2017 Bluefield Blue Jays Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 46-22
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Manager: Dennis Holmberg (46-22)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 21,595, Avg. 697 in 31 home dates
2017 Bluefield Blue Jays RosterTeam Record: 46-22
Finished 1st in the AL's East Division
Manager: Dennis Holmberg (46-22)
Affiliation: Toronto Blue Jays
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 21,595, Avg. 697 in 31 home dates
Playoffs - Pulaski Yankees 2 games, Bluefield Blue Jays 1
The Bluefield Blue Jays of the Appalachian League ended the 2017 season with a record of 46 wins and 22 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Blue Jays scored 410 runs and allowed 322 runs. Kevin Smith drove in 43 runs. Ryan Noda topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .364 clip. Max Castillo led the team with 6 wins, while Randy Pondler recorded a 2.52 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Kevin Smith, Samad Taylor, Josh Winckowski, Zach Logue, Ty Tice, Ryan Noda and Max Castillo were all players from the 2017 Bluefield Blue Jays who played in the Majors during their careers.
Dennis Holmberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Castillo | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.80 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 54 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 200 |
| Randy Pondler | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.51 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 46 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 222 |
| Elio Silva | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.77 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.3 | 53 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 195 |
| Alvaro Galindo | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.94 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 54 | 34 | 26 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 214 |
| Turner Larkins | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.04 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.3 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 143 |
| Mitch McKown | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.55 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 113 |
| Joe DiBenedetto | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.24 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.3 | 25 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| Jordan Barrett | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.80 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35.3 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 150 |
| Marcus Reyes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.77 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.3 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
| Kelyn Jose | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.12 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 117 |
| Tyler Olander | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.14 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 108 |
| Josh Winckowski | 2 | 2 | .500 | 5.33 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.0 | 61 | 41 | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 246 |
| Jose Nova | 2 | 2 | .500 | 9.97 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 108 |
| Zach Logue | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Connor Law | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Colton Laws | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.82 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| Ty Tice | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.05 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 25.7 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 |
| Graham Spraker | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1.62 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 33.3 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 129 |
| Joel Espinal | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.51 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 53 | 37 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 205 |
| Miguel Burgos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Jonathan Cheshire | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Yonardo Herdenez | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | |
| Totals | 46 | 22 | .676 | 3.81 | 250 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 602.0 | 584 | 322 | 255 | 44 | 197 | 0 | 572 | 27 | 5 | 69 | 2582 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorman Rodriguez | 57 | 257 | 240 | 36 | 83 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 25 | .346 | .374 | .429 | .803 | 103 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ryan Noda | 66 | 276 | 214 | 62 | 78 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 60 | .364 | .507 | .575 | 1.082 | 123 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chavez Young | 62 | 281 | 252 | 52 | 71 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 58 | .282 | .332 | .440 | .773 | 111 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Kevin Smith | 61 | 283 | 262 | 43 | 71 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 70 | .271 | .312 | .466 | .778 | 122 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| McGregory Contreras | 51 | 207 | 190 | 36 | 53 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 55 | .279 | .335 | .421 | .756 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Antony Fuentes | 45 | 174 | 155 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 34 | .284 | .347 | .439 | .786 | 68 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Grudzielanek | 38 | 161 | 146 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 26 | .295 | .340 | .397 | .737 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Gold | 39 | 157 | 139 | 24 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 33 | .302 | .382 | .482 | .864 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus Navarro | 52 | 197 | 172 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 30 | .203 | .267 | .221 | .488 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesus Severino | 43 | 156 | 136 | 17 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 29 | .228 | .303 | .331 | .634 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Freddy Rodriguez | 28 | 104 | 91 | 17 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 21 | .308 | .388 | .473 | .861 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reilly Johnson | 25 | 97 | 82 | 9 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 16 | .232 | .333 | .280 | .614 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tanner Kirwer | 25 | 103 | 85 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .224 | .323 | .329 | .653 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Sterling Guzman | 15 | 58 | 46 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 13 | .304 | .429 | .413 | .842 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Francisco Rodriguez | 25 | 82 | 71 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 33 | .183 | .293 | .225 | .518 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Polizzi | 7 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .357 | .438 | .571 | 1.009 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samad Taylor | 5 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .250 | .350 | .250 | .600 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 644 | 2645 | 2325 | 410 | 658 | 126 | 24 | 44 | 353 | 44 | 26 | 222 | 543 | .283 | .355 | .415 | .770 | 964 | 58 | 48 | 31 | 19 | 5 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Noda | 1B | 49 | 405 | 27 | 5 | 35 | .989 | 8.816 | ||||
| Francisco Rodriguez | 1B | 19 | 146 | 7 | 3 | 17 | .981 | 8.053 | ||||
| Yorman Rodriguez | 1B | 5 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .981 | 1.200 | ||||
| Jesus Navarro | 2B | 44 | 70 | 109 | 8 | 28 | .957 | 4.068 | ||||
| Brandon Grudzielanek | 2B | 11 | 20 | 29 | 1 | 11 | .980 | 4.455 | ||||
| Sterling Guzman | 2B | 10 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 5 | .949 | 3.700 | ||||
| Samad Taylor | 2B | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .867 | 2.600 | ||||
| Jesus Severino | 3B | 40 | 22 | 83 | 14 | 4 | .882 | 2.625 | ||||
| Brandon Grudzielanek | 3B | 24 | 16 | 46 | 4 | 2 | .939 | 2.583 | ||||
| Sterling Guzman | 3B | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Reilly Johnson | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Yorman Rodriguez | C | 27 | 209 | 21 | 6 | 1 | .975 | 8.519 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 25.9 |
| Ryan Gold | C | 25 | 209 | 14 | 1 | 2 | .996 | 8.920 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 24.1 |
| Reilly Johnson | C | 18 | 141 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.500 | 8 | 19 | 2 | 9.5 |
| Chavez Young | CF | 53 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .993 | 2.623 | ||||
| Tanner Kirwer | CF | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .969 | 2.583 | ||||
| McGregory Contreras | CF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Antony Fuentes | CF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ryan Noda | CF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| McGregory Contreras | LF | 34 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.235 | ||||
| Antony Fuentes | LF | 27 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.259 | ||||
| Freddy Rodriguez | LF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brandon Polizzi | LF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tanner Kirwer | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ryan Noda | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chavez Young | OF | 58 | 147 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .994 | 2.638 | ||||
| McGregory Contreras | OF | 51 | 63 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .943 | 1.294 | ||||
| Antony Fuentes | OF | 41 | 56 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .935 | 1.415 | ||||
| Freddy Rodriguez | OF | 25 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.360 | ||||
| Tanner Kirwer | OF | 25 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .966 | 2.280 | ||||
| Ryan Noda | OF | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Brandon Polizzi | OF | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ty Tice | P | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .217 | ||||
| Graham Spraker | P | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .158 | ||||
| Kelyn Jose | P | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .053 | ||||
| Tyler Olander | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 | .062 | ||||
| Jose Nova | P | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Mitch McKown | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Joe DiBenedetto | P | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Marcus Reyes | P | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .308 | ||||
| Josh Winckowski | P | 12 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .917 | ||||
| Randy Pondler | P | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Alvaro Galindo | P | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .500 | ||||
| Joel Espinal | P | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .833 | ||||
| Elio Silva | P | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .364 | ||||
| Jordan Barrett | P | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Turner Larkins | P | 10 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Max Castillo | P | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Colton Laws | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Yonardo Herdenez | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Zach Logue | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Connor Law | P | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jonathan Cheshire | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Miguel Burgos | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Freddy Rodriguez | RF | 22 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.318 | ||||
| Tanner Kirwer | RF | 13 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.923 | ||||
| Antony Fuentes | RF | 13 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .920 | 1.769 | ||||
| McGregory Contreras | RF | 13 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .944 | 1.308 | ||||
| Ryan Noda | RF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Chavez Young | RF | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.800 | ||||
| Brandon Polizzi | RF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Smith | SS | 58 | 89 | 200 | 14 | 40 | .954 | 4.983 | ||||
| Jesus Navarro | SS | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 7 | .914 | 3.556 | ||||
| Jesus Severino | SS | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Totals | 1044 | 2186 | 715 | 95 | 166 | .968 | 2.779 | 25 | 61 | 16 | 20.8 |
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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