2009 Northwest Arkansas Naturals Statistics

Texas League (TL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 73-67
Finished 2nd in the TL's North Division
Manager: Brian Poldberg (73-67)
Affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Location: Springdale, Arkansas
Ballpark: Arvest Ballpark
Attendance: 318,056, Avg. 4,819 in 66 home dates

2009 Northwest Arkansas Naturals Roster

Playoffs - Northwest Arkansas Naturals 3 games, Springfield Cardinals 0
Finals - Midland RockHounds 3 games, Northwest Arkansas Naturals

The Northwest Arkansas Naturals of the Texas League ended the 2009 season with a record of 73 wins and 67 losses, finishing second in the league's North Division.

The Naturals scored 703 runs and surrendered 704 runs. Corey Smith led Northwest Arkansas with 21 home runs and drove in 90 runs. Kurt Mertins paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .275 clip. Anthony Lerew topped the squad with 10 wins and a team-best 4.09 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Víctor Marté, Kyle Farnsworth, David Lough, Dan Cortes, Yuniesky Betancourt, Vance Wilson, Greg Holland, Alex Gordon, Jeff Bianchi, Anthony Lerew, Juan Abreu, Chad Orvella, Everett Teaford, Blake Wood, John Bale, Rob Tejeda, Ed Lucas, Cody Clark and Jarrod Dyson were all players from the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Naturals who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Brian Poldberg 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
Anthony Lerew	10	6	.625	4.09	27	27	0	1	1	0	152.0	164	79	69	14	55	3	101	6	1	9	667
Blake Johnson	8	8	.500	4.57	24	24	0	0	0	0	122.0	148	70	62	11	41	2	61	6	1	4	540
Chris Nicoll	7	0	1.000	3.50	33	0	10	0	0	1	61.7	60	32	24	4	26	3	58	0	1	5	271
Gilbert De La Vara	6	2	.750	5.74	35	1	9	0	0	2	64.3	83	59	41	6	27	1	40	4	0	6	306
Dan Cortes	6	6	.500	3.92	16	15	0	0	0	0	80.3	77	43	35	3	50	0	57	4	0	6	360
Matt Kniginyzky	5	10	.333	5.48	26	24	0	0	0	0	134.7	157	98	82	21	57	0	68	10	2	11	605
Ben Swaggerty	4	1	.800	4.33	26	0	11	0	0	1	43.7	53	21	21	3	20	6	54	1	2	2	201
Rowdy Hardy	4	4	.500	3.43	11	10	0	0	0	0	60.3	59	28	23	5	20	1	39	9	0	2	261
Chris Hayes	3	0	1.000	0.98	18	0	12	0	0	3	36.7	33	11	4	1	6	2	17	1	0	0	148
Aaron Hartsock	3	1	.750	2.82	28	0	19	0	0	8	51.0	43	17	16	4	17	3	27	0	0	4	215
Carlos Sencion	3	1	.750	6.02	25	1	9	0	0	1	46.3	58	34	31	5	30	2	43	2	1	4	225
Greg Holland	3	2	.600	3.18	29	0	19	0	0	8	45.3	46	16	16	2	19	0	49	0	0	6	194
Everett Teaford	3	7	.300	5.11	16	16	0	1	0	0	81.0	86	53	46	12	34	0	42	3	1	2	361
Víctor Marté	2	1	.667	2.45	13	0	8	0	0	4	22.0	15	7	6	1	5	0	17	1	0	1	86
Juan Abreu	2	2	.500	5.75	16	0	11	0	0	4	20.3	19	15	13	3	22	3	25	1	0	2	103
Blake Wood	2	8	.200	5.83	17	13	3	1	0	0	78.7	92	52	51	8	28	1	49	4	0	7	338
John Bannister	1	0	1.000	5.02	8	0	4	0	0	0	14.3	12	8	8	1	6	0	9	1	0	2	59
Chad Orvella	1	1	.500	1.64	8	1	1	0	0	0	11.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	40
Cody Clark	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6
Kyle Farnsworth	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.7	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13
Corey Smith	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	6
John Bale	0	0		1.35	6	0	1	0	0	0	6.7	4	2	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	25
Dan Cevette	0	0		5.32	14	2	5	0	0	0	22.0	25	13	13	1	11	0	13	1	0	2	100
Kyle Crist	0	0		8.38	8	0	4	0	0	0	9.7	14	12	9	0	10	0	4	1	0	2	53
Chris Chavez	0	1	.000	3.86	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.7	3	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	22
Rob Tejeda	0	1	.000	4.91	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.7	3	2	2	1	2	0	5	0	0	0	14
Jason Godin	0	2	.000	6.48	8	2	1	0	0	0	16.7	23	15	12	1	13	1	9	2	0	6	89
Federico Castaneda	0	3	.000	4.28	12	2	6	0	0	1	27.3	20	13	13	2	11	0	27	4	0	1	113
Totals	73	67	.521	4.43	435	140	137	3	1	33	1222.3	1306	704	602	110	520	28	833	63	9	84	5421

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
Corey Smith	140	597	550	67	137	29	1	21	90	12	8	39	132	.249	.302	.420	.722	231	14	4	0	4	4
Kurt Mertins	126	552	495	64	136	23	8	2	57	11	10	41	107	.275	.332	.366	.698	181	9	4	7	5	1
Ed Lucas	103	424	355	61	103	22	2	10	58	18	2	53	75	.290	.388	.448	.836	159	6	7	4	5	1
Cody Strait	87	358	320	59	89	22	1	4	38	14	4	31	65	.278	.340	.391	.731	125	7	0	5	2	0
Jeff Bianchi	68	297	270	42	85	17	1	5	42	10	4	19	58	.315	.356	.441	.797	119	2	1	2	5	0
Jordan Parraz	64	269	226	35	81	17	3	7	42	4	8	29	25	.358	.451	.553	1.005	125	10	11	1	2	0
Jose Duarte	93	380	326	50	81	14	3	4	39	18	10	47	67	.248	.342	.347	.689	113	4	0	6	1	1
David Lough	61	253	236	41	78	13	2	9	31	13	4	12	30	.331	.371	.517	.887	122	2	3	2	0	0
Jarrod Dyson	63	283	248	38	64	7	4	0	14	37	6	27	54	.258	.331	.319	.649	79	4	0	8	0	0
Cody Clark	65	215	191	33	58	13	0	8	32	1	2	15	27	.304	.366	.497	.864	95	5	5	2	2	1
Vance Wilson	59	229	204	27	55	9	0	10	32	0	1	16	46	.270	.342	.461	.803	94	6	7	1	1	1
Jeff Howell	62	216	195	22	51	10	1	4	24	0	2	16	36	.262	.316	.385	.701	75	4	1	1	3	0
Brian McFall	59	233	204	29	51	13	0	7	37	3	1	19	57	.250	.335	.417	.751	85	2	8	0	2	0
John Suomi	37	136	119	23	37	6	2	7	19	0	2	13	17	.311	.378	.571	.949	68	3	1	1	2	1
Chris McConnell	59	192	169	25	37	7	1	0	11	6	5	14	40	.219	.280	.272	.552	46	5	1	6	2	0
Joe Dickerson	34	150	126	15	29	7	2	0	13	5	1	18	19	.230	.338	.317	.655	40	3	3	2	1	2
Mario Lisson	36	158	136	20	28	4	0	2	17	4	3	14	29	.206	.287	.279	.566	38	2	3	1	4	0
Josh Johnson	51	164	132	26	25	3	0	0	9	2	2	29	24	.189	.340	.212	.552	28	2	1	2	0	0
Marc Maddox	44	174	149	20	25	6	0	4	17	4	2	20	23	.168	.283	.289	.572	43	8	4	1	0	0
Alex Gordon	8	35	30	4	11	3	0	2	10	0	0	5	5	.367	.457	.667	1.124	20	2	0	0	0	1
Yuniesky Betancourt	3	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.154	.154	.385	.538	5	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1322	5328	4694	703	1263	245	31	107	633	162	77	477	937	.269	.342	.403	.745	1891	100	64	52	41	13

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Corey Smith	1B	107	980	41	14	104	.986	9.542
Brian McFall	1B	35	291	22	6	32	.981	8.943
Ed Lucas	1B	5	24	4	0	2	1.000	5.600
Kurt Mertins	2B	86	146	266	10	54	.976	4.791
Marc Maddox	2B	29	61	104	1	32	.994	5.690
Chris McConnell	2B	19	35	59	0	13	1.000	4.947
Josh Johnson	2B	7	14	23	2	9	.949	5.286
Jeff Bianchi	2B	2	7	4	0	2	1.000	5.500
Ed Lucas	2B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Ed Lucas	3B	53	30	96	7	9	.947	2.377
Corey Smith	3B	27	15	35	6	4	.893	1.852
Kurt Mertins	3B	26	18	43	6	5	.910	2.346
Josh Johnson	3B	23	9	37	4	5	.920	2.000
Marc Maddox	3B	14	2	26	2	1	.933	2.000
Alex Gordon	3B	5	6	5	2	0	.846	2.200
Cody Clark	C	65	371	38	3	2	.993	6.292	2	47	18	27.7
Jeff Howell	C	49	248	36	6	3	.979	5.796	4	42	13	23.6
John Suomi	C	24	137	26	2	3	.988	6.792	2	33	13	28.3
Vance Wilson	C	18	81	7	1	1	.989	4.889	0	20	0	0.0
Jose Duarte	CF	53	146	7	2	2	.987	2.887
Jarrod Dyson	CF	49	131	6	3	0	.979	2.796
Cody Strait	CF	22	58	1	1	0	.983	2.682
David Lough	CF	18	39	0	1	0	.975	2.167
Joe Dickerson	CF	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Joe Dickerson	LF	32	50	2	2	1	.963	1.625
Ed Lucas	LF	29	53	1	4	1	.931	1.862
Cody Strait	LF	26	53	0	1	0	.981	2.038
David Lough	LF	22	38	1	1	0	.975	1.773
Jose Duarte	LF	20	41	2	1	1	.977	2.150
Jarrod Dyson	LF	13	18	4	1	0	.957	1.692
Jose Duarte	OF	90	212	10	3	4	.987	2.467
Cody Strait	OF	72	171	2	4	1	.977	2.403
Jordan Parraz	OF	63	124	9	4	2	.971	2.111
Jarrod Dyson	OF	61	149	10	4	0	.975	2.607
David Lough	OF	58	115	4	4	0	.967	2.052
Ed Lucas	OF	47	91	6	8	2	.924	2.064
Joe Dickerson	OF	33	50	2	2	1	.963	1.576
Brian McFall	OF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Gilbert De La Vara	P	35	2	8	0	0	1.000	.286
Chris Nicoll	P	33	3	3	1	0	.857	.182
Greg Holland	P	29	8	4	0	1	1.000	.414
Aaron Hartsock	P	28	5	7	3	1	.800	.429
Anthony Lerew	P	27	8	22	5	2	.857	1.111
Ben Swaggerty	P	26	0	6	0	1	1.000	.231
Matt Kniginyzky	P	26	5	16	1	1	.955	.808
Carlos Sencion	P	25	3	2	0	0	1.000	.200
Blake Johnson	P	24	7	23	3	0	.909	1.250
Chris Hayes	P	18	4	10	1	0	.933	.778
Blake Wood	P	17	4	10	0	1	1.000	.824
Everett Teaford	P	16	2	12	1	0	.933	.875
Dan Cortes	P	16	1	6	5	1	.583	.438
Juan Abreu	P	16	1	3	0	0	1.000	.250
Dan Cevette	P	14	1	1	0	1	1.000	.143
Víctor Marté	P	13	1	1	1	0	.667	.154
Federico Castaneda	P	12	2	2	0	0	1.000	.333
Rowdy Hardy	P	11	2	16	2	1	.900	1.636
Chad Orvella	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Jason Godin	P	8	0	1	0	0	1.000	.125
Kyle Crist	P	8	1	1	1	1	.667	.250
John Bannister	P	8	0	5	0	0	1.000	.625
John Bale	P	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	.167
Kyle Farnsworth	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Chris Chavez	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Rob Tejeda	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Cody Clark	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Corey Smith	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Jordan Parraz	RF	63	124	9	4	2	.971	2.111
Cody Strait	RF	25	60	1	2	1	.968	2.440
Ed Lucas	RF	18	38	5	4	1	.915	2.389
David Lough	RF	18	38	3	2	0	.953	2.278
Jose Duarte	RF	17	25	1	0	1	1.000	1.529
Brian McFall	RF	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
Jeff Bianchi	SS	60	95	191	8	46	.973	4.767
Chris McConnell	SS	39	47	117	5	26	.970	4.205
Mario Lisson	SS	32	53	98	10	20	.938	4.719
Josh Johnson	SS	12	18	31	0	9	1.000	4.083
Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	3	2	7	1	1	.900	3.000
Totals		2028	4582	1564	178	414	.972	3.031	8	142	44	23.7

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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