2002 Newark Bears Statistics

Atlantic League (AL) - Independent
Team Record: 69-55
Finished 3rd in the AL's South Division
Manager: Marv Foley (69-55)
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Ballpark: Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium
Attendance: 208,581, Avg. 3,209 in 65 home dates

2002 Newark Bears Roster

Playoffs - Newark Bears 2 games, Atlantic City Surf 1
Finals - Newark Bears 3 games, Bridgeport Bluefish 0

The Newark Bears of the Atlantic League ended the 2002 season with a record of 69 wins and 55 losses, finishing third in the league's South Division.

The Bears plated 646 runs and yielded 585 runs. Jimmy Hurst walloped 35 home runs for Newark, while Joe Mathis and Tom Hage added 15 or more, too. Jimmy Hurst drove in 100 runs and topped all regular batters with a .341 average. David Moraga paced the team with 9 wins, and Byron Batson recorded a 4.46 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 2002 Newark Bears who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Smith, Kevin Foster, Rick Greene, Jeff Tabaka, Anthony Shumaker, Danny Clyburn, John DeSilva, David Moraga, Wes Chamberlain, Richie Lewis, Alberto Castillo, Ryan Minor, Mark Leiter, Jack Armstrong, Jimmy Hurst and Curtis Goodwin.

Marv Foley 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
David Moraga	9	3	.750	3.64	17	16	0	0	0	0	94.0	89	42	38	7	19	0	49	2	1	4	375
Mark Leiter	7	4	.636	3.78	15	14	1	2	0	1	95.3	109	56	40	11	23	2	70	3	0	3	419
Byron Batson	7	8	.467	4.45	23	22	0	1	0	0	129.3	140	74	64	18	28	0	53	6	0	1	551
Steve Gagliano	5	6	.455	3.19	35	10	11	0	0	0	87.3	95	42	31	4	18	1	66	2	0	5	375
Hut Smith	4	1	.800	3.19	9	6	2	0	0	1	42.3	39	17	15	3	9	0	24	2	0	0	176
Kris Kozlowski	4	1	.800	3.36	40	0	9	0	0	1	69.7	56	29	26	10	21	2	45	4	0	1	293
John DeSilva	4	1	.800	3.58	8	8	0	0	0	0	37.7	31	17	15	4	7	0	35	2	0	4	153
Donato Calandriello	4	5	.444	5.47	17	13	1	0	0	0	74.0	86	47	45	15	21	0	44	3	0	4	321
Denny Bair	4	6	.400	4.63	42	0	21	0	0	4	58.3	57	31	30	5	31	3	48	3	0	2	260
Richie Lewis	3	0	1.000	1.42	5	4	1	0	0	0	19.0	11	4	3	1	2	0	15	0	0	3	72
Kevin Foster	3	1	.750	2.77	8	7	1	1	1	1	52.0	37	20	16	6	21	0	30	1	0	0	211
Jack Armstrong	3	2	.600	4.33	8	7	1	1	0	0	43.7	43	23	21	5	8	0	34	0	0	1	182
Matt Weimer	2	0	1.000	5.29	16	0	4	0	0	0	32.3	40	23	19	1	11	0	14	0	0	4	146
Alberto Castillo	2	2	.500	3.26	28	0	15	0	0	5	49.7	37	19	18	7	15	0	42	1	0	3	195
Kevin Perrucci	2	2	.500	5.40	14	9	0	0	0	0	56.7	71	39	34	6	19	1	18	2	2	4	257
Jeff Tabaka	2	4	.333	2.70	27	0	25	0	0	8	30.0	27	11	9	1	8	2	30	0	0	0	126
Mike Smith	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	28
Anthony Shelby	1	0	1.000	4.37	11	3	1	0	0	1	22.7	29	13	11	2	7	0	16	1	0	0	103
Damon Ponce Deleon	1	0	1.000	5.40	7	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	11	6	6	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	47
Rick Greene	1	3	.250	6.08	21	0	17	0	0	8	23.7	34	20	16	2	14	0	14	0	0	2	118
Bryan Malko	0	0		3.68	12	0	3	0	0	1	14.7	14	6	6	0	10	0	9	0	0	2	65
Anthony Shumaker	0	1	.000	5.89	10	1	3	0	0	0	18.3	18	14	12	3	14	0	8	1	0	2	84
Ramon Linares	0	1	.000	7.36	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	4	3	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	18
Billy Coleman	0	1	.000	10.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	11	7	7	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	33
Steve Hahn	0	1	.000	22.09	3	1	1	0	0	0	3.7	9	10	9	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	25
Richard Dishman	0	1	.000	27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	6
Jim Manias	0	1	.000	47.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.3	5	8	7	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	12
Totals	69	55	.556	4.20	384	125	120	5	1	31	1083.3	1111	585	505	118	327	11	679	36	3	48	4651

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
Jimmy Hurst	113	493	440	87	150	31	1	35	100	10	3	48	81	.341	.402	.655	1.056	288	8	0	0	5	7
Joe Mathis	109	475	419	99	117	19	8	16	56	17	9	40	83	.279	.357	.477	.834	200	5	12	1	3	3
Tom Hage	94	395	361	53	106	23	1	20	74	4	1	26	68	.294	.347	.529	.876	191	10	5	0	3	2
Paul Esposito	98	370	320	42	84	10	1	3	43	7	4	40	63	.262	.349	.328	.677	105	10	4	3	3	0
Edgar Tovar	57	256	242	33	78	2	0	3	22	1	0	12	16	.322	.355	.368	.723	89	11	1	0	1	3
Jackie Rexrode	60	241	226	29	77	13	0	0	20	16	6	13	27	.341	.377	.398	.775	90	2	0	2	0	1
Jack Joffrion	61	260	235	39	70	12	4	11	35	3	3	17	65	.298	.362	.523	.885	123	2	7	0	1	0
Ryan Minor	59	246	224	33	68	12	0	8	29	1	0	14	42	.304	.362	.464	.826	104	4	7	0	1	1
Wilfredo Quintana	57	233	217	34	67	11	0	10	30	1	4	10	49	.309	.352	.498	.850	108	4	5	0	1	0
P. J. Williams	60	254	223	28	60	5	2	2	17	18	5	23	37	.269	.337	.336	.674	75	9	1	5	2	0
Wes Chamberlain	49	211	199	36	59	11	2	11	50	3	0	9	29	.296	.332	.538	.869	107	5	2	0	1	2
Justin Hall	61	217	196	25	52	7	4	5	29	6	3	15	21	.265	.321	.418	.739	82	5	2	2	2	0
Jason Torres	60	211	187	14	45	10	1	2	21	2	1	22	33	.241	.319	.337	.656	63	7	0	1	1	0
Marcus Knight	53	187	167	19	40	4	1	3	15	2	3	14	28	.240	.308	.329	.637	55	3	3	2	1	0
Alberto Castillo	68	159	150	20	36	10	1	1	17	2	1	7	52	.240	.277	.340	.617	51	3	1	0	1	1
Jay LaFlair	40	151	127	15	28	3	1	2	16	2	1	18	21	.220	.324	.307	.631	39	3	2	3	1	0
Peto Ramirez	38	144	120	19	27	5	0	5	16	2	1	19	31	.225	.340	.392	.732	47	1	2	3	0	0
Danny Clyburn	17	69	66	7	17	6	0	3	9	0	1	2	12	.258	.290	.485	.775	32	4	1	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	22	69	59	4	10	2	0	0	1	4	0	9	10	.169	.279	.203	.483	12	1	0	1	0	0
Curtis Goodwin	12	58	51	10	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	6	8	.157	.259	.196	.455	10	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Matullo	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1189	4702	4232	646	1199	196	28	140	602	102	46	364	777	.283	.346	.442	.788	1871	97	56	23	27	20

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Tom Hage	1B	49	447	19	3	34	.994	9.510
Alberto Castillo	1B	39	359	19	7	22	.982	9.692
Ryan Minor	1B	23	154	14	1	17	.994	7.304
Wes Chamberlain	1B	16	117	7	1	8	.992	7.750
P. J. Williams	1B	5	45	1	1	4	.979	9.200
Justin Hall	2B	58	113	168	10	25	.966	4.845
Jackie Rexrode	2B	52	107	145	10	29	.962	4.846
Paul Esposito	2B	22	48	55	1	15	.990	4.682
Ryan Minor	3B	38	23	76	5	7	.952	2.605
Edgar Tovar	3B	31	12	55	8	2	.893	2.161
Tom Hage	3B	29	18	54	13	7	.847	2.483
Paul Esposito	3B	26	10	43	3	2	.946	2.038
Jackie Rexrode	3B	5	1	15	1	1	.941	3.200
Jason Torres	C	56	296	17	3	1	.991	5.589	1	51	8	13.6
Jay LaFlair	C	38	213	25	3	4	.988	6.263	3	23	14	37.8
Peto Ramirez	C	36	201	12	2	2	.991	5.917	5	26	5	16.1
Joe Matullo	C	1	6	0	1	0	.857	6.000	1	3	0	0.0
Joe Mathis	CF	100						.000
P. J. Williams	CF	15						.000
Curtis Goodwin	CF	12						.000
Wilfredo Quintana	CF	1						.000
Bobby Bonds	CF	1						.000
P. J. Williams	LF	43						.000
Marcus Knight	LF	41						.000
Danny Clyburn	LF	17						.000
Jimmy Hurst	LF	13						.000
Bobby Bonds	LF	7						.000
Paul Esposito	LF	6						.000
Joe Mathis	LF	3						.000
Wilfredo Quintana	LF	1						.000
Tom Hage	LF	1						.000
Joe Mathis	OF	106	296	9	5	4	.984	2.877
P. J. Williams	OF	56	140	3	5	0	.966	2.554
Wilfredo Quintana	OF	55	117	4	2	0	.984	2.200
Marcus Knight	OF	46	79	5	7	1	.923	1.826
Jimmy Hurst	OF	45	68	4	1	1	.986	1.600
Bobby Bonds	OF	21	33	0	1	0	.971	1.571
Danny Clyburn	OF	17	31	1	0	0	1.000	1.882
Wes Chamberlain	OF	15	21	1	0	0	1.000	1.467
Curtis Goodwin	OF	12	31	0	2	0	.939	2.583
Paul Esposito	OF	6	9	1	0	0	1.000	1.667
Tom Hage	OF	5	6	1	1	0	.875	1.400
Jason Torres	OF	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Denny Bair	P	42	3	8	1	0	.917	.262
Kris Kozlowski	P	40	2	9	0	0	1.000	.275
Steve Gagliano	P	35	2	4	3	1	.667	.171
Alberto Castillo	P	28	1	6	1	1	.875	.250
Jeff Tabaka	P	27	1	6	0	0	1.000	.259
Byron Batson	P	23	11	15	0	0	1.000	1.130
Rick Greene	P	21	0	3	0	0	1.000	.143
David Moraga	P	17	3	15	2	0	.900	1.059
Donato Calandriello	P	17	2	10	1	2	.923	.706
Matt Weimer	P	16	6	5	1	1	.917	.688
Mark Leiter	P	15	4	15	4	0	.826	1.267
Kevin Perrucci	P	14	2	11	1	0	.929	.929
Bryan Malko	P	12	1	1	0	0	1.000	.167
Anthony Shelby	P	11	1	3	0	0	1.000	.364
Anthony Shumaker	P	10	1	2	0	0	1.000	.300
Hut Smith	P	9	1	5	1	0	.857	.667
Kevin Foster	P	8	2	1	1	0	.750	.375
John DeSilva	P	8	4	3	0	0	1.000	.875
Jack Armstrong	P	8	3	5	0	0	1.000	1.000
Damon Ponce Deleon	P	7	1	1	0	0	1.000	.286
Richie Lewis	P	5	1	2	0	0	1.000	.600
Ramon Linares	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Hahn	P	3	0	0	0	0		.000
Billy Coleman	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Mike Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jim Manias	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Richard Dishman	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Wilfredo Quintana	RF	53						.000
Jimmy Hurst	RF	34						.000
Wes Chamberlain	RF	15						.000
Bobby Bonds	RF	13						.000
Marcus Knight	RF	5						.000
Tom Hage	RF	4						.000
Joe Mathis	RF	3						.000
Jason Torres	RF	2						.000
P. J. Williams	RF	1						.000
Jack Joffrion	SS	60	88	170	11	34	.959	4.300
Paul Esposito	SS	44	64	125	10	16	.950	4.295
Edgar Tovar	SS	24	42	64	4	10	.964	4.417
Marcus Knight	SS	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Justin Hall	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals		1815	3250	1243	138	251	.970	2.475	10	103	27	20.8

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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