2008 Bluefield Orioles Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 29-36
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (29-36)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 29,867, Avg. 905 in 33 home dates
2008 Bluefield Orioles RosterTeam Record: 29-36
Finished 3rd in the AL's East Division
Manager: Orlando Gomez (29-36)
Affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Location: Bluefield, West Virginia
Ballpark: Bowen Field
Attendance: 29,867, Avg. 905 in 33 home dates
The Bluefield Orioles of the Appalachian League ended the 2008 season with a record of 29 wins and 36 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.
The Orioles plated 298 runs and conceded 337 runs. Elvin Polanco paced Bluefield with 10 home runs and drove in 42 runs. Ronnie Welty led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .314 clip. Kenny Moreland topped the team with 6 wins, while Colin Allen recorded a 2.32 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 2008 Bluefield Orioles who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Oliver Drake, Eddie Gamboa and Jason Gurka.
Orlando Gomez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Moreland | 6 | 4 | .600 | 2.93 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.7 | 70 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 275 |
| Patrick Kantakevich | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.29 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 83 |
| Brian Sisk | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.74 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 110 |
| Colin Allen | 3 | 2 | .600 | 2.31 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 59 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 273 |
| Tyler Sexton | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4.19 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.7 | 65 | 36 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 241 |
| T. R. Keating | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.45 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.7 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 127 |
| Thomas Phelps | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.75 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.3 | 41 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 |
| Oliver Drake | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.77 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.7 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| Jose Barajas | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.75 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19.7 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 78 |
| Chase Phillips | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.70 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Josh Faiola | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.94 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 138 |
| Daniel Eastham | 1 | 4 | .200 | 9.45 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 111 |
| Raul Rivero | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.78 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.3 | 84 | 49 | 40 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 289 |
| Eddie Gamboa | 1 | 7 | .125 | 3.63 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62.0 | 64 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 260 |
| Josh Tarnow | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Jason Gurka | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Samuel Basta | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 53 | |
| Adolfito Garcia | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Conrad Orman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 20.86 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
| Kyle Touchatt | 0 | 3 | .000 | 4.31 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 37 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 142 |
| Totals | 29 | 36 | .446 | 4.31 | 196 | 65 | 63 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 553.7 | 615 | 337 | 265 | 35 | 181 | 5 | 469 | 40 | 4 | 58 | 2472 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Polanco | 62 | 241 | 219 | 36 | 68 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 45 | .311 | .365 | .530 | .895 | 116 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ronnie Welty | 55 | 226 | 207 | 26 | 65 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 49 | .314 | .362 | .440 | .801 | 91 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodolfo Cardona | 49 | 193 | 166 | 25 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 40 | .283 | .372 | .398 | .769 | 66 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Levi Carolus | 49 | 182 | 167 | 21 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 55 | .275 | .324 | .461 | .785 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Buck Britton | 47 | 175 | 149 | 19 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 20 | .289 | .372 | .322 | .694 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Richard D Oleo | 52 | 188 | 162 | 25 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 34 | .216 | .319 | .327 | .646 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brian Conley | 38 | 155 | 133 | 25 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | .248 | .355 | .376 | .731 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Rook | 45 | 159 | 138 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 47 | .232 | .314 | .312 | .626 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicholas Ray | 46 | 167 | 142 | 18 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 54 | .225 | .325 | .289 | .614 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Stevens | 49 | 185 | 150 | 29 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 48 | .213 | .350 | .280 | .630 | 42 | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Luis Bernardo | 40 | 134 | 122 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | .197 | .244 | .230 | .474 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Arthur Bonevacia | 30 | 93 | 78 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 30 | .256 | .341 | .308 | .649 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance West | 29 | 92 | 81 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 35 | .210 | .304 | .457 | .761 | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Preston Pehrson | 37 | 87 | 73 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 20 | .192 | .310 | .315 | .625 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Tarnow | 22 | 70 | 60 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 24 | .183 | .286 | .233 | .519 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Heller | 17 | 53 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .159 | .302 | .227 | .529 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Black | 14 | 50 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | .128 | .300 | .128 | .428 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 681 | 2450 | 2130 | 298 | 531 | 94 | 13 | 39 | 260 | 57 | 35 | 224 | 561 | .249 | .335 | .361 | .695 | 768 | 47 | 57 | 24 | 15 | 4 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvin Polanco | 1B | 60 | 528 | 29 | 14 | 38 | .975 | 9.283 | ||||
| Preston Pehrson | 1B | 11 | 75 | 7 | 1 | 6 | .988 | 7.455 | ||||
| Levi Carolus | 1B | 3 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .882 | 5.000 | ||||
| Josh Tarnow | 1B | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .917 | 5.500 | ||||
| Lance West | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Buck Britton | 2B | 43 | 83 | 106 | 6 | 28 | .969 | 4.395 | ||||
| Rodolfo Cardona | 2B | 21 | 28 | 65 | 4 | 11 | .959 | 4.429 | ||||
| Bobby Stevens | 2B | 9 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 2 | .927 | 4.222 | ||||
| Levi Carolus | 2B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Levi Carolus | 3B | 43 | 33 | 94 | 18 | 10 | .876 | 2.953 | ||||
| Brian Conley | 3B | 23 | 11 | 47 | 6 | 5 | .906 | 2.522 | ||||
| Josh Tarnow | 3B | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bobby Stevens | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Buck Britton | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Bernardo | C | 40 | 245 | 70 | 7 | 2 | .978 | 7.875 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 47.8 |
| Preston Pehrson | C | 18 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.056 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11.1 |
| Josh Tarnow | C | 12 | 86 | 11 | 2 | 3 | .980 | 8.083 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 35.7 |
| Dustin Black | C | 8 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 7.875 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Jason Rook | CF | 36 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .969 | 1.750 | ||||
| Nicholas Ray | CF | 27 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .950 | 1.407 | ||||
| Arthur Bonevacia | CF | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Richard D Oleo | CF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Arthur Bonevacia | LF | 20 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .955 | 1.050 | ||||
| Nicholas Ray | LF | 17 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Lance West | LF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Ronnie Welty | LF | 12 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.417 | ||||
| Richard D Oleo | LF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Heller | LF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Levi Carolus | LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Ronnie Welty | OF | 55 | 78 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .952 | 1.436 | ||||
| Jason Rook | OF | 44 | 73 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .975 | 1.750 | ||||
| Nicholas Ray | OF | 44 | 59 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 1.409 | ||||
| Arthur Bonevacia | OF | 27 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .963 | .963 | ||||
| Brian Conley | OF | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Lance West | OF | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
| Richard D Oleo | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Daniel Heller | OF | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Levi Carolus | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jose Barajas | P | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .176 | ||||
| Patrick Kantakevich | P | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .778 | .500 | ||||
| Colin Allen | P | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .800 | .857 | ||||
| Kyle Touchatt | P | 13 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .625 | .385 | ||||
| Brian Sisk | P | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .154 | ||||
| Raul Rivero | P | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.154 | ||||
| Kenny Moreland | P | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| T. R. Keating | P | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .769 | ||||
| Josh Faiola | P | 13 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .462 | ||||
| Tyler Sexton | P | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
| Eddie Gamboa | P | 12 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .762 | 1.333 | ||||
| Daniel Eastham | P | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .417 | ||||
| Thomas Phelps | P | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.100 | ||||
| Conrad Orman | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Oliver Drake | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Samuel Basta | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Chase Phillips | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jason Gurka | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Josh Tarnow | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Adolfito Garcia | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Ronnie Welty | RF | 44 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .939 | 1.409 | ||||
| Brian Conley | RF | 15 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.533 | ||||
| Jason Rook | RF | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
| Nicholas Ray | RF | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Arthur Bonevacia | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Daniel Heller | RF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Bobby Stevens | SS | 40 | 57 | 134 | 16 | 32 | .923 | 4.775 | ||||
| Rodolfo Cardona | SS | 30 | 29 | 77 | 8 | 7 | .930 | 3.533 | ||||
| Buck Britton | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Totals | 1003 | 1945 | 776 | 135 | 165 | .953 | 2.713 | 22 | 46 | 30 | 39.5 |
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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