2012 Essex Cougars
Record: 106-57
Finish: 2nd in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 805
Runs Allowed: 578
Exp W-L: 105-58
 
Ballpark: Chesapeake Field
Attendance: 2,315,690
Manager: Mark Petrolis (petrochile)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-68, 11th in the Vaughan League
AA: 66-72, 14th in the Vaughan League
A: 69-69, 8th in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-3 to Kentucky Juggernaut
 
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 #Rueben Mohan 36 159 650 106 200 36 8 11 62 74 23 59 40 .308 .375 .438 .813 110.5 23.2 4.6
SS  James Hickson 29 160 642 89 173 23 6 22 98 19 13 37 40 .269 .314 .427 .741 81.0 11.6 11.4
DH  Fred Janney 27 157 595 92 184 27 0 27 105 0 0 65 71 .309 .379 .491 .869 104.1 23.5 6.2
1B  Kyle Doyle 24 155 586 68 145 20 3 6 67 10 0 67 26 .247 .329 .323 .652 67.0 7.5 1.2
CF *Jose Gutierrez 25 161 595 101 138 29 2 37 97 46 6 56 103 .232 .307 .474 .781 92.7 15.3 7.7
LF  Willis Kirkland 27 148 486 86 119 16 4 31 74 19 10 60 26 .245 .330 .486 .816 78.8 10.3 4.8
RF *Francis Renz 32 146 471 49 114 27 1 9 63 21 3 23 76 .242 .279 .361 .640 46.5 7.7 5.9
LF *Pat Gordon 32 107 409 73 132 23 1 26 81 7 3 50 62 .323 .398 .575 .973 87.5 24.0 1.8
2B  Thomas Grote 28 119 398 47 119 15 4 13 46 22 8 21 18 .299 .339 .455 .794 58.1 7.9 6.2
3B  Kevin Loewen 35 83 258 26 56 10 1 2 20 1 2 14 15 .217 .274 .287 .561 19.9 0.0 2.4
3B  Colton Harris 23 77 179 15 38 4 0 4 26 0 1 19 8 .212 .286 .302 .588 15.2 1.6 1.9
CF *Matt Schenck 39 70 131 21 29 11 0 2 21 5 3 4 29 .221 .250 .351 .601 10.3 1.1 1.8
3B  Robert Freel 31 40 111 14 19 0 0 2 3 2 2 13 27 .171 .270 .225 .495 7.0 0.0 1.3
1B  Jermaine Canavan 31 25 56 6 13 2 1 2 10 0 0 2 7 .232 .317 .411 .728 7.1 0.6 0.1
C #Craig Hassett 29 27 46 10 9 0 0 2 2 2 2 4 11 .196 .275 .326 .601 4.4 0.2 0.6
SS  Timothy Plank 24 12 22 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 .136 .174 .318 .492 1.3 0.0 0.6
RF *Jeffery Toy 37 12 12 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .417 .667 1.1 0.1 0.2
  Team Totals 29.9 1658 5647 805 1494 246 31 197 778 228 76 494 565 .265 .330 .424 .753 792.5 134.4 58.7
  Rank among 18 VL teams 6 6 3 13 6 6 6 2 17 7 1 3 6 6 5 3  
* - 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
 Roderick Pickens 30 20 9 .690 37 37 0 242.7 221 78 8 81 119 2.89 19.9
*Pierre Moline 31 14 10 .583 35 35 0 213.0 213 93 18 51 124 3.93 10.6
 Keith Kaster 29 16 7 .696 28 28 0 196.7 112 35 6 36 99 1.60 22.4
 Richard Burford 25 15 6 .714 31 31 0 195.3 155 57 21 29 137 2.63 17.9
 Kristofer Wehmeyer 33 6 2 .750 64 0 2 112.3 92 34 5 46 64 2.72 10.5
 Maurice Young 35 9 4 .692 16 16 0 99.0 105 41 5 38 84 3.73 6.6
 Kevin Solem 33 2 4 .333 71 0 4 92.3 74 32 13 12 78 3.12 8.3
*Patrick Eskridge 38 3 4 .429 49 0 2 80.3 87 39 6 14 42 4.37 3.3
 Jarrod Gibson 36 9 4 .692 65 0 39 73.7 55 20 4 20 22 2.44 15.8
*William Cull Jr. 23 5 1 .833 8 8 0 52.7 47 10 2 9 37 1.71 6.3
*Dennis Eads 37 3 2 .600 8 8 0 46.7 63 25 1 12 25 4.82 1.4
 Stanley Simmons 26 4 2 .667 30 0 0 41.7 43 22 5 21 21 4.75 1.9
 Anthony Deakins 29 0 1 .000 12 0 3 22.0 25 19 5 16 17 7.77 0.0
*Francisco Vega 24 0 1 .000 8 0 1 7.0 9 4 2 2 4 5.14 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 106 57 .650 462 163 51 1475.3 1301 509 101 387 873 3.11 124.8
Rank among 18 VL teams 3 3 5 3 3 4 1 3 3 9 3  
* - 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 .989 28.1
F.Janney 1363.7 151 155 833 47 7 3 .992 24.5
C.Hassett 112.3 12 16 78 4 0 0 1.000 12.5
Team Total 1476.0 163 171 911 51 7 3 .993 22.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.64
K.Doyle 1351.3 151 155 1434 119 17 149 .989 10.34
J.Canavan 114.7 11 20 117 16 0 9 1.000 10.44
C.Hassett 10.0 1 2 12 0 0 0 1.000 10.80
Team Total 1476.0 163 177 1563 135 17 158 .990 10.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.31
T.Grote 844.7 88 111 155 313 9 81 .981 4.99
R.Mohan 628.3 75 75 128 222 4 50 .989 5.01
A.Deslauriers 3.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1476.0 163 187 283 536 13 131 .984 4.99
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 2.82
K.Loewen 670.1 82 83 42 154 13 15 .938 2.63
C.Harris 477.0 47 74 35 111 8 9 .948 2.75
R.Freel 298.5 37 39 19 78 6 7 .942 2.92
Team Total 1445.6 166 196 96 343 27 31 .942 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.67
J.Hickson 1423.3 158 160 218 495 29 117 .961 4.51
T.Plank 52.7 5 10 3 26 0 2 1.000 4.96
Team Total 1476.0 163 170 221 521 29 119 .962 4.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.20
W.Kirkland 1192.3 132 132 306 5 11 3 .966 2.35
P.Gordon 485.7 54 54 114 2 4 0 .967 2.15
J.Toy 14.0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 3.21
M.Schenck 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1694.0 187 189 424 8 15 3 .966 2.30
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.86
J.Gutierrez 1421.0 157 160 432 6 0 5 1.000 2.77
M.Schenck 55.0 6 8 17 2 2 1 .905 3.11
Team Total 1476.0 163 168 449 8 2 6 .996 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.24
F.Renz 1166.0 132 144 340 6 5 1 .986 2.67
M.Schenck 291.3 31 48 82 4 1 0 .989 2.66
J.Toy 12.0 0 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
C.Harris 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Kirkland 2.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Hassett 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.0 163 202 426 10 6 1 .986 2.66
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.87
R.Pickens 242.7 37 37 18 29 9 1 .839 1.74
P.Moline 213.0 35 35 17 40 3 3 .950 2.41
K.Kaster 196.7 28 28 15 20 3 2 .921 1.60
R.Burford 195.3 31 31 16 25 0 0 1.000 1.89
K.Wehmeyer 112.3 0 64 16 18 2 0 .944 2.72
M.Young 99.0 16 16 8 14 3 2 .880 2.00
K.Solem 92.3 0 71 4 10 0 0 1.000 1.36
P.Eskridge 80.3 0 49 6 6 0 1 1.000 1.34
J.Gibson 73.7 0 65 6 11 1 2 .944 2.08
W.Cull Jr. 52.7 8 8 0 11 0 3 1.000 1.88
D.Eads 46.7 8 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.54
S.Simmons 41.7 0 30 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.51
A.Deakins 22.0 0 12 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.82
F.Vega 7.0 0 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1475.3 163 462 110 198 21 15 .936 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Janney .309
On-Base Pct Janney .379
Slugging Pct Gordon .523
OPS Gordon .890
XR Mohan 110.5
Games Gutierrez 161
At-Bats Mohan 650
Runs Mohan 106
Hits Mohan 200
Total Bases Janney 292
Singles Mohan 145
Doubles Mohan 36
Triples Mohan 8
Homeruns Gutierrez 37
RBIs Janney 105
Stolen Bases Mohan 74
Caught Stealing Mohan 23
Walks Doyle 67
Strikeouts Gutierrez 103
ERA Kaster 1.60
Wins Pickens 20
Losses Moline 10
Winning Pct Burford .714
Saves Gibson 39
Games Pitched Solem 71
Games Started Pickens 37
Complete Games Moline 7
Shutouts Kaster 3
Innings Pitched Pickens 242.7
Hits Allowed Pickens 221
Homeruns Allowed Burford 21
Strikeouts Burford 137
Walks Allowed Pickens 81
Walks per 9IP Burford 1.3
Hits per 9IP Kaster 5.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Burford 6.3
WHiP Kaster 0.75
OAVG Kaster .162
OOBP Kaster .203
OSLG Kaster .266
OOPS Kaster .468
Team All-Stars
Keith Kaster
Rueben Mohan
Player Salaries
Pat Gordon $ 14,250,000
Keith Kaster $ 10,800,000
Roderick Pickens $ 9,000,000
Pierre Moline $ 6,650,000
Maurice Young $ 2,800,000
Jarrod Gibson $ 2,290,000
Francis Renz $ 2,200,000
Kevin Solem $ 2,030,000
Benton White $ 1,220,000
Kevin Loewen $ 520,000
Matt Schenck $ 450,000
Rueben Mohan $ 330,000
Patrick Eskridge $ 220,000
Jeffery Toy $ 120,000
Anthony Deakins $ 100,000
William Cull Jr. $ 100,000
Thomas Grote $ 100,000
Tyson Cruz $ 100,000
Kyle Doyle $ 100,000
Jermaine Canavan $ 100,000
Aaron Deslauriers $ 100,000
Jose Gutierrez $ 100,000
Colton Harris $ 100,000
Craig Hassett $ 100,000
James Hickson $ 100,000
Richard Burford $ 100,000
Willis Kirkland $ 100,000
Timothy Plank $ 100,000
Heikichi Seika $ 100,000
Stanley Simmons $ 100,000
Francisco Vega $ 100,000
Kristofer Wehmeyer $ 100,000
Fred Janney $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded Paul Schoenrock Indianapolis Roderick Pickens
Kristofer Wehmeyer
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks New Orleans Cash Or Draft Picks
Matt Schenck
4/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Seminole Rueben Mohan
5/7 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks New Orleans George Biggerstaff
6/4 Traded Newton Risch
Uichi Hirotada
Phillip Thompson
Dennis Eads
Roger White
New Orleans Pat Gordon
Maurice Young
6/18 Traded Robert Freel
Rudolph Mccracken
Arizona Kevin Loewen
Stanley Simmons
Marion Allen