2012 eligible Rookies

Rookie players

Player   Team Pos G AB C 1B 2B 3B SS OF
Freeman  F ATL 1B 157 571 0 156 0 0 0 0
Trumbo  M LAA 1B 149 539 0 149 0 0 0 11
Hosmer  E KC 1B 128 523 0 127 0 0 0 0
Carp  M SEA 1B 79 290 0 34 0 0 0 28
Guzman  J SD 1B 76 247 0 53 0 0 0 7
Evans  N NYM 1B 59 176 0 45 0 2 0 9
Allen  B OAK 1B 52 175 0 51 0 0 0 0
Miranda  J ARI 1B 65 174 0 46 0 0 0 0
Goldschmidt  P ARI 1B 48 156 0 43 0 0 0 0
Rizzo  A SD 1B 49 128 0 45 0 0 0 0
Espinosa  D WSH 2B 158 573 0 0 158 0 0 0
Barney  D CHC 2B 143 529 0 0 135 0 5 0
Turner  J NYM 2B 117 435 0 0 78 36 1 0
Weeks  J OAK 2B 97 406 0 0 96 0 0 0
Ackley  D SEA 2B 90 333 0 1 86 0 0 0
Hughes  L MIN 2B 96 287 0 36 37 13 0 0
Altuve  J HOU 2B 57 221 0 0 55 0 0 0
Downs  M HOU 2B 106 199 0 13 27 19 2 3
Nelson  C COL 2B 63 180 0 0 29 24 2 0
Giavotella  J KC 2B 46 178 0 0 46 0 0 0
Kipnis  J CLE 2B 36 136 0 0 36 0 0 0
Morel  B CWS 3B 126 413 0 0 0 125 0 0
Moustakas  M KC 3B 89 338 0 0 0 89 0 0
Descalso  D STL 3B 148 326 0 0 18 117 13 0
Nunez  E NYY 3B 112 309 0 0 16 40 50 4
Chisenhall  L CLE 3B 66 212 0 0 0 58 0 1
Martinez  M PHI 3B 88 209 0 0 19 26 13 14
Harrison  J PIT 3B 65 195 0 0 6 50 0 0
Seager  K SEA 3B 53 182 0 0 3 42 10 0
Paredes  J HOU 3B 46 168 0 0 0 46 0 0
Forsythe  L SD 3B 62 150 0 0 23 26 1 0
Lawrie  B TOR 3B 43 150 0 0 0 43 0 0
Arencibia  J TOR C 129 443 122 0 0 0 0 0
Ramos  W WSH C 113 389 108 0 0 0 0 0
McKenry  M PIT C 58 180 58 0 0 1 0 0
Conger  H LAA C 59 177 56 0 0 0 0 0
Stewart  C SF C 67 162 63 3 0 0 0 0
Corporan  C HOU C 52 154 50 0 0 0 0 0
Perez  S KC C 39 148 39 0 0 0 0 0
Hayes  B FLA C 64 130 50 1 0 0 0 2
Revere  B MIN OF 117 450 0 0 0 0 0 106
Thames  E TOR OF 95 362 0 0 0 0 0 79
Fuld  S TB OF 105 308 0 0 0 0 0 87
Duda  L NYM OF 100 301 0 43 0 0 0 46
Mayberry  J PHI OF 104 267 0 18 0 0 0 61
Reddick  J BOS OF 87 254 0 0 0 0 0 80
Jennings  D TB OF 63 247 0 0 0 0 0 60
Paul  X PIT OF 128 243 0 0 0 0 0 101
Bourgeois  J HOU OF 93 238 0 0 2 0 0 73
Dirks  A DET OF 78 219 0 0 0 0 0 71
Presley  A PIT OF 52 215 0 0 0 0 0 51
Wells  C SEA OF 95 215 0 0 0 0 0 83
Martinez  J HOU OF 53 208 0 0 0 0 0 52
Pridie  J NYM OF 101 208 0 0 0 0 0 75
Carrera  E CLE OF 68 202 0 0 0 0 0 64
Sands  J LAD OF 61 198 0 6 0 0 0 57
Brown  D PHI OF 56 184 0 0 0 0 0 52
Tosoni  R MIN OF 60 172 0 0 0 0 0 42
Bogusevic  B HOU OF 87 164 0 0 0 0 0 53
Campana  T CHC OF 95 143 0 0 0 0 0 66
Peguero  C SEA OF 46 143 0 0 0 0 0 43
Robinson  T SEA OF 44 143 0 0 0 0 0 41
Gentry  C TEX OF 64 133 0 0 0 0 0 60
Plouffe  T MIN SS 81 286 0 1 17 0 45 13
Gordon  D LAD SS 56 224 0 0 0 0 54 0
Nishioka  T MIN SS 68 221 0 0 6 0 60 0
Crawford  B SF SS 66 196 0 0 0 0 65 0
Johnson  E TB SS 70 160 0 2 9 0 52 2
d’Arnaud  C PIT SS 48 143 0 0 1 12 29 0

 

Rookie pitchers

Player   Team W L ERA G GS IP
Hellickson  J TB 13 10 2.95 29 29 189   
Pineda  M SEA 9 10 3.74 28 28 171   
Britton  Z BAL 11 11 4.61 28 28 154 1/3
Nova  I NYY 16 4 3.70 28 27 165 1/3
Gee  D NYM 13 6 4.43 30 27 160 2/3
Humber  P CWS 9 9 3.75 28 26 163   
Chatwood  T LAA 6 11 4.75 27 25 142   
Beachy  B ATL 7 3 3.68 25 25 141 2/3
Collmenter  J ARI 10 10 3.38 31 24 154 1/3
Worley  V PHI 11 3 3.01 25 21 131 2/3
Moscoso  G OAK 8 10 3.38 23 21 128   
Carrasco  C CLE 8 9 4.62 21 21 124 2/3
Duffy  D KC 4 8 5.64 20 20 105 1/3
Luebke  C SD 6 10 3.29 46 17 139 2/3
Beavan  B SEA 5 6 4.27 15 15 97   
Lyles  J HOU 2 8 5.36 20 15 94   
Minor  M ATL 5 3 4.14 15 15 82 2/3
Drabek  K TOR 4 5 6.06 18 14 78 2/3
Nicasio  J COL 4 4 4.14 13 13 71 2/3
Furbush  C SEA 4 10 5.48 28 12 85 1/3
Hand  B FLA 1 8 4.20 12 12 60   
Swarzak  A MIN 4 7 4.32 27 11 102   
Stewart  Z CWS 2 6 5.88 13 11 67 1/3
Alvarez  H TOR 1 3 3.53 10 10 63 2/3
De La Rosa  R LAD 4 5 3.71 13 10 60 2/3
Sosa  H HOU 3 5 5.23 10 10 53 1/3
Cobb  A TB 3 2 3.42 9 9 52 2/3
Rodriguez  A HOU 1 6 5.27 43 8 85 1/3
Estrada  M MIL 4 8 4.08 43 7 92 2/3
LeCure  S CIN 2 1 3.71 43 4 77 2/3
Perez  L TOR 3 3 5.12 37 4 65   
Adcock  N KC 1 1 4.62 24 3 60 1/3
Bass  A SD 2 0 1.68 27 3 48 1/3
Teaford  E KC 2 1 3.27 26 3 44   
Noesi  H NYY 2 2 4.47 30 2 56 1/3
Martinez  C ATL 1 3 3.36 46 0 77 2/3
Melancon  M HOU 8 4 2.78 71 0 74 1/3
Resop  C PIT 5 4 4.39 76 0 69 2/3
Collins  T KC 4 4 3.63 68 0 67   
Beato  P NYM 2 1 4.30 60 0 67   
Dunn  M FLA 5 6 3.43 72 0 63   
Pestano  V CLE 1 2 2.32 67 0 62   
Crow  A KC 4 4 2.76 57 0 62   
Stutes  M PHI 6 2 3.63 57 0 62   
Walden  J LAA 5 5 2.98 62 0 60 1/3
Holland  G KC 5 1 1.80 46 0 60   
Coleman  L KC 1 4 2.87 48 0 59 2/3
Cishek  S FLA 2 1 2.63 45 0 54 2/3
Thompson  R LAA 1 3 3.00 44 0 54   
Jansen  K LAD 2 1 2.85 51 0 53 2/3
Del Rosario  E HOU 0 3 4.58 54 0 53   
Rodriguez  F HOU 2 3 3.96 47 0 52 1/3
Reynolds  M COL 1 2 4.09 73 0 50 2/3
Chapman  A CIN 4 1 3.60 54 0 50   
Guerra  J LAD 2 2 2.31 47 0 46 2/3
Tateyama  Y TEX 2 0 4.50 39 0 44   
Ramos  C TB 0 1 3.92 59 0 43 2/3
Alburquerque  A DET 6 1 1.87 41 0 43 1/3
Watson  T PIT 2 2 3.95 43 0 41   
Brothers  R COL 1 2 2.88 48 0 40 2/3
Cassevah  B LAA 1 1 2.72 30 0 39 2/3
Gomes  B TB 2 1 2.92 40 0 37   
Paterson  J ARI 0 3 2.91 62 0 34   
Elbert  S LAD 0 1 2.43 47 0 33 1/3
De Los Santos  F OAK 3 2 4.32 34 0 33 1/3
Lueke  J SEA 1 1 6.06 25 0 32 2/3
Wilhelmsen  T SEA 2 0 3.31 25 0 32 2/3
Mattheus  R WSH 2 2 2.81 35 0 32   
Sanchez  E STL 3 1 1.80 26 0 30   
Lindblom  J LAD 1 0 2.73 27 0 29 2/3
Spence  J SD 0 2 2.73 40 0 29 2/3
Dillard  T MIL 1 1 4.08 24 0 28 2/3
Shaw  B ARI 1 0 2.54 33 0 28 1/3
McGee  J TB 5 2 4.50 37 0 28   
Carpenter  D HOU 1 3 2.93 34 0 27 2/3
Escalona  S HOU 2 1 2.93 49 0 27 2/3
Moskos  D PIT 1 1 2.96 31 0 24 1/3
Mateo  M CHC 1 2 4.30 23 0 23   
Strop  P BAL 2 1 2.05 23 0 22   
Abad  F HOU 1 4 7.32 29 0 19 2/3

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Thunderchickens Losing in Bunches

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Mike’s dog has as big an appetite as he does :)

Brando and I went to the lovely town of Colona to both play Papa Bunch and son on Saturday.  In both series, our team got off to a good start but ended up on a losing note.  We ended up losing 3-6 to Marcus and 4-5 to Mike.

That puts us at 61-83 and deeper in the basement, I’m sure. 

Some highlights:

In three straight games against the Bombers, Troy Tulowitzski went 9 for 13 with 5 rbis and 7 runs scored on three homeruns. 

Ryan Zimmerman had 3+ rbis in four separate games including Game 8 against the Bombers when he hit two homeruns and drove in five.  For the 18 games, he drove in 20.

 

Some lowlights:

Albert Pujols hit .222 with 0 homers with 1 rbi in 14 games and 45 at-bats.

In three straights starts, Manny Parra gave up a total of 39 runs and 21 walks. 

 

We have Molly Putts and the Beanos left.  We only need to two wins to avoid a 100-loss season.  Unless Albert picks it up, I’m only fairly certain we can do this.  Limit are good though if by good you mean I can pitch Manny Parra.

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IAL Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux

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Greg Maddux

Pitcher

inducted in 2011

Greg Maddux Gets the Call

Greg Maddux was inducted into the IAL Hall of Fame. He finished his career with a record of 354 wins versus 232 losses. Besides leading all time in wins, Greg also tops the charts in starts 749, complete games 193, 63 shutouts, and innings pitched 5,086’. Maddux is 2nd all time in strikeouts 3,925, compared to only 1,271 bases on balls, over a 3-to-1 ratio. His career ERA of 3.59 is just out of the top ten, #10 currently stands at 3.57.

In 1988 the Chicago Champions drafted Greg Maddux as D-Y, after he’d posted a 5.61 ERA, a 6-14 record, and allowed 181 base hits over 155” innings of work for the Chicago Cubs. He started 42 games for the Champs in his rookie season, finishing with a 4-15 record and a 6.83 ERA, who knew of the greatness that was to come. Maddux was one of several Champions drafted, who shared their birthday, April 14th, with Chicago skipper Tedd Mallasch.

The six-time Cy Young Award winner, relied on guile, grit, determination, along with competitiveness, but his pinpoint control was what defined Maddux as a pitcher. In 1997 he walked only 13 batters in 245 innings worked. In fact from 1996-98, he only issued 59 free passes over 712’ innings pitched. Greg was a winner, winning twenty or more games 1993-96, and then again in 2001.

It wasn’t just about personal performance for Maddux, if the team wasn’t winning Greg wasn’t happy. Fortunately the Champions finished in 1st place in his rookie year and then again in his last season in the bigs, with a lot of reasons to celebrate in between. Four times Chicago finished in first place and five times they won it all.

It’s kind of neat to compare his MLB numbers with his IAL numbers. Here are his real life stats compared to his in the Illowa APBA League:

 

  YEAR G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
MLB 23 744 740 109 5008 1/3 4726 1981 1756 999 3371 355 227 0 35 3.16
IAL 22 749 749 193 5086 1/3 4092 2216 2030 1271 3925 354 232 0 63 3.59

 

He came in as the Batboy and went out as the Professor. Here’s to the greatest pitcher in the history of the Illowa APBA League, Greg Maddux!

- Tedd Mallasch, manager of the Chicago Champions

 

YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1988 CHAMPS 42 42 3 178 235 160 135 95 155 4 15 0 0 6.83
1989 CHAMPS 34 34 7 235 228 107 103 67 161 13 14 0 3 3.94
1990 CHAMPS 35 35 5 236 2/3 219 123 112 92 162 15 10 0 2 4.26
1991 CHAMPS 34 34 8 233 2/3 169 74 67 55 155 12 10 0 3 2.58
1992 CHAMPS 37 37 10 262 208 100 94 82 187 20 11 0 4 3.23
1993 CHAMPS 35 35 14 267 144 66 58 72 250 20 10 0 8 1.96
1994 CHAMPS 36 36 13 266 2/3 160 89 76 92 211 21 8 0 7 2.56
1995 CHAMPS 36 36 18 287 163 100 97 84 289 23 10 0 6 3.04
1996 CHAMPS 32 32 10 235 2/3 124 64 61 24 260 22 5 0 4 2.33
1997 CHAMPS 35 35 6 245 188 95 81 13 166 16 10 0 3 2.98
1998 CHAMPS 32 32 14 231 2/3 168 103 95 22 225 17 15 0 3 3.69
1999 CHAMPS 34 34 11 251 169 106 96 101 257 16 11 0 3 3.44
2000 CHAMPS 30 30 12 219 2/3 176 87 81 29 135 17 6 0 2 3.32
2001 CHAMPS 32 32 16 249 178 88 81 27 196 21 9 0 4 2.93
2002 CHAMPS 32 32 11 233 178 95 86 21 151 17 7 0 2 3.32
2003 CHAMPS 32 32 1 199 1/3 176 104 100 62 126 15 11 0 1 4.52
2004 CHAMPS 34 34 6 218 1/3 225 119 107 22 128 11 15 0 0 4.41
2005 CHAMPS 33 33 9 212 1/3 214 124 118 75 176 10 19 0 1 5.00
2006 CHAMPS 35 35 7 225 197 107 100 72 135 15 12 0 3 4.00
2007 CHAMPS 32 32 6 209 1/3 183 97 92 54 146 15 6 0 2 3.96
2008 CHAMPS 34 34 2 197 1/3 206 117 102 60 134 15 11 0 0 4.65
2009 CHAMPS 33 33 4 193 2/3 184 91 88 50 120 19 7 0 2 4.09
22 Totals 749 749 193 5086 1/3 4092 2216 2030 1271 3925 354 232 0 63 3.59

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IAL Hall of Fame: Tom Glavine

 

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Tom Glavine

Pitcher

inducted in 2011

Tom Glavine had a pretty unexciting start in the Illowa APBA League.  Winning just two games in his first years, I’m not sure anyone paid much attention to him.  After a ten-win season in his third season in 1990, his trade value was as high it would ever get so it seemed.  So Chicago Champion management traded him for an aging Kirk Gibson to the Twin City Thunderchickens.  After that he never looked back. 

After a mediocre 7-9 season, Glavine put together a string of 12 seasons of double digit wins (after a season of injuries in 2004, he won 10 or more for three more years).  That first year in 1996, he showed his talent winning 17 with a 2.96 ERA and struck out 219.  Glavine was a workhorse. For 14 out of 15 years, he threw at least 210 innings for Twin City explaining why he’s in the top ten in so many pitching categories. 

Glavine’s best season was arguably 1999.  That was the year everything just came together for the Twin City Thunderchickens.  Glavine’s amazing performance was almost overshadowed by teammate Mark McGwire’s record breaking 70 homeruns but that year, he simply couldn’t lose.  With a record of 21-7 and a 3.23, he showed why Thunderchicken management had already deemed him “untradeable”.  By the end of the year, Glavine had not only helped the team to their first 100 win season under their current manager’s reign but also brought home a league championship.

After 19 years with the team, Tom Glavine retired a Thunderchicken in 2009.  He will forever epitomize what it means to be part of that team. 

 

Glavine’s accomplishments

  • tied for 3rd all-time in wins with 247
  • 5th in strikeouts with 2797
  • third in shutouts with 36
  • third in games started with 582
  • fourth in complete games with 148
  • third in innings pitched with 4231 2/3
  • 12 years in a row with 10 wins or more
  • World Series ring in 1999

 

YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1988 CHAMPS 16 0 0 36 1/3 46 20 19 20 30 1 0 0 0 4.71
1989 CHAMPS 39 0 0 98 1/3 130 70 68 33 46 1 1 4 0 6.22
1990 CHAMPS 29 29 4 180 175 94 88 61 89 10 7 0 1 4.40
1991 TCHIX 48 18 5 157 1/3 225 101 92 47 114 7 9 0 1 5.26
1992 TCHIX 34 34 15 246 2/3 164 88 81 79 219 17 10 0 3 2.96
1993 TCHIX 33 33 9 225 184 96 88 86 177 14 13 0 3 3.52
1994 TCHIX 36 36 7 239 193 109 104 88 143 15 12 0 2 3.92
1995 TCHIX 36 36 4 210 2/3 203 114 113 80 127 10 15 0 0 4.83
1996 TCHIX 33 33 9 224 180 111 103 81 130 13 12 0 2 4.14
1997 TCHIX 30 30 14 220 186 120 113 90 145 11 13 0 1 4.62
1998 TCHIX 32 32 10 235 190 101 94 66 150 16 11 0 3 3.60
1999 TCHIX 31 31 10 228 2/3 139 91 82 89 200 21 7 0 4 3.23
2000 TCHIX 34 34 7 219 207 141 125 78 155 11 15 0 1 5.14
2001 TCHIX 33 33 11 240 2/3 201 128 115 69 183 15 12 0 3 4.30
2002 TCHIX 32 32 5 216 168 104 92 73 136 10 10 0 1 3.83
2003 TCHIX 33 33 4 224 2/3 176 117 105 94 159 14 10 0 1 4.21
2004 TCHIX 38 0 0 95 117 58 55 44 57 0 0 6 0 5.21
2005 TCHIX 33 33 6 212 178 101 93 67 133 15 10 0 3 3.95
2006 TCHIX 32 32 7 211 1/3 122 76 76 86 116 18 5 0 4 3.24
2007 TCHIX 27 27 9 186 135 65 64 63 130 14 7 0 1 3.10
2008 TCHIX 30 30 8 200 215 119 112 66 81 8 16 0 2 5.04
2009 TCHIX 24 16 4 126 143 78 69 52 77 6 7 1 0 4.93
22 Totals 713 582 148 4231 2/3 3677 2102 1951 1512 2797 247 202 11 36 4.15

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IAL Leaderboards Wrap-up

During the All-Star weekend, Tedd mentioned to me that the IAL Player Register was one year out of date.  So I got on it.  It’s now updated with 2010 stats.  While I was doing that, I thought I do the all-time leaderboards which is a fun for me.  Here is my summary.

Who’s new on the list?

Who cracked the single season top ten in 2010?  Good question.  There weren’t many and the ones that did might surprise you.  The Kentucky Kernels’ rookie Andrew Bailey did it with his 44 saves.  He’s tenth on the list.  The Green Rock Bombers’ Livan Hernandez found himself on a couple categories.  In 2009, he broke the all-time record for innings pitched in a season with 354 1/3.  This past year, he almost did again.  He logged 322 2/3 innings which is good for eighth all time.  Not only that, he comes in 3rd all-time in losses with 26 losses in 2010. 

Another Bomber pitcher, Francisco Lirano walked 171 batters which now ranks 3rd in the history of our league.  Manny Parra of the Twin City Thunderchickens wasn’t far behind in 2010.  He gave out 169 free passes and comes in 4th all time. 

Two pitchers ranked in the top ten in games pitched in 2010… and they both pitched for the same team.  Brad Lidge (88 games) and Kevin Jepsen (87 games) of the Molly Putts Marauders now are in the record books (5th and 6th place respectively).

That seems like a lot of pitchers but among the hitters, there was only one who cracked the single season top ten lists.  Chicago Highlander Miguel Tejada.  Shortstop Tejada hit 62 doubles which was one less than Nomar Garciaparra’s all-time record set in 2001.  Tejada will settle for a tie for second place with 1987 Wade Boggs and former Highlander 1995 Chuck Knoblauch.

What were the trends on the all-time career lists?

We’re starting to see a new class of players make their way into the IAL record books.  In 2010, Derek Jeter just made into the top ten of at-bats and runs as well as bolstering his lead in HBP.  Alex Rodriguez jumped up a few spots in the homerun category to fifth all-time with 563 dingers.   ARod also made his first appearance on the rbi chart.  He’s seventh all-time with 1489. 

Ivan Rodriguez is going to do his best bolster his numbers going into his last season in 2011.  Right now, he’s 8th all-time in hits with 2407, 4th in doubles (he’s giving tips to Miguel), and 9th in at-bats. 

Albert Pujols is now the all-time leader in slugging percentage and Joe Mauer’s OBP of .402 is nine points behind all-time leader Wade Boggs.  Upperdecker teammate Todd Helton is only three points behind Mauer and comes in at third all time. 

There are plenty more players making a splash… Chipper Jones, Jimmy Rollins, Manny Ramirez (if striking out is considered “making a splash”. Manny is now the all-time leader in Ks with 1748). 

Are there any old-timers still in the IAL record books?

Records are meant to be broken.  But do we have players from our early days still on our record books?  Plenty!  For example:

  • 1981 Al Oliver is 3rd in hits with 231.  1978 Dave Parker clocks in at 9th with 224.
  • 1982 Cecil Cooper ranks fifth with 61 doubles.
  • 1982 Vince Coleman is the all-time leader in stolen bases with 119.  Tim aines is the all time career leader with 854.
  • Andy Messersmith won 27 games in 1976 for the all time record.  Bryan Harvey saved 55 in 1992 again, no one has matched that.
  • The top three in career ERA are all from a different era (no pun intended).  Catfish Hunter (3.11), Bert Blyleven (3.44), Jim Palmer (3.50), Ken Forsch (3.50) and Steve Carlton (3.50). 

Check out the all-time records yourself. 

All-time Hitting Records and the All-time Pitching Records. 

Here is the link to the 2011 IAL Player Register

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