2002 Michigan Battle Cats

2002 > Class A > 2002 Midwest League (East)
Overall: 79-61
Scored 703 runs, Allowed 550 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-55

Affiliation: Houston Astros-NL
Manager: John Massarelli
Represented: Battle Creek, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 2001 / 2003

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	Steve Checksfield	23	122	495	440	59	96	21	4	16	87	4	5	40	113	.218	.281	.393	.675	173	9	3	1	11	1
2	Brooks Conrad#	22	133	577	499	94	143	25	14	14	94	18	8	62	102	.287	.368	.477	.845	238	2	7	1	8	0
3	Kerry Hodges	22	84	271	243	35	61	13	3	1	17	11	7	20	74	.251	.319	.342	.660	83	5	5	1	2	0
4	Fehlandt Lentini	24	71	277	246	41	71	12	3	1	35	25	5	29	35	.289	.362	.374	.736	92	6	0	1	1	0
5	Cameron Likely	24	100	384	315	56	86	10	5	0	28	26	7	50	49	.273	.386	.337	.722	106	7	11	3	5	0
6	Matt Lucas	23	65	201	189	19	36	11	0	1	13	3	0	3	39	.190	.221	.265	.486	50	7	5	2	2	0
7	Joe Lydic	23	70	249	234	36	51	16	1	5	27	3	0	12	57	.218	.257	.359	.616	84	7	1	0	2	1
8	Monte Mansfield	21	20	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Trevor Mote#	22	130	535	480	66	133	25	1	9	70	7	9	43	89	.277	.339	.390	.729	187	9	4	4	4	3
10	Mark Obradovich#	21	108	416	356	43	80	15	1	3	36	8	7	55	96	.225	.331	.298	.629	106	9	2	2	1	2
11	Greg Pines	23	13	17	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.133	.235	.133	.369	2	0	0	0	0	0
12	Brian Rodaway*	23	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
13	Mike Rodriguez*	21	133	583	499	94	126	23	4	4	46	35	11	65	85	.253	.338	.339	.677	169	5	2	12	5	0
14	Randy Rojas	22	71	210	181	33	38	7	0	2	29	19	7	23	22	.210	.305	.282	.587	51	3	3	0	3	0
15	Todd Self*	23	136	575	491	81	152	36	5	12	94	10	1	65	104	.310	.394	.477	.871	234	8	9	2	8	4
16	Ryan Stegall	22	122	470	408	45	97	25	3	3	44	6	3	42	75	.238	.322	.336	.658	137	8	9	10	1	0
17	Max Tremblay*	26	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0	0	0	0
	17 Players	22.4	140	5264	4598	703	1172	239	44	71	620	175	70	512	944	.255	.334	.372	.706	1712	85	61	40	53	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	Mike Burns	23	14	9	.609	2.49	28	28	0	3	2	0	181.0	146	59	50	12	29	1	126	7	2	8	714	0.967	7.3	0.6	1.4	6.3	4.34
2	Juan Campos	22	3	2	.600	2.01	36	0	22	0	0	9	58.1	50	19	13	1	8	2	63	4	2	0	238	0.994	7.7	0.2	1.2	9.7	7.88
3	Jory Coughenour	24	1	0	1.000	1.46	5	0	4	0	0	3	12.1	10	2	2	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	47	0.811	7.3	0.0	0.0	5.8
4	Grant Dorn	24	0	4	.000	3.57	39	0	22	0	0	3	58.0	62	26	23	7	11	0	57	1	0	3	243	1.259	9.6	1.1	1.7	8.8	5.18
5	Cory Doyne	20	9	8	.529	4.26	27	26	1	0	0	0	141.2	131	76	67	8	63	0	101	3	2	11	610	1.369	8.3	0.5	4.0	6.4	1.60
6	Mark Hamilton*	24	2	0	1.000	2.62	11	2	0	0	0	0	24.0	22	11	7	1	5	0	14	2	0	3	98	1.125	8.2	0.4	1.9	5.2	2.80
7	D.J. Houlton	22	14	5	.737	3.14	35	16	7	0	0	2	140.2	120	57	49	12	30	0	138	3	0	4	577	1.066	7.7	0.8	1.9	8.8	4.60
8	Monte Mansfield	21	4	4	.500	5.30	20	13	2	0	0	0	71.1	64	53	42	3	56	0	65	8	0	13	340	1.682	8.1	0.4	7.1	8.2	1.16
9	Tony Pluta	19	11	13	.458	5.92	28	28	0	1	1	0	143.0	155	100	94	18	83	0	120	16	2	15	668	1.664	9.8	1.1	5.2	7.6	1.45
10	Scott Powell	23	5	5	.500	2.78	48	1	26	0	0	7	81.0	75	28	25	0	13	0	41	6	0	2	327	1.086	8.3	0.0	1.4	4.6	3.15
11	Brian Rodaway*	23	2	2	.500	4.00	23	1	8	0	0	1	45.0	50	26	20	1	14	1	32	2	0	2	192	1.422	10.0	0.2	2.8	6.4	2.29
12	Russ Rohlicek*	22	9	7	.563	3.29	27	27	0	0	0	0	164.0	160	68	60	13	42	0	106	6	0	5	679	1.232	8.8	0.7	2.3	5.8	2.52	Stats for 2 teams
13	Max Tremblay*	26	3	3	.500	1.26	41	0	27	0	0	14	57.1	39	14	8	0	20	1	61	3	0	3	233	1.029	6.1	0.0	3.1	9.6	3.05
14	Brandon Wood	23	2	1	.667	2.55	34	0	17	0	0	4	53.0	45	21	15	2	19	0	46	4	0	4	227	1.208	7.6	0.3	3.2	7.8	2.42
	14 Players	22.4	79	61	.564	3.44	140	140	136	4	10	43	1217.2	1117	550	465	75	387	5	967	65	8	72	5139	1.235	8.3	0.6	2.9	7.1	2.50

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%
Mark Obradovich	90	569	48	4	1	.994	6.86	10	68	23	25%
Matt Lucas	62	411	27	3	1	.993	7.06	2	35	12	26%
Greg Pines	6	8	0	1	0	.889	1.33	0	2	0	0%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Todd Self	57	472	30	3	41	.994	8.81
Steve Checksfield	54	463	34	6	38	.988	9.20
Joe Lydic	36	327	13	1	25	.997	9.44
Trevor Mote	1	7	0	0	0	1.000	7.00
Mark Obradovich	1	9	1	0	1	1.000	10.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brooks Conrad	121	207	335	16	59	.971	4.48
Randy Rojas	21	38	59	2	11	.980	4.62
Trevor Mote	2	5	5	0	2	1.000	5.00

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Trevor Mote	121	69	257	31	18	.913	2.69
Ryan Stegall	18	7	26	3	1	.917	1.83
Joe Lydic	11	7	15	3	1	.880	2.00

SS

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Ryan Stegall	111		165	345	23	56	.957	4.59
Randy Rojas	39		53	97	8	22	.949	3.85

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Cameron Likely	62							0.00
Kerry Hodges	45							0.00
Fehlandt Lentini	35							0.00
Mike Rodriguez	8							0.00
Steve Checksfield	1							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Mike Rodriguez	108							0.00
Cameron Likely	29							0.00
Fehlandt Lentini	7							0.00
Kerry Hodges	1							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Todd Self	65							0.00
Steve Checksfield	42							0.00
Fehlandt Lentini	22							0.00
Kerry Hodges	15							0.00
Mike Rodriguez	8							0.00
Cameron Likely	2							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Mike Rodriguez	124	237	5	4	1	.984	1.95
Cameron Likely	91	156	2	5	0	.969	1.74
Todd Self	65	127	10	2	0	.986	2.11
Fehlandt Lentini	64	93	8	4	3	.962	1.58
Kerry Hodges	61	76	0	1	0	.987	1.25
Steve Checksfield	43	70	2	2	0	.973	1.67

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Scott Powell	48	7	15	2	2	.917	0.46
Max Tremblay	41	1	5	2	0	.750	0.15
Grant Dorn	39	3	3	0	0	1.000	0.15
Juan Campos	36	7	4	1	1	.917	0.31
D.J. Houlton	35	4	8	0	0	1.000	0.34
Brandon Wood	34	1	8	0	0	1.000	0.26
Mike Burns	28	12	21	4	0	.892	1.18
Tony Pluta	28	9	24	1	3	.971	1.18
Cory Doyne	27	13	30	5	1	.896	1.59
Russ Rohlicek	27	7	32	2	2	.951	1.44	Stats for 2 teams
Brian Rodaway	23	6	12	1	1	.947	0.78
Monte Mansfield	20	6	6	1	1	.923	0.60
Mark Hamilton	11	0	6	0	0	1.000	0.55
Jory Coughenour	5	1	1	0	0	1.000	0.40

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Mike Burns	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Jul 14, 1978	Westminster, CA, US
Juan Campos	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Mar 28, 1980	Monagas, VE
Steve Checksfield	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	240	Jun 11, 1979	Hahn AFB, DE
Brooks Conrad	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	190	Jan 16, 1980	San Diego, CA, US
Jory Coughenour	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	200	Jun 17, 1978	Uniontown, PA, US
Grant Dorn	24	R	R	6' 4.0"	210	Feb 26, 1978	Morgantown, WV, US
Cory Doyne	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	240	Aug 13, 1981	Tampa, FL, US
Mark Hamilton	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Apr 23, 1978	Dallas, TX, US
Kerry Hodges	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	220	Nov 7, 1979	Lake Wales, FL, US
D.J. Houlton	22	R	R	6' 4.0"	235	Aug 12, 1979	Fullerton, CA, US
Fehlandt Lentini	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 12, 1977	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Cameron Likely	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 2, 1978	Pensacola, FL, US
Matt Lucas	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 21, 1978	Fullerton, CA, US
Joe Lydic	23	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Feb 20, 1979	Pittsburgh, PA, US
Monte Mansfield	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	215	Mar 22, 1981	Whittier, CA, US
Trevor Mote	22	S	R	6' 1.0"	205	Jul 22, 1979	Kingman, AZ, US
Mark Obradovich	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	190	Oct 26, 1980	Birmingham, AL, US
Greg Pines	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Aug 3, 1978	Westminster, CA, US
Tony Pluta	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	230	Oct 28, 1982	Visalia, CA, US
Scott Powell	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	200	Aug 26, 1978	Holland, PA, US
Brian Rodaway	23	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Sep 11, 1978	Lincoln, NE, US
Mike Rodriguez	21	L	L	5' 10.0"	180	Oct 15, 1980	Hollywood, FL, US
Russ Rohlicek	22	R	L	6' 6.0"	230	Dec 26, 1979	Walnut Creek, CA, US
Randy Rojas	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	170	Mar 12, 1980	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Todd Self	23	L	R	6' 5.0"	215	Nov 9, 1978	Shreveport, LA, US
Ryan Stegall	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	190	Nov 13, 1979	North Kansas City, MO, US
Max Tremblay	26	L	L	6' 0.0"	190	Jun 18, 1976	Downey, CA, US
Brandon Wood	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Feb 20, 1979	Nacogdoches, TX, US

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