2008 Vancouver Canadians Roster

Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 34-42
Finished 3rd in the NWL's West Division
Manager: Rick Magnante (34-42)
Affiliation: Oakland Athletics
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Ballpark: Nat Bailey Stadium
Attendance: 129,073, Avg. 3,585 in 36 home dates
2008 Vancouver Canadians Statistics

The Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League ended the 2008 season with a record of 34 wins and 42 losses, finishing third in the league's West Division.

The Canadians scored 314 runs and gave up 369 runs. Jeremy Barfield accounted for 41 RBI. Jason Christian paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .291 clip. Kenny Smalley topped the team with 5 wins, while Pedro Figueroa registered a 3.96 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Dusty Coleman and Pedro Figueroa both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Rick Magnante served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Carlos ArriecheRRMarch 30, 19855'10"190Barquisimeto, Lara VE
Jeremy BarfieldRLJuly 12, 19886'5"245Houston, TX US
Trey BarhamLLNovember 7, 19856'0"215Norfolk, VA US
Jason ChristianLRJune 16, 19876'3"185Cincinnati, OH US
Dusty ColemanRRApril 20, 19876'2"205Sioux Falls, SD US
Wally CorreaRRJuly 17, 19866'1"200Caracas, Distrito Federal VE
Inoel DeazaRRMay 10, 19866'2"180Mao, Valverde DO
Pedro FigueroaLLNovember 23, 19856'0"215Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Matthew FittsRRSeptember 14, 19856'1"205Lewiston, ID US
Hector GarciaRROctober 22, 19856'3"160La Romana, La Romana DO
Leonardo GilRRAugust 18, 19876'1"160Barquisimeto, Lara VE
Fabian GomezSLAugust 27, 19846'0"200Deming, NM US
Jose GuzmanRRNovember 5, 19875'11"185Yaguate, San Cristobal DO
Mike HartRRFebruary 9, 19875'11"225Staten Island, NY US
Shawn HavilandRRNovember 10, 19856'2"200Farmington, CT US
Carlos HernandezLLMarch 4, 19875'11"155Santa Clara, CA US
Brad HertzlerRLApril 11, 19866'1"210Providence, RI US
Ben HornbeckRLJuly 22, 19876'5"180Phoenix, AZ US
Ryne JerniganRRJune 27, 19855'10"175Milton, FL US
Mathieu LeBlanc PoirierLRMarch 10, 19876'1"175Laval, QC CA
Chad LeeRRDecember 20, 19856'4"210Oklahoma City, OK US
Mitch LeVierLLJanuary 12, 19885'11"190Whittier, CA US
Mike LissmanRLJune 10, 19855'10"210Ontario, OR US
Dante LoveRRApril 8, 19875'11"195San Diego, CA US
Marcos LuisRRNovember 27, 19855'11"180Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Brent LysanderRRApril 5, 19856'7"210Mountain View, CA US
Lorenzo MaciasRRAugust 17, 19856'2"188Fontana, CA US
Ronny MorlaRRMay 19, 19886'4"180Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor DO
Dusty NapoleonLRMay 21, 19866'2"210Park Ridge, IL US
Juan NunezRRAugust 27, 19876'1"215Bani, Peravia DO
J. D. PruittRRMarch 11, 19855'9"195Skipperville, AL US
Julio RiveraRRJuly 20, 19875'11"200Bayamon, PR
Rodney RutherfordRRJune 7, 19855'10"185Columbus, GA US
Kenny SmalleyRRJuly 25, 19876'2"195Cartersville, IL US
Ryne TackerRRFebruary 2, 19846'2"195Houston, TX US
Edgar TejedaRRMarch 4, 19876'0"180San Cristobal, San Cristobal DO
Daniel ThomasRRFebruary 10, 19866'2"200Tampa, FL US
David ThomasSRJuly 29, 19866'0"195Winston-Salem, NC US
Francisco TiradoSRJuly 30, 19876'2"185Manati, PR
Juan VillegasRRJanuary 20, 19876'0"170Valencia, Carabobo VE
Daniel WentzellLLMay 16, 19856'3"200Newberg, OR US
Jareck WestRRApril 30, 19855'10"210Cleveland, MS US

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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