2008 Mississippi Braves Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 2nd in the SL's South Division
Manager: Phil Wellman (73-66)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Pearl, Mississippi
Ballpark: Mississippi Braves Stadium
Attendance: 212,107, Avg. 3,166 in 67 home dates

2008 Mississippi Braves Roster

Playoffs - Mississippi Braves 3 games, Birmingham Barons 0
Finals - Mississippi Braves 3 games, Carolina Mudcats 2

The Mississippi Braves of the Southern League ended the 2008 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.

The Braves plated 628 runs and surrendered 643 runs. Kala Ka'aihue paced Mississippi with 14 home runs and drove in 61 runs. Matt Young led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .289 clip. Todd Redmond topped the squad with 13 wins, while Kris Medlen and Todd Redmond earned a 3.52 ERA, leading regular hurlers.

Members of the 2008 Mississippi Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were James Parr, Jairo Asencio, Jonny Venters, Matt Diaz, Brandon Hicks, Diory Hernández, Kris Medlen, Jeff Francoeur, Jason Perry, Jordan Schafer, Tommy Hanson, John Smoltz, Martín Prado, Tom Glavine, Todd Redmond, Deunte Heath, Mike Hampton, Matt Young, Mike Gonzalez, Mark Kotsay, Rafael Soriano, Reid Gorecki and J. C. Boscán.

Phil Wellman 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
Todd Redmond	13	5	.722	3.52	28	27	0	0	0	0	166.3	164	72	65	17	33	2	133	6	0	4	686
Tommy Hanson	8	4	.667	3.03	18	18	0	1	1	0	98.0	70	39	33	9	41	0	114	9	0	5	410
James Parr	8	4	.667	3.69	18	17	0	0	0	0	95.0	87	40	39	9	37	0	81	2	1	3	397
Kris Medlen	7	8	.467	3.52	36	17	8	0	0	1	120.3	121	47	47	8	27	2	120	5	0	3	491
Carlos Sencion	6	4	.600	4.72	25	12	2	0	0	0	76.3	73	40	40	6	44	1	63	2	2	5	341
Jairo Asencio	4	3	.571	2.76	55	0	45	0	0	28	65.3	48	30	20	3	36	3	77	5	0	4	282
Michael Nix	4	3	.571	6.34	36	0	14	0	0	1	49.7	52	42	35	4	36	2	41	3	0	8	235
Deunte Heath	4	5	.444	5.56	13	11	1	0	0	0	66.3	76	50	41	5	32	0	46	5	1	7	307
Nelson Payano	3	2	.600	3.95	27	0	8	0	0	0	43.3	41	22	19	1	22	0	36	1	1	7	187
Jerome Gamble	3	5	.375	4.09	23	7	2	0	0	0	66.0	58	32	30	5	25	0	51	2	0	4	278
Ryan Basner	2	0	1.000	5.56	14	0	5	0	0	0	22.7	26	18	14	5	10	0	14	1	0	3	102
Bryan Dumesnil	2	1	.667	4.41	15	0	9	0	0	1	16.3	15	8	8	1	10	0	14	2	0	0	75
Sung Ki Jung	2	2	.500	4.41	49	0	21	0	0	6	63.3	63	37	31	0	24	0	59	6	0	3	283
Kevin Gunderson	2	2	.500	4.74	36	0	11	0	0	3	43.7	46	23	23	2	14	2	22	7	0	0	187
Jonny Venters	1	0	1.000	1.00	3	2	1	0	0	0	9.0	10	2	1	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	42
Brad Nelson	1	0	1.000	4.47	23	1	5	0	0	1	46.3	53	30	23	2	14	0	30	0	0	1	202
Stephen Marek	1	2	.333	3.21	10	0	3	0	0	1	14.0	12	5	5	1	6	2	11	0	0	1	58
Dustin Evans	1	5	.167	10.91	8	7	0	0	0	0	31.3	55	39	38	2	18	0	21	2	0	4	163
Dan Smith	1	7	.125	6.16	14	12	0	0	0	0	61.3	81	45	42	5	34	0	47	5	0	3	290
Mike Gonzalez	0	0		0.00	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20
Jeff Lyman	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	18
John Smoltz	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Rafael Soriano	0	0		0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	7
Mike Hampton	0	0		3.86	2	2	0	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	28
Paul Bush	0	1	.000	3.24	12	0	2	0	0	0	16.7	10	6	6	2	7	1	21	4	0	2	70
Tom Glavine	0	1	.000	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20
Jairo Cuevas	0	2	.000	7.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.0	21	10	10	1	6	0	8	0	0	0	64
Totals	73	66	.525	4.28	477	139	138	1	1	42	1208.3	1204	643	575	89	486	15	1032	68	5	67	5247

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
Matt Young	135	577	491	74	142	16	11	3	50	30	12	68	62	.289	.384	.385	.769	189	10	9	7	2	0
J. C. Holt	96	439	393	54	112	17	9	3	45	22	11	39	68	.285	.351	.397	.748	156	7	2	3	2	1
Kala Ka'aihue	126	475	376	63	103	23	2	14	61	0	4	88	119	.274	.417	.457	.874	172	8	7	0	4	2
Javier Guzman	108	430	387	50	98	15	4	4	35	8	4	19	49	.253	.299	.344	.643	133	8	8	12	4	0
Greg Creek	119	402	351	49	94	20	7	6	55	0	3	42	74	.268	.356	.416	.772	146	4	7	0	2	1
Van Pope	99	392	350	47	91	21	1	4	50	8	5	35	54	.260	.331	.360	.691	126	13	3	2	2	1
Jordan Schafer	84	349	297	46	80	18	6	10	51	12	5	49	88	.269	.378	.471	.850	140	6	3	0	0	1
Reid Gorecki	63	277	240	51	70	9	0	10	43	16	4	31	47	.292	.377	.454	.831	109	8	3	1	2	2
J. C. Boscán	79	297	255	26	60	13	0	2	29	0	0	34	49	.235	.334	.310	.644	79	5	4	4	0	3
Jose Camarena	62	228	213	17	52	9	0	3	25	1	1	11	47	.244	.284	.329	.613	70	1	1	3	0	0
Jason Perry	38	168	137	34	43	11	2	13	41	1	0	23	44	.314	.423	.708	1.131	97	1	5	0	3	2
Quentin Davis	92	219	199	19	38	6	0	5	22	10	4	10	47	.191	.238	.296	.535	59	0	3	5	2	0
Mark Jurich	46	155	137	14	30	8	1	3	18	0	1	15	39	.219	.297	.358	.654	49	0	1	0	2	1
Paul Bennett	48	146	132	13	24	4	1	0	10	1	1	10	39	.182	.255	.227	.482	30	1	3	1	0	0
Diory Hernández	22	85	77	8	22	3	1	2	8	1	4	6	8	.286	.341	.429	.770	33	3	1	0	1	0
Carl Loadenthal	26	105	97	8	22	3	0	1	2	4	2	6	20	.227	.272	.289	.561	28	0	0	2	0	0
Brandon Hicks	16	64	54	9	13	3	1	1	7	0	0	7	17	.241	.333	.389	.722	21	1	1	1	1	0
Kris Medlen	36	28	26	6	8	2	1	1	5	2	0	0	3	.308	.333	.577	.910	15	2	1	1	0	0
Derrick Arnold	18	63	53	4	8	1	2	0	4	1	0	6	15	.151	.254	.245	.499	13	0	2	0	2	0
Jeff Francoeur	3	14	13	3	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	.538	.571	.692	1.264	9	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Cabrera	9	28	26	4	7	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	3	.269	.321	.385	.706	10	2	0	0	0	0
Mark Kotsay	5	19	18	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.333	.368	.389	.757	7	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Diaz	7	28	26	5	6	0	0	1	4	1	0	2	5	.231	.286	.346	.632	9	1	0	0	0	0
Martín Prado	5	22	19	2	5	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.263	.364	.368	.732	7	0	0	0	0	0
Deunte Heath	13	18	15	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	7	.267	.353	.533	.886	8	1	0	1	0	0
Todd Redmond	28	43	32	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	11	.125	.263	.156	.419	5	2	0	5	0	0
Dan Smith	14	15	14	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.214	.214	.500	.714	7	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Rozema	4	11	11	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.364	.545	4	1	0	0	0	0
Jerome Gamble	23	12	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	1	0	0
James Parr	18	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.111	.111	.111	.222	2	1	0	2	0	0
Chad Lundahl	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hampton	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Nix	36	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Marcial	4	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Serrano	7	16	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.062	.062	.062	.125	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dustin Evans	8	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tommy Hanson	18	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Sencion	25	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jairo Asencio	55	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Gunderson	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sung Ki Jung	49	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
Stephen Marek	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phillip Britton	1	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0
Nelson Payano	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jairo Cuevas	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Glavine	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brad Nelson	23	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ryan Basner	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonny Venters	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	1765	5232	4559	628	1163	210	52	88	582	120	63	520	974	.255	.338	.382	.720	1741	87	64	60	29	14

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Kala Ka'aihue	1B	97	727	85	11	77	.987	8.371
Greg Creek	1B	49	314	23	2	26	.994	6.878
Paul Bennett	1B	2	10	1	0	2	1.000	5.500
J. C. Holt	2B	96	151	235	7	50	.982	4.021
Paul Bennett	2B	19	33	40	1	5	.986	3.842
Diory Hernández	2B	11	16	24	1	7	.976	3.636
Matt Young	2B	10	19	17	2	6	.947	3.600
Javier Guzman	2B	3	5	3	0	0	1.000	2.667
Mike Rozema	2B	2	3	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
Martín Prado	2B	2	6	5	0	2	1.000	5.500
Derrick Arnold	2B	2	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.500
Robert Marcial	2B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Van Pope	3B	98	73	169	13	15	.949	2.469
Greg Creek	3B	29	18	37	3	4	.948	1.897
Paul Bennett	3B	8	6	12	1	2	.947	2.250
Derrick Arnold	3B	6	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.167
Mike Rozema	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Martín Prado	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Diory Hernández	3B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
J. C. Boscán	C	78	588	62	2	6	.997	8.333	11	47	32	40.5
Jose Camarena	C	61	449	34	3	6	.994	7.918	8	49	21	30.0
Ray Serrano	C	2	14	0	0	0	1.000	7.000	0	3	0	0.0
Phillip Britton	C	1	7	0	1	0	.875	7.000	0	2	0	0.0
Jordan Schafer	CF	81	162	5	0	1	1.000	2.062
Quentin Davis	CF	24	69	0	0	0	1.000	2.875
Matt Young	CF	20	43	1	1	0	.978	2.200
Carl Loadenthal	CF	13	29	0	0	0	1.000	2.231
Reid Gorecki	CF	8	21	1	1	0	.957	2.750
Mark Kotsay	CF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Matt Young	LF	100	196	7	2	3	.990	2.030
Jason Perry	LF	19	35	3	0	0	1.000	2.000
Quentin Davis	LF	15	20	0	0	0	1.000	1.333
Matt Diaz	LF	6	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.167
Carl Loadenthal	LF	4	6	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
Martín Prado	LF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Matt Young	OF	123	251	9	3	4	.989	2.114
Jordan Schafer	OF	82	164	6	0	1	1.000	2.073
Reid Gorecki	OF	59	123	4	4	1	.969	2.153
Quentin Davis	OF	56	113	1	2	0	.983	2.036
Jason Perry	OF	38	75	5	1	1	.988	2.105
Mark Jurich	OF	32	50	4	0	0	1.000	1.688
Carl Loadenthal	OF	26	59	3	0	0	1.000	2.385
Willie Cabrera	OF	7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.857
Matt Diaz	OF	6	7	0	0	0	1.000	1.167
Mark Kotsay	OF	3	1	0	0	0	1.000	.333
Jeff Francoeur	OF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667
Martín Prado	OF	1	2	1	0	0	1.000	3.000
Greg Creek	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Derrick Arnold	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jairo Asencio	P	55	4	8	2	0	.857	.218
Sung Ki Jung	P	49	4	9	3	1	.812	.265
Michael Nix	P	36	3	7	0	0	1.000	.278
Kris Medlen	P	36	12	18	0	2	1.000	.833
Kevin Gunderson	P	36	2	6	0	0	1.000	.222
Todd Redmond	P	28	15	11	1	0	.963	.929
Nelson Payano	P	27	6	6	0	0	1.000	.444
Carlos Sencion	P	25	9	4	0	0	1.000	.520
Brad Nelson	P	23	3	4	0	0	1.000	.304
Jerome Gamble	P	23	10	14	2	0	.923	1.043
James Parr	P	18	9	10	0	0	1.000	1.056
Tommy Hanson	P	18	2	10	0	0	1.000	.667
Bryan Dumesnil	P	15	3	0	0	0	1.000	.200
Dan Smith	P	14	1	4	0	0	1.000	.357
Ryan Basner	P	14	3	4	0	0	1.000	.500
Deunte Heath	P	13	4	7	0	0	1.000	.846
Paul Bush	P	12	2	1	1	2	.750	.250
Stephen Marek	P	10	0	3	0	0	1.000	.300
Dustin Evans	P	8	1	4	0	0	1.000	.625
Mike Gonzalez	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
Jonny Venters	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Jairo Cuevas	P	3	0	2	1	0	.667	.667
Rafael Soriano	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Mike Hampton	P	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000
John Smoltz	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeff Lyman	P	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Tom Glavine	P	1	0	2	0	0	1.000	2.000
Reid Gorecki	RF	51	102	3	3	1	.972	2.059
Mark Jurich	RF	32	50	4	0	0	1.000	1.688
Jason Perry	RF	19	40	2	1	1	.977	2.211
Quentin Davis	RF	17	24	1	2	0	.926	1.471
Carl Loadenthal	RF	9	24	3	0	0	1.000	3.000
Willie Cabrera	RF	7	13	0	0	0	1.000	1.857
Matt Young	RF	4	12	1	0	1	1.000	3.250
Jordan Schafer	RF	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Jeff Francoeur	RF	3	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.667
Greg Creek	RF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Derrick Arnold	RF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Javier Guzman	SS	102	152	235	24	45	.942	3.794
Brandon Hicks	SS	16	25	45	1	8	.986	4.375
Diory Hernández	SS	10	15	31	4	3	.920	4.600
Paul Bennett	SS	8	10	11	3	3	.875	2.625
Derrick Arnold	SS	8	10	15	1	6	.962	3.125
Martín Prado	SS	1	1	4	0	0	1.000	5.000
J. C. Holt	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		2082	4494	1311	111	293	.981	2.788	19	101	53	34.4

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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