2013 Utica Wombats
Record: 86-76
Finish: 1st in VL NorEaster Division Division
Runs Scored: 676
Runs Allowed: 643
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: The Wombat Burrow
Attendance: 2,943,614
Manager: Nick Waeltz (MrIllini)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 68-70, 9th in the Vaughan League
AA: 77-61, 3rd in the Vaughan League
A: 58-80, 16th in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost VL League Championship 3-4 to New Orleans Occult
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over 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
LF  Toney Byrnes 36 158 615 76 170 24 3 13 85 28 6 34 96 .276 .326 .389 .715 79.5 20.4 2.4
1B  Micheal Schild 28 150 595 72 152 22 6 5 58 47 23 38 108 .255 .308 .338 .645 63.7 12.8 3.8
C *Blaine Weeks 28 150 518 56 142 20 0 4 45 1 1 43 23 .274 .329 .336 .665 55.2 8.1 3.4
2B *John Reichard 28 134 481 56 110 29 2 2 38 32 12 41 68 .229 .289 .310 .599 46.3 5.6 6.7
1B *John Mandel 27 144 468 56 110 25 4 20 62 0 0 34 58 .235 .300 .434 .734 64.4 13.1 2.6
LF *Walt Kadlec 30 145 468 64 116 26 5 12 70 17 6 26 64 .248 .291 .402 .693 54.3 13.7 2.3
CF *Duke Steib 34 147 405 37 103 20 7 1 35 28 10 12 85 .254 .274 .346 .620 37.8 3.8 3.8
2B  Patrick Roth 34 109 274 46 69 13 1 4 24 17 3 28 19 .252 .328 .350 .678 32.3 8.2 2.3
SS  Dennis Andersen 27 76 268 47 76 18 2 1 30 15 6 30 23 .284 .358 .377 .734 35.8 10.4 6.2
C  Marvin Collings 26 103 272 27 76 18 1 5 54 2 2 11 29 .279 .310 .408 .718 32.7 7.2 1.9
SS *Charles Berner 31 61 209 19 53 13 0 6 24 0 0 12 44 .254 .307 .402 .709 24.0 4.0 2.6
CF  Max Shotwell 30 92 201 16 52 5 0 1 29 2 2 10 23 .259 .298 .299 .596 18.3 5.4 1.8
1B  Darryl Medina 30 52 195 21 59 6 0 1 15 0 1 16 25 .303 .354 .349 .702 22.9 8.1 0.7
SS *Rupert Rivera 27 58 178 18 39 6 1 1 13 0 0 5 37 .219 .261 .281 .542 10.8 0.4 3.5
RF *Sam Pearson 35 79 161 27 39 5 2 0 16 8 7 10 33 .242 .293 .298 .591 13.7 1.9 1.1
3B  Mauro Prange 31 75 141 16 40 3 0 1 14 7 3 9 17 .284 .325 .326 .651 15.0 2.3 1.8
1B  David Sease 25 36 96 10 20 2 0 4 9 1 0 8 14 .208 .274 .354 .628 10.2 0.0 0.5
SS  Garland Rosa 36 29 94 8 23 7 1 2 13 1 0 7 9 .245 .297 .404 .701 11.6 2.9 2.1
LF #Robert Nordin 29 25 50 4 8 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 4 .160 .236 .260 .496 3.3 0.6 0.5
  Team Totals 30.1 1823 5689 676 1457 264 35 84 638 206 82 378 779 .256 .308 .359 .667 631.6 129.1 50.1
  Rank among 18 VL teams 3 14 6 14 3 17 14 1 18 16 2 9 12 15 14 14  
* - 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
 Angel Martinez 26 15 11 .577 37 37 0 236.0 199 93 39 33 247 3.55 11.0
*Billy Thornton 33 11 11 .500 36 36 0 201.7 156 62 18 53 113 2.77 12.2
 Michael Higgins 32 11 10 .524 109 0 3 174.3 137 67 15 43 162 3.46 10.6
*Nathan Shackleford 28 7 7 .500 29 29 0 172.3 128 61 23 71 135 3.19 8.1
 Carl Storch 37 9 9 .500 31 31 0 172.0 180 94 29 69 81 4.92 1.0
 James Fulton 36 7 6 .538 77 0 4 98.3 88 27 5 29 39 2.47 8.6
 Martin Gainey 31 9 4 .692 71 0 29 85.7 64 22 7 28 62 2.31 13.9
 Paul Luebke 30 3 6 .333 14 14 0 84.3 99 42 4 43 61 4.48 1.2
 Anthony Tedford 33 3 7 .300 15 15 0 70.0 67 45 15 33 69 5.78 0.0
*Chris McBroom 34 6 2 .750 37 0 4 54.7 62 22 5 15 27 3.62 3.6
*Alex Gonzales 27 1 2 .333 32 0 0 51.3 44 18 1 16 34 3.16 2.6
 Michael Goss 25 3 1 .750 38 0 1 47.0 44 15 3 24 23 2.87 3.2
 Richard Griffin 25 1 0 1.000 16 0 3 31.3 32 8 1 6 29 2.30 2.6
Team Totals 30.5 86 76 .531 542 162 44 1479.0 1300 576 165 463 1082 3.51 78.7
Rank among 18 VL teams 9 9 10 9 2 5 12 5 11 3 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 .992 28.9
B.Weeks 985.7 107 115 738 33 7 1 .991 24.4
M.Collings 483.0 54 57 379 14 1 1 .997 22.7
C.Berner 3.8 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
W.Kadlec 1.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1473.8 161 173 1121 47 8 2 .993 23.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.27
J.Mandel 1066.3 120 131 1106 86 2 97 .998 10.06
D.Medina 311.6 37 38 319 28 3 32 .991 10.02
D.Sease 236.2 24 33 236 15 3 30 .988 9.56
M.Collings 56.3 0 22 53 6 0 5 1.000 9.43
J.Reichard 4.3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.16
M.Shotwell 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1675.8 181 227 1717 136 8 164 .996 9.95
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.16
J.Reichard 1011.0 121 125 203 364 9 81 .984 5.05
P.Roth 454.0 41 80 84 146 12 39 .950 4.56
C.Berner 4.7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.83
R.Nordin 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
G.Rosa 0.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.4 162 208 289 512 21 120 .974 4.89
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.73
M.Schild 1318.7 148 149 95 290 24 31 .941 2.63
M.Prange 109.3 10 21 8 26 1 1 .971 2.80
R.Rivera 51.0 4 9 5 12 1 0 .944 3.00
C.Berner 7.6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.37
Team Total 1486.6 163 180 108 330 26 32 .944 2.65
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 4.51
D.Andersen 649.0 74 75 95 234 14 48 .959 4.56
R.Rivera 403.0 44 48 62 110 1 26 .994 3.84
C.Berner 270.3 31 32 48 85 2 22 .985 4.43
G.Rosa 237.5 27 29 30 86 5 16 .959 4.40
M.Prange 172.0 17 37 25 55 3 12 .964 4.19
J.Reichard 4.0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1.000 6.75
J.Mandel 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Kadlec 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1739.8 193 224 262 572 25 125 .971 4.31
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.21
W.Kadlec 1077.3 122 123 229 4 3 1 .987 1.95
T.Byrnes 376.0 40 49 99 3 3 3 .971 2.44
M.Shotwell 23.7 0 8 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.28
R.Nordin 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1479.0 162 181 335 7 6 4 .983 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.86
D.Steib 997.3 120 122 297 6 0 3 1.000 2.73
M.Shotwell 471.3 42 80 157 2 2 1 .988 3.04
S.Pearson 5.3 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
R.Nordin 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
Team Total 1479.0 162 208 456 8 2 4 .996 2.82
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 2.24
T.Byrnes 765.0 84 85 164 2 13 1 .927 1.95
S.Pearson 422.0 43 61 105 2 0 0 1.000 2.28
D.Steib 153.0 18 21 42 0 0 0 1.000 2.47
R.Nordin 139.0 17 20 39 0 0 0 1.000 2.53
Team Total 1479.0 162 187 350 4 13 1 .965 2.15
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.82
A.Martinez 236.0 37 37 20 25 3 1 .938 1.72
B.Thornton 201.7 36 36 17 24 1 3 .976 1.83
M.Higgins 174.3 0 109 11 22 2 1 .943 1.70
N.Shackleford 172.3 29 29 11 27 5 1 .884 1.98
C.Storch 172.0 31 31 9 25 2 1 .944 1.78
J.Fulton 98.3 0 77 8 21 2 2 .935 2.65
M.Gainey 85.7 0 71 7 9 1 3 .941 1.68
P.Luebke 84.3 14 14 1 13 0 1 1.000 1.49
A.Tedford 70.0 15 15 4 11 1 1 .938 1.93
C.McBroom 54.7 0 37 6 3 0 0 1.000 1.48
A.Gonzales 51.3 0 32 4 4 0 0 1.000 1.40
M.Goss 47.0 0 38 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.96
R.Griffin 31.3 0 16 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.44
Team Total 1479.0 162 542 103 189 17 14 .945 1.78
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Byrnes .276
On-Base Pct Weeks .329
Slugging Pct Mandel .434
OPS Mandel .734
XR Byrnes 79.5
Games Byrnes 158
At-Bats Byrnes 615
Runs Byrnes 76
Hits Byrnes 170
Total Bases Byrnes 239
Singles Byrnes 130
Doubles Reichard 29
Triples Steib 7
Homeruns Mandel 20
RBIs Byrnes 85
Stolen Bases Schild 47
Caught Stealing Schild 23
Walks Weeks 43
Strikeouts Schild 108
ERA Thornton 2.77
Wins Martinez 15
Losses Martinez, Thornton 11
Winning Pct Martinez .577
Saves Gainey 29
Games Pitched Higgins 109
Games Started Martinez 37
Complete Games Martinez 2
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Martinez 236.0
Hits Allowed Martinez 199
Homeruns Allowed Martinez 39
Strikeouts Martinez 247
Walks Allowed Shackleford 71
Walks per 9IP Martinez 1.3
Hits per 9IP Shackleford 6.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 9.4
WHiP Martinez 0.98
OAVG Shackleford .202
OOBP Martinez .253
OSLG Thornton .306
OOPS Thornton .576
Team All-Stars
Angel Martinez
Player Salaries
Billy Thornton $ 2,940,001
Anthony Tedford $ 2,590,000
Blaine Weeks $ 1,620,000
Martin Gainey $ 1,350,000
Toney Byrnes $ 990,001
James Fulton $ 990,000
Chris McBroom $ 950,000
Patrick Roth $ 950,000
Clarence Plotkin $ 950,000
Walt Kadlec $ 850,000
Carl Storch $ 820,000
Charles Berner $ 550,000
Duke Steib $ 500,000
Michael Higgins $ 370,000
Sam Pearson $ 130,000
Richard Griffin $ 100,000
Max Shotwell $ 100,000
Nathan Shackleford $ 100,000
Marvin Collings $ 100,000
David Sease $ 100,000
Micheal Schild $ 100,000
Robert Nordin $ 100,000
Michael Goss $ 100,000
Mauro Prange $ 100,000
Rupert Rivera $ 100,000
John Reichard $ 100,000
Paul Luebke $ 100,000
John Mandel $ 100,000
Angel Martinez $ 100,000
Dennis Andersen $ 100,000
Alex Gonzales $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Atlantic City Jonah Dardar
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Ayr Marvin Collings
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks
Bernard Necaise
Virginia Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Arizona Ronaldo Rivera
Lloyd Jowett
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded John Hall
Cash Or Draft Picks
Essex Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Augustus Torres Seminole George Alverson
Carson Wireman
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Montana Carl Storch
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Jimmie Slemp
Ramon Barahona
James Speth
Montana Max Shotwell
3/2 Traded Fred Diggins Montana John Laborde
3/2 Traded Ronaldo Rivera Arizona Rupert Rivera
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks    
6/4 Traded Darryl Medina Arizona David Sease
Michael Goss
Daryl Ash
Clarence Plotkin
6/18 Traded Carson Wireman Milwaukee Antione Makela
Augustine Varnado
Manuel Ceballos
7/9 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Philadelphia Dennis Andersen
7/30 Traded Garland Rosa Durham Charles Berner
7/30 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Virginia Anthony Tedford