2004 Tri-City ValleyCats Statistics
Team Record: 50-25
Finished 1st in the NYPL's Stedler Division
Manager: Gregg Langbehn (50-25)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Troy, New York
Ballpark: Joseph L. Bruno Stadium
Attendance: 110,497, Avg. 3,069 in 36 home dates
Playoffs - Tri-City ValleyCats 2 games, Brooklyn Cyclones 1
Finals - Mahoning Valley Scrappers 2 games, Tri-City ValleyCats 0
The Tri-City ValleyCats of the New York-Pennsylvania League ended the 2004 season with a record of 50 wins and 25 losses, finishing first in the league's Stedler Division.
The ValleyCats led the league with just 271 runs allowed. Tri-City scored 425 runs. Mario Garza paced the squad with 15 home runs and drove in 65 runs. Ben Zobrist topped all regular batters by connecting at a .339 clip. Ronnie Ventura paced the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 1.96 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 2004 Tri-City ValleyCats who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Drew Sutton, Chad Reineke, Hunter Pence and Ben Zobrist.
Gregg Langbehn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Ventura | 11 | 2 | .846 | 1.96 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 92.0 | 62 | 21 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 81 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 348 |
| Rodrigo Escobar | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.33 | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 54.3 | 37 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 213 |
| Raymar Diaz | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.0 | 70 | 36 | 28 | 9 | 31 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 331 |
| Paul Estrada | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.81 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 41.7 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 171 |
| Casey Brown | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.11 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.3 | 37 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 189 |
| Andrew Alvarado | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.58 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 47 | 23 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 218 |
| Ryan McKeller | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.86 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 | 74 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 330 |
| Bo Edmiston | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.74 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.7 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 185 |
| Evan Englebrook | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.94 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.7 | 58 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 28 | 0 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 263 |
| Anthony Dewitt | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.00 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 93 |
| Jeff Wigdahl | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.51 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 142 |
| Chad Reineke | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.45 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36.7 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 160 |
| Rory Shortell | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |
| Levi Romero | 0 | 0 | 4.32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Enyelbert Soto | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Garrett Murdy | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.94 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.0 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 |
| Totals | 50 | 25 | .667 | 3.15 | 228 | 75 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 672.0 | 544 | 271 | 235 | 45 | 264 | 3 | 667 | 32 | 3 | 54 | 2794 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Zobrist | 68 | 310 | 257 | 50 | 87 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 15 | 4 | 43 | 31 | .339 | .438 | .463 | .901 | 119 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jonny Ash | 61 | 278 | 239 | 50 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 16 | .297 | .388 | .377 | .764 | 90 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Drew Sutton | 63 | 295 | 250 | 43 | 70 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 50 | .280 | .379 | .332 | .711 | 83 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hunter Pence | 51 | 225 | 199 | 36 | 59 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 30 | .296 | .369 | .518 | .886 | 103 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Francisco Caraballo | 57 | 227 | 207 | 27 | 57 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 51 | .275 | .335 | .444 | .779 | 92 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Garza | 66 | 283 | 239 | 38 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 61 | .238 | .343 | .481 | .824 | 115 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Edgar Babilonia | 49 | 166 | 151 | 19 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 20 | .298 | .338 | .364 | .702 | 55 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Vital | 60 | 216 | 183 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 59 | .240 | .344 | .426 | .770 | 78 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Lou Santangelo | 47 | 187 | 164 | 28 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 58 | .201 | .299 | .366 | .665 | 60 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Clark | 38 | 143 | 125 | 21 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 35 | .256 | .336 | .416 | .752 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luke Barganier | 41 | 152 | 135 | 13 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 29 | .230 | .300 | .274 | .574 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| James Cooper | 45 | 149 | 125 | 28 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 18 | 39 | .232 | .333 | .304 | .637 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Averill | 34 | 120 | 108 | 15 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 40 | .222 | .294 | .343 | .637 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Koenig | 20 | 69 | 63 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .270 | .324 | .365 | .689 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilner Alvarez | 23 | 71 | 63 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14 | .206 | .275 | .206 | .482 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Koch | 14 | 51 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .279 | .353 | .465 | .818 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Walls | 12 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .292 | .333 | .500 | .833 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Skaug | 5 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Einertson | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .571 | .714 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 756 | 2988 | 2593 | 425 | 693 | 116 | 19 | 63 | 376 | 72 | 29 | 309 | 568 | .267 | .352 | .400 | .751 | 1036 | 41 | 39 | 27 | 20 | 8 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mario Garza | 1B | 49 | 403 | 35 | 4 | 36 | .991 | 8.939 | ||||
| Kevin Vital | 1B | 34 | 217 | 20 | 3 | 20 | .988 | 6.971 | ||||
| Brandon Averill | 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Drew Sutton | 2B | 54 | 87 | 146 | 5 | 33 | .979 | 4.315 | ||||
| Jonny Ash | 2B | 15 | 20 | 42 | 2 | 9 | .969 | 4.133 | ||||
| Edgar Babilonia | 2B | 11 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 4 | .953 | 3.727 | ||||
| Jonny Ash | 3B | 43 | 21 | 64 | 13 | 2 | .867 | 1.977 | ||||
| Brandon Averill | 3B | 28 | 21 | 43 | 6 | 3 | .914 | 2.286 | ||||
| Edgar Babilonia | 3B | 7 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .870 | 2.857 | ||||
| Brian Skaug | 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Drew Sutton | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .800 | 2.000 | ||||
| Lou Santangelo | C | 43 | 368 | 43 | 2 | 1 | .995 | 9.558 | 9 | |||
| Lance Koenig | C | 20 | 148 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .982 | 8.000 | 4 | |||
| Brady Koch | C | 9 | 80 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .976 | 9.222 | 5 | |||
| Chris Clark | C | 7 | 68 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.857 | 0 | |||
| Hunter Pence | OF | 50 | 101 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .963 | 2.060 | ||||
| Francisco Caraballo | OF | 42 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 0 | .929 | 1.238 | ||||
| Luke Barganier | OF | 41 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .949 | 1.366 | ||||
| James Cooper | OF | 40 | 67 | 7 | 1 | 3 | .987 | 1.850 | ||||
| Kevin Vital | OF | 25 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .933 | 1.680 | ||||
| Edgar Babilonia | OF | 22 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .935 | 1.318 | ||||
| Wilner Alvarez | OF | 21 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .968 | 1.429 | ||||
| Mitch Einertson | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rodrigo Escobar | P | 25 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .480 | ||||
| Chad Reineke | P | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .261 | ||||
| Paul Estrada | P | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .304 | ||||
| Casey Brown | P | 21 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .524 | ||||
| Bo Edmiston | P | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Jeff Wigdahl | P | 19 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .474 | ||||
| Ronnie Ventura | P | 15 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Raymar Diaz | P | 15 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.400 | ||||
| Ryan McKeller | P | 14 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .864 | 1.357 | ||||
| Evan Englebrook | P | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .429 | ||||
| Anthony Dewitt | P | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .615 | ||||
| Andrew Alvarado | P | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .909 | ||||
| Garrett Murdy | P | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
| Levi Romero | P | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Rory Shortell | P | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Enyelbert Soto | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Zobrist | SS | 68 | 131 | 195 | 14 | 44 | .959 | 4.794 | ||||
| Edgar Babilonia | SS | 8 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .897 | 3.250 | ||||
| Drew Sutton | SS | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 877 | 2016 | 802 | 95 | 168 | .967 | 3.213 | 18 | 0 | 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.
