2015 Essex Cougars
Record: 42-120
Finish: 6th in VL Darn Tootin Division Division
Runs Scored: 552
Runs Allowed: 901
Exp W-L: 47-115
 
Ballpark: Chesapeake Field
Attendance: 2,175,138
Manager: Mark Petrolis (petrochile)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 47-91, 17th in the Vaughan League
AA: 65-73, 13th in the Vaughan League
A: 86-52, 1st 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
SS  Timothy Plank 27 158 666 62 150 39 4 1 40 19 9 30 58 .225 .262 .300 .563 47.7 2.0 0.1
1B  Kyle Doyle 27 157 616 68 149 35 0 10 54 2 1 47 42 .242 .299 .347 .646 59.1 10.1 1.4
LF  Derek Evangelista 30 160 605 64 111 28 1 18 64 15 6 45 110 .183 .244 .322 .566 46.4 2.0 1.7
2B  Thomas Grote 31 156 598 56 149 34 0 8 62 13 6 33 36 .249 .291 .346 .637 51.6 10.0 5.6
3B  Lou Firkins 31 155 537 57 138 30 2 10 67 1 1 43 40 .257 .317 .376 .693 63.5 14.3 1.5
SS #Timothy Essex 30 147 555 50 141 32 1 12 53 0 0 19 72 .254 .282 .380 .662 57.1 10.0 6.8
CF *Alfonso Apodaca 33 156 472 41 81 16 2 11 45 9 10 20 138 .172 .232 .284 .515 29.9 0.0 2.9
C  Matthew Ridley 36 137 411 25 72 28 2 2 24 5 2 34 108 .175 .245 .268 .513 25.7 0.0 3.2
RF *Ed Sancho 32 137 421 36 79 21 2 5 28 0 0 31 104 .188 .244 .283 .527 23.6 0.0 1.1
3B  Colton Harris 26 104 186 28 50 13 0 4 28 1 0 22 9 .269 .340 .403 .743 24.6 3.8 0.9
C  Kory Ingram 32 71 155 20 37 7 1 3 20 5 1 12 19 .239 .294 .355 .649 17.6 2.6 0.8
RF  Terry Alba 28 60 127 19 36 11 2 2 17 6 1 4 26 .283 .305 .449 .754 16.0 4.1 0.5
2B #George Alverson 26 58 89 9 19 8 0 0 9 0 0 8 16 .213 .276 .303 .579 6.4 0.2 0.6
RF *Alan Brunson 34 93 70 13 20 6 0 0 8 6 0 5 13 .286 .354 .371 .726 10.8 2.9 0.4
1B  Tony Tuggle 31 33 57 4 11 3 0 2 9 0 1 1 17 .193 .207 .351 .558 3.8 0.7 0.1
  Team Totals 30.3 1782 5565 552 1243 311 17 88 528 82 38 354 808 .223 .275 .333 .608 483.8 62.7 27.5
  Rank among 18 VL teams 11 17 16 5 16 17 17 11 10 17 4 17 17 17 17 17  
* - 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
*Mark Klopp 33 11 19 .367 37 37 0 264.3 261 107 14 79 98 3.64 12.0
*Sung Sandler 29 8 22 .267 35 35 0 181.3 260 147 37 94 123 7.30 0.0
*Willie Iles 32 4 27 .129 35 35 0 169.7 206 131 48 81 100 6.95 0.0
 Paul Luebke 32 5 11 .313 25 25 0 153.7 171 74 10 48 98 4.33 4.8
 Matthew Orourke 35 2 5 .286 78 0 2 142.3 105 51 19 38 70 3.22 7.8
 Mark Flakes 38 4 12 .250 25 25 0 133.3 149 88 26 67 79 5.94 0.0
 Stanley Simmons 29 5 10 .333 77 0 2 109.0 102 79 20 38 47 6.52 0.0
*Francisco Vega 27 2 3 .400 83 0 2 102.0 119 45 8 23 93 3.97 4.3
 Korey Toliver 30 0 4 .000 60 0 14 101.0 98 45 11 41 118 4.01 5.3
 Jarrod Gibson 39 1 4 .200 44 0 1 62.0 82 52 7 43 27 7.55 0.0
*William Cull Jr. 26 0 3 .000 5 5 0 32.3 34 11 3 5 18 3.06 1.6
Team Totals 31.8 42 120 .259 504 162 21 1451.0 1587 830 203 557 871 5.15 35.7
Rank among 18 VL teams 17 17 17 17 13 17 16 17 17 12 17  
* - 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 26.3
M.Ridley 1178.7 137 137 758 38 7 4 .991 21.4
K.Ingram 271.3 25 50 165 15 2 0 .989 30.8
C.Harris 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1451.0 162 188 924 53 9 4 .991 22.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.08
K.Doyle 1345.7 154 155 1340 112 8 146 .995 9.71
T.Tuggle 105.3 8 24 99 10 0 10 1.000 9.31
Team Total 1451.0 162 179 1439 122 8 156 .995 9.68
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.86
T.Grote 1325.3 151 154 269 453 16 122 .978 4.90
G.Alverson 125.7 11 22 28 40 1 7 .986 4.87
Team Total 1451.0 162 176 297 493 17 129 .979 4.90
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.68
L.Firkins 1231.7 140 141 97 249 10 20 .972 2.53
C.Harris 217.3 22 30 18 48 4 6 .943 2.73
G.Alverson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 172 115 297 14 26 .967 2.56
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.35
T.Essex 1289.0 145 147 191 450 13 98 .980 4.48
C.Harris 101.0 11 11 25 31 3 14 .949 4.99
T.Plank 25.0 3 3 2 11 1 2 .929 4.68
L.Firkins 17.0 2 2 3 5 0 1 1.000 4.24
G.Alverson 10.0 0 2 1 6 0 1 1.000 6.30
T.Grote 9.0 1 1 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 166 222 507 18 116 .976 4.52
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.26
D.Evangelista 1399.7 160 160 345 8 6 0 .983 2.27
E.Sancho 36.3 2 7 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.24
C.Harris 8.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
A.Brunson 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
Team Total 1451.0 162 169 353 8 6 0 .984 2.24
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.94
A.Apodaca 1291.7 156 156 492 17 0 4 1.000 3.55
A.Brunson 159.3 6 51 53 2 2 2 .965 3.11
Team Total 1451.0 162 207 545 19 2 6 .996 3.50
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
E.Sancho 1053.0 129 130 255 2 13 2 .952 2.20
T.Alba 304.7 33 52 94 2 1 1 .990 2.84
A.Brunson 70.0 0 29 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
A.Apodaca 8.3 0 3 4 0 1 0 .800 4.32
T.Tuggle 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Harris 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Alverson 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.0 162 218 373 4 15 3 .962 2.34
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.76
M.Klopp 264.3 37 37 17 46 3 4 .955 2.15
S.Sandler 181.3 35 35 5 18 1 6 .958 1.14
W.Iles 169.7 35 35 8 24 2 3 .941 1.70
P.Luebke 153.7 25 25 13 25 2 3 .950 2.23
M.Orourke 142.3 0 78 10 16 1 1 .963 1.64
M.Flakes 133.3 25 25 17 25 3 1 .933 2.84
S.Simmons 109.0 0 77 8 15 1 1 .958 1.90
F.Vega 102.0 0 83 3 8 2 0 .846 0.97
K.Toliver 101.0 0 60 2 7 0 0 1.000 0.80
J.Gibson 62.0 0 44 3 9 2 2 .857 1.74
W.Cull Jr. 32.3 5 5 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.95
Team Total 1451.0 162 504 88 198 17 21 .944 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Firkins .257
On-Base Pct Firkins .317
Slugging Pct Essex .380
OPS Firkins .693
XR Firkins 63.5
Games Evangelista 160
At-Bats Plank 666
Runs Doyle 68
Hits Plank 150
Total Bases Doyle 214
Singles Grote 107
Doubles Plank 39
Triples Plank 4
Homeruns Evangelista 18
RBIs Firkins 67
Stolen Bases Plank 19
Caught Stealing Apodaca 10
Walks Doyle 47
Strikeouts Apodaca 138
ERA Klopp 3.64
Wins Klopp 11
Losses Iles 27
Winning Pct Klopp .367
Saves Toliver 14
Games Pitched Vega 83
Games Started Klopp 37
Complete Games Klopp 9
Shutouts Klopp, Sandler 1
Innings Pitched Klopp 264.3
Hits Allowed Klopp 261
Homeruns Allowed Iles 48
Strikeouts Sandler 123
Walks Allowed Sandler 94
Walks per 9IP Klopp 2.7
Hits per 9IP Klopp 8.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Sandler 6.1
WHiP Klopp 1.29
OAVG Klopp .256
OOBP Klopp .313
OSLG Klopp .359
OOPS Klopp .672
Team All-Stars
Mark Klopp
Player Salaries
Mark Klopp $ 5,020,000
Jarrod Gibson $ 1,550,000
Timothy Plank $ 1,280,000
Thomas Grote $ 1,280,000
Timothy Essex $ 650,000
Mark Flakes $ 490,000
Lou Firkins $ 420,000
Matthew Orourke $ 200,000
Matthew Ridley $ 130,000
Kory Ingram $ 120,000
Alfonso Apodaca $ 120,000
George Alverson $ 100,000
Alan Brunson $ 100,000
Kyle Doyle $ 100,000
Derek Evangelista $ 100,000
Terry Alba $ 100,000
Willie Iles $ 100,000
Francisco Vega $ 100,000
Paul Luebke $ 100,000
Ed Sancho $ 100,000
Sung Sandler $ 100,000
Stanley Simmons $ 100,000
Korey Toliver $ 100,000
Tony Tuggle $ 100,000
Colton Harris $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Utica Jason Wedgeworth
David Brockman
Edward Myers
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks New Orleans Nicholas Parody
Allen Szeto
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks    
4/30 Traded William Cull Jr. Utica Manuel Ceballos
John Laborde
Paul Luebke