2006 Elizabethton Twins

2006 > Class Rookie > 2006 Appalachian League (West)
Overall: 42-26
Scored 361 runs, Allowed 320 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 38-30

Affiliation: Minnesota Twins-AL-owners
Manager: Ray Smith
Represented: Elizabethton, TN
Ballpark: Joe O'Brien Field (Elizabethton, TN)
Attendance: 28,551
Other Years: 2005 / 2007

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	Daniel Berg	21	51	201	174	35	44	13	3	6	27	0	0	23	48	.253	.353	.466	.819	81	0	4	0	0	1
2	Matt Betsill#	21	3	13	12	3	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	1	1	.250	.308	.750	1.058	9	1	0	0	0	0
3	Jeff Christy	22	24	96	81	10	21	4	0	1	11	0	0	14	13	.259	.375	.346	.721	28	3	1	0	0	0
4	Wesley Connor#	21	32	109	101	17	19	3	0	0	9	4	1	3	23	.188	.248	.218	.466	22	1	5	0	0	0
5	Josh Dean*	19	30	106	91	12	21	3	0	2	15	0	0	12	25	.231	.324	.330	.653	30	0	1	1	1	0
6	Brian Dinkelman*	22	46	203	188	24	56	11	0	4	32	2	1	10	29	.298	.338	.420	.759	79	3	2	2	1	0
7	Josh Land*	21	36	139	128	18	27	4	1	2	15	3	0	10	23	.211	.273	.305	.578	39	7	1	0	0	0
8	Sean Land*	21	13	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	William Luque#	22	21	83	74	10	18	4	1	0	6	1	1	8	13	.243	.325	.324	.650	24	2	1	0	0	2
10	Michael Lysaught	20	28	95	80	14	13	5	0	0	4	2	2	11	36	.163	.277	.225	.502	18	1	2	1	1	0
11	Garrett Olson	21	49	202	176	31	55	8	2	0	20	2	3	19	30	.313	.396	.381	.777	67	7	6	0	1	0
12	Yancarlos Ortiz#	21	34	119	102	21	28	3	1	1	11	3	2	13	11	.275	.364	.353	.717	36	3	2	1	1	0
13	Hank Sanchez	19	12	43	41	2	9	4	0	1	8	0	0	0	13	.220	.233	.390	.623	16	2	1	0	1	0
14	Danny Santiesteban	21	64	274	244	32	61	14	2	6	30	8	1	23	63	.250	.328	.398	.726	97	2	6	0	1	0
15	Steve Singleton#	20	41	156	144	26	49	9	5	4	24	1	3	5	19	.340	.368	.556	.923	80	1	3	1	3	0
16	Richard Sojo	21	34	130	114	20	26	5	2	0	11	3	1	12	31	.228	.318	.307	.625	35	1	3	1	0	2
17	Danny Valencia	21	48	211	190	30	59	13	0	8	29	0	2	15	34	.311	.365	.505	.870	96	9	3	0	3	2
18	J.W. Wilson	19	48	193	171	28	39	4	0	6	23	2	4	18	44	.228	.304	.357	.660	61	3	1	2	1	1
19	Gregory Yersich	19	50	210	197	28	48	12	1	4	21	1	0	8	44	.244	.281	.376	.657	74	6	3	0	2	0
	19 Players	20.6	68	2588	2313	361	596	119	18	47	304	32	21	205	501	.258	.328	.386	.714	892	52	45	9	16	8

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	Patrick Bryant	20	0	1	.000	6.61	14	3	7	0	0	1	32.2	40	25	24	2	18	0	36	8	0	8	161	1.776	11.0	0.6	5.0	9.9	2.00
2	Alex Burnett	18	4	3	.571	4.04	13	13	0	1	1	0	71.1	66	41	32	6	13	0	71	6	1	1	294	1.107	8.3	0.8	1.6	9.0	5.46
3	Jose Castillo	21	4	3	.571	3.17	13	12	0	0	0	0	71.0	64	28	25	6	23	0	56	3	2	8	288	1.225	8.1	0.8	2.9	7.1	2.43
4	Aaron Craig	20	2	1	.667	5.11	20	0	11	0	0	0	24.2	26	16	14	1	15	1	17	2	0	10	114	1.662	9.5	0.4	5.5	6.2	1.13
5	Matt Fox	23	4	0	1.000	3.79	20	1	8	0	0	2	40.1	32	18	17	1	13	0	46	3	0	7	166	1.116	7.1	0.2	2.9	10.3	3.54
6	Armando Gabino	22	1	0	1.000	0.87	5	1	0	0	0	0	10.1	5	1	1	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	39	0.677	4.4	0.0	1.7	7.0	4.00
7	Danny Hernandez	20	1	1	.500	3.81	28	0	25	0	0	18	28.1	20	13	12	2	9	0	40	3	0	4	118	1.024	6.4	0.6	2.9	12.7	4.44
8	Brian Kirwan	19	5	5	.500	5.62	13	13	0	0	0	0	64.0	67	41	40	9	23	0	58	4	1	3	277	1.406	9.4	1.3	3.2	8.2	2.52
9	Sean Land*	21	3	5	.375	4.45	13	11	0	0	0	0	60.2	58	32	30	7	27	0	57	3	0	1	256	1.401	8.6	1.0	4.0	8.5	2.11
10	Dan Leatherman	20	3	0	1.000	0.64	5	0	1	0	0	0	14.0	7	1	1	1	1	0	14	0	0	0	49	0.571	4.5	0.6	0.6	9.0	14.00
11	Jose Lugo*	22	8	4	.667	3.56	13	13	0	0	0	0	73.1	71	33	29	3	21	0	70	7	0	5	311	1.255	8.7	0.4	2.6	8.6	3.33
12	Brandon McConnell	21	1	1	.500	7.30	20	1	5	0	0	0	37.0	47	33	30	3	12	0	33	2	0	8	174	1.595	11.4	0.7	2.9	8.0	2.75
13	Walter Patton	21	0	0		135.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	7	10	10	0	8	0	2	0	0	2	17	22.500	94.5	0.0	108.0	27.0	0.25
14	Justin Staatz	22	2	0	1.000	4.15	16	0	5	0	0	1	21.2	18	11	10	1	10	0	17	2	0	3	94	1.292	7.5	0.4	4.2	7.1	1.70
15	Matthew Williams	19	4	2	.667	3.89	24	0	5	0	0	1	39.1	47	17	17	2	10	1	41	1	0	5	171	1.449	10.8	0.5	2.3	9.4	4.10
	15 Players	20.4	42	26	.618	4.46	68	68	67	1	7	23	589.1	575	320	292	44	205	2	566	45	4	65	2529	1.324	8.8	0.7	3.1	8.6	2.76

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%
Gregory Yersich	40	334	34	6	1	.984	9.20	3	26	14	35%
Jeff Christy	21	163	16	2	1	.989	8.52	5	8	11	58%
Daniel Berg	9	69	6	2	2	.974	8.33	6	8	4	33%

1B

	G	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Josh Dean	26	203	11	24	1.000	8.23
Daniel Berg	24	169	7	14	1.000	7.33
Danny Valencia	18	154	8	17	1.000	9.00
Hank Sanchez	7	52	3	10	1.000	7.86

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brian Dinkelman	36	63	80	3	25	.979	3.97
Michael Lysaught	25	42	42	4	12	.955	3.36
William Luque	10	20	21	0	12	1.000	4.10

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Garrett Olson	40	18	84	11	6	.903	2.55
Danny Valencia	17	15	35	0	3	1.000	2.94
William Luque	9	6	10	3	0	.842	1.78
Matt Betsill	2	2	7	2	3	.818	4.50
Daniel Berg	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.00
Michael Lysaught	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.00

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Steve Singleton	39	59	129	12	26	.940	4.82
Yancarlos Ortiz	28	32	102	5	22	.964	4.79
Michael Lysaught	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.00
Garrett Olson	1	2	3	0	1	1.000	5.00

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Josh Land	34	52	1	3	1	.946	1.56
Richard Sojo	27	39	1	2	0	.952	1.48
Wesley Connor	7	7	1	1	0	.889	1.14
Sean Land	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Danny Santiesteban	64		110	3	2	0	.983	1.77
J.W. Wilson	5		8	0	1	0	.889	1.60

RF

	G	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/G
J.W. Wilson	43	68	3	3	.959	1.65
Wesley Connor	22	32	1	1	.971	1.50
Richard Sojo	6	10	1	0	1.000	1.83
Brian Dinkelman	1	0	0	0		0.00

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Danny Hernandez	28	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.11
Matthew Williams	24	1	2	2	0	.600	0.13
Aaron Craig	20	1	5	0	0	1.000	0.30
Matt Fox	20	2	5	2	0	.778	0.35
Brandon McConnell	20	2	4	2	0	.750	0.30
Justin Staatz	16	3	7	0	0	1.000	0.63
Patrick Bryant	14	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.29
Alex Burnett	13	3	9	3	2	.800	0.92
Jose Castillo	13	5	16	1	3	.955	1.62
Brian Kirwan	13	4	12	1	2	.941	1.23
Sean Land	13	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.08
Jose Lugo	13	7	16	1	1	.958	1.77
Armando Gabino	5	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.40
Dan Leatherman	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.40
Walter Patton	3	0	0	0	0		0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Daniel Berg	21	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Nov 21, 1984	Glen Iris, Victoria, AU	2006-06-21	2006-08-29
Matt Betsill	21	S	R	6' 5.0"	190	Aug 16, 1984	East Point, GA, US	2006-07-29	2006-07-31
Patrick Bryant	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Oct 26, 1985	Birmingham, AL, US	2006-06-22	2006-08-30
Alex Burnett	18	R	R	6' 0.0"	220	Jul 26, 1987	Anaheim, CA, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-25
Jose Castillo	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	175	Dec 23, 1984	Anaco, Anzoategui, VE	2006-06-22	2006-08-29
Jeff Christy	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Apr 13, 1984	Lincoln, NE, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-07
Wesley Connor	21	S	R	6' 2.0"	195	Apr 11, 1985	Venray, NL	2006-06-22	2006-08-30
Aaron Craig	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	233	Mar 22, 1986	Rochester, MN, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-29
Josh Dean	19	L	R	6' 1.0"	205	Dec 24, 1986	Warilla, New South Wales, AU	2006-06-22	2006-08-30
Brian Dinkelman	22	L	R	5' 11.0"	195	Nov 10, 1983	Centralia, IL, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Matt Fox	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	190	Dec 4, 1982	Columbus, OH, US	2006-06-22	2006-08-29
Armando Gabino	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Aug 31, 1983	Santiago, Santiago, DO	2006-06-28	2006-07-10
Danny Hernandez	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Nov 19, 1985	Valencia, Carabobo, VE	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Brian Kirwan	19	R	R	6' 4.0"	218	Jun 9, 1987	San Diego, CA, US	2006-06-24	2006-08-28
Josh Land	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	187	Feb 6, 1985	Milton, FL, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-29
Sean Land	21	L	L	6' 5.0"	230	Sep 27, 1984	Greenwood, MO, US	2006-06-28	2006-08-29
Dan Leatherman	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Jul 12, 1985	Frederick, MD, US	2006-07-15	2006-07-25
Jose Lugo	22	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Apr 10, 1984	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	2006-06-22	2006-08-27
William Luque	22	S	R	5' 9.0"	165	Apr 24, 1984	La Victoria, Aragua, VE	2006-06-21	2006-07-24
Michael Lysaught	20	R	R	5' 11.0"	175	Sep 30, 1985	Sydney, New South Wales, AU	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Brandon McConnell	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	205	Feb 8, 1985	Red Bluff, CA, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Garrett Olson	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	200	Mar 10, 1985	Norway, ME, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-29
Yancarlos Ortiz	21	S	R	5' 9.0"	150	Sep 15, 1984	San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO	2006-06-21	2006-08-17
Walter Patton	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	190	Mar 13, 1985	Springfield, IL, US	2006-06-24	2006-07-12
Hank Sanchez	19	R	R	6' 3.0"	235	Nov 29, 1986	San Diego, CA, US	2006-06-21	2006-07-13
Danny Santiesteban	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	180	Feb 17, 1985	Miami, FL, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Steve Singleton	20	S	R	6' 0.0"	185	Sep 12, 1985	San Francisco, CA, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Richard Sojo	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	194	Sep 24, 1984	La Guaira, Vargas, VE	2006-06-21	2006-08-30
Justin Staatz	22	R	R	6' 7.0"	235	Oct 30, 1983	Santa Monica, CA, US	2006-07-15	2006-08-29
Danny Valencia	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	220	Sep 19, 1984	Miami, FL, US	2006-07-13	2006-08-30
Matthew Williams	19	R	R	6' 1.0"	180	Feb 28, 1987	Camden, New South Wales, AU	2006-06-21	2006-08-28
J.W. Wilson	19	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Aug 19, 1986	Midland, TX, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-29
Gregory Yersich	19	R	R	6' 0.0"	225	Oct 7, 1986	Chicago, IL, US	2006-06-21	2006-08-30

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