2001 Kane County Cougars Statistics
Team Record: 88-50
Finished 1st in the MWL's West Division
Manager: Russ Morman (88-50)
Affiliation: Florida Marlins
Location: Geneva, Illinois
Ballpark: Phillip Elfstrom Stadium
Attendance: 523,222, Avg. 7,694 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Beloit Snappers 0
Playoffs - Kane County Cougars 2 games, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 0
Finals - Kane County Cougars 1 game, South Bend Silver Hawks 0 - Series cancelled; Kane Couny declared champion.
The Kane County Cougars of the Midwest League ended the 2001 season with a record of 88 wins and 50 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Cougars plated 767 runs, tops in the circuit. Kane County gave up 619 runs. Jim Kavourias paced the team with 23 home runs, while Adrián González and Will Smith walloped 15 or more, too. Adrián González recorded 103 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .312 clip. Ramon Castillo led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.81 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 2001 Kane County Cougars who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Chip Ambres, Josh Willingham, Hansel Izquierdo, Miguel Cabrera, Adrián González, Randy Messenger, Matt Treanor, Denny Bautista, Kevin Hooper, Vladimir Núñez and Josh Wilson.
Russ Morman served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Castillo | 11 | 2 | .846 | 3.80 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.7 | 178 | 79 | 67 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 688 |
| Steve Sawyer | 10 | 2 | .833 | 4.20 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 70.7 | 78 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 316 |
| Mike McNutt | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.94 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 146.3 | 152 | 72 | 64 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 107 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 602 |
| Manuel Esquivia | 8 | 7 | .533 | 5.13 | 24 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 105.3 | 92 | 66 | 60 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 82 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 462 |
| Chris Key | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.35 | 54 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 92.0 | 89 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 369 |
| Hansel Izquierdo | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1.32 | 24 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.7 | 27 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 181 |
| Brad Haynes | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.81 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89.7 | 86 | 50 | 38 | 4 | 39 | 0 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 402 |
| Gustavo Lopez | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.58 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93.0 | 89 | 42 | 37 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 392 |
| Eudy Lajara | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.44 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.7 | 44 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 210 |
| Denny Bautista | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.35 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 43 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 172 |
| Rolando Geigel | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.06 | 30 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 39 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 199 |
| Brandon Sloan | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.36 | 41 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 107.0 | 108 | 48 | 40 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 435 |
| Mike Flannery | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.79 | 53 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 56.3 | 58 | 35 | 30 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 260 |
| Randy Messenger | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.93 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.3 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
| Marc Sauer | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.20 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
| Terry Byron | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.90 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 61 |
| John Skinner | 1 | 4 | .200 | 3.00 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.0 | 36 | 16 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 151 |
| Rob Henkel | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
| Vladimir Núñez | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Kevin Halamicek | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.70 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.7 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 137 |
| Totals | 88 | 50 | .638 | 3.86 | 489 | 138 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1232.7 | 1223 | 619 | 528 | 81 | 373 | 4 | 865 | 84 | 15 | 112 | 5270 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrián González | 127 | 584 | 516 | 86 | 161 | 37 | 1 | 17 | 103 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 83 | .312 | .382 | .486 | .868 | 251 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Will Smith | 125 | 577 | 535 | 92 | 150 | 26 | 2 | 16 | 91 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 74 | .280 | .324 | .426 | .750 | 228 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Josh Wilson | 123 | 546 | 506 | 65 | 144 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 60 | .285 | .325 | .383 | .708 | 194 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Kavourias | 120 | 524 | 460 | 77 | 120 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 88 | 11 | 3 | 48 | 126 | .261 | .340 | .493 | .833 | 227 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 110 | 465 | 422 | 61 | 113 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 76 | .268 | .328 | .382 | .709 | 161 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Chip Ambres | 96 | 449 | 377 | 79 | 100 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 53 | 81 | .265 | .369 | .416 | .786 | 157 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Frank Ferrand | 85 | 322 | 297 | 43 | 86 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 49 | .290 | .331 | .431 | .762 | 128 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Josh Willingham | 97 | 390 | 320 | 57 | 83 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 24 | 2 | 53 | 85 | .259 | .382 | .400 | .782 | 128 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat Magness | 68 | 285 | 227 | 25 | 58 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 41 | .256 | .400 | .396 | .796 | 90 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dennis Anderson | 78 | 298 | 242 | 43 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 45 | .236 | .365 | .384 | .749 | 93 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt DeMarco | 77 | 256 | 222 | 25 | 56 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 31 | .252 | .317 | .297 | .615 | 66 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Dominic Woody | 66 | 257 | 227 | 38 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 47 | .238 | .319 | .392 | .711 | 89 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Easterday | 72 | 236 | 195 | 42 | 51 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 33 | 37 | .262 | .374 | .349 | .723 | 68 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Postell | 34 | 107 | 95 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 36 | .284 | .364 | .442 | .807 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Hooper | 17 | 77 | 65 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 13 | .292 | .390 | .323 | .713 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willy Hill | 6 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .333 | .333 | .381 | .714 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heath Kelly | 11 | 35 | 34 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .176 | .200 | .176 | .376 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Hicks | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Treanor | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunter Wyant | 7 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Winton Zapey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1322 | 5451 | 4779 | 767 | 1295 | 268 | 37 | 108 | 690 | 120 | 59 | 515 | 899 | .271 | .349 | .410 | .759 | 1961 | 106 | 86 | 20 | 51 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrián González | 1B | 116 | 1091 | 85 | 14 | 92 | .988 | 1.138 | ||||
| Pat Magness | 1B | 14 | 124 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .992 | 9.357 | ||||
| Matt Postell | 1B | 7 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 6.571 | ||||
| Matt DeMarco | 1B | 4 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.750 | ||||
| Dominic Woody | 1B | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 9.000 | ||||
| Josh Wilson | 2B | 67 | 143 | 173 | 8 | 42 | .975 | 4.716 | ||||
| Matt Easterday | 2B | 33 | 65 | 80 | 6 | 17 | .960 | 4.394 | ||||
| Matt DeMarco | 2B | 27 | 34 | 66 | 0 | 15 | 1.000 | 3.704 | ||||
| Kevin Hooper | 2B | 17 | 38 | 52 | 4 | 7 | .957 | 5.294 | ||||
| Heath Kelly | 2B | 5 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 6.600 | ||||
| Hunter Wyant | 2B | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 2.667 | ||||
| Josh Willingham | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Josh Willingham | 3B | 87 | 61 | 184 | 14 | 16 | .946 | 2.816 | ||||
| Matt DeMarco | 3B | 37 | 27 | 71 | 11 | 9 | .899 | 2.649 | ||||
| Josh Wilson | 3B | 11 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .886 | 2.818 | ||||
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Heath Kelly | 3B | 4 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Hunter Wyant | 3B | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.667 | ||||
| Matt Postell | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Easterday | 3B | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Dennis Anderson | C | 78 | 482 | 69 | 7 | 5 | .987 | 7.064 | 12 | 71 | 41 | 36.6 |
| Dominic Woody | C | 51 | 288 | 41 | 4 | 1 | .988 | 6.451 | 14 | 64 | 6 | 8.6 |
| Matt Postell | C | 18 | 97 | 17 | 4 | 1 | .966 | 6.333 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Matt Treanor | C | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 11.000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Chip Ambres | CF | 91 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Ferrand | CF | 40 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Easterday | CF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Will Smith | LF | 117 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Ferrand | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Easterday | LF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Willingham | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Will Smith | OF | 117 | 182 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 1.641 | ||||
| Jim Kavourias | OF | 106 | 193 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .985 | 1.915 | ||||
| Chip Ambres | OF | 91 | 212 | 5 | 5 | 3 | .977 | 2.385 | ||||
| Frank Ferrand | OF | 75 | 152 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .975 | 2.120 | ||||
| Matt Easterday | OF | 32 | 55 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.750 | ||||
| Josh Willingham | OF | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Willy Hill | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Pat Magness | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Matt DeMarco | OF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Scott Hicks | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Steve Sawyer | P | 55 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Chris Key | P | 54 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | .917 | .407 | ||||
| Mike Flannery | P | 53 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .151 | ||||
| Brandon Sloan | P | 41 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .938 | .366 | ||||
| Eudy Lajara | P | 36 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Rolando Geigel | P | 30 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .233 | ||||
| Mike McNutt | P | 28 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .906 | 1.036 | ||||
| Ramon Castillo | P | 28 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| John Skinner | P | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .240 | ||||
| Hansel Izquierdo | P | 24 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .250 | ||||
| Manuel Esquivia | P | 24 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .667 | ||||
| Kevin Halamicek | P | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .450 | ||||
| Gustavo Lopez | P | 17 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .765 | ||||
| Brad Haynes | P | 17 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .789 | .882 | ||||
| Randy Messenger | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .833 | .714 | ||||
| Marc Sauer | P | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 1.111 | ||||
| Denny Bautista | P | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Terry Byron | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .750 | ||||
| Vladimir Núñez | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rob Henkel | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jim Kavourias | RF | 106 | .000 | |||||||||
| Frank Ferrand | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Easterday | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Willingham | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Pat Magness | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt DeMarco | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Hicks | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel Cabrera | SS | 98 | 147 | 267 | 32 | 50 | .928 | 4.224 | ||||
| Josh Wilson | SS | 52 | 88 | 145 | 18 | 32 | .928 | 4.481 | ||||
| Matt DeMarco | SS | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 2.500 | ||||
| Heath Kelly | SS | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2110 | 3698 | 1536 | 174 | 323 | .968 | 2.481 | 28 | 156 | 52 | 25.0 |
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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