2008 Burlington Royals Statistics

Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 24-41
Finished 5th in the AL's East Division
Manager: Tony Tijerina (24-41)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Burlington, North Carolina
Ballpark: Burlington Athletic Park
Attendance: 28,196, Avg. 910 in 31 home dates

2008 Burlington Royals Roster

The Burlington Royals of the Appalachian League ended the 2008 season with a record of 24 wins and 41 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.

The Royals plated 266 runs and conceded 358 runs, most in the circuit. Josh Vittek drove in 34 runs. Angel Franco led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .257 clip, while Mike Lehmann recorded a 3.46 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 2008 Burlington Royals who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Fernando Cruz, Sugar Ray Marimón, Salvador Pérez and Kelvin Herrera.

Tony Tijerina served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Mike Lehmann	4	4	.500	3.43	13	9	1	0	57.7	57	30	22	4	16	0	42	0	0	2	243
Barry Bowden	3	2	.600	1.86	20	0	17	7	29.0	21	7	6	2	12	2	40	2	0	3	121
John Flanagan	3	3	.500	2.56	12	7	2	0	45.7	36	14	13	2	14	0	43	0	1	0	182
Sam Runion	3	4	.429	3.35	10	10	0	0	48.3	47	25	18	4	10	0	30	1	0	6	200
Giancarlo De La Cruz	3	5	.375	5.69	13	8	1	0	49.0	55	33	31	7	13	1	44	6	0	4	217
Kelvin Herrera	2	2	.500	1.42	11	8	0	0	50.7	48	17	8	0	5	0	45	3	1	2	198
Manauris Baez	2	2	.500	2.89	15	3	8	1	37.3	30	15	12	4	10	0	35	2	0	2	146
Jake Rodriguez	2	2	.500	3.51	13	0	1	1	33.3	27	15	13	0	12	0	48	2	1	6	141
Williams Farinas	1	0	1.000	7.91	15	0	10	0	19.3	24	19	17	6	13	0	22	0	0	4	96
Roque Colon	1	2	.333	7.23	16	0	6	0	23.7	27	25	19	5	17	2	25	1	1	4	117
Jaeson Hudnall	0	0		3.38	4	0	3	0	5.3	5	3	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	22
Edwin Mieles	0	0		5.21	15	0	8	0	19.0	24	15	11	3	14	0	15	1	0	4	97
Tim Huber	0	0		18.00	3	0	1	0	3.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	4	1	0	1	20
Brent Fisher	0	1	.000	6.43	2	1	0	0	7.0	9	6	5	0	2	0	8	0	0	1	33
Pernell Halliman	0	1	.000	8.31	12	3	2	0	26.0	38	29	24	4	16	0	20	1	0	5	131
Santiago Garrido	0	2	.000	3.86	6	3	0	0	18.7	19	11	8	1	6	0	13	1	0	2	76
Victor Jorge	0	2	.000	8.54	10	5	2	0	26.3	32	27	25	4	13	0	15	0	0	5	121
Sugar Ray Marimón	0	2	.000	11.08	6	3	0	0	13.0	19	17	16	2	10	0	12	1	1	6	67
O. D. Gonzalez	0	3	.000	12.46	6	0	0	0	13.0	24	21	18	1	5	0	12	4	0	2	69
Carson Bryant	0	4	.000	4.62	13	5	3	0	37.0	41	23	19	5	10	0	42	3	0	5	161
Totals	24	41	.369	4.69	215	65	65	9	562.3	591	358	293	56	200	5	521	29	5	65	2458

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
Angel Franco	62	264	237	27	61	10	1	1	25	14	7	19	41	.257	.314	.321	.635	76	1	1	6	1	0
Julio Aparicio	57	238	218	32	55	8	1	2	27	7	4	15	66	.252	.307	.326	.632	71	3	3	0	2	1
Fernando Cruz	53	204	198	19	47	9	0	0	14	3	3	3	43	.237	.260	.283	.543	56	6	3	0	0	0
Hilton Richardson	54	229	205	36	47	7	5	1	16	10	7	17	61	.229	.293	.327	.620	67	1	2	4	1	1
Josh Vittek	42	168	155	24	46	7	1	8	34	0	1	10	57	.297	.345	.510	.855	79	2	2	0	1	0
David Wood	40	165	149	17	43	10	1	2	21	1	5	15	14	.289	.352	.409	.761	61	3	0	0	1	0
Allen Caldwell	54	220	199	20	40	7	3	4	21	1	3	17	44	.201	.268	.327	.595	65	6	2	0	2	0
Diego Cruz	38	139	135	15	36	6	0	1	14	1	1	3	27	.267	.288	.333	.621	45	2	1	0	0	0
Jorge Gutierrez	38	135	120	15	28	2	0	0	11	6	4	10	20	.233	.299	.250	.549	30	3	2	1	2	0
Warren McFadden	32	128	113	14	24	3	1	2	7	2	0	13	24	.212	.305	.310	.614	35	1	2	0	0	0
Yeldrys Molina	27	101	82	12	23	1	3	2	4	1	2	16	28	.280	.398	.439	.837	36	0	0	3	0	0
Jason Morales	35	142	123	16	23	4	1	1	9	1	1	13	32	.187	.279	.260	.539	32	1	3	2	1	0
Miguel Moctezuma	31	109	101	5	16	3	0	1	12	0	0	6	31	.158	.211	.218	.429	22	0	1	0	1	0
Salvador Pérez	13	49	40	4	13	0	1	0	10	0	0	5	5	.325	.404	.375	.779	15	0	1	2	1	0
Yenssi Reyes	16	46	42	4	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.190	.261	.238	.499	10	3	2	0	0	0
Lifete Jose	11	37	33	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	14	.182	.270	.212	.482	7	0	1	0	0	0
Carlo Testa	7	20	16	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	.188	.350	.312	.662	5	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Olson	4	16	15	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.067	.125	.067	.192	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	614	2410	2181	266	520	82	18	25	227	48	39	172	526	.238	.300	.327	.627	713	32	26	18	13	2

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Diego Cruz	1B	30	243	18	5	18	.981	8.700
David Wood	1B	23	206	13	4	22	.982	9.522
Jason Morales	1B	9	87	3	2	10	.978	1.000
Josh Vittek	1B	6	50	0	1	4	.980	8.333
Jorge Gutierrez	1B	1	4	0	1	1	.800	4.000
Angel Franco	2B	59	103	176	10	38	.965	4.729
Jorge Gutierrez	2B	6	13	14	0	4	1.000	4.500
Lifete Jose	2B	2	3	5	0	1	1.000	4.000
Salvador Pérez	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fernando Cruz	3B	48	17	75	9	7	.911	1.917
Jason Morales	3B	19	8	23	4	3	.886	1.632
Angel Franco	3B	2	0	3	1	0	.750	1.500
Miguel Moctezuma	C	30	244	21	1	2	.996	8.833	14	21	12	36.4
Josh Vittek	C	16	121	22	4	4	.973	8.938	9	17	13	43.3
Yenssi Reyes	C	15	92	6	0	0	1.000	6.533	2	11	2	15.4
Salvador Pérez	C	9	58	13	1	2	.986	7.889	2	4	7	63.6
Angel Franco	C	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000	0	0	0
Hilton Richardson	CF	50	83	2	5	1	.944	1.700
Allen Caldwell	CF	8	11	0	0	0	1.000	1.375
Julio Aparicio	CF	8	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.875
Carlo Testa	CF	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Julio Aparicio	LF	40	72	4	3	0	.962	1.900
Allen Caldwell	LF	13	12	2	2	1	.875	1.077
David Wood	LF	10	14	1	0	1	1.000	1.500
Matt Olson	LF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Allen Caldwell	OF	51	73	6	6	2	.929	1.549
Hilton Richardson	OF	50	83	2	5	1	.944	1.700
Julio Aparicio	OF	50	93	4	3	0	.970	1.940
Warren McFadden	OF	29	46	2	1	1	.980	1.655
David Wood	OF	10	14	1	0	1	1.000	1.500
Carlo Testa	OF	5	9	0	1	0	.900	1.800
Matt Olson	OF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Barry Bowden	P	20	0	3	1	0	.750	.150
Roque Colon	P	16	0	4	1	0	.800	.250
Edwin Mieles	P	15	0	1	0	0	1.000	.067
Williams Farinas	P	15	1	1	1	0	.667	.133
Manauris Baez	P	15	0	4	0	0	1.000	.267
Jake Rodriguez	P	13	0	10	1	0	.909	.769
Mike Lehmann	P	13	4	8	1	2	.923	.923
Giancarlo De La Cruz	P	13	1	6	2	0	.778	.538
Carson Bryant	P	13	0	4	0	0	1.000	.308
Pernell Halliman	P	12	1	0	0	0	1.000	.083
John Flanagan	P	12	2	9	0	1	1.000	.917
Kelvin Herrera	P	11	5	5	0	0	1.000	.909
Sam Runion	P	10	4	7	0	0	1.000	1.100
Victor Jorge	P	10	1	2	1	0	.750	.300
Sugar Ray Marimón	P	6	1	0	1	0	.500	.167
O. D. Gonzalez	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Santiago Garrido	P	6	2	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Jaeson Hudnall	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Tim Huber	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Brent Fisher	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Allen Caldwell	RF	31	50	4	4	1	.931	1.742
Warren McFadden	RF	29	46	2	1	1	.980	1.655
Carlo Testa	RF	3	6	0	1	0	.857	2.000
Julio Aparicio	RF	2	6	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jorge Gutierrez	SS	30	47	103	5	22	.968	5.000
Yeldrys Molina	SS	27	34	84	7	15	.944	4.370
Lifete Jose	SS	8	11	18	6	3	.829	3.625
Totals		954	2006	696	102	169	.964	2.832	27	53	34	39.1

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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