2014 Essex Cougars
Record: 76-86
Finish: 5th in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 636
Runs Allowed: 685
Exp W-L: 76-86
 
Ballpark: Chesapeake Field
Attendance: 3,085,611
Manager: Mark Petrolis (petrochile)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-73, 13th in the Vaughan League
AA: 66-72, 11th in the Vaughan League
A: 80-58, 2nd in the Vaughan League
 
 
 
 
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  Derek Evangelista 29 162 644 69 119 33 2 26 95 13 3 33 98 .185 .228 .363 .591 54.8 6.0 4.6
1B  Kyle Doyle 26 161 595 65 156 35 2 8 60 2 2 57 41 .262 .334 .368 .702 70.7 13.2 2.3
RF *Francis Renz 34 159 554 52 132 29 1 6 58 11 3 22 156 .238 .266 .327 .593 46.7 8.1 4.8
2B  Thomas Grote 30 145 519 65 160 27 2 13 56 9 7 31 23 .308 .347 .443 .790 71.8 16.1 3.2
3B  Lou Firkins 30 137 439 41 123 31 1 3 45 1 1 30 28 .280 .333 .376 .708 51.6 11.0 3.1
2B #Rueben Mohan 38 113 412 55 116 16 4 0 30 20 9 18 71 .282 .335 .340 .675 48.8 8.1 6.5
RF  John Hall 31 138 377 47 83 13 2 8 52 3 1 56 32 .220 .328 .329 .657 41.5 6.7 0.9
SS #Timothy Essex 29 115 385 53 97 19 1 14 45 0 0 25 63 .252 .306 .416 .722 46.7 8.4 5.6
CF *Alfonso Apodaca 32 134 375 48 91 26 2 14 53 11 2 16 96 .243 .280 .435 .714 47.0 7.3 4.8
C  Matthew Ridley 35 114 349 34 64 21 2 3 25 7 2 28 89 .183 .257 .281 .538 23.5 0.0 4.4
3B  William Florence 36 89 241 34 52 5 1 1 17 16 1 10 18 .216 .257 .257 .514 16.2 0.3 3.0
C  Kory Ingram 31 77 185 26 36 12 2 4 23 5 3 24 22 .195 .286 .346 .632 18.5 1.5 2.4
RF *Alan Brunson 33 98 161 22 31 6 0 0 18 13 2 6 43 .193 .226 .230 .456 7.5 0.0 2.2
SS  Timothy Plank 26 69 141 10 37 14 0 0 19 2 3 6 24 .262 .298 .362 .660 13.4 2.1 1.7
1B  Tony Tuggle 30 38 87 11 24 5 1 3 7 2 2 3 17 .276 .300 .460 .760 10.7 1.4 0.3
3B  Colton Harris 25 15 39 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 .128 .209 .154 .363 0.3 0.0 0.2
  Team Totals 30.9 1764 5503 636 1326 293 23 103 604 115 42 369 822 .241 .295 .359 .654 569.7 90.2 50.1
  Rank among 18 VL teams 15 14 15 11 12 17 15 8 10 15 4 15 15 16 15 15  
* - 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
*William Cull Jr. 25 14 9 .609 34 34 0 217.0 210 95 23 19 158 3.94 12.9
*Pierre Moline 33 13 13 .500 29 29 0 178.7 183 82 21 29 89 4.13 8.7
 Mark Flakes 37 8 17 .320 30 30 0 175.7 200 104 21 78 139 5.33 1.9
 Ronald Hoover 33 10 13 .435 30 30 0 168.0 184 91 19 53 80 4.88 4.8
*Mark Klopp 32 8 12 .400 23 23 0 160.3 168 71 10 39 59 3.99 7.9
 Matthew Orourke 34 6 4 .600 81 0 2 148.7 113 57 25 42 74 3.45 11.4
 Kevin Solem 35 3 4 .429 66 0 1 97.7 69 16 6 11 105 1.47 12.7
*Willie Iles 31 6 4 .600 13 13 0 93.3 74 37 15 34 59 3.57 6.5
*Francisco Vega 26 4 1 .800 65 0 2 83.0 67 26 8 16 53 2.82 8.5
 Korey Toliver 29 3 6 .333 63 0 39 75.7 62 38 7 35 92 4.52 9.3
 Jarrod Gibson 38 0 2 .000 26 0 3 34.0 31 15 0 15 16 3.97 2.4
 Fred Good 24 1 1 .500 3 3 0 15.7 14 7 2 15 19 4.02 0.7
Team Totals 31.4 76 86 .469 463 162 47 1447.6 1375 639 157 386 943 3.97 87.7
Rank among 18 VL teams 12 11 7 12 13 10 8 12 6 11 12  
* - 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
M.Ridley 959.0 112 112 637 36 8 1 .988 26.1
K.Ingram 488.7 50 69 347 18 4 1 .989 33.3
Team Total 1447.7 162 181 984 54 12 2 .989 28.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
K.Doyle 1250.3 147 153 1317 86 8 101 .994 10.10
T.Tuggle 197.3 15 37 213 15 1 18 .996 10.40
Team Total 1447.7 162 190 1530 101 9 119 .995 10.14
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.01
R.Mohan 880.0 106 107 173 312 8 62 .984 4.96
T.Grote 410.0 40 64 78 154 5 31 .979 5.09
J.Hall 104.7 11 13 21 31 2 8 .963 4.47
K.Doyle 47.0 5 5 12 14 0 3 1.000 4.98
C.Harris 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Plank 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 191 284 512 15 104 .982 4.95
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.67
L.Firkins 1001.0 116 116 62 231 8 16 .973 2.63
W.Florence 377.7 39 52 26 98 3 4 .976 2.96
C.Harris 69.0 7 9 7 14 1 1 .955 2.74
Team Total 1447.7 162 177 95 343 12 21 .973 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.38
T.Essex 907.0 111 113 115 309 11 54 .975 4.21
T.Plank 334.3 31 61 32 101 5 12 .964 3.58
W.Florence 205.3 20 29 35 75 4 14 .965 4.82
J.Hall 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 204 182 485 20 80 .971 4.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.23
D.Evangelista 1447.7 162 162 346 8 6 1 .983 2.20
Team Total 1447.7 162 162 346 8 6 1 .983 2.20
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.86
A.Apodaca 993.0 115 129 316 8 0 6 1.000 2.94
A.Brunson 454.7 47 75 150 5 3 1 .981 3.07
Team Total 1447.7 162 204 466 13 3 7 .994 2.98
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.29
F.Renz 1347.0 159 159 349 11 8 4 .978 2.41
J.Hall 54.0 3 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Apodaca 20.3 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.66
L.Firkins 8.7 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Ridley 6.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Brunson 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Essex 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Florence 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 192 377 11 8 4 .980 2.41
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.84
W.Cull Jr. 217.0 34 34 11 34 3 2 .938 1.87
P.Moline 178.7 29 29 8 29 3 3 .925 1.86
M.Flakes 175.7 30 30 15 30 5 4 .900 2.31
R.Hoover 168.0 30 30 19 27 1 6 .979 2.46
M.Klopp 160.3 23 23 9 19 1 1 .966 1.57
M.Orourke 148.7 0 81 5 17 3 2 .880 1.33
K.Solem 97.7 0 66 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.01
W.Iles 93.3 13 13 6 9 1 0 .938 1.45
F.Vega 83.0 0 65 1 5 1 1 .857 0.65
K.Toliver 75.7 0 63 2 10 0 2 1.000 1.43
J.Gibson 34.0 0 26 2 7 0 0 1.000 2.38
F.Good 15.7 3 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.57
Team Total 1447.6 162 463 83 194 19 22 .936 1.72
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Grote .308
On-Base Pct Grote .347
Slugging Pct Grote .443
OPS Grote .790
XR Grote 71.8
Games Evangelista 162
At-Bats Evangelista 644
Runs Evangelista 69
Hits Grote 160
Total Bases Evangelista 234
Singles Grote 118
Doubles Doyle 35
Triples Mohan 4
Homeruns Evangelista 26
RBIs Evangelista 95
Stolen Bases Mohan 20
Caught Stealing Mohan 9
Walks Doyle 57
Strikeouts Renz 156
ERA Cull Jr. 3.94
Wins Cull Jr. 14
Losses Flakes 17
Winning Pct Cull Jr. .609
Saves Toliver 39
Games Pitched Orourke 81
Games Started Cull Jr. 34
Complete Games Klopp 6
Shutouts Klopp 1
Innings Pitched Cull Jr. 217.0
Hits Allowed Cull Jr. 210
Homeruns Allowed Orourke 25
Strikeouts Cull Jr. 158
Walks Allowed Flakes 78
Walks per 9IP Cull Jr. 0.8
Hits per 9IP Cull Jr. 8.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Flakes 7.1
WHiP Cull Jr. 1.06
OAVG Cull Jr. .248
OOBP Cull Jr. .274
OSLG Cull Jr. .403
OOPS Cull Jr. .677
Team All-Stars
Thomas Grote
Player Salaries
Mark Klopp $ 5,020,000
Pierre Moline $ 4,740,000
Ronald Hoover $ 4,220,000
John Hall $ 3,330,000
Francis Renz $ 2,200,000
Jarrod Gibson $ 1,550,000
Kevin Solem $ 1,440,000
Timothy Essex $ 650,000
Mark Flakes $ 490,000
William Florence $ 460,000
Lou Firkins $ 420,000
Joshua Costello $ 220,000
Matthew Orourke $ 200,000
Rueben Mohan $ 130,000
Matthew Ridley $ 130,000
Kory Ingram $ 120,000
Alfonso Apodaca $ 120,000
Derek Evangelista $ 100,000
William Cull Jr. $ 100,000
Alan Brunson $ 100,000
Kyle Doyle $ 100,000
Colton Harris $ 100,000
Thomas Grote $ 100,000
Tony Tuggle $ 100,000
Francisco Vega $ 100,000
Willie Iles $ 100,000
Korey Toliver $ 100,000
Timothy Plank $ 100,000
Fred Good $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
1/31 Traded Jose Gutierrez
Pat Gordon
Utica George Alverson
Daryl Ash
1/31 Traded Fred Janney
Cash Or Draft Picks
Seminole Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded James Hickson New Orleans Jimmy Guajardo
Cory Roose
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks