Derek Witt 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Dec 31, 1983 Davenport, IA, US 2007-06-21 2007-06-25

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