2014 Capital City Metropolitans
Record: 115-47
Finish: 1st in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 891
Runs Allowed: 509
Exp W-L: 119-43
 
Ballpark: Cracktown Field Park
Attendance: 3,642,805
Manager: Paul Groening (Buddy Grant)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 64-74, 14th in the Vaughan League
AA: 70-68, 8th in the Vaughan League
A: 78-60, 4th in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Solecismic Series 4-3 over Portland Fighting Prawns
Won VL League Championship 4-3 over Utica Wombats
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Columbus Crows
 
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
3B  Robert Hattaway 27 158 682 107 187 42 5 19 84 24 4 48 91 .274 .327 .434 .761 96.8 20.7 5.2
1B  Cesar Ramos 30 160 610 99 155 26 3 32 110 1 0 75 93 .254 .337 .464 .801 98.4 24.3 1.5
LF *Terry Helmuth 30 157 614 99 169 36 1 39 111 7 4 55 89 .275 .337 .528 .864 102.6 22.8 6.5
RF  Brian Devinney 33 158 609 105 152 25 0 54 119 0 0 47 33 .250 .308 .557 .865 104.3 20.4 0.4
SS *Peter Houle 30 157 593 107 165 38 2 40 119 7 3 58 125 .278 .344 .551 .895 110.1 24.0 8.8
LF  Shawn Clore 24 149 541 83 122 23 5 14 46 28 10 58 123 .226 .311 .364 .676 66.2 9.5 4.9
DH  Mario Manning 25 160 570 78 162 46 4 23 82 7 3 32 113 .284 .332 .500 .832 88.9 21.1 7.7
C  Parker Riley 35 114 374 45 95 21 0 12 58 6 0 34 30 .254 .317 .406 .724 47.9 9.5 5.0
C  Joseph Claborn 29 106 285 49 72 16 1 14 55 0 0 34 15 .253 .340 .463 .804 45.6 11.8 3.2
RF  Robert Costilla 27 108 296 39 56 18 2 15 38 1 1 20 33 .189 .241 .416 .657 30.8 3.3 2.8
LF  Willie Casperson 25 92 249 34 59 13 0 1 18 1 1 33 43 .237 .353 .301 .655 32.1 4.3 2.6
2B  Albert Shupe 32 39 76 14 20 5 1 3 9 0 0 4 13 .263 .300 .474 .774 10.7 2.4 0.9
DH *Pete Gilford 34 19 42 5 8 2 0 2 5 0 0 1 12 .190 .227 .381 .608 3.4 0.1 0.1
RF *Marcus Tenney 28 34 40 20 8 2 0 1 6 8 0 0 8 .200 .220 .325 .545 3.5 0.7 0.5
LF *Robert Hogan 36 15 36 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 .250 .341 .250 .591 3.7 0.3 0.4
C  Paul Schacht 29 3 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 0.7 0.2 0.1
  Team Totals 29.6 1629 5621 890 1441 314 24 269 861 90 26 503 828 .256 .323 .464 .788 845.7 175.5 50.5
  Rank among 18 VL teams 7 1 9 7 11 1 1 10 8 2 5 9 6 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Jose Salinas 27 20 5 .800 34 34 0 241.3 160 75 29 37 172 2.80 18.2
 Bennie Lopez 28 17 7 .708 32 32 0 223.3 166 67 18 36 133 2.70 16.8
 William Tieman 27 15 5 .750 30 30 0 219.0 167 58 13 31 204 2.38 17.7
 Mario Valdez 26 19 3 .864 29 29 0 211.0 153 49 13 67 173 2.09 20.3
*Dennis Aragon 29 12 10 .545 32 31 0 183.3 180 63 9 25 160 3.09 10.7
 Santiago Dion 29 12 2 .857 64 0 8 112.7 71 22 3 14 107 1.76 16.1
 Arturo Vannatta 24 6 6 .500 75 0 37 87.3 91 45 18 18 34 4.64 5.8
 Samuel Pierce 26 8 4 .667 50 0 4 69.7 70 26 4 15 43 3.36 5.4
 Les Snipes 31 4 2 .667 36 0 5 53.0 46 10 1 13 18 1.70 7.2
 Stanford Tullis 23 0 0 .000 18 0 1 25.0 18 11 4 12 14 3.96 0.9
*John Jensen 28 1 1 .500 3 3 0 18.3 24 13 0 11 5 6.38 0.0
 John Myers 25 1 2 .333 3 3 0 15.0 21 11 4 4 7 6.60 0.0
*Brent Neu 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 1.3 2 1 0 0 1 6.77 0.0
Team Totals 27.4 115 47 .710 407 162 55 1460.3 1169 451 116 283 1071 2.78 119.0
Rank among 18 VL teams 1 1 3 1 6 2 3 1 1 5 1  
* - 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 26.7
P.Riley 898.3 96 111 668 40 4 0 .994 29.1
J.Claborn 550.0 65 65 430 23 3 1 .993 24.1
P.Schacht 11.0 1 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
C.Ramos 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1460.3 162 180 1105 64 7 1 .994 26.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
C.Ramos 1419.3 158 159 1361 89 9 96 .994 9.19
P.Gilford 41.0 4 8 41 7 0 5 1.000 10.54
Team Total 1460.3 162 167 1402 96 9 101 .994 9.23
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.01
M.Manning 1400.3 160 160 227 421 11 85 .983 4.16
A.Shupe 60.0 2 20 5 16 1 1 .955 3.15
Team Total 1460.3 162 180 232 437 12 86 .982 4.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.67
R.Hattaway 1417.3 157 157 93 268 20 22 .948 2.29
A.Shupe 43.0 5 6 3 7 1 4 .909 2.09
Team Total 1460.3 162 163 96 275 21 26 .946 2.29
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.38
P.Houle 1385.3 155 155 172 416 26 62 .958 3.82
A.Shupe 75.0 7 12 9 23 0 3 1.000 3.84
Team Total 1460.3 162 167 181 439 26 65 .960 3.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.23
S.Clore 1278.7 143 146 365 2 6 1 .984 2.58
R.Hogan 107.3 11 15 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
W.Casperson 56.3 6 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.24
M.Tenney 16.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
T.Helmuth 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 175 410 2 6 1 .986 2.54
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.86
T.Helmuth 1384.7 156 156 453 4 1 2 .998 2.97
M.Tenney 73.3 6 12 27 1 0 1 1.000 3.44
S.Clore 2.3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73
Team Total 1460.3 162 169 482 5 1 3 .998 3.00
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.29
R.Costilla 695.0 72 102 204 4 4 1 .981 2.69
W.Casperson 665.0 81 82 171 4 0 2 1.000 2.37
B.Devinney 90.3 9 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.59
M.Tenney 10.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1460.3 162 203 403 8 4 3 .990 2.53
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.84
J.Salinas 241.3 34 34 15 26 2 2 .953 1.53
B.Lopez 223.3 32 32 9 36 0 2 1.000 1.81
W.Tieman 219.0 30 30 9 23 3 1 .914 1.32
M.Valdez 211.0 29 29 14 25 4 1 .907 1.66
D.Aragon 183.3 31 32 11 38 1 1 .980 2.41
S.Dion 112.7 0 64 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.04
A.Vannatta 87.3 0 75 1 13 2 1 .875 1.44
S.Pierce 69.7 0 50 4 13 0 2 1.000 2.20
L.Snipes 53.0 0 36 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.36
S.Tullis 25.0 0 18 1 5 1 0 .857 2.16
J.Jensen 18.3 3 3 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.95
J.Myers 15.0 3 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.20
B.Neu 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.3 162 407 71 201 13 12 .954 1.68
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Manning .284
On-Base Pct Houle .344
Slugging Pct Devinney .557
OPS Houle .895
XR Houle 110.1
Games Manning, Ramos 160
At-Bats Hattaway 682
Runs Houle, Hattaway 107
Hits Hattaway 187
Total Bases Devinney 339
Singles Hattaway 121
Doubles Manning 46
Triples Clore, Hattaway 5
Homeruns Devinney 54
RBIs Devinney, Houle 119
Stolen Bases Clore 28
Caught Stealing Clore 10
Walks Ramos 75
Strikeouts Houle 125
ERA Valdez 2.09
Wins Salinas 20
Losses Aragon 10
Winning Pct Valdez .864
Saves Vannatta 37
Games Pitched Vannatta 75
Games Started Salinas 34
Complete Games Salinas 8
Shutouts Lopez, Salinas 5
Innings Pitched Salinas 241.3
Hits Allowed Aragon 180
Homeruns Allowed Salinas 29
Strikeouts Tieman 204
Walks Allowed Valdez 67
Walks per 9IP Aragon 1.2
Hits per 9IP Salinas 6.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Tieman 8.4
WHiP Salinas 0.82
OAVG Salinas .184
OOBP Salinas .225
OSLG Valdez .290
OOPS Tieman .543
Team All-Stars
Brian Devinney
William Tieman
Player Salaries
Terry Helmuth $ 13,780,000
Brian Devinney $ 13,500,000
Cesar Ramos $ 12,500,000
Santiago Dion $ 3,900,000
Parker Riley $ 3,740,001
Les Snipes $ 1,060,000
Pete Gilford $ 950,000
Albert Shupe $ 900,000
Robert Hogan $ 610,000
Brent Neu $ 150,000
Mario Manning $ 100,000
Robert Costilla $ 100,000
Shawn Clore $ 100,000
Joseph Claborn $ 100,000
Robert Hattaway $ 100,000
Willie Casperson $ 100,000
Albert Diaz $ 100,000
Peter Houle $ 100,000
Dennis Aragon $ 100,000
Bennie Lopez $ 100,000
Arturo Vannatta $ 100,000
John Myers $ 100,000
Samuel Pierce $ 100,000
Jose Salinas $ 100,000
Paul Schacht $ 100,000
Marcus Tenney $ 100,000
William Tieman $ 100,000
Stanford Tullis $ 100,000
Mario Valdez $ 100,000
John Jensen $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Davenport Floyd Cruz
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Larry Goguen Wichita Brian Devinney
3/2 Traded William Mcnary
Cash Or Draft Picks
Virginia Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Montana Sergio Castaneda
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Clyde Tilly
Lucien Mason
Arizona Shawn Clore
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks    
4/16 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Hollywood Robert Hogan
4/16 Signed Cash Or Draft Picks    
7/30 Traded Bob Gillion Atlantic City Cash Or Draft Picks
7/30 Released Cash Or Draft Picks