2006 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 89-48
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Matt Walbeck (89-48)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 356,155, Avg. 5,238 in 68 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Fort Wayne Wizards 1
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Kane County Cougars 1
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2006 season with a record of 89 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps paced the league with just 492 runs allowed. West Michigan scored 620 runs. Michael Hollimon led the squad with 15 home runs Matt Joyce drove in 86 runs. Cameron Maybin topped hitters with significant playing time with a .304 average. Burke Badenhop paced the team with 14 wins and a team-best 2.84 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Burke Badenhop, Jay Sborz, Luke French, Michael Hollimon, Cameron Maybin, Will Rhymes, Dusty Ryan, Matt Joyce and Anthony Claggett were all players from the 2006 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burke Badenhop | 14 | 3 | .824 | 2.84 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 171.0 | 170 | 59 | 54 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 124 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 702 |
| Sendy Vasquez | 13 | 6 | .684 | 2.97 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142.3 | 129 | 64 | 47 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 597 |
| Luke French | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.72 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 157.3 | 156 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 44 | 3 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 668 |
| Matt Rusch | 9 | 3 | .750 | 1.79 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80.3 | 63 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 308 |
| Erik Averill | 9 | 8 | .529 | 3.73 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.3 | 171 | 89 | 71 | 12 | 48 | 1 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 725 |
| Anthony Claggett | 7 | 2 | .778 | 0.91 | 51 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 59.3 | 35 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 |
| Ramon Garcia | 7 | 2 | .778 | 1.92 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75.0 | 51 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 278 |
| Josh Rainwater | 6 | 4 | .600 | 3.84 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63.3 | 69 | 34 | 27 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 271 |
| Matt O'Brien | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.25 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100 |
| Ricky Steik | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.63 | 44 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 68.3 | 59 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 281 |
| Andrew Kown | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 |
| Josh Kauten | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.24 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.7 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173 |
| Jose Fragoso | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.33 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.3 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 81 |
| Jay Sborz | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Loren Fraser | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.65 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 67 |
| Adriano Santos | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Paul Hammond | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Lavon Lewis | 0 | 0 | 2.08 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 51 | |
| Phil Napolitan | 0 | 0 | 5.18 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.3 | 24 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 107 | |
| Gibbs Wilson | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Orlando Perdomo | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.15 | 48 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 43.3 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 186 |
| Jake Baxter | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3.21 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 119 |
| Totals | 89 | 48 | .650 | 2.96 | 424 | 137 | 131 | 6 | 3 | 49 | 1235.7 | 1115 | 492 | 407 | 64 | 325 | 12 | 962 | 59 | 3 | 70 | 5090 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Rhymes | 126 | 578 | 506 | 80 | 132 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 23 | 6 | 53 | 53 | .261 | .332 | .324 | .656 | 164 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Hollimon | 128 | 537 | 449 | 69 | 125 | 29 | 13 | 15 | 54 | 19 | 5 | 77 | 124 | .278 | .386 | .501 | .887 | 225 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Justin Justice | 112 | 472 | 414 | 51 | 122 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 67 | 15 | 5 | 41 | 101 | .295 | .360 | .435 | .795 | 180 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Matt Joyce | 122 | 530 | 465 | 75 | 120 | 30 | 5 | 11 | 86 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 70 | .258 | .338 | .415 | .753 | 193 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Cameron Maybin | 101 | 445 | 385 | 59 | 117 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 69 | 27 | 7 | 50 | 116 | .304 | .387 | .457 | .844 | 176 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Pedro Cotto | 108 | 471 | 421 | 61 | 117 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 29 | .278 | .343 | .328 | .671 | 138 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Hernandez | 87 | 377 | 349 | 40 | 97 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 68 | .278 | .318 | .461 | .780 | 161 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Dusty Ryan | 98 | 375 | 322 | 49 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 102 | .245 | .344 | .354 | .698 | 114 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Haske | 100 | 359 | 309 | 35 | 74 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 46 | .239 | .336 | .265 | .602 | 82 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeramy Laster | 75 | 282 | 253 | 31 | 59 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 107 | .233 | .305 | .415 | .720 | 105 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cory Middleton | 80 | 306 | 278 | 24 | 50 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 73 | .180 | .243 | .263 | .506 | 73 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Rafael Mendez | 69 | 238 | 200 | 27 | 40 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 74 | .200 | .314 | .320 | .634 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Roberson | 34 | 142 | 133 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 42 | .233 | .282 | .286 | .567 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Roa | 54 | 169 | 162 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 56 | .130 | .160 | .185 | .345 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maxwell Leon | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .167 | .231 | .333 | .564 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1302 | 5302 | 4666 | 620 | 1186 | 222 | 48 | 81 | 575 | 123 | 52 | 508 | 1066 | .254 | .331 | .374 | .706 | 1747 | 79 | 53 | 30 | 45 | 20 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rafael Mendez | 1B | 54 | 438 | 22 | 5 | 35 | .989 | 8.519 | ||||
| Pedro Cotto | 1B | 51 | 453 | 27 | 2 | 34 | .996 | 9.412 | ||||
| Ryan Roberson | 1B | 27 | 230 | 20 | 5 | 18 | .980 | 9.259 | ||||
| Mark Haske | 1B | 6 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 1.833 | ||||
| Mike Hernandez | 1B | 5 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .952 | 8.000 | ||||
| Maxwell Leon | 1B | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Will Rhymes | 2B | 122 | 220 | 316 | 17 | 80 | .969 | 4.393 | ||||
| Mark Haske | 2B | 12 | 17 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.583 | ||||
| Maxwell Leon | 2B | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .929 | 3.250 | ||||
| Rafael Mendez | 2B | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 3.333 | ||||
| Cory Middleton | 3B | 78 | 55 | 160 | 19 | 16 | .919 | 2.756 | ||||
| Mark Haske | 3B | 59 | 40 | 101 | 8 | 9 | .946 | 2.390 | ||||
| Rafael Mendez | 3B | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.714 | ||||
| Dusty Ryan | C | 95 | 587 | 61 | 8 | 5 | .988 | 6.821 | 7 | 73 | 45 | 38.1 |
| Joel Roa | C | 54 | 356 | 34 | 5 | 3 | .987 | 7.222 | 5 | 33 | 13 | 28.3 |
| Rafael Mendez | C | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Jeff Kunkel | C | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 |
| Cameron Maybin | CF | 88 | 211 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 2.466 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | CF | 28 | 40 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .956 | 1.536 | ||||
| Justin Justice | CF | 23 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.522 | ||||
| Matt Joyce | CF | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Pedro Cotto | CF | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mike Hernandez | CF | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Justin Justice | LF | 66 | 117 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.803 | ||||
| Pedro Cotto | LF | 29 | 59 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .968 | 2.103 | ||||
| Mike Hernandez | LF | 28 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.964 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | LF | 18 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .952 | 2.222 | ||||
| Ryan Roberson | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Joyce | OF | 109 | 222 | 7 | 6 | 4 | .974 | 2.101 | ||||
| Justin Justice | OF | 93 | 185 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .984 | 2.032 | ||||
| Cameron Maybin | OF | 88 | 211 | 6 | 1 | 3 | .995 | 2.466 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | OF | 66 | 121 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .962 | 1.924 | ||||
| Pedro Cotto | OF | 37 | 82 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .977 | 2.297 | ||||
| Mike Hernandez | OF | 29 | 53 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .967 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ryan Roberson | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Anthony Claggett | P | 51 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .137 | ||||
| Orlando Perdomo | P | 48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Ricky Steik | P | 44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .159 | ||||
| Matt Rusch | P | 39 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .436 | ||||
| Erik Averill | P | 28 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 0 | .850 | 1.214 | ||||
| Burke Badenhop | P | 27 | 24 | 31 | 2 | 3 | .965 | 2.037 | ||||
| Sendy Vasquez | P | 26 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .778 | .538 | ||||
| Luke French | P | 26 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 1.423 | ||||
| Josh Kauten | P | 20 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .550 | ||||
| Phil Napolitan | P | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .176 | ||||
| Jake Baxter | P | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Josh Rainwater | P | 14 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Jose Fragoso | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .154 | ||||
| Ramon Garcia | P | 12 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .846 | .917 | ||||
| Gibbs Wilson | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Lavon Lewis | P | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Loren Fraser | P | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .125 | ||||
| Andrew Kown | P | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .167 | ||||
| Paul Hammond | P | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt O'Brien | P | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Jay Sborz | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Adriano Santos | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Matt Joyce | RF | 108 | 220 | 7 | 6 | 4 | .974 | 2.102 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | RF | 23 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .978 | 1.913 | ||||
| Pedro Cotto | RF | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.375 | ||||
| Justin Justice | RF | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.400 | ||||
| Michael Hollimon | SS | 124 | 200 | 394 | 28 | 77 | .955 | 4.790 | ||||
| Mark Haske | SS | 16 | 19 | 47 | 1 | 5 | .985 | 4.125 | ||||
| Cory Middleton | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| Totals | 2003 | 4581 | 1469 | 161 | 328 | .974 | 3.020 | 13 | 108 | 61 | 36.1 |
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.
