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2008 Mobile Bay Bears

2008 > Class AA > 2008 Southern League (South)
Overall: 58-79
Scored 557 runs, Allowed 635 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-77

Affiliation: Arizona Diamondbacks-NL-working agrmnt
Manager: Hector De La Cruz
Represented: Mobile, AL
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium (Mobile, AL)
Attendance: 220,821
Other Years: 2007 / 2009

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 Hector Ambriz* 24 27 38 31 4 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 5 .194 .286 .355 .641 11 0 0 3 0 0
2 Tony Barnette 24 27 35 29 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .172 .250 .172 .422 5 0 0 3 0 0
3 Vince Bongiovanni 25 42 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Javier Brito 25 63 231 193 33 52 11 0 12 42 1 0 35 40 .269 .385 .513 .898 99 3 2 0 1 2
5 Brooks Brown* 23 26 33 31 2 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 8 .226 .250 .258 .508 8 0 0 1 0 0
6 Brandon Burgess# 25 72 206 175 19 35 12 0 5 27 3 2 11 69 .200 .311 .354 .665 62 1 18 0 2 1
7 Bryan Byrne* 24 121 491 416 64 126 27 0 9 54 1 3 66 70 .303 .405 .433 .838 180 7 7 0 2 0
8 Forrest Cory 24 37 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 Frank Curreri* 25 69 258 219 21 55 17 0 5 32 1 0 33 35 .251 .350 .397 .747 87 2 2 1 3 2
10 Matt Elliott 24 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Cody Evans 24 29 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
12 Matt Green 26 16 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .143 .400 .143 .543 1 0 0 1 0 0
13 Cyle Hankerd 23 125 470 436 35 107 17 3 5 52 2 6 21 67 .245 .291 .333 .624 145 13 9 0 4 1
14 John Hester 24 92 331 306 38 82 26 2 11 49 3 2 16 78 .268 .302 .474 .776 145 10 2 0 7 0
15 Adam Howard 24 28 27 24 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .125 .192 .167 .359 4 0 0 1 0 0
16 Reid Mahon 25 33 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Jose Marte 24 36 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
18 Orlando Mercado 23 71 238 194 22 44 6 0 2 23 0 2 39 28 .227 .357 .289 .646 56 2 2 0 3 0
19 Cesar Nicolas 26 97 364 296 38 77 23 0 7 43 1 2 55 60 .260 .390 .409 .799 121 9 10 0 3 2
20 Gerardo Parra* 21 73 302 265 35 73 14 6 4 33 16 9 24 34 .275 .341 .419 .760 111 11 5 3 5 2
21 Chris Rahl 24 116 450 421 47 91 25 2 6 25 18 12 26 115 .216 .264 .328 .592 138 15 2 0 1 0
22 Guillermo Reyes# 26 95 318 279 42 70 8 2 1 15 3 5 30 44 .251 .324 .305 .628 85 4 1 6 2 0
23 Mark Rosen* 24 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Rusty Ryal 25 128 509 460 65 126 22 4 16 66 4 4 35 96 .274 .334 .443 .777 204 7 9 0 5 2
25 Yunesky Sanchez 24 122 523 494 61 146 20 3 0 22 8 13 23 41 .296 .333 .348 .682 172 14 5 1 0 2
26 A.J. Shappi 25 19 4 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
27 Greg Thomson* 24 50 186 164 23 34 7 1 1 13 3 3 16 37 .207 .297 .280 .578 46 3 5 1 0 0
28 Matt Torra 24 13 22 20 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .150 .250 3 0 0 2 0 0
29 Jason Urquidez 25 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 Cesar Valdez 23 12 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 1 0 0 2 0 0
31 Abe Woody 25 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Players 24.2 137 5089 4501 557 1147 240 23 85 506 64 63 444 874 .255 .330 .375 .705 1688 101 79 27 38 14
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 Hector Ambriz 24 5 13 .278 4.89 27 26 1 2 0 0 152.2 155 91 83 22 47 0 118 3 0 10 651 1.323 9.1 1.3 2.8 7.0 2.51
2 Tony Barnette 24 11 7 .611 3.87 27 27 0 0 0 0 153.2 143 70 66 17 42 1 133 5 0 4 643 1.204 8.4 1.0 2.5 7.8 3.17
3 Vince Bongiovanni 25 3 3 .500 4.40 42 0 16 0 0 3 61.1 65 33 30 6 36 5 49 4 0 4 278 1.647 9.5 0.9 5.3 7.2 1.36
4 Brooks Brown 23 6 15 .286 4.18 26 26 0 0 0 0 144.1 152 69 67 8 67 1 112 8 2 3 629 1.517 9.5 0.5 4.2 7.0 1.67
5 Forrest Cory* 24 3 2 .600 5.53 37 0 17 0 0 1 68.1 83 44 42 7 27 3 36 4 0 3 310 1.610 10.9 0.9 3.6 4.7 1.33
6 Matt Elliott 24 0 1 .000 5.29 13 0 1 0 0 0 17.0 19 11 10 2 12 0 19 0 0 1 77 1.824 10.1 1.1 6.4 10.1 1.58
7 Cody Evans 24 4 8 .333 4.77 29 5 9 0 0 0 66.0 69 39 35 8 25 0 38 3 0 3 284 1.424 9.4 1.1 3.4 5.2 1.52
8 Matt Green 26 3 2 .600 5.77 16 8 1 0 0 0 48.1 59 36 31 9 15 0 39 6 2 3 224 1.531 11.0 1.7 2.8 7.3 2.60
9 Adam Howard 24 7 8 .467 5.14 28 20 2 0 0 0 117.1 140 80 67 16 49 1 79 12 1 4 542 1.611 10.7 1.2 3.8 6.1 1.61
10 Reid Mahon 25 0 0 3.07 33 0 32 0 0 18 41.0 45 19 14 5 10 0 33 1 1 3 177 1.341 9.9 1.1 2.2 7.2 3.30
11 Jose Marte 24 4 2 .667 4.38 36 0 20 0 0 7 49.1 50 28 24 6 24 0 37 1 0 6 221 1.500 9.1 1.1 4.4 6.8 1.54
12 Orlando Mercado 23 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1.000 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
13 Mark Rosen* 24 0 0 4.76 9 0 2 0 0 0 11.1 11 11 6 1 14 0 7 4 0 2 62 2.206 8.7 0.8 11.1 5.6 0.50
14 A.J. Shappi 25 0 1 .000 1.53 19 0 6 0 0 1 29.1 25 8 5 1 4 0 27 1 1 6 118 0.989 7.7 0.3 1.2 8.3 6.75
15 Matt Torra 24 5 5 .500 2.85 13 13 0 1 0 0 79.0 91 33 25 5 12 0 50 3 0 1 339 1.304 10.4 0.6 1.4 5.7 4.17
16 Jason Urquidez 25 2 1 .667 4.32 13 0 7 0 0 0 25.0 23 12 12 3 9 0 30 1 0 0 104 1.280 8.3 1.1 3.2 10.8 3.33
17 Cesar Valdez 23 3 5 .375 4.06 12 12 0 0 0 0 64.1 63 30 29 2 23 1 60 4 0 0 272 1.337 8.8 0.3 3.2 8.4 2.61
18 Abe Woody 25 1 6 .143 3.16 35 0 19 0 0 3 51.1 43 21 18 1 21 1 39 3 0 1 214 1.247 7.5 0.2 3.7 6.8 1.86
18 Players 24.2 58 79 .423 4.30 137 137 134 3 6 33 1180.2 1237 635 564 119 437 13 907 63 7 54 5149 1.418 9.4 0.9 3.3 6.9 2.08

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
John Hester 78 525 47 7 6 .988 7.33 5 56 24 30%
Orlando Mercado 54 337 24 4 3 .989 6.69 2 30 15 33%
Frank Curreri 13 73 7 1 0 .988 6.15 1 8 3 27%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bryan Byrne 110 844 82 10 95 .989 8.42
Javier Brito 11 81 6 0 8 1.000 7.91
Brandon Burgess 10 68 4 2 9 .973 7.20
Frank Curreri 7 40 6 0 2 1.000 6.57
Cesar Nicolas 6 52 4 0 7 1.000 9.33

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rusty Ryal 97 202 287 8 68 .984 5.04
Guillermo Reyes 33 41 85 4 17 .969 3.82
Yunesky Sanchez 16 30 44 1 9 .987 4.63

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Cesar Nicolas 79 53 115 11 12 .939 2.13
Brandon Burgess 31 21 41 10 7 .861 2.00
Rusty Ryal 28 15 40 2 4 .965 1.96
Bryan Byrne 6 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.83
Guillermo Reyes 6 5 12 0 2 1.000 2.83

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Yunesky Sanchez 100 156 277 14 62 .969 4.33
Guillermo Reyes 42 46 94 7 21 .952 3.33

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Cyle Hankerd 61 105 4 1 1 .991 1.79
Frank Curreri 41 66 4 2 0 .972 1.71
Javier Brito 33 50 1 0 1 1.000 1.55
Brandon Burgess 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.33

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gerardo Parra 60 136 9 4 4 .973 2.42
Chris Rahl 55 135 0 1 0 .993 2.45
Greg Thomson 24 58 0 2 0 .967 2.42

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Chris Rahl 58 115 8 3 2 .976 2.12
Cyle Hankerd 56 116 4 2 3 .984 2.14
Greg Thomson 17 38 2 0 0 1.000 2.35
Gerardo Parra 12 21 1 3 0 .880 1.83

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Vince Bongiovanni 42 9 6 3 0 .833 0.36
Forrest Cory 37 4 14 0 0 1.000 0.49
Jose Marte 36 5 3 1 0 .889 0.22
Abe Woody 35 4 9 1 0 .929 0.37
Reid Mahon 33 3 3 0 0 1.000 0.18
Cody Evans 29 5 14 1 0 .950 0.66
Adam Howard 28 8 15 0 0 1.000 0.82
Hector Ambriz 27 17 22 0 1 1.000 1.44
Tony Barnette 27 11 16 1 2 .964 1.00
Brooks Brown 26 13 21 0 3 1.000 1.31
A.J. Shappi 19 2 5 0 0 1.000 0.37
Matt Green 16 3 4 2 1 .778 0.44
Matt Elliott 13 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.15
Matt Torra 13 6 15 1 1 .955 1.62
Jason Urquidez 13 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.46
Cesar Valdez 12 8 12 1 1 .952 1.67
Mark Rosen 9 1 2 2 1 .600 0.33
Orlando Mercado 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Hector Ambriz 24 L R 6' 2.0" 235 May 24, 1984 Orange, CA, US 2008-04-05 2008-08-30
Tony Barnette 24 R R 6' 1.0" 190 Nov 9, 1983 Anchorage, AK, US 2008-04-04 2008-08-29
Vince Bongiovanni 25 R R 6' 5.0" 215 Jan 11, 1983 Chicago, IL, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-28
Javier Brito 25 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Mar 25, 1983 Puerto La Cruz, Anzoategui, VE 2008-06-14 2008-08-30
Brooks Brown 23 L R 6' 3.0" 205 Jun 20, 1985 Statesboro, GA, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-26
Brandon Burgess 25 S R 6' 4.0" 225 Feb 24, 1983 Santa Rosa, CA, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-26
Bryan Byrne 24 L R 6' 3.0" 200 Apr 30, 1984 Phoenix, AZ, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Forrest Cory 24 R L 6' 3.0" 205 Oct 13, 1983 Hampton Roads, VA, US 2008-04-04 2008-08-27
Frank Curreri 25 L R 6' 4.0" 210 Dec 4, 1982 Weymouth, MA, US 2008-04-03 2008-07-02
Matt Elliott 24 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Apr 6, 1984 Las Vegas, NV, US 2008-04-03 2008-06-07
Cody Evans 24 R R 6' 5.0" 190 Sep 3, 1983 Whittier, CA, US 2008-05-03 2008-08-28
Matt Green 26 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Jan 5, 1982 Shreveport, LA, US 2008-06-17 2008-08-30
Cyle Hankerd 23 R R 6' 3.0" 215 Jan 24, 1985 Covina, CA, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-29
John Hester 24 R R 6' 4.0" 230 Sep 14, 1983 Atlanta, GA, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Adam Howard 24 R R 6' 6.0" 230 Aug 16, 1983 Chattanooga, TN, US 2008-04-07 2008-08-27
Reid Mahon 25 R R 6' 3.0" 225 Jun 1, 1983 St. Paul, MN, US 2008-04-04 2008-06-29
Jose Marte 24 R R 6' 6.0" 215 Sep 4, 1983 Azua, Azua, DO 2008-05-01 2008-08-29
Orlando Mercado 23 R R 5' 9.0" 220 Mar 13, 1985 Mayaguez, PR 2008-04-04 2008-08-30
Cesar Nicolas 26 R R 6' 4.0" 230 Apr 17, 1982 Queens, NY, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-28
Gerardo Parra 21 L L 5' 11.0" 200 May 6, 1987 Santa Barbara, Zulia, VE 2008-06-01 2008-08-30
Chris Rahl 24 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Dec 5, 1983 Morristown, NJ, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Guillermo Reyes 26 S R 5' 9.0" 177 Dec 29, 1981 Cana Chapeton, DO 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Mark Rosen 24 L L 5' 10.0" 235 Jun 30, 1984 Dorchester, MA, US 2008-04-04 2008-04-28
Rusty Ryal 25 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Mar 16, 1983 Ponca City, OK, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-30
Yunesky Sanchez 24 R R 6' 3.0" 230 May 3, 1984 Cardenas, Matanzas, CU 2008-04-04 2008-08-30
A.J. Shappi 25 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 16, 1982 Orange, CA, US 2008-04-04 2008-05-26
Greg Thomson 24 L L 6' 1.0" 205 Jun 13, 1984 Glen Cove, NY, US 2008-04-03 2008-06-09
Matt Torra 24 R R 6' 3.0" 225 Jun 29, 1984 Pittsfield, MA, US 2008-04-06 2008-06-09
Jason Urquidez 25 R R 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 12, 1982 Tarzana, CA, US 2008-07-09 2008-08-29
Cesar Valdez 23 R R 6' 2.0" 200 Mar 17, 1985 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO 2008-06-28 2008-08-30
Abe Woody 25 R R 5' 11.0" 200 Nov 9, 1982 Tulsa, OK, US 2008-04-03 2008-08-28

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