Grand Rapids Tigers(70-92)
Runs Scored rank: T10th
Runs Allowed rank: 21st
Code:
Name POS G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS
J. Longoria Jr. LF 154 587 137 20 5 19 68 94 96 177 .233 .342 .382 17 8
G. Benny 2B 150 561 148 23 7 4 67 76 38 71 .264 .313 .351 2 5
K. Perry Jr. 1B 154 559 186 34 2 26 85 118 88 110 .333 .433 .540 0 0
O. Torres CF 153 537 128 26 3 22 98 83 81 83 .238 .340 .421 1 0
K. Tebo 3B 153 521 167 39 3 12 104 94 106 121 .321 .436 .476 1 0
B. Orsini RF 143 497 136 26 3 21 94 98 97 80 .274 .390 .465 13 3
C. Perez C 130 445 131 23 0 14 75 58 17 64 .294 .320 .440 0 0
R. Martinez C 113 436 142 24 2 13 75 68 25 28 .326 .362 .479 4 1
M. Beazley SS 129 336 100 22 0 19 78 51 20 73 .298 .332 .533 0 0
G. Rius LF 108 250 37 18 0 5 26 36 37 80 .148 .256 .280 5 3
E. Plata 2B 81 222 60 11 2 8 33 35 11 65 .270 .311 .446 3 0
D. Roque C 80 195 54 17 1 5 36 26 7 32 .277 .306 .451 2 0
T. Francois RF 42 109 17 4 1 4 10 15 14 19 .156 .270 .321 5 2
N. Bare SS 43 63 15 2 0 2 6 14 5 11 .238 .294 .365 3 1
C. Delossantos LF 43 62 15 1 1 1 7 9 9 13 .242 .338 .339 1 1
J. Monasterio CF 26 58 13 0 2 0 5 11 3 10 .224 .262 .293 0 3
E. Peņa 3B 16 38 8 6 0 1 7 4 1 9 .211 .231 .447 0 0
G. Puņal CF 12 16 5 0 0 1 3 2 2 2 .313 .389 .500 0 0
B. Nilson 1B 14 12 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 .250 .286 .250 0 0
J. Kratochvil SS 7 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .125 0 0
J. Vitagliano MR 43 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 1 0
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K CG SH
R. Barnett 36 36 13 18 0 5.46 229.0 249 147 139 119 215 4 1
H. Carillo 33 33 10 11 0 5.14 204.2 258 132 117 83 117 1 0
P. Esparza 27 27 11 11 0 4.89 187.2 172 112 102 81 119 2 0
J. Vitagliano 59 0 3 4 3 5.51 94.2 86 60 58 31 77 0 0
C. Mckissick 16 16 3 6 0 8.32 79.0 118 77 73 33 42 1 0
D. Leith 60 0 0 6 4 4.98 77.2 93 49 43 41 62 0 0
E. Mapp 12 12 4 7 0 8.15 67.1 96 66 61 31 31 2 0
N. Owen 47 0 4 2 0 6.65 67.2 85 52 50 54 25 0 0
M. Snow 43 0 2 2 0 4.93 65.2 80 42 36 21 54 0 0
M. Roosevelt 55 0 3 1 12 6.93 62.1 81 56 48 44 59 0 0
S. Olmeda 46 0 5 2 18 1.89 62.0 34 14 13 18 45 0 0
K. Garvey 6 6 6 0 0 3.86 49.0 48 21 21 6 33 1 0
C. Costilla 4 4 1 2 0 10.24 19.1 28 23 22 13 11 0 0
H. Crosley 6 0 1 0 0 7.56 8.1 16 7 7 3 9 0 0
J. Seth 4 0 0 0 0 4.77 5.2 6 3 3 1 3 0 0
R. Mansell 1 1 0 0 0 15.00 3.0 7 5 5 0 3 0 0
Thoughts:
Between 2061 and 2083, the Tigers had only one last place finish. Now, they have had two in the last three seasons. Despite a respectable offense, Grand Rapids was severely hampered by a terrible pitching staff.
Biggest Surprise/Breakout Player:
Twenty-three year old
Kenny Perry, Jr. enjoyed a standout season in his second year as a starter, finishing 9th in the AL in batting average, 4th in on base percentage, 6th in OPS, and tied for 4th in runs scored. Veteran infielder
Mickey Beazley, a part-timer for most of his career, set career highs in at bats, hits, doubles, homeruns, RBI, and runs scored. He raised his OPS by nearly 100 points from last season(.766 in 154 at bats to .865 this year).
Biggest Disappointment:
Center-fielder
Oswaldo Torres posted his lowest OPS(.761) since his rookie season of 2080. It represented a decline of nearly 100 points from last season's .854 total. Although
Russell Barnett set a career high in strikeouts, he also saw his ERA balloon significantly from last year's respectable 4.39 figure. It was his worst ERA in a full season.
Outlook:
The Tigers' lineup is fairly solid and not excessively old. They have two young core players at the infield corners in
Perry and 24-year old third-baseman
Kenneth Tebo. Only one regular is eligible for free agency- catcher
Ramon Martinez. For the immediate future, scoring runs will not be a problem for Grand Rapids. Preventing them may prove more troublesome. Veteran starters
Barnett and
Pedro Esparza have not been consistent in their big league careers thus far, while talented 26-year old
Henry Carillo has yet to live up to expectations.
Elias Mapp(24) and
Christopher McKissick(22) are young and very talented but, as evidenced by their respective performances this season, neither is ready to lead a rotation yet. Obviously, there is potential for a resurgence in Grand Rapids within the next couple of seasons, but it is by no means a sure thing.