The Kilkenny Cats (76-78) possess a top-notch mound corps, both starters and relievers (3.16 team ERA - 5th), but manager Rusty Denicola's offense was severely lacking... defense is shoddy, too, with a very poor .967 FA... the Cats tied with Far Mountain for fifth place in the RU North standings and trailed by 16 games... Kilkenny was fourth in 2031... the team hit a lousy .234 for the season, ranking near the bottom in most offensive categories... heading up the staff were Christy Kane (16-14), veteran Dave Whitaker (15-20), Dean Harris (14-15) and Darragh Whelan (11-14)... James Crockett (4-5), Joey Hicks (10-7) and Jamie O'Connell (2-1) anchored the rock-solid bullpen... vet OF Hal Littleton (.307) paced the team in BA, but played most of the season with Ancona, coming in a trade at the trading deadline... rookie standout 2B Thomas Rutherford (.303) had a fine season and one of the few quality batters.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-25-2012 at 11:50 PM.
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