2000 Sioux City Explorers Statistics
Team Record: 44-41
Finished 3rd in the NLC's West Division
Manager: Ed Nottle (44-41)
Location: Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark: Lewis and Clark Park
Attendance: 105,888, Avg. 2,521 in 42 home dates
The Sioux City Explorers of the Northern League-Central ended the 2000 season with a record of 44 wins and 41 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.
The Explorers scored 432 runs and surrendered 473 runs. Jay Kirkpatrick led Sioux City with 19 home runs and accounted for 75 RBI, while leading all regular batters with a .292 average. Klae Calvert topped the team with 9 wins, and Chris Hill recorded a 4.73 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2000 Sioux City Explorers who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nate Field, Mike Busby and Nate Bland.
Ed Nottle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klae Calvert | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.93 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131.3 | 163 | 78 | 72 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 574 |
| Mike Marchesano | 6 | 8 | .429 | 5.08 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108.0 | 133 | 68 | 61 | 13 | 35 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 479 |
| Chris Hill | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.73 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 116.0 | 136 | 70 | 61 | 10 | 48 | 3 | 59 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 527 |
| Nic Nelson | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.69 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.0 | 56 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 215 |
| Derek Fahs | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.23 | 36 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38.3 | 43 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 168 |
| Leonardo Patino | 4 | 6 | .400 | 6.19 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64.0 | 74 | 48 | 44 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 287 |
| Nate Field | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.93 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100 |
| K. P. Paull | 3 | 1 | .750 | 8.25 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 33 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 118 |
| Mike Busby | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.06 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 43 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 192 |
| Josh Kuecker | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.64 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.7 | 74 | 48 | 44 | 11 | 38 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 282 |
| Nate Bland | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.64 | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 42.0 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 179 |
| Rick Wagner | 1 | 3 | .250 | 8.10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 28 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 102 |
| Derek Kopacz | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jerry Burns | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Andy Wise | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | |
| Kevin Kuklis | 0 | 0 | 8.16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Totals | 44 | 41 | .518 | 5.07 | 242 | 85 | 82 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 757.3 | 874 | 473 | 427 | 91 | 305 | 19 | 523 | 43 | 2 | 55 | 3382 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paco Cardona | 83 | 394 | 341 | 49 | 96 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 3 | 32 | 25 | .282 | .347 | .337 | .684 | 115 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| Jay Kirkpatrick | 81 | 371 | 305 | 48 | 89 | 15 | 0 | 19 | 75 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 57 | .292 | .404 | .528 | .932 | 161 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Josh Patton | 85 | 377 | 306 | 53 | 87 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 58 | 25 | .284 | .405 | .392 | .797 | 120 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Ira Smith | 80 | 351 | 315 | 44 | 84 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 12 | 3 | 29 | 45 | .267 | .324 | .368 | .692 | 116 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Derek Kopacz | 83 | 372 | 318 | 54 | 83 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 15 | 6 | 45 | 69 | .261 | .358 | .399 | .758 | 127 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Tripp MacKay | 85 | 388 | 331 | 48 | 83 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 33 | .251 | .325 | .314 | .640 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| Bryan Mack | 79 | 335 | 290 | 41 | 81 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 35 | 75 | .279 | .363 | .407 | .769 | 118 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Chris Sawyer | 84 | 349 | 310 | 42 | 76 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 53 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 64 | .245 | .308 | .361 | .670 | 112 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Reagan Buckley | 80 | 299 | 268 | 34 | 71 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 22 | 55 | .265 | .328 | .381 | .708 | 102 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Hunt | 39 | 116 | 96 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 24 | .188 | .304 | .271 | .575 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky Plambeck | 19 | 39 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .229 | .282 | .229 | .511 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Kuecker | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Nelson | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Marchesano | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ramon Perdomo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 859 | 3394 | 2918 | 432 | 778 | 140 | 17 | 53 | 395 | 93 | 33 | 354 | 482 | .267 | .350 | .381 | .731 | 1111 | 60 | 39 | 49 | 34 | 23 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mack | 1B | 64 | 553 | 41 | 7 | 66 | .988 | 9.281 | ||||
| Jay Kirkpatrick | 1B | 23 | 182 | 15 | 3 | 14 | .985 | 8.565 | ||||
| Paco Cardona | 2B | 81 | 188 | 223 | 6 | 57 | .986 | 5.074 | ||||
| Josh Patton | 2B | 8 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 3.625 | ||||
| Ramon Perdomo | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Josh Patton | 3B | 81 | 62 | 155 | 17 | 22 | .927 | 2.679 | ||||
| Tim Hunt | 3B | 12 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 0 | .778 | 1.750 | ||||
| Reagan Buckley | C | 78 | 478 | 47 | 11 | 2 | .979 | 6.731 | 14 | 86 | 25 | 22.5 |
| Ricky Plambeck | C | 17 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 4.000 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 20.0 |
| Derek Kopacz | CF | 83 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ira Smith | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Sawyer | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reagan Buckley | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ira Smith | LF | 79 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Hunt | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Paco Cardona | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ricky Plambeck | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Patton | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Mack | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Reagan Buckley | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Sawyer | OF | 84 | 178 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .990 | 2.250 | ||||
| Derek Kopacz | OF | 83 | 192 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .971 | 2.386 | ||||
| Ira Smith | OF | 80 | 150 | 7 | 8 | 0 | .952 | 1.962 | ||||
| Tim Hunt | OF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Paco Cardona | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Bryan Mack | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Reagan Buckley | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ricky Plambeck | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Josh Patton | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Derek Fahs | P | 36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Leonardo Patino | P | 28 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Nate Bland | P | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .111 | ||||
| Nic Nelson | P | 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Klae Calvert | P | 21 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .926 | 1.190 | ||||
| Mike Marchesano | P | 18 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 4 | .862 | 1.389 | ||||
| Chris Hill | P | 18 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.556 | ||||
| Josh Kuecker | P | 16 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .952 | 1.250 | ||||
| K. P. Paull | P | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Nate Field | P | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .273 | ||||
| Andy Wise | P | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .556 | ||||
| Rick Wagner | P | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Kevin Kuklis | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Mike Busby | P | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Derek Kopacz | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jerry Burns | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Chris Sawyer | RF | 84 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Hunt | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Bryan Mack | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tripp MacKay | SS | 85 | 143 | 269 | 4 | 54 | .990 | 4.847 | ||||
| Totals | 1221 | 2272 | 927 | 84 | 234 | .974 | 2.620 | 17 | 106 | 30 | 22.1 |
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.
