2006 Kane County Cougars Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-60
Finished 1st in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Aaron Nieckula (79-60)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Geneva, Illinois
Ballpark: Phillip Elfstrom Stadium
Attendance: 500,052, Avg. 7,354 in 68 home dates

2006 Kane County Cougars Roster

Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Swing of the Quad Cities 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Kane County Cougars 1

The Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League ended the 2006 season with a record of 79 wins and 60 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Cougars scored 720 runs, best in the league. Kane County yielded 616 runs. Jeff Baisley led the squad with 22 home runs, while Jose Pineda walloped 15 or more, too. Jeff Baisley drove in 110 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .298 clip. Jared Lansford paced the squad with 11 wins, and Joe Piekarz recorded a 3.26 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Players from the 2006 Kane County Cougars who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Anthony Recker, Jeff Gray, Jeff Baisley, Justin Sellers, Vin Mazzaro and Brad Kilby.

Aaron Nieckula 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
Jared Lansford	11	6	.647	2.86	18	18	0	2	1	0	104.0	87	40	33	1	42	0	50	12	3	5	427
Trey Shields	10	9	.526	4.90	28	28	0	1	0	0	156.0	190	95	85	19	49	0	94	13	0	7	697
Vin Mazzaro	9	9	.500	5.05	24	24	0	0	0	0	119.3	146	81	67	7	42	0	81	11	3	10	530
Joe Piekarz	8	7	.533	3.26	35	16	4	1	0	0	127.0	137	60	46	7	34	1	94	10	0	2	546
Jason Ray	6	1	.857	3.02	13	13	0	2	1	0	65.7	48	29	22	1	35	0	68	5	1	6	284
Joey Newby	5	0	1.000	3.22	32	0	11	0	0	2	50.3	43	22	18	1	22	1	53	6	0	10	218
Brad Kilby	5	1	.833	1.63	49	0	26	0	0	9	60.7	38	13	11	0	23	1	73	4	0	2	243
Jeff Gray	5	5	.500	4.71	22	11	2	0	0	0	78.3	77	47	41	2	19	0	62	7	0	7	322
John Herrera	3	1	.750	3.90	39	1	13	0	0	3	60.0	56	30	26	1	32	0	51	5	2	5	266
Ben Jukich	3	2	.600	2.38	13	4	0	0	0	0	41.7	41	15	11	1	25	1	40	2	2	2	186
T. J. Franco	3	2	.600	5.84	20	7	4	0	0	3	49.3	66	38	32	6	12	1	37	4	0	4	228
Bradley Davis	2	0	1.000	0.00	9	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	16	0	0	0	61
Randy Rapp	2	0	1.000	4.02	18	0	8	0	0	2	31.3	20	15	14	4	15	2	39	1	0	4	129
Ronald Madej	2	7	.222	4.46	31	8	6	0	0	0	68.7	59	38	34	3	56	2	58	7	0	15	316
Joel Posey	1	0	1.000	6.85	18	0	6	0	0	1	23.7	32	19	18	1	15	0	26	2	0	4	117
Steve Sharpe	1	1	.500	2.64	25	0	21	0	0	12	30.7	13	10	9	1	10	1	36	1	0	4	116
Dan Fyvie	1	1	.500	3.76	19	0	8	0	0	4	26.3	22	12	11	1	18	0	32	0	0	2	119
Kenny Durost	1	1	.500	4.61	5	5	0	0	0	0	27.3	26	14	14	2	9	0	26	2	0	2	113
Rob Semerano	1	3	.250	4.20	26	0	17	0	0	4	30.0	28	15	14	1	18	1	23	2	1	5	136
Scott Moore	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8
Craig Italiano	0	1	.000	3.50	4	4	0	0	0	0	18.0	18	12	7	1	9	0	23	3	0	4	83
Branden Dewing	0	3	.000	5.21	15	0	5	0	0	0	19.0	26	11	11	1	8	0	14	1	0	1	88
Totals	79	60	.568	3.91	465	139	133	6	2	40	1207.7	1180	616	524	61	494	11	999	98	12	102	5233

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
Jeff Baisley	124	545	466	86	139	35	1	22	110	6	1	62	86	.298	.382	.519	.901	242	12	7	0	10	4
Steve Kleen	126	532	466	79	131	24	4	5	59	5	3	48	87	.281	.362	.382	.744	178	11	13	1	4	0
Jose Pineda	130	547	468	72	119	15	6	15	74	21	8	65	132	.254	.355	.408	.763	191	10	10	0	4	3
Anthony Recker	109	453	407	52	117	24	3	14	57	5	5	42	115	.287	.358	.464	.822	189	10	3	0	1	2
Frank Martinez	117	476	414	72	108	25	2	7	58	11	3	44	81	.261	.344	.382	.726	158	5	10	5	3	1
Isaac Omura	93	395	348	48	103	19	1	5	47	1	1	32	49	.296	.354	.399	.753	139	12	3	5	7	0
Justin Sellers	119	495	411	75	99	21	2	5	46	17	5	58	65	.241	.346	.338	.685	139	7	11	10	5	0
Chad Boyd	64	287	257	43	89	27	0	2	37	3	4	24	27	.346	.401	.475	.875	122	5	2	0	4	1
Raul Padron	99	379	339	36	82	16	1	2	52	3	2	30	83	.242	.299	.313	.611	106	3	0	4	6	1
Nick Blasi	75	337	288	44	73	12	5	0	25	17	1	33	69	.253	.331	.330	.661	95	4	3	8	5	0
Mike Massaro	50	231	197	34	50	7	0	1	19	5	10	29	31	.254	.348	.305	.653	60	3	0	4	1	0
Wes Long	84	292	247	31	49	9	0	1	14	8	3	39	40	.198	.308	.247	.555	61	6	1	3	2	0
Todd Johnson	28	111	105	21	30	2	1	0	12	3	3	5	15	.286	.318	.324	.642	34	2	0	1	0	0
Jeff Bieker	28	104	93	11	23	3	0	0	13	0	1	6	14	.247	.320	.280	.600	26	4	4	1	0	0
Matthew Sulentic	30	113	98	12	23	4	1	1	13	1	2	12	19	.235	.327	.327	.654	32	3	2	0	1	1
Wilber Perez	8	29	27	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.111	.172	.148	.321	4	2	0	0	0	0
Andre Piper-Jordan	4	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	1288	5333	4637	720	1239	244	27	80	636	106	53	531	925	.267	.348	.383	.731	1777	99	70	42	53	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Steve Kleen	1B	111	985	83	12	96	.989	9.622
Raul Padron	1B	28	249	17	4	25	.985	9.500
Chad Boyd	1B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Isaac Omura	2B	73	124	176	8	45	.974	4.110
Frank Martinez	2B	57	91	153	10	30	.961	4.281
Wes Long	2B	11	11	19	0	2	1.000	2.727
Wilber Perez	2B	2	0	6	2	1	.750	3.000
Jeff Baisley	3B	112	94	243	13	26	.963	3.009
Wes Long	3B	15	17	32	1	4	.980	3.267
Frank Martinez	3B	13	11	18	4	3	.879	2.231
Wilber Perez	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Anthony Recker	C	95	669	82	12	8	.984	7.905	14	71	51	41.8
Raul Padron	C	49	340	34	8	3	.979	7.633	7	38	25	39.7
Mike Massaro	CF	49	83	4	1	2	.989	1.776
Jose Pineda	CF	42	77	2	2	2	.975	1.881
Chad Boyd	CF	25	43	1	0	1	1.000	1.760
Nick Blasi	CF	20	31	1	2	0	.941	1.600
Todd Johnson	CF	7	11	0	1	0	.917	1.571
Nick Blasi	LF	52	84	2	1	1	.989	1.654
Matthew Sulentic	LF	29	40	1	2	0	.953	1.414
Wes Long	LF	27	38	6	2	0	.957	1.630
Todd Johnson	LF	21	38	1	0	1	1.000	1.857
Jeff Bieker	LF	17	13	2	0	0	1.000	.882
Jose Pineda	OF	123	213	11	6	5	.974	1.821
Nick Blasi	OF	73	121	3	3	1	.976	1.699
Chad Boyd	OF	62	111	2	2	1	.983	1.823
Mike Massaro	OF	49	83	4	1	2	.989	1.776
Wes Long	OF	39	51	6	2	0	.966	1.462
Matthew Sulentic	OF	29	40	1	2	0	.953	1.414
Todd Johnson	OF	27	49	1	1	1	.980	1.852
Jeff Bieker	OF	21	19	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
Andre Piper-Jordan	OF	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Raul Padron	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Brad Kilby	P	49	3	8	0	1	1.000	.224
John Herrera	P	39	9	3	1	0	.923	.308
Joe Piekarz	P	35	10	20	2	0	.938	.857
Joey Newby	P	32	4	4	1	1	.889	.250
Ronald Madej	P	31	3	8	1	0	.917	.355
Trey Shields	P	28	15	17	4	1	.889	1.143
Rob Semerano	P	26	2	3	0	0	1.000	.192
Steve Sharpe	P	25	4	6	0	0	1.000	.400
Vin Mazzaro	P	24	8	13	2	0	.913	.875
Jeff Gray	P	22	7	16	2	1	.920	1.045
T. J. Franco	P	20	4	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Dan Fyvie	P	19	3	3	0	0	1.000	.316
Randy Rapp	P	18	2	2	1	0	.800	.222
Joel Posey	P	18	2	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Jared Lansford	P	18	8	16	2	2	.923	1.333
Branden Dewing	P	15	3	2	1	0	.833	.333
Jason Ray	P	13	3	7	1	0	.909	.769
Ben Jukich	P	13	0	6	1	0	.857	.462
Bradley Davis	P	9	1	0	0	0	1.000	.111
Kenny Durost	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Craig Italiano	P	4	0	1	2	0	.333	.250
Scott Moore	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Jose Pineda	RF	83	136	9	4	3	.973	1.747
Chad Boyd	RF	37	68	1	2	0	.972	1.865
Wes Long	RF	12	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.083
Andre Piper-Jordan	RF	4	1	0	0	0	1.000	.250
Nick Blasi	RF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Jeff Bieker	RF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Raul Padron	RF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Justin Sellers	SS	117	217	367	28	81	.954	4.991
Frank Martinez	SS	27	34	66	9	11	.917	3.704
Totals		2041	4312	1502	166	361	.972	2.849	21	109	76	41.1

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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