2008 Mobile BayBears Statistics
Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 58-79
Finished 5th in the SL's South Division
Manager: Hector De La Cruz (58-79)
Affiliation: Arizona Diamondbacks
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 220,821, Avg. 3,346 in 66 home dates
2008 Mobile BayBears RosterTeam Record: 58-79
Finished 5th in the SL's South Division
Manager: Hector De La Cruz (58-79)
Affiliation: Arizona Diamondbacks
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Ballpark: Hank Aaron Stadium
Attendance: 220,821, Avg. 3,346 in 66 home dates
The Mobile BayBears of the Southern League ended the 2008 season with a record of 58 wins and 79 losses, finishing fifth in the league's South Division.
The BayBears plated 557 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 635 runs. Rusty Ryal paced Mobile with 16 home runs and drove in 66 runs. Bryan Byrne led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Tony Barnette topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.88 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Héctor Ambriz, Tony Barnette, Gerardo Parra, Rusty Ryal, Brooks Brown, César Valdez and John Hester were all players from the 2008 Mobile BayBears who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hector De La Cruz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Barnette | 11 | 7 | .611 | 3.87 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7 | 143 | 70 | 66 | 17 | 42 | 1 | 133 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 643 |
| Adam Howard | 7 | 8 | .467 | 5.14 | 28 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117.3 | 140 | 80 | 67 | 16 | 49 | 1 | 79 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 542 |
| Brooks Brown | 6 | 15 | .286 | 4.18 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144.3 | 152 | 69 | 67 | 8 | 67 | 1 | 112 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 629 |
| Matt Torra | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.85 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 91 | 33 | 25 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 339 |
| Héctor Ambriz | 5 | 13 | .278 | 4.89 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 152.7 | 155 | 91 | 83 | 22 | 47 | 0 | 118 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 651 |
| Jose Marte | 4 | 2 | .667 | 4.38 | 36 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 49.3 | 50 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 221 |
| Cody Evans | 4 | 8 | .333 | 4.77 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 69 | 39 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 284 |
| Forrest Cory | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.53 | 37 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.3 | 83 | 44 | 42 | 7 | 27 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 310 |
| Matt Green | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.77 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.3 | 59 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 224 |
| Vince Bongiovanni | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.40 | 42 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.3 | 65 | 33 | 30 | 6 | 36 | 5 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 278 |
| César Valdez | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.06 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.3 | 63 | 30 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 272 |
| Jason Urquidez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.32 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 104 |
| Orlando Mercado | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Abe Woody | 1 | 6 | .143 | 3.16 | 35 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.3 | 43 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 214 |
| Reid Mahon | 0 | 0 | 3.07 | 33 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 41.0 | 45 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 177 | |
| Mark Rosen | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 62 | |
| A. J. Shappi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.53 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29.3 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 118 |
| Matt Elliott | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.29 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 |
| Totals | 58 | 79 | .423 | 4.30 | 416 | 137 | 134 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1180.7 | 1237 | 635 | 564 | 119 | 437 | 13 | 907 | 63 | 7 | 54 | 5149 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yunesky Sánchez | 122 | 523 | 494 | 61 | 146 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 41 | .296 | .333 | .348 | .682 | 172 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bryan Byrne | 121 | 491 | 416 | 64 | 126 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 3 | 66 | 70 | .303 | .405 | .433 | .838 | 180 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rusty Ryal | 128 | 509 | 460 | 65 | 126 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 96 | .274 | .334 | .443 | .777 | 204 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Cyle Hankerd | 125 | 470 | 436 | 35 | 107 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 67 | .245 | .291 | .333 | .624 | 145 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Chris Rahl | 116 | 450 | 421 | 47 | 91 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 115 | .216 | .264 | .328 | .592 | 138 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| John Hester | 92 | 331 | 306 | 38 | 82 | 26 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 78 | .268 | .302 | .474 | .776 | 145 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cesar Nicolas | 97 | 364 | 296 | 38 | 77 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 55 | 60 | .260 | .390 | .409 | .799 | 121 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Gerardo Parra | 73 | 302 | 265 | 35 | 73 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 34 | .275 | .341 | .419 | .760 | 111 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Guillermo Reyes | 95 | 318 | 279 | 42 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 44 | .251 | .324 | .305 | .628 | 85 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Frank Curreri | 69 | 258 | 219 | 21 | 55 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 35 | .251 | .350 | .397 | .747 | 87 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Javier Brito | 63 | 231 | 193 | 33 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 40 | .269 | .385 | .513 | .898 | 99 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Orlando Mercado | 71 | 238 | 194 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 28 | .227 | .357 | .289 | .646 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Brandon Burgess | 72 | 206 | 175 | 19 | 35 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 69 | .200 | .311 | .354 | .665 | 62 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Thomson | 50 | 186 | 164 | 23 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 37 | .207 | .297 | .280 | .578 | 46 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Brown | 26 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .226 | .250 | .258 | .508 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Héctor Ambriz | 27 | 38 | 31 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .194 | .286 | .355 | .641 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Barnette | 27 | 35 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .172 | .250 | .172 | .422 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Howard | 28 | 27 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .125 | .192 | .167 | .359 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A. J. Shappi | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Torra | 13 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .100 | .100 | .150 | .250 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Bongiovanni | 42 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 | .333 | .200 | .533 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forrest Cory | 37 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Green | 16 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| César Valdez | 12 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .077 | .077 | .077 | .154 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Urquidez | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Rosen | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Marte | 36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Mahon | 33 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Evans | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Elliott | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abe Woody | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1709 | 5089 | 4501 | 557 | 1147 | 240 | 23 | 85 | 506 | 64 | 63 | 444 | 874 | .255 | .330 | .375 | .705 | 1688 | 101 | 79 | 27 | 38 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Byrne | 1B | 110 | 844 | 82 | 10 | 95 | .989 | 8.418 | ||||
| Javier Brito | 1B | 11 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 7.909 | ||||
| Brandon Burgess | 1B | 10 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 9 | .973 | 7.200 | ||||
| Frank Curreri | 1B | 7 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.571 | ||||
| Cesar Nicolas | 1B | 6 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.333 | ||||
| Rusty Ryal | 2B | 97 | 202 | 287 | 8 | 68 | .984 | 5.041 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | 2B | 33 | 41 | 85 | 4 | 17 | .969 | 3.818 | ||||
| Yunesky Sánchez | 2B | 16 | 30 | 44 | 1 | 9 | .987 | 4.625 | ||||
| Cesar Nicolas | 3B | 79 | 53 | 115 | 11 | 12 | .939 | 2.127 | ||||
| Brandon Burgess | 3B | 31 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 7 | .861 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rusty Ryal | 3B | 28 | 15 | 40 | 2 | 4 | .965 | 1.964 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | 3B | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Bryan Byrne | 3B | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| John Hester | C | 78 | 525 | 47 | 7 | 6 | .988 | 7.333 | 5 | 56 | 24 | 30.0 |
| Orlando Mercado | C | 54 | 337 | 24 | 4 | 3 | .989 | 6.685 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 33.3 |
| Frank Curreri | C | 13 | 73 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 6.154 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 27.3 |
| Gerardo Parra | CF | 60 | 136 | 9 | 4 | 4 | .973 | 2.417 | ||||
| Chris Rahl | CF | 55 | 135 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .993 | 2.455 | ||||
| Greg Thomson | CF | 24 | 58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .967 | 2.417 | ||||
| Cyle Hankerd | LF | 61 | 105 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .991 | 1.787 | ||||
| Frank Curreri | LF | 41 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.707 | ||||
| Javier Brito | LF | 33 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Brandon Burgess | LF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Cyle Hankerd | OF | 115 | 221 | 8 | 3 | 4 | .987 | 1.991 | ||||
| Chris Rahl | OF | 112 | 250 | 8 | 4 | 2 | .985 | 2.304 | ||||
| Gerardo Parra | OF | 72 | 157 | 10 | 7 | 4 | .960 | 2.319 | ||||
| Greg Thomson | OF | 41 | 96 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .980 | 2.390 | ||||
| Frank Curreri | OF | 41 | 66 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .972 | 1.707 | ||||
| Javier Brito | OF | 33 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.545 | ||||
| Brandon Burgess | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Vince Bongiovanni | P | 42 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Forrest Cory | P | 37 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .486 | ||||
| Jose Marte | P | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .222 | ||||
| Abe Woody | P | 35 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .371 | ||||
| Reid Mahon | P | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Cody Evans | P | 29 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .655 | ||||
| Adam Howard | P | 28 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .821 | ||||
| Tony Barnette | P | 27 | 11 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .964 | 1.000 | ||||
| Héctor Ambriz | P | 27 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.444 | ||||
| Brooks Brown | P | 26 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.308 | ||||
| A. J. Shappi | P | 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .368 | ||||
| Matt Green | P | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .438 | ||||
| Jason Urquidez | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .462 | ||||
| Matt Torra | P | 13 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 1.615 | ||||
| Matt Elliott | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| César Valdez | P | 12 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.667 | ||||
| Mark Rosen | P | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .600 | .333 | ||||
| Orlando Mercado | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Rahl | RF | 58 | 115 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .976 | 2.121 | ||||
| Cyle Hankerd | RF | 56 | 116 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .984 | 2.143 | ||||
| Greg Thomson | RF | 17 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.353 | ||||
| Gerardo Parra | RF | 12 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .880 | 1.833 | ||||
| Yunesky Sánchez | SS | 100 | 156 | 277 | 14 | 62 | .969 | 4.330 | ||||
| Guillermo Reyes | SS | 42 | 46 | 94 | 7 | 21 | .952 | 3.333 | ||||
| Totals | 1986 | 4390 | 1415 | 130 | 364 | .978 | 2.923 | 8 | 94 | 42 | 30.9 |
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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