2002 Michigan Battle Cats Statistics
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: John Massarelli (79-61)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Battle Creek, Michigan
Ballpark: C.O. Brown Stadium
Attendance: 84,723, Avg. 1,246 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - Lansing Lugnuts 2 games, Michigan Battle Cats 1
The Michigan Battle Cats of the Midwest League ended the 2002 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Battle Cats topped the league with 703 runs. Michigan allowed 550 runs. Steve Checksfield led the squad with 16 home runs Todd Self and Brooks Conrad each recorded 94 runs batted in. Todd Self topped batters with significant playing time with a .310 average. D. J. Houlton and Mike Burns paced the team with 14 wins each, while Mike Burns recorded a 2.49 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 2002 Michigan Battle Cats who spent time in the Majors during their careers included D. J. Houlton, Todd Self, Brooks Conrad, Cory Doyne and Mike Burns.
John Massarelli 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. J. Houlton | 14 | 5 | .737 | 3.14 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 140.7 | 120 | 57 | 49 | 12 | 30 | 0 | 138 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 577 |
| Mike Burns | 14 | 9 | .609 | 2.49 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 181.0 | 146 | 59 | 50 | 12 | 29 | 1 | 126 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 714 |
| Tony Pluta | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5.92 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 143.0 | 155 | 100 | 94 | 18 | 83 | 0 | 120 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 668 |
| Russ Rohlicek | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.98 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.0 | 148 | 58 | 50 | 10 | 36 | 0 | 95 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 625 |
| Cory Doyne | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.26 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.7 | 131 | 76 | 67 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 101 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 610 |
| Scott Powell | 5 | 5 | .500 | 2.78 | 48 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 81.0 | 75 | 28 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 327 |
| Monte Mansfield | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.30 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 3 | 56 | 0 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 340 |
| Juan Campos | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.01 | 36 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 58.3 | 50 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 238 |
| Max Tremblay | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1.26 | 41 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 57.3 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 233 |
| Mark Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.62 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 98 |
| Brandon Wood | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.55 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53.0 | 45 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 227 |
| Brian Rodaway | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.00 | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 50 | 26 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 192 |
| Jory Coughenour | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.46 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12.3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| Grant Dorn | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.57 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58.0 | 62 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 243 |
| Totals | 79 | 61 | .564 | 3.44 | 400 | 140 | 136 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 1217.7 | 1117 | 550 | 465 | 75 | 387 | 5 | 967 | 65 | 8 | 72 | 5139 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Self | 136 | 575 | 491 | 81 | 152 | 36 | 5 | 12 | 94 | 10 | 1 | 65 | 104 | .310 | .394 | .477 | .871 | 234 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Brooks Conrad | 133 | 577 | 499 | 94 | 143 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 94 | 18 | 8 | 62 | 102 | .287 | .368 | .477 | .845 | 238 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Trevor Mote | 130 | 535 | 480 | 66 | 133 | 25 | 1 | 9 | 70 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 89 | .277 | .339 | .390 | .729 | 187 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Mike Rodriguez | 133 | 583 | 499 | 94 | 126 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 35 | 11 | 65 | 85 | .253 | .338 | .339 | .677 | 169 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryan Stegall | 122 | 470 | 408 | 45 | 97 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 75 | .238 | .322 | .336 | .658 | 137 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Checksfield | 122 | 495 | 440 | 59 | 96 | 21 | 4 | 16 | 87 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 113 | .218 | .281 | .393 | .675 | 173 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Cameron Likely | 100 | 384 | 315 | 56 | 86 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 50 | 49 | .273 | .386 | .337 | .722 | 106 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Obradovich | 108 | 416 | 356 | 43 | 80 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 55 | 96 | .225 | .331 | .298 | .629 | 106 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Fehlandt Lentini | 71 | 277 | 246 | 41 | 71 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 25 | 5 | 29 | 35 | .289 | .362 | .374 | .736 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry Hodges | 84 | 271 | 243 | 35 | 61 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 74 | .251 | .319 | .342 | .660 | 83 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Lydic | 70 | 249 | 234 | 36 | 51 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 57 | .218 | .257 | .359 | .616 | 84 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Randy Rojas | 71 | 210 | 181 | 33 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 23 | 22 | .210 | .305 | .282 | .587 | 51 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Matt Lucas | 65 | 201 | 189 | 19 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 39 | .190 | .221 | .265 | .486 | 50 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Pines | 13 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .133 | .235 | .133 | .369 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Monte Mansfield | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Rodaway | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Max Tremblay | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 1443 | 5264 | 4598 | 703 | 1172 | 239 | 44 | 71 | 620 | 175 | 70 | 512 | 944 | .255 | .334 | .372 | .706 | 1712 | 85 | 61 | 40 | 53 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Self | 1B | 57 | 472 | 30 | 3 | 41 | .994 | 8.807 | ||||
| Steve Checksfield | 1B | 54 | 463 | 34 | 6 | 38 | .988 | 9.204 | ||||
| Joe Lydic | 1B | 36 | 327 | 13 | 1 | 25 | .997 | 9.444 | ||||
| Mark Obradovich | 1B | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Trevor Mote | 1B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Brooks Conrad | 2B | 121 | 207 | 335 | 16 | 59 | .971 | 4.479 | ||||
| Randy Rojas | 2B | 21 | 38 | 59 | 2 | 11 | .980 | 4.619 | ||||
| Trevor Mote | 2B | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Trevor Mote | 3B | 121 | 69 | 257 | 31 | 18 | .913 | 2.694 | ||||
| Ryan Stegall | 3B | 18 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 1 | .917 | 1.833 | ||||
| Joe Lydic | 3B | 11 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 1 | .880 | 2.000 | ||||
| Mark Obradovich | C | 90 | 569 | 48 | 4 | 1 | .994 | 6.856 | 10 | 68 | 23 | 25.3 |
| Matt Lucas | C | 62 | 411 | 27 | 3 | 1 | .993 | 7.065 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 25.5 |
| Greg Pines | C | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.333 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Rodriguez | CF | 108 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cameron Likely | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fehlandt Lentini | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kerry Hodges | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cameron Likely | LF | 62 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kerry Hodges | LF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fehlandt Lentini | LF | 35 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Rodriguez | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Checksfield | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Rodriguez | OF | 124 | 237 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .984 | 1.952 | ||||
| Cameron Likely | OF | 91 | 156 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .969 | 1.736 | ||||
| Todd Self | OF | 65 | 127 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .986 | 2.108 | ||||
| Fehlandt Lentini | OF | 64 | 93 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .962 | 1.578 | ||||
| Kerry Hodges | OF | 61 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .987 | 1.246 | ||||
| Steve Checksfield | OF | 43 | 70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .973 | 1.674 | ||||
| Scott Powell | P | 48 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 2 | .917 | .458 | ||||
| Max Tremblay | P | 41 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .750 | .146 | ||||
| Grant Dorn | P | 39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Juan Campos | P | 36 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .306 | ||||
| D. J. Houlton | P | 35 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .343 | ||||
| Brandon Wood | P | 34 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .265 | ||||
| Tony Pluta | P | 28 | 9 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.179 | ||||
| Mike Burns | P | 28 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 0 | .892 | 1.179 | ||||
| Cory Doyne | P | 27 | 13 | 30 | 5 | 1 | .896 | 1.593 | ||||
| Russ Rohlicek | P | 25 | 7 | 28 | 1 | 2 | .972 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brian Rodaway | P | 23 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 1 | .947 | .783 | ||||
| Monte Mansfield | P | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Mark Hamilton | P | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Jory Coughenour | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Todd Self | RF | 65 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Checksfield | RF | 42 | .000 | |||||||||
| Fehlandt Lentini | RF | 22 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kerry Hodges | RF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Rodriguez | RF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cameron Likely | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ryan Stegall | SS | 111 | 165 | 345 | 23 | 56 | .957 | 4.595 | ||||
| Randy Rojas | SS | 39 | 53 | 97 | 8 | 22 | .949 | 3.846 | ||||
| Totals | 2049 | 3653 | 1490 | 140 | 292 | .973 | 2.510 | 12 | 105 | 35 | 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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
