2007 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Team Record: 83-57
Finished 1st in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Tom Brookens (83-57)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 377,412, Avg. 5,470 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Lansing Lugnuts 0
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Beloit Snappers 2
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2007 season with a record of 83 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps plated 648 runs and yielded 535 runs. Jeramy Laster and Ryan Strieby paced West Michigan with 16 home runs apiece. Brennan Boesch accounted for 86 RBI. Gorkys Hernández topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .293 average. Duane Below led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.98 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2007 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brennan Boesch, Kenny Rogers, Casey Fien, Scott Sizemore, Duane Below, Charlie Furbush, Ángel Castro, Guillermo Moscoso, Randor Bierd, Luis Marte and Gorkys Hernández.
Tom Brookens 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duane Below | 13 | 5 | .722 | 2.97 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.7 | 128 | 54 | 48 | 6 | 58 | 0 | 160 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 608 |
| Jonah Nickerson | 11 | 7 | .611 | 4.24 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 150.7 | 156 | 74 | 71 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 624 |
| Matt O'Brien | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82.3 | 83 | 29 | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 339 |
| Josh Rainwater | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.32 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 39 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 177 |
| Ángel Castro | 7 | 4 | .636 | 3.01 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.7 | 66 | 29 | 26 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 315 |
| Casey Fien | 6 | 1 | .857 | 3.10 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61.0 | 55 | 28 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 77 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 253 |
| Brett Jensen | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.79 | 56 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 60.3 | 52 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 240 |
| Chris Cody | 5 | 5 | .500 | 1.77 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 91.3 | 70 | 22 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 347 |
| L. J. Gagnier | 5 | 11 | .312 | 4.57 | 28 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 143.7 | 142 | 85 | 73 | 14 | 60 | 2 | 119 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 621 |
| Charlie Furbush | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.17 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.7 | 40 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 185 |
| Phil Napolitan | 4 | 2 | .667 | 6.25 | 27 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.7 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 207 |
| Ed Clelland | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.79 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 34.0 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 125 |
| Jeff Gerbe | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.34 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73.0 | 65 | 26 | 19 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 289 |
| Kelvin Cedano | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.23 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 129 |
| Randor Bierd | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.05 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
| Luis Marte | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2.83 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35.0 | 28 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 140 |
| Zach Piccola | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.18 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.7 | 31 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 140 |
| Guillermo Moscoso | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |
| Derek Witt | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Luis Gil | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Eleazar Aponte | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | |
| Kenny Rogers | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.80 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 |
| Ramon Garcia | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.52 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67 |
| Jose Fragoso | 0 | 2 | .000 | 7.82 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 |
| Dan Fyvie | 0 | 3 | .000 | 5.50 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.0 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 80 |
| Totals | 83 | 57 | .593 | 3.31 | 405 | 140 | 136 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 1237.0 | 1166 | 535 | 455 | 76 | 359 | 7 | 1081 | 48 | 7 | 75 | 5151 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorkys Hernández | 124 | 533 | 481 | 84 | 141 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 54 | 11 | 36 | 69 | .293 | .344 | .391 | .735 | 188 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Brennan Boesch | 126 | 542 | 513 | 52 | 137 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 86 | 15 | 4 | 23 | 81 | .267 | .297 | .378 | .675 | 194 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Scott Sizemore | 125 | 530 | 438 | 78 | 116 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 16 | 10 | 73 | 60 | .265 | .376 | .390 | .767 | 171 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Ryan Strieby | 123 | 519 | 443 | 65 | 112 | 23 | 2 | 16 | 76 | 6 | 5 | 63 | 78 | .253 | .347 | .422 | .769 | 187 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| James Skelton | 101 | 417 | 353 | 60 | 109 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 18 | 5 | 55 | 53 | .309 | .402 | .448 | .850 | 158 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeramy Laster | 110 | 441 | 391 | 68 | 108 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 72 | 16 | 7 | 37 | 141 | .276 | .348 | .468 | .816 | 183 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Santo De Leon | 109 | 425 | 398 | 38 | 104 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 65 | .261 | .300 | .344 | .644 | 137 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Audy Ciriaco | 121 | 460 | 434 | 42 | 97 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 78 | .224 | .254 | .311 | .565 | 135 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Deik Scram | 73 | 313 | 266 | 45 | 87 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 40 | 54 | .327 | .416 | .447 | .863 | 119 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Brandon Timm | 82 | 280 | 253 | 31 | 63 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 19 | 66 | .249 | .309 | .328 | .637 | 83 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Bertram | 77 | 275 | 247 | 24 | 62 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 39 | .251 | .309 | .356 | .665 | 88 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Louis Ott | 43 | 163 | 140 | 24 | 38 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 28 | .271 | .368 | .357 | .725 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jordan Newton | 37 | 148 | 134 | 17 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 32 | .269 | .327 | .410 | .737 | 55 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joseph Tucker | 35 | 146 | 134 | 14 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 30 | .261 | .310 | .328 | .639 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeff Kunkel | 29 | 109 | 100 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | .230 | .287 | .270 | .557 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Clelland | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1339 | 5302 | 4726 | 648 | 1268 | 243 | 43 | 74 | 590 | 181 | 70 | 437 | 893 | .268 | .335 | .385 | .720 | 1819 | 105 | 60 | 33 | 46 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Strieby | 1B | 114 | 962 | 70 | 7 | 76 | .993 | 9.053 | ||||
| Michael Bertram | 1B | 29 | 215 | 6 | 3 | 24 | .987 | 7.621 | ||||
| Santo De Leon | 1B | 5 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 7.400 | ||||
| James Skelton | 1B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brandon Timm | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Scott Sizemore | 2B | 116 | 193 | 313 | 15 | 82 | .971 | 4.362 | ||||
| Joseph Tucker | 2B | 16 | 19 | 42 | 2 | 5 | .968 | 3.812 | ||||
| Louis Ott | 2B | 14 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 2 | .964 | 3.857 | ||||
| Santo De Leon | 3B | 104 | 84 | 190 | 21 | 18 | .929 | 2.635 | ||||
| Michael Bertram | 3B | 35 | 26 | 60 | 5 | 3 | .945 | 2.457 | ||||
| Louis Ott | 3B | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | .800 | 2.400 | ||||
| Joseph Tucker | 3B | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.500 | ||||
| James Skelton | C | 84 | 615 | 56 | 7 | 4 | .990 | 7.988 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 42.5 |
| Jordan Newton | C | 29 | 235 | 21 | 1 | 3 | .996 | 8.828 | 1 | 16 | 15 | 48.4 |
| Jeff Kunkel | C | 29 | 207 | 25 | 2 | 2 | .991 | 8.000 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 44.4 |
| Louis Ott | C | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 3.000 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0 |
| Michael Bertram | C | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gorkys Hernández | CF | 121 | 277 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 2.339 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | CF | 19 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .958 | 1.211 | ||||
| Deik Scram | CF | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Brandon Timm | CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | LF | 59 | 93 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .962 | 1.695 | ||||
| Brandon Timm | LF | 56 | 87 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .978 | 1.625 | ||||
| Deik Scram | LF | 34 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .982 | 1.618 | ||||
| Joseph Tucker | LF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Gorkys Hernández | OF | 121 | 277 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 2.339 | ||||
| Brennan Boesch | OF | 114 | 225 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 2.009 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | OF | 89 | 134 | 10 | 7 | 3 | .954 | 1.618 | ||||
| Brandon Timm | OF | 70 | 106 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .982 | 1.586 | ||||
| Deik Scram | OF | 38 | 68 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .986 | 1.789 | ||||
| Joseph Tucker | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brett Jensen | P | 56 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .179 | ||||
| Casey Fien | P | 39 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .154 | ||||
| L. J. Gagnier | P | 28 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | .969 | 1.107 | ||||
| Phil Napolitan | P | 27 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .259 | ||||
| Duane Below | P | 26 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Jonah Nickerson | P | 25 | 10 | 24 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 1.360 | ||||
| Ed Clelland | P | 24 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .625 | ||||
| Zach Piccola | P | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .100 | ||||
| Jeff Gerbe | P | 19 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 1.316 | ||||
| Josh Rainwater | P | 16 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .500 | ||||
| Luis Marte | P | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .467 | ||||
| Randor Bierd | P | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .267 | ||||
| Dan Fyvie | P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Chris Cody | P | 14 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.786 | ||||
| Ángel Castro | P | 14 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .929 | ||||
| Kelvin Cedano | P | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .692 | ||||
| Matt O'Brien | P | 12 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .938 | 1.250 | ||||
| Charlie Furbush | P | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | .875 | ||||
| Jose Fragoso | P | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ramon Garcia | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .400 | ||||
| Luis Gil | P | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Derek Witt | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eleazar Aponte | P | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenny Rogers | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Guillermo Moscoso | P | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Brennan Boesch | RF | 114 | 225 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .987 | 2.009 | ||||
| Jeramy Laster | RF | 15 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .913 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brandon Timm | RF | 13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.462 | ||||
| Audy Ciriaco | SS | 121 | 163 | 303 | 24 | 63 | .951 | 3.851 | ||||
| Joseph Tucker | SS | 12 | 14 | 25 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 3.250 | ||||
| Louis Ott | SS | 11 | 12 | 26 | 3 | 7 | .927 | 3.455 | ||||
| Totals | 2021 | 4522 | 1437 | 152 | 326 | .975 | 2.949 | 11 | 85 | 66 | 43.7 |
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.
