2000 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 88-52
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Bruce Fields (88-52)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 436,751, Avg. 6,617 in 66 home dates
Playoffs - Dayton Dragons 2 games, West Michigan Whitecaps 1
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2000 season with a record of 88 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps paced the league with just 502 runs allowed. West Michigan scored 685 runs. Neil Jenkins powered the team with 13 home runs Cody Ross recorded 68 runs batted in. Ramón Santiago topped hitters with significant playing time with a .272 average. Andy Van Hekken led the squad with 16 wins, while Calvin Chipperfield earned a 2.14 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2000 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Cody Ross, Fernando Rodney, Jason Frasor, Andy Van Hekken, Max St. Pierre, Dave Mlicki, Brian Moehler, Eric Eckenstahler, Omar Infante and Ramón Santiago.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Van Hekken | 16 | 6 | .727 | 2.45 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 158.0 | 139 | 48 | 43 | 3 | 37 | 0 | 126 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 648 |
| Calvin Chipperfield | 12 | 3 | .800 | 2.13 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 143.7 | 95 | 45 | 34 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 151 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 588 |
| Casey Rowe | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.06 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 97.0 | 85 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 27 | 1 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 400 |
| Tommy Marx | 7 | 6 | .538 | 2.74 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 98.7 | 74 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 416 |
| Pablo Arias | 6 | 3 | .667 | 2.46 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 | 61 | 26 | 23 | 8 | 30 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 336 |
| Fernando Rodney | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.94 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.7 | 74 | 34 | 27 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 353 |
| Jairo Pineda | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.04 | 42 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 68.0 | 53 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 37 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 288 |
| Jason Frasor | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.3 | 55 | 32 | 26 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 300 |
| Rick Kirsten | 4 | 1 | .800 | 1.83 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 163 |
| Keith Law | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.83 | 33 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.3 | 43 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 34 | 1 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 237 |
| Jeff Leuenberger | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.73 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59.3 | 54 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 255 |
| Homero Rivera | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.42 | 36 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47.3 | 45 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 202 |
| Greg Watson | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.16 | 62 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 58.3 | 40 | 21 | 14 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 68 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 256 |
| Aaron Barnett | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.16 | 46 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 62.7 | 68 | 39 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 295 |
| Dave Mlicki | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Shawn Hannah | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Rikki Johnston | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Erick Burke | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.03 | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 45 | 27 | 25 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 165 |
| Samuel Rivera | 1 | 2 | .333 | 4.29 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 112 |
| Brian Moehler | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Eric Eckenstahler | 0 | 2 | .000 | 5.79 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.7 | 21 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 89 |
| Totals | 88 | 52 | .629 | 2.98 | 425 | 140 | 131 | 9 | 6 | 40 | 1218.7 | 1023 | 502 | 404 | 69 | 536 | 8 | 975 | 70 | 5 | 50 | 5205 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Richardson | 126 | 564 | 454 | 80 | 120 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 41 | 10 | 94 | 124 | .264 | .398 | .306 | .704 | 139 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Cody Ross | 122 | 507 | 434 | 71 | 116 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 55 | 83 | .267 | .356 | .396 | .753 | 172 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Neil Jenkins | 112 | 456 | 411 | 56 | 104 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 151 | .253 | .315 | .411 | .726 | 169 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Ramón Santiago | 98 | 446 | 379 | 69 | 103 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 34 | 60 | .272 | .346 | .325 | .670 | 123 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| David Lara | 105 | 414 | 372 | 64 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 11 | 1 | 35 | 81 | .239 | .312 | .347 | .658 | 129 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Antonio McKinney | 88 | 351 | 316 | 48 | 88 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 70 | .278 | .346 | .396 | .741 | 125 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Anthony | 111 | 430 | 377 | 36 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 105 | .233 | .317 | .286 | .603 | 108 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jerry Amador | 96 | 378 | 331 | 38 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 69 | .239 | .324 | .317 | .641 | 105 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Carlos Jimenez | 102 | 379 | 335 | 47 | 76 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 107 | .227 | .301 | .331 | .633 | 111 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jayson Drobiak | 94 | 354 | 313 | 38 | 70 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 88 | .224 | .302 | .326 | .628 | 102 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Max St. Pierre | 73 | 281 | 229 | 41 | 57 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 37 | .249 | .373 | .328 | .700 | 75 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Reggie Nelson | 56 | 236 | 202 | 35 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 26 | 26 | .272 | .353 | .297 | .650 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Inakel Vargas | 66 | 240 | 207 | 25 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 31 | .246 | .340 | .338 | .679 | 70 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Rob Hlousek | 30 | 107 | 89 | 15 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14 | .247 | .356 | .348 | .704 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Manuel Lutz | 12 | 51 | 44 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .318 | .412 | .432 | .844 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| William Domero | 8 | 36 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .333 | .389 | .515 | .904 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Omar Infante | 12 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | .229 | .327 | .229 | .556 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Parker | 6 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .333 | .478 | .444 | .923 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1317 | 5308 | 4592 | 685 | 1160 | 179 | 32 | 57 | 584 | 175 | 50 | 545 | 1073 | .253 | .340 | .343 | .683 | 1574 | 98 | 84 | 46 | 41 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Anthony | 1B | 110 | 937 | 61 | 15 | 76 | .985 | 9.073 | ||||
| Jayson Drobiak | 1B | 19 | 126 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .993 | 7.105 | ||||
| Manuel Lutz | 1B | 11 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .968 | 8.273 | ||||
| William Domero | 1B | 4 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .977 | 1.500 | ||||
| Jerry Amador | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Carlos Jimenez | 2B | 63 | 105 | 160 | 13 | 34 | .953 | 4.206 | ||||
| Reggie Nelson | 2B | 44 | 87 | 150 | 7 | 27 | .971 | 5.386 | ||||
| Rob Hlousek | 2B | 30 | 59 | 67 | 3 | 14 | .977 | 4.200 | ||||
| Jayson Drobiak | 2B | 11 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 4 | .950 | 3.455 | ||||
| Neil Jenkins | 3B | 99 | 68 | 177 | 46 | 13 | .842 | 2.475 | ||||
| Jayson Drobiak | 3B | 43 | 31 | 51 | 12 | 4 | .872 | 1.907 | ||||
| William Domero | 3B | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Reggie Nelson | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Max St. Pierre | C | 73 | 518 | 52 | 6 | 2 | .990 | 7.808 | 18 | 67 | 23 | 25.6 |
| Inakel Vargas | C | 66 | 439 | 49 | 5 | 3 | .990 | 7.394 | 13 | 50 | 26 | 34.2 |
| Chris Parker | C | 6 | 39 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .917 | 7.333 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20.0 |
| Corey Richardson | CF | 122 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cody Ross | CF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jerry Amador | LF | 74 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio McKinney | LF | 68 | .000 | |||||||||
| Cody Ross | LF | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
| Corey Richardson | OF | 122 | 265 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .989 | 2.279 | ||||
| Cody Ross | OF | 120 | 251 | 10 | 6 | 3 | .978 | 2.175 | ||||
| Antonio McKinney | OF | 80 | 120 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .969 | 1.588 | ||||
| Jerry Amador | OF | 74 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 1.514 | ||||
| David Lara | OF | 34 | 57 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .921 | 1.706 | ||||
| Greg Watson | P | 62 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .339 | ||||
| Aaron Barnett | P | 46 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .261 | ||||
| Jairo Pineda | P | 42 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 0 | .842 | .381 | ||||
| Homero Rivera | P | 36 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .361 | ||||
| Keith Law | P | 33 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .394 | ||||
| Andy Van Hekken | P | 26 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .926 | .962 | ||||
| Calvin Chipperfield | P | 24 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .852 | .958 | ||||
| Fernando Rodney | P | 22 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .682 | ||||
| Erick Burke | P | 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .500 | .095 | ||||
| Samuel Rivera | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .278 | ||||
| Tommy Marx | P | 18 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.111 | ||||
| Casey Rowe | P | 15 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .952 | 1.333 | ||||
| Pablo Arias | P | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .800 | ||||
| Jason Frasor | P | 14 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .933 | 2.000 | ||||
| Jeff Leuenberger | P | 12 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .583 | ||||
| Eric Eckenstahler | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Rick Kirsten | P | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Shawn Hannah | P | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Brian Moehler | P | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Dave Mlicki | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rikki Johnston | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Cody Ross | RF | 97 | .000 | |||||||||
| David Lara | RF | 34 | .000 | |||||||||
| Antonio McKinney | RF | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Ramón Santiago | SS | 81 | 110 | 220 | 8 | 45 | .976 | 4.074 | ||||
| Carlos Jimenez | SS | 43 | 69 | 129 | 11 | 21 | .947 | 4.605 | ||||
| Omar Infante | SS | 12 | 28 | 31 | 1 | 11 | .983 | 4.917 | ||||
| Reggie Nelson | SS | 10 | 13 | 30 | 3 | 1 | .935 | 4.300 | ||||
| Totals | 2019 | 3656 | 1440 | 183 | 297 | .965 | 2.524 | 31 | 121 | 50 | 29.2 |
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.
