2002 Bakersfield Blaze

2002 > Class Adv A > 2002 California League (North)
Overall: 69-72
Scored 648 runs, Allowed 686 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 67-74

Affiliation: Tampa Bay Devil Rays-AL
Manager: Charlie Montoyo
Represented: Bakersfield, CA
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Park (Bakersfield, CA)
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	Rocco Baldelli	20	77	342	312	63	104	19	1	14	51	21	6	18	63	.333	.382	.535	.917	167	2	7	4	1	2
2	Jace Brewer	23	91	410	378	52	114	17	2	6	44	8	2	11	62	.302	.322	.405	.726	153	7	3	12	6	0
3	Irwin Centeno	21	71	308	275	41	80	14	4	2	20	12	4	27	65	.291	.357	.393	.750	108	5	2	3	1	0
4	Aaron Clark*	23	125	504	446	59	112	26	2	16	77	11	1	42	149	.251	.331	.426	.757	190	3	13	0	3	1
5	Dan DeMent	24	112	478	432	58	114	21	3	7	51	7	4	34	100	.264	.319	.375	.694	162	9	2	8	2	1
6	Kelly Eddlemon	23	41	163	150	20	39	11	0	6	24	1	0	11	27	.260	.315	.453	.768	68	2	1	1	0	0
7	Mike Figga	31	10	38	37	3	9	1	0	3	7	0	0	1	9	.243	.263	.514	.777	19	3	0	0	0	0
8	Joey Gomes	22	5	22	22	1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.227	.227	.364	.591	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	Jonny Gomes	21	134	569	446	102	124	24	9	30	72	15	3	91	173	.278	.432	.574	1.006	256	4	31	0	1	6
10	Josh Hamilton*	21	56	235	211	32	64	14	1	9	44	10	1	20	46	.303	.359	.507	.866	107	4	0	1	3	3
11	Vince Harrison	22	32	128	116	5	29	2	0	2	11	0	0	9	28	.250	.302	.319	.621	37	2	0	2	1	0
12	Chairon Isenia	23	68	275	255	20	63	12	0	1	25	0	0	11	45	.247	.286	.306	.592	78	11	4	2	3	0
13	John Jacobs	22	17	54	51	3	10	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	25	.196	.226	.275	.501	14	1	0	1	0	0
14	Nate Kaup	24	19	79	72	5	17	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	16	.236	.291	.292	.583	21	1	1	0	1	0
15	Brian Martin	22	112	363	327	45	73	12	3	9	40	7	3	24	87	.223	.298	.361	.659	118	7	11	1	0	1
16	Danny Massiatte	23	68	262	227	22	55	6	0	3	25	1	4	32	54	.242	.344	.308	.652	70	10	3	0	0	1
17	Luis Mateo	20	23	87	84	10	19	6	0	3	8	0	1	3	26	.226	.253	.405	.658	34	2	0	0	0	0
18	Graig Merritt	23	14	51	45	5	10	4	0	1	8	0	0	4	15	.222	.300	.378	.678	17	0	1	1	0	0
19	Nestor Perez	25	120	440	381	40	96	15	0	2	34	8	6	33	52	.252	.309	.307	.616	117	12	0	23	3	1
20	Eric Reece*	24	21	65	56	3	9	2	1	1	8	0	0	7	18	.161	.277	.286	.563	16	2	2	0	0	0
21	Juan Salas	23	66	272	260	32	84	13	0	4	25	6	3	9	59	.323	.349	.419	.768	109	7	2	0	1	1
22	Justin Schuda*	21	76	272	242	27	46	11	0	4	25	0	0	24	88	.190	.272	.285	.557	69	6	4	0	2	1
	22 Players	22.5	141	5417	4825	648	1276	236	27	124	607	107	39	418	1211	.264	.332	.402	.734	1938	100	87	59	28	18

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	Nick Aiello*	22	1	1	.500	5.81	21	0	15	0	0	0	26.1	42	18	17	3	8	1	17	2	0	2	126	1.899	14.4	1.0	2.7	5.8	2.13
2	John Benedetti	24	6	6	.500	3.87	54	0	28	0	0	13	76.2	74	33	33	4	21	2	74	0	1	4	320	1.239	8.7	0.5	2.5	8.7	3.52
3	Jarrett Campbell	22	7	6	.538	4.17	36	7	4	0	0	1	82.0	105	53	38	2	27	1	84	4	2	7	386	1.610	11.5	0.2	3.0	9.2	3.11
4	Alex Carbajal*	24	5	4	.556	3.20	43	1	9	0	0	2	76.0	77	30	27	5	19	1	92	3	2	3	319	1.263	9.1	0.6	2.2	10.9	4.84
5	Austin Coose	23	1	4	.200	7.11	25	0	15	0	0	4	31.2	41	28	25	3	22	4	40	0	0	6	159	1.989	11.7	0.9	6.3	11.4	1.82
6	Chris Flinn	21	0	4	.000	8.64	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.1	52	36	32	9	17	0	22	1	1	1	166	2.070	14.0	2.4	4.6	5.9	1.29
7	Bartolome Fortunato	27	2	4	.333	4.01	25	5	8	0	0	0	60.2	58	31	27	3	25	0	85	1	2	3	263	1.368	8.6	0.4	3.7	12.6	3.40
8	Neal Frendling	22	0	3	.000	5.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.2	28	15	14	2	15	0	21	1	0	4	112	1.817	10.6	0.8	5.7	8.0	1.40
9	Mark Malaska*	24	7	4	.636	2.96	15	15	0	2	2	0	91.1	98	48	30	5	12	0	94	7	0	3	393	1.204	9.7	0.5	1.2	9.3	7.83
10	Seth McClung	21	3	2	.600	2.92	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	35	16	12	1	11	0	48	2	1	0	158	1.243	8.5	0.2	2.7	11.7	4.36
11	Josh Parker	21	0	2	.000	9.00	8	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	18	9	9	1	6	0	8	0	0	3	52	2.667	18.0	1.0	6.0	8.0	1.33
12	Radhame Peguero	23	3	7	.300	4.55	41	6	21	0	0	3	83.0	94	56	42	9	38	0	54	4	1	11	380	1.590	10.2	1.0	4.1	5.9	1.42
13	Juan Renteria	22	2	0	1.000	5.55	14	0	4	0	0	0	24.1	25	18	15	3	11	0	25	2	2	4	113	1.479	9.2	1.1	4.1	9.2	2.27
14	Evan Rust	24	0	1	.000	2.18	28	0	27	0	0	23	33.0	28	8	8	1	10	0	45	1	0	0	135	1.152	7.6	0.3	2.7	12.3	4.50
15	Alex Santos	24	6	4	.600	3.49	19	12	2	0	0	0	95.1	101	53	37	12	33	0	105	2	0	3	432	1.406	9.5	1.1	3.1	9.9	3.18
16	Ronni Severino*	26	0	1	.000	3.97	13	1	2	0	0	0	22.2	14	13	10	0	17	0	28	1	0	8	99	1.368	5.6	0.0	6.8	11.1	1.65
17	Brian Stokes	22	10	7	.588	3.26	28	28	0	1	1	0	165.2	156	79	60	13	57	1	152	8	0	10	704	1.286	8.5	0.7	3.1	8.3	2.67
18	Jon Switzer*	22	7	5	.583	4.27	20	20	0	0	0	0	103.1	108	55	49	8	26	0	129	8	0	4	441	1.297	9.4	0.7	2.3	11.2	4.96
19	Jose Veras	21	3	4	.429	5.34	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	77	44	35	10	30	0	57	3	2	2	283	1.814	11.7	1.5	4.6	8.7	1.90
20	Doug Waechter	21	6	3	.667	2.66	17	17	0	0	0	0	108.1	114	43	32	9	29	0	101	1	0	8	466	1.320	9.5	0.7	2.4	8.4	3.48
	20 Players	23.0	69	72	.489	3.99	141	141	138	3	8	47	1242.1	1345	686	551	103	434	10	1281	51	14	86	5507	1.432	9.7	0.7	3.1	9.3	2.95

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%
Danny Massiatte	64	585	55	7	1	.989	10.00	10	39	27	41%
Chairon Isenia	58	498	32	10	4	.981	9.14	14	49	13	21%
Graig Merritt	13	120	9	0	1	1.000	9.92	6	8	4	33%
Mike Figga	7	65	6	1	0	.986	10.14	0	3	3	50%
Eric Reece	4	18	1	0	0	1.000	4.75	1	1	1	50%

1B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Aaron Clark	85	604	38	10	52	.985	7.55
Justin Schuda	51	354	35	8	27	.980	7.63
Nate Kaup	15	125	10	2	9	.985	9.00
Kelly Eddlemon	10	79	5	1	5	.988	8.40
Eric Reece	4	30	1	1	0	.969	7.75
Brian Martin	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00
Nestor Perez	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.00

2B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Nestor Perez	67	94	167	5	33	.981	3.90
Dan DeMent	52	79	118	18	22	.916	3.79
Irwin Centeno	16	31	34	4	5	.942	4.06
Kelly Eddlemon	16	27	35	1	9	.984	3.88

3B

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Juan Salas	65	37	125	26	8	.862	2.49
Dan DeMent	34	19	42	14	1	.813	1.79
Vince Harrison	32	22	85	8	11	.930	3.34
Kelly Eddlemon	13	10	14	2	3	.923	1.85

SS

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jace Brewer	89	104	273	25	50	.938	4.24
Nestor Perez	53	64	138	8	21	.962	3.81
Kelly Eddlemon	2	3	5	2	0	.800	4.00

LF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Jonny Gomes	116							0.00
Dan DeMent	13							0.00
Luis Mateo	6							0.00
Brian Martin	5							0.00
John Jacobs	4							0.00
Irwin Centeno	3							0.00
Aaron Clark	3							0.00
Josh Hamilton	2							0.00

CF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Rocco Baldelli	71							0.00
Irwin Centeno	41							0.00
Aaron Clark	29							0.00
John Jacobs	11							0.00
Jonny Gomes	5							0.00
Brian Martin	2							0.00

RF

	G	CG	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgCS%	PO
Brian Martin	97							0.00
Aaron Clark	26							0.00
Jonny Gomes	14							0.00
Irwin Centeno	12							0.00
Josh Hamilton	6							0.00
Luis Mateo	6							0.00
John Jacobs	2							0.00

OF

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
Jonny Gomes	131	166	8	7	1	.961	1.33
Brian Martin	102	145	12	3	2	.981	1.54
Rocco Baldelli	71	114	5	3	3	.975	1.68
Aaron Clark	57	89	3	3	1	.968	1.61
Irwin Centeno	54	91	1	7	1	.929	1.70
John Jacobs	16	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.56
Dan DeMent	13	17	0	2	0	.895	1.31
Luis Mateo	11	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.09
Josh Hamilton	8	13	2	0	1	1.000	1.88

P

	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
John Benedetti	54	8	21	1	3	.967	0.54
Alex Carbajal	43	3	9	0	1	1.000	0.28
Radhame Peguero	41	5	18	2	0	.920	0.56
Jarrett Campbell	36	4	11	0	0	1.000	0.42
Evan Rust	28	4	3	0	0	1.000	0.25
Brian Stokes	28	11	21	3	3	.914	1.14
Austin Coose	25	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.12
Bartolome Fortunato	25	4	7	2	0	.846	0.44
Nick Aiello	21	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.24
Jon Switzer	20	14	18	1	5	.970	1.60
Alex Santos	19	7	8	2	0	.882	0.79
Doug Waechter	17	7	9	2	0	.889	0.94
Mark Malaska	15	4	14	2	1	.900	1.20
Juan Renteria	14	3	2	0	0	1.000	0.36
Ronni Severino	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.08
Jose Veras	11	4	9	2	0	.867	1.18
Josh Parker	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.13
Chris Flinn	7	4	7	1	0	.917	1.57
Seth McClung	7	1	4	1	0	.833	0.71
Neal Frendling	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.75

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Nick Aiello	22	L	L	6' 2.0"	210	Jul 31, 1979	Las Vegas, NV, US
Rocco Baldelli	20	R	R	6' 4.0"	190	Sep 25, 1981	Woonsocket, RI, US
John Benedetti	24	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 27, 1978	Park Ridge, IL, US
Jace Brewer	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jun 6, 1979	Washington, OK, US
Jarrett Campbell	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	195	Sep 6, 1979	Corpus Christi, TX, US
Alex Carbajal	24	L	L	6' 2.0"	190	Nov 6, 1977	Arcadia, CA, US
Irwin Centeno	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	176	Jun 1, 1981	Maracay, Aragua, VE
Aaron Clark	23	L	L	6' 1.0"	195	Feb 17, 1979	Corsicana, TX, US
Austin Coose	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	249	Jan 27, 1979	Kokomo, IN, US
Dan DeMent	24	R	R	5' 10.0"	191	Jun 17, 1978	Palos Heights, IL, US
Kelly Eddlemon	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	181	Aug 26, 1978	Houston, TX, US
Mike Figga	31	R	R	6' 0.0"	200	Jul 31, 1970	Tampa, FL, US
Chris Flinn	21	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Aug 18, 1980	Bethpage, NY, US
Bartolome Fortunato	27	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Aug 24, 1974	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Neal Frendling	22	R	R	6' 3.0"	194	Oct 7, 1979	Chicago Heights, IL, US
Joey Gomes	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	210	Nov 2, 1979	Marin, CA, US
Jonny Gomes	21	R	R	6' 1.0"	230	Nov 22, 1980	Petaluma, CA, US
Josh Hamilton	21	L	L	6' 4.0"	225	May 21, 1981	Raleigh, NC, US
Vince Harrison	22	R	R	5' 11.0"	225	Nov 29, 1979	Lexington, KY, US
Chairon Isenia	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	210	Jan 23, 1979	Willemstad, CW
John Jacobs	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	185	Nov 7, 1979	Novato, CA, US
Nate Kaup	24	R	R	6' 3.0"	215	Jan 11, 1978	Sioux City, IA, US
Mark Malaska	24	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Jan 17, 1978	Youngstown, OH, US
Brian Martin	22	R	R	6' 2.0"	224	Jun 14, 1980	El Centro, CA, US
Danny Massiatte	23	R	R	5' 11.0"	180	Jul 25, 1978	Houston, TX, US
Luis Mateo	20	R	R	6' 2.0"	208	Aug 9, 1981	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Seth McClung	21	L	R	6' 6.0"	255	Feb 7, 1981	Lewisburg, WV, US
Graig Merritt	23	R	R	6' 1.0"	205	Jul 2, 1978	Maple Ridge, BC, CA
Josh Parker	21	R	R	6' 5.0"	234	Jan 12, 1981	Birmingham, AL, US
Radhame Peguero	23	R	R	6' 0.0"	180	Jan 13, 1979	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Nestor Perez	25	R	R	5' 10.0"	172	Nov 24, 1976	Matanzas, Matanzas, CU
Eric Reece	24	L	R	6' 3.0"	214	Jun 16, 1978	Point Claire, QC, CA
Juan Renteria	22	S	R	5' 10.0"	190	Jan 1, 1980	Corpus Christi, TX, US
Evan Rust	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	May 4, 1978	Santa Rosa, CA, US
Juan Salas	23	R	R	6' 2.0"	190	Nov 7, 1978	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Alex Santos	24	R	R	6' 1.0"	230	Aug 9, 1977	Yonkers, NY, US
Justin Schuda	21	L	R	6' 3.0"	210	Feb 24, 1981	Mission Viejo, CA, US
Ronni Severino	26	L	L	6' 1.0"	190	Aug 6, 1975	San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Brian Stokes	22	R	R	6' 1.0"	210	Sep 7, 1979	Pomona, CA, US
Jon Switzer	22	L	L	6' 3.0"	190	Aug 13, 1979	Bowling Green, KY, US
Jose Veras	21	R	R	6' 6.0"	240	Oct 20, 1980	Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Doug Waechter	21	R	R	6' 4.0"	200	Jan 28, 1981	St. Petersburg, FL, US

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