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2023 Capital City Metropolitans

Record: 101-61
Finish: 2nd in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 919
Runs Allowed: 738
Exp W-L: 97-65

Ballpark: Cracktown Field Park
Attendance: 3,552,556
Manager: Paul Groening (Buddy Grant)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 85-53, 2nd in the Vaughan League
AA: 67-71, 11th in the Vaughan League
A: 69-69, 12th in the Vaughan League

Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-3 to Greenbelt Gophers

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
RF	Matthew Avina	31	159	590	129	173	23	2	44	143	2	1	109	36	.293	.401	.563	.964	129.9	29.7	0.6
3B	Colton Harris	34	159	588	96	163	31	0	18	103	1	0	105	31	.277	.385	.422	.807	95.8	17.8	4.3
2B	William Hershey	34	158	605	90	164	26	4	22	98	3	7	72	93	.271	.347	.436	.783	89.5	13.3	9.8
CF	*Albert Diaz	31	158	605	117	155	27	9	35	98	5	5	70	91	.256	.330	.504	.835	102.2	15.4	3.9
SS	#Eli Miramontes	33	155	543	78	145	30	0	18	92	2	3	86	89	.267	.372	.422	.794	90.1	15.8	9.7
C	*Amado Reno	34	130	517	76	157	23	2	7	55	1	2	33	38	.304	.360	.397	.756	71.1	10.5	4.5
RF	*Jeremy Ritchey	33	142	439	65	112	23	1	17	74	0	3	87	101	.255	.379	.428	.807	75.6	14.2	1.9
1B	*Walter Baldwin	26	128	446	63	134	54	1	7	50	10	1	56	88	.300	.387	.473	.861	76.3	14.8	1.6
RF	#Francisco Perez	32	99	281	32	59	13	0	4	40	3	4	45	20	.210	.315	.299	.614	29.2	2.8	1.5
1B	Hong Irish	35	84	218	34	52	9	0	11	32	0	0	36	20	.239	.352	.431	.783	33.6	5.1	0.8
LF	Willie Casperson	34	84	183	29	39	9	0	10	30	0	0	28	54	.213	.326	.426	.752	26.9	4.3	0.8
C	Alva Casto	29	67	186	36	42	4	1	9	25	0	0	18	16	.226	.295	.403	.698	21.6	1.0	1.8
3B	Giuseppe Oliva	37	44	162	37	49	13	2	7	28	0	2	30	45	.302	.412	.537	.949	34.1	7.9	1.3
SS	Juan Castillo	30	29	58	10	15	5	2	0	11	1	0	7	7	.259	.333	.414	.747	7.6	1.7	1.5
RF	*Jacob Steffens	24	18	51	6	11	4	1	0	4	2	0	6	8	.216	.298	.333	.632	5.3	1.0	0.4
CF	John Updegraff	31	42	35	17	15	4	0	2	8	3	1	9	9	.429	.556	.714	1.270	12.0	2.5	0.3
3B	*Freddy Ramos	31	8	11	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.182	.286	.455	.740	2.1	0.0	0.1
LF	Ronald Chester	33	2	7	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.571	.714	0.9	0.0	0.0
SS	Darell Skates	26	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	31.5	1670	5526	917	1488	298	25	213	894	33	29	799	752	.269	.363	.448	.811	903.7	157.7	44.7
	Rank among 18 VL teams			18	6	11	9	10	4	6	14	6	1	3	8	3	6	5	5
* - 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
Mario Valdez	35	12	11	.522	37	37	0	219.0	244	118	13	98	160	4.85	9.1
Richard Burford	36	17	6	.739	34	34	0	205.7	182	76	26	45	101	3.33	16.7
Ronald Bsanit	32	13	6	.684	36	36	0	190.7	191	77	5	122	129	3.63	13.2
Nicholas George	29	11	11	.500	32	32	0	166.7	160	88	19	70	122	4.75	8.1
*Rex Wise	34	9	5	.643	95	0	4	141.3	122	46	10	23	70	2.93	15.5
Jesse McDougal	27	10	2	.833	75	0	8	103.3	112	54	12	47	61	4.70	7.1
*Herman Selders	34	6	2	.750	72	0	9	99.0	94	32	1	30	102	2.91	11.8
Keith Sharpe	25	7	4	.636	77	0	22	90.7	70	40	12	55	54	3.97	11.1
Bob Sears	31	3	5	.375	12	12	0	77.7	76	40	14	15	49	4.64	3.4
Manuel Ceballos	31	3	4	.429	9	8	0	48.7	54	43	12	30	41	7.95	0.0
Clarence Standley	30	3	2	.600	24	0	4	33.7	25	14	2	19	26	3.74	3.5
George Aparicio	34	1	2	.333	27	0	1	28.0	45	21	0	12	8	6.75	0.0
Francisco Colon	36	4	0	1.000	15	0	1	19.3	23	15	4	4	9	6.98	0.8
Buddy Welliver	26	2	1	.667	3	3	0	19.0	19	13	4	9	8	6.16	0.3
Team Totals	31.4	101	61	.623	548	162	49	1442.6	1417	677	134	579	940	4.22	100.6
Rank among 18 VL teams				3	3	2	3	13	5	3	7	12	8	7
* - 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	30.1
A.Reno	1042.0	120	123	711	43	10	2	.987	27.3
A.Casto	400.7	42	60	269	20	2	0	.993	35.0
Team Total	1442.7	162	183	980	63	12	2	.989	29.2
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	9.94
W.Baldwin	973.3	113	122	960	71	4	91	.996	9.53
H.Irish	467.3	49	72	461	43	1	50	.998	9.71
D.Skates	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1442.7	162	195	1421	114	5	141	.997	9.58
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	5.04
W.Hershey	1407.7	158	158	304	458	16	107	.979	4.87
J.Castillo	26.0	3	3	5	14	1	2	.950	6.58
F.Ramos	9.0	1	1	2	4	1	1	.857	6.00
Team Total	1442.7	162	162	311	476	18	110	.978	4.91
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.953	2.78
C.Harris	1022.7	116	119	76	232	11	22	.966	2.71
G.Oliva	357.0	41	43	23	76	4	7	.961	2.50
J.Castillo	51.0	4	14	5	15	1	1	.952	3.53
F.Ramos	11.0	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.82
A.Casto	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1442.7	162	180	104	324	16	30	.964	2.67
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.968	4.40
E.Miramontes	1350.3	153	155	213	417	13	87	.980	4.20
J.Castillo	76.3	8	10	19	27	0	3	1.000	5.42
F.Ramos	15.0	1	4	4	2	2	0	.750	3.60
J.Updegraff	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1442.7	162	170	236	446	15	90	.978	4.25
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.979	2.26
F.Perez	786.7	95	97	188	8	0	2	1.000	2.24
W.Casperson	472.7	48	74	109	2	2	0	.982	2.11
J.Steffens	141.0	16	17	46	2	0	1	1.000	3.06
J.Updegraff	29.3	2	12	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.07
R.Chester	12.0	1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.50
A.Reno	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1442.7	162	203	355	12	2	3	.995	2.29

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.984	3.01
A.Diaz	1387.7	156	158	488	5	4	2	.992	3.20
J.Updegraff	55.0	6	7	17	1	0	1	1.000	2.95
Team Total	1442.7	162	165	505	6	4	3	.992	3.19
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	2.33
J.Ritchey	1059.0	121	122	241	14	4	3	.985	2.17
M.Avina	349.0	39	39	85	1	1	1	.989	2.22
J.Updegraff	20.0	2	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	2.70
W.Casperson	14.7	0	10	5	0	0	0	1.000	3.07
Team Total	1442.7	162	177	336	16	5	4	.986	2.20
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.955	1.73
M.Valdez	219.0	37	37	11	30	1	2	.976	1.68
R.Burford	205.7	34	34	13	35	0	2	1.000	2.10
R.Bsanit	190.7	36	36	16	29	1	7	.978	2.12
N.George	166.7	32	32	6	25	1	1	.969	1.67
R.Wise	141.3	0	95	10	18	0	0	1.000	1.78
J.McDougal	103.3	0	75	12	14	0	1	1.000	2.26
H.Selders	99.0	0	72	4	11	2	0	.882	1.36
K.Sharpe	90.7	0	77	6	22	0	2	1.000	2.78
B.Sears	77.7	12	12	2	7	1	0	.900	1.04
M.Ceballos	48.7	8	9	2	7	0	2	1.000	1.66
C.Standley	33.7	0	24	1	7	0	0	1.000	2.14
G.Aparicio	28.0	0	27	2	5	1	1	.875	2.25
F.Colon	19.3	0	15	2	2	0	1	1.000	1.86
B.Welliver	19.0	3	3	1	3	1	1	.800	1.89
Team Total	1442.6	162	548	88	215	8	20	.974	1.89

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Reno	.304
On-Base Pct	Avina	.401
Slugging Pct	Avina	.563
OPS	Avina	.964
XR	Avina	129.9
Games	Avina, Harris	159
At-Bats	Diaz, Hershey	605
Runs	Avina	129
Hits	Avina	173
Total Bases	Avina	332
Singles	Reno	125
Doubles	Baldwin	54
Triples	Diaz	9
Homeruns	Avina	44
RBIs	Avina	143
Stolen Bases	Baldwin	10
Caught Stealing	Hershey	7
Walks	Avina	109
Strikeouts	Ritchey	101

ERA	Burford	3.33
Wins	Burford	17
Losses	George, Valdez	11
Winning Pct	Burford	.739
Saves	Sharpe	22
Games Pitched	Wise	95
Games Started	Valdez	37
Complete Games	Valdez	2
Shutouts	No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched	Valdez	219.0
Hits Allowed	Valdez	244
Homeruns Allowed	Burford	26
Strikeouts	Valdez	160
Walks Allowed	Bsanit	122
Walks per 9IP	Burford	2.0
Hits per 9IP	Burford	8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP	George	6.6
WHiP	Burford	1.10
OAVG	Burford	.234
OOBP	Burford	.276
OSLG	Bsanit	.336
OOPS	Burford	.655

Team All-Stars

Matthew Avina

Rex Wise

Player Salaries
Matthew Avina	$ 10,100,000
Colton Harris	$ 5,110,000
Bob Sears	$ 3,750,000
Albert Diaz	$ 3,450,001
Mario Valdez	$ 2,770,001
Rex Wise	$ 2,700,000
William Hershey	$ 2,450,000
Ronald Bsanit	$ 2,000,000
Eli Miramontes	$ 1,900,000
Richard Burford	$ 1,870,000
Amado Reno	$ 1,660,000
Herman Selders	$ 1,290,000
Hong Irish	$ 1,220,000
Willie Casperson	$ 1,170,001
Jeremy Ritchey	$ 1,010,000
Ronald Chester	$ 1,000,000
Giuseppe Oliva	$ 950,000
John Updegraff	$ 610,000
Francisco Perez	$ 130,000
Deon Calderon	$ 120,000
Jacob Steffens	$ 100,000
Walter Baldwin	$ 100,000
Dee Wilhite	$ 100,000
Buddy Welliver	$ 100,000
Juan Castillo	$ 100,000
Jesse McDougal	$ 100,000
Manuel Ceballos	$ 100,000
Clarence Standley	$ 100,000
Nicholas George	$ 100,000
Darell Skates	$ 100,000
Keith Sharpe	$ 100,000
Freddy Ramos	$ 100,000
Alva Casto	$ 100,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Player	To	For
3/2	Released	Fake Player 07
4/9	Released	Richard Pittman
4/9	Released	William Leung
4/9	Released	Timothy Schoenfeld
4/9	Released	Guillermo Chavez
4/9	Released	Mark Hill
6/11	Released	Urbano Lueras
6/18	Traded	Richard Beaudet	Utah	Fake Player 34
6/18	Released	Fake Player 34
7/23	Traded	Broderick Pilcher Francisco Colon John Embree William Smith Terry Helmuth	Wisconsin	Bob Sears
7/23	Traded	Hector Bueno	Philadelphia	Fake Player 34
7/23	Traded	Robert Longfellow	Utah	Fake Player 34
7/23	Traded	George Aparicio	Triangle	Fake Player 34
7/23	Released	Fake Player 34
7/23	Released	Fake Player 34
7/23	Released	Fake Player 34