2002 Cook County Cheetahs Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 40-44
Finished 3rd in the FL's West Division
Manager: Chad Epperson (0-0), Dana Forsberg (0-0)
Location: Crestwood, Illinois
Ballpark: Hawkinson Ford Field
Attendance: 66,214, Avg. 1,655 in 40 home dates
2002 Cook County Cheetahs RosterTeam Record: 40-44
Finished 3rd in the FL's West Division
Manager: Chad Epperson (0-0), Dana Forsberg (0-0)
Location: Crestwood, Illinois
Ballpark: Hawkinson Ford Field
Attendance: 66,214, Avg. 1,655 in 40 home dates
The Cook County Cheetahs of the Frontier League ended the 2002 season with a record of 40 wins and 44 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Cheetahs plated 456 runs and yielded 396 runs. Sean Bischofberger paced Cook County with 12 home runs Pichi Balet drove in 64 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .405 average. James Clelland led the team with 7 wins and a team-best 2.81 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers. Chad Epperson and Dana Forsberg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Clelland | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.80 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 112.7 | 110 | 43 | 35 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 469 |
| Bobby Mack | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.88 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 | 66 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 266 |
| Tomohiro Honda | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.96 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 65.3 | 70 | 37 | 36 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 278 |
| Chad Bircher | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.86 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 38.7 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 154 |
| Brian Houdek | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.03 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62.3 | 42 | 24 | 21 | 5 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 258 |
| Kris Regas | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.90 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.3 | 38 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 174 |
| Grant Williams | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.70 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 163 |
| Eric White | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.36 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 64.3 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 282 |
| Adam Palmer | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.07 | 32 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55.3 | 68 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 249 |
| Alex Prendes | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.36 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 17 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 62 |
| Toby David | 2 | 7 | .222 | 6.28 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 81.7 | 103 | 66 | 57 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 377 |
| Julio Chinea | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Ed Marko | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Scott Nichols | 0 | 0 | 45.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Josh Barbarossa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 |
| Mike Weel | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.74 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 78 |
| Travis Kerber | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Kevin Sadowski | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.00 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 45 |
| Hideki Nagasaka | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| James Browning | 0 | 1 | .000 | 22.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Tony Etnier | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.76 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 105 |
| Sam Greco | 0 | 3 | .000 | 6.12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 145 |
| Totals | 40 | 44 | .476 | 4.17 | 264 | 84 | 76 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 741.0 | 766 | 396 | 343 | 41 | 296 | 8 | 561 | 53 | 3 | 50 | 3257 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pichi Balet | 78 | 346 | 304 | 56 | 123 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 19 | .405 | .462 | .536 | .998 | 163 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| John Schmitz | 78 | 350 | 274 | 59 | 94 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 57 | 30 | .343 | .473 | .474 | .947 | 130 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Nick Gontmaher | 64 | 301 | 260 | 55 | 78 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 4 | 28 | 32 | .300 | .383 | .404 | .787 | 105 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Rick Stegbauer | 66 | 271 | 252 | 29 | 76 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 25 | .302 | .339 | .369 | .709 | 93 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Rinne | 75 | 329 | 272 | 32 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 10 | 1 | 49 | 65 | .265 | .378 | .335 | .713 | 91 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Conway | 74 | 267 | 252 | 27 | 63 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 42 | .250 | .287 | .357 | .644 | 90 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Hambelton | 63 | 240 | 217 | 26 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 52 | .281 | .335 | .442 | .777 | 96 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Sean Bischofberger | 65 | 251 | 207 | 48 | 60 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 72 | .290 | .400 | .551 | .951 | 114 | 6 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Dan Firlit | 60 | 253 | 226 | 28 | 59 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 50 | .261 | .324 | .381 | .705 | 86 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| T. J. Runnells | 21 | 103 | 92 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | .283 | .327 | .337 | .663 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Van Horn | 31 | 122 | 109 | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25 | .229 | .292 | .303 | .594 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Galvan | 28 | 103 | 96 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | .219 | .245 | .365 | .610 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Brandon Pollard | 34 | 107 | 87 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 19 | .218 | .355 | .333 | .688 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brendan Loughrey | 34 | 115 | 101 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 20 | .188 | .287 | .208 | .495 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Bergheger | 10 | 38 | 35 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .371 | .421 | .543 | .964 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Wilke | 19 | 63 | 51 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .235 | .381 | .373 | .754 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garet Luebbert | 19 | 69 | 61 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 20 | .164 | .239 | .262 | .501 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Figueroa | 11 | 30 | 27 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .185 | .214 | .185 | .399 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dana Forsberg | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .571 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Gianfortune | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .222 | .300 | .444 | .744 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 835 | 3377 | 2939 | 456 | 842 | 164 | 14 | 51 | 406 | 61 | 31 | 290 | 538 | .286 | .366 | .404 | .769 | 1187 | 82 | 93 | 26 | 29 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Hambelton | 1B | 43 | 356 | 33 | 5 | 40 | .987 | 9.047 | ||||
| Rick Stegbauer | 1B | 31 | 252 | 19 | 6 | 26 | .978 | 8.742 | ||||
| Sean Bischofberger | 1B | 12 | 105 | 5 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 9.167 | ||||
| Dana Forsberg | 1B | 2 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 8.500 | ||||
| Rob Conway | 2B | 63 | 94 | 158 | 11 | 29 | .958 | 4.000 | ||||
| Garet Luebbert | 2B | 17 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 7 | .889 | 3.294 | ||||
| T. J. Runnells | 2B | 8 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 8 | .927 | 4.750 | ||||
| Carlos Figueroa | 2B | 8 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| John Schmitz | 2B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Dan Firlit | 2B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Pichi Balet | 3B | 71 | 57 | 128 | 22 | 13 | .894 | 2.606 | ||||
| Rob Conway | 3B | 12 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .963 | 2.167 | ||||
| Sean Bischofberger | 3B | 7 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | 2.143 | ||||
| Brendan Loughrey | C | 33 | 202 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .991 | 6.576 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 31.2 |
| Ryan Van Horn | C | 31 | 211 | 31 | 4 | 2 | .984 | 7.806 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 37.7 |
| Ron Galvan | C | 28 | 158 | 28 | 3 | 4 | .984 | 6.643 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 51.4 |
| Rick Stegbauer | C | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sean Bischofberger | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Gontmaher | CF | 64 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Schmitz | CF | 26 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Rinne | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Rinne | LF | 71 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Wilke | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jon Hambelton | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Pollard | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Gianfortune | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| John Schmitz | OF | 76 | 128 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .957 | 1.763 | ||||
| Jim Rinne | OF | 74 | 126 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .977 | 1.730 | ||||
| Nick Gontmaher | OF | 64 | 160 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .970 | 2.547 | ||||
| Brandon Pollard | OF | 32 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.688 | ||||
| Josh Wilke | OF | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | ||||
| Jon Hambelton | OF | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mario Gianfortune | OF | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Adam Palmer | P | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .156 | ||||
| Bobby Mack | P | 30 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Chad Bircher | P | 30 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Grant Williams | P | 28 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .393 | ||||
| Eric White | P | 28 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Toby David | P | 17 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 3 | .972 | 2.059 | ||||
| James Clelland | P | 16 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 1 | .964 | 1.688 | ||||
| Alex Prendes | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Brian Houdek | P | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.909 | ||||
| Tomohiro Honda | P | 11 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kris Regas | P | 10 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Julio Chinea | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Sam Greco | P | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Josh Barbarossa | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Mike Weel | P | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Travis Kerber | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Tony Etnier | P | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Kevin Sadowski | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Nichols | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Hideki Nagasaka | P | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ed Marko | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| James Browning | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| John Schmitz | RF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Pollard | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Wilke | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jim Rinne | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mario Gianfortune | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Gontmaher | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Dan Firlit | SS | 59 | 108 | 174 | 11 | 41 | .962 | 4.780 | ||||
| T. J. Runnells | SS | 15 | 25 | 32 | 5 | 7 | .919 | 3.800 | ||||
| Jeremiah Bergheger | SS | 10 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 5 | .925 | 4.900 | ||||
| Garet Luebbert | SS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Carlos Figueroa | SS | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Rob Conway | SS | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1273 | 2223 | 918 | 111 | 218 | .966 | 2.467 | 18 | 77 | 51 | 39.8 |
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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