2004 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Razor Shines (73-66)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 280,879, Avg. 4,256 in 66 home dates
Playoffs - Mobile BayBears 3 games, Birmingham Barons 1
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 2004 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Barons paced the league with just 535 runs allowed. Birmingham scored 635 runs. Aaron McNeal powered the team with 15 home runs Carlos Maldonado accounted for 68 RBI. Michael Spidale topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Heath Phillips led the squad with 12 wins, while Jim Bullard recorded a 3.47 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 2004 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Andy González, Rob Sasser, Brian McNichol, Brian Anderson, Carlos Maldonado, Mike Morse, Heath Phillips, Jeff Bajenaru, Micah Franklin, Kris Keller, Brandon McCarthy, Chris Stewart, Courtney Duncan, Eduardo Villacis, Pedro López and Arnie Muñoz.
Razor Shines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Phillips | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.02 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.3 | 179 | 78 | 69 | 12 | 36 | 3 | 107 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 649 |
| Jim Bullard | 8 | 4 | .667 | 3.47 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114.0 | 107 | 52 | 44 | 8 | 44 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 482 |
| Dennis Ulacia | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.77 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129.0 | 137 | 63 | 54 | 8 | 36 | 4 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 555 |
| Brian McNichol | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.48 | 42 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 61.0 | 39 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 243 |
| Arnie Muñoz | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.05 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 52 | 24 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 293 |
| Ryan Meaux | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4.04 | 29 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 140.3 | 163 | 68 | 63 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 103 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 604 |
| Eduardo Villacis | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.28 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 | 93 | 40 | 35 | 9 | 34 | 4 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 409 |
| B. J. LaMura | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.69 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 165 |
| Brandon McCarthy | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.46 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 106 |
| Tetsu Yofu | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.63 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.0 | 39 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 162 |
| Matt Smith | 3 | 4 | .429 | 1.83 | 70 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 78.7 | 58 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 318 |
| Josh Fields | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.55 | 52 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 74.0 | 54 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 301 |
| Jeff Bajenaru | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.34 | 32 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 33.7 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Courtney Duncan | 0 | 0 | 0.93 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | |
| Nik Lubisich | 0 | 0 | 2.42 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 109 | |
| Enemencio Pacheco | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |
| Rob Purvis | 0 | 0 | 3.78 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
| Kris Honel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Kris Keller | 0 | 3 | .000 | 8.25 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 35 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 117 |
| Wyatt Allen | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.93 | 33 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.3 | 52 | 30 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 0 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 219 |
| Brad Murray | 0 | 4 | .000 | 9.50 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 31 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95 |
| Totals | 73 | 66 | .525 | 3.43 | 476 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1224.0 | 1170 | 535 | 466 | 80 | 391 | 42 | 969 | 49 | 14 | 57 | 5146 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Spidale | 126 | 572 | 484 | 87 | 148 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 26 | 15 | 61 | 72 | .306 | .393 | .434 | .827 | 210 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Ruddy Yan | 128 | 547 | 494 | 56 | 132 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 35 | 19 | 31 | 82 | .267 | .315 | .338 | .653 | 167 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Maldonado | 108 | 448 | 388 | 48 | 103 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 68 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 81 | .265 | .353 | .441 | .794 | 171 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Rob Sasser | 121 | 479 | 418 | 58 | 101 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 55 | 11 | 6 | 51 | 80 | .242 | .324 | .385 | .709 | 161 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Nate Murphy | 90 | 369 | 335 | 49 | 93 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 45 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 104 | .278 | .325 | .451 | .776 | 151 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Aaron McNeal | 93 | 381 | 350 | 39 | 91 | 16 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 105 | .260 | .313 | .434 | .747 | 152 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Norm Martel | 89 | 309 | 279 | 38 | 84 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 35 | .301 | .356 | .477 | .833 | 133 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Scott Bikowski | 73 | 305 | 257 | 48 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 45 | 48 | .307 | .411 | .432 | .843 | 111 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Morse | 54 | 226 | 209 | 30 | 60 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 46 | .287 | .336 | .536 | .872 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chris Stewart | 83 | 301 | 260 | 26 | 60 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 59 | .231 | .299 | .300 | .599 | 78 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| Brian Anderson | 48 | 209 | 185 | 26 | 50 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 30 | .270 | .346 | .416 | .762 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rich Paz | 66 | 265 | 215 | 26 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 39 | .233 | .357 | .279 | .636 | 60 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Guillermo Reyes | 40 | 134 | 124 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 13 | .274 | .328 | .298 | .627 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy Nicholson | 38 | 131 | 115 | 11 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .278 | .354 | .400 | .754 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Becker | 25 | 104 | 93 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 21 | .237 | .288 | .452 | .740 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Andy González | 36 | 127 | 112 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 17 | .170 | .262 | .277 | .539 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Blakely | 27 | 103 | 84 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .214 | .350 | .512 | .861 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Shaffer | 28 | 91 | 79 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 23 | .177 | .270 | .228 | .498 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Franklin | 25 | 95 | 82 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 25 | .122 | .242 | .171 | .413 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Aceves | 13 | 52 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | .225 | .404 | .450 | .854 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro López | 7 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | .217 | .379 | .304 | .684 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Phillips | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian McNichol | 43 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1388 | 5281 | 4628 | 635 | 1214 | 224 | 43 | 105 | 570 | 123 | 69 | 494 | 956 | .262 | .339 | .397 | .736 | 1839 | 81 | 60 | 61 | 38 | 26 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron McNeal | 1B | 84 | 660 | 56 | 5 | 60 | .993 | 8.524 | ||||
| Rob Sasser | 1B | 31 | 269 | 22 | 3 | 18 | .990 | 9.387 | ||||
| Brian Becker | 1B | 22 | 208 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 1.000 | 9.909 | ||||
| Carlos Maldonado | 1B | 5 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 7.400 | ||||
| Nate Murphy | 1B | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 11.000 | ||||
| Ruddy Yan | 2B | 127 | 226 | 323 | 11 | 56 | .980 | 4.323 | ||||
| Tommy Nicholson | 2B | 8 | 14 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | 2B | 6 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .957 | 3.667 | ||||
| Josh Shaffer | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Rob Sasser | 3B | 55 | 29 | 83 | 14 | 12 | .889 | 2.036 | ||||
| Rich Paz | 3B | 52 | 35 | 98 | 8 | 12 | .943 | 2.558 | ||||
| Tommy Nicholson | 3B | 24 | 17 | 43 | 3 | 6 | .952 | 2.500 | ||||
| Josh Shaffer | 3B | 16 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 1.938 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | 3B | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 2.000 | ||||
| Andy González | 3B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | 5.000 | ||||
| Chris Stewart | C | 76 | 555 | 41 | 9 | 4 | .985 | 7.842 | 14 | |||
| Carlos Maldonado | C | 61 | 391 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.967 | 3 | |||
| Jon Aceves | C | 8 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 7.375 | 1 | |||
| Michael Spidale | OF | 122 | 252 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .985 | 2.098 | ||||
| Nate Murphy | OF | 81 | 175 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 2.210 | ||||
| Norm Martel | OF | 65 | 128 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .971 | 2.046 | ||||
| Scott Bikowski | OF | 64 | 141 | 7 | 2 | 2 | .987 | 2.312 | ||||
| Brian Anderson | OF | 44 | 95 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 2.205 | ||||
| Darren Blakely | OF | 27 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Micah Franklin | OF | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 1.200 | ||||
| Rob Sasser | OF | 14 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Ruddy Yan | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Smith | P | 70 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Josh Fields | P | 52 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .385 | ||||
| Brian McNichol | P | 42 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .310 | ||||
| Jim Bullard | P | 37 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .824 | .378 | ||||
| Wyatt Allen | P | 33 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .273 | ||||
| Jeff Bajenaru | P | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Ryan Meaux | P | 29 | 7 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
| Dennis Ulacia | P | 28 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .946 | 1.250 | ||||
| Heath Phillips | P | 27 | 7 | 35 | 2 | 2 | .955 | 1.556 | ||||
| B. J. LaMura | P | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .250 | ||||
| Eduardo Villacis | P | 19 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | .839 | 1.368 | ||||
| Kris Keller | P | 15 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Arnie Muñoz | P | 13 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 1.846 | ||||
| Rob Purvis | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Brad Murray | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | .364 | ||||
| Nik Lubisich | P | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .900 | ||||
| Tetsu Yofu | P | 7 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Enemencio Pacheco | P | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .800 | ||||
| Brandon McCarthy | P | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Courtney Duncan | P | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Kris Honel | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Morse | SS | 54 | 59 | 125 | 11 | 21 | .944 | 3.407 | ||||
| Andy González | SS | 34 | 59 | 84 | 9 | 16 | .941 | 4.206 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | SS | 27 | 29 | 62 | 4 | 9 | .958 | 3.370 | ||||
| Rich Paz | SS | 17 | 30 | 48 | 2 | 6 | .975 | 4.588 | ||||
| Josh Shaffer | SS | 10 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.900 | ||||
| Pedro López | SS | 7 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .969 | 4.429 | ||||
| Tommy Nicholson | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1643 | 3672 | 1415 | 129 | 274 | .975 | 3.096 | 18 | 0 | 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.
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