2008 Capital City Metropolitans
Record: 86-76
Finish: 1st in VL Darn Tootin' Division Division
Runs Scored: 775
Runs Allowed: 709
Exp W-L: 88-74
 
Ballpark: Cracktown Field Park
Attendance: 3,229,855
Manager: Paul Groening (Buddy Grant)

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-3 to Trenton Roadkill
 
Team Index    Starters: Position Players    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Robert Hogan 30 162 625 80 151 22 1 28 91 0 1 61 31 .242 .317 .414 .731 82.4 10.7 5.1
C  Parker Riley 29 162 619 88 174 28 0 39 104 7 3 65 35 .281 .350 .515 .866 105.7 20.7 6.8
RF  Brian Devinney 27 154 589 123 176 29 0 52 127 0 0 75 18 .299 .386 .613 .999 127.5 30.2 5.6
CF *Richard Gonzalez 31 161 615 74 142 19 1 30 88 9 8 41 95 .231 .287 .411 .699 74.7 8.9 8.0
2B  Joe Santos 34 154 597 80 138 27 1 24 81 4 4 60 122 .231 .306 .400 .706 72.3 12.0 2.6
1B *August Sandberg 32 143 511 81 141 26 3 24 74 1 0 66 90 .276 .365 .479 .844 88.3 18.1 0.7
SS  Robert Rentz 25 132 447 57 100 13 0 7 39 0 1 41 73 .224 .289 .300 .589 36.9 1.6 7.4
SS  Christopher Castellon 27 126 408 56 99 13 3 9 37 0 1 36 82 .243 .323 .355 .679 46.4 6.4 2.9
2B #Ricky Hill 24 105 349 42 87 11 0 8 29 0 0 31 76 .249 .335 .350 .685 41.3 4.5 4.6
SS  James Sitz 26 87 238 19 57 9 0 4 22 1 0 9 36 .239 .278 .328 .606 19.1 0.4 1.8
3B  Alvin Camp 23 66 167 19 44 8 0 1 16 3 2 8 18 .263 .322 .329 .652 17.4 2.3 1.8
DH *James Leboeuf 37 51 97 6 21 4 0 1 12 0 0 6 21 .216 .269 .289 .558 7.2 0.8 0.0
RF  Robert Hamner 36 57 93 16 20 5 0 0 5 1 3 5 20 .215 .255 .269 .524 4.9 0.0 0.7
1B  Jose Smith 26 37 78 9 18 4 0 1 3 0 0 7 19 .231 .302 .321 .623 7.3 0.1 0.1
2B  Ronald Kendig 35 32 73 10 14 3 1 4 18 2 0 3 9 .192 .231 .425 .655 7.9 0.4 1.3
3B  Blake Elmore 35 31 51 6 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 7 12 .157 .259 .196 .455 3.0 0.0 0.3
RF  Zachary Covarrubias 22 6 26 5 8 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 6 .308 .333 .808 1.141 5.5 0.7 0.3
C  Matthew Streeter 32 14 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.5 1680 5590 774 1399 224 10 236 753 29 23 522 766 .250 .323 .421 .743 747.8 117.7 50.0
  Rank among 18 VL teams 15 11 17 18 18 2 10 16 4 5 2 17 16 8 10 12  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Donald Mays 30 17 6 .739 36 36 0 232.7 215 83 21 94 70 3.21 16.8
*Mario Santistevan 33 10 13 .435 34 34 0 200.0 242 92 14 42 201 4.14 8.6
*William Elmer 28 12 9 .571 36 36 0 193.3 183 79 23 97 96 3.68 10.8
*Al Mulder 24 8 9 .471 22 22 0 160.3 170 85 23 58 56 4.77 5.2
 Robert Casanova 36 11 5 .688 90 0 10 136.7 56 26 3 52 55 1.71 19.4
 Donald Bickel 35 7 8 .467 21 21 0 125.3 128 50 16 50 90 3.59 5.6
 Les Snipes 25 6 6 .500 75 0 11 107.3 102 45 19 27 29 3.77 7.8
 Michael Bell 30 3 5 .375 71 0 17 80.7 67 33 11 26 51 3.68 7.8
 Elston Malone 25 4 1 .800 35 0 2 57.7 58 31 6 23 45 4.84 2.2
 David Rasco 21 2 5 .286 10 10 0 53.7 49 26 8 18 53 4.36 1.8
 George Leiva 25 5 6 .455 40 0 8 45.3 51 23 3 24 27 4.57 2.8
 Bradley Harvey 27 1 2 .333 22 0 1 32.7 42 21 5 17 15 5.79 0.0
*Michael Beckles 25 0 1 .000 2 2 0 13.3 16 7 1 3 12 4.72 0.3
 Raul Tyus 36 0 0 .000 5 0 0 8.7 15 11 4 4 7 11.42 0.0
*Chet Brooking 31 0 0 .000 1 1 0 7.3 6 2 1 2 1 2.45 0.6
 Bernard Jelks 29 0 0 .000 5 0 0 5.0 5 2 1 5 3 3.60 0.3
 George Tarkington 33 0 0 .000 1 0 1 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 0.4
Team Totals 29.0 86 76 .531 506 162 50 1461.6 1406 616 159 542 813 3.79 90.3
Rank among 18 VL teams 6 6 3 6 4 6 7 5 13 15 4  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 31.9
P.Riley 1455.7 162 162 857 51 9 4 .990 31.4
M.Streeter 6.0 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.7 162 166 862 51 9 4 .990 31.4
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.35
A.Sandberg 1126.3 126 130 1120 76 5 111 .996 9.56
J.Smith 203.3 22 33 202 17 1 25 .995 9.69
B.Elmore 51.1 7 9 45 4 0 8 1.000 8.64
M.Streeter 7.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 7.71
Team Total 1387.7 155 174 1373 97 6 144 .996 9.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.40
R.Hill 899.3 103 105 168 295 11 67 .977 4.63
J.Santos 344.3 39 40 91 135 4 33 .983 5.91
R.Kendig 169.8 27 31 37 71 1 17 .991 5.72
A.Camp 47.7 2 15 17 22 1 6 .975 7.36
Team Total 1461.2 171 191 313 523 17 123 .980 5.15
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.77
C.Castellon 1039.7 118 125 87 215 19 25 .941 2.61
A.Camp 397.3 44 47 29 92 6 6 .953 2.74
B.Elmore 67.7 7 15 3 20 2 2 .920 3.06
Team Total 1504.7 169 187 119 327 27 33 .943 2.67
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.69
R.Rentz 1149.0 132 132 173 401 22 86 .963 4.50
J.Sitz 306.7 30 49 51 91 5 22 .966 4.17
R.Hamner 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00
C.Castellon 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1461.7 162 183 225 494 27 109 .964 4.43
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
R.Hogan 1363.7 152 153 382 7 10 3 .975 2.57
R.Hamner 98.0 10 14 25 0 1 0 .962 2.30
B.Elmore 0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1462.5 162 167 407 7 11 3 .974 2.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.98
R.Gonzalez 1423.7 158 160 527 9 2 1 .996 3.39
R.Hamner 38.0 4 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1461.7 162 167 537 9 2 1 .996 3.36
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.24
B.Devinney 1352.7 153 153 392 10 5 1 .988 2.67
Z.Covarrubias 52.3 6 6 21 0 1 0 .955 3.61
R.Hamner 48.7 3 10 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.14
J.Leboeuf 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Elmore 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1461.1 162 172 432 10 6 1 .987 2.72
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.67
D.Mays 232.7 36 36 15 31 0 2 1.000 1.78
M.Santistevan 200.0 34 34 5 16 0 0 1.000 0.95
W.Elmer 193.3 36 36 5 22 1 3 .964 1.26
A.Mulder 160.3 22 22 5 25 1 3 .968 1.68
R.Casanova 136.7 0 90 5 15 4 1 .833 1.32
D.Bickel 125.3 21 21 9 21 5 2 .857 2.15
L.Snipes 107.3 0 75 6 19 0 2 1.000 2.10
M.Bell 80.7 0 71 5 7 0 2 1.000 1.34
E.Malone 57.7 0 35 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.65
D.Rasco 53.7 10 10 2 9 1 1 .917 1.84
G.Leiva 45.3 0 40 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.19
B.Harvey 32.7 0 22 2 1 1 1 .750 0.83
M.Beckles 13.3 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.02
R.Tyus 8.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Brooking 7.3 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.68
B.Jelks 5.0 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Tarkington 1.7 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84
Team Total 1461.6 162 506 68 189 13 18 .952 1.58
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Devinney .299
On-Base Pct Devinney .386
Slugging Pct Devinney .613
OPS Devinney .999
XR Devinney 127.5
Games Riley, Hogan 162
At-Bats Hogan 625
Runs Devinney 123
Hits Devinney 176
Total Bases Devinney 361
Singles Riley 107
Doubles Devinney 29
Triples Castellon, Sandberg 3
Homeruns Devinney 52
RBIs Devinney 127
Stolen Bases Gonzalez 9
Caught Stealing Gonzalez 8
Walks Devinney 75
Strikeouts Santos 122
ERA Mays 3.21
Wins Mays 17
Losses Santistevan 13
Winning Pct Mays .739
Saves Bell 17
Games Pitched Casanova 90
Games Started Elmer, Mays 36
Complete Games Mulder 3
Shutouts Mays, Mulder 1
Innings Pitched Mays 232.7
Hits Allowed Santistevan 242
Homeruns Allowed Elmer, Mulder 23
Strikeouts Santistevan 201
Walks Allowed Elmer 97
Walks per 9IP Santistevan 1.9
Hits per 9IP Mays 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Santistevan 9.0
WHiP Mays 1.33
OAVG Mays .244
OOBP Mays .319
OSLG Mays .350
OOPS Mays .669
Team All-Stars
Robert Casanova
Brian Devinney
Player Salaries
Brian Devinney $ 6,840,000
Mario Santistevan $ 5,010,000
Parker Riley $ 4,500,000
Robert Hogan $ 3,550,000
Robert Casanova $ 3,500,000
Richard Gonzalez $ 3,000,000
William Elmer $ 2,500,000
Donald Mays $ 1,900,000
Donald Bickel $ 1,500,000
Blake Elmore $ 1,500,000
Michael Bell $ 750,000
James Leboeuf $ 660,000
Joe Santos $ 550,000
Ronald Kendig $ 500,000
Robert Sheppard $ 272,001
Robert Hamner $ 160,000
August Sandberg $ 150,000
George Tarkington $ 130,000
David Fernandez $ 110,000
Carl Klotz $ 100,000
Matthew Streeter $ 100,000
Michael Burns $ 100,000
Alvin Camp $ 100,000
Les Snipes $ 100,000
Christopher Castellon $ 100,000
Todd Caulder $ 100,000
James Sitz $ 100,000
Jose Smith $ 100,000
Robert Rentz $ 100,000
George Leiva $ 100,000
Elston Malone $ 100,000
Al Mulder $ 100,000
David Rasco $ 100,000
Bradley Harvey $ 100,000
Ricky Hill $ 100,000
Zachary Covarrubias $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded George Edwards
Mike Melvin
Long Beach James Sitz
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Montana Cash Or Draft Picks
Lorenzo Hernandez
Allan Rae
Alonso Munoz
Matthew Streeter
3/2 Traded Fred Bourque Philadelphia John Mandel
4/9 Traded Fidel Pisani Durham John Mcclain
4/9 Traded Chet Brooking
Michael Beckles
Dakota Mario Santistevan
David Rasco
5/14 Traded Bernard Jelks
Raul Tyus
Hollywood Cash Or Draft Picks
7/9 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Atlantic City Blake Elmore
7/9 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Philadelphia Ronald Kendig