2002 New Britain Rock Cats Statistics
Team Record: 67-72
Finished 4th in the EL's North Division
Manager: Stan Cliburn (67-72)
Affiliation: Minnesota Twins
Location: New Britain, Connecticut
Ballpark: New Britain Stadium
Attendance: 265,459, Avg. 4,148 in 64 home dates
The New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League ended the 2002 season with a record of 67 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Rock Cats scored 651 runs and yielded 686 runs. Justin Morneau led New Britain with 16 home runs, and Lew Ford walloped 15 or more as well. Papo Bolivar drove in 87 runs. Justin Morneau paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .298 average. Brent Hoard topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.69 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 2002 New Britain Rock Cats who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Scott Randall, Joe Mays, Matt Kinney, Justin Morneau, Willie Eyre, Mike Jerzembeck, Lew Ford, Luis Rodríguez, David Manning, Juan Padilla, Benj Sampson, Josh Rabe and Joe Dillon.
Stan Cliburn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Hoard | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.69 | 31 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161.0 | 153 | 80 | 66 | 11 | 52 | 3 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 672 |
| Matt Carnes | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.86 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 33 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 175 |
| Willie Eyre | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.24 | 28 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 209 |
| Jon Pridie | 5 | 3 | .625 | 5.07 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 94.0 | 95 | 53 | 53 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 70 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 414 |
| Benj Sampson | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.41 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.7 | 91 | 44 | 37 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 386 |
| Adam Flohr | 4 | 5 | .444 | 2.40 | 43 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | 83 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 340 |
| Brent Schoening | 3 | 1 | .750 | 5.17 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 | 60 | 44 | 36 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 271 |
| Kevin Hodge | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.97 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30.3 | 22 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
| Jeromy Palki | 3 | 3 | .500 | 3.17 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48.3 | 45 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 208 |
| David Manning | 3 | 3 | .500 | 4.62 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 69 | 37 | 32 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 275 |
| Juan Padilla | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.31 | 54 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 65.3 | 69 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 283 |
| John Sneed | 3 | 7 | .300 | 5.04 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 91.0 | 96 | 57 | 51 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 404 |
| Jon McDonald | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6.10 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72.3 | 77 | 58 | 49 | 4 | 47 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 334 |
| Ryan Mills | 3 | 11 | .214 | 5.37 | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105.7 | 117 | 80 | 63 | 10 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 504 |
| Scott Randall | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.48 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 25 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| Joe Mays | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Mike Jerzembeck | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Tim Sturdy | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.37 | 35 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.7 | 63 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 253 |
| Matt Kinney | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Doug Silva | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | |
| Pete Fisher | 0 | 4 | .000 | 8.06 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 120 |
| Totals | 67 | 72 | .482 | 4.30 | 436 | 139 | 134 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1202.3 | 1199 | 686 | 575 | 93 | 478 | 27 | 849 | 76 | 3 | 77 | 5207 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papo Bolivar | 137 | 608 | 547 | 78 | 152 | 35 | 2 | 13 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 47 | 98 | .278 | .332 | .420 | .752 | 230 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Justin Morneau | 126 | 548 | 494 | 72 | 147 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 88 | .298 | .356 | .474 | .830 | 234 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Luis Rodríguez | 129 | 557 | 455 | 60 | 117 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 44 | .257 | .349 | .358 | .707 | 163 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 1 |
| Lew Ford | 93 | 435 | 373 | 81 | 116 | 27 | 2 | 15 | 51 | 17 | 5 | 49 | 47 | .311 | .401 | .515 | .916 | 192 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Baron | 117 | 416 | 390 | 46 | 115 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 47 | .295 | .334 | .359 | .693 | 140 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Ruben Salazar | 103 | 405 | 371 | 49 | 103 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 72 | .278 | .329 | .385 | .715 | 143 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Dillon | 103 | 408 | 344 | 47 | 90 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 50 | 3 | 1 | 54 | 62 | .262 | .368 | .410 | .778 | 141 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Jeff Smith | 90 | 332 | 297 | 40 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 47 | .296 | .348 | .458 | .805 | 136 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Kevin Connacher | 117 | 411 | 356 | 48 | 87 | 25 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 25 | 10 | 42 | 86 | .244 | .322 | .441 | .763 | 157 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Juan Lorenzo | 78 | 234 | 215 | 33 | 58 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22 | .270 | .304 | .335 | .639 | 72 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabby Torres | 73 | 226 | 191 | 21 | 52 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 26 | .272 | .371 | .382 | .753 | 73 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Rabe | 46 | 196 | 183 | 21 | 43 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 30 | .235 | .282 | .306 | .588 | 56 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Scanlon | 68 | 224 | 197 | 24 | 38 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 39 | .193 | .270 | .289 | .560 | 57 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Chad Green | 20 | 82 | 76 | 12 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | .329 | .366 | .539 | .905 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon Marsters | 22 | 87 | 76 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .237 | .310 | .421 | .731 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kevin Hodge | 41 | 60 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | .192 | .283 | .269 | .553 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ramon Borrego | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Sosa | 4 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .071 | .133 | .071 | .205 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Williams | 8 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nestor Smith | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1382 | 5279 | 4662 | 651 | 1262 | 264 | 23 | 104 | 596 | 96 | 38 | 446 | 774 | .271 | .339 | .404 | .743 | 1884 | 97 | 56 | 69 | 46 | 15 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 125 | 1061 | 96 | 13 | 98 | .989 | 9.256 | ||||
| Joe Dillon | 1B | 8 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1.000 | 9.250 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | 1B | 6 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Brady Williams | 1B | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Kevin Connacher | 2B | 83 | 167 | 209 | 9 | 46 | .977 | 4.530 | ||||
| Ruben Salazar | 2B | 50 | 111 | 112 | 7 | 30 | .970 | 4.460 | ||||
| Luis Rodríguez | 2B | 8 | 17 | 28 | 3 | 6 | .938 | 5.625 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | 2B | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Joe Dillon | 3B | 76 | 63 | 184 | 19 | 15 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | 3B | 32 | 26 | 61 | 15 | 3 | .853 | 2.719 | ||||
| Matt Scanlon | 3B | 22 | 15 | 60 | 10 | 5 | .882 | 3.409 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | 3B | 6 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 2.833 | ||||
| Brady Williams | 3B | 5 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 3.600 | ||||
| Ramon Borrego | 3B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | 3.500 | ||||
| Jeff Smith | C | 80 | 493 | 58 | 8 | 4 | .986 | 6.888 | 3 | 59 | 35 | 37.2 |
| Gabby Torres | C | 48 | 242 | 30 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 5.667 | 9 | 28 | 18 | 39.1 |
| Brandon Marsters | C | 22 | 151 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.591 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 42.1 |
| Lew Ford | CF | 93 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Rabe | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Baron | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Baron | LF | 53 | .000 | |||||||||
| Papo Bolivar | LF | 51 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Connacher | LF | 27 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Scanlon | LF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Lorenzo | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Kevin Hodge | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Papo Bolivar | OF | 114 | 186 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .985 | 1.719 | ||||
| Brian Baron | OF | 109 | 200 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 1.890 | ||||
| Lew Ford | OF | 93 | 202 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .986 | 2.237 | ||||
| Josh Rabe | OF | 46 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.217 | ||||
| Kevin Connacher | OF | 27 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | .741 | ||||
| Matt Scanlon | OF | 24 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.208 | ||||
| Chad Green | OF | 20 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .976 | 2.050 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kevin Hodge | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Juan Padilla | P | 54 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Adam Flohr | P | 43 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .721 | ||||
| John Sneed | P | 39 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .857 | .308 | ||||
| Tim Sturdy | P | 35 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .314 | ||||
| Brent Hoard | P | 31 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | .968 | .968 | ||||
| Jeromy Palki | P | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .233 | ||||
| Willie Eyre | P | 28 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .500 | ||||
| Ryan Mills | P | 26 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.038 | ||||
| Kevin Hodge | P | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .208 | ||||
| Brent Schoening | P | 21 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .619 | ||||
| Jon McDonald | P | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .828 | 1.143 | ||||
| Matt Carnes | P | 21 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .476 | ||||
| Benj Sampson | P | 16 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| Jon Pridie | P | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .950 | 1.188 | ||||
| David Manning | P | 11 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.273 | ||||
| Pete Fisher | P | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .500 | ||||
| Scott Randall | P | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Doug Silva | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Mike Jerzembeck | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Joe Mays | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Matt Kinney | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Papo Bolivar | RF | 67 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brian Baron | RF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chad Green | RF | 20 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Scanlon | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Lorenzo | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Rodríguez | SS | 119 | 203 | 375 | 16 | 74 | .973 | 4.857 | ||||
| Juan Lorenzo | SS | 35 | 34 | 56 | 1 | 10 | .989 | 2.571 | ||||
| Totals | 2053 | 3607 | 1540 | 134 | 326 | .975 | 2.507 | 13 | 98 | 61 | 38.4 |
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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