2008 Akron Aeros Statistics
Eastern League (EL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 80-62
Finished 2nd in the EL's Southern Division
Manager: Mike Sarbaugh (80-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio
Ballpark: Canal Park
Attendance: 342,816, Avg. 5,117 in 67 home dates
2008 Akron Aeros RosterTeam Record: 80-62
Finished 2nd in the EL's Southern Division
Manager: Mike Sarbaugh (80-62)
Affiliation: Cleveland Indians
Location: Akron, Ohio
Ballpark: Canal Park
Attendance: 342,816, Avg. 5,117 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Akron Aeros 3 games, Bowie Baysox 1
Finals - Trenton Thunder d games, Akron Aeros 1
The Akron Aeros of the Eastern League ended the 2008 season with a record of 80 wins and 62 losses, finishing second in the league's Southern Division.
The Aeros scored 654 runs and surrendered 603 runs. Wes Hodges led Akron with 18 home runs and drove in 97 runs. Wes Hodges and Stephen Head topped all regular hitters with a .290 average. Frank Herrmann and J. D. Martin paced the squad with 11 wins each, while Ryan Edell recorded a 3.81 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Players from the 2008 Akron Aeros who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Trevor Crowe, Chris Gimenez, Jeff Stevens, Tony Sipp, Wyatt Toregas, Roberto Hernández, Jake Westbrook, Víctor Martínez, Luis Perdomo, Josh Barfield, Joe Borowski, Neil Wagner, Jerad Head, Carlos Santana, Michael Aubrey, Bronson Sardinha, J. D. Martin, Steven Wright, Matt LaPorta, David Huff, Scott Lewis, José Constanza, Joshua Rodriguez and Frank Herrmann.
Mike Sarbaugh served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. D. Martin | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.49 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.7 | 73 | 25 | 22 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 323 |
| Frank Herrmann | 11 | 6 | .647 | 4.10 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.7 | 142 | 70 | 60 | 9 | 36 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 563 |
| Kevin Dixon | 9 | 11 | .450 | 4.41 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 157.0 | 159 | 87 | 77 | 17 | 48 | 0 | 113 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 673 |
| Ryan Edell | 7 | 8 | .467 | 3.80 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.3 | 146 | 68 | 61 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 99 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 601 |
| Scott Lewis | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.3 | 62 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 288 |
| Erik Stiller | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.13 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 47 | 28 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 232 |
| David Huff | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.92 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.7 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 253 |
| Jeff Stevens | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.51 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28.7 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 114 |
| Randy Newsom | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.00 | 47 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 45.0 | 43 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 29 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
| Steven Wright | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.3 | 80 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 324 |
| Luis Perdomo | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.52 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.3 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
| Reid Santos | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.78 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52.3 | 43 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 209 |
| T. J. Burton | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.90 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 145 |
| Chuck Lofgren | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.99 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 | 93 | 59 | 57 | 9 | 52 | 3 | 72 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 402 |
| Roberto Hernández | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Kelvin De La Cruz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Scott Roehl | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.54 | 40 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49.7 | 38 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 206 |
| Jake Westbrook | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
| Joe Borowski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Bubbie Buzachero | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |
| Sung-Wei Tseng | 0 | 0 | 8.80 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 71 | |
| Joanniel Montero | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Neil Wagner | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.60 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Shawn Nottingham | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.09 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.0 | 40 | 29 | 26 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 156 |
| Tony Sipp | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.74 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| James Deters | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.91 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 43 | 25 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 140 |
| Totals | 80 | 62 | .563 | 3.95 | 450 | 142 | 141 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1223.7 | 1206 | 603 | 537 | 110 | 389 | 19 | 997 | 55 | 4 | 48 | 5211 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Hodges | 133 | 573 | 504 | 70 | 146 | 29 | 3 | 18 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 105 | .290 | .354 | .466 | .821 | 235 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
| Joshua Rodriguez | 137 | 621 | 532 | 75 | 128 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 77 | 122 | .241 | .335 | .359 | .694 | 191 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Matt Whitney | 129 | 531 | 463 | 57 | 124 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 93 | .268 | .356 | .404 | .760 | 187 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Stephen Head | 106 | 434 | 404 | 50 | 117 | 24 | 2 | 13 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 75 | .290 | .325 | .455 | .780 | 184 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| José Constanza | 95 | 376 | 338 | 44 | 94 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 23 | 6 | 28 | 42 | .278 | .334 | .349 | .683 | 118 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Bronson Sardinha | 88 | 387 | 340 | 45 | 92 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 66 | .271 | .345 | .397 | .743 | 135 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Brandon Pinckney | 90 | 345 | 322 | 40 | 90 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 47 | .280 | .314 | .388 | .702 | 125 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Goleski | 99 | 384 | 338 | 48 | 84 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 98 | .249 | .333 | .429 | .762 | 145 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Nathan Panther | 91 | 347 | 294 | 44 | 73 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 59 | .248 | .345 | .388 | .733 | 114 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Trevor Crowe | 49 | 229 | 198 | 45 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 29 | .323 | .404 | .485 | .888 | 96 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Gimenez | 55 | 233 | 177 | 46 | 60 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 33 | .339 | .487 | .537 | 1.024 | 95 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Brandon Chaves | 80 | 285 | 247 | 25 | 49 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 47 | .198 | .287 | .255 | .542 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Wyatt Toregas | 47 | 186 | 162 | 22 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 20 | .296 | .371 | .574 | .945 | 93 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Michael Aubrey | 25 | 112 | 103 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .282 | .330 | .456 | .787 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Damaso Espino | 31 | 114 | 102 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .275 | .342 | .304 | .646 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Armando Camacaro | 22 | 78 | 73 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .233 | .282 | .438 | .720 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt LaPorta | 17 | 67 | 60 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | .233 | .299 | .350 | .649 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris De La Cruz | 14 | 56 | 50 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .140 | .232 | .200 | .432 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Víctor Martínez | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .429 | .833 | 1.262 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Pickens | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerad Head | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Santana | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .125 | .125 | .500 | .625 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Barfield | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1317 | 5389 | 4736 | 654 | 1269 | 240 | 41 | 114 | 597 | 75 | 31 | 538 | 895 | .268 | .344 | .408 | .752 | 1933 | 124 | 34 | 30 | 51 | 22 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Whitney | 1B | 68 | 533 | 42 | 2 | 51 | .997 | 8.456 | ||||
| Stephen Head | 1B | 56 | 447 | 35 | 2 | 54 | .996 | 8.607 | ||||
| Michael Aubrey | 1B | 16 | 124 | 18 | 1 | 11 | .993 | 8.875 | ||||
| Chris Gimenez | 1B | 4 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.500 | ||||
| Joshua Rodriguez | 2B | 62 | 116 | 168 | 4 | 38 | .986 | 4.581 | ||||
| Brandon Pinckney | 2B | 61 | 93 | 137 | 6 | 43 | .975 | 3.770 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | 2B | 13 | 22 | 40 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 4.769 | ||||
| Chris De La Cruz | 2B | 8 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 7 | .974 | 4.625 | ||||
| Josh Barfield | 2B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Wes Hodges | 3B | 125 | 58 | 190 | 28 | 16 | .899 | 1.984 | ||||
| Brandon Pinckney | 3B | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .833 | ||||
| Chris De La Cruz | 3B | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Matt Whitney | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Gimenez | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Gimenez | C | 48 | 360 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 7.938 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 21.2 |
| Wyatt Toregas | C | 43 | 335 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.209 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 52.4 |
| Damaso Espino | C | 30 | 191 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.800 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 40.0 |
| Armando Camacaro | C | 22 | 128 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .993 | 6.318 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 46.7 |
| Carlos Santana | C | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Doug Pickens | C | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 8.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| José Constanza | CF | 90 | 178 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.033 | ||||
| Nathan Panther | CF | 32 | 60 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .955 | 1.969 | ||||
| Trevor Crowe | CF | 15 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .977 | 2.800 | ||||
| Bronson Sardinha | CF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | CF | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Nathan Panther | LF | 54 | 90 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .968 | 1.704 | ||||
| Ryan Goleski | LF | 32 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.812 | ||||
| Trevor Crowe | LF | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bronson Sardinha | LF | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.889 | ||||
| Matt LaPorta | LF | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | LF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Jerad Head | LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Gimenez | LF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| José Constanza | OF | 90 | 178 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.033 | ||||
| Nathan Panther | OF | 88 | 171 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .967 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bronson Sardinha | OF | 81 | 181 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 2.296 | ||||
| Ryan Goleski | OF | 69 | 121 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.826 | ||||
| Stephen Head | OF | 42 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 2.095 | ||||
| Trevor Crowe | OF | 40 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .990 | 2.450 | ||||
| Matt LaPorta | OF | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | OF | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.857 | ||||
| Jerad Head | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Gimenez | OF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Randy Newsom | P | 47 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .447 | ||||
| Scott Roehl | P | 40 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .923 | .300 | ||||
| Erik Stiller | P | 35 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .286 | ||||
| J. D. Martin | P | 31 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 4 | .914 | 1.032 | ||||
| Reid Santos | P | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| T. J. Burton | P | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .276 | ||||
| Chuck Lofgren | P | 28 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Kevin Dixon | P | 27 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 3 | .957 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ryan Edell | P | 26 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .958 | .885 | ||||
| Frank Herrmann | P | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | .870 | .870 | ||||
| Shawn Nottingham | P | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .263 | ||||
| Jeff Stevens | P | 17 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .412 | ||||
| Tony Sipp | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Steven Wright | P | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Lewis | P | 13 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| David Huff | P | 11 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .857 | 1.636 | ||||
| James Deters | P | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Sung-Wei Tseng | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .222 | ||||
| Luis Perdomo | P | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Neil Wagner | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Bubbie Buzachero | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jake Westbrook | P | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joanniel Montero | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kelvin De La Cruz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Roberto Hernández | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Borowski | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bronson Sardinha | RF | 59 | 135 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .972 | 2.339 | ||||
| Stephen Head | RF | 42 | 86 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .989 | 2.095 | ||||
| Ryan Goleski | RF | 40 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .944 | 1.700 | ||||
| Nathan Panther | RF | 6 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Trevor Crowe | RF | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.333 | ||||
| Joshua Rodriguez | SS | 74 | 129 | 207 | 16 | 49 | .955 | 4.541 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | SS | 52 | 73 | 143 | 3 | 34 | .986 | 4.154 | ||||
| Brandon Pinckney | SS | 21 | 24 | 47 | 2 | 10 | .973 | 3.381 | ||||
| Totals | 2058 | 4555 | 1365 | 131 | 362 | .978 | 2.877 | 16 | 52 | 29 | 35.8 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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