2016 Capital City Metropolitans
Record: 102-60
Finish: 2nd in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 864
Runs Allowed: 596
Exp W-L: 108-54
 
Ballpark: Cracktown Field Park
Attendance: 3,642,936
Manager: Paul Groening (Buddy Grant)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 9th in the Vaughan League
AA: 71-67, 6th in the Vaughan League
A: 78-60, 2nd in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost VL League Championship 3-4 to Indianapolis Ice Weasels
Won Divisional Series 3-1 over Montana Monarchs
 
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  Shawn Clore 26 159 664 110 185 36 10 19 74 48 24 81 74 .279 .363 .449 .812 108.2 20.6 5.7
1B  Cesar Ramos 32 159 606 105 184 36 0 33 117 0 0 91 84 .304 .393 .526 .919 117.9 25.6 0.8
LF *Terry Helmuth 32 159 624 92 167 29 1 39 125 9 2 68 89 .268 .338 .505 .843 105.6 21.2 1.8
DH  Mario Manning 27 160 630 116 190 39 9 35 128 12 7 50 43 .302 .355 .559 .913 109.5 23.3 9.6
SS *Peter Houle 32 158 582 99 160 31 2 27 90 6 3 82 173 .275 .366 .474 .841 101.9 18.8 5.9
CF *Albert Diaz 24 142 548 86 147 22 1 7 58 19 7 54 85 .268 .333 .350 .683 63.2 6.6 6.3
C  Parker Riley 37 128 448 43 117 21 1 7 54 4 0 16 32 .261 .289 .359 .648 44.4 3.9 4.9
SS #Sal Zamorano 30 113 386 47 84 14 0 4 36 3 1 48 104 .218 .307 .285 .592 34.2 1.4 9.3
LF  Willie Casperson 27 104 308 47 72 22 0 11 42 0 1 46 51 .234 .349 .412 .761 46.1 6.2 2.1
C  Jose Vallejos 24 59 209 26 50 10 0 2 19 0 0 31 38 .239 .336 .316 .652 24.1 3.2 1.6
RF  Robert Costilla 29 68 204 31 50 12 1 16 45 0 0 18 12 .245 .306 .549 .855 31.7 5.5 1.6
2B  Buzz Maul 32 49 124 19 32 9 0 0 13 9 6 11 37 .258 .324 .331 .654 13.6 0.5 1.6
3B  Kid Serra 33 48 100 9 17 3 0 2 5 0 0 5 9 .170 .215 .260 .475 4.9 0.0 0.8
LF *Joe Stam 27 28 87 13 25 6 0 4 15 0 0 8 25 .287 .347 .494 .842 14.5 3.7 0.7
LF *Eric Shen 28 33 71 12 17 3 0 2 8 2 1 10 9 .239 .329 .366 .695 8.8 0.8 0.7
LF *Melchor Regalado 25 13 26 4 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .192 .276 .192 .468 1.6 0.3 0.3
DH *Pete Gilford 36 14 15 2 4 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .267 .368 .533 .902 3.2 0.6 0.0
C  Collin Falbo 35 10 18 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .278 .316 .278 .594 1.6 0.0 0.3
  Team Totals 29.8 1604 5650 863 1511 294 25 209 835 112 52 624 878 .267 .342 .439 .782 834.9 142.3 54.0
  Rank among 18 VL teams 11 5 12 11 12 4 5 8 10 1 7 11 4 7 5 7  
* - 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
 Bennie Lopez 30 15 14 .517 35 35 0 257.7 219 98 32 30 128 3.42 15.3
 Mario Valdez 28 13 11 .542 35 35 0 251.0 222 91 3 108 184 3.26 15.5
 Jose Salinas 29 20 4 .833 33 33 0 221.0 203 87 44 24 140 3.54 14.1
*Oswaldo Olmos 26 6 8 .429 26 26 0 143.0 137 62 21 27 82 3.90 6.1
*Dennis Aragon 31 9 2 .818 19 19 0 124.0 108 30 3 24 105 2.18 11.3
 Samuel Pierce 28 11 8 .579 85 0 17 117.0 100 36 8 18 63 2.77 14.4
 Santiago Dion 31 8 1 .889 75 0 7 106.7 90 18 3 10 87 1.52 14.0
 Les Snipes 33 9 1 .900 56 0 6 78.3 81 22 1 28 23 2.53 8.5
 Stanford Tullis 25 5 3 .625 40 0 5 51.7 51 21 7 18 38 3.66 4.0
 John Myers 27 3 3 .500 8 8 0 49.7 66 23 7 12 10 4.17 2.0
*John Jensen 30 0 2 .000 6 6 0 29.0 39 23 2 20 12 7.14 0.0
 Joel Luna 25 1 2 .333 19 0 5 22.0 12 6 0 8 21 2.45 3.4
 Arturo Vannatta 26 2 1 .667 14 0 3 17.3 20 8 3 3 8 4.15 1.2
Team Totals 28.4 102 60 .630 451 162 43 1468.3 1348 525 134 330 901 3.22 109.7
Rank among 18 VL teams 3 3 12 3 4 3 3 2 1 12 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 .990 29.5
P.Riley 1023.7 113 121 686 40 4 1 .995 24.8
J.Vallejos 395.0 45 45 220 16 4 1 .983 32.4
C.Falbo 42.7 4 8 37 3 0 0 1.000 50.0
R.Costilla 6.0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
K.Serra 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1468.3 162 176 948 59 8 2 .992 27.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.12
C.Ramos 1417.7 158 158 1462 95 13 145 .992 9.88
P.Gilford 50.7 4 13 53 4 1 5 .983 10.13
Team Total 1468.3 162 171 1515 99 14 150 .991 9.89
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.09
M.Manning 1378.7 152 153 259 495 17 117 .978 4.92
B.Maul 92.1 8 11 26 36 0 10 1.000 6.06
P.Houle 18.0 2 2 1 5 0 1 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1488.8 162 166 286 536 17 128 .980 4.97
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.74
P.Houle 936.3 106 106 63 173 17 19 .933 2.27
K.Serra 261.3 29 37 22 58 7 3 .920 2.76
B.Maul 236.4 20 28 13 54 7 7 .905 2.55
P.Riley 6.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35
Team Total 1440.7 155 172 98 286 31 29 .925 2.40
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 4.54
S.Zamorano 1015.0 113 113 150 375 15 74 .972 4.66
P.Houle 446.3 49 49 67 156 8 35 .965 4.50
K.Serra 7.0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1468.3 162 163 218 532 23 110 .970 4.60
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.24
S.Clore 1146.3 128 129 323 3 1 3 .997 2.56
W.Casperson 174.7 17 23 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.27
E.Shen 141.3 17 19 42 2 0 0 1.000 2.80
J.Stam 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Diaz 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.3 162 174 409 7 1 3 .998 2.55
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.97
A.Diaz 1160.0 128 130 392 6 1 3 .997 3.09
T.Helmuth 308.3 34 34 98 2 0 1 1.000 2.92
Team Total 1468.3 162 164 490 8 1 4 .998 3.05
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 2.25
W.Casperson 422.7 48 56 101 6 5 2 .955 2.28
R.Costilla 387.3 39 54 109 7 8 2 .935 2.70
S.Clore 274.3 30 30 64 0 0 0 1.000 2.10
J.Stam 209.0 25 25 48 1 0 0 1.000 2.11
M.Regalado 67.0 9 9 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.69
T.Helmuth 63.0 7 8 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Shen 27.0 3 6 5 0 1 0 .833 1.67
A.Diaz 18.0 1 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
Team Total 1468.3 162 194 371 15 14 4 .965 2.37
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 1.78
B.Lopez 257.7 35 35 19 34 3 3 .946 1.85
M.Valdez 251.0 35 35 13 35 4 1 .923 1.72
J.Salinas 221.0 33 33 15 26 4 1 .911 1.67
O.Olmos 143.0 26 26 6 15 1 0 .955 1.32
D.Aragon 124.0 19 19 5 16 0 4 1.000 1.52
S.Pierce 117.0 0 85 3 17 4 2 .833 1.54
S.Dion 106.7 0 75 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.77
L.Snipes 78.3 0 56 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.84
S.Tullis 51.7 0 40 3 9 2 1 .857 2.09
J.Myers 49.7 8 8 3 12 1 1 .938 2.72
J.Jensen 29.0 6 6 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.24
J.Luna 22.0 0 19 0 3 2 1 .600 1.23
A.Vannatta 17.3 0 14 2 3 1 0 .833 2.60
Team Total 1468.3 162 451 83 197 22 17 .927 1.72
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Ramos .304
On-Base Pct Ramos .393
Slugging Pct Manning .559
OPS Ramos .919
XR Ramos 117.9
Games Manning 160
At-Bats Clore 664
Runs Manning 116
Hits Manning 190
Total Bases Manning 352
Singles Clore 120
Doubles Manning 39
Triples Clore 10
Homeruns Helmuth 39
RBIs Manning 128
Stolen Bases Clore 48
Caught Stealing Clore 24
Walks Ramos 91
Strikeouts Houle 173
ERA Valdez 3.26
Wins Salinas 20
Losses Lopez 14
Winning Pct Salinas .833
Saves Pierce 17
Games Pitched Pierce 85
Games Started Lopez, Valdez 35
Complete Games Lopez 14
Shutouts Lopez 2
Innings Pitched Lopez 257.7
Hits Allowed Valdez 222
Homeruns Allowed Salinas 44
Strikeouts Valdez 184
Walks Allowed Valdez 108
Walks per 9IP Salinas 1.0
Hits per 9IP Lopez 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Valdez 6.6
WHiP Lopez 0.97
OAVG Lopez .224
OOBP Lopez .251
OSLG Valdez .289
OOPS Valdez .605
Team All-Stars
Mario Manning
Cesar Ramos
Player Salaries
Terry Helmuth $ 13,780,000
Cesar Ramos $ 12,500,000
Bennie Lopez $ 7,650,000
Peter Houle $ 7,200,000
Santiago Dion $ 3,900,000
Dennis Aragon $ 1,670,000
Les Snipes $ 1,540,000
Robert Costilla $ 1,280,000
Parker Riley $ 1,060,001
Sal Zamorano $ 810,000
Buzz Maul $ 450,000
Kid Serra $ 400,000
Pete Gilford $ 120,000
Juan Martinez $ 110,000
Joe Stam $ 100,000
Willie Casperson $ 100,000
Shawn Clore $ 100,000
Arturo Vannatta $ 100,000
Albert Diaz $ 100,000
Jose Vallejos $ 100,000
Collin Falbo $ 100,000
John Myers $ 100,000
Stanford Tullis $ 100,000
Oswaldo Olmos $ 100,000
John Jensen $ 100,000
Eric Shen $ 100,000
Joel Luna $ 100,000
Mario Manning $ 100,000
Jose Salinas $ 100,000
Melchor Regalado $ 100,000
Samuel Pierce $ 100,000
Mario Valdez $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
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3/2 Traded Fake Player06 New Orleans Hector Bueno
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3/2 Traded Jerry Curran
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3/2 Released Jesus Ramirez    
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4/9 Traded Gary Clarke
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4/30 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Virginia Joe Stam
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5/7 Released Michale Walker    
5/7 Released Oscar Larosa    
5/7 Released Donald Hursey    
5/21 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Philadelphia Julio Salzer
Edgardo Orsini
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6/18 Released Noah Palmisano    
7/23 Traded David Bolanos
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