2008 Birmingham Barons Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 74-63
Finished 1st in the SL's South Division
Manager: Carlos Subero (74-63)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 302,979, Avg. 4,456 in 68 home dates
2008 Birmingham Barons RosterTeam Record: 74-63
Finished 1st in the SL's South Division
Manager: Carlos Subero (74-63)
Affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Ballpark: Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Attendance: 302,979, Avg. 4,456 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Mississippi Braves 3 games, Birmingham Barons 0
The Birmingham Barons of the Southern League ended the 2008 season with a record of 74 wins and 63 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.
The Barons led the league with just 570 runs allowed. Birmingham scored 602 runs. Brandon Allen and Stefan Gartrell paced the squad with 14 home runs apiece. Victor Mercedes accounted for 59 RBI. Miguel Negron topped all regular batters by connecting at a .299 clip. Justin Cassel paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.11 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 2008 Birmingham Barons who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Brian Omogrosso, Fernando Hernández, Carlos Torres, Bobby Jenks, Joe Winkelsas, Jack Egbert, Lucas Harrell, Brandon Allen, Esteban Loaiza, Ryan O'Malley, Dewon Day, Clayton Richard, Kanekoa Texeira, Aaron Poreda and Jon Link.
Carlos Subero 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Cassel | 10 | 4 | .714 | 3.11 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.0 | 171 | 76 | 57 | 7 | 57 | 0 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 706 |
| Carlos Torres | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.20 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101.3 | 86 | 40 | 36 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 407 |
| Kyle McCulloch | 8 | 11 | .421 | 4.65 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156.7 | 188 | 91 | 81 | 9 | 60 | 0 | 85 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 695 |
| Fernando Hernández | 6 | 5 | .545 | 4.66 | 41 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.0 | 60 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 260 |
| Clayton Richard | 6 | 6 | .500 | 2.47 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 83.7 | 66 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 327 |
| Derek Rodriguez | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.38 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.7 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 179 |
| Jon Link | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.02 | 56 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 56.7 | 48 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 249 |
| Ryan O'Malley | 4 | 3 | .571 | 5.32 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 100 | 43 | 38 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 297 |
| Joe Torres | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.68 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 213 |
| Kanekoa Texeira | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.01 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.3 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 90 |
| John Lujan | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.43 | 50 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 76.0 | 64 | 29 | 29 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 323 |
| Lucas Harrell | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.46 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.7 | 56 | 30 | 21 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 231 |
| Aaron Poreda | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.98 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 87.7 | 81 | 34 | 29 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 355 |
| Shaun Babula | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.29 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 157 |
| Brian Omogrosso | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.69 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 32 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 166 |
| Ryan Rote | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.39 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 124 |
| Dewon Day | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.61 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.7 | 51 | 37 | 35 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 215 |
| Matt Zaleski | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| Bobby Jenks | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Esteban Loaiza | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Jack Egbert | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Eric Hollis | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Clevelan Santeliz | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.41 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 69 |
| Joe Winkelsas | 0 | 1 | .000 | 10.80 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Totals | 74 | 63 | .540 | 3.72 | 487 | 137 | 135 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 1208.7 | 1183 | 570 | 499 | 62 | 470 | 8 | 910 | 65 | 3 | 53 | 5168 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Negron | 126 | 551 | 479 | 72 | 143 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 57 | 25 | 16 | 63 | 60 | .299 | .381 | .399 | .780 | 191 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Ricardo Nanita | 111 | 464 | 412 | 52 | 118 | 22 | 2 | 9 | 51 | 14 | 9 | 37 | 56 | .286 | .351 | .415 | .766 | 171 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| Victor Mercedes | 104 | 444 | 416 | 57 | 113 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 59 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 75 | .272 | .302 | .442 | .744 | 184 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Javier Castillo | 102 | 435 | 388 | 60 | 112 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 85 | .289 | .354 | .448 | .802 | 174 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Stefan Gartrell | 122 | 466 | 409 | 54 | 104 | 22 | 2 | 14 | 52 | 7 | 1 | 45 | 106 | .254 | .334 | .421 | .755 | 172 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Rob Valido | 112 | 413 | 383 | 36 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 80 | .222 | .267 | .300 | .567 | 115 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Robbie Hudson | 93 | 348 | 320 | 28 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 55 | .250 | .292 | .316 | .608 | 101 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| David Cook | 63 | 274 | 208 | 44 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 47 | .312 | .467 | .577 | 1.044 | 120 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Micah Schnurstein | 86 | 322 | 293 | 38 | 64 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 20 | 53 | .218 | .277 | .304 | .581 | 89 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Cole Armstrong | 64 | 234 | 218 | 27 | 55 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 31 | .252 | .293 | .413 | .706 | 90 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Lee Cruz | 54 | 214 | 197 | 25 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 40 | .274 | .327 | .503 | .830 | 99 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Allen | 41 | 173 | 153 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 41 | .275 | .358 | .614 | .973 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javier Colina | 27 | 110 | 102 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | .216 | .273 | .373 | .645 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jared Price | 37 | 130 | 112 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 | .196 | .297 | .330 | .627 | 37 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Collaro | 23 | 92 | 85 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21 | .235 | .293 | .353 | .646 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eric Hollis | 31 | 97 | 94 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | .213 | .237 | .223 | .461 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. J. Lang | 28 | 97 | 79 | 17 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | .241 | .354 | .329 | .683 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Noah Hall | 26 | 102 | 84 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | .226 | .350 | .298 | .648 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Erick San Pedro | 28 | 88 | 81 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | .198 | .253 | .247 | .500 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Persichina | 7 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .286 | .286 | .381 | .667 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddie Thon | 8 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .107 | .167 | .179 | .345 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1293 | 5105 | 4562 | 602 | 1182 | 230 | 34 | 110 | 540 | 111 | 69 | 427 | 869 | .259 | .327 | .397 | .724 | 1810 | 89 | 45 | 45 | 26 | 18 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah Schnurstein | 1B | 85 | 709 | 68 | 6 | 87 | .992 | 9.141 | ||||
| Brandon Allen | 1B | 39 | 337 | 24 | 2 | 44 | .994 | 9.256 | ||||
| Javier Castillo | 1B | 9 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.889 | ||||
| Javier Colina | 1B | 7 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.000 | 8.571 | ||||
| Freddie Thon | 1B | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .960 | 12.000 | ||||
| Ricardo Nanita | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eric Hollis | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Victor Mercedes | 2B | 79 | 170 | 256 | 13 | 66 | .970 | 5.392 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | 2B | 54 | 117 | 161 | 3 | 42 | .989 | 5.148 | ||||
| C. J. Lang | 2B | 5 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.800 | ||||
| Joe Persichina | 2B | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Javier Castillo | 3B | 87 | 60 | 151 | 11 | 20 | .950 | 2.425 | ||||
| Victor Mercedes | 3B | 16 | 10 | 29 | 3 | 3 | .929 | 2.438 | ||||
| Javier Colina | 3B | 16 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 4 | .976 | 2.562 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | 3B | 12 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 3 | .913 | 1.750 | ||||
| C. J. Lang | 3B | 11 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Persichina | 3B | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.667 | ||||
| Micah Schnurstein | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Cole Armstrong | C | 59 | 370 | 29 | 4 | 2 | .990 | 6.763 | 1 | 33 | 20 | 37.7 |
| Jared Price | C | 36 | 230 | 21 | 1 | 4 | .996 | 6.972 | 8 | 21 | 20 | 48.8 |
| Eric Hollis | C | 30 | 187 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 6.867 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 34.5 |
| Erick San Pedro | C | 25 | 148 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 6.560 | 5 | 18 | 9 | 33.3 |
| Adam Ricks | C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Miguel Negron | CF | 114 | 225 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .983 | 2.018 | ||||
| David Cook | CF | 22 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.864 | ||||
| Ricardo Nanita | CF | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | CF | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ricardo Nanita | LF | 65 | 107 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .974 | 1.723 | ||||
| Stefan Gartrell | LF | 39 | 68 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .932 | 1.769 | ||||
| Lee Cruz | LF | 29 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .966 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | LF | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| C. J. Lang | LF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Noah Hall | LF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Miguel Negron | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Miguel Negron | OF | 125 | 233 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 1.920 | ||||
| Ricardo Nanita | OF | 98 | 180 | 9 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 1.929 | ||||
| Stefan Gartrell | OF | 97 | 170 | 7 | 10 | 3 | .947 | 1.825 | ||||
| David Cook | OF | 57 | 108 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .973 | 1.930 | ||||
| Lee Cruz | OF | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | OF | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 1.000 | ||||
| Noah Hall | OF | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.286 | ||||
| C. J. Lang | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Joe Torres | P | 59 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .051 | ||||
| Jon Link | P | 56 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 0 | .913 | .375 | ||||
| John Lujan | P | 50 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Fernando Hernández | P | 41 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .244 | ||||
| Derek Rodriguez | P | 29 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .414 | ||||
| Kyle McCulloch | P | 28 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.357 | ||||
| Justin Cassel | P | 28 | 14 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .929 | 1.393 | ||||
| Ryan Rote | P | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Shaun Babula | P | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Carlos Torres | P | 21 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 3 | .962 | 1.190 | ||||
| Ryan O'Malley | P | 20 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Brian Omogrosso | P | 17 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .471 | ||||
| Kanekoa Texeira | P | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .133 | ||||
| Aaron Poreda | P | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Dewon Day | P | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Clayton Richard | P | 13 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.231 | ||||
| Lucas Harrell | P | 11 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.273 | ||||
| Clevelan Santeliz | P | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Matt Zaleski | P | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Joe Winkelsas | P | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Bobby Jenks | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Eric Hollis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jack Egbert | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Stefan Gartrell | RF | 60 | 102 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .956 | 1.800 | ||||
| David Cook | RF | 39 | 68 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .958 | 1.769 | ||||
| Ricardo Nanita | RF | 33 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.939 | ||||
| Miguel Negron | RF | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Noah Hall | RF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Lee Cruz | RF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Rob Valido | SS | 111 | 195 | 316 | 27 | 82 | .950 | 4.604 | ||||
| Robbie Hudson | SS | 22 | 38 | 79 | 2 | 18 | .983 | 5.318 | ||||
| Victor Mercedes | SS | 5 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 3.800 | ||||
| C. J. Lang | SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2081 | 4369 | 1549 | 135 | 446 | .978 | 2.844 | 17 | 91 | 60 | 39.7 |
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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