Windy City Blues History - 2008 Summary

Team Results

Year	W	L	WPct	Finish	GB	Exp Rec	Diff	Avg	ERA	Playoffs	Champion	Attendance	Expenses	Revenue
2008 Windy City Playboys	98	64	.605	1^st	-	97-65	1	.247	3.16	X		3,648,671	$100,428,100	$132,780,202

Award Winners

Award	Players	Qty
Pale Ale Pitcher Award	Edgar Mejia	1
Defense With Integrity (DWI) Award	Dave Foglesong (C)	1
All-Star	J.J. Caplan, Reynaldo Jimenez, Edgar Mejia, Tom Oshman	4
Pitcher of the Month	Edgar Mejia (May), Tom Oshman (Jun, Sep)	3
Player of the Week	Victor Robles (Sep 1)	1

Batting Stats

Pos	Player	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	OPS+
RF	J.J. Caplan	29	159	630	179	43	6	28	107	97	73	2	1	3	152	7	1	.284	.359	.505	.864	3.8	140
LF	Victor Robles	29	158	596	175	28	4	11	79	69	58	6	1	5	35	1	9	.294	.359	.409	.769	1.5	116
SS	Fernando Ortiz	26	111	445	109	18	7	5	35	69	73	2	2	0	97	36	12	.245	.354	.351	.704	2.8	99
3B	Dave Farmer	32	130	439	121	25	0	6	45	54	37	1	4	2	49	6	4	.276	.332	.374	.706	2.6	98
C	Dave Foglesong	32	132	419	103	23	3	19	61	59	45	5	3	3	68	0	0	.246	.324	.451	.775	3.4	116
1B	Roger Ramirez	24	114	356	96	11	0	19	55	58	48	4	0	0	105	3	0	.270	.363	.461	.823	2.6	130
2B	Tom Arrington	30	124	375	91	14	7	12	49	48	23	1	1	1	99	2	3	.243	.287	.413	.701	0.7	95
CF	Gertrudes Gambino	25	123	365	91	18	6	3	31	47	23	6	2	0	82	9	8	.249	.305	.356	.661	1.5	86
C	Diego Flores	27	125	319	76	12	1	7	45	27	44	3	2	1	59	0	0	.238	.335	.348	.683	0.6	93
CF	Napoleon Mendoza	25	134	316	77	14	2	10	37	42	33	2	0	1	64	4	1	.244	.318	.396	.714	0.3	100
SS	Manny Saens	25	97	259	62	9	2	2	19	30	16	2	1	2	48	12	1	.239	.287	.313	.599	0.6	69
SS	Dave Allen	24	61	138	31	8	1	7	20	23	10	0	0	2	41	1	2	.225	.273	.449	.723	0.7	100
1B	Ian Lippert	27	60	127	22	3	0	7	20	14	4	0	0	2	42	0	0	.173	.195	.362	.558	-0.6	53
CF	Marco Volquez	27	35	109	23	8	1	2	9	16	17	2	0	1	19	1	0	.211	.326	.358	.683	0.2	92
3B	Pepe Rodríguez	34	35	110	20	3	0	4	16	11	12	1	0	2	33	0	0	.182	.264	.318	.582	0.0	63
1B	Wessin Ramírez	37	31	99	18	5	0	3	11	13	13	0	0	1	28	0	0	.182	.274	.323	.598	0.1	68
P	Tom Oshman	30	30	70	13	1	1	0	4	4	1	0	5	0	20	0	0	.186	.197	.229	.426	-0.4	20
P	Jamie Herberholz	34	30	58	9	3	0	1	3	2	4	1	9	0	21	0	0	.155	.222	.259	.481	-0.4	35
P	Travis Neal	31	27	53	10	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	12	0	13	0	0	.189	.204	.245	.449	-0.4	26
P	Edgar Mejia	30	28	53	9	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	8	0	12	0	0	.170	.185	.170	.355	-0.5	1
3B	Fernando Lauriano	25	36	51	8	2	0	0	4	3	6	0	1	1	10	0	1	.157	.241	.196	.437	-0.3	25
3B	Liam Ingle	30	13	50	8	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	.160	.176	.160	.336	-0.5	-4
P	Javier Gonzalez	31	27	41	7	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	6	0	11	0	0	.171	.171	.268	.439	-0.0	21
CF	Jaime Frantz	27	13	18	3	1	1	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	.167	.250	.333	.583	-0.1	63
P	Tyler Kling	26	8	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	.182	-0.1	-49
P	Nesty Jimenez	24	38	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0.2	41
P	Reynaldo Jimenez	25	71	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Steven Kreighbaum	27	75	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.1	-100
P	Tom Kelly	25	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.0	-100
P	Mauro Espadanal	32	58	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0	-100
P	Jamie Swiney	28	53	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0.1	466
31 Players		28.3	2157	5522	1364	253	42	147	667	698	544	39	60	27	1140	82	42	.247	.318	.388	.705	18.7	97
IL Rank				11	11	10	3	5	6	5	4	7	8	11	6	5	2	9	6	8	7	9
BLB Rank				22	22	23	4	11	16	14	8	16	8	23	12	8	3	20	16	19	17	17

Pitching Stats

Player	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERA+
Travis Neal	31	32	32	14	13	0	3.29	224.0	188	92	82	18	72	239	0	1	0	1.16	.294	5.5	121
Tom Oshman	30	32	32	14	10	0	2.47	222.0	179	65	61	10	54	211	0	0	0	1.05	.283	6.5	161
Jamie Herberholz	34	33	33	14	4	0	2.82	207.7	155	76	65	16	85	263	0	1	1	1.16	.289	5.1	142
Edgar Mejia	30	32	32	20	4	0	2.63	191.3	158	59	56	10	31	245	0	0	0	.99	.318	7.7	152
Javier Gonzalez	31	29	23	10	6	0	3.49	154.7	160	62	60	12	66	105	0	0	0	1.46	.307	1.2	114
Steven Kreighbaum	27	82	0	3	2	1	2.79	103.3	95	38	32	6	12	91	29	0	0	1.04	.300	2.2	143
Reynaldo Jimenez	25	77	0	6	5	47	2.17	87.0	62	21	21	4	18	123	0	0	0	.92	.302	2.8	184
Jamie Swiney	28	58	0	9	2	3	3.68	71.0	67	31	29	6	47	96	11	0	0	1.61	.377	0.4	109
Nesty Jimenez	24	43	0	2	2	3	2.79	61.3	54	20	19	4	21	53	8	0	0	1.22	.305	0.6	143
Mauro Espadanal	32	62	0	4	6	2	4.76	56.7	68	30	30	9	19	70	23	0	0	1.54	.388	0.3	84
Tyler Kling	26	10	10	2	7	0	6.75	49.3	54	39	37	6	30	50	0	0	0	1.70	.333	0.1	59
Tom Kelly	25	23	0	0	2	0	4.76	34.0	34	18	18	1	17	28	1	0	0	1.50	.333	0.3	84
Joel Mendez	25	10	0	0	1	1	6.00	12.0	8	8	8	1	4	17	1	0	0	1.00	.280	0.3	67
13 Pitchers	29.8	523	162	98	64	57	3.16	1474.3	1282	559	518	103	476	1591	73	2	1	1.19	.307	33.1	134
IL Rank		11	1	3	9	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	9	4	3	8	1
BLB Rank		18	1	5	20	1	3	5	2	3	2	2	7	1	4	19	9	4	15	1

Fielding Stats

Pitchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Neal	32	32	15	29	4	46	2	.957	224.0	1.77	-0.7
T. Oshman	32	32	9	24	0	34	1	.971	222.0	1.34	0.6
J. Herberholz	33	33	9	16	1	28	3	.893	207.7	1.08	-1.0
E. Mejia	32	32	6	17	0	25	2	.920	191.3	1.08	0.0
J. Gonzalez	29	23	4	29	2	33	0	1.000	154.7	1.92	2.2
S. Kreighbaum	82	0	8	23	4	33	2	.939	103.3	2.70	1.4
R. Jimenez	77	0	5	7	1	12	0	1.000	87.0	1.24	1.0
J. Swiney	58	0	3	9	0	12	0	1.000	71.0	1.52	0.7
N. Jimenez	43	0	2	5	0	7	0	1.000	61.3	1.03	1.8
M. Espadanal	62	0	4	12	0	16	0	1.000	56.7	2.54	0.6
T. Kling	10	10	2	9	0	12	1	.917	49.3	2.01	1.1
T. Kelly	23	0	0	6	0	6	0	1.000	34.0	1.59	0.3
J. Mendez	10	0	0	2	1	2	0	1.000	12.0	1.50	-0.1
Totals	523	162	67	188	13	266	11	.959	1474.3	1.56	7.8

Catchers
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	RTO%
D. Foglesong	125	112	1125	65	3	1191	1	.999	1036.3	10.33	3.7	9	39.1
D. Flores	54	50	495	21	1	518	2	.996	438.0	10.60	-2.3	6	20.0
Totals	179	162	1620	86	4	1709	3	.998	1474.3	10.41	1.4	15	31.6

First Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
R. Ramirez	87	85	729	40	58	772	3	.996	759.0	9.12	3.2
D. Flores	29	27	228	8	29	239	3	.987	253.3	8.38	-3.6
I. Lippert	30	25	206	7	12	213	0	1.000	237.7	8.07	-0.5
W. Ramírez	25	25	192	10	12	204	2	.990	221.3	8.21	2.6
F. Ortiz	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
F. Lauriano	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.000	1.0	9.00	0.0
Totals	174	162	1356	65	112	1429	8	.994	1474.3	8.67	1.6

Second Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
T. Arrington	83	76	123	177	35	306	6	.980	667.3	4.05	-2.2
D. Farmer	56	53	90	145	37	238	3	.987	456.3	4.63	3.7
M. Saens	24	21	36	57	17	94	1	.989	186.0	4.50	2.1
F. Ortiz	14	7	15	23	7	39	1	.974	74.3	4.60	0.9
L. Ingle	4	4	6	13	3	19	0	1.000	34.0	5.03	0.3
D. Allen	14	0	2	7	0	9	0	1.000	26.7	3.04	-0.4
F. Lauriano	7	0	2	6	0	8	0	1.000	14.7	4.91	-0.4
P. Rodríguez	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	1.000	9.0	4.00	-0.5
I. Lippert	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
D. Flores	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	3.0	3.00	0.0
Totals	206	162	274	434	99	719	11	.985	1474.3	4.32	3.5

Third Basemen
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
D. Farmer	70	68	30	129	7	163	4	.975	594.0	2.41	3.8
P. Rodríguez	34	34	19	53	4	73	1	.986	294.0	2.20	2.2
T. Arrington	26	21	10	46	5	57	1	.982	184.3	2.73	-1.7
M. Saens	24	15	7	27	2	35	1	.971	151.7	2.02	0.2
F. Lauriano	13	9	3	17	0	20	0	1.000	95.3	1.89	0.5
L. Ingle	9	9	3	8	0	15	4	.733	74.0	1.34	-0.2
D. Allen	9	6	2	16	2	20	2	.900	54.7	2.96	0.6
F. Ortiz	8	0	2	3	0	5	0	1.000	17.0	2.65	0.1
W. Ramírez	2	0	0	3	0	3	0	1.000	6.7	4.05	0.1
I. Lippert	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	1.000	2.7	10.12	0.1
Totals	196	162	77	304	20	394	13	.967	1474.3	2.33	5.6

Shortstops
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
F. Ortiz	106	104	142	253	61	406	11	.973	915.3	3.88	2.0
D. Allen	35	30	28	82	11	112	2	.982	272.0	3.64	1.0
M. Saens	32	28	30	71	11	101	0	1.000	245.0	3.71	-0.1
F. Lauriano	10	0	4	4	1	9	1	.889	18.7	3.86	0.0
T. Arrington	8	0	1	4	1	5	0	1.000	14.3	3.14	0.0
D. Farmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	8.0	0.00	0.0
D. Flores	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	195	162	205	414	85	633	14	.978	1474.3	3.78	2.9

Left Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
V. Robles	149	149	219	9	0	233	5	.979	1334.7	1.54	-6.7
G. Gambino	14	12	27	1	0	28	0	1.000	119.0	2.12	1.1
N. Mendoza	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	18.7	0.48	-0.0
J. Caplan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	167	162	247	10	0	262	5	.981	1474.3	1.57	-5.6

Center Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
G. Gambino	86	75	163	4	1	168	1	.994	681.7	2.20	6.9
N. Mendoza	68	53	88	4	0	92	0	1.000	472.7	1.75	-9.5
M. Volquez	34	32	63	1	0	64	0	1.000	271.0	2.13	-2.5
J. Caplan	7	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	21.0	1.29	0.7
J. Frantz	3	2	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	20.0	3.15	-0.1
V. Robles	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	6.0	1.50	-0.0
I. Lippert	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0
Totals	202	162	325	9	1	335	1	.997	1474.3	2.04	-4.5

Right Fielders
Player	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR
J. Caplan	157	157	229	10	0	241	2	.992	1403.0	1.53	-11.6
N. Mendoza	8	3	5	0	0	5	0	1.000	36.3	1.24	-0.0
V. Robles	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	13.0	2.08	-1.5
G. Gambino	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	12.0	0.75	-0.0
J. Frantz	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	10.0	2.70	-0.0
Totals	173	162	241	10	0	253	2	.992	1474.3	1.53	-13.2

Team Leaders

Batting Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Batting Average	Victor Robles	.294
On-Base Percentage	Victor Robles	.359
Slugging Percentage	J.J. Caplan	.505
OPS	J.J. Caplan	.864
Games	J.J. Caplan	159
At-Bats	J.J. Caplan	630
Runs	J.J. Caplan	97
Hits	J.J. Caplan	179
Doubles	J.J. Caplan	43
Triples	Fernando Ortiz, Tom Arrington	7
Home Runs	J.J. Caplan	28
Runs Batted In	J.J. Caplan	107
Stolen Bases	Fernando Ortiz	36
Caught Stealing	Fernando Ortiz	12
Walks	J.J. Caplan, Fernando Ortiz	73
Strikeouts	J.J. Caplan	152

Pitching Leaders

Category	Player(s)	Value
Wins	Edgar Mejia	20
Losses	Travis Neal	13
Saves	Reynaldo Jimenez	47
Games	Steven Kreighbaum	82
Games Started	Jamie Herberholz	33
Complete Games	Travis Neal, Jamie Herberholz	1
Shutouts	Jamie Herberholz	1
Innings Pitched	Travis Neal	224.0
Hits Allowed	Travis Neal	188
Home Runs Allowed	Travis Neal	18
Strikeouts	Jamie Herberholz	263
Walks Allowed	Jamie Herberholz	85
Earned Run Average	Tom Oshman	2.47
Walks + Hits per IP	Edgar Mejia	0.99
BABIP	Tom Oshman	.283

Trades
Date	Sent		Recieved
April 21st	3B Liam Ingle $5,750,000	to the Pawtucket Patriots for	2nd Round Draft Pick
April 28th	CF Jaime Frantz	to the Philadelphia Freedom for	3B Dave Farmer