2008 Myrtle Beach Pelicans Statistics

Carolina League (CL) - Class: Advanced A
Team Record: 89-51
Finished 1st in the CL's South Division
Manager: Rocket Wheeler (89-51)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Ballpark: TicketReturn.Com Field at Pelicans Ballpark
Attendance: 242,397, Avg. 3,565 in 68 home dates

2008 Myrtle Beach Pelicans Roster

Playoffs - Myrtle Beach Pelicans 2 games, Winston-Salem Warthogs 1
Mills Cup Finals - Potomac Nationals 3 games, Myrtle Beach Pelicans 1

The Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League ended the 2008 season with a record of 89 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the league's South Division.

The Pelicans scored 764 runs, most in the league. Myrtle Beach yielded 596 runs. Ernesto Mejia led the squad with 21 home runs, while Jon Mark Owings, Tyler Flowers, Willie Cabrera, Travis Jones, Brandon Hicks and Eric Campbell each walloped 15 or more, too. Ernesto Mejia drove in 93 runs. Willie Cabrera paced batters with significant playing time with a .290 average. Scott Diamond topped the squad with 12 wins, and Kyle Cofield recorded a 3.26 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Players from the 2008 Myrtle Beach Pelicans who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Jeff Bennett, Jaye Chapman, Scott Diamond, Gorkys Hernández, Jason Heyward, Tommy Hanson, Tom Glavine, Craig Kimbrel, Mike Broadway, Mike Hampton, Deunte Heath, Cory Gearrin, Brandon Hicks, Jonny Venters and Tyler Flowers.

Rocket Wheeler 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
Scott Diamond	12	2	.857	2.79	17	15	0	1	1	0	100.0	95	42	31	6	28	0	85	4	0	6	425
Ryne Reynoso	10	6	.625	3.36	27	26	0	0	0	0	131.3	121	58	49	16	37	0	105	5	0	5	539
Deunte Heath	9	2	.818	3.11	14	14	0	1	0	0	84.0	78	40	29	5	41	0	53	2	1	1	362
Kyle Cofield	8	6	.571	3.26	24	22	0	0	0	0	116.0	113	54	42	2	66	1	80	4	0	4	520
Carlos Rivas	6	4	.600	5.20	25	7	6	1	0	0	72.7	75	54	42	8	32	1	54	5	3	8	327
Chris Vines	4	1	.800	3.98	20	13	3	0	0	2	86.0	86	44	38	6	21	2	77	1	2	3	359
Jaye Chapman	4	2	.667	3.34	13	1	5	0	0	0	29.7	30	13	11	3	12	1	25	0	0	0	130
Nick Fellman	4	4	.500	3.67	44	0	26	0	0	8	54.0	55	31	22	8	21	0	51	1	0	3	235
Bryan Dumesnil	3	0	1.000	1.18	32	0	20	0	0	12	38.0	24	11	5	1	20	2	53	4	0	3	166
Tommy Hanson	3	1	.750	0.90	7	7	0	0	0	0	40.0	15	6	4	0	11	0	49	5	0	5	148
Cory Gearrin	3	1	.750	5.32	17	0	9	0	0	0	23.7	19	14	14	2	21	2	36	4	0	2	115
Brett Cammons	3	4	.429	4.16	36	2	15	0	0	10	75.7	62	40	35	9	24	1	66	8	0	8	318
Jeff Lyman	3	6	.333	4.59	32	7	6	0	0	0	84.3	75	50	43	5	46	1	82	7	0	4	371
Dustin Evans	2	0	1.000	2.45	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.0	8	6	3	1	2	0	9	0	0	0	43
Ferdin Tejeda	2	1	.667	2.43	29	0	14	0	0	4	40.7	33	13	11	3	9	2	29	1	1	3	163
Tyler Wilson	2	1	.667	3.24	24	0	7	0	0	2	33.3	27	16	12	1	17	1	46	1	0	5	145
Kelvin Villa	2	1	.667	5.52	10	1	1	0	0	0	14.7	18	11	9	2	9	0	13	0	0	1	69
Mike Broadway	2	2	.500	3.40	22	2	6	0	0	2	50.3	37	23	19	3	21	1	33	4	2	4	214
Cole Rohrbough	2	2	.500	3.41	5	5	0	1	1	0	31.7	27	16	12	0	8	0	28	3	4	0	130
Gonzalo Lopez	2	3	.400	6.32	16	9	2	0	0	0	47.0	48	35	33	7	26	0	47	5	2	4	217
Lee Hyde	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	10
Kevin Gunderson	1	0	1.000	1.04	15	0	12	0	0	10	17.3	13	3	2	0	6	2	20	0	0	0	73
Jonny Venters	1	2	.333	4.08	5	3	1	0	0	1	17.7	21	12	8	0	7	0	7	1	0	2	80
Mike Hampton	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	19
Chad Lundahl	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
Craig Kimbrel	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	5	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14
Jeff Bennett	0	0		0.00	4	4	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	13
Carlos Sencion	0	0		1.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	12.0	5	2	2	0	4	0	15	0	1	0	42
Tom Glavine	0	0		2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	16
Totals	89	51	.636	3.49	454	140	136	4	2	51	1230.7	1102	596	477	88	493	18	1080	66	16	71	5266

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
Ernesto Mejia	131	565	519	93	142	47	5	21	93	2	4	28	139	.274	.324	.505	.829	262	23	13	0	5	2
Willie Cabrera	116	516	469	86	136	32	3	16	78	6	3	35	51	.290	.345	.473	.818	222	11	7	0	5	1
Tyler Flowers	122	520	413	72	119	32	1	17	88	8	7	98	102	.288	.427	.494	.921	204	8	5	0	4	2
Jon Mark Owings	123	475	425	65	117	29	5	16	62	9	5	37	95	.275	.336	.480	.816	204	11	5	2	6	0
Travis Jones	128	550	463	81	115	29	3	16	78	17	8	77	107	.248	.361	.428	.789	198	6	6	2	2	1
Gorkys Hernández	100	467	406	75	107	23	6	5	42	20	4	48	79	.264	.348	.387	.734	157	10	6	4	3	1
Concepcion Rodriguez	108	422	379	56	106	26	5	11	56	9	6	33	66	.280	.340	.462	.802	175	6	4	2	4	0
Eric Campbell	88	390	330	56	84	15	1	19	67	4	1	50	58	.255	.362	.479	.840	158	10	7	0	3	3
Brandon Hicks	93	400	342	68	80	23	2	19	56	14	3	45	122	.234	.335	.480	.815	164	9	8	3	2	1
Phillip Britton	84	317	297	30	73	10	1	6	26	5	2	11	42	.246	.277	.347	.624	103	6	3	3	3	0
Robert Marcial	53	173	145	22	38	9	0	1	15	4	3	20	28	.262	.361	.345	.706	50	1	3	4	1	0
Brandon Powell	33	132	120	16	27	6	0	3	11	4	1	10	31	.225	.295	.350	.645	42	4	2	0	0	0
Yohan Silva	31	108	95	20	20	6	1	1	6	2	1	11	22	.211	.296	.326	.623	31	4	1	0	1	0
Randy Gress	27	87	83	6	14	4	0	1	9	0	1	3	29	.169	.207	.253	.460	21	1	1	0	0	0
Chad Lundahl	19	60	58	6	13	1	0	1	9	1	1	1	12	.224	.237	.293	.530	17	1	0	1	0	0
Derrick Arnold	9	35	31	2	9	2	1	0	1	2	1	4	8	.290	.371	.419	.791	13	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Bennett	12	40	37	2	7	1	0	0	3	1	1	2	13	.189	.231	.216	.447	8	0	0	1	0	0
Jason Heyward	7	25	22	3	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	4	.182	.240	.273	.513	6	1	0	0	1	0
Roberto Álvarez	7	30	28	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	.107	.167	.143	.310	4	1	0	0	0	0
Will White	3	11	9	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	.222	.300	.444	.744	4	1	0	1	0	0
C. J. Lee	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Anderson	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1296	5330	4678	764	1217	298	35	153	705	109	52	518	1019	.260	.340	.437	.777	2044	114	71	23	40	11

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Ernesto Mejia	1B	127	1061	93	23	79	.980	9.087
Randy Gress	1B	8	49	7	0	4	1.000	7.000
Paul Bennett	1B	3	36	2	1	4	.974	12.667
Brandon Powell	1B	1	9	1	0	2	1.000	1.000
Robert Marcial	1B	1	5	0	0	1	1.000	5.000
Tyler Flowers	1B	1	4	1	1	0	.833	5.000
Roberto Álvarez	1B	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Travis Jones	2B	124	184	316	19	58	.963	4.032
Robert Marcial	2B	15	17	41	4	5	.935	3.867
Chad Lundahl	2B	4	7	8	2	0	.882	3.750
Will White	2B	2	5	12	0	2	1.000	8.500
Randy Gress	2B	1	3	1	0	0	1.000	4.000
Eric Campbell	3B	84	61	167	15	16	.938	2.714
Brandon Powell	3B	31	28	55	10	6	.892	2.677
Robert Marcial	3B	14	13	28	6	4	.872	2.929
Paul Bennett	3B	6	4	3	0	0	1.000	1.167
Derrick Arnold	3B	5	3	10	0	0	1.000	2.600
Randy Gress	3B	3	2	7	1	1	.900	3.000
Chad Lundahl	3B	2	3	2	0	1	1.000	2.500
Tyler Flowers	C	86	681	76	12	5	.984	8.802	11	112	43	27.7
Phillip Britton	C	58	404	54	3	2	.993	7.897	7	45	18	28.6
Chris Anderson	C	1	9	0	0	0	1.000	9.000	0	0	0
Gorkys Hernández	CF	93	247	10	5	2	.981	2.763
Yohan Silva	CF	28	64	4	1	1	.986	2.429
Concepcion Rodriguez	CF	22	37	1	1	0	.974	1.727
Jason Heyward	CF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
C. J. Lee	CF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Willie Cabrera	LF	103	126	8	4	1	.971	1.301
Concepcion Rodriguez	LF	34	57	2	0	1	1.000	1.735
Yohan Silva	LF	2	4	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Roberto Álvarez	LF	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Will White	LF	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
Jon Mark Owings	LF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Robert Marcial	LF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Willie Cabrera	OF	103	131	8	4	1	.972	1.350
Concepcion Rodriguez	OF	96	170	4	2	2	.989	1.812
Jon Mark Owings	OF	96	166	6	5	1	.972	1.792
Gorkys Hernández	OF	93	247	10	5	2	.981	2.763
Yohan Silva	OF	31	70	4	1	1	.987	2.387
Jason Heyward	OF	5	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.600
Roberto Álvarez	OF	3	3	1	0	0	1.000	1.333
Robert Marcial	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Will White	OF	1	2	1	0	1	1.000	3.000
C. J. Lee	OF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Nick Fellman	P	44	6	8	2	0	.875	.318
Brett Cammons	P	36	8	10	0	0	1.000	.500
Jeff Lyman	P	32	5	5	1	1	.909	.312
Bryan Dumesnil	P	32	6	12	1	0	.947	.562
Ferdin Tejeda	P	29	8	5	0	1	1.000	.448
Ryne Reynoso	P	27	5	7	1	0	.923	.444
Carlos Rivas	P	25	5	14	1	0	.950	.760
Tyler Wilson	P	24	3	2	1	0	.833	.208
Kyle Cofield	P	24	9	19	4	1	.875	1.167
Mike Broadway	P	22	7	7	1	0	.933	.636
Chris Vines	P	20	3	7	1	0	.909	.500
Cory Gearrin	P	17	1	2	0	0	1.000	.176
Scott Diamond	P	17	3	12	3	0	.833	.882
Gonzalo Lopez	P	16	5	5	1	0	.909	.625
Kevin Gunderson	P	15	1	1	0	0	1.000	.133
Deunte Heath	P	14	4	13	1	0	.944	1.214
Jaye Chapman	P	13	1	1	0	0	1.000	.154
Kelvin Villa	P	10	2	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Tommy Hanson	P	7	4	3	2	0	.778	1.000
Dustin Evans	P	6	0	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Jonny Venters	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Cole Rohrbough	P	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	.400
Jeff Bennett	P	4	0	1	0	1	1.000	.250
Carlos Sencion	P	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	1.000
Craig Kimbrel	P	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	.500
Lee Hyde	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Chad Lundahl	P	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Mike Hampton	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Tom Glavine	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jon Mark Owings	RF	95	165	6	5	1	.972	1.800
Concepcion Rodriguez	RF	40	76	1	1	1	.987	1.925
Jason Heyward	RF	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	2.333
Yohan Silva	RF	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
Robert Marcial	RF	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Willie Cabrera	RF	1	5	0	0	0	1.000	5.000
Roberto Álvarez	RF	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	2.000
Brandon Hicks	SS	91	131	249	18	44	.955	4.176
Robert Marcial	SS	23	30	56	4	6	.956	3.739
Randy Gress	SS	16	23	32	7	7	.887	3.438
Chad Lundahl	SS	13	16	21	3	3	.925	2.846
Derrick Arnold	SS	5	11	12	3	1	.885	4.600
Paul Bennett	SS	2	2	1	3	0	.500	1.500
Totals		2045	4492	1467	190	271	.969	2.914	18	157	61	28.0

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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