2003 Lynchburg Hillcats Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 76-59
Finished 2nd in the CL's Northern Division
Manager: Dave Clark (76-59)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Ballpark: City Stadium
Attendance: 91,935, Avg. 1,459 in 63 home dates

2003 Lynchburg Hillcats Roster

Playoffs - Lynchburg Hillcats 2 games, Wilmington Blue Rocks 0
Finals - Winston-Salem Warthogs 3 games, Lynchburg Hillcats 0

The Lynchburg Hillcats of the Carolina League ended the 2003 season with a record of 76 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the league's Northern Division.

The Hillcats led the league with 670 runs, fueled by 93 home runs. Lynchburg yielded 585 runs. Chris Shelton paced the squad with 21 home runs, while Walter Young walloped 15 or more, too. Walter Young drove in 87 runs. Nate McLouth topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Ian Snell paced the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 3.33 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 2003 Lynchburg Hillcats who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included José Bautista, Yurendell de Caster, Bryan Bullington, Ronny Paulino, Ryan Doumit, Chris Shelton, Nate McLouth, Ian Snell, Jeff Keppinger, Henry Owens, Matt Capps, Mike Gonzalez, John Van Benschoten and Walter Young.

Dave Clark 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
Ian Snell	10	3	.769	3.33	20	20	0	1	1	0	116.3	105	46	43	3	33	1	122	3	2	4	477
Bryan Bullington	8	4	.667	3.05	17	17	0	2	1	0	97.3	101	39	33	5	27	0	67	8	0	3	420
Josh Higgins	7	2	.778	2.37	37	0	13	0	0	0	60.7	56	19	16	2	12	3	48	2	0	2	244
John Van Benschoten	6	0	1.000	2.22	9	9	0	0	0	0	48.7	33	14	12	1	18	0	49	1	0	1	192
Jose Lopez	5	6	.455	3.48	20	19	0	0	0	0	106.0	99	55	41	7	42	0	46	5	0	5	450
Jason Sharber	5	6	.455	4.74	21	16	2	0	0	1	95.0	97	63	50	13	38	0	88	5	0	3	422
Jeff Miller	5	6	.455	4.88	27	7	9	1	0	0	75.7	89	51	41	4	25	1	59	5	0	7	339
Brady Borner	4	1	.800	1.68	20	6	4	0	0	0	75.0	63	21	14	2	12	0	62	3	0	0	300
Julio Guerrero	4	1	.800	3.90	16	0	4	0	0	0	32.3	37	17	14	2	6	0	20	0	0	2	143
Alex Hart	4	5	.444	4.60	11	11	0	1	0	0	58.7	55	34	30	2	24	0	44	1	0	2	255
T. P. Waligora	3	0	1.000	3.93	21	0	9	0	0	0	34.3	36	19	15	2	11	0	36	3	0	3	150
Bobby Bradley	3	2	.600	3.40	12	12	0	0	0	0	50.3	43	21	19	1	28	0	36	5	0	7	222
Jason Alcala	2	0	1.000	3.81	15	0	6	0	0	1	28.3	29	13	12	1	9	1	22	1	0	0	120
Steve Fitch	2	3	.400	5.26	12	1	1	0	0	0	25.7	26	17	15	2	9	2	9	0	0	0	110
Melqui Torres	2	5	.286	4.23	47	0	40	0	0	25	55.3	55	31	26	3	25	2	57	4	0	1	250
Patrick O'Brien	2	6	.250	5.47	12	10	0	0	0	0	49.3	64	38	30	7	18	0	16	1	0	3	228
Clint Chrysler	1	0	1.000	2.08	7	0	2	0	0	1	8.7	11	3	2	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	39
Greg Withelder	1	0	1.000	7.59	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.7	17	12	9	0	7	2	7	1	0	0	56
Henry Owens	1	2	.333	2.45	13	0	11	0	0	5	14.7	9	6	4	0	11	0	21	1	0	0	65
Casey Shumaker	1	3	.250	3.65	33	0	19	0	0	4	44.3	34	22	18	3	20	1	45	5	0	5	187
Rudy Pena	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Matt Capps	0	0		5.40	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	22
Jeremy Harts	0	0		6.75	3	2	1	0	0	1	2.7	3	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	2	15
Mike Gonzalez	0	1	.000	5.14	5	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	9	4	0	5	0	9	0	0	0	32
Carlos De Los Santos	0	1	.000	8.36	10	0	6	0	0	0	14.0	13	13	13	2	18	0	17	1	0	2	72
Blas Cedeno	0	2	.000	5.79	4	4	0	0	0	0	23.3	24	17	15	4	7	0	14	4	1	1	104
Totals	76	59	.563	3.80	401	135	130	5	2	38	1140.3	1110	585	481	66	416	13	909	60	3	53	4918

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
Nate McLouth	117	508	440	85	132	27	2	6	33	40	4	55	68	.300	.386	.411	.797	181	4	7	5	1	2
Ryan Doumit	127	524	458	75	126	38	1	11	77	4	0	45	79	.275	.351	.434	.786	199	7	13	0	8	3
Walter Young	117	480	431	76	120	15	2	20	87	2	4	35	88	.278	.348	.462	.810	199	10	12	0	2	3
Brandon Chaves	121	498	443	62	116	23	6	3	49	13	8	40	82	.262	.327	.361	.688	160	6	4	9	2	0
Chris Shelton	95	389	315	71	113	24	1	21	69	1	4	68	67	.359	.478	.641	1.119	202	6	5	0	1	8
Jeff Keppinger	92	373	342	55	111	21	2	3	51	3	2	23	28	.325	.365	.424	.789	145	10	1	3	4	0
Vic Buttler	117	437	382	49	109	18	5	3	44	22	5	37	47	.285	.360	.382	.742	146	7	8	9	1	1
Yurendell de Caster	97	361	330	50	76	24	1	13	56	3	2	22	86	.230	.283	.427	.710	141	9	4	0	5	1
Jeremy Harts	91	297	272	31	60	11	2	5	39	4	2	15	74	.221	.267	.331	.598	90	3	3	5	2	0
José Bautista	51	195	165	28	40	14	2	4	20	1	5	27	48	.242	.359	.424	.783	70	1	3	0	0	0
Manny Ravelo	57	198	171	21	38	2	0	0	6	11	6	16	46	.222	.298	.234	.532	40	2	3	7	1	0
Jorge Cortes	37	145	129	17	34	6	0	1	15	1	1	11	25	.264	.315	.333	.648	43	2	0	2	3	0
Sam Bozanich	40	139	117	15	27	6	0	2	12	2	0	16	32	.231	.336	.333	.669	39	3	3	2	1	1
Cristian Berroa	39	126	123	11	27	4	1	0	10	1	0	2	18	.220	.230	.268	.498	33	4	0	0	1	0
Avelino Asprilla	33	117	106	12	22	6	0	0	17	0	2	3	24	.208	.225	.264	.489	28	3	0	6	2	0
Ronny Paulino	23	91	81	8	19	3	0	1	12	1	0	8	8	.235	.308	.309	.616	25	6	1	0	1	0
Michael Cockrell	7	26	24	3	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.458	.500	.583	1.083	14	3	0	0	0	0
Rudy Pena	12	31	30	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.133	.161	.200	.361	6	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Meath	12	33	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	.107	.242	.107	.350	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Hernandez	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1288	4972	4391	670	1190	247	25	93	602	109	46	431	837	.271	.343	.402	.745	1766	87	67	48	35	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Walter Young	1B	77	570	74	15	44	.977	8.364
Chris Shelton	1B	41	323	23	1	34	.997	8.439
Yurendell de Caster	1B	23	169	15	1	10	.995	8.000
Jeff Keppinger	1B	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Jeff Keppinger	2B	87	148	224	11	47	.971	4.276
Sam Bozanich	2B	30	34	54	3	6	.967	2.933
Cristian Berroa	2B	8	13	15	1	4	.966	3.500
José Bautista	2B	7	12	12	3	3	.889	3.429
Avelino Asprilla	2B	6	11	11	1	3	.957	3.667
Michael Cockrell	2B	5	11	14	1	1	.962	5.000
Yurendell de Caster	3B	63	49	94	7	8	.953	2.270
José Bautista	3B	44	36	86	7	8	.946	2.773
Cristian Berroa	3B	16	6	29	5	1	.875	2.188
Sam Bozanich	3B	12	6	9	5	0	.750	1.250
Avelino Asprilla	3B	11	6	23	3	2	.906	2.636
Jeff Keppinger	3B	3	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.333
Ryan Doumit	C	86	526	65	9	5	.985	6.872	23	64	21	24.7
Chris Shelton	C	28	208	19	3	0	.987	8.107	5	28	10	26.3
Ronny Paulino	C	14	105	11	2	1	.983	8.286	4	14	3	17.6
Rudy Pena	C	11	69	5	2	0	.974	6.727	3	9	2	18.2
Jose Hernandez	C	3	10	0	0	0	1.000	3.333	0	0	0
Vic Buttler	CF	78						.000
Nate McLouth	CF	55						.000
Jorge Cortes	CF	18						.000
Manny Ravelo	CF	2						.000
Nate McLouth	LF	73						.000
Manny Ravelo	LF	51						.000
Matt Meath	LF	10						.000
Yurendell de Caster	LF	9						.000
Jorge Cortes	LF	9						.000
Avelino Asprilla	LF	6						.000
Vic Buttler	LF	2						.000
Nate McLouth	OF	116	228	4	5	1	.979	2.000
Vic Buttler	OF	114	242	7	3	2	.988	2.184
Jeremy Harts	OF	88	121	5	11	2	.920	1.432
Manny Ravelo	OF	53	89	4	2	0	.979	1.755
Jorge Cortes	OF	36	58	8	3	1	.957	1.833
Matt Meath	OF	12	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.750
Yurendell de Caster	OF	10	14	1	1	0	.938	1.500
Avelino Asprilla	OF	7	17	1	0	0	1.000	2.571
Melqui Torres	P	47	5	5	2	1	.833	.213
Josh Higgins	P	37	3	13	0	1	1.000	.432
Casey Shumaker	P	33	5	5	1	0	.909	.303
Jeff Miller	P	27	11	13	1	0	.960	.889
T. P. Waligora	P	21	3	1	0	0	1.000	.190
Jason Sharber	P	21	9	11	1	1	.952	.952
Ian Snell	P	20	10	13	0	0	1.000	1.150
Jose Lopez	P	20	13	10	3	0	.885	1.150
Brady Borner	P	20	5	9	1	2	.933	.700
Bryan Bullington	P	17	9	14	2	0	.920	1.353
Julio Guerrero	P	16	2	6	0	0	1.000	.500
Jason Alcala	P	15	5	3	0	1	1.000	.533
Henry Owens	P	13	1	1	0	0	1.000	.154
Patrick O'Brien	P	12	1	13	0	1	1.000	1.167
Steve Fitch	P	12	5	3	0	0	1.000	.667
Bobby Bradley	P	12	5	12	1	2	.944	1.417
Alex Hart	P	11	13	6	0	0	1.000	1.727
Carlos De Los Santos	P	10	1	3	0	0	1.000	.400
John Van Benschoten	P	9	3	9	0	3	1.000	1.333
Greg Withelder	P	7	0	2	0	0	1.000	.286
Clint Chrysler	P	7	0	3	0	1	1.000	.429
Mike Gonzalez	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Blas Cedeno	P	4	0	3	0	0	1.000	.750
Jeremy Harts	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Rudy Pena	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Matt Capps	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeremy Harts	RF	88						.000
Vic Buttler	RF	45						.000
Jorge Cortes	RF	12						.000
Nate McLouth	RF	3						.000
Matt Meath	RF	2						.000
Yurendell de Caster	RF	1						.000
Avelino Asprilla	RF	1						.000
Brandon Chaves	SS	118	183	291	24	54	.952	4.017
Cristian Berroa	SS	12	13	21	2	9	.944	2.833
Avelino Asprilla	SS	9	10	22	3	3	.914	3.556
Michael Cockrell	SS	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Totals		2019	3421	1313	146	262	.970	2.345	35	115	36	23.8

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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