2017 Cedar Rapids Kernels Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-65
Finished 2nd in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Pat Shine (31-36), David Macias (44-29)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Ballpark: New Veterans Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 166,427, Avg. 2,378 in 70 home dates

2017 Cedar Rapids Kernels Roster

Playoffs - Quad Cities River Bandits 2 games, Cedar Rapids Kernels 0 - Second Round
Playoffs - Cedar Rapids Kernels 2 games, Kane County Cougars 0

The Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League ended the 2017 season with a record of 75 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the league's West Division.

The Kernels scored 591 runs and surrendered 514 runs. Travis Blankenhorn led Cedar Rapids with 13 home runs and recorded 69 runs batted in. Lewin Díaz paced hitters with significant playing time with a .292 average. Clark Beeker topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.04 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 2017 Cedar Rapids Kernels who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Trey Cabbage, Charlie Barnes, Royce Lewis, Randy Dobnak, Sean Poppen, Caleb Hamilton, Ben Rortvedt, Andrew Vasquez, Tyler Wells, Bryan Sammons, Jermaine Palacios, Lewin Díaz, Jaylin Davis, Travis Blankenhorn, Griffin Jax and Aaron Whitefield.

Pat Shine and David Macias 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
Clark Beeker	11	3	.786	2.03	20	20	0	2	2	0	128.7	102	34	29	11	17	0	84	9	0	0	502
Eduardo Del Rosario	7	6	.538	4.11	23	18	3	0	0	1	105.0	92	49	48	8	41	0	94	5	4	10	438
Sean Poppen	6	2	.750	2.90	14	14	0	0	0	0	87.0	76	40	28	5	17	0	81	7	0	8	364
Colton Davis	6	3	.667	3.43	44	1	19	0	0	3	63.0	51	25	24	4	26	1	60	5	0	4	263
Anthony Marzi	5	2	.714	1.98	9	9	0	0	0	0	54.7	42	16	12	3	14	0	36	8	0	2	223
Tyler Wells	5	3	.625	3.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	75.3	63	28	26	6	22	0	92	2	2	6	311
Domenick Carlini	4	8	.333	5.18	17	16	1	0	0	0	83.3	96	56	48	12	29	0	66	5	0	9	374
Tyler Beardsley	4	9	.308	5.38	16	15	0	1	0	0	85.3	99	53	51	9	20	0	43	2	0	6	367
Hector Lujan	3	1	.750	1.33	42	0	35	0	0	17	54.0	41	15	8	3	8	0	54	2	1	1	204
Tom Hackimer	3	1	.750	1.50	16	0	12	0	0	6	24.0	11	5	4	0	3	0	28	4	0	1	91
Bryan Sammons	3	1	.750	3.51	6	5	0	0	0	0	25.7	22	13	10	2	11	0	35	0	0	4	111
Patrick McGuff	3	2	.600	2.49	27	1	14	0	0	1	50.7	39	16	14	2	19	1	53	2	0	5	202
Griffin Jax	2	1	.667	2.39	4	4	0	0	0	0	26.3	19	7	7	1	7	0	13	1	0	0	104
Charlie Barnes	2	1	.667	3.86	6	6	0	0	0	0	25.7	23	12	11	4	8	0	23	1	0	3	109
Max Cordy	2	4	.333	3.54	39	4	15	0	0	3	68.7	56	37	27	3	43	1	67	5	0	15	302
Evan Sanders	2	4	.333	5.94	14	5	4	0	0	0	36.3	34	25	24	2	30	0	29	6	0	7	169
Alex Robinson	2	5	.286	2.84	28	0	10	0	0	2	38.0	29	12	12	2	15	0	51	2	0	5	159
Andrew Vasquez	1	0	1.000	1.61	14	0	2	0	0	0	22.3	15	4	4	0	10	0	33	1	0	1	90
Alex Schick	1	1	.500	6.10	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.3	14	7	7	1	2	0	10	0	0	3	45
Ryan Mason	1	2	.333	2.01	29	0	5	0	0	0	49.3	54	15	11	1	11	0	43	1	0	9	210
Logan Lombana	1	2	.333	2.60	36	0	12	0	0	0	65.7	57	21	19	4	17	1	55	5	0	9	265
Tyler Watson	1	3	.250	4.28	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.3	28	15	13	4	8	0	18	1	0	2	115
Caleb Hamilton	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	4
Quin Grogan	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	2.3	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13
Randy Dobnak	0	0		2.57	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	27
Zack Tillery	0	0		6.43	6	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	0	14	0	8	1	0	3	40
Joe Cronin	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	6
Brady Anderson	0	1	.000	1.42	2	0	2	0	0	1	6.3	4	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	24
Totals	75	65	.536	3.26	438	140	137	3	2	35	1231.3	1085	514	446	87	397	4	1088	75	7	115	5132

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
Lewin Díaz	122	508	466	47	136	33	1	12	68	2	1	25	80	.292	.329	.444	.773	207	13	6	0	11	3
Travis Blankenhorn	118	508	438	68	110	22	11	13	69	13	2	47	119	.251	.343	.441	.784	193	7	17	1	5	2
Aaron Whitefield	117	460	413	66	108	18	6	11	57	33	9	31	118	.262	.318	.414	.732	171	8	7	1	8	1
Jermaine Palacios	62	276	259	52	83	13	6	11	39	9	8	12	46	.320	.362	.544	.907	141	7	5	0	0	0
Christian Cavaness	89	330	292	37	70	12	8	6	38	9	9	32	106	.240	.317	.397	.714	116	1	2	2	2	1
Ben Rortvedt	89	336	308	33	69	16	0	4	30	1	0	22	60	.224	.284	.315	.599	97	6	4	1	1	0
Caleb Hamilton	92	367	307	51	68	18	4	9	42	3	4	54	97	.221	.342	.394	.736	121	7	3	1	2	0
Jaylin Davis	66	272	251	36	67	13	3	12	41	9	2	16	77	.267	.316	.486	.802	122	5	3	0	2	0
Mitchell Kranson	57	236	220	24	59	15	1	3	21	0	0	14	41	.268	.318	.386	.704	85	9	2	0	0	2
Brandon Lopez	53	200	185	22	51	4	2	0	13	1	0	11	32	.276	.322	.319	.641	59	8	2	1	1	0
Shane Carrier	55	211	201	16	48	12	0	7	23	0	1	7	55	.239	.275	.403	.678	81	5	3	0	0	0
Hank Morrison	53	203	184	21	40	6	1	4	10	2	0	10	41	.217	.286	.326	.612	60	4	8	0	1	0
Trey Cabbage	47	178	161	12	36	7	1	2	13	0	2	15	57	.224	.287	.317	.603	51	3	0	0	2	0
Jimmy Kerrigan	31	131	124	14	31	2	4	5	20	1	2	1	30	.250	.269	.452	.721	56	2	3	1	2	0
Joe Cronin	49	193	159	23	31	6	2	4	12	1	2	27	51	.195	.325	.333	.658	53	2	4	2	1	0
Ariel Montesino	45	173	151	14	28	7	2	0	5	3	3	16	40	.185	.259	.258	.517	39	0	0	3	3	0
Gorge Munoz	29	107	96	8	23	3	1	2	12	4	2	5	27	.240	.295	.354	.649	34	3	3	2	1	0
Royce Lewis	18	80	71	16	21	2	1	1	10	3	1	6	16	.296	.362	.394	.757	28	1	2	0	1	0
Jordan Gore	27	97	86	13	19	3	2	1	4	1	0	10	33	.221	.299	.337	.636	29	2	0	0	1	0
Amaurys Minier	35	140	118	7	17	7	0	3	16	0	0	18	48	.144	.271	.280	.551	33	2	3	0	1	0
Shane Kennedy	10	42	32	3	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	9	14	.250	.429	.375	.804	12	0	1	0	0	0
Lean Marrero	11	43	40	1	8	1	1	0	2	1	1	3	7	.200	.256	.275	.531	11	2	0	0	0	0
Andre Jernigan	16	57	51	7	8	3	0	1	5	0	0	4	23	.157	.214	.275	.489	14	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	1291	5148	4613	591	1139	224	57	112	552	96	49	395	1218	.247	.314	.393	.707	1813	97	78	16	46	9

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Lewin Díaz	1B	110	940	59	13	78	.987	9.082
Caleb Hamilton	1B	12	82	8	0	9	1.000	7.500
Amaurys Minier	1B	11	96	4	2	5	.980	9.091
Mitchell Kranson	1B	8	52	3	1	5	.982	6.875
Trey Cabbage	1B	3	19	1	0	5	1.000	6.667
Brandon Lopez	2B	47	93	108	2	29	.990	4.277
Travis Blankenhorn	2B	43	82	101	2	31	.989	4.256
Ariel Montesino	2B	21	45	54	1	8	.990	4.714
Joe Cronin	2B	14	31	35	2	9	.971	4.714
Gorge Munoz	2B	7	15	15	2	3	.938	4.286
Jordan Gore	2B	6	14	16	0	6	1.000	5.000
Caleb Hamilton	2B	4	6	8	2	3	.875	3.500
Travis Blankenhorn	3B	55	44	87	12	8	.916	2.382
Caleb Hamilton	3B	22	15	53	6	4	.919	3.091
Joe Cronin	3B	18	15	34	3	4	.942	2.722
Andre Jernigan	3B	14	4	30	2	2	.944	2.429
Trey Cabbage	3B	14	8	36	5	3	.898	3.143
Ariel Montesino	3B	8	7	16	3	0	.885	2.875
Jordan Gore	3B	8	2	21	0	4	1.000	2.875
Mitchell Kranson	3B	3	1	5	2	1	.750	2.000
Brandon Lopez	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Shane Kennedy	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ben Rortvedt	C	86	650	84	6	5	.992	8.535	15	53	30	36.1
Caleb Hamilton	C	40	290	32	8	3	.976	8.050	18	18	16	47.1
Mitchell Kranson	C	17	127	13	0	4	1.000	8.235	3	16	9	36.0
Aaron Whitefield	CF	109	257	9	4	3	.985	2.440
Christian Cavaness	CF	22	43	1	1	0	.978	2.000
Jimmy Kerrigan	CF	9	24	1	0	0	1.000	2.778
Lean Marrero	CF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Christian Cavaness	LF	54	74	1	1	0	.987	1.389
Trey Cabbage	LF	22	37	2	0	1	1.000	1.773
Shane Carrier	LF	19	22	4	0	1	1.000	1.368
Hank Morrison	LF	12	23	1	2	1	.923	2.000
Caleb Hamilton	LF	12	16	0	1	0	.941	1.333
Jimmy Kerrigan	LF	9	17	0	0	0	1.000	1.889
Ariel Montesino	LF	5	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.400
Shane Kennedy	LF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Lean Marrero	LF	3	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.333
Joe Cronin	LF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667
Aaron Whitefield	OF	109	257	9	4	3	.985	2.440
Christian Cavaness	OF	84	132	4	2	0	.986	1.619
Jaylin Davis	OF	60	110	9	2	3	.983	1.983
Hank Morrison	OF	46	75	2	2	1	.975	1.674
Shane Carrier	OF	40	63	6	0	3	1.000	1.725
Jimmy Kerrigan	OF	31	77	1	0	0	1.000	2.516
Trey Cabbage	OF	22	37	2	0	1	1.000	1.773
Caleb Hamilton	OF	12	16	0	1	0	.941	1.333
Lean Marrero	OF	11	27	0	0	0	1.000	2.455
Ariel Montesino	OF	5	11	1	0	0	1.000	2.400
Shane Kennedy	OF	4	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.250
Joe Cronin	OF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667
Colton Davis	P	44	6	4	1	0	.909	.227
Hector Lujan	P	42	5	5	1	1	.909	.238
Max Cordy	P	39	6	12	0	0	1.000	.462
Logan Lombana	P	36	5	12	0	1	1.000	.472
Ryan Mason	P	29	4	2	0	0	1.000	.207
Alex Robinson	P	28	2	2	2	0	.667	.143
Patrick McGuff	P	27	5	5	1	0	.909	.370
Eduardo Del Rosario	P	23	7	14	0	0	1.000	.913
Clark Beeker	P	20	3	20	1	2	.958	1.150
Domenick Carlini	P	17	2	9	1	0	.917	.647
Tom Hackimer	P	16	2	5	1	0	.875	.438
Tyler Beardsley	P	16	6	11	1	0	.944	1.062
Tyler Wells	P	14	4	10	3	0	.824	1.000
Andrew Vasquez	P	14	1	7	1	0	.889	.571
Evan Sanders	P	14	0	2	0	0	1.000	.143
Sean Poppen	P	14	2	8	5	0	.667	.714
Anthony Marzi	P	9	2	4	1	1	.857	.667
Zack Tillery	P	6	0	0	0	0		.000
Bryan Sammons	P	6	0	2	1	0	.667	.333
Charlie Barnes	P	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.000
Tyler Watson	P	5	1	3	0	0	1.000	.800
Griffin Jax	P	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Alex Schick	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Quin Grogan	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Brady Anderson	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Caleb Hamilton	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Randy Dobnak	P	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joe Cronin	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jaylin Davis	RF	60	110	9	2	3	.983	1.983
Hank Morrison	RF	34	52	1	0	0	1.000	1.559
Shane Carrier	RF	21	41	2	0	2	1.000	2.048
Jimmy Kerrigan	RF	15	36	0	0	0	1.000	2.400
Christian Cavaness	RF	9	15	2	0	0	1.000	1.889
Lean Marrero	RF	5	11	0	0	0	1.000	2.200
Jermaine Palacios	SS	62	87	158	10	27	.961	3.952
Gorge Munoz	SS	22	20	61	8	10	.910	3.682
Royce Lewis	SS	17	22	55	3	9	.962	4.529
Joe Cronin	SS	14	18	38	1	8	.982	4.000
Jordan Gore	SS	13	13	50	3	12	.955	4.846
Ariel Montesino	SS	10	8	35	5	6	.896	4.300
Brandon Lopez	SS	2	1	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Caleb Hamilton	SS	2	2	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Totals		2010	4512	1439	146	328	.976	2.961	36	87	55	38.7

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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