2002 Lynchburg Hillcats Statistics
Team Record: 87-53
Finished 2nd in the CL's Northern Division
Manager: Pete Mackanin (87-53)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 127,916, Avg. 1,909 in 67 home dates
Playoffs - Lynchburg Hillcats 2 games, Wilmington Blue Rocks 1
Finals - Lynchburg Hillcats 3 games, Kinston Indians 1
The Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League ended the 2002 season with a record of 87 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the league's Northern Division.
The Hillcats led the league with 700 runs, powered by 131 home runs. Lynchburg allowed 520 runs. Josh Bonifay paced the squad with 26 home runs, while José Castillo and Yurendell de Caster walloped 15 or more as well. Josh Bonifay drove in 102 runs. Ray Navarrete topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .318 clip. Sean Burnett paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 1.8 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 2002 Lynchburg Hillcats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ronny Paulino, Yurendell de Caster, Sean Burnett, Nate McLouth, Chris Duffy, Jeff Bennett, Mike Johnston, Ryan Vogelsong, José Castillo and D. J. Carrasco.
Pete Mackanin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burnett | 13 | 4 | .765 | 1.80 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155.3 | 118 | 46 | 31 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 96 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 605 |
| Landon Jacobsen | 12 | 10 | .545 | 2.89 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 161.7 | 145 | 71 | 52 | 9 | 41 | 1 | 123 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 665 |
| Mike Connolly | 10 | 3 | .769 | 2.94 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122.3 | 111 | 46 | 40 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 100 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 507 |
| Jeff Bennett | 10 | 6 | .625 | 3.62 | 24 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124.3 | 137 | 64 | 50 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 535 |
| Brady Borner | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.00 | 37 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 94.7 | 84 | 32 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 383 |
| Jason Sharber | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.71 | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104.3 | 109 | 52 | 43 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 96 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 461 |
| Mike Bumatay | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.24 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66.7 | 50 | 27 | 24 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 280 |
| Josh Higgins | 4 | 2 | .667 | 1.90 | 53 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 71.0 | 62 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 302 |
| Mike Johnston | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.63 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 50 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 50 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 253 |
| D. J. Carrasco | 4 | 4 | .500 | 1.61 | 55 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 72.7 | 52 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 286 |
| Brian Jackson | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 18.56 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Greg Dukeman | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.53 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 32 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 151 |
| Jason Alcala | 2 | 5 | .286 | 2.68 | 54 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 77.3 | 63 | 29 | 23 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 311 |
| Tim Lavery | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.00 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 84 |
| Ryan Vogelsong | 1 | 1 | .500 | 8.04 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Wilson Guzman | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.42 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 47 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 211 |
| Blas Cedeno | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 | |
| Totals | 87 | 53 | .621 | 2.96 | 465 | 140 | 137 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 1242.3 | 1117 | 520 | 409 | 58 | 383 | 8 | 1054 | 71 | 6 | 54 | 5190 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Navarrete | 134 | 593 | 532 | 75 | 169 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 69 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 48 | .318 | .373 | .436 | .809 | 232 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Duffy | 132 | 597 | 539 | 85 | 162 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 22 | 7 | 33 | 101 | .301 | .353 | .425 | .778 | 229 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| José Castillo | 134 | 572 | 503 | 82 | 151 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 81 | 27 | 14 | 49 | 95 | .300 | .370 | .453 | .823 | 228 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Josh Bonifay | 126 | 539 | 463 | 83 | 142 | 36 | 1 | 26 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 63 | 97 | .307 | .388 | .557 | .946 | 258 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| B. J. Barns | 135 | 555 | 489 | 59 | 131 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 69 | 14 | 9 | 42 | 76 | .268 | .344 | .415 | .759 | 203 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Ronny Paulino | 119 | 488 | 442 | 63 | 116 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 87 | .262 | .321 | .412 | .733 | 182 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Yurendell de Caster | 125 | 477 | 432 | 54 | 109 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 102 | .252 | .309 | .428 | .738 | 185 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Nate McLouth | 114 | 453 | 393 | 58 | 96 | 23 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 20 | 7 | 41 | 48 | .244 | .324 | .392 | .716 | 154 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Mike Lopez-Cao | 70 | 235 | 212 | 33 | 64 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 35 | .302 | .365 | .500 | .865 | 106 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Luis Landaeta | 65 | 238 | 220 | 26 | 58 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 29 | .264 | .311 | .450 | .761 | 99 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeremy Cotten | 40 | 133 | 126 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 34 | .222 | .256 | .389 | .645 | 49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dan Meier | 22 | 94 | 79 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 | .278 | .383 | .468 | .851 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Hudnall | 52 | 120 | 110 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 26 | .173 | .242 | .227 | .469 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Meadows | 23 | 87 | 80 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | .225 | .271 | .350 | .621 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Weichard | 21 | 61 | 51 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | .196 | .311 | .235 | .547 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Willy Hill | 20 | 58 | 54 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .185 | .228 | .185 | .413 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Meath | 5 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | .500 | .737 | .500 | 1.237 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Brown | 7 | 21 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .211 | .286 | .263 | .549 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avelino Asprilla | 7 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .286 | .167 | .452 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manny Mejia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 2.000 | 2.500 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Cockrell | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .222 | .000 | .222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1365 | 5367 | 4776 | 700 | 1317 | 293 | 25 | 131 | 633 | 110 | 53 | 419 | 849 | .276 | .342 | .430 | .772 | 2053 | 109 | 88 | 37 | 47 | 25 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Navarrete | 1B | 99 | 801 | 52 | 10 | 81 | .988 | 8.616 | ||||
| Jeremy Cotten | 1B | 26 | 175 | 17 | 5 | 18 | .975 | 7.385 | ||||
| Dan Meier | 1B | 22 | 192 | 14 | 1 | 21 | .995 | 9.364 | ||||
| Mike Lopez-Cao | 1B | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.333 | ||||
| Jason Brown | 1B | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .818 | 3.000 | ||||
| Ronny Paulino | 1B | 2 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Josh Bonifay | 2B | 75 | 114 | 190 | 19 | 55 | .941 | 4.053 | ||||
| Ray Navarrete | 2B | 34 | 42 | 62 | 6 | 15 | .945 | 3.059 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | 2B | 24 | 35 | 55 | 2 | 10 | .978 | 3.750 | ||||
| Randy Meadows | 2B | 12 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 3.333 | ||||
| Michael Cockrell | 2B | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
| Avelino Asprilla | 2B | 4 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | .900 | 4.500 | ||||
| Alex Cruz | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Yurendell de Caster | 3B | 125 | 78 | 199 | 32 | 12 | .896 | 2.216 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | 3B | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.667 | ||||
| Ray Navarrete | 3B | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | 2.000 | ||||
| Randy Meadows | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Mike Lopez-Cao | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Michael Cockrell | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ronny Paulino | C | 111 | 854 | 88 | 18 | 5 | .981 | 8.486 | 17 | 56 | 43 | 43.4 |
| Mike Lopez-Cao | C | 33 | 200 | 20 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 6.667 | 6 | 25 | 5 | 16.7 |
| Manny Mejia | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Brown | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Duffy | CF | 130 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate McLouth | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| B. J. Barns | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Weichard | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meath | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate McLouth | LF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| B. J. Barns | LF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Bonifay | LF | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Landaeta | LF | 14 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paul Weichard | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meath | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Hudnall | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Navarrete | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Lopez-Cao | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| B. J. Barns | OF | 131 | 269 | 12 | 7 | 3 | .976 | 2.145 | ||||
| Chris Duffy | OF | 130 | 274 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.154 | ||||
| Nate McLouth | OF | 101 | 149 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .968 | 1.515 | ||||
| Josh Bonifay | OF | 21 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.524 | ||||
| Luis Landaeta | OF | 20 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 1.700 | ||||
| Willy Hill | OF | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .882 | 1.364 | ||||
| Paul Weichard | OF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.000 | ||||
| Matt Meath | OF | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ray Navarrete | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | OF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Lopez-Cao | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| D. J. Carrasco | P | 55 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .436 | ||||
| Jason Alcala | P | 54 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .920 | .426 | ||||
| Josh Higgins | P | 53 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .944 | .321 | ||||
| Mike Bumatay | P | 52 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .250 | ||||
| Brady Borner | P | 37 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .703 | ||||
| Mike Connolly | P | 29 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.379 | ||||
| Landon Jacobsen | P | 27 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .929 | 1.444 | ||||
| Sean Burnett | P | 26 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 4 | .977 | 1.654 | ||||
| Greg Dukeman | P | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .280 | ||||
| Jeff Bennett | P | 24 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 2 | .963 | 1.083 | ||||
| Jason Sharber | P | 22 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .926 | 1.136 | ||||
| Wilson Guzman | P | 22 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .591 | ||||
| Mike Johnston | P | 15 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Blas Cedeno | P | 9 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .889 | ||||
| Tim Lavery | P | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 | ||||
| Brian Jackson | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ryan Vogelsong | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| B. J. Barns | RF | 106 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nate McLouth | RF | 30 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Landaeta | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ray Navarrete | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| José Castillo | SS | 132 | 245 | 402 | 33 | 92 | .951 | 4.902 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | SS | 10 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 2.100 | ||||
| Randy Meadows | SS | 6 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 5 | .941 | 5.333 | ||||
| Alex Cruz | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael Cockrell | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Avelino Asprilla | SS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2102 | 3727 | 1466 | 177 | 354 | .967 | 2.471 | 24 | 81 | 48 | 37.2 |
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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