2000 Bakersfield Blaze Statistics
Team Record: 80-60
Finished 1st in the CL's North Division
Manager: Lenn Sakata (80-60)
Affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 96,538, Avg. 1,379 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - Visalia Oaks 2 games, Bakersfield Blaze 1
The Bakersfield Blaze of the California League ended the 2000 season with a record of 80 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's North Division.
The Blaze plated 807 runs and allowed 680 runs. Jake Messner paced Bakersfield with 16 home runs, and Brett Casper walloped 15 or more, too. Jeremy Luster drove in 99 runs. Carlos Valderrama topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .315 clip. Jon Valenti led the squad with 13 wins, while Manny Bermudez registered a 2.85 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2000 Bakersfield Blaze who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Guillermo Rodríguez, Carlos Valderrama and Joe Nathan.
Lenn Sakata 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Valenti | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.86 | 58 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 95.7 | 87 | 49 | 41 | 9 | 42 | 0 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 417 |
| Vance Cozier | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.89 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.3 | 164 | 82 | 65 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 106 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 665 |
| Manny Bermudez | 9 | 7 | .562 | 2.84 | 59 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 120.3 | 107 | 41 | 38 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 66 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 487 |
| Mike Zirelli | 8 | 4 | .667 | 4.08 | 40 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 103.7 | 110 | 52 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 1 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 453 |
| Tony Coscia | 7 | 8 | .467 | 4.14 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119.7 | 115 | 63 | 55 | 15 | 31 | 0 | 124 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 503 |
| Jim Lynch | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.87 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 74 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 109 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 422 |
| Ben Tucker | 5 | 2 | .714 | 5.30 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 73 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 41 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 257 |
| Tom Miller | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.47 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 108.7 | 126 | 71 | 54 | 10 | 53 | 0 | 92 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 494 |
| Jason Bullard | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.02 | 58 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 65.0 | 69 | 33 | 29 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 287 |
| Kevin Vent | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.16 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 115 | 65 | 48 | 6 | 44 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 397 |
| Julio Pavon | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 58 |
| Bill Malloy | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.84 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 52 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 205 |
| Will Malerich | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.97 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 64 | 33 | 25 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 258 |
| Joe Nathan | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.06 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Danny Prata | 1 | 1 | .500 | 11.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Matt Bazzani | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eric Johnson | 0 | 0 | 6.91 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | |
| Fletcher Lee | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.07 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.7 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Darin Blood | 0 | 1 | .000 | 15.00 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Zach Wells | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.75 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.0 | 74 | 41 | 38 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 305 |
| Totals | 80 | 60 | .571 | 4.14 | 468 | 140 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 1237.3 | 1305 | 680 | 569 | 89 | 524 | 7 | 980 | 72 | 17 | 77 | 5457 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Luster | 137 | 612 | 517 | 86 | 146 | 35 | 5 | 14 | 99 | 17 | 2 | 77 | 104 | .282 | .381 | .451 | .831 | 233 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Carlos Valderrama | 121 | 491 | 435 | 78 | 137 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 54 | 11 | 39 | 96 | .315 | .370 | .476 | .846 | 207 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| Ryan Luther | 110 | 483 | 414 | 78 | 124 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 48 | 94 | .300 | .381 | .420 | .801 | 174 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Julio Cordido | 130 | 524 | 460 | 70 | 116 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 64 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 99 | .252 | .326 | .367 | .693 | 169 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Brett Casper | 128 | 551 | 436 | 85 | 106 | 27 | 3 | 15 | 70 | 22 | 4 | 97 | 146 | .243 | .393 | .422 | .815 | 184 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Guillermo Rodríguez | 118 | 487 | 437 | 63 | 105 | 27 | 1 | 10 | 58 | 20 | 8 | 30 | 101 | .240 | .306 | .375 | .682 | 164 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jake Messner | 98 | 348 | 311 | 56 | 98 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 59 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 67 | .315 | .382 | .540 | .922 | 168 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Arturo McDowell | 122 | 549 | 453 | 77 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 38 | 13 | 77 | 129 | .214 | .332 | .307 | .639 | 139 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Marco Pernalete | 91 | 368 | 301 | 53 | 77 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 57 | 88 | .256 | .378 | .365 | .744 | 110 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Kevin Tommasini | 98 | 355 | 297 | 59 | 76 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 11 | 7 | 51 | 81 | .256 | .367 | .397 | .765 | 118 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Nelson Castro | 53 | 248 | 218 | 38 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 40 | .284 | .336 | .445 | .781 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Carlos Campusano | 68 | 272 | 246 | 33 | 62 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 47 | .252 | .302 | .337 | .639 | 83 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Turco | 33 | 114 | 88 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 20 | .239 | .382 | .239 | .620 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Flaherty | 18 | 79 | 62 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 20 | .258 | .392 | .532 | .925 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Bazzani | 13 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .130 | .185 | .174 | .359 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jose Gonzalez | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1342 | 5512 | 4702 | 807 | 1246 | 238 | 36 | 116 | 703 | 254 | 87 | 622 | 1144 | .265 | .357 | .405 | .762 | 1904 | 77 | 80 | 50 | 58 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Luster | 1B | 134 | 1171 | 78 | 20 | 81 | .984 | 9.321 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | 1B | 6 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Tim Flaherty | 1B | 3 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .900 | 9.000 | ||||
| Ryan Luther | 2B | 86 | 139 | 212 | 17 | 33 | .954 | 4.081 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | 2B | 43 | 70 | 108 | 1 | 22 | .994 | 4.140 | ||||
| Paul Turco | 2B | 21 | 25 | 48 | 2 | 7 | .973 | 3.476 | ||||
| Carlos Campusano | 2B | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Julio Cordido | 3B | 130 | 110 | 286 | 21 | 23 | .950 | 3.046 | ||||
| Carlos Campusano | 3B | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ryan Luther | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Guillermo Rodríguez | C | 118 | 823 | 112 | 15 | 8 | .984 | 7.924 | 23 | 110 | 51 | 31.7 |
| Ryan Luther | C | 27 | 159 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.704 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 34.4 |
| Jose Gonzalez | C | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.750 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Bazzani | C | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arturo McDowell | CF | 120 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Valderrama | CF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Casper | CF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Valderrama | LF | 84 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Tommasini | LF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Messner | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Luther | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Casper | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Casper | OF | 123 | 241 | 18 | 6 | 6 | .977 | 2.106 | ||||
| Arturo McDowell | OF | 120 | 281 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .990 | 2.433 | ||||
| Carlos Valderrama | OF | 117 | 199 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .972 | 1.769 | ||||
| Kevin Tommasini | OF | 60 | 93 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .981 | 1.700 | ||||
| Jake Messner | OF | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Ryan Luther | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Manny Bermudez | P | 59 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | .885 | .390 | ||||
| Jon Valenti | P | 58 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| Jason Bullard | P | 58 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .882 | .259 | ||||
| Mike Zirelli | P | 40 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | .955 | .525 | ||||
| Zach Wells | P | 40 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .275 | ||||
| Will Malerich | P | 36 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .556 | ||||
| Tom Miller | P | 32 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .469 | ||||
| Vance Cozier | P | 28 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 1 | .778 | .750 | ||||
| Kevin Vent | P | 26 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .769 | ||||
| Tony Coscia | P | 21 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .905 | ||||
| Jim Lynch | P | 18 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .826 | 1.056 | ||||
| Ben Tucker | P | 12 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.167 | ||||
| Bill Malloy | P | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Fletcher Lee | P | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Julio Pavon | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Eric Johnson | P | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Darin Blood | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Danny Prata | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Joe Nathan | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Bazzani | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brett Casper | RF | 113 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Valderrama | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jake Messner | RF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Tommasini | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Castro | SS | 53 | 97 | 145 | 12 | 21 | .953 | 4.566 | ||||
| Carlos Campusano | SS | 53 | 74 | 140 | 10 | 27 | .955 | 4.038 | ||||
| Marco Pernalete | SS | 39 | 60 | 79 | 13 | 12 | .914 | 3.564 | ||||
| Paul Turco | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2086 | 3712 | 1498 | 154 | 255 | .971 | 2.498 | 31 | 132 | 62 | 32.0 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
