1999 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 68-72
Finished 4th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Bruce Fields (68-72)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 457,350, Avg. 6,628 in 69 home dates
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 1999 season with a record of 68 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps plated 696 runs and allowed 682 runs. Eric Munson paced West Michigan with 14 home runs Rich Gomez drove in 81 runs and topped all regular hitters with a .303 average. Sean Buller led the squad with 10 wins, while Bobby Sismondo registered a 3.67 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1999 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Adam Bernero, Luis Pineda, Andrés Torres, Brandon Inge, Nate Cornejo, Jason Frasor, Kris Keller, Eric Munson, Shane Loux and Robert Fick.
Bruce Fields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Buller | 10 | 10 | .500 | 4.94 | 31 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 120.3 | 133 | 78 | 66 | 11 | 55 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 528 |
| Nate Cornejo | 9 | 11 | .450 | 3.71 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 174.7 | 173 | 87 | 72 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 125 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 750 |
| Bobby Sismondo | 9 | 12 | .429 | 3.67 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 169.3 | 153 | 86 | 69 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 135 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 708 |
| Adam Bernero | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.54 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 95.7 | 75 | 36 | 27 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 386 |
| Kris Keller | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.92 | 49 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 77.0 | 63 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 324 |
| Shane Heams | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.35 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 69.0 | 41 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 294 |
| Tim Kalita | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 46 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 213 |
| Clint Smith | 4 | 7 | .364 | 4.23 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.3 | 88 | 60 | 41 | 6 | 48 | 0 | 73 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 397 |
| Tom Koutrouba | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.40 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85.0 | 110 | 56 | 51 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 381 |
| Jason Frasor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.62 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24.0 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 97 |
| Laz Gutierrez | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.66 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.3 | 50 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 220 |
| Andy Yount | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.61 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 43.3 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 3 | 36 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 199 |
| Brian McGowan | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.05 | 39 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 66 | 58 | 35 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 309 |
| Steve Bess | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.93 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
| Bill Madson | 1 | 2 | .333 | 10.12 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Shane Loux | 1 | 3 | .250 | 6.27 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.3 | 55 | 39 | 33 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 215 |
| Rick Roberts | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Luis Pineda | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.57 | 24 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 40.3 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 175 |
| Totals | 68 | 72 | .486 | 4.04 | 416 | 140 | 130 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 1219.7 | 1170 | 682 | 548 | 80 | 570 | 12 | 1033 | 65 | 23 | 111 | 5332 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Gomez | 130 | 544 | 479 | 89 | 145 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 81 | 66 | 10 | 54 | 122 | .303 | .384 | .457 | .841 | 219 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ron Bush | 118 | 506 | 444 | 56 | 113 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 57 | .255 | .327 | .331 | .658 | 147 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Leo Daigle | 108 | 453 | 406 | 59 | 112 | 36 | 1 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 121 | .276 | .336 | .406 | .743 | 165 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Matt Boone | 116 | 459 | 421 | 46 | 102 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 56 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 119 | .242 | .293 | .368 | .661 | 155 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy Rich | 108 | 449 | 394 | 64 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 87 | .251 | .337 | .376 | .713 | 148 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Andrés Torres | 117 | 523 | 407 | 72 | 96 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 39 | 18 | 92 | 116 | .236 | .385 | .324 | .710 | 132 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Brandon Inge | 100 | 402 | 352 | 54 | 86 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 39 | 87 | .244 | .320 | .403 | .723 | 142 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Craig Da Luz | 87 | 343 | 314 | 36 | 83 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 46 | .264 | .311 | .369 | .680 | 116 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Eric Munson | 67 | 299 | 252 | 42 | 67 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 47 | .266 | .378 | .504 | .882 | 127 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| T. J. Runnells | 88 | 329 | 288 | 35 | 66 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 42 | .229 | .296 | .271 | .567 | 78 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Carlos Jimenez | 87 | 326 | 272 | 57 | 62 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 78 | .228 | .349 | .320 | .669 | 87 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lacarlo Moore | 43 | 182 | 164 | 27 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 26 | .299 | .365 | .335 | .700 | 55 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesus Cedeno | 47 | 168 | 157 | 14 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 34 | .236 | .275 | .350 | .626 | 55 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Deurys Reyes | 46 | 154 | 134 | 23 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 53 | .246 | .336 | .485 | .821 | 65 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Jorge Meran | 44 | 163 | 152 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 38 | .197 | .235 | .349 | .583 | 53 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Robert Fick | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .657 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Sassanella | 14 | 42 | 41 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .073 | .095 | .098 | .193 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1323 | 5355 | 4688 | 696 | 1186 | 260 | 43 | 73 | 627 | 197 | 73 | 521 | 1091 | .253 | .333 | .374 | .707 | 1751 | 91 | 65 | 38 | 43 | 10 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Daigle | 1B | 72 | 610 | 62 | 14 | 41 | .980 | 9.333 | ||||
| Craig Da Luz | 1B | 39 | 313 | 30 | 3 | 31 | .991 | 8.795 | ||||
| Eric Munson | 1B | 33 | 281 | 27 | 3 | 31 | .990 | 9.333 | ||||
| Jeremy Sassanella | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Robert Fick | 1B | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .933 | 14.000 | ||||
| T. J. Runnells | 2B | 83 | 165 | 181 | 15 | 50 | .958 | 4.169 | ||||
| Ron Bush | 2B | 64 | 114 | 156 | 12 | 31 | .957 | 4.219 | ||||
| Matt Boone | 3B | 105 | 74 | 223 | 33 | 13 | .900 | 2.829 | ||||
| Craig Da Luz | 3B | 39 | 34 | 95 | 6 | 6 | .956 | 3.308 | ||||
| Ron Bush | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Brandon Inge | C | 95 | 703 | 114 | 8 | 5 | .990 | 8.600 | 16 | 78 | 59 | 43.1 |
| Jorge Meran | C | 40 | 284 | 43 | 6 | 2 | .982 | 8.175 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 47.1 |
| Eric Munson | C | 5 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 8.000 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14.3 |
| Robert Fick | C | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 7.000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Andrés Torres | CF | 112 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Cedeno | CF | 18 | .000 | |||||||||
| Deurys Reyes | CF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lacarlo Moore | CF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Gomez | LF | 115 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lacarlo Moore | LF | 16 | .000 | |||||||||
| Deurys Reyes | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Cedeno | LF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rich Gomez | OF | 115 | 162 | 12 | 9 | 3 | .951 | 1.513 | ||||
| Andrés Torres | OF | 112 | 233 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .972 | 2.161 | ||||
| Billy Rich | OF | 101 | 154 | 11 | 4 | 1 | .976 | 1.634 | ||||
| Deurys Reyes | OF | 37 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .954 | 1.676 | ||||
| Jesus Cedeno | OF | 34 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.853 | ||||
| Lacarlo Moore | OF | 30 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.833 | ||||
| Craig Da Luz | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shane Heams | P | 51 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | .812 | .255 | ||||
| Kris Keller | P | 49 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .245 | ||||
| Brian McGowan | P | 39 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | .900 | .692 | ||||
| Laz Gutierrez | P | 35 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .343 | ||||
| Tom Koutrouba | P | 31 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .645 | ||||
| Sean Buller | P | 31 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .839 | ||||
| Nate Cornejo | P | 28 | 14 | 40 | 6 | 2 | .900 | 1.929 | ||||
| Bobby Sismondo | P | 27 | 5 | 34 | 4 | 0 | .907 | 1.444 | ||||
| Andy Yount | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .938 | .625 | ||||
| Luis Pineda | P | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .125 | ||||
| Clint Smith | P | 20 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .800 | ||||
| Adam Bernero | P | 15 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Steve Bess | P | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .417 | ||||
| Tim Kalita | P | 9 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Bill Madson | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Shane Loux | P | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jason Frasor | P | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Rick Roberts | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Billy Rich | RF | 101 | .000 | |||||||||
| Deurys Reyes | RF | 24 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jesus Cedeno | RF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
| Lacarlo Moore | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Craig Da Luz | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Carlos Jimenez | SS | 87 | 138 | 282 | 39 | 47 | .915 | 4.828 | ||||
| Ron Bush | SS | 57 | 83 | 158 | 21 | 33 | .920 | 4.228 | ||||
| Totals | 2001 | 3659 | 1626 | 209 | 308 | .962 | 2.641 | 27 | 104 | 76 | 42.2 |
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.
