2000 Michigan Battle Cats Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 82-56
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Al Pedrique (82-56)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 86,297, Avg. 1,438 in 60 home dates

2000 Michigan Battle Cats Roster

Playoffs - Michigan Battle Cats 2 games, Dayton Dragons 0
Playoffs - Michigan Battle Cats 2 games, Fort Wayne Wizards 1
Finals - Michigan Battle Cats 3 games, Beloit Snappers 0

The Michigan Battle Cats of the Midwest League ended the 2000 season with a record of 82 wins and 56 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Battle Cats plated 747 runs, tops in the circuit. Michigan conceded 607 runs. Jason Lane paced the squad with 23 home runs and drove in 104 runs. Derek Nicholson topped batters with significant playing time with a .311 average. Nick Roberts led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.11 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Donaldo Méndez, John Buck, Jason Lane, Carlos Hernández, Félix Escalona, Santiago Ramírez and Mike Gallo were all players from the 2000 Michigan Battle Cats who played in the Majors during their careers.

Al Pedrique 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
Nick Roberts	13	6	.684	3.10	22	20	1	2	1	0	139.3	121	53	48	10	61	1	107	5	1	5	587
Derek Stanford	11	6	.647	3.99	28	25	0	3	1	0	169.0	141	85	75	11	92	3	133	18	0	15	736
Ryan Jamison	8	3	.727	2.10	41	7	15	0	0	7	98.7	66	32	23	3	38	3	95	10	1	8	402
Mike Gallo	8	3	.727	4.86	24	13	3	0	0	0	90.7	104	58	49	6	27	1	56	3	1	4	406
Travis Anderson	8	10	.444	5.10	27	27	0	2	1	0	143.0	142	99	81	14	73	1	106	9	0	18	646
Mike Nannini	7	4	.636	3.55	15	15	0	3	0	0	101.3	85	45	40	4	33	0	86	2	0	1	411
Carlos Hernández	6	6	.500	3.82	22	22	0	2	1	0	110.7	92	57	47	8	63	0	115	11	1	10	490
Don Thomas	4	1	.800	3.03	43	1	14	0	0	2	62.3	65	28	21	3	34	2	44	5	1	6	279
Chris George	3	2	.600	1.38	48	0	43	0	0	24	58.7	34	12	9	3	21	3	54	1	0	3	221
Frank Lima	3	2	.600	3.34	18	0	7	0	0	1	29.7	26	14	11	2	14	0	31	1	0	1	127
Ryan Fitzgerald	3	2	.600	3.75	28	0	11	0	0	1	50.3	44	24	21	6	21	1	43	3	0	4	217
Santiago Ramírez	3	3	.500	6.07	23	0	12	0	0	5	29.7	27	28	20	6	32	1	22	3	1	3	146
Darwin Peguero	3	4	.429	3.13	39	3	14	0	0	0	77.7	67	33	27	4	36	4	62	4	0	8	331
Jose Calvo	2	1	.667	7.36	4	3	0	0	0	0	14.7	15	13	12	2	11	0	15	0	0	1	70
Rob Stiehl	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	5
Luis Vasquez	0	1	.000	14.54	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.3	9	8	7	1	2	0	5	2	0	1	24
Johnny Whitesides	0	2	.000	4.56	13	0	5	0	0	1	25.7	25	17	13	2	9	0	17	0	0	2	113
Totals	82	56	.594	3.77	398	138	126	12	4	41	1206.7	1064	607	505	85	568	20	992	77	6	91	5211

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
Jason Lane	133	594	511	98	153	38	0	23	104	20	7	62	91	.299	.375	.509	.884	260	9	8	0	13	7
Brian Schmitt	123	506	447	61	129	24	2	9	71	13	2	44	94	.289	.356	.412	.768	184	9	5	6	4	1
Derek Nicholson	116	486	408	62	127	25	4	7	69	9	7	65	54	.311	.405	.444	.849	181	6	5	0	8	2
Jon Topolski	133	598	475	84	122	20	12	3	40	24	22	105	124	.257	.394	.368	.763	175	7	4	12	2	1
John Buck	109	455	390	57	110	33	0	10	71	2	4	55	81	.282	.374	.444	.817	173	8	5	0	5	6
Donaldo Méndez	101	425	370	65	100	17	0	2	51	39	10	33	68	.270	.351	.332	.683	123	3	14	6	2	1
Jon Helquist	96	377	320	59	76	19	2	5	42	4	6	48	101	.238	.340	.356	.697	114	4	4	1	4	0
Jason Maule	68	295	241	46	68	11	0	0	26	26	6	48	47	.282	.403	.328	.731	79	9	2	2	2	0
Félix Escalona	64	282	251	42	65	14	1	6	35	7	0	22	49	.259	.326	.394	.721	99	4	4	3	2	1
Mike Hill	56	217	198	38	62	18	4	6	35	6	1	11	43	.313	.355	.535	.890	106	6	4	0	4	0
Luis Dominguez	84	304	247	44	51	5	2	1	26	8	2	48	48	.206	.337	.255	.592	63	12	3	1	5	1
Gavin Wright	43	184	163	22	47	10	5	2	19	10	3	18	37	.288	.355	.448	.803	73	2	0	1	2	0
Alejandro Vasquez	38	160	150	17	36	10	0	1	17	6	4	6	16	.240	.269	.327	.595	49	4	1	0	3	0
Danny Fatheree	46	154	132	18	35	4	0	3	17	1	1	19	18	.265	.359	.364	.723	48	5	1	1	1	0
Johan Maya	55	192	155	19	32	4	1	1	19	2	1	23	30	.206	.333	.265	.598	41	7	7	6	1	0
Modesto De Aza	25	83	77	8	17	2	3	0	6	11	1	2	24	.221	.256	.325	.581	25	1	2	1	1	0
Brian O'Connor	32	112	89	7	15	1	0	1	11	1	1	18	34	.169	.318	.213	.532	19	3	2	2	1	0
Totals	1322	5424	4624	747	1245	255	36	80	659	189	78	627	959	.269	.361	.392	.753	1812	99	71	42	60	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Brian Schmitt	1B	96	812	63	15	82	.983	9.115
Jason Lane	1B	26	201	12	1	22	.995	8.192
Luis Dominguez	1B	23	193	14	2	17	.990	9.000
Jason Maule	2B	64	125	157	12	41	.959	4.406
Félix Escalona	2B	53	90	149	12	37	.952	4.509
Johan Maya	2B	30	50	62	5	20	.957	3.733
Luis Dominguez	2B	2	2	4	3	1	.667	3.000
Derek Nicholson	2B	1	1	4	0	1	1.000	5.000
Jon Helquist	3B	62	37	114	17	11	.899	2.435
Luis Dominguez	3B	57	32	96	13	7	.908	2.246
Derek Nicholson	3B	22	12	34	9	4	.836	2.091
Johan Maya	3B	8	1	15	3	3	.842	2.000
John Buck	C	100	748	81	15	11	.982	8.290	14	68	44	39.3
Brian O'Connor	C	30	173	18	5	0	.974	6.367	6	23	8	25.8
Danny Fatheree	C	18	104	5	2	0	.982	6.056	3	17	2	10.5
Jon Topolski	CF	87						.000
Gavin Wright	CF	41						.000
Modesto De Aza	CF	12						.000
Derek Nicholson	CF	2						.000
Jason Lane	LF	91						.000
Derek Nicholson	LF	40						.000
Jon Topolski	LF	8						.000
Mike Hill	LF	3						.000
Luis Dominguez	LF	1						.000
Jon Topolski	OF	130	235	14	9	1	.965	1.915
Jason Lane	OF	91	137	6	4	0	.973	1.571
Derek Nicholson	OF	68	100	8	3	2	.973	1.588
Mike Hill	OF	42	77	4	1	1	.988	1.929
Gavin Wright	OF	41	86	1	2	0	.978	2.122
Alejandro Vasquez	OF	28	44	1	2	0	.957	1.607
Brian Schmitt	OF	12	22	0	0	0	1.000	1.833
Modesto De Aza	OF	12	31	3	1	2	.971	2.833
Luis Dominguez	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Chris George	P	48	2	8	0	0	1.000	.208
Don Thomas	P	43	7	10	3	0	.850	.395
Ryan Jamison	P	41	9	16	5	1	.833	.610
Darwin Peguero	P	39	3	12	3	0	.833	.385
Derek Stanford	P	28	6	28	3	1	.919	1.214
Ryan Fitzgerald	P	28	1	3	1	0	.800	.143
Travis Anderson	P	27	12	20	2	3	.941	1.185
Mike Gallo	P	24	8	19	0	0	1.000	1.125
Santiago Ramírez	P	23	2	7	0	1	1.000	.391
Nick Roberts	P	22	9	19	0	1	1.000	1.273
Carlos Hernández	P	22	0	14	2	0	.875	.636
Frank Lima	P	18	2	0	1	0	.667	.111
Mike Nannini	P	15	7	9	1	0	.941	1.067
Johnny Whitesides	P	13	4	2	1	0	.857	.462
Jose Calvo	P	4	2	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Luis Vasquez	P	2	1	0	1	0	.500	.500
Rob Stiehl	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Hill	RF	40						.000
Jon Topolski	RF	36						.000
Alejandro Vasquez	RF	28						.000
Derek Nicholson	RF	26						.000
Brian Schmitt	RF	12						.000
Donaldo Méndez	SS	100	166	326	22	59	.957	4.920
Johan Maya	SS	16	31	37	0	8	1.000	4.250
Jon Helquist	SS	14	16	27	3	5	.935	3.071
Félix Escalona	SS	14	18	30	2	6	.960	3.429
Derek Nicholson	SS	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	3.000
Luis Dominguez	SS	1	0	1	1	0	.500	1.000
Totals		1988	3620	1455	187	348	.964	2.553	23	108	54	33.3

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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