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2007 San Antonio Missions

2007 > Class AA > 2007 Texas League (West)
Overall: 73-66
Scored 642 runs, Allowed 562 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 78-61

Affiliation: San Diego Padres-NL-working agrmnt
Manager: Randy Ready
Represented: San Antonio, TX
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 277,150
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	Skip Adams	27	22	75	69	4	10	1	0	0	6	0	0	3	19	.145	.176	.159	.335	11	2	0	1	2	0
2	Matt Antonelli	22	49	223	187	34	55	11	1	7	24	10	3	30	36	.294	.395	.476	.871	89	2	3	0	3	0
3	Brett Bonvechio*	24	40	154	128	23	34	9	0	9	27	0	0	22	28	.266	.370	.547	.917	70	2	1	0	3	0
4	Frank Brooks*	28	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Tim Brown*	24	110	402	351	56	96	16	0	13	50	0	0	40	65	.274	.357	.430	.787	151	12	7	1	3	0
6	Peter Ciofrone*	23	97	408	364	58	95	16	2	6	34	1	4	33	55	.261	.339	.365	.704	133	6	10	1	0	2
7	Juan Ciriaco	23	37	140	131	13	21	4	0	1	6	5	1	6	25	.160	.197	.214	.411	28	0	0	3	0	0
8	Jeremy Cleveland	25	28	80	72	6	18	4	1	0	8	0	0	7	16	.250	.313	.333	.646	24	3	0	0	1	1
9	Luis Cruz	23	69	256	238	24	60	10	0	4	19	3	0	13	20	.252	.293	.345	.638	82	5	2	0	3	1
10	Roger Deago	30	19	9	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	2	0	0	2	0	0
11	Brett Dowdy	25	59	226	196	26	52	9	2	5	24	8	3	26	38	.265	.360	.408	.768	80	5	3	1	0	0
12	Mike Ekstrom	23	28	15	13	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.154	.231	2	0	0	2	0	0
13	Jonathan Ellis	24	55	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Josh Geer	24	27	22	18	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.222	.222	.222	.444	4	0	0	4	0	0
15	Justin Hatcher	27	4	13	10	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	.100	.308	.100	.408	1	0	1	0	0	0
16	Dirk Hayhurst*	26	32	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Chase Headley#	23	121	522	433	82	143	38	5	20	78	1	0	74	114	.330	.437	.580	1.016	251	7	11	0	4	7
18	Josh Howard*	24	22	96	81	13	20	2	0	0	4	1	1	14	25	.247	.358	.272	.629	22	0	0	1	0	0
19	Chad Huffman	22	49	197	167	28	45	4	1	7	28	0	0	22	44	.269	.362	.431	.793	72	1	4	1	3	0
20	Nick Hundley	23	101	422	373	55	92	23	1	20	72	0	2	42	74	.247	.324	.475	.798	177	7	2	2	3	0
21	Will Inman	20	7	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Michael Johnson*	27	86	323	266	44	71	15	3	16	51	0	1	53	90	.267	.390	.526	.916	140	3	2	0	2	1	Stats for 2 teams
23	Sean Kazmar	22	78	299	269	30	56	10	2	6	33	6	1	24	46	.208	.278	.327	.605	88	8	3	0	3	1
24	Wade LeBlanc*	22	12	13	9	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	3	.111	.385	.111	.496	1	1	0	0	0	0
25	Arturo Lopez*	24	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	Drew Macias*	24	100	391	331	43	83	15	5	8	50	5	8	51	53	.251	.355	.399	.754	132	6	5	0	4	3
27	Colt Morton	25	29	116	94	17	25	3	0	6	19	0	0	15	34	.266	.383	.489	.872	46	0	4	1	2	1
28	Jose Oyervidez	25	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	Cesar Ramos*	23	27	23	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.091	.130	.091	.221	2	0	0	0	0	0
30	Mike Sansoe	24	37	141	132	10	32	2	1	0	7	5	5	8	31	.242	.286	.273	.558	36	4	0	1	0	0
31	Jon Searles	26	38	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	Kyle Stutes*	25	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Sean Thompson*	24	24	20	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	0	0	2	0	0	Stats for 2 teams
34	Kody Valverde	24	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	Will Venable*	24	134	572	515	66	143	19	3	8	68	21	2	38	84	.278	.337	.373	.710	192	8	10	5	4	3
36	Michael Wagner	25	15	39	36	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	2	14	.167	.205	.278	.483	10	0	0	0	1	0
37	Shawn Wooten	34	29	119	103	10	27	3	0	0	9	0	0	11	14	.262	.353	.291	.644	30	4	4	0	1	1
	37 Players	24.0	139	5257	4591	642	1176	214	27	133	612	67	30	524	950	.256	.339	.401	.740	1843	85	72	29	41	20

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	Paul Abraham	27	1	3	.250	2.39	47	0	21	0	0	8	52.2	39	16	14	2	20	2	53	4	0	6	218	1.120	6.7	0.3	3.4	9.1	2.65
2	Manny Ayala	22	1	3	.250	5.28	5	5	0	0	0	0	29.0	30	19	17	5	4	0	20	3	0	1	119	1.172	9.3	1.6	1.2	6.2	5.00
3	Bobby Basham	27	0	1	.000	16.62	7	0	2	0	0	0	8.2	26	17	16	2	3	0	3	4	0	0	59	3.346	27.0	2.1	3.1	3.1	1.00
4	Frank Brooks*	28	2	1	.667	2.01	17	0	9	0	0	1	22.1	14	5	5	1	2	0	26	2	1	0	84	0.716	5.6	0.4	0.8	10.5	13.00
5	Tim Brown*	24	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	9.0
6	Adrian Burnside*	30	0	0		2.19	9	0	2	0	0	0	12.1	8	3	3	1	4	0	9	0	0	2	49	0.973	5.8	0.7	2.9	6.6	2.25
7	Roger Deago*	30	3	3	.500	4.16	19	11	1	0	0	0	71.1	61	34	33	9	25	0	76	5	0	4	295	1.206	7.7	1.1	3.2	9.6	3.04
8	Mike Ekstrom	23	7	10	.412	4.76	27	27	0	0	0	0	143.2	183	85	76	6	47	0	98	5	0	8	643	1.601	11.5	0.4	2.9	6.1	2.09
9	Jonathan Ellis	24	3	4	.429	4.29	55	0	19	0	0	2	50.1	45	26	24	5	32	0	40	2	0	3	223	1.530	8.0	0.9	5.7	7.2	1.25
10	Josh Geer	24	16	6	.727	3.20	26	26	0	2	0	0	171.1	163	67	61	9	27	1	102	11	0	7	699	1.109	8.6	0.5	1.4	5.4	3.78
11	Dirk Hayhurst	26	4	1	.800	3.19	32	1	8	0	0	2	59.1	54	24	21	6	9	1	55	2	0	4	242	1.062	8.2	0.9	1.4	8.3	6.11
12	Will Inman	20	3	3	.500	4.17	7	7	0	0	0	0	41.0	33	19	19	6	19	0	40	1	0	1	171	1.268	7.2	1.3	4.2	8.8	2.11
13	Neil Jamison	23	3	5	.375	4.32	53	0	32	0	0	12	58.1	65	36	28	7	26	4	45	3	1	3	260	1.560	10.0	1.1	4.0	6.9	1.73
14	Wade LeBlanc*	22	7	3	.700	3.45	12	11	0	0	0	0	57.1	48	22	22	8	19	0	55	0	0	1	233	1.169	7.5	1.3	3.0	8.6	2.89
15	Arturo Lopez*	24	2	2	.500	4.54	30	1	10	0	0	0	35.2	34	19	18	3	18	1	28	1	0	1	154	1.458	8.6	0.8	4.5	7.1	1.56
16	Edwin Moreno	26	0	0		1.62	16	0	16	0	0	9	16.2	10	3	3	2	8	0	18	0	0	0	68	1.080	5.4	1.1	4.3	9.7	2.25
17	Jose Oyervidez	25	0	1	.000	5.65	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	32	19	18	2	12	0	19	1	0	1	126	1.535	10.0	0.6	3.8	6.0	1.58
18	Cesar Ramos*	23	13	9	.591	3.41	27	27	0	2	2	0	163.2	153	69	62	15	43	0	90	6	0	5	670	1.198	8.4	0.8	2.4	4.9	2.09
19	Jon Searles	26	4	3	.571	3.62	38	1	5	0	0	0	69.2	59	32	28	5	36	0	52	1	0	6	296	1.364	7.6	0.6	4.7	6.7	1.44
20	Kyle Stutes*	25	0	1	.000	2.55	18	0	8	0	0	2	17.2	14	5	5	2	7	0	13	0	0	1	72	1.189	7.1	1.0	3.6	6.6	1.86
21	Sean Thompson*	24	9	8	.529	3.73	24	23	0	1	1	0	132.2	124	61	55	11	56	0	81	5	3	9	557	1.357	8.4	0.7	3.8	5.5	1.45	Stats for 2 teams
	21 Players	24.6	73	66	.525	3.81	139	139	134	4	11	36	1199.0	1156	562	508	104	402	9	902	53	4	58	5061	1.299	8.7	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.24

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%
Nick Hundley	94	619	45	9	8	.987	7.06	9	51	29	36%
Shawn Wooten	23	142	8	1	1	.993	6.52	2	9	3	25%
Colt Morton	20	148	12	0	4	1.000	8.00	2	11	4	27%
Justin Hatcher	3	30	1	1	1	.969	10.33	0	0	0
Kody Valverde	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.00	0	1	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tim Brown	81	665	54	5	57	.993	8.88
Michael Johnson	50	369	38	5	46	.988	8.14	Stats for 2 teams
Brett Bonvechio	12	109	3	0	5	1.000	9.33
Colt Morton	8	60	6	1	6	.985	8.25
Shawn Wooten	5	48	4	0	5	1.000	10.40
Skip Adams	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.00
Peter Ciofrone	1	8	1	0	0	1.000	9.00
Jeremy Cleveland	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Brett Dowdy	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Sean Kazmar	61	118	170	7	36	.976	4.72
Matt Antonelli	49	83	111	5	23	.975	3.96
Brett Dowdy	26	50	69	2	14	.983	4.58
Skip Adams	6	8	19	0	8	1.000	4.50
Peter Ciofrone	1	2	6	0	0	1.000	8.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Chase Headley	119	74	212	11	22	.963	2.40
Peter Ciofrone	12	8	21	1	5	.967	2.42
Brett Bonvechio	9	5	11	0	2	1.000	1.78
Brett Dowdy	3	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.33
Skip Adams	1	0	0	0	0		0.00
Jeremy Cleveland	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Luis Cruz	68	107	193	15	39	.952	4.41
Juan Ciriaco	37	64	107	11	22	.940	4.62
Sean Kazmar	16	18	48	6	9	.917	4.13
Skip Adams	13	17	32	4	5	.925	3.77
Brett Dowdy	10	8	13	1	2	.955	2.10

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Peter Ciofrone	63	101	4	2	1	.981	1.67
Chad Huffman	44	73	7	1	1	.988	1.82
Will Venable	14	33	2	0	0	1.000	2.50
Jeremy Cleveland	12	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.67
Brett Dowdy	5	4	1	0	0	1.000	1.00
Michael Wagner	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Mike Sansoe	2	1	0	1	0	.500	0.50
Josh Howard	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Drew Macias	72	154	12	1	2	.994	2.31
Mike Sansoe	21	50	2	1	0	.981	2.48
Josh Howard	20	40	4	0	3	1.000	2.20
Will Venable	19	38	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Brett Dowdy	12	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.08

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Will Venable	98	214	5	2	2	.991	2.23
Drew Macias	25	37	6	1	0	.977	1.72
Mike Sansoe	8	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.25
Jeremy Cleveland	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.20
Peter Ciofrone	4	15	0	0	0	1.000	3.75
Brett Dowdy	3	6	1	0	0	1.000	2.33
Michael Wagner	2	5	0	0	0	1.000	2.50
Skip Adams	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jonathan Ellis	55	3	4	0	0	1.000	0.13
Neil Jamison	53	4	6	1	1	.909	0.19
Paul Abraham	47	3	4	0	0	1.000	0.15
Jon Searles	38	5	7	1	2	.923	0.32
Dirk Hayhurst	32	6	7	0	0	1.000	0.41
Arturo Lopez	30	1	7	0	0	1.000	0.27
Mike Ekstrom	27	15	18	1	0	.971	1.22
Cesar Ramos	27	9	25	0	2	1.000	1.26
Josh Geer	26	20	31	1	2	.981	1.96
Sean Thompson	24	8	30	2	2	.950	1.58	Stats for 2 teams
Roger Deago	19	6	14	0	0	1.000	1.05
Kyle Stutes	18	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.06
Frank Brooks	17	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.06
Edwin Moreno	16	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.06
Wade LeBlanc	12	2	8	0	0	1.000	0.83
Adrian Burnside	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.22
Bobby Basham	7	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.43
Will Inman	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.29
Jose Oyervidez	6	3	4	0	0	1.000	1.17
Manny Ayala	5	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.60
Tim Brown	1	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Paul Abraham	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	225	Jan 10, 1980	West Islip, NY, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Skip Adams	27	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Oct 18, 1979	Albuquerque, NM, US	2007-04-06	2007-06-11
Matt Antonelli	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Apr 8, 1985	Peabody, MA, US	2007-07-12	2007-09-03
Manny Ayala	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	225	Nov 6, 1984	Artesia, CA, US	2007-07-02	2007-07-27
Bobby Basham	27	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Mar 7, 1980	Raleigh, NC, US	2007-07-02	2007-08-08
Brett Bonvechio	24	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Nov 13, 1982	San Jose, CA, US	2007-06-17	2007-08-19
Frank Brooks	28	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 6, 1978	Brooklyn, NY, US	2007-04-06	2007-05-23
Tim Brown	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	228	Feb 21, 1983	Eugene, OR, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-02
Adrian Burnside	30	R	L	6' 3.0"	210	Mar 15, 1977	Alice Springs, Northern Territory, AU	2007-05-25	2007-06-21
Peter Ciofrone	23	L	R	5' 10.0"	200	Sep 28, 1983	Nesconset, NY, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-01
Juan Ciriaco	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	160	Aug 15, 1983	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	2007-04-06	2007-05-23
Jeremy Cleveland	25	R	R	6' 2.0"	185	Sep 10, 1981	Fairfax, VA, US	2007-05-27	2007-07-08
Luis Cruz	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Feb 10, 1984	Navojoa, Sonora, MX	2007-05-25	2007-09-03
Roger Deago	30	R	L	5' 10.0"	180	Jun 21, 1977	Monagrillo, PA	2007-04-06	2007-06-29
Brett Dowdy	25	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Feb 22, 1982	Bradenton, FL, US	2007-06-12	2007-09-02
Mike Ekstrom	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Aug 30, 1983	Portland, OR, US	2007-04-10	2007-08-31
Jonathan Ellis	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Oct 3, 1982	Charleston, SC, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-02
Josh Geer	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	195	Jun 2, 1983	Dallas, TX, US	2007-04-09	2007-08-29
Justin Hatcher	27	R	R	5' 9.0"	195	May 12, 1980	Fort Worth, TX, US	2007-04-06	2007-06-24
Dirk Hayhurst	26	L	R	6' 3.0"	200	Mar 24, 1981	Canton, OH, US	2007-05-09	2007-09-01
Chase Headley	23	S	R	6' 2.0"	220	May 9, 1984	Fountain, CO, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Josh Howard	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	180	Apr 6, 1983	Jacksonville, FL, US	2007-06-27	2007-07-31
Chad Huffman	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	215	Apr 29, 1985	Houston, TX, US	2007-07-12	2007-09-03
Nick Hundley	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Sep 8, 1983	Corvallis, OR, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Will Inman	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	220	Feb 6, 1987	Danville, VA, US	2007-08-01	2007-09-02
Neil Jamison	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	185	Aug 4, 1983	San Diego, CA, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Michael Johnson	27	L	L	6' 3.0"	225	Jun 25, 1980	Georgetown, SC, US	2007-04-06	2007-07-31
Sean Kazmar	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	180	Aug 5, 1984	Valdosta, GA, US	2007-04-06	2007-07-11
Wade LeBlanc	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	215	Aug 7, 1984	Lake Charles, LA, US	2007-07-05	2007-09-01
Arturo Lopez	24	L	L	5' 9.0"	165	Feb 22, 1983	Culiacan, Sinaloa, MX	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Drew Macias	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	175	Mar 7, 1983	Fontana, CA, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Edwin Moreno	26	R	R	6' 1.0"	195	Jul 30, 1980	El Mojan, Zulia, VE	2007-07-19	2007-09-02
Colt Morton	25	R	R	6' 5.0"	230	Apr 10, 1982	Fort Lauderdale, FL, US	2007-07-18	2007-09-03
Jose Oyervidez	25	R	R	5' 11.0"	195	Feb 18, 1982	McAllen, TX, US	2007-04-07	2007-05-04
Cesar Ramos	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	205	Jun 22, 1984	Los Angeles, CA, US	2007-04-08	2007-08-30
Mike Sansoe	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Nov 6, 1982	Walnut Creek, CA, US	2007-04-06	2007-08-12
Jon Searles	26	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Jan 18, 1981	Huntington, NY, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Kyle Stutes	25	L	L	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 22, 1982	Port Arthur, TX, US	2007-06-24	2007-09-03
Sean Thompson	24	L	L	5' 11.0"	170	Oct 13, 1982	La Junta, CO, US	2007-04-06	2007-06-27
Kody Valverde	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	205	Mar 14, 1983	Baton Rouge, LA, US	2007-04-24	2007-04-24
Will Venable	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	210	Oct 29, 1982	Greenbrae, CA, US	2007-04-06	2007-09-03
Michael Wagner	25	R	R	6' 3.0"	232	Sep 13, 1981	St. Louis, MO, US	2007-05-13	2007-06-11
Shawn Wooten	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	205	Jul 24, 1972	Glendora, CA, US	2007-04-28	2007-07-14

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