2000 Waterbury Spirit Statistics
Northern League-East (NLE) - Independent
Team Record: 40-46
Finished 4th in the NLE's North Division
Manager: George Tsamis (40-46)
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 33,501, Avg. 957 in 35 home dates
2000 Waterbury Spirit RosterTeam Record: 40-46
Finished 4th in the NLE's North Division
Manager: George Tsamis (40-46)
Location: Waterbury, Connecticut
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium
Attendance: 33,501, Avg. 957 in 35 home dates
Playoffs - Elmira Pioneers 3 games, Waterbury Spirit 0
The Waterbury Spirit of the Northern League-East ended the 2000 season with a record of 40 wins and 46 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Spirit plated 338 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 364 runs. Rafael Guerrero accounted for 54 RBI. Nelson Samboy led all regular batters by hitting .327. Finley Woodward topped the team with 9 wins, while Mike Bertotti recorded a 2 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2000 Waterbury Spirit who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Mike Bertotti, Erik Plantenberg and Jim Bullinger.
George Tsamis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley Woodward | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.72 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 119.0 | 111 | 45 | 36 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 94 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 517 |
| Jarod Juelsgaard | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.77 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 104.0 | 99 | 50 | 32 | 5 | 46 | 3 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 455 |
| Jon Hand | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.77 | 37 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57.3 | 54 | 28 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 42 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 257 |
| Ricky Casteel | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.3 | 69 | 39 | 30 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 352 |
| Mike Bertotti | 5 | 7 | .417 | 1.99 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 81.3 | 53 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 86 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 324 |
| Erik Plantenberg | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.60 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 162 |
| Brian Schwalm | 2 | 4 | .333 | 7.30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7 | 34 | 23 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 118 |
| Josh Bradford | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| Antwoine Anderson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.89 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 166 |
| Jim Bullinger | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.96 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 29 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 118 |
| Todd Meady | 1 | 6 | .143 | 4.85 | 27 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 54 | 32 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 201 |
| Ken Denney | 0 | 0 | 5.27 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | |
| Tim Belcher | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32 | |
| Darin Grimmett | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.78 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 32 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| Mike Huffaker | 0 | 4 | .000 | 2.61 | 39 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 38.0 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 32 | 3 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 173 |
| Totals | 40 | 46 | .465 | 3.41 | 240 | 86 | 78 | 8 | 4 | 21 | 717.3 | 671 | 364 | 272 | 32 | 347 | 24 | 535 | 58 | 5 | 51 | 3156 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Guerrero | 86 | 351 | 323 | 41 | 96 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 41 | .297 | .345 | .402 | .747 | 130 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Tom Russin | 74 | 294 | 270 | 33 | 84 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 43 | .311 | .364 | .444 | .808 | 120 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nelson Samboy | 64 | 278 | 248 | 41 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 30 | .327 | .389 | .423 | .812 | 105 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Richie Benes | 77 | 294 | 255 | 34 | 62 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 70 | .243 | .311 | .310 | .621 | 79 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Herrick | 57 | 233 | 201 | 30 | 61 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 26 | 61 | .303 | .388 | .463 | .851 | 93 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Willie Oropeza | 70 | 245 | 226 | 22 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 32 | .226 | .261 | .274 | .536 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Gregg Maluchnik | 64 | 213 | 185 | 16 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 51 | .238 | .299 | .281 | .580 | 52 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Steve Reintjes | 62 | 206 | 166 | 24 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 38 | .217 | .359 | .289 | .648 | 48 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tim Belcher | 54 | 165 | 133 | 22 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 26 | .256 | .387 | .316 | .702 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rafael Martinez | 44 | 160 | 139 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 25 | .230 | .325 | .324 | .649 | 45 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Juan Penalver | 24 | 100 | 81 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 18 | .247 | .358 | .333 | .691 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Fera | 21 | 76 | 64 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | .266 | .338 | .297 | .635 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Pinoni | 21 | 78 | 71 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | .225 | .282 | .338 | .620 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eric Rossy | 29 | 76 | 67 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 16 | .209 | .257 | .224 | .481 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Keaveney | 21 | 79 | 70 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 30 | .200 | .291 | .286 | .577 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Maurer | 20 | 86 | 75 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | .187 | .265 | .227 | .492 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Spera | 15 | 54 | 40 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | .325 | .481 | .425 | .906 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Craddox | 12 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .381 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Packin | 11 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .150 | .190 | .150 | .340 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Rich | 5 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .133 | .235 | .200 | .435 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Passe | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Reynes | 5 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .143 | .455 | .143 | .597 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiko Reyes | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .125 | .222 | .125 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Regan | 5 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | .000 | .350 | .000 | .350 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Franklin Torres | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 848 | 3099 | 2706 | 338 | 701 | 135 | 13 | 22 | 304 | 46 | 34 | 283 | 572 | .259 | .336 | .343 | .679 | 928 | 71 | 40 | 48 | 22 | 24 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Martinez | 1B | 43 | 334 | 25 | 10 | 39 | .973 | 8.349 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | 1B | 35 | 309 | 26 | 3 | 22 | .991 | 9.571 | ||||
| Rafael Guerrero | 1B | 9 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 7.333 | ||||
| Brian Packin | 1B | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.250 | ||||
| Scott Pinoni | 1B | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Nelson Samboy | 2B | 58 | 145 | 186 | 15 | 37 | .957 | 5.707 | ||||
| Eric Rossy | 2B | 16 | 25 | 38 | 4 | 9 | .940 | 3.938 | ||||
| Nick Spera | 2B | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .917 | 2.750 | ||||
| Ron Maurer | 2B | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.429 | ||||
| Jason Regan | 2B | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .875 | 2.333 | ||||
| Juan Penalver | 2B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Richie Benes | 2B | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Gregg Maluchnik | 3B | 51 | 37 | 89 | 13 | 4 | .906 | 2.471 | ||||
| Juan Penalver | 3B | 22 | 23 | 56 | 5 | 2 | .940 | 3.591 | ||||
| Ron Maurer | 3B | 10 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 3 | .955 | 2.100 | ||||
| Jason Regan | 3B | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Russin | 3B | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .824 | 4.667 | ||||
| Eric Rossy | 3B | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 1.333 | ||||
| Mike Passe | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Richie Benes | 3B | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brian Packin | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Willie Oropeza | C | 70 | 439 | 66 | 8 | 3 | .984 | 7.214 | 17 | 52 | 37 | 41.6 |
| Gregg Maluchnik | C | 21 | 99 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.381 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 47.4 |
| Greg Reynes | C | 5 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .913 | 4.200 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Eric Rossy | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jason Herrick | CF | 57 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Guerrero | CF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ken Craddox | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nelson Samboy | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Belcher | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Spera | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tom Russin | LF | 48 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Reintjes | LF | 31 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Belcher | LF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Fera | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Rich | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Spera | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Gregg Maluchnik | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rafael Guerrero | OF | 79 | 126 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .978 | 1.658 | ||||
| Jason Herrick | OF | 57 | 112 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .983 | 2.053 | ||||
| Tom Russin | OF | 48 | 60 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 1.271 | ||||
| Steve Reintjes | OF | 37 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .961 | 1.324 | ||||
| Aaron Fera | OF | 19 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .967 | 1.526 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | OF | 15 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .870 | 1.333 | ||||
| Ken Craddox | OF | 12 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Nick Spera | OF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .600 | ||||
| Nelson Samboy | OF | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Billy Rich | OF | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Gregg Maluchnik | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Mike Huffaker | P | 39 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .103 | ||||
| Jon Hand | P | 37 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .568 | ||||
| Todd Meady | P | 27 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .917 | .407 | ||||
| Antwoine Anderson | P | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .227 | ||||
| Finley Woodward | P | 20 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 2 | .958 | 1.150 | ||||
| Darin Grimmett | P | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .263 | ||||
| Jarod Juelsgaard | P | 16 | 10 | 28 | 3 | 1 | .927 | 2.375 | ||||
| Ricky Casteel | P | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 1.250 | ||||
| Mike Bertotti | P | 12 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | .889 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Schwalm | P | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .778 | ||||
| Erik Plantenberg | P | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ken Denney | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jim Bullinger | P | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Tim Belcher | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Josh Bradford | P | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Rafael Guerrero | RF | 69 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aaron Fera | RF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Steve Reintjes | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Nick Spera | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Billy Rich | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Belcher | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Richie Benes | SS | 75 | 98 | 194 | 30 | 35 | .907 | 3.893 | ||||
| Ron Maurer | SS | 7 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.714 | ||||
| Eric Rossy | SS | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | .857 | 3.600 | ||||
| Kiko Reyes | SS | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .714 | 1.667 | ||||
| Franklin Torres | SS | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Mike Passe | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1298 | 2152 | 950 | 134 | 190 | .959 | 2.390 | 20 | 65 | 46 | 41.4 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
