2003 West Michigan Whitecaps Statistics
Midwest League (MWL) - Class: A
Team Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Phil Regan (67-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 361,545, Avg. 5,562 in 65 home dates
2003 West Michigan Whitecaps RosterTeam Record: 67-73
Finished 5th in the MWL's East Division
Manager: Phil Regan (67-73)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Ballpark: Fifth Third Ballpark
Attendance: 361,545, Avg. 5,562 in 65 home dates
The West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League ended the 2003 season with a record of 67 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the league's East Division.
The Whitecaps scored 570 runs and surrendered 583 runs. Brent Clevlen led West Michigan with 12 home runs Victor Mendez and Brent Clevlen each drove in 63 runs. Mike Rabelo paced all regular batters with a .274 average. Jon Connolly topped the team with 16 wins and a team-best 1.41 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 2003 West Michigan Whitecaps who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Scott Moore, Humberto Sánchez, Joel Zumaya, Brent Clevlen, Mike Rabelo and Ryan Raburn.
Phil Regan served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Connolly | 16 | 3 | .842 | 1.41 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 166.0 | 128 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 104 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 658 |
| Michael Howell | 7 | 3 | .700 | 2.09 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77.7 | 52 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 293 |
| Joel Zumaya | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2.79 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 69 | 35 | 28 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 126 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 376 |
| Humberto Sánchez | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4.42 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116.0 | 107 | 71 | 57 | 3 | 78 | 2 | 96 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 525 |
| Matt Parris | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.21 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 127 | 56 | 45 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 536 |
| Troy Pickford | 5 | 7 | .417 | 2.66 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 98.0 | 97 | 41 | 29 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 71 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 415 |
| Ian Ostlund | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 44 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 45.3 | 31 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 181 |
| Jermy Rodriguez | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.81 | 41 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 54 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 28 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 238 |
| Jason Graham | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.23 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44.7 | 51 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 204 |
| Billy Kieninger | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.00 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 63 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 218 |
| Jordan Gerk | 2 | 5 | .286 | 3.07 | 55 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 67.3 | 69 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 287 |
| Juan Figueroa | 2 | 5 | .286 | 6.44 | 55 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 50.3 | 51 | 43 | 36 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 247 |
| Matt Pender | 2 | 10 | .167 | 5.65 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86.0 | 95 | 60 | 54 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 51 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 389 |
| Dan Smith | 1 | 1 | .500 | 4.91 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.7 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 71 |
| Dustin Smith | 1 | 4 | .200 | 5.35 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.7 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 166 |
| Chris Steinborn | 1 | 6 | .143 | 6.39 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 | 62 | 37 | 31 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 209 |
| Luis Diaz | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | |
| Ross Koenig | 0 | 1 | .000 | 7.83 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 119 |
| Lavon Lewis | 0 | 1 | .000 | 13.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Totals | 67 | 73 | .479 | 3.54 | 454 | 140 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 1201.0 | 1146 | 583 | 473 | 52 | 472 | 21 | 933 | 68 | 9 | 80 | 5192 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Clevlen | 138 | 560 | 481 | 67 | 125 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 6 | 3 | 72 | 111 | .260 | .359 | .410 | .768 | 197 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 126 | 535 | 453 | 65 | 113 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 24 | 10 | 65 | 81 | .249 | .346 | .338 | .684 | 153 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Victor Mendez | 137 | 531 | 471 | 64 | 111 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 14 | 8 | 47 | 85 | .236 | .307 | .382 | .689 | 180 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Mike Rabelo | 123 | 438 | 394 | 41 | 108 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 31 | 62 | .274 | .328 | .353 | .681 | 139 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Jody Roughton | 106 | 418 | 380 | 41 | 97 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 72 | .255 | .316 | .382 | .697 | 145 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Juan Francia | 118 | 460 | 405 | 49 | 97 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 14 | 42 | 78 | .240 | .316 | .286 | .602 | 116 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilton Reynolds | 102 | 401 | 359 | 39 | 96 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 86 | .267 | .338 | .415 | .753 | 149 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Scott Moore | 107 | 421 | 372 | 40 | 89 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 110 | .239 | .325 | .363 | .688 | 135 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Knoedler | 91 | 287 | 248 | 36 | 52 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 29 | 75 | .210 | .298 | .298 | .596 | 74 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Demetrius Heath | 73 | 228 | 195 | 34 | 50 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 39 | .256 | .348 | .323 | .671 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Rob Watson | 58 | 242 | 191 | 32 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 38 | .251 | .383 | .325 | .708 | 62 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Chris Maples | 85 | 260 | 235 | 23 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 47 | .187 | .258 | .285 | .543 | 67 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gilberto Mejia | 34 | 126 | 115 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 31 | .200 | .252 | .261 | .513 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Raburn | 16 | 65 | 57 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 14 | .351 | .431 | .632 | 1.062 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matty Oakes | 42 | 94 | 87 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | .230 | .264 | .299 | .563 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Kennedy | 19 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | .103 | .255 | .179 | .435 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Angel Brito | 9 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .087 | .125 | .087 | .212 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Romprey | 9 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .045 | .045 | .091 | .136 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1393 | 5160 | 4527 | 570 | 1100 | 188 | 50 | 65 | 495 | 119 | 63 | 496 | 965 | .243 | .323 | .350 | .673 | 1583 | 100 | 55 | 54 | 28 | 12 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jody Roughton | 1B | 99 | 750 | 58 | 8 | 56 | .990 | 8.162 | ||||
| Chris Maples | 1B | 51 | 319 | 19 | 7 | 23 | .980 | 6.627 | ||||
| Angel Brito | 1B | 9 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.444 | ||||
| Juan Francia | 2B | 70 | 129 | 162 | 16 | 36 | .948 | 4.157 | ||||
| Rob Watson | 2B | 42 | 94 | 98 | 7 | 21 | .965 | 4.571 | ||||
| Gilberto Mejia | 2B | 25 | 39 | 58 | 3 | 14 | .970 | 3.880 | ||||
| Chris Maples | 2B | 12 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 2.833 | ||||
| Ed Romprey | 2B | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .938 | 2.500 | ||||
| Demetrius Heath | 2B | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Scott Moore | 3B | 102 | 64 | 156 | 28 | 11 | .887 | 2.157 | ||||
| Chris Maples | 3B | 17 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 3 | .895 | 2.000 | ||||
| Rob Watson | 3B | 15 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | .903 | 1.867 | ||||
| Juan Gonzalez | 3B | 13 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 2.000 | ||||
| Ryan Raburn | 3B | 7 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 2.286 | ||||
| Mike Rabelo | C | 118 | 773 | 84 | 5 | 4 | .994 | 7.263 | 7 | 81 | 38 | 31.9 |
| Matty Oakes | C | 42 | 186 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .980 | 4.714 | 8 | 32 | 9 | 22.0 |
| Victor Mendez | CF | 135 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Knoedler | CF | 11 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Kennedy | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demetrius Heath | CF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Wilton Reynolds | LF | 77 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Knoedler | LF | 56 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demetrius Heath | LF | 19 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Kennedy | LF | 1 | .000 | |||||||||
| Victor Mendez | OF | 135 | 329 | 7 | 8 | 2 | .977 | 2.489 | ||||
| Brent Clevlen | OF | 134 | 271 | 16 | 10 | 3 | .966 | 2.142 | ||||
| Wilton Reynolds | OF | 77 | 138 | 10 | 9 | 1 | .943 | 1.922 | ||||
| Jason Knoedler | OF | 72 | 112 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .975 | 1.653 | ||||
| Demetrius Heath | OF | 23 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.565 | ||||
| Jason Kennedy | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Jordan Gerk | P | 55 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .952 | .364 | ||||
| Juan Figueroa | P | 55 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .667 | .109 | ||||
| Ian Ostlund | P | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .068 | ||||
| Jermy Rodriguez | P | 41 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .778 | .171 | ||||
| Matt Parris | P | 32 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | .939 | .969 | ||||
| Jason Graham | P | 28 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .286 | ||||
| Billy Kieninger | P | 26 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .933 | .538 | ||||
| Jon Connolly | P | 25 | 5 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .973 | 1.440 | ||||
| Humberto Sánchez | P | 23 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 0 | .838 | 1.348 | ||||
| Ross Koenig | P | 20 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .200 | ||||
| Joel Zumaya | P | 19 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .800 | .421 | ||||
| Chris Steinborn | P | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .278 | ||||
| Matt Pender | P | 17 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | .900 | 1.059 | ||||
| Troy Pickford | P | 16 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.438 | ||||
| Dan Smith | P | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Michael Howell | P | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.455 | ||||
| Dustin Smith | P | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .571 | ||||
| Luis Diaz | P | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Lavon Lewis | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | ||||
| Brent Clevlen | RF | 134 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Knoedler | RF | 7 | .000 | |||||||||
| Demetrius Heath | RF | 4 | .000 | |||||||||
| Jason Kennedy | RF | 2 | .000 | |||||||||
| Juan Gonzalez | SS | 116 | 165 | 326 | 14 | 51 | .972 | 4.233 | ||||
| Juan Francia | SS | 30 | 33 | 83 | 10 | 13 | .921 | 3.867 | ||||
| Ed Romprey | SS | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.667 | ||||
| Totals | 2127 | 3603 | 1391 | 173 | 260 | .967 | 2.348 | 15 | 113 | 47 | 29.4 |
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.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
