2008 Worcester Tornadoes Statistics
Team Record: 53-41
Finished 2nd in the CAA
Manager: Rich Gedman (53-41)
Location: Worcester, Massachusetts
Ballpark: Fitton Field
Attendance: 90,127, Avg. 2,096 in 43 home dates
Playoffs - Sussex Skyhawks 3 games, Worcester Tornadoes 1
The Worcester Tornadoes of the Canadian-American Association ended the 2008 season with a record of 53 wins and 41 losses, finishing second in the CAA.
The Tornadoes plated 497 runs and conceded 467 runs. Francisco Caraballo paced Worcester with 23 home runs, while Scott Grimes and Chris Colabello walloped 15 or more, too. Chris Colabello accounted for 76 RBI. Scott Grimes led all regular batters by connecting at a .365 clip. Tom Cochran topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.8 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Chris Colabello played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Worcester Tornadoes to do so.
Rich Gedman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Cochran | 13 | 3 | .812 | 2.79 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 119.3 | 103 | 44 | 37 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 501 |
| Matt Weagle | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.01 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 123.3 | 143 | 70 | 55 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 85 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 532 |
| Junior Guerrero | 7 | 5 | .583 | 5.59 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 106.3 | 113 | 68 | 66 | 19 | 42 | 0 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 458 |
| Eddie Pena | 6 | 5 | .545 | 3.42 | 34 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 79.0 | 79 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 330 |
| Ryan Lobban | 5 | 1 | .833 | 3.11 | 35 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46.3 | 43 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 190 |
| Anthony Sullivan | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.57 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 87 |
| Shaun McNamara | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.55 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 97.3 | 124 | 82 | 60 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 449 |
| Alex Pena | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.63 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 | 57 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 20 | 1 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 250 |
| Justin Edwards | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.37 | 16 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 38 | 17 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 155 |
| Chandler Barnard | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.44 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| Ryan Mitchell | 1 | 1 | .500 | 5.27 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.7 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
| John Birtwell | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.10 | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29.0 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 131 |
| Nate Berberian | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | |
| David Wasylak | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Alex Beras | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |
| Shane Presutti | 0 | 0 | 12.15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | |
| Kyle Jackson | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.88 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74 |
| Jacob Ociesa | 0 | 2 | .000 | 10.80 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 59 |
| Totals | 53 | 41 | .564 | 4.38 | 252 | 94 | 83 | 11 | 2 | 29 | 805.3 | 842 | 467 | 392 | 87 | 280 | 7 | 538 | 63 | 2 | 29 | 3510 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Grimes | 93 | 423 | 364 | 87 | 133 | 20 | 6 | 21 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 40 | 72 | .365 | .442 | .626 | 1.068 | 228 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Chris Colabello | 93 | 410 | 357 | 71 | 120 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 76 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 44 | .336 | .402 | .571 | .974 | 204 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| B. J. Weed | 92 | 420 | 394 | 70 | 116 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 23 | 11 | 18 | 51 | .294 | .328 | .421 | .749 | 166 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Francisco Caraballo | 92 | 387 | 345 | 53 | 108 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 89 | .313 | .376 | .594 | .970 | 205 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Alex Trezza | 94 | 387 | 333 | 40 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 64 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 91 | .228 | .321 | .375 | .697 | 125 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Michael MacMillan | 85 | 331 | 282 | 38 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 41 | .259 | .349 | .319 | .668 | 90 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Chuck Jeroloman | 84 | 336 | 289 | 34 | 73 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 87 | .253 | .336 | .398 | .734 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Omar Pena | 86 | 338 | 301 | 39 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 25 | 63 | .216 | .274 | .319 | .593 | 96 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Jeff Lahair | 70 | 242 | 205 | 33 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 26 | .239 | .320 | .356 | .676 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Farkes | 35 | 115 | 108 | 13 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | .241 | .281 | .361 | .642 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rico Santana | 19 | 76 | 72 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .194 | .237 | .236 | .473 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Edwards | 34 | 58 | 52 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .173 | .246 | .192 | .438 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Pena | 16 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .438 | .438 | .812 | 1.250 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Thaler | 16 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | .167 | .318 | .167 | .485 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Weagle | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 930 | 3562 | 3137 | 497 | 872 | 160 | 23 | 102 | 464 | 67 | 31 | 306 | 620 | .278 | .347 | .441 | .788 | 1384 | 67 | 46 | 37 | 36 | 13 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Colabello | 1B | 93 | 786 | 49 | 14 | 88 | .984 | 8.978 | ||||
| Michael MacMillan | 1B | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Francisco Caraballo | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Omar Pena | 2B | 73 | 181 | 205 | 11 | 53 | .972 | 5.288 | ||||
| Jeff Lahair | 2B | 25 | 55 | 74 | 5 | 22 | .963 | 5.160 | ||||
| Michael MacMillan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Michael MacMillan | 3B | 76 | 62 | 143 | 14 | 24 | .936 | 2.697 | ||||
| Justin Edwards | 3B | 15 | 7 | 31 | 8 | 3 | .826 | 2.533 | ||||
| Jeff Lahair | 3B | 8 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .824 | 1.750 | ||||
| Alex Trezza | C | 92 | 519 | 49 | 7 | 6 | .988 | 6.174 | 12 | 80 | 38 | 32.2 |
| Brett Thaler | C | 16 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .979 | 2.938 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 |
| B. J. Weed | CF | 90 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Grimes | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Caraballo | LF | 66 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Grimes | LF | 15 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Farkes | LF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Michael MacMillan | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Scott Grimes | OF | 93 | 190 | 8 | 6 | 3 | .971 | 2.129 | ||||
| B. J. Weed | OF | 90 | 212 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .986 | 2.411 | ||||
| Francisco Caraballo | OF | 68 | 98 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .944 | 1.500 | ||||
| Rico Santana | OF | 19 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.158 | ||||
| Josh Farkes | OF | 13 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .967 | 2.231 | ||||
| Michael MacMillan | OF | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 1.500 | ||||
| Ryan Lobban | P | 35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .143 | ||||
| Eddie Pena | P | 34 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .882 | ||||
| John Birtwell | P | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .174 | ||||
| Matt Weagle | P | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .929 | .650 | ||||
| Junior Guerrero | P | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .889 | .421 | ||||
| Tom Cochran | P | 19 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 1 | .943 | 1.737 | ||||
| Shaun McNamara | P | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .389 | ||||
| Anthony Sullivan | P | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .188 | ||||
| Justin Edwards | P | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Alex Pena | P | 11 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.091 | ||||
| Chandler Barnard | P | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .273 | ||||
| Jacob Ociesa | P | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Ryan Mitchell | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Nate Berberian | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Alex Beras | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Shane Presutti | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Kyle Jackson | P | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| David Wasylak | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Scott Grimes | RF | 73 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rico Santana | RF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Francisco Caraballo | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chuck Jeroloman | SS | 84 | 137 | 247 | 12 | 51 | .970 | 4.571 | ||||
| Omar Pena | SS | 9 | 17 | 26 | 4 | 11 | .915 | 4.778 | ||||
| Michael MacMillan | SS | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 3 | .941 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1326 | 2416 | 967 | 106 | 278 | .970 | 2.551 | 16 | 83 | 38 | 31.4 |
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.
