2008 Mesa Solar Sox Statistics
Team Record: 26-12
Finished 1st in the AZFL's American Division
Manager: Rocket Wheeler (26-12)
Location: Mesa, Arizona
Ballpark: HoHoKam Park
Finals - Phoenix Desert Dogs 1 game, Mesa Solar Sox 0
The Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League ended the 2008 season with a record of 26 wins and 12 losses, finishing first in the league's American Division.
The Solar Sox topped the circuit with 319 runs, spearheaded by 58 home runs. Mesa surrendered 193 runs, least in the league. Tyler Flowers paced the team with 12 home runs Scott Cousins drove in 33 runs. Matt Young led hitters with significant playing time by hitting .370. Tommy Hanson paced the squad with 5 wins.
Donnie Veal, Drew Carpenter, Tim Wood, Tuffy Gosewisch, Will Rhymes, Tyler Colvin, Matt Young, Sean West, Scott Cousins, Logan Morrison, Luis Marte, Nate Spears, Lou Marson, Esmailin Caridad, Jason Donald, John Raynor, Casper Wells, Tyler Flowers, Kris Medlen, Steve Clevenger, Sergio Escalona, Quintin Berry, Casey Fien, Deunte Heath, Aaron Thompson, Darwin Barney, Tyson Brummett, Tommy Hanson and Jeff Larish were all players from the 2008 Mesa Solar Sox who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Rocket Wheeler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Hanson | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.63 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105 |
| Jesse Estrada | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.13 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 30 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Sean West | 3 | 2 | .600 | 6.21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
| Stephen Marek | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| Casey Fien | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.84 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| Esmailin Caridad | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.94 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 65 |
| Luis Marte | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.3 | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 |
| Rudy Darrow | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.92 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 |
| Aaron Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.00 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 67 |
| Sergio Escalona | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Deunte Heath | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| Kris Medlen | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.14 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Drew Carpenter | 1 | 2 | .333 | 5.88 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| Rocky Roquet | 0 | 0 | 5.93 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | |
| Pat Overholt | 0 | 0 | 6.06 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 79 | |
| Donnie Veal | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 47 | |
| Tim Wood | 0 | 1 | .000 | 2.77 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 53 |
| Todd Doolittle | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.86 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Zach Simons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.85 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
| Tyson Brummett | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.23 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Totals | 26 | 12 | .684 | 4.42 | 206 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 340.3 | 333 | 193 | 167 | 45 | 123 | 1 | 327 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 1463 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Larish | 30 | 144 | 124 | 34 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .331 | .410 | .548 | .958 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Logan Morrison | 25 | 108 | 99 | 23 | 40 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .404 | .444 | .667 | 1.111 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Matt Young | 29 | 125 | 108 | 32 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 11 | .370 | .448 | .565 | 1.013 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Donald | 25 | 103 | 91 | 23 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 25 | .407 | .476 | .747 | 1.223 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Rhymes | 26 | 118 | 108 | 20 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | .287 | .322 | .324 | .646 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Cousins | 25 | 117 | 101 | 28 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 | .297 | .385 | .624 | 1.008 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeremy Slayden | 26 | 115 | 105 | 19 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 27 | .286 | .322 | .476 | .798 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tyler Flowers | 20 | 87 | 75 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | .387 | .460 | .973 | 1.433 | 73 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nate Spears | 23 | 102 | 83 | 26 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 19 | .349 | .461 | .542 | 1.003 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Quintin Berry | 22 | 99 | 90 | 18 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | .311 | .357 | .389 | .746 | 35 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Darwin Barney | 23 | 93 | 86 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | .302 | .337 | .407 | .744 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Casper Wells | 23 | 92 | 78 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 26 | .321 | .424 | .705 | 1.129 | 55 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Van Pope | 21 | 83 | 74 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 15 | .270 | .349 | .432 | .782 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Clevenger | 17 | 73 | 63 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | .302 | .397 | .397 | .794 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Raynor | 8 | 39 | 33 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .364 | .410 | .606 | 1.016 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lou Marson | 11 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | .324 | .425 | .588 | 1.013 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Gosewisch | 7 | 27 | 25 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | .280 | .296 | .280 | .576 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Colvin | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .176 | .176 | .353 | .529 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Palmisano | 3 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .222 | .300 | .333 | .633 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 369 | 1592 | 1403 | 319 | 460 | 97 | 18 | 58 | 299 | 35 | 19 | 148 | 285 | .328 | .396 | .547 | .942 | 767 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 16 | 3 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Larish | 1B | 16 | 117 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 8.125 | ||||
| Logan Morrison | 1B | 15 | 123 | 4 | 1 | 11 | .992 | 8.467 | ||||
| Casper Wells | 1B | 6 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .977 | 7.167 | ||||
| Nate Spears | 1B | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 7.000 | ||||
| Steve Clevenger | 1B | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Will Rhymes | 2B | 21 | 23 | 50 | 2 | 8 | .973 | 3.476 | ||||
| Nate Spears | 2B | 10 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 6 | .978 | 4.400 | ||||
| Jason Donald | 2B | 6 | 12 | 21 | 1 | 7 | .971 | 5.500 | ||||
| Matt Young | 2B | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Van Pope | 3B | 19 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .952 | 2.105 | ||||
| Jeff Larish | 3B | 13 | 8 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 2.923 | ||||
| Jason Donald | 3B | 9 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Nate Spears | 3B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Tyler Flowers | C | 15 | 136 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 9.400 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 21.4 |
| Steve Clevenger | C | 14 | 109 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .967 | 8.500 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 33.3 |
| Tuffy Gosewisch | C | 7 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 42.9 |
| Lou Palmisano | C | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 6.667 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 16.7 |
| Lou Marson | C | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Quintin Berry | CF | 17 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.824 | ||||
| Scott Cousins | CF | 14 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| John Raynor | CF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Matt Young | CF | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Matt Young | LF | 21 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Jeremy Slayden | LF | 10 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.600 | ||||
| Logan Morrison | LF | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Casper Wells | LF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Quintin Berry | LF | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Scott Cousins | LF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Young | OF | 24 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
| Scott Cousins | OF | 23 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .971 | 2.957 | ||||
| Jeremy Slayden | OF | 22 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .974 | 1.727 | ||||
| Quintin Berry | OF | 22 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.045 | ||||
| Casper Wells | OF | 15 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.533 | ||||
| John Raynor | OF | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Logan Morrison | OF | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Tyler Colvin | OF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Tim Wood | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Zach Simons | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Pat Overholt | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Kris Medlen | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Stephen Marek | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Casey Fien | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Sergio Escalona | P | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Todd Doolittle | P | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Tyson Brummett | P | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Aaron Thompson | P | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Rudy Darrow | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Donnie Veal | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rocky Roquet | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Deunte Heath | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Esmailin Caridad | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Sean West | P | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jesse Estrada | P | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Tommy Hanson | P | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .714 | ||||
| Drew Carpenter | P | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Luis Marte | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Casper Wells | RF | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.846 | ||||
| Jeremy Slayden | RF | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Scott Cousins | RF | 8 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .923 | 3.000 | ||||
| Tyler Colvin | RF | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Quintin Berry | RF | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Matt Young | RF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| John Raynor | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Darwin Barney | SS | 22 | 24 | 63 | 5 | 9 | .946 | 3.955 | ||||
| Nate Spears | SS | 10 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 9 | .955 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jason Donald | SS | 9 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 1.000 | 3.889 | ||||
| Totals | 654 | 1258 | 366 | 32 | 87 | .981 | 2.483 | 6 | 30 | 11 | 26.8 |
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