2004 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 69-70
Finished 5th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Matt Walbeck (69-70)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 390,033, Avg. 5,572 in 70 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, South Bend Silver Hawks 0
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Lansing Lugnuts 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Kane County Cougars 2
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2004 season with a record of 69 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps tallied 619 runs and yielded 565 runs. Kelly Hunt paced West Michigan with 21 home runs, while Garth McKinney walloped 15 or more also. Kelly Hunt drove in 102 runs. Juan Francia led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .320 average. Virgil Vasquez topped the team with 14 wins, and Jordan Tata recorded a 3.36 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 2004 West Michigan Whitecaps who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Cristhian Martínez, Tony Giarratano, Jordan Tata, Frankie De La Cruz, Virgil Vasquez and Brian Rogers.
Matt Walbeck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Vasquez | 14 | 6 | .700 | 3.64 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 168.3 | 156 | 73 | 68 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 120 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 681 |
| Andy Baldwin | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2.76 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88.0 | 73 | 29 | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 61 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 351 |
| Jordan Tata | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.35 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3 | 167 | 77 | 62 | 7 | 68 | 2 | 116 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 705 |
| Chris Steinborn | 8 | 11 | .421 | 3.99 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 160.3 | 173 | 94 | 71 | 7 | 37 | 1 | 105 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 674 |
| Brian Rogers | 6 | 8 | .429 | 4.55 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.3 | 163 | 76 | 72 | 9 | 44 | 1 | 120 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 627 |
| Cristhian Martínez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.44 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73.7 | 59 | 27 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 296 |
| Jermy Rodriguez | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.44 | 37 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55.0 | 47 | 21 | 21 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 242 |
| Danny Zell | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.27 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 75.3 | 69 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 52 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 312 |
| Brian Santo | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.77 | 45 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 61.7 | 65 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 279 |
| Anthony Tomey | 2 | 3 | .400 | 2.72 | 41 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49.7 | 35 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 218 |
| Frankie De La Cruz | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.83 | 54 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 54.0 | 51 | 30 | 23 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 249 |
| Kenon Ronz | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4.87 | 52 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 48 | 31 | 31 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 237 |
| Damien Myers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.33 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 30 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 123 |
| Matt Righter | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | |
| Jason Knoedler | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Chris Homer | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.57 | 39 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 45.3 | 48 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 205 |
| Totals | 69 | 70 | .496 | 3.52 | 461 | 139 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 1231.3 | 1189 | 565 | 482 | 68 | 413 | 14 | 964 | 81 | 6 | 95 | 5229 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hunt | 136 | 582 | 546 | 71 | 150 | 28 | 0 | 21 | 102 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 107 | .275 | .308 | .441 | .749 | 241 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Juan Francia | 111 | 478 | 413 | 73 | 132 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 37 | 19 | 34 | 44 | .320 | .384 | .361 | .745 | 149 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 2 |
| Vince Blue | 134 | 555 | 497 | 66 | 129 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 19 | 11 | 49 | 97 | .260 | .328 | .326 | .654 | 162 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Eric Rodland | 128 | 533 | 471 | 63 | 124 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 85 | .263 | .331 | .369 | .701 | 174 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Kody Kirkland | 129 | 529 | 496 | 50 | 117 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 61 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 149 | .236 | .276 | .401 | .677 | 199 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Garth McKinney | 117 | 464 | 412 | 59 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 19 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 46 | 175 | .228 | .313 | .410 | .723 | 169 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Danilo Sanchez | 87 | 347 | 309 | 33 | 91 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 59 | .294 | .355 | .443 | .799 | 137 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Luis Sabino | 103 | 427 | 384 | 54 | 90 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 36 | 144 | .234 | .302 | .393 | .695 | 151 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jason Knoedler | 70 | 240 | 198 | 33 | 48 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 59 | .242 | .346 | .379 | .725 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony Giarratano | 43 | 194 | 165 | 20 | 47 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 22 | .285 | .383 | .352 | .735 | 58 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Alex Trezza | 49 | 179 | 171 | 15 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | .199 | .235 | .298 | .533 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick McIntyre | 39 | 137 | 129 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 37 | .240 | .277 | .341 | .618 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Doyle | 41 | 138 | 120 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 53 | .225 | .326 | .350 | .676 | 42 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kurt Piantek | 33 | 126 | 115 | 15 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | .200 | .254 | .357 | .610 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Graham | 26 | 90 | 83 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 21 | .253 | .303 | .361 | .665 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Burgos | 27 | 93 | 88 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .205 | .247 | .341 | .588 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilton Reynolds | 26 | 101 | 91 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 32 | .165 | .248 | .275 | .522 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Flowers | 6 | 25 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .273 | .360 | .455 | .815 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Llamas | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1306 | 5243 | 4715 | 619 | 1198 | 223 | 43 | 94 | 551 | 117 | 64 | 372 | 1190 | .254 | .317 | .379 | .697 | 1789 | 69 | 79 | 45 | 32 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Hunt | 1B | 131 | 1155 | 101 | 10 | 118 | .992 | 9.588 | ||||
| Kurt Piantek | 1B | 4 | 49 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .961 | 12.250 | ||||
| Richie Burgos | 1B | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
| Nate Doyle | 1B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Kody Kirkland | 1B | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 8.000 | ||||
| Eric Rodland | 2B | 124 | 245 | 331 | 10 | 87 | .983 | 4.645 | ||||
| Nate Doyle | 2B | 10 | 13 | 21 | 1 | 5 | .971 | 3.400 | ||||
| Nick McIntyre | 2B | 5 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 3.200 | ||||
| Juan Francia | 2B | 4 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .875 | 5.250 | ||||
| Kody Kirkland | 3B | 122 | 84 | 237 | 29 | 22 | .917 | 2.631 | ||||
| Nick McIntyre | 3B | 19 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 7 | .833 | 1.842 | ||||
| Nate Doyle | 3B | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .889 | 4.000 | ||||
| Danilo Sanchez | C | 74 | 493 | 74 | 7 | 2 | .988 | 7.662 | 8 | |||
| Alex Trezza | C | 48 | 293 | 38 | 7 | 5 | .979 | 6.896 | 4 | |||
| Andrew Graham | C | 26 | 173 | 21 | 3 | 3 | .985 | 7.462 | 6 | |||
| Nick McIntyre | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | |||
| Vince Blue | OF | 128 | 260 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .981 | 2.039 | ||||
| Garth McKinney | OF | 113 | 180 | 6 | 9 | 1 | .954 | 1.646 | ||||
| Luis Sabino | OF | 98 | 186 | 8 | 6 | 4 | .970 | 1.980 | ||||
| Jason Knoedler | OF | 61 | 116 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 2.016 | ||||
| Nate Doyle | OF | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Bo Flowers | OF | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | ||||
| Wilton Reynolds | OF | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 1.250 | ||||
| Nick McIntyre | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Frankie De La Cruz | P | 54 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .259 | ||||
| Kenon Ronz | P | 52 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .115 | ||||
| Brian Santo | P | 45 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .812 | .289 | ||||
| Anthony Tomey | P | 41 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .268 | ||||
| Chris Homer | P | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .077 | ||||
| Jermy Rodriguez | P | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .162 | ||||
| Danny Zell | P | 30 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .533 | ||||
| Jordan Tata | P | 28 | 14 | 32 | 3 | 1 | .939 | 1.643 | ||||
| Virgil Vasquez | P | 27 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 1 | .949 | 1.370 | ||||
| Chris Steinborn | P | 27 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .875 | 1.556 | ||||
| Brian Rogers | P | 25 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.080 | ||||
| Damien Myers | P | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .250 | ||||
| Andy Baldwin | P | 14 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.357 | ||||
| Cristhian Martínez | P | 12 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 | .765 | 1.083 | ||||
| Matt Righter | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jason Knoedler | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Juan Francia | SS | 92 | 171 | 280 | 28 | 68 | .942 | 4.902 | ||||
| Tony Giarratano | SS | 42 | 76 | 146 | 6 | 29 | .974 | 5.286 | ||||
| Nate Doyle | SS | 6 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 3 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Nick McIntyre | SS | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 3 | .909 | 4.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1604 | 3695 | 1537 | 160 | 393 | .970 | 3.262 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
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.
