2008 Windy City Thunderbolts Statistics
Frontier League (FL) - Independent
Team Record: 60-36
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: Brian Nelson (0-0), Mike Kashirsky (0-0)
Location: Crestwood, Illinois
Ballpark: Hawkinson Ford Field
Attendance: 90,616, Avg. 1,777 in 51 home dates
2008 Windy City Thunderbolts RosterTeam Record: 60-36
Finished 1st in the FL's West Division
Manager: Brian Nelson (0-0), Mike Kashirsky (0-0)
Location: Crestwood, Illinois
Ballpark: Hawkinson Ford Field
Attendance: 90,616, Avg. 1,777 in 51 home dates
Playoffs - Windy City Thunderbolts 3 games, Southern Illinois Miners 1
Finals - Windy City Thunderbolts 3 games, Kalamazoo Kings 0
The Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League ended the 2008 season with a record of 60 wins and 36 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The ThunderBolts paced the circuit with 608 runs. Windy City surrendered 483 runs. Phil Hawke powered the squad with 22 home runs Mike Coles drove in 75 runs. Wes Long topped all regular batters with a .331 average. Ross Stout led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.57 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Brian Nelson and Mike Kashirsky served as manager.
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Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Stout | 11 | 3 | .786 | 2.56 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 | 104 | 50 | 38 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 122 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 546 |
| Stephen Flake | 10 | 3 | .769 | 4.04 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 118.0 | 116 | 57 | 53 | 11 | 55 | 0 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 515 |
| Isaac Hess | 7 | 6 | .538 | 3.91 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89.7 | 72 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 42 | 0 | 110 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 392 |
| Amos Ramon | 5 | 4 | .556 | 4.65 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.7 | 113 | 59 | 52 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 437 |
| Ted Ratliff | 4 | 1 | .800 | 3.44 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 46 | 19 | 19 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 209 |
| Adam Dominick | 4 | 2 | .667 | 5.89 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.3 | 49 | 33 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 194 |
| Jason Lowey | 3 | 1 | .750 | 4.16 | 33 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 62.7 | 56 | 33 | 29 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 272 |
| Anthony Rebyanski | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.89 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 | 34 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 179 |
| Matt Petty | 3 | 5 | .375 | 3.72 | 36 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 38.7 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 161 |
| Brian McCullough | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.37 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 77 |
| Desmond Jones | 2 | 2 | .500 | 6.89 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 85 |
| Matt Jernstad | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Dan Remenowsky | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Ben Barrone | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.80 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Alain Quijano | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.45 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15.7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| Dallas Sims | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.59 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Josh Lowey | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 12.91 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 46 |
| Brandon Garner | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| Tyler Kelsey | 0 | 0 | 7.11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Kyle Zweber | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 50 | |
| Derek Schlecker | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bobby Findlay | 0 | 0 | 10.38 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | |
| Brock Hunton | 0 | 0 | 11.08 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |
| Ben Foster | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| Michael Eisenberg | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 90 |
| Charles O'Neal | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.68 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Eric Fussell | 0 | 3 | .000 | 18.90 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 |
| Totals | 60 | 36 | .625 | 4.51 | 332 | 96 | 86 | 10 | 3 | 24 | 852.3 | 800 | 483 | 427 | 71 | 408 | 2 | 739 | 48 | 8 | 56 | 3757 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wes Long | 96 | 424 | 369 | 66 | 122 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 71 | 16 | 6 | 40 | 53 | .331 | .402 | .474 | .877 | 175 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Mike Coles | 89 | 412 | 361 | 68 | 109 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 75 | 25 | 3 | 38 | 47 | .302 | .374 | .474 | .848 | 171 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Phil Hawke | 96 | 435 | 343 | 69 | 106 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 81 | 64 | .309 | .441 | .548 | .989 | 188 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Josh Horn | 95 | 410 | 366 | 63 | 106 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 24 | 72 | .290 | .334 | .404 | .739 | 148 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 3 |
| Gilberto Mejia | 81 | 387 | 326 | 67 | 92 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 16 | 45 | 47 | .282 | .374 | .420 | .794 | 137 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Scott Billak | 91 | 368 | 309 | 57 | 90 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 63 | .291 | .388 | .421 | .809 | 130 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| Brett Amyx | 61 | 249 | 217 | 31 | 66 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 41 | .304 | .386 | .438 | .823 | 95 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Sullivan | 46 | 205 | 171 | 40 | 62 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 31 | .363 | .453 | .532 | .985 | 91 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Danny Sawyer | 56 | 203 | 183 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 50 | .219 | .273 | .421 | .693 | 77 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Justin Tellam | 36 | 131 | 116 | 22 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 28 | .284 | .351 | .457 | .808 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Corey Stang | 29 | 122 | 106 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | .245 | .314 | .368 | .681 | 39 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Amos Ramon | 49 | 94 | 78 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 16 | .256 | .363 | .346 | .709 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Barrone | 32 | 105 | 103 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 | .175 | .190 | .311 | .501 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Coe | 24 | 87 | 66 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | .227 | .402 | .394 | .796 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Klepps | 24 | 70 | 60 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .183 | .265 | .250 | .515 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark McBratney | 15 | 50 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .190 | .277 | .286 | .562 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| LaFringe Hayes | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .333 | .455 | .444 | .899 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Brooks | 8 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | .400 | .333 | .733 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Davis | 7 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .133 | .278 | .133 | .411 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Philip Grau | 5 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .071 | .278 | .071 | .349 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Noles | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .143 | .000 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sims | 3 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Giblin | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Lowey | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 997 | 3837 | 3286 | 608 | 933 | 166 | 14 | 100 | 548 | 103 | 44 | 394 | 610 | .284 | .369 | .434 | .803 | 1427 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 33 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Hawke | 1B | 92 | 808 | 54 | 6 | 65 | .993 | 9.370 | ||||
| Brett Amyx | 1B | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 9.667 | ||||
| Patrick Brooks | 1B | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Gilberto Mejia | 2B | 81 | 175 | 243 | 11 | 48 | .974 | 5.160 | ||||
| Chris Klepps | 2B | 12 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.750 | ||||
| Amos Ramon | 2B | 11 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 6 | .972 | 3.182 | ||||
| Ryan Giblin | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | ||||
| Josh Horn | 3B | 95 | 66 | 189 | 20 | 20 | .927 | 2.684 | ||||
| Chris Klepps | 3B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Justin Sims | 3B | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 4.000 | ||||
| Danny Sawyer | C | 56 | 382 | 41 | 11 | 3 | .975 | 7.554 | 8 | 55 | 16 | 22.5 |
| Ben Barrone | C | 23 | 170 | 33 | 3 | 4 | .985 | 8.826 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 40.5 |
| Justin Tellam | C | 20 | 118 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 6.450 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 17.6 |
| Doug Coe | C | 9 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .981 | 5.667 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Billy Johnson | C | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Mike Sullivan | CF | 46 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Coles | CF | 43 | .000 | |||||||||
| LaFringe Hayes | CF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Billak | CF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Grau | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Davis | CF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Sims | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mike Coles | LF | 45 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Billak | LF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Amos Ramon | LF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Amyx | LF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Klepps | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark McBratney | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Marcus Davis | LF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| LaFringe Hayes | LF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Justin Sims | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Lowey | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ben Barrone | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Billak | OF | 90 | 140 | 8 | 4 | 0 | .974 | 1.644 | ||||
| Mike Coles | OF | 87 | 169 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 1.977 | ||||
| Mike Sullivan | OF | 46 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .989 | 2.000 | ||||
| Corey Stang | OF | 29 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.552 | ||||
| Brett Amyx | OF | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .846 | ||||
| Amos Ramon | OF | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Mark McBratney | OF | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Chris Klepps | OF | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| LaFringe Hayes | OF | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Philip Grau | OF | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Marcus Davis | OF | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.600 | ||||
| Justin Sims | OF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Jason Lowey | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Barrone | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Rebyanski | P | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .079 | ||||
| Matt Petty | P | 36 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .306 | ||||
| Jason Lowey | P | 33 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .545 | ||||
| Isaac Hess | P | 32 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | .870 | .625 | ||||
| Ross Stout | P | 19 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | .862 | 1.316 | ||||
| Amos Ramon | P | 19 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.632 | ||||
| Stephen Flake | P | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .474 | ||||
| Adam Dominick | P | 19 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .263 | ||||
| Alain Quijano | P | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Desmond Jones | P | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Brian McCullough | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .357 | ||||
| Ted Ratliff | P | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .556 | ||||
| Brandon Garner | P | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Kyle Zweber | P | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
| Charles O'Neal | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Josh Lowey | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Dallas Sims | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Bobby Findlay | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Michael Eisenberg | P | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Ben Barrone | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Matt Jernstad | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brock Hunton | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .333 | ||||
| Eric Fussell | P | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 1.333 | ||||
| Derek Schlecker | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Dan Remenowsky | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Ben Foster | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tyler Kelsey | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Billak | RF | 63 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Stang | RF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brett Amyx | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mark McBratney | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Philip Grau | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Amos Ramon | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wes Long | SS | 96 | 147 | 246 | 35 | 46 | .918 | 4.094 | ||||
| Chris Klepps | SS | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Patrick Brooks | SS | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Gilberto Mejia | SS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1469 | 2557 | 1017 | 119 | 215 | .968 | 2.433 | 15 | 98 | 34 | 25.8 |
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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