2014 Utica Wombats
Record: 108-54
Finish: 1st in VL NorEaster Division Division
Runs Scored: 816
Runs Allowed: 562
Exp W-L: 108-54
 
Ballpark: The Wombat Burrow
Attendance: 3,583,270
Manager: Nick Waeltz (MrIllini)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 75-63, 4th in the Vaughan League
AA: 69-69, 9th in the Vaughan League
A: 57-81, 17th in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost VL League Championship 3-4 to Capital City Metropolitans
Won Divisional Series 3-2 over Arizona Discotheques
 
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
CF *Jose Gutierrez 27 158 621 114 156 33 6 38 108 47 8 48 56 .251 .308 .507 .815 107.1 22.2 6.3
LF  Darrell Stowers 32 160 613 92 125 25 0 42 113 0 1 59 93 .204 .273 .450 .723 80.8 12.8 4.5
LF *Pat Gordon 34 157 574 81 152 17 0 18 78 3 2 64 84 .265 .340 .389 .729 78.8 19.4 0.0
1B  Micheal Schild 29 161 573 78 159 22 5 5 60 61 24 37 55 .277 .330 .360 .689 70.3 13.1 4.1
SS  Dennis Andersen 28 157 525 71 129 28 4 8 68 39 14 48 71 .246 .313 .360 .673 61.7 13.6 9.1
C *Blaine Weeks 29 138 430 50 130 16 0 4 38 0 1 42 21 .302 .362 .367 .730 57.8 12.0 6.7
2B *John Reichard 29 130 415 59 95 24 2 0 37 48 15 39 60 .229 .302 .296 .599 41.6 9.6 5.3
1B *John Mandel 28 140 417 51 105 23 0 18 64 0 1 23 34 .252 .301 .436 .737 52.8 12.8 1.3
LF  Toney Byrnes 37 92 325 40 85 11 1 7 24 12 2 10 68 .262 .294 .366 .661 36.1 5.7 2.5
RF *Elvis Cianciolo 36 80 243 53 83 10 2 22 56 20 7 36 36 .342 .434 .671 1.105 64.7 14.7 2.4
C  Marvin Collings 27 100 257 38 77 11 3 7 40 3 1 16 18 .300 .347 .447 .794 37.6 11.2 3.1
2B  Patrick Roth 35 109 215 43 75 11 1 7 41 28 4 31 17 .349 .431 .507 .938 47.5 16.5 3.8
1B  Ray Rainville 32 56 144 15 40 11 0 2 13 0 0 17 19 .278 .381 .396 .777 22.2 4.9 0.5
LF *Jonah Dardar 27 35 79 11 16 4 2 1 18 2 2 12 8 .203 .347 .342 .689 10.4 1.9 1.0
CF  Max Shotwell 31 42 93 9 20 4 0 3 11 2 1 2 7 .215 .240 .355 .594 6.8 0.6 0.5
SS *Charles Berner 32 34 51 9 10 5 0 1 7 1 0 2 10 .196 .222 .353 .575 3.8 0.0 0.4
3B  Mauro Prange 32 47 30 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .133 .212 .133 .345 0.5 0.0 0.4
SS *Rupert Rivera 28 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.1
LF *Walt Kadlec 31 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 30.7 1803 5611 816 1463 255 26 183 779 267 83 489 659 .261 .325 .413 .739 781.1 171.4 51.9
  Rank among 18 VL teams 9 4 7 15 6 6 6 1 18 3 1 6 5 8 7 5  
* - 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 27 14 8 .636 37 37 0 240.3 231 86 16 35 237 3.22 12.6
*Billy Thornton 34 15 6 .714 35 35 0 218.3 165 63 23 47 109 2.60 15.1
 Richard Burford 27 15 3 .833 29 29 0 176.0 154 54 24 25 99 2.76 12.2
 Michael Higgins 33 11 3 .786 106 0 5 156.3 118 40 15 35 138 2.30 15.5
 Kenneth Perry 26 9 5 .643 25 25 0 143.3 99 49 20 37 105 3.08 8.8
 Lyle Colquitt 31 7 6 .538 20 20 0 116.0 117 59 12 53 76 4.58 2.2
 Richard Griffin 26 7 2 .778 56 0 11 87.7 63 17 8 8 64 1.75 11.5
 Martin Gainey 32 11 6 .647 79 0 37 85.0 67 31 11 35 69 3.28 11.3
*Alex Gonzales 28 4 9 .308 55 0 1 73.7 72 44 7 26 68 5.38 0.0
 Michael Goss 26 8 0 1.000 54 0 3 72.3 51 18 3 29 25 2.24 8.0
*Nathan Shackleford 29 3 2 .600 9 3 0 53.3 41 16 7 25 48 2.70 3.4
 Frank Leonard 30 3 2 .600 7 7 0 40.7 57 24 6 10 17 5.31 0.1
*Chris McBroom 35 1 2 .333 12 0 0 15.7 28 9 2 5 3 5.17 0.0
Team Totals 29.5 108 54 .667 524 156 57 1478.6 1263 510 154 370 1058 3.10 100.6
Rank among 18 VL teams 2 2 2 2 2 5 6 3 5 6 2  
* - 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
B.Weeks 1022.7 111 114 753 38 4 0 .995 33.3
M.Collings 456.0 51 51 341 14 2 0 .994 25.0
Team Total 1478.7 162 165 1094 52 6 0 .995 30.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.18
J.Mandel 978.7 114 137 993 70 3 71 .997 9.78
R.Rainville 395.0 48 54 409 31 5 35 .989 10.03
M.Collings 103.0 0 47 96 3 0 12 1.000 8.65
M.Prange 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1478.7 162 239 1501 104 8 118 .995 9.77
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 5.01
J.Reichard 915.7 112 120 144 300 9 50 .980 4.36
P.Roth 546.3 50 100 114 189 8 44 .974 4.99
C.Berner 11.7 0 8 1 5 1 3 .857 4.63
D.Andersen 5.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1478.7 162 229 260 495 18 97 .977 4.60
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 2.67
M.Schild 1405.7 159 160 93 305 34 28 .921 2.55
M.Prange 71.3 3 30 7 9 3 0 .842 2.02
R.Rivera 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.7 162 192 100 314 37 28 .918 2.52
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.38
D.Andersen 1375.3 156 156 175 452 28 76 .957 4.10
C.Berner 54.0 3 16 7 13 0 1 1.000 3.33
M.Prange 37.3 2 13 4 15 1 5 .950 4.58
R.Rivera 9.0 1 2 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.00
D.Stowers 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Reichard 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.7 162 189 188 484 29 82 .959 4.09
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.23
D.Stowers 1405.7 156 157 335 4 2 1 .994 2.17
T.Byrnes 54.0 6 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.83
M.Shotwell 9.0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
J.Gutierrez 4.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
E.Cianciolo 2.8 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.64
W.Kadlec 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.5 162 175 351 4 2 1 .994 2.16
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 2.86
J.Gutierrez 1360.7 154 156 423 6 0 5 1.000 2.84
E.Cianciolo 195.2 22 31 58 1 1 0 .983 2.72
M.Shotwell 97.0 8 17 30 1 0 1 1.000 2.88
T.Byrnes 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Dardar 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1655.9 184 206 512 8 1 6 .998 2.83
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.29
T.Byrnes 674.3 74 80 176 1 3 0 .983 2.36
E.Cianciolo 386.8 46 48 109 1 2 0 .982 2.56
J.Dardar 242.0 25 34 65 6 2 1 .973 2.64
J.Gutierrez 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
S.Pearson 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1308.1 145 164 351 8 7 1 .981 2.47
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.84
A.Martinez 240.3 37 37 18 30 4 1 .923 1.80
B.Thornton 218.3 35 35 13 31 1 3 .978 1.81
R.Burford 176.0 29 29 12 18 1 0 .968 1.53
M.Higgins 156.3 0 106 10 16 0 1 1.000 1.50
K.Perry 143.3 25 25 8 19 1 1 .964 1.70
L.Colquitt 116.0 20 20 7 15 2 2 .917 1.71
R.Griffin 87.7 0 56 5 15 0 0 1.000 2.05
M.Gainey 85.0 0 79 2 12 2 1 .875 1.48
A.Gonzales 73.7 0 55 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.47
M.Goss 72.3 0 54 2 9 1 0 .917 1.37
N.Shackleford 53.3 3 9 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.35
F.Leonard 40.7 7 7 0 10 0 0 1.000 2.21
C.McBroom 15.7 0 12 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1478.6 156 524 84 188 12 11 .958 1.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Weeks .288
On-Base Pct Weeks .347
Slugging Pct Gutierrez .507
OPS Gutierrez .815
XR Gutierrez 107.1
Games Schild 161
At-Bats Gutierrez 621
Runs Gutierrez 114
Hits Schild 159
Total Bases Gutierrez 315
Singles Schild 127
Doubles Gutierrez 33
Triples Gutierrez 6
Homeruns Stowers 42
RBIs Stowers 113
Stolen Bases Schild 61
Caught Stealing Schild 24
Walks Gordon 64
Strikeouts Stowers 93
ERA Thornton 2.60
Wins Burford, Thornton 15
Losses Gonzales 9
Winning Pct Burford .833
Saves Gainey 37
Games Pitched Higgins 106
Games Started Martinez 37
Complete Games Burford 2
Shutouts Burford, Martinez, Thornton 1
Innings Pitched Martinez 240.3
Hits Allowed Martinez 231
Homeruns Allowed Burford 24
Strikeouts Martinez 237
Walks Allowed Colquitt 53
Walks per 9IP Burford 1.3
Hits per 9IP Thornton 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 8.9
WHiP Thornton 0.97
OAVG Thornton .206
OOBP Thornton .252
OSLG Thornton .316
OOPS Thornton .568
Team All-Stars
Elvis Cianciolo
Billy Thornton
Player Salaries
Pat Gordon $ 11,640,000
Elvis Cianciolo $ 7,750,000
Lyle Colquitt $ 6,500,000
Darrell Stowers $ 4,000,000
Billy Thornton $ 2,940,001
Dennis Andersen $ 2,850,000
Blaine Weeks $ 1,620,000
Charles Berner $ 1,400,000
Martin Gainey $ 1,350,000
Michael Higgins $ 1,050,000
Toney Byrnes $ 950,001
Patrick Roth $ 950,000
Chris McBroom $ 950,000
Walt Kadlec $ 850,000
Ray Rainville $ 400,000
Rupert Rivera $ 400,000
James Fulton $ 120,000
Frank Leonard $ 100,000
Max Shotwell $ 100,000
Richard Burford $ 100,000
Micheal Schild $ 100,000
Angel Martinez $ 100,000
Marvin Collings $ 100,000
Alex Gonzales $ 100,000
Jonah Dardar $ 100,000
Kenneth Perry $ 100,000
Sam Pearson $ 100,000
John Mandel $ 100,000
Mauro Prange $ 100,000
Michael Goss $ 100,000
Richard Griffin $ 100,000
Jose Gutierrez $ 100,000
John Reichard $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
1/31 Traded George Alverson
Daryl Ash
Essex Jose Gutierrez
Pat Gordon
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Virginia Richard Burford
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Cash Or Draft Picks Kentucky Darrell Stowers
Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks    
5/14 Traded David Bolanos
Lloyd Jowett
Philadelphia Elvis Cianciolo
6/11 Traded Nathan Shackleford Seminole Lyle Colquitt