2015 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics

Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 75-64
Finished 2nd in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Andrew Graham (75-64)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 391,055, Avg. 5,667 in 69 home dates

2015 West Michigan Whitecaps Roster

Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Fort Wayne TinCaps 0
Playoffs - West Michigan Whitecaps 2 games, Lansing Lugnuts 1 - Second Round
Finals - West Michigan Whitecaps 3 games, Cedar Rapids Kernels 2

The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2015 season with a record of 75 wins and 64 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.

The Whitecaps tallied 569 runs and surrendered 544 runs. Mike Gerber paced West Michigan with 13 home runs and drove in 76 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .292 average. A. J. Ladwig topped the squad with 12 wins, and Spencer Turnbull registered a 3.02 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 2015 West Michigan Whitecaps who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Drew Smith, Joe Jiménez, Mike Gerber, Artie Lewicki, Christin Stewart, Josh Lester, Spencer Turnbull, A. J. Ladwig, Gabe Speier, Spenser Watkins and Derek Hill.

Andrew Graham served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
A. J. Ladwig	12	9	.571	3.59	22	22	0	0	0	0	138.0	153	63	55	10	18	0	85	7	1	3	572
Spencer Turnbull	11	3	.786	3.01	22	22	0	1	0	0	116.7	106	45	39	0	52	0	106	7	2	9	503
Ross Seaton	11	8	.579	3.73	21	21	0	0	0	0	132.7	126	64	55	5	16	0	86	13	1	4	536
Jeff Thompson	7	11	.389	3.79	23	23	0	1	1	0	118.7	116	60	50	9	47	0	105	4	0	10	511
Joe Jiménez	5	1	.833	1.47	40	0	34	0	0	17	43.0	23	8	7	2	11	0	61	0	0	2	162
Gage Smith	4	1	.800	2.40	24	0	8	0	0	2	56.3	55	16	15	1	9	1	33	1	0	1	225
Gabe Speier	4	2	.667	2.86	33	0	7	0	0	0	44.0	40	16	14	0	12	0	36	1	0	1	181
Trey Teakell	3	1	.750	2.06	13	2	7	0	0	2	35.0	33	9	8	0	7	1	24	0	0	4	143
Trent Szkutnik	3	1	.750	3.88	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.3	48	26	23	6	14	0	40	3	1	1	222
Johan Belisario	3	2	.600	1.79	41	0	29	0	0	12	55.3	46	12	11	1	23	2	54	1	0	3	229
Artie Lewicki	3	4	.429	3.52	15	15	0	0	0	0	79.3	87	37	31	4	25	0	77	2	2	6	344
Paul Voelker	2	0	1.000	2.25	10	0	7	0	0	2	16.0	9	5	4	0	4	0	20	2	0	1	62
Adam Ravenelle	2	0	1.000	3.93	19	0	4	0	0	0	34.3	31	16	15	2	19	0	40	1	0	2	151
Fernando Perez	2	12	.143	4.51	21	21	0	0	0	0	101.7	119	60	51	7	32	0	72	12	1	9	447
Drew Smith	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7
Dominic Moreno	1	1	.500	3.22	13	0	11	0	0	3	22.3	19	10	8	0	5	1	24	1	0	5	95
Gabe Hemmer	1	2	.333	1.29	20	0	9	0	0	3	35.0	24	6	5	0	11	0	37	1	2	2	140
Gerson Moreno	0	0		0.00	5	0	3	0	0	1	9.3	3	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	31
Scott Sitz	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7
Spenser Watkins	0	0		3.38	4	3	0	0	0	0	18.7	21	7	7	0	6	0	14	1	0	0	80
Nate Fury	0	0		3.95	8	0	4	0	0	0	13.7	17	8	6	1	13	0	12	0	0	0	68
Chase Edwards	0	0		18.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	8	4	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13
Taylor Hicks	0	0		81.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	3	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6
Matt Davenport	0	1	.000	16.62	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.3	12	9	8	0	5	1	5	1	0	2	31
Josh Heddinger	0	2	.000	8.46	21	0	7	0	0	0	44.7	68	47	42	5	31	1	32	6	0	5	231
Tyler Ford	0	3	.000	2.41	17	1	6	0	0	1	41.0	28	12	11	3	6	0	43	0	0	2	158
Totals	75	64	.540	3.48	410	139	137	2	1	43	1219.0	1197	544	472	56	371	7	1020	65	10	72	5155

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
Mike Gerber	135	583	513	74	150	31	10	13	76	16	4	49	97	.292	.355	.468	.822	240	12	7	2	12	3
Ross Kivett	133	585	524	75	140	28	2	5	50	28	5	44	66	.267	.330	.357	.687	187	12	9	1	7	0
Joey Pankake	126	525	462	64	124	22	4	5	58	9	3	52	94	.268	.342	.366	.707	169	10	3	1	7	2
Will Kengor	111	457	391	48	112	19	3	1	38	4	3	54	100	.286	.378	.358	.736	140	3	5	5	2	1
Zac Shepherd	114	443	383	48	94	17	2	5	51	4	3	47	117	.245	.327	.339	.667	130	3	3	3	7	1
David Gonzalez	85	324	289	29	74	9	5	1	23	7	1	22	43	.256	.312	.332	.644	96	7	2	10	1	0
Rashad Brown	56	250	225	31	65	6	3	0	22	11	1	19	35	.289	.347	.342	.689	77	4	1	5	0	0
Christin Stewart	51	216	185	29	53	9	4	7	31	3	2	18	45	.286	.375	.492	.867	91	1	10	0	3	0
Derek Hill	53	235	210	33	50	6	5	0	16	25	7	20	44	.238	.305	.314	.619	66	1	1	2	2	0
Austin Schotts	61	228	211	16	50	7	1	2	26	11	3	10	74	.237	.275	.308	.583	65	1	1	6	0	0
Kade Scivicque	42	180	165	21	40	4	0	5	17	2	1	9	26	.242	.306	.358	.663	59	6	6	0	0	0
Francisco Contreras	59	207	192	19	36	11	2	0	23	1	1	10	44	.188	.229	.266	.495	51	8	1	2	2	0
A. J. Simcox	20	91	85	11	34	3	0	1	8	4	2	5	11	.400	.440	.471	.910	40	4	1	0	0	1
Garrett Mattlage	54	191	170	16	33	5	1	2	14	0	2	14	48	.194	.266	.271	.537	46	3	3	3	1	0
Arvicent Perez	33	125	118	7	27	4	0	0	5	1	0	3	20	.229	.252	.263	.515	31	5	1	2	1	0
Shane Zeile	36	150	131	12	25	5	2	0	14	0	0	13	30	.191	.270	.260	.530	34	8	2	2	2	0
Franklin Navarro	43	157	145	11	25	5	0	0	11	1	1	6	26	.172	.203	.207	.410	30	9	0	4	2	0
Will Maddox	13	47	43	5	17	2	0	0	1	2	2	1	6	.395	.422	.442	.864	19	0	1	2	0	0
Giancarlo Brugnoni	18	73	65	9	14	2	2	1	4	0	0	7	31	.215	.288	.354	.642	23	1	0	0	1	0
Steven Fuentes	16	56	49	6	8	2	0	0	2	0	0	5	18	.163	.236	.204	.440	10	1	0	1	1	0
Victor Padron	9	38	35	2	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.200	.243	.257	.500	9	3	0	1	0	0
Josh Lester	5	21	19	3	3	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	.158	.238	.263	.501	5	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1273	5182	4610	569	1181	201	46	48	495	129	41	412	986	.256	.322	.351	.673	1618	102	57	52	51	8

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Will Kengor	1B	109	904	70	9	69	.991	8.936
Giancarlo Brugnoni	1B	17	131	3	2	12	.985	7.882
Francisco Contreras	1B	13	107	9	2	7	.983	8.923
Will Maddox	1B	2	18	0	0	2	1.000	9.000
Joey Pankake	2B	101	176	247	16	52	.964	4.188
David Gonzalez	2B	21	37	49	1	6	.989	4.095
Francisco Contreras	2B	11	19	25	1	6	.978	4.000
Garrett Mattlage	2B	10	9	17	2	2	.929	2.600
Will Maddox	2B	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Zac Shepherd	3B	105	64	179	17	17	.935	2.314
Francisco Contreras	3B	30	23	50	1	6	.986	2.433
Josh Lester	3B	4	5	9	2	1	.875	3.500
Steven Fuentes	3B	3	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.667
Garrett Mattlage	3B	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Franklin Navarro	C	43	302	26	4	0	.988	7.628	5	54	14	20.6
Kade Scivicque	C	35	295	26	4	1	.988	9.171	6	21	16	43.2
Shane Zeile	C	32	224	31	3	1	.988	7.969	2	23	19	45.2
Arvicent Perez	C	32	203	23	10	2	.958	7.062	4	21	13	38.2
Derek Hill	CF	51	118	9	3	2	.977	2.490
Ross Kivett	CF	50	108	6	1	1	.991	2.280
Austin Schotts	CF	26	57	1	2	0	.967	2.231
Rashad Brown	CF	16	30	3	0	0	1.000	2.062
Mike Gerber	CF	2	5	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
Christin Stewart	LF	39	56	1	3	0	.950	1.462
Austin Schotts	LF	36	67	2	2	0	.972	1.917
Rashad Brown	LF	34	68	2	0	1	1.000	2.059
Ross Kivett	LF	25	42	2	1	0	.978	1.760
Victor Padron	LF	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Gerber	LF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Francisco Contreras	LF	3	2	0	0	0	1.000	.667
Ross Kivett	OF	121	253	15	4	3	.985	2.215
Mike Gerber	OF	85	168	4	3	1	.983	2.024
Austin Schotts	OF	61	124	3	4	0	.969	2.082
Rashad Brown	OF	54	103	6	1	1	.991	2.019
Derek Hill	OF	51	118	9	3	2	.977	2.490
Christin Stewart	OF	39	56	1	3	0	.950	1.462
Victor Padron	OF	9	11	3	1	2	.933	1.556
Francisco Contreras	OF	5	2	1	0	0	1.000	.600
Johan Belisario	P	41	5	4	1	0	.900	.220
Joe Jiménez	P	40	1	2	0	0	1.000	.075
Gabe Speier	P	33	1	8	0	0	1.000	.273
Gage Smith	P	24	2	4	4	0	.600	.250
Jeff Thompson	P	23	8	16	2	0	.923	1.043
Spencer Turnbull	P	22	14	12	0	1	1.000	1.182
A. J. Ladwig	P	22	14	20	1	3	.971	1.545
Ross Seaton	P	21	13	24	0	2	1.000	1.762
Fernando Perez	P	21	7	15	3	2	.880	1.048
Josh Heddinger	P	21	2	7	0	1	1.000	.429
Gabe Hemmer	P	20	0	8	0	0	1.000	.400
Adam Ravenelle	P	19	3	6	0	0	1.000	.474
Tyler Ford	P	17	3	2	0	0	1.000	.294
Artie Lewicki	P	15	4	11	3	0	.833	1.000
Trey Teakell	P	13	3	5	0	0	1.000	.615
Dominic Moreno	P	13	0	2	1	0	.667	.154
Paul Voelker	P	10	3	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Trent Szkutnik	P	9	1	8	1	0	.900	1.000
Nate Fury	P	8	0	2	1	0	.667	.250
Gerson Moreno	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Spenser Watkins	P	4	1	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Matt Davenport	P	4	0	0	0	0		.000
Chase Edwards	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Drew Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Scott Sitz	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Taylor Hicks	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Gerber	RF	80	161	3	3	0	.982	2.050
Ross Kivett	RF	48	103	7	2	2	.982	2.292
Rashad Brown	RF	6	5	1	1	0	.857	1.000
Victor Padron	RF	5	11	3	1	2	.933	2.800
Francisco Contreras	RF	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
David Gonzalez	SS	64	108	195	10	30	.968	4.734
Garrett Mattlage	SS	43	59	117	5	18	.972	4.093
A. J. Simcox	SS	20	29	43	1	7	.986	3.600
Steven Fuentes	SS	13	22	30	2	2	.963	4.000
Totals		1975	4492	1398	147	268	.976	2.982	17	119	62	34.3

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.

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