2002 Hickory Crawdads Statistics
South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the SAL's Northern Division
Manager: Tony Beasley (83-56)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Hickory, North Carolina
Ballpark: L.P. Frans Stadium
Attendance: 182,800, Avg. 2,649 in 69 home dates
2002 Hickory Crawdads RosterTeam Record: 83-56
Finished 1st in the SAL's Northern Division
Manager: Tony Beasley (83-56)
Affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Location: Hickory, North Carolina
Ballpark: L.P. Frans Stadium
Attendance: 182,800, Avg. 2,649 in 69 home dates
Playoffs - Hickory Crawdads 2 games, Delmarva Shorebirds 0
Finals - Hickory Crawdads 3 games, Columbus RedStixx 2
The Hickory Crawdads of the South Atlantic League ended the 2002 season with a record of 83 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the league's Northern Division.
The Crawdads plated 747 runs, tops in the circuit. Hickory conceded 567 runs. Walter Young paced the squad with 25 home runs, and Chris Shelton walloped 15 or more, too. Walter Young drove in 103 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .333. Jeff Miller led the squad with 13 wins, while Ian Snell earned a 2.72 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 2002 Hickory Crawdads who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Ryan Doumit, Chris Shelton, Josías Manzanillo, José Bautista, Chris Young, Rajai Davis, Bob Henley, Juan Carlos Oviedo, Ian Snell, Walter Young, John Van Benschoten, Roberto Novoa and Jeff Keppinger.
Tony Beasley 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Miller | 13 | 5 | .722 | 3.75 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103.3 | 100 | 44 | 43 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 434 |
| Patrick O'Brien | 12 | 7 | .632 | 3.82 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146.0 | 149 | 77 | 62 | 13 | 30 | 0 | 101 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 619 |
| John Van Benschoten | 11 | 4 | .733 | 2.80 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148.0 | 119 | 57 | 46 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 145 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 620 |
| Ian Snell | 11 | 6 | .647 | 2.71 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 139.7 | 127 | 49 | 42 | 8 | 45 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 576 |
| Chris Young | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.11 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 144.7 | 127 | 57 | 50 | 11 | 34 | 1 | 136 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 587 |
| Julio Guerrero | 7 | 3 | .700 | 3.66 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.3 | 72 | 39 | 29 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 299 |
| Carlos De Los Santos | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.52 | 37 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 75.0 | 57 | 31 | 21 | 5 | 43 | 4 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 324 |
| Casey Shumaker | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.07 | 47 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 58.7 | 53 | 28 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 255 |
| Nick Gravelle | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
| Steve Fitch | 2 | 2 | .500 | 2.87 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 |
| Jon Searles | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.81 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 79.0 | 86 | 59 | 51 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 53 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 360 |
| Jose Lopez | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Brian Jackson | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 14.09 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Roberto Novoa | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.48 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 61 | 30 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 205 |
| Blas Cedeno | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 54 | |
| Juan Carlos Oviedo | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Josías Manzanillo | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Greg Dukeman | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.13 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 98 |
| Derrick DePriest | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.14 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 |
| Drew Friedberg | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.80 | 37 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45.0 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 201 |
| Alexander Lissir | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.35 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31.0 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
| Totals | 83 | 56 | .597 | 3.51 | 397 | 139 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1206.0 | 1134 | 567 | 470 | 97 | 404 | 17 | 1038 | 60 | 11 | 60 | 5128 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Young | 132 | 551 | 492 | 84 | 164 | 34 | 2 | 25 | 103 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 102 | .333 | .390 | .563 | .953 | 277 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| José Bautista | 129 | 520 | 438 | 72 | 132 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 57 | 3 | 2 | 67 | 104 | .301 | .402 | .470 | .872 | 206 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Jeff Keppinger | 126 | 540 | 478 | 75 | 132 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 73 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 33 | .276 | .344 | .404 | .748 | 193 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Vic Buttler | 124 | 536 | 460 | 77 | 131 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 64 | 30 | 11 | 45 | 65 | .285 | .353 | .376 | .729 | 173 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 |
| Chris Shelton | 93 | 388 | 332 | 72 | 113 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 74 | .340 | .425 | .587 | 1.013 | 195 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Jeremy Harts | 76 | 293 | 257 | 55 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 7 | 5 | 30 | 79 | .323 | .397 | .502 | .899 | 129 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ryan Doumit | 68 | 291 | 258 | 46 | 83 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 40 | .322 | .377 | .453 | .831 | 117 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Brandon Chaves | 105 | 396 | 335 | 56 | 83 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 89 | .248 | .337 | .349 | .686 | 117 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| Manny Ravelo | 92 | 390 | 341 | 48 | 81 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 42 | 18 | 38 | 80 | .238 | .325 | .290 | .615 | 99 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Hernandez | 59 | 225 | 202 | 16 | 57 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 48 | .282 | .341 | .421 | .762 | 85 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Aron Weston | 67 | 267 | 226 | 38 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 5 | 35 | 49 | .239 | .337 | .354 | .691 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Avelino Asprilla | 54 | 195 | 176 | 27 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 47 | .250 | .305 | .335 | .640 | 59 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Hill | 39 | 155 | 141 | 15 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | .277 | .306 | .298 | .604 | 42 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel De La Cruz | 56 | 164 | 151 | 15 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 40 | .212 | .274 | .344 | .619 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hudnall | 30 | 94 | 86 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 30 | .186 | .239 | .198 | .437 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jorge Cortes | 17 | 69 | 59 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | .254 | .343 | .390 | .733 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Riera | 14 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .300 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Rogers | 22 | 72 | 65 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .154 | .203 | .200 | .403 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luis Landaeta | 9 | 34 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rajai Davis | 6 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .429 | .619 | .429 | 1.048 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Meath | 15 | 50 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 13 | .125 | .271 | .125 | .396 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Milver Reyes | 4 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 | .267 | .357 | .624 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Henley | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mickey Scala | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1342 | 5328 | 4645 | 747 | 1303 | 233 | 26 | 111 | 676 | 142 | 76 | 475 | 954 | .281 | .356 | .414 | .769 | 1921 | 79 | 92 | 74 | 42 | 16 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Young | 1B | 77 | 584 | 58 | 15 | 54 | .977 | 8.338 | ||||
| Chris Shelton | 1B | 52 | 414 | 31 | 0 | 38 | 1.000 | 8.558 | ||||
| Miguel De La Cruz | 1B | 17 | 106 | 5 | 2 | 8 | .982 | 6.529 | ||||
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 113 | 201 | 306 | 10 | 69 | .981 | 4.487 | ||||
| Avelino Asprilla | 2B | 21 | 42 | 67 | 4 | 8 | .965 | 5.190 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | 2B | 9 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| José Bautista | 3B | 124 | 74 | 187 | 24 | 12 | .916 | 2.105 | ||||
| Miguel De La Cruz | 3B | 31 | 11 | 33 | 4 | 3 | .917 | 1.419 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | 3B | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | 3B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jose Hernandez | C | 57 | 393 | 46 | 6 | 3 | .987 | 7.702 | 6 | 54 | 19 | 26.0 |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 31 | 199 | 15 | 7 | 0 | .968 | 6.903 | 6 | 30 | 8 | 21.1 |
| Chris Shelton | C | 25 | 189 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .995 | 7.840 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 15.4 |
| Brandon Rogers | C | 22 | 156 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .988 | 7.409 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 23.5 |
| Zack Riera | C | 11 | 78 | 6 | 5 | 0 | .944 | 7.636 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 30.8 |
| Milver Reyes | C | 4 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .971 | 8.250 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Vic Buttler | CF | 70 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aron Weston | CF | 29 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | CF | 28 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Ravelo | CF | 12 | .000 | |||||||||
| Rajai Davis | CF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Chris Shelton | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meath | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Manny Ravelo | LF | 78 | .000 | |||||||||
| Aron Weston | LF | 32 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jorge Cortes | LF | 17 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | LF | 8 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meath | LF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Buttler | LF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Scala | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Hudnall | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Avelino Asprilla | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Buttler | OF | 120 | 253 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .989 | 2.167 | ||||
| Manny Ravelo | OF | 87 | 162 | 5 | 7 | 0 | .960 | 1.920 | ||||
| Jeremy Harts | OF | 75 | 142 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .931 | 1.987 | ||||
| Aron Weston | OF | 61 | 110 | 7 | 3 | 0 | .975 | 1.918 | ||||
| Willy Hill | OF | 39 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.718 | ||||
| Jorge Cortes | OF | 17 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .912 | 1.824 | ||||
| Matt Meath | OF | 11 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.727 | ||||
| Luis Landaeta | OF | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.222 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | OF | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.857 | ||||
| Rajai Davis | OF | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Mickey Scala | OF | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Avelino Asprilla | OF | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Chris Shelton | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Miguel De La Cruz | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Brandon Chaves | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.000 | ||||
| Casey Shumaker | P | 47 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .875 | .298 | ||||
| Drew Friedberg | P | 37 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | .733 | .297 | ||||
| Carlos De Los Santos | P | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .189 | ||||
| Jon Searles | P | 31 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | .941 | .516 | ||||
| Jeff Miller | P | 31 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .613 | ||||
| Julio Guerrero | P | 31 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .516 | ||||
| John Van Benschoten | P | 27 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.370 | ||||
| Chris Young | P | 26 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .919 | 1.308 | ||||
| Patrick O'Brien | P | 26 | 10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | .970 | 1.231 | ||||
| Ian Snell | P | 24 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Alexander Lissir | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .750 | .375 | ||||
| Steve Fitch | P | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .214 | ||||
| Greg Dukeman | P | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 | ||||
| Roberto Novoa | P | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .750 | .300 | ||||
| Brian Jackson | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .286 | ||||
| Blas Cedeno | P | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .857 | ||||
| Nick Gravelle | P | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Derrick DePriest | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Jose Lopez | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Juan Carlos Oviedo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Josías Manzanillo | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Jeremy Harts | RF | 75 | .000 | |||||||||
| Vic Buttler | RF | 49 | .000 | |||||||||
| Luis Landaeta | RF | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Josh Hudnall | RF | 6 | .000 | |||||||||
| Willy Hill | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Mickey Scala | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Matt Meath | RF | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
| Avelino Asprilla | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Miguel De La Cruz | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Chaves | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Brandon Chaves | SS | 103 | 151 | 251 | 25 | 47 | .941 | 3.903 | ||||
| Avelino Asprilla | SS | 31 | 45 | 82 | 5 | 20 | .962 | 4.097 | ||||
| Josh Hudnall | SS | 12 | 12 | 30 | 5 | 8 | .894 | 3.500 | ||||
| José Bautista | SS | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Totals | 2032 | 3618 | 1352 | 162 | 287 | .968 | 2.446 | 25 | 133 | 41 | 23.6 |
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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