2008 Columbus Crows
Record: 98-64
Finish: 2nd in VL Calzone Division Division
Runs Scored: 872
Runs Allowed: 709
Exp W-L: 96-66
 
Ballpark: Alfred Hitchcock Field
Attendance: 3,642,052
Manager: Mike Benson (Scarecrow)

Statistics / Schedule

 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-3 to Indianapolis Ice Weasels
 
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
2B  Derek Comerford 27 161 662 122 217 17 6 29 112 35 7 55 118 .328 .380 .503 .883 123.8 22.6 9.4
LF *Pat Gordon 28 161 607 108 190 29 1 43 126 5 1 99 78 .313 .405 .577 .982 133.9 27.2 0.0
LF  Manny Diaz 24 162 641 97 174 30 5 44 122 14 4 51 67 .271 .331 .540 .871 108.1 14.8 3.6
RF  Scott Stout 29 157 618 117 200 41 5 9 62 65 21 61 52 .324 .388 .450 .837 108.8 20.0 3.9
CF  Andy Gonzalez 24 161 616 101 174 26 2 39 125 3 1 63 108 .282 .352 .521 .873 110.5 20.1 5.6
SS  James Frederick 34 159 584 69 121 26 2 28 67 17 11 38 99 .207 .261 .402 .664 62.6 1.2 12.2
3B  William Florence 30 160 544 92 144 29 5 13 58 34 6 47 20 .265 .329 .408 .737 78.8 9.7 4.3
1B *Carlos Gatton 31 96 375 51 101 12 0 19 62 2 3 32 74 .269 .331 .453 .784 54.5 8.8 1.6
C  William Spiva 33 104 341 32 90 20 8 3 38 17 10 19 34 .264 .303 .396 .699 39.1 5.5 4.0
DH *Toby Folger 29 64 259 32 78 16 1 4 36 1 1 8 59 .301 .336 .417 .753 34.0 6.8 1.0
C  Jack Gloss 28 57 206 18 49 6 1 3 19 0 0 9 36 .238 .269 .320 .589 17.1 1.1 2.5
RF *Thurman Baskin 37 46 91 16 15 3 1 2 7 5 5 6 25 .165 .222 .286 .508 5.3 0.0 0.3
C  Robert Slick 27 25 58 3 12 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 15 .207 .270 .276 .546 3.3 0.0 0.9
SS  Alvin Gustavson 25 28 39 5 6 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 11 .154 .195 .179 .375 0.4 0.0 0.6
SS  James Lewis 24 13 26 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 .115 .233 .231 .464 1.7 0.0 0.2
1B  Ray Rainville 26 11 20 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 1.5 0.0 0.1
1B *Marc Toone 24 20 19 1 4 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .211 .211 .368 .579 1.2 0.0 0.1
SS  Cesar Younger 36 3 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.2
2B  George Binette 37 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .250 .450 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.1 1591 5715 872 1584 260 37 238 848 201 72 502 804 .277 .339 .461 .799 885.4 137.7 50.5
  Rank among 18 VL teams 6 2 3 11 2 1 2 1 18 7 3 3 4 1 1 1  
* - 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
 Jacob Bush 33 18 14 .563 36 36 0 259.3 290 113 24 42 207 3.92 15.9
*Paul Parker 36 14 9 .609 35 35 0 228.0 210 83 30 49 120 3.28 16.7
*David Meany 28 13 10 .565 30 30 0 181.3 202 87 16 73 223 4.32 9.1
 Jorge Romriell 34 14 6 .700 30 30 0 177.3 115 45 14 71 88 2.28 17.1
 Danilo Jones 37 10 6 .625 22 22 0 145.0 148 67 13 58 69 4.16 8.2
 Stanley Lucas 29 6 5 .545 60 2 2 107.3 113 47 16 28 82 3.94 7.2
 Herman Knutsen 32 8 4 .667 70 0 1 104.3 119 52 12 22 104 4.49 5.9
*Charles Watkins 28 7 2 .778 59 0 19 75.3 50 15 6 13 55 1.79 15.8
*Ricky Thurman 25 3 2 .600 52 0 3 71.0 84 44 11 16 78 5.58 2.0
 Patrick Crumbley 27 3 3 .500 40 0 21 48.3 48 24 6 22 47 4.47 5.0
*Rodney Murphy 27 1 0 1.000 26 1 0 39.3 37 14 3 18 28 3.20 2.9
 Kevin Ben 34 1 3 .250 6 6 0 32.7 60 30 7 15 22 8.27 0.0
Team Totals 30.8 98 64 .605 466 162 46 1469.3 1476 621 158 427 1123 3.80 105.8
Rank among 18 VL teams 3 3 7 3 2 8 6 6 3 1 5  
* - 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
W.Spiva 846.7 95 100 643 28 5 1 .993 29.2
J.Gloss 463.2 49 53 374 19 2 2 .995 38.2
R.Slick 162.7 16 24 129 10 2 1 .986 33.3
Team Total 1472.5 160 177 1146 57 9 4 .993 32.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 10.35
C.Gatton 830.3 86 96 929 60 4 87 .996 10.72
T.Folger 535.5 55 61 565 41 3 59 .995 10.19
R.Rainville 46.4 10 11 50 3 0 4 1.000 10.28
M.Toone 38.4 14 17 43 2 0 5 1.000 10.54
Team Total 1450.6 165 185 1587 106 7 155 .996 10.50
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.40
D.Comerford 1456.0 161 161 286 524 26 123 .969 5.01
G.Binette 10.3 1 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 3.48
A.Gustavson 3.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 165 288 528 26 124 .969 5.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.77
W.Florence 1416.3 158 159 109 328 27 29 .942 2.78
J.Lewis 53.0 4 9 3 11 0 2 1.000 2.38
Team Total 1469.3 162 168 112 339 27 31 .944 2.76
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.69
J.Frederick 1380.3 154 158 191 535 25 101 .967 4.73
A.Gustavson 64.0 6 12 9 25 1 8 .971 4.78
J.Lewis 10.0 1 3 2 2 1 0 .800 3.60
C.Younger 9.0 1 1 1 7 0 1 1.000 8.00
W.Florence 6.0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 175 203 573 27 110 .966 4.75
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
M.Diaz 1466.3 162 162 282 7 8 0 .973 1.77
P.Gordon 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 163 283 7 8 0 .973 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.98
A.Gonzalez 1434.3 160 160 382 8 0 1 1.000 2.45
T.Baskin 34.0 2 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12
M.Toone 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.4 162 166 390 8 0 1 1.000 2.44
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.24
S.Stout 1320.7 147 154 290 6 7 1 .977 2.02
T.Baskin 148.7 15 21 20 0 2 0 .909 1.21
Team Total 1469.3 162 175 310 6 9 1 .972 1.94
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.67
J.Bush 259.3 36 36 20 43 0 2 1.000 2.19
P.Parker 228.0 35 35 16 38 2 3 .964 2.13
D.Meany 181.3 30 30 3 18 5 3 .808 1.04
J.Romriell 177.3 30 30 8 14 3 3 .880 1.12
D.Jones 145.0 22 22 11 21 0 2 1.000 1.99
S.Lucas 107.3 2 60 10 13 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Knutsen 104.3 0 70 7 10 0 1 1.000 1.47
C.Watkins 75.3 0 59 2 10 1 2 .923 1.43
R.Thurman 71.0 0 52 2 14 4 4 .800 2.03
P.Crumbley 48.3 0 40 2 7 1 1 .900 1.68
R.Murphy 39.3 1 26 2 9 0 1 1.000 2.52
K.Ben 32.7 6 6 1 6 0 2 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1469.3 162 466 84 203 16 24 .947 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Comerford .328
On-Base Pct Gordon .405
Slugging Pct Gordon .577
OPS Gordon .982
XR Gordon 133.9
Games Diaz 162
At-Bats Comerford 662
Runs Comerford 122
Hits Comerford 217
Total Bases Gordon 350
Singles Comerford 165
Doubles Stout 41
Triples Spiva 8
Homeruns Diaz 44
RBIs Gordon 126
Stolen Bases Stout 65
Caught Stealing Stout 21
Walks Gordon 99
Strikeouts Comerford 118
ERA Romriell 2.28
Wins Bush 18
Losses Bush 14
Winning Pct Romriell .700
Saves Crumbley 21
Games Pitched Knutsen 70
Games Started Bush 36
Complete Games Bush 6
Shutouts Parker 2
Innings Pitched Bush 259.3
Hits Allowed Bush 290
Homeruns Allowed Parker 30
Strikeouts Meany 223
Walks Allowed Meany 73
Walks per 9IP Bush 1.5
Hits per 9IP Romriell 5.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Meany 11.1
WHiP Romriell 1.05
OAVG Romriell .182
OOBP Romriell .263
OSLG Romriell .292
OOPS Romriell .555
Team All-Stars
Manny Diaz
Jorge Romriell
Player Salaries
Jorge Romriell $ 12,000,000
James Frederick $ 4,750,000
Derek Comerford $ 4,420,000
Scott Stout $ 4,350,000
Paul Parker $ 4,300,000
David Meany $ 4,100,000
Jacob Bush $ 3,920,000
Kevin Ben $ 3,240,000
William Florence $ 2,500,000
William Spiva $ 1,990,000
Charles Watkins $ 1,800,000
Danilo Jones $ 1,460,000
Stanley Lucas $ 800,000
Herman Knutsen $ 750,000
Patrick Crumbley $ 688,000
George Binette $ 640,000
Cesar Younger $ 350,000
Thurman Baskin $ 150,000
Pat Gordon $ 100,000
Andy Gonzalez $ 100,000
Jack Gloss $ 100,000
James Lewis $ 100,000
Toby Folger $ 100,000
Rodney Murphy $ 100,000
Manny Diaz $ 100,000
Ray Rainville $ 100,000
Robert Slick $ 100,000
Ricky Thurman $ 100,000
Alvin Gustavson $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
7/23 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Durham Jack Gloss
7/30 Traded Marc Toone
Stephen Rotter
Philadelphia Ray Rainville
7/30 Traded Carlos Gatton Seminole Toby Folger