2001 Lexington Legends Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 92-48
Finished 1st in the SAL's Northern Division
Manager: Joe Cannon (92-48)
Affiliation: Houston Astros
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Ballpark: Applebee's Park
Attendance: 451,076, Avg. 6,444 in 70 home dates

2001 Lexington Legends Roster

Playoffs - Lexington Legends 2 games, Hagerstown Suns 0
Finals - Lexington Legends 2 games, Asheville Tourists 0 - Series cancelled; Lexington declared champion.

The Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League ended the 2001 season with a record of 92 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the league's Northern Division.

The Legends led the league with 781 runs, fueled by 153 home runs. Lexington yielded 505 runs. Jon Topolski paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Mike Rosamond, Félix Escalona, Tommy Whiteman and John Buck each walloped 15 or more, too. Jon Topolski drove in 96 runs. Tommy Whiteman topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .319 clip. Mike Nannini paced the team with 15 wins, and Rodrigo Rosario registered a 2.14 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 2001 Lexington Legends who spent time in the Majors during their careers included John Buck, Santiago Ramírez, Félix Escalona, Kirk Saarloos and Rodrigo Rosario.

Joe Cannon 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
Mike Nannini	15	5	.750	2.70	28	27	0	4	1	0	190.3	176	70	57	17	36	0	151	6	0	7	771
Rodrigo Rosario	13	4	.765	2.14	30	21	5	1	0	2	147.0	105	46	35	8	36	1	131	10	0	3	584
Tony Pluta	12	4	.750	3.20	26	26	0	0	0	0	132.3	107	52	47	7	86	0	138	12	0	11	570
Nick Roberts	10	1	.909	2.95	20	20	0	3	1	0	137.3	118	49	45	10	21	0	128	4	0	3	540
Santiago Ramírez	8	2	.800	3.63	45	0	23	0	0	4	79.3	69	35	32	2	28	1	85	3	1	8	328
Darwin Peguero	8	10	.444	4.05	34	15	9	0	0	2	124.3	112	67	56	14	37	0	134	6	2	8	509
Max Tremblay	6	4	.600	4.14	48	0	27	0	0	4	67.3	74	37	31	9	29	2	84	3	0	7	308
Manny Santillan	6	5	.545	3.54	38	7	8	0	0	1	96.7	83	43	38	4	43	1	90	6	0	7	408
Chris George	5	1	.833	3.88	40	0	27	0	0	2	51.0	43	26	22	7	30	0	65	2	0	9	232
Ryan Jamison	4	2	.667	2.28	9	8	1	0	0	0	55.3	40	17	14	3	9	0	63	6	0	6	215
Rob Stiehl	2	3	.400	1.98	14	12	0	0	0	0	50.0	28	17	11	2	34	0	59	2	2	5	207
Kirk Saarloos	1	1	.500	1.17	22	0	19	0	0	11	30.7	18	5	4	1	7	0	40	1	0	2	119
Brian Middleton	1	1	.500	5.30	11	1	3	0	0	0	18.7	18	13	11	2	11	1	19	0	0	1	85
Jon Krysa	1	3	.250	3.68	16	0	4	0	0	1	29.3	24	13	12	3	8	1	25	3	0	5	120
Paul Lockhart	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8
Grant Dorn	0	0		2.05	10	0	5	0	0	1	22.0	23	6	5	2	2	0	17	1	0	2	89
Derek Stanford	0	2	.000	6.94	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.7	9	9	9	2	7	0	5	1	0	0	48
Totals	92	48	.657	3.10	395	140	132	8	2	28	1245.3	1049	505	429	93	424	7	1235	66	5	84	5141

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
Jon Topolski	136	633	550	98	158	27	7	24	96	28	11	75	128	.287	.375	.493	.868	271	3	4	1	3	6
Félix Escalona	130	592	536	92	155	42	2	16	64	46	12	30	85	.289	.342	.465	.807	249	8	16	5	5	2
Mike Hill	119	528	465	82	142	31	6	12	65	27	9	48	102	.305	.381	.475	.856	221	12	11	0	4	3
Tommy Whiteman	114	438	389	58	124	26	8	18	57	17	13	34	106	.319	.380	.566	.946	220	4	7	4	4	1
John Buck	122	498	443	72	122	24	1	22	73	4	9	37	84	.275	.345	.483	.828	214	8	12	2	4	0
Ramon German	129	529	461	72	122	37	3	13	93	21	9	55	107	.265	.352	.443	.794	204	8	9	0	4	1
Mike Rosamond	101	435	394	62	105	19	3	16	55	32	13	37	112	.266	.336	.452	.787	178	7	4	0	0	3
Brian Schmitt	99	417	376	51	91	22	3	9	50	5	8	31	100	.242	.314	.388	.702	146	2	9	0	1	2
Paul Lockhart	99	360	320	48	79	17	4	6	40	3	2	29	73	.247	.317	.381	.698	122	5	5	3	3	0
Mickey McKee	73	264	238	35	64	16	4	5	35	4	3	21	61	.269	.333	.433	.766	103	5	3	0	2	1
John Toven	56	182	167	34	43	5	0	2	16	12	5	8	32	.257	.304	.323	.627	54	2	4	1	2	0
Fehlandt Lentini	29	134	122	27	36	11	2	1	21	10	4	10	16	.295	.351	.443	.793	54	2	1	0	1	0
Steve Truitt	28	100	88	18	26	7	0	3	13	7	1	9	26	.295	.364	.477	.841	42	0	1	1	1	0
Matt Lucas	29	68	67	9	18	8	0	3	8	0	1	0	18	.269	.279	.522	.802	35	1	1	0	0	0
Nate Nelson	19	67	64	3	15	1	0	0	6	2	3	1	10	.234	.242	.250	.492	16	2	0	1	1	0
Danny Fatheree	21	69	61	8	14	3	0	1	9	0	0	7	13	.230	.319	.328	.647	20	1	1	0	0	0
Jesse Joyce	18	70	53	12	6	1	0	2	4	3	1	15	16	.113	.329	.245	.574	13	1	2	0	0	0
Reinaldo Ruiz	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1325	5389	4799	781	1321	297	43	153	706	221	104	447	1089	.275	.346	.451	.797	2163	71	90	18	35	19

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Brian Schmitt	1B	98	799	57	16	68	.982	8.735
Mickey McKee	1B	36	286	26	3	23	.990	8.667
Nate Nelson	1B	12	109	4	1	7	.991	9.417
Félix Escalona	2B	109	203	298	11	60	.979	4.596
John Toven	2B	34	43	87	5	12	.963	3.824
Mickey McKee	2B	1	2	3	1	0	.833	5.000
Ramon German	3B	126	83	207	16	14	.948	2.302
Mickey McKee	3B	13	10	13	3	0	.885	1.769
Nate Nelson	3B	7	3	13	2	1	.889	2.286
John Buck	C	120	1006	118	6	3	.995	9.367	20	87	51	37.0
Matt Lucas	C	25	140	14	1	0	.994	6.160	6	15	6	28.6
Danny Fatheree	C	13	97	4	1	0	.990	7.769	1	6	2	25.0
Reinaldo Ruiz	C	3	14	0	0	0	1.000	4.667	0	0	0
Mike Rosamond	CF	101						.000
Fehlandt Lentini	CF	29						.000
Steve Truitt	CF	6						.000
Jon Topolski	CF	6						.000
Mike Hill	CF	1						.000
Jon Topolski	LF	91						.000
Paul Lockhart	LF	20						.000
Steve Truitt	LF	19						.000
Mike Hill	LF	16						.000
Mickey McKee	LF	1						.000
Mike Hill	OF	112	162	7	5	2	.971	1.509
Jon Topolski	OF	106	151	16	1	2	.994	1.575
Mike Rosamond	OF	101	191	3	7	2	.965	1.921
Paul Lockhart	OF	51	62	3	3	0	.956	1.275
Fehlandt Lentini	OF	29	54	4	0	0	1.000	2.000
Steve Truitt	OF	27	42	1	1	0	.977	1.593
Mickey McKee	OF	3	4	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Jesse Joyce	OF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Max Tremblay	P	48	1	12	0	1	1.000	.271
Santiago Ramírez	P	45	3	10	0	1	1.000	.289
Chris George	P	40	2	10	0	0	1.000	.300
Manny Santillan	P	38	7	14	1	3	.955	.553
Darwin Peguero	P	34	4	18	2	0	.917	.647
Rodrigo Rosario	P	30	9	31	4	2	.909	1.333
Mike Nannini	P	28	13	28	6	4	.872	1.464
Tony Pluta	P	26	6	18	1	1	.960	.923
Kirk Saarloos	P	22	1	12	0	0	1.000	.591
Nick Roberts	P	20	16	18	2	0	.944	1.700
Jon Krysa	P	16	0	6	0	0	1.000	.375
Rob Stiehl	P	14	3	11	2	0	.875	1.000
Brian Middleton	P	11	2	4	0	0	1.000	.545
Grant Dorn	P	10	3	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Ryan Jamison	P	9	3	14	1	0	.944	1.889
Derek Stanford	P	3	1	6	0	0	1.000	2.333
Paul Lockhart	P	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Hill	RF	95						.000
Paul Lockhart	RF	32						.000
Jon Topolski	RF	11						.000
Steve Truitt	RF	2						.000
Mickey McKee	RF	2						.000
Jesse Joyce	RF	1						.000
Tommy Whiteman	SS	110	143	286	23	59	.949	3.900
Félix Escalona	SS	20	37	54	12	11	.883	4.550
John Toven	SS	10	19	24	1	2	.977	4.300
Totals		1995	3736	1457	138	278	.974	2.603	27	108	59	35.3

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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