2015 Utica Wombats
Record: 97-65
Finish: 1st in VL NorEaster Division Division
Runs Scored: 771
Runs Allowed: 572
Exp W-L: 103-59
 
Ballpark: The Wombat Burrow
Attendance: 3,631,754
Manager: Nick Waeltz (MrIllini)

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 9th in the Vaughan League
AA: 60-78, 18th in the Vaughan League
A: 68-70, 10th in the Vaughan League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Won Solecismic Series 4-3 over Wichita Tumbleweeds
Won VL League Championship 4-3 over Columbus Crows
Won Divisional Series 3-1 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 28 161 610 119 160 38 6 39 130 59 9 62 34 .262 .330 .536 .866 117.1 30.3 6.8
LF  Darrell Stowers 33 159 596 80 129 32 1 26 98 6 1 46 95 .216 .273 .404 .677 69.3 9.8 4.8
1B  Micheal Schild 30 160 577 90 162 24 6 11 57 67 23 37 38 .281 .328 .400 .728 80.8 16.7 3.8
SS  Paul Surratt 32 155 533 63 97 39 4 23 80 26 8 23 90 .182 .215 .400 .614 49.3 5.5 9.0
C *Blaine Weeks 30 133 444 56 116 21 3 4 50 2 0 54 43 .261 .339 .349 .688 53.7 12.1 6.2
RF  Ryan Drayton 28 107 411 68 107 32 7 10 45 62 10 61 58 .260 .352 .445 .797 72.8 14.8 3.3
SS  Dennis Andersen 29 133 399 43 95 18 0 5 48 38 18 57 59 .238 .339 .321 .660 48.3 8.1 4.6
C  Johnson Degarmo 29 110 390 66 105 16 0 21 56 4 0 57 61 .269 .368 .472 .840 69.0 14.6 0.7
1B *John Mandel 29 135 413 56 104 26 2 18 67 1 0 25 38 .252 .302 .455 .757 56.0 15.3 0.6
RF  John Hall 32 63 185 18 39 9 1 4 22 1 1 20 13 .211 .300 .335 .635 19.2 3.5 1.6
2B  Patrick Roth 36 82 191 20 47 10 0 1 19 9 3 12 8 .246 .290 .314 .604 16.8 0.2 2.8
2B *John Reichard 30 82 166 28 25 9 0 0 9 24 10 21 27 .151 .250 .205 .455 10.9 0.0 3.2
1B  Ray Rainville 33 60 150 16 41 4 1 1 11 0 0 22 16 .273 .370 .333 .703 19.6 3.0 0.2
SS *Charles Berner 33 58 143 12 40 10 0 5 25 0 0 10 26 .280 .338 .455 .792 19.5 5.0 0.1
C  Marvin Collings 28 55 130 23 30 6 0 4 16 1 0 10 7 .231 .294 .369 .663 14.2 1.2 1.2
CF  Max Shotwell 32 47 58 8 14 3 0 1 10 0 0 4 1 .241 .318 .345 .663 5.9 0.4 0.4
SS *Rupert Rivera 29 35 50 4 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 .220 .350 .240 .590 5.2 0.0 0.5
CF *Mino Pino 24 11 18 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 .389 .389 .500 .889 3.1 1.0 0.1
3B  Mauro Prange 33 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.1
LF #Robert Nordin 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.1
  Team Totals 30.5 1752 5466 771 1329 300 31 173 747 301 83 526 629 .243 .313 .404 .717 730.7 141.6 49.9
  Rank among 18 VL teams 17 7 13 9 3 7 7 1 18 1 1 13 7 8 7 7  
* - 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
 Richard Burford 28 16 11 .593 34 34 0 222.7 186 78 45 16 123 3.15 12.9
 Angel Martinez 28 18 8 .692 29 29 0 205.7 167 47 8 29 195 2.06 18.0
*Billy Thornton 35 16 4 .800 33 33 0 201.7 155 59 23 39 115 2.63 16.0
*William Cull Jr. 26 11 7 .611 27 27 0 170.0 146 44 11 26 157 2.33 13.8
 Kenneth Perry 27 11 9 .550 32 32 0 169.7 141 79 29 44 123 4.19 5.1
 Michael Higgins 34 6 5 .545 96 0 5 167.3 95 40 17 28 143 2.15 17.9
*Alex Gonzales 29 8 3 .727 70 0 3 84.3 67 33 4 32 84 3.52 5.8
 Martin Gainey 33 4 5 .444 74 0 36 84.0 87 34 8 35 56 3.64 7.2
 Richard Griffin 27 0 4 .000 37 0 3 48.3 55 32 8 13 51 5.96 0.0
 Michael Goss 27 2 3 .400 42 1 3 48.3 53 21 7 15 29 3.91 1.0
 Frank Leonard 31 3 4 .429 13 5 0 41.0 57 20 3 5 21 4.39 1.1
*Clint Roden 31 2 2 .500 13 0 1 20.3 24 11 1 13 6 4.87 0.5
 Paul Luebke 32 0 0 .000 1 1 0 6.7 9 3 0 2 3 4.05 0.2
Team Totals 29.8 97 65 .599 501 162 51 1470.0 1242 501 164 297 1106 3.07 99.4
Rank among 18 VL teams 6 6 4 6 3 4 10 2 1 3 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 26.3
B.Weeks 1062.0 120 120 835 47 7 1 .992 35.8
M.Collings 305.0 42 45 189 5 2 0 .990 13.3
J.Degarmo 119.9 13 13 95 3 0 0 1.000 14.3
Team Total 1486.9 175 178 1119 55 9 1 .992 31.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.08
J.Mandel 1002.3 115 131 1026 80 7 74 .994 9.93
R.Rainville 429.7 47 58 462 21 10 38 .980 10.12
M.Collings 11.7 0 7 10 2 0 1 1.000 9.23
M.Schild 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 197 1500 103 17 113 .990 9.98
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.86
P.Surratt 579.3 66 74 96 196 8 29 .973 4.54
P.Roth 447.7 47 67 71 143 7 28 .968 4.30
J.Reichard 430.0 49 60 77 145 2 32 .991 4.65
C.Berner 11.0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.09
M.Shotwell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1470.0 162 207 246 487 17 89 .977 4.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.68
M.Schild 1383.0 159 159 89 311 33 17 .924 2.60
R.Rivera 83.3 3 23 3 21 0 1 1.000 2.59
M.Prange 3.7 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1470.0 162 184 92 333 33 18 .928 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 4.35
P.Surratt 740.3 89 89 96 245 8 42 .977 4.15
D.Andersen 674.0 70 89 88 231 17 36 .949 4.26
R.Rivera 28.0 3 6 3 8 0 1 1.000 3.54
C.Berner 18.0 0 8 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50
M.Prange 9.0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1469.3 162 195 188 489 26 79 .963 4.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.26
D.Stowers 1375.7 158 159 327 4 3 1 .991 2.17
M.Shotwell 79.3 3 21 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
M.Pino 35.7 9 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.27
R.Nordin 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
R.Drayton 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1496.7 170 191 356 5 3 1 .992 2.17
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.94
J.Gutierrez 1402.0 157 158 418 8 0 4 1.000 2.73
M.Shotwell 52.0 3 13 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Pino 1.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 7.50
P.Roth 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1456.2 160 172 432 8 0 4 1.000 2.72
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.29
R.Drayton 954.3 106 107 232 5 9 2 .963 2.24
J.Hall 472.7 53 55 109 2 2 0 .982 2.11
D.Andersen 17.0 1 2 3 0 1 0 .750 1.59
J.Gutierrez 8.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
M.Shotwell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Pino 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1455.3 160 168 345 7 12 2 .967 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 1.76
R.Burford 222.7 34 34 11 19 0 3 1.000 1.21
A.Martinez 205.7 29 29 17 30 0 2 1.000 2.06
B.Thornton 201.7 33 33 10 31 1 5 .976 1.83
W.Cull Jr. 170.0 27 27 12 25 1 3 .974 1.96
K.Perry 169.7 32 32 11 20 1 0 .969 1.64
M.Higgins 167.3 0 96 12 16 1 0 .966 1.51
A.Gonzales 84.3 0 70 8 15 1 3 .958 2.45
M.Gainey 84.0 0 74 5 10 0 0 1.000 1.61
M.Goss 48.3 1 42 5 8 0 0 1.000 2.42
R.Griffin 48.3 0 37 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.12
F.Leonard 41.0 5 13 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.20
C.Roden 20.3 0 13 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.66
P.Luebke 6.7 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1470.0 162 501 101 188 5 16 .983 1.77
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Schild .281
On-Base Pct Weeks .339
Slugging Pct Gutierrez .536
OPS Gutierrez .866
XR Gutierrez 117.1
Games Gutierrez 161
At-Bats Gutierrez 610
Runs Gutierrez 119
Hits Schild 162
Total Bases Gutierrez 327
Singles Schild 121
Doubles Surratt 39
Triples Drayton 7
Homeruns Gutierrez 39
RBIs Gutierrez 130
Stolen Bases Schild 67
Caught Stealing Schild 23
Walks Gutierrez 62
Strikeouts Stowers 95
ERA Martinez 2.06
Wins Martinez 18
Losses Burford 11
Winning Pct Thornton .800
Saves Gainey 36
Games Pitched Higgins 96
Games Started Burford 34
Complete Games Martinez 6
Shutouts Martinez 1
Innings Pitched Burford 222.7
Hits Allowed Burford 186
Homeruns Allowed Burford 45
Strikeouts Martinez 195
Walks Allowed Perry 44
Walks per 9IP Burford 0.6
Hits per 9IP Higgins 5.1
Strikeouts per 9IP Martinez 8.5
WHiP Higgins 0.74
OAVG Higgins .160
OOBP Higgins .203
OSLG Higgins .301
OOPS Higgins .504
Team All-Stars
Johnson Degarmo
Billy Thornton
Player Salaries
Johnson Degarmo $ 9,990,000
Richard Burford $ 5,300,000
Paul Surratt $ 4,700,000
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
Micheal Schild $ 1,310,000
Michael Higgins $ 1,050,000
Patrick Roth $ 600,000
Martin Gainey $ 400,000
Rupert Rivera $ 400,000
Ray Rainville $ 400,000
John Hall $ 350,000
Alex Gonzales $ 100,000
Ryan Drayton $ 100,000
Michael Goss $ 100,000
Toney Byrnes $ 100,000
Angel Martinez $ 100,000
William Cull Jr. $ 100,000
Richard Griffin $ 100,000
Jose Gutierrez $ 100,000
John Mandel $ 100,000
Robert Nordin $ 100,000
Kenneth Perry $ 100,000
Mino Pino $ 100,000
Mauro Prange $ 100,000
John Reichard $ 100,000
Clint Roden $ 100,000
Max Shotwell $ 100,000
Frank Leonard $ 100,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Player To For
3/2 Traded David Sease
Cash Or Draft Picks
Atlantic City Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Jason Wedgeworth
David Brockman
Edward Myers
Cash Or Draft Picks
Essex Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Traded Dan Raynor Jr. Hollywood Ryan Drayton
3/2 Traded Pat Gordon Davenport Paul Surratt
3/2 Traded Lyle Colquitt
Ben Castillo
Cash Or Draft Picks
Poughkeepsie Cash Or Draft Picks
3/2 Released Cash Or Draft Picks    
4/30 Traded Manuel Ceballos
John Laborde
Paul Luebke
Essex William Cull Jr.
5/28 Traded Michael Philbrook Honolulu Johnson Degarmo
7/2 Traded Marvin Collings Wichita Mino Pino