2008 Durham Bulls Statistics

International League (IL) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 74-70
Finished 1st in the IL's South Division
Manager: Charlie Montoyo (74-70)
Affiliation: Tampa Bay Rays
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Ballpark: Durham Bulls Athletic Park
Attendance: 503,636, Avg. 6,995 in 72 home dates

2008 Durham Bulls Roster

Playoffs - Durham Bulls 3 games, Louisville Bats 1
Finals - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees 3 games, Durham Bulls 1

The Durham Bulls of the International League ended the 2008 season with a record of 74 wins and 70 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Bulls tallied 699 runs and allowed 682 runs. Chris Richard paced Durham with 26 home runs, while Dan Johnson and Joel Guzmán walloped 15 or more as well. Chris Richard drove in 88 runs. Dan Johnson led all regular hitters with a .307 average. Mitch Talbot topped the squad with 13 wins, and Jeff Niemann recorded a 3.59 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 2008 Durham Bulls who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included David Price, Evan Longoria, Chris Richard, Andy Cannizaro, Scott Dohmann, Héctor Giménez, Kurt Birkins, Fernando Perez, Elliot Johnson, Jeff Niemann, Ben Zobrist, Mitch Talbot, Dan Johnson, Scott Kazmir, Scott Munter, Nathan Haynes, Wade Davis, Justin Ruggiano, Jonny Gomes, Jae Kuk Ryu, Josh Labandeira, Colter Bean, Ben Hendrickson, Juan Salas, Grant Balfour, Reid Brignac, Steve Andrade, Mike Difelice, Dale Thayer, Heath Phillips, John Rodriguez, Joel Guzmán, Willy Aybar and John Jaso.

Charlie Montoyo 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
Mitch Talbot	13	9	.591	3.86	28	28	0	1	0	0	161.0	165	79	69	9	35	0	141	11	0	7	683
Ben Hendrickson	10	9	.526	4.58	29	27	0	0	0	0	149.3	155	88	76	12	64	0	81	16	0	8	663
Jeff Niemann	9	5	.643	3.59	24	24	0	3	1	0	133.0	101	60	53	15	50	0	128	5	0	2	547
Jeremy Cummings	8	3	.727	2.87	16	14	2	0	0	1	87.7	76	33	28	10	23	1	77	2	0	2	358
Nick DeBarr	7	5	.583	4.73	50	0	13	0	0	1	78.0	77	50	41	10	39	2	53	5	1	8	347
Wade Davis	4	2	.667	2.72	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.0	39	16	16	5	24	1	55	4	0	0	221
Juan Salas	4	5	.444	2.62	28	0	7	0	0	1	44.7	32	13	13	2	11	0	53	2	1	3	174
Dale Thayer	3	1	.750	2.77	52	0	24	0	0	9	68.3	73	26	21	2	24	1	76	0	0	4	301
Calvin Medlock	3	3	.500	4.57	41	0	15	0	0	0	63.0	67	42	32	7	32	1	40	0	0	4	283
Mike Prochaska	3	4	.429	6.70	11	9	1	0	0	0	45.7	72	38	34	9	14	0	22	0	1	2	218
Chris Mason	3	10	.231	6.21	33	17	9	0	0	0	108.7	144	82	75	19	41	1	90	5	0	4	492
Kurt Birkins	2	3	.400	7.52	36	1	6	0	0	0	40.7	57	34	34	4	28	0	29	2	0	2	207
Grant Balfour	1	0	1.000	0.38	15	0	15	0	0	8	23.7	5	1	1	1	10	0	39	0	1	1	85
Heath Phillips	1	1	.500	2.86	9	3	0	0	0	0	22.0	23	7	7	2	11	0	18	0	0	0	96
David Price	1	1	.500	4.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	22	10	9	0	9	0	17	0	0	1	82
Scott Munter	1	1	.500	4.84	16	0	2	0	0	0	22.3	31	19	12	2	6	0	14	1	0	2	106
Jae Kuk Ryu	1	2	.333	4.38	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.7	26	12	12	1	9	0	19	0	0	2	107
Josh Johnson	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Scott Kazmir	0	0		1.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	19
Colter Bean	0	0		3.86	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.7	4	3	2	1	4	0	7	0	0	0	22
Josh Labandeira	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	11
Jeff Bannon	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Mike Difelice	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Brian Henderson	0	1	.000	4.87	14	0	4	0	0	0	20.3	25	16	11	4	11	2	10	2	0	0	96
Steve Andrade	0	1	.000	7.80	10	0	6	0	0	0	15.0	23	15	13	4	6	0	13	1	0	2	75
Scott Dohmann	0	2	.000	3.46	33	0	29	0	0	20	41.7	35	16	16	2	12	0	49	1	0	2	170
Kevin Lynn	0	2	.000	4.34	8	2	2	0	0	0	18.7	18	13	9	5	5	0	11	0	0	0	77
Totals	74	70	.514	4.25	480	144	140	4	1	40	1254.0	1281	682	592	130	472	9	1048	58	4	58	5456

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
Fernando Perez	129	579	511	86	147	17	11	5	36	43	12	58	156	.288	.361	.393	.754	201	3	2	5	3	2
Chris Richard	131	539	467	82	137	32	4	26	88	5	0	55	127	.293	.375	.546	.922	255	5	10	1	6	4
Dan Johnson	113	486	394	85	121	23	0	25	83	0	1	84	75	.307	.424	.556	.980	219	6	1	0	7	1
Joel Guzmán	116	464	436	52	108	23	0	20	72	1	2	19	103	.248	.276	.438	.714	191	8	1	0	8	0
Jon Weber	108	439	389	58	103	24	4	13	51	11	6	40	99	.265	.334	.447	.781	174	4	3	2	5	2
Elliot Johnson	107	427	387	49	101	26	5	9	50	15	3	33	104	.261	.322	.424	.746	164	6	2	5	0	1
Reid Brignac	97	386	352	43	88	26	2	9	43	5	2	25	93	.250	.299	.412	.711	145	10	2	1	6	2
Justin Ruggiano	66	289	257	49	81	18	3	11	51	20	3	22	77	.315	.374	.537	.911	138	6	5	0	5	1
Nathan Haynes	77	297	277	28	70	8	2	2	24	13	3	11	59	.253	.287	.318	.604	88	7	3	4	2	1
Mike Difelice	68	236	217	19	47	13	0	3	24	0	0	15	53	.217	.271	.318	.589	69	5	2	0	2	0
Andy Cannizaro	51	198	171	16	41	8	0	1	14	1	0	17	18	.240	.311	.304	.615	52	1	2	5	3	0
Héctor Giménez	43	157	146	11	33	8	2	2	16	0	0	8	36	.226	.269	.349	.619	51	3	1	1	1	1
John Jaso	31	118	108	14	30	7	0	5	24	1	1	10	14	.278	.339	.481	.820	52	2	0	0	0	0
Jonny Gomes	26	123	107	19	27	11	0	2	14	0	1	12	32	.252	.341	.411	.753	44	1	3	0	1	0
Ben Zobrist	20	88	71	15	26	3	0	4	13	4	1	15	16	.366	.471	.577	1.049	41	0	0	1	1	0
John Rodriguez	26	96	85	12	22	3	0	6	12	0	1	10	26	.259	.344	.506	.850	43	1	1	0	0	1
Chris Nowak	14	61	54	7	17	2	0	0	4	0	1	7	12	.315	.393	.352	.745	19	1	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bannon	17	63	58	7	14	3	0	4	8	0	0	3	12	.241	.274	.500	.774	29	4	0	1	1	0
Josh Labandeira	25	88	68	11	14	1	0	1	3	0	1	15	24	.206	.357	.265	.622	18	2	1	4	0	0
Ronnie Merrill	22	86	73	12	14	4	0	0	1	1	1	9	20	.192	.289	.247	.536	18	1	1	3	0	0
Josh Johnson	31	95	83	10	14	3	0	2	10	1	0	8	33	.169	.258	.277	.535	23	0	2	2	0	0
Jeremy Owens	18	69	67	5	10	0	0	3	7	1	0	2	21	.149	.174	.284	.457	19	0	0	0	0	0
Willy Aybar	5	24	20	3	6	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	1	.300	.417	.450	.867	9	0	0	0	0	0
Evan Longoria	7	30	25	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	.200	.333	.200	.533	5	1	1	0	0	1
Alex Jamieson	9	33	28	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	.143	.273	.143	.416	4	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1357	5471	4851	699	1280	266	33	153	652	122	39	491	1224	.264	.334	.427	.761	2071	77	43	35	51	17

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Chris Richard	1B	117	988	62	9	67	.992	8.974
Dan Johnson	1B	29	223	29	2	22	.992	8.690
Joel Guzmán	1B	3	29	3	0	2	1.000	1.667
Jon Weber	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Josh Johnson	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Héctor Giménez	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Willy Aybar	1B	1	8	0	0	1	1.000	8.000
Elliot Johnson	2B	81	110	200	12	36	.963	3.827
Andy Cannizaro	2B	35	47	93	9	19	.940	4.000
Josh Labandeira	2B	13	23	28	2	6	.962	3.923
Jeff Bannon	2B	8	14	22	2	5	.947	4.500
Ronnie Merrill	2B	4	6	6	0	2	1.000	3.000
Reid Brignac	2B	4	5	9	0	2	1.000	3.500
Ben Zobrist	2B	3	4	9	0	1	1.000	4.333
Willy Aybar	2B	3	2	13	2	0	.882	5.000
Joel Guzmán	3B	90	66	141	14	9	.937	2.300
Chris Nowak	3B	13	10	23	0	3	1.000	2.538
Andy Cannizaro	3B	12	8	15	0	1	1.000	1.917
Dan Johnson	3B	10	6	22	2	2	.933	2.800
Evan Longoria	3B	7	3	14	0	2	1.000	2.429
Ben Zobrist	3B	6	6	12	0	0	1.000	3.000
Josh Labandeira	3B	6	7	6	2	1	.867	2.167
Jeff Bannon	3B	4	6	8	0	3	1.000	3.500
Willy Aybar	3B	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Josh Johnson	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Difelice	C	68	500	43	12	6	.978	7.985	9	54	16	22.9
John Jaso	C	26	186	13	0	3	1.000	7.654	2	35	9	20.5
Héctor Giménez	C	26	184	18	7	2	.967	7.769	2	18	9	33.3
Josh Johnson	C	24	145	15	1	1	.994	6.667	2	18	6	25.0
Alex Jamieson	C	9	56	4	2	0	.968	6.667	2	11	2	15.4
Fernando Perez	CF	109	250	9	5	1	.981	2.376
Nathan Haynes	CF	22	40	1	1	0	.976	1.864
Justin Ruggiano	CF	8	20	0	0	0	1.000	2.500
Jon Weber	CF	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeremy Owens	CF	3	12	0	1	0	.923	4.000
Jon Weber	LF	59	91	9	2	0	.980	1.695
Nathan Haynes	LF	23	35	0	0	0	1.000	1.522
Justin Ruggiano	LF	17	25	0	1	0	.962	1.471
John Rodriguez	LF	12	18	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jonny Gomes	LF	12	19	3	0	1	1.000	1.833
Dan Johnson	LF	8	12	2	0	0	1.000	1.750
Chris Richard	LF	7	2	0	0	0	1.000	.286
Fernando Perez	LF	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Elliot Johnson	LF	5	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.200
Jeremy Owens	LF	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Joel Guzmán	LF	2	2	0	2	0	.500	1.000
Jeff Bannon	LF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Fernando Perez	OF	126	280	10	6	2	.980	2.302
Jon Weber	OF	105	161	11	5	0	.972	1.638
Nathan Haynes	OF	75	132	3	3	0	.978	1.800
Justin Ruggiano	OF	64	126	3	3	1	.977	2.016
Jeremy Owens	OF	18	46	2	1	0	.980	2.667
John Rodriguez	OF	17	26	0	0	0	1.000	1.529
Jonny Gomes	OF	15	25	3	1	1	.966	1.867
Elliot Johnson	OF	11	17	2	1	0	.950	1.727
Chris Richard	OF	8	2	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Dan Johnson	OF	8	12	2	0	0	1.000	1.750
Joel Guzmán	OF	2	2	0	2	0	.500	1.000
Jeff Bannon	OF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Chris Nowak	OF	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Dale Thayer	P	52	2	7	0	0	1.000	.173
Nick DeBarr	P	50	5	9	1	0	.933	.280
Calvin Medlock	P	41	1	6	1	0	.875	.171
Kurt Birkins	P	36	0	11	0	0	1.000	.306
Chris Mason	P	33	5	27	2	0	.941	.970
Scott Dohmann	P	33	2	2	0	0	1.000	.121
Ben Hendrickson	P	29	13	22	2	2	.946	1.207
Mitch Talbot	P	28	8	22	0	2	1.000	1.071
Juan Salas	P	28	4	8	0	2	1.000	.429
Jeff Niemann	P	24	15	13	3	3	.903	1.167
Scott Munter	P	16	2	2	1	1	.800	.250
Jeremy Cummings	P	16	2	17	1	0	.950	1.188
Grant Balfour	P	15	2	4	0	0	1.000	.400
Brian Henderson	P	14	0	1	2	0	.333	.071
Mike Prochaska	P	11	4	9	1	1	.929	1.182
Steve Andrade	P	10	1	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Heath Phillips	P	9	0	2	0	0	1.000	.222
Wade Davis	P	9	5	5	0	0	1.000	1.111
Kevin Lynn	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Jae Kuk Ryu	P	5	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.400
David Price	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Colter Bean	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Josh Labandeira	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Scott Kazmir	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Josh Johnson	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Difelice	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jeff Bannon	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jon Weber	RF	43	66	2	3	0	.958	1.581
Justin Ruggiano	RF	39	81	3	2	1	.977	2.154
Nathan Haynes	RF	32	57	2	2	0	.967	1.844
Fernando Perez	RF	11	22	1	1	1	.958	2.091
Jeremy Owens	RF	11	26	2	0	0	1.000	2.545
Elliot Johnson	RF	6	11	2	1	0	.929	2.167
John Rodriguez	RF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Jonny Gomes	RF	3	6	0	1	0	.857	2.000
Chris Richard	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris Nowak	RF	1	1	2	0	1	1.000	3.000
Reid Brignac	SS	92	137	249	12	48	.970	4.196
Elliot Johnson	SS	20	32	48	2	6	.976	4.000
Ronnie Merrill	SS	18	20	56	3	9	.962	4.222
Ben Zobrist	SS	7	7	20	1	3	.964	3.857
Joel Guzmán	SS	6	6	17	0	3	1.000	3.833
Jeff Bannon	SS	3	4	9	1	1	.929	4.333
Josh Labandeira	SS	1	3	3	1	1	.857	6.000
Andy Cannizaro	SS	1	1	2	1	0	.750	3.000
Totals		2143	4596	1468	157	288	.975	2.830	17	136	42	23.6

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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