2009 West Michigan Whitecaps

2009 > Class A > 2009 Midwest League (Eastern)
Overall: 81-59
Scored 693 runs, Allowed 560 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-57

Affiliation: Detroit Tigers-AL
Manager: Joe Depastino
Represented: Grand Rapids, MI
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: 356,642
Other Years: 2008 / 2010

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	Ron Bourquin*	24	81	359	297	40	84	25	1	3	58	8	3	48	77	.283	.380	.404	.784	120	5	4	1	9	1
2	Joe Bowen*	21	76	300	271	27	67	18	1	0	25	1	1	25	72	.247	.314	.321	.635	87	5	2	1	1	1
3	Alden Carrithers*	24	45	181	150	29	46	3	3	0	19	9	5	24	22	.307	.395	.367	.762	55	4	0	4	3	2
4	Tyler Conn*	23	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Brandon Douglas	23	83	373	329	47	106	11	3	0	35	9	1	29	33	.322	.384	.374	.758	123	4	8	1	6	1
6	Angel Flores	22	52	198	182	14	37	4	0	1	12	1	2	13	27	.203	.268	.242	.509	44	3	3	0	0	0
7	Avisail Garcia	18	81	315	299	36	79	11	2	1	31	8	7	8	70	.264	.289	.324	.613	97	13	4	0	4	0
8	Mike Gosse*	23	43	180	167	19	44	11	0	1	28	0	0	8	18	.263	.306	.347	.653	58	6	3	0	2	0
9	Ben Guez	22	104	438	404	64	111	34	7	12	64	11	4	18	95	.275	.320	.483	.802	195	7	10	3	3	0
10	Keith Hernandez	24	4	14	14	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jordan Lennerton*	23	119	505	433	56	122	30	0	12	71	1	2	64	127	.282	.370	.434	.804	188	12	1	0	7	7
12	Jordan Newton	23	11	49	44	11	17	3	2	3	9	0	0	2	9	.386	.438	.750	1.188	33	1	2	1	0	0
13	Billy Nowlin	22	112	480	418	69	130	29	2	13	77	2	0	37	67	.311	.390	.483	.873	202	10	20	0	5	3
14	Gustavo Nunez#	21	112	514	464	82	146	16	10	5	40	45	25	25	62	.315	.360	.425	.785	197	2	11	9	5	0
15	Luis Palacios	19	40	142	135	16	26	7	0	2	11	1	0	1	39	.193	.211	.289	.500	39	1	3	0	3	0
16	Hernan Perez	18	12	45	44	0	10	0	1	0	5	2	1	0	8	.227	.227	.273	.500	12	1	0	1	0	0
17	Bryan Pounds	23	97	417	341	55	97	27	2	3	60	2	2	57	87	.284	.399	.402	.801	137	7	12	1	6	0
18	Luis Salas	20	74	271	254	33	61	11	4	4	27	6	3	11	96	.240	.280	.362	.643	92	4	4	0	2	0
19	Chao-Ting Tang*	21	21	86	82	6	16	3	1	0	5	0	1	4	18	.195	.233	.256	.489	21	0	0	0	0	0
20	Brent Wyatt#	24	126	577	475	87	115	23	6	3	53	23	9	67	71	.242	.360	.335	.694	159	7	23	7	5	2
	20 Players	22.0	140	5445	4804	693	1316	267	45	63	631	129	66	441	1001	.274	.345	.388	.732	1862	92	110	29	61	17

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	Jeremy Bonderman	26	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	1.000	7.7	0.0	1.3	5.1	4.00
2	Nicholas Cassavechia	23	0	1	.000	2.61	10	0	5	0	0	1	10.1	6	3	3	1	8	0	7	0	0	0	43	1.355	5.2	0.9	7.0	6.1	0.88
3	Tyler Conn*	23	6	3	.667	3.21	39	0	22	0	0	4	70.0	65	26	25	3	18	1	62	1	1	6	281	1.186	8.4	0.4	2.3	8.0	3.44
4	Erik Crichton	24	7	0	1.000	3.99	46	0	14	0	0	2	65.1	81	35	29	5	21	0	38	2	0	2	292	1.561	11.2	0.7	2.9	5.2	1.81
5	Casey Crosby*	20	10	4	.714	2.41	24	24	0	0	0	0	104.2	70	36	28	3	48	0	117	3	0	7	419	1.127	6.0	0.3	4.1	10.1	2.44
6	Jared Gayhart	22	5	3	.625	1.97	24	0	8	0	0	3	45.2	24	11	10	2	15	1	49	0	0	3	177	0.854	4.7	0.4	3.0	9.7	3.27
7	Brandon Hamilton	20	5	5	.500	7.09	30	20	1	0	0	0	99.0	112	79	78	11	61	0	71	3	2	9	460	1.747	10.2	1.0	5.5	6.5	1.16
8	Matt Hoffman*	20	5	0	1.000	1.12	7	3	1	0	0	1	40.1	24	5	5	1	8	0	33	0	0	0	152	0.793	5.4	0.2	1.8	7.4	4.13
9	Victor Larez	22	5	10	.333	4.33	37	3	13	0	0	3	108.0	107	59	52	8	24	0	81	4	1	3	448	1.213	8.9	0.7	2.0	6.8	3.38
10	Melvin Mercedes	18	0	1	.000	11.57	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	4	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	12	1.714	3.9	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
11	Luke Putkonen	23	7	8	.467	3.13	28	28	0	1	1	0	149.1	148	63	52	3	47	0	115	9	0	9	631	1.306	8.9	0.2	2.8	6.9	2.45
12	Mauricio Robles*	20	4	4	.500	4.63	11	11	0	0	0	0	56.1	45	29	29	6	27	0	71	1	1	2	235	1.278	7.2	1.0	4.3	11.3	2.63
13	Luis Sanz	21	0	1	.000	8.64	8	1	3	0	0	0	16.2	21	16	16	1	8	0	10	2	3	1	79	1.740	11.3	0.5	4.3	5.4	1.25
14	Anthony Shawler	22	7	5	.583	3.76	37	8	6	0	0	1	107.2	101	50	45	4	31	0	98	6	0	0	443	1.226	8.4	0.3	2.6	8.2	3.16
15	Mark Sorensen	23	8	2	.800	2.44	14	14	0	1	0	0	92.1	83	31	25	3	20	0	52	4	0	5	363	1.116	8.1	0.3	1.9	5.1	2.60
16	Tyler Stohr	22	3	4	.429	3.54	52	0	47	0	0	19	61.0	59	26	24	2	16	0	55	3	0	4	258	1.230	8.7	0.3	2.4	8.1	3.44
17	Jade Todd*	19	0	1	.000	4.41	6	1	2	0	0	0	16.1	16	10	8	0	10	0	7	1	0	0	72	1.592	8.8	0.0	5.5	3.9	0.70
18	Brayan Villarreal	22	5	5	.500	2.87	26	16	3	0	0	2	103.1	85	40	33	5	34	0	118	13	0	6	429	1.152	7.4	0.4	3.0	10.3	3.47
19	Rob Waite	22	1	1	.500	4.56	24	3	13	0	0	2	53.1	50	28	27	1	16	0	39	3	0	4	227	1.238	8.4	0.2	2.7	6.6	2.44
20	Adam Wilk*	21	2	1	.667	1.49	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.1	30	7	6	2	2	0	33	1	0	1	138	0.881	7.4	0.5	0.5	8.2	16.50
	20 Players	21.9	81	59	.579	3.61	140	140	138	2	15	38	1245.1	1134	560	500	61	418	2	1061	56	8	62	5186	1.246	8.2	0.4	3.0	7.7	2.54

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%
Joe Bowen	76	570	69	5	4	.992	8.41	10	78	35	31%
Angel Flores	52	376	43	7	4	.984	8.06	6	52	24	32%
Jordan Newton	11	108	9	2	0	.983	10.64	0	13	6	32%
Keith Hernandez	3	22	0	1	1	.957	7.33	0	5	1	17%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jordan Lennerton	95	839	74	4	78	.996	9.61
Ron Bourquin	39	361	18	1	32	.997	9.72
Billy Nowlin	5	51	2	1	5	.981	10.60
Bryan Pounds	3	19	1	1	0	.952	6.67
Brent Wyatt	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brandon Douglas	81	131	222	6	49	.983	4.36
Alden Carrithers	26	41	70	1	8	.991	4.27
Mike Gosse	23	40	68	2	20	.982	4.70
Luis Palacios	12	11	26	0	4	1.000	3.08
Brent Wyatt	2	9	10	1	2	.950	9.50

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Bryan Pounds	86	44	156	16	12	.926	2.33
Ron Bourquin	27	11	51	7	6	.899	2.30
Luis Palacios	13	5	32	0	1	1.000	2.85
Mike Gosse	11	7	21	4	0	.875	2.55
Brent Wyatt	6	2	18	0	4	1.000	3.33

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Gustavo Nunez	112	184	340	23	69	.958	4.68
Luis Palacios	12	13	29	5	5	.894	3.50
Hernan Perez	12	23	22	3	5	.938	3.75
Brent Wyatt	6	9	20	0	6	1.000	4.83

LF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Brent Wyatt	70	98	2	2	0	.980	1.43
Billy Nowlin	29	24	4	5	2	.848	0.97
Luis Salas	24	34	1	4	0	.897	1.46
Alden Carrithers	17	36	1	0	1	1.000	2.18
Chao-Ting Tang	6	5	0	0	0	1.000	0.83

CF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Ben Guez	96	230	11	2	4	.992	2.51
Brent Wyatt	42	100	10	0	0	1.000	2.62
Luis Salas	7	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.57

RF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Avisail Garcia	80	128	13	10	3	.934	1.76
Luis Salas	40	56	5	1	0	.984	1.53
Chao-Ting Tang	16	23	2	0	0	1.000	1.56
Ben Guez	7	22	0	0	0	1.000	3.14
Brent Wyatt	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Tyler Stohr	52	6	9	0	0	1.000	0.29
Erik Crichton	46	5	5	0	0	1.000	0.22
Tyler Conn	39	4	15	0	3	1.000	0.49
Victor Larez	37	12	9	0	0	1.000	0.57
Anthony Shawler	37	6	13	1	0	.950	0.51
Brandon Hamilton	30	9	12	2	0	.913	0.70
Luke Putkonen	28	10	18	1	0	.966	1.00
Brayan Villarreal	26	4	15	0	1	1.000	0.73
Casey Crosby	24	6	20	1	0	.963	1.08
Jared Gayhart	24	3	8	0	0	1.000	0.46
Rob Waite	24	4	8	0	0	1.000	0.50
Mark Sorensen	14	8	19	0	3	1.000	1.93
Mauricio Robles	11	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.64
Nicholas Cassavechia	10	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.20
Luis Sanz	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Matt Hoffman	7	1	8	1	0	.900	1.29
Adam Wilk	7	6	4	0	1	1.000	1.43
Jade Todd	6	1	3	0	1	1.000	0.67
Melvin Mercedes	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.33
Jeremy Bonderman	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Jeremy Bonderman	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	210	Oct 28, 1982	Kennewick, WA, US	2009-05-16	2009-05-16
Ron Bourquin	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	215	Apr 29, 1985	Canton, OH, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Joe Bowen	21	L	R	6' 1.0"	190	Sep 25, 1987	Ocala, FL, US	2009-04-11	2009-09-07
Alden Carrithers	24	L	R	5' 9.0"	170	Nov 14, 1984	San Luis Obispo, CA, US	2009-07-03	2009-09-07
Nicholas Cassavechia	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	185	Dec 18, 1985	Dallas, TX, US	2009-06-28	2009-08-04
Tyler Conn	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	180	Nov 9, 1985	Hattiesburg, MS, US	2009-04-27	2009-09-05
Erik Crichton	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	190	Jun 6, 1985	Long Beach, CA, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-04
Casey Crosby	20	R	L	6' 5.0"	225	Sep 17, 1988	Maple Park, IL, US	2009-04-09	2009-08-18
Brandon Douglas	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 27, 1985	Knoxville, IA, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Angel Flores	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Aug 16, 1986	Manati, PR	2009-04-28	2009-09-05
Avisail Garcia	18	R	R	6' 4.0"	240	Jun 12, 1991	Anaco, Anzoategui, VE	2009-05-16	2009-09-07
Jared Gayhart	22	L	R	6' 3.0"	195	Oct 29, 1986	Katy, TX, US	2009-04-09	2009-06-18
Mike Gosse	23	L	R	5' 7.0"	165	May 30, 1986	Pitt Meadows, CA, US	2009-06-17	2009-08-31
Ben Guez	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jan 24, 1987	Houston, TX, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-06
Brandon Hamilton	20	R	R	6' 3.0"	220	Dec 25, 1988	Millbrook, AL, US	2009-04-13	2009-09-06
Keith Hernandez	24	R	R	5' 11.0"	212	Aug 13, 1984	Rio Rico, AZ, US	2009-06-06	2009-06-11
Matt Hoffman	20	L	L	6' 2.0"	225	Nov 8, 1988	Owasso, OK, US	2009-04-11	2009-05-12
Victor Larez	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	160	May 28, 1987	Cumana, Sucre, VE	2009-04-10	2009-09-05
Jordan Lennerton	23	L	L	6' 2.0"	217	Feb 16, 1986	Langley, BC, CA	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Melvin Mercedes	18	R	R	6' 3.0"	250	Nov 2, 1990	El Seibo, DO	2009-09-02	2009-09-06
Jordan Newton	23	R	R	5' 10.0"	195	Aug 29, 1985	Elizabethtown, KY, US	2009-04-09	2009-04-26
Billy Nowlin	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Dec 16, 1986	Huntington Beach, CA, US	2009-04-10	2009-09-07
Gustavo Nunez	21	S	R	5' 10.0"	170	Feb 8, 1988	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Luis Palacios	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	162	Jul 7, 1989	Anaco, Anzoategui, VE	2009-04-11	2009-08-24
Hernan Perez	18	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Mar 26, 1991	Aragua, VE	2009-07-13	2009-07-27
Bryan Pounds	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	195	Oct 4, 1985	Houston, TX, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Luke Putkonen	23	R	R	6' 6.0"	215	May 10, 1986	Wheaton, IL, US	2009-04-10	2009-09-04
Mauricio Robles	20	L	L	5' 10.0"	215	Mar 5, 1989	Valencia, Carabobo, VE	2009-04-11	2009-06-17
Luis Salas	20	R	R	6' 1.0"	220	Jan 2, 1989	Caracas, Distrito Federal, VE	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Luis Sanz	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	173	Nov 19, 1987	Guatire, Miranda, VE	2009-05-16	2009-06-09
Anthony Shawler	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	188	May 16, 1987		2009-04-10	2009-09-07
Mark Sorensen	23	R	R	6' 3.0"	205	Feb 21, 1986	Northville, MI, US	2009-05-19	2009-07-28
Tyler Stohr	22	L	R	6' 2.0"	210	Sep 19, 1986	Newburgh, NY, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-07
Chao-Ting Tang	21	L	R	5' 11.0"	176	Oct 12, 1987	Kaoshiung City, TW	2009-04-10	2009-05-09
Jade Todd	19	R	L	6' 2.0"	190	Mar 22, 1990	Birmingham, AL, US	2009-04-14	2009-09-06
Brayan Villarreal	22	R	R	6' 0.0"	170	May 10, 1987	La Guaira, Vargas, VE	2009-04-10	2009-09-05
Rob Waite	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	210	Jan 9, 1987	Fresno, CA, US	2009-06-07	2009-09-06
Adam Wilk	21	L	L	6' 2.0"	180	Dec 9, 1987	Anaheim, CA, US	2009-08-02	2009-09-03
Brent Wyatt	24	S	R	5' 10.0"	185	Jan 25, 1985	Kititas, WA, US	2009-04-09	2009-09-07

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