2002 Bakersfield Blaze Statistics

California League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 69-72
Finished 4th in the CL's North Division
Manager: Charlie Montoyo (69-72)
Affiliation: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Location: Bakersfield, California
Ballpark: Sam Lynn Ballpark
Attendance: 101,377, Avg. 1,448 in 70 home dates

2002 Bakersfield Blaze Roster

The Bakersfield Blaze of the California League ended the 2002 season with a record of 69 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.

The Blaze plated 648 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 686 runs. Jonny Gomes walloped 30 home runs for Bakersfield, while Aaron Clark swatted 15 or more, too. Aaron Clark drove in 77 runs. Jonny Gomes led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .278 clip. Brian Stokes topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.27 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 2002 Bakersfield Blaze who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mark Malaska, Jonny Gomes, Juan Salas, Josh Hamilton, José Veras, Seth McClung, Doug Waechter, Rocco Baldelli, Bartolomé Fortunato, Mike Figga, Jon Switzer and Brian Stokes.

Charlie Montoyo served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Brian Stokes	10	7	.588	3.26	28	28	0	1	1	0	165.7	156	79	60	13	57	1	152	8	0	10	704
Mark Malaska	7	4	.636	2.96	15	15	0	2	2	0	91.3	98	48	30	5	12	0	94	7	0	3	393
Jon Switzer	7	5	.583	4.27	20	20	0	0	0	0	103.3	108	55	49	8	26	0	129	8	0	4	441
Jarrett Campbell	7	6	.538	4.17	36	7	4	0	0	1	82.0	105	53	38	2	27	1	84	4	2	7	386
Doug Waechter	6	3	.667	2.66	17	17	0	0	0	0	108.3	114	43	32	9	29	0	101	1	0	8	466
Alex Santos	6	4	.600	3.49	19	12	2	0	0	0	95.3	101	53	37	12	33	0	105	2	0	3	432
John Benedetti	6	6	.500	3.87	54	0	28	0	0	13	76.7	74	33	33	4	21	2	74	0	1	4	320
Alex Carbajal	5	4	.556	3.20	43	1	9	0	0	2	76.0	77	30	27	5	19	1	92	3	2	3	319
Seth McClung	3	2	.600	2.92	7	7	0	0	0	0	37.0	35	16	12	1	11	0	48	2	1	0	158
José Veras	3	4	.429	5.34	11	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	77	44	35	10	30	0	57	3	2	2	283
Radhame Peguero	3	7	.300	4.55	41	6	21	0	0	3	83.0	94	56	42	9	38	0	54	4	1	11	380
Juan Renteria	2	0	1.000	5.55	14	0	4	0	0	0	24.3	25	18	15	3	11	0	25	2	2	4	113
Bartolomé Fortunato	2	4	.333	4.01	25	5	8	0	0	0	60.7	58	31	27	3	25	0	85	1	2	3	263
Nick Aiello	1	1	.500	5.81	21	0	15	0	0	0	26.3	42	18	17	3	8	1	17	2	0	2	126
Austin Coose	1	4	.200	7.11	25	0	15	0	0	4	31.7	41	28	25	3	22	4	40	0	0	6	159
Evan Rust	0	1	.000	2.18	28	0	27	0	0	23	33.0	28	8	8	1	10	0	45	1	0	0	135
Ronni Severino	0	1	.000	3.97	13	1	2	0	0	0	22.7	14	13	10	0	17	0	28	1	0	8	99
Josh Parker	0	2	.000	9.00	8	0	3	0	0	1	9.0	18	9	9	1	6	0	8	0	0	3	52
Neal Frendling	0	3	.000	5.32	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.7	28	15	14	2	15	0	21	1	0	4	112
Chris Flinn	0	4	.000	8.64	7	7	0	0	0	0	33.3	52	36	32	9	17	0	22	1	1	1	166
Totals	69	72	.489	4.00	436	141	138	3	3	47	1242.3	1345	686	552	103	434	10	1281	51	14	86	5507

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
Jonny Gomes	134	569	446	102	124	24	9	30	72	15	3	91	173	.278	.432	.574	1.006	256	4	31	0	1	6
Jace Brewer	91	410	378	52	114	17	2	6	44	8	2	11	62	.302	.322	.405	.726	153	7	3	12	6	0
Dan DeMent	112	478	432	58	114	21	3	7	51	7	4	34	100	.264	.319	.375	.694	162	9	2	8	2	1
Aaron Clark	125	504	446	59	112	26	2	16	77	11	1	42	149	.251	.331	.426	.757	190	3	13	0	3	1
Rocco Baldelli	77	342	312	63	104	19	1	14	51	21	6	18	63	.333	.382	.535	.917	167	2	7	4	1	2
Néstor Pérez	120	440	381	40	96	15	0	2	34	8	6	33	52	.252	.309	.307	.616	117	12	0	23	3	1
Juan Salas	66	272	260	32	84	13	0	4	25	6	3	9	59	.323	.349	.419	.768	109	7	2	0	1	1
Irwin Centeno	71	308	275	41	80	14	4	2	20	12	4	27	65	.291	.357	.393	.750	108	5	2	3	1	0
Brian Martin	112	363	327	45	73	12	3	9	40	7	3	24	87	.223	.298	.361	.659	118	7	11	1	0	1
Josh Hamilton	56	235	211	32	64	14	1	9	44	10	1	20	46	.303	.359	.507	.866	107	4	0	1	3	3
Chairon Isenia	68	275	255	20	63	12	0	1	25	0	0	11	45	.247	.286	.306	.592	78	11	4	2	3	0
Danny Massiatte	68	262	227	22	55	6	0	3	25	1	4	32	54	.242	.344	.308	.652	70	10	3	0	0	1
Justin Schuda	76	272	242	27	46	11	0	4	25	0	0	24	88	.190	.272	.285	.557	69	6	4	0	2	1
Kelly Eddlemon	41	163	150	20	39	11	0	6	24	1	0	11	27	.260	.315	.453	.768	68	2	1	1	0	0
Vince Harrison	32	128	116	5	29	2	0	2	11	0	0	9	28	.250	.302	.319	.621	37	2	0	2	1	0
Luis Mateo	23	87	84	10	19	6	0	3	8	0	1	3	26	.226	.253	.405	.658	34	2	0	0	0	0
Nate Kaup	19	79	72	5	17	2	1	0	3	0	0	5	16	.236	.291	.292	.583	21	1	1	0	1	0
Graig Merritt	14	51	45	5	10	4	0	1	8	0	0	4	15	.222	.300	.378	.678	17	0	1	1	0	0
John Jacobs	17	54	51	3	10	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	25	.196	.226	.275	.501	14	1	0	1	0	0
Mike Figga	10	38	37	3	9	1	0	3	7	0	0	1	9	.243	.263	.514	.777	19	3	0	0	0	0
Eric Reece	21	65	56	3	9	2	1	1	8	0	0	7	18	.161	.277	.286	.563	16	2	2	0	0	0
Joey Gomes	5	22	22	1	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	4	.227	.227	.364	.591	8	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1358	5417	4825	648	1276	236	27	124	607	107	39	418	1211	.264	.332	.402	.734	1938	100	87	59	28	18

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Aaron Clark	1B	85	604	38	10	52	.985	7.553
Justin Schuda	1B	51	354	35	8	27	.980	7.627
Nate Kaup	1B	15	125	10	2	9	.985	9.000
Kelly Eddlemon	1B	10	79	5	1	5	.988	8.400
Eric Reece	1B	4	30	1	1	0	.969	7.750
Néstor Pérez	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Brian Martin	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Néstor Pérez	2B	67	94	167	5	33	.981	3.896
Dan DeMent	2B	52	79	118	18	22	.916	3.788
Kelly Eddlemon	2B	16	27	35	1	9	.984	3.875
Irwin Centeno	2B	16	31	34	4	5	.942	4.062
Juan Salas	3B	65	37	125	26	8	.862	2.492
Dan DeMent	3B	34	19	42	14	1	.813	1.794
Vince Harrison	3B	32	22	85	8	11	.930	3.344
Kelly Eddlemon	3B	13	10	14	2	3	.923	1.846
Danny Massiatte	C	64	585	55	7	1	.989	1.000	10	39	27	40.9
Chairon Isenia	C	58	498	32	10	4	.981	9.138	14	49	13	21.0
Graig Merritt	C	13	120	9	0	1	1.000	9.923	6	8	4	33.3
Mike Figga	C	7	65	6	1	0	.986	1.143	0	3	3	50.0
Eric Reece	C	4	18	1	0	0	1.000	4.750	1	1	1	50.0
Rocco Baldelli	CF	71						.000
Irwin Centeno	CF	41						.000
Aaron Clark	CF	29						.000
John Jacobs	CF	11						.000
Jonny Gomes	CF	5						.000
Brian Martin	CF	2						.000
Jonny Gomes	LF	116						.000
Dan DeMent	LF	13						.000
Luis Mateo	LF	6						.000
Brian Martin	LF	5						.000
John Jacobs	LF	4						.000
Aaron Clark	LF	3						.000
Irwin Centeno	LF	3						.000
Josh Hamilton	LF	2						.000
Jonny Gomes	OF	131	166	8	7	1	.961	1.328
Brian Martin	OF	102	145	12	3	2	.981	1.539
Rocco Baldelli	OF	71	114	5	3	3	.975	1.676
Aaron Clark	OF	57	89	3	3	1	.968	1.614
Irwin Centeno	OF	54	91	1	7	1	.929	1.704
John Jacobs	OF	16	25	0	0	0	1.000	1.562
Dan DeMent	OF	13	17	0	2	0	.895	1.308
Luis Mateo	OF	11	11	1	0	1	1.000	1.091
Josh Hamilton	OF	8	13	2	0	1	1.000	1.875
John Benedetti	P	54	8	21	1	3	.967	.537
Alex Carbajal	P	43	3	9	0	1	1.000	.279
Radhame Peguero	P	41	5	18	2	0	.920	.561
Jarrett Campbell	P	36	4	11	0	0	1.000	.417
Brian Stokes	P	28	11	21	3	3	.914	1.143
Evan Rust	P	28	4	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Bartolomé Fortunato	P	25	4	7	2	0	.846	.440
Austin Coose	P	25	1	2	0	0	1.000	.120
Nick Aiello	P	21	1	4	0	0	1.000	.238
Jon Switzer	P	20	14	18	1	5	.970	1.600
Alex Santos	P	19	7	8	2	0	.882	.789
Doug Waechter	P	17	7	9	2	0	.889	.941
Mark Malaska	P	15	4	14	2	1	.900	1.200
Juan Renteria	P	14	3	2	0	0	1.000	.357
Ronni Severino	P	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	.077
José Veras	P	11	4	9	2	0	.867	1.182
Josh Parker	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Seth McClung	P	7	1	4	1	0	.833	.714
Chris Flinn	P	7	4	7	1	0	.917	1.571
Neal Frendling	P	4	1	2	0	0	1.000	.750
Brian Martin	RF	97						.000
Aaron Clark	RF	26						.000
Jonny Gomes	RF	14						.000
Irwin Centeno	RF	12						.000
Luis Mateo	RF	6						.000
Josh Hamilton	RF	6						.000
John Jacobs	RF	2						.000
Jace Brewer	SS	89	104	273	25	50	.938	4.236
Néstor Pérez	SS	53	64	138	8	21	.962	3.811
Kelly Eddlemon	SS	2	3	5	2	0	.800	4.000
Totals		2125	3727	1431	197	285	.963	2.427	31	100	48	32.4

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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