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2026 Illinois Jethawks

Record: 94-68
Finish: 1st in GE East Division
Runs Scored: 782
Runs Allowed: 673
Exp W-L: 92-70

Ballpark: Jethawk Sportpark
Attendance: 2,864,279
Manager: Brandon Popper

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-59, 3rd in the Great Explorers
AA: 74-64, 4th in the Great Explorers
A: 76-62, 4th in the Great Explorers

Postseason Results:
Lost GE League Champ Series 2-4 to Washington Griffins
Won Wild Card Series 4-3 over Nevada Jacks

Team Index		Draft History		Park History
Starters:	Positional	Registers:	Batters	Leaders:	Batters
	Pitchers		Pitchers		Pitchers

Team Batting Stats Help
Pos	Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	XR	OWS	DWS
LF	*Shane Jaggers	32	148	570	106	150	17	3	13	48	32	9	75	60	.263	.359	.372	.731	83.2	15.4	4.0
CF	*Eric Fender	28	150	588	98	193	31	4	14	82	38	8	60	41	.328	.389	.466	.855	104.8	25.2	4.9
1B	Luis Rodriguez	31	154	604	77	146	32	1	17	106	16	3	35	94	.242	.286	.382	.669	64.8	7.9	3.5
3B	Jose Chavero	24	148	555	106	174	30	4	38	106	18	5	89	92	.314	.406	.587	.993	122.3	30.9	5.4
C	Carlos Fimenez	32	147	518	74	153	19	1	18	86	0	0	37	62	.295	.341	.440	.781	71.4	13.0	5.6
2B	Garry Vandiver	30	148	469	59	131	30	3	4	48	0	4	60	82	.279	.379	.382	.761	66.8	13.3	3.7
CF	*Wally Brinklow	25	147	428	57	143	19	2	9	67	19	12	40	43	.334	.389	.451	.840	70.6	15.7	3.8
RF	Clove Rodriguez	27	141	391	40	80	13	5	14	54	25	15	18	53	.205	.246	.371	.617	35.1	1.2	3.1
SS	Jesus Tabares	26	128	341	45	96	10	0	10	45	6	2	26	66	.282	.342	.399	.741	47.9	8.5	4.0
2B	Mark Vanman	29	129	320	37	92	14	0	8	48	1	2	37	42	.288	.360	.406	.766	47.2	9.4	3.2
RF	Valentin Serna	29	102	226	30	65	9	0	2	25	9	6	17	18	.288	.339	.354	.693	25.4	3.8	1.0
C	Benito Donato	35	69	171	19	33	5	0	5	19	10	1	17	40	.193	.266	.310	.576	14.7	0.6	1.4
P	*Harry Kirton	28	36	75	4	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	25	.107	.130	.147	.277	-1.3	0.0	0.0
P	Walter Piccirillo	35	34	67	3	5	2	0	0	1	0	1	4	10	.075	.127	.104	.231	-1.5	0.0	0.0
P	Dennis Couch	29	27	58	7	16	3	0	0	2	0	0	4	15	.276	.323	.328	.650	6.0	0.7	0.0
LF	#Herb McMileage	31	43	56	13	14	0	1	1	5	4	1	8	12	.250	.364	.339	.703	8.4	1.5	0.4
P	#Manny Coronas	31	26	43	5	14	4	0	0	9	0	1	8	8	.326	.431	.419	.850	7.7	1.8	0.0
P	*David Bonneau	26	18	32	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	9	.094	.194	.125	.319	0.7	0.0	0.0
P	Isaias Servia	34	25	29	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.103	.103	.103	.207	-0.8	0.0	0.0
P	Jesse Rigden	31	5	8	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.250	.375	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Paul Rocha	27	62	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Larry Jones	29	48	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.3	0.0	0.0
P	Eneas Reigosa	20	40	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0.4	0.0	0.0
P	*Allen Clarkson	35	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Benicio Chuquimia	25	51	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.2	0.0	0.0
P	Matt Thompson	21	75	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0.3	0.0	0.0
P	*Robert Cleverley	37	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	29.1	2131	5563	782	1522	241	25	153	759	179	70	542	779	.274	.341	.408	.750	773.6	148.9	44.1
	Rank among 12 GE teams			5	3	3	9	9	3	3	3	10	3	5	2	1	3	3	3
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed

Team Pitching Stats Help
Name	Age	W	L	Pct	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	PWS
*Harry Kirton	28	18	8	.692	36	36	0	230.3	208	78	3	55	104	3.05	16.1
Walter Piccirillo	35	14	14	.500	34	34	0	214.3	212	91	9	84	106	3.82	9.2
Dennis Couch	29	12	6	.667	27	27	0	178.7	168	67	23	53	133	3.38	12.4
Manny Coronas	31	13	7	.650	26	26	0	148.3	135	65	12	47	70	3.94	9.0
*David Bonneau	26	7	7	.500	18	18	0	114.7	108	49	11	20	48	3.85	5.9
Isaias Servia	34	6	8	.429	25	16	0	103.3	91	39	9	50	39	3.40	5.1
Matt Thompson	21	3	2	.600	75	0	0	82.7	70	41	11	29	53	4.46	4.0
*Gary Holquin	32	4	3	.571	74	0	1	75.3	60	32	9	28	38	3.82	5.8
Paul Rocha	27	3	4	.429	62	0	40	60.3	59	18	0	10	31	2.69	11.6
Benicio Chuquimia	25	5	3	.625	51	0	0	59.0	57	32	12	30	37	4.88	2.1
Larry Jones	29	2	2	.500	48	0	2	58.0	55	21	7	18	29	3.26	4.2
Eneas Reigosa	20	4	2	.667	40	0	0	44.0	54	20	2	15	27	4.09	2.2
Jesse Rigden	31	2	1	.667	5	5	0	30.7	25	13	3	21	12	3.82	1.4
*Allen Clarkson	35	0	0	.000	22	0	0	28.7	40	22	6	12	12	6.91	0.0
*Robert Cleverley	37	1	1	.500	8	0	0	10.3	13	9	0	8	4	7.84	0.0
Team Totals	29.3	94	68	.580	551	162	43	1438.6	1355	597	117	480	743	3.73	89.0
Rank among 12 GE teams				3	3	6	3	11	3	4	4	10	9	5
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Stats Help

Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.

Catchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	30.1
C.Fimenez	1129.0	126	132	612	59	6	3	.991	26.0
B.Donato	309.7	36	38	154	17	4	1	.977	25.9
Team Total	1438.7	162	170	766	76	10	4	.988	26.0
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.993	10.65
L.Rodriguez	1071.0	122	122	1107	76	8	84	.993	9.94
C.Rodriguez	108.3	12	12	124	7	1	11	.992	10.88
E.Fender	82.0	9	9	95	4	1	6	.990	10.87
W.Brinklow	78.0	8	9	86	5	0	9	1.000	10.50
J.Chavero	68.3	8	8	73	9	2	9	.976	10.80
S.Jaggers	31.0	3	4	36	0	0	2	1.000	10.45
Team Total	1438.7	162	164	1521	101	12	121	.993	10.15
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.981	5.30
G.Vandiver	846.0	97	104	192	284	9	53	.981	5.06
M.Vanman	374.0	42	49	89	118	7	25	.967	4.98
J.Tabares	136.0	15	23	31	44	1	15	.987	4.96
H.McMileage	82.7	8	18	20	28	2	6	.960	5.23
Team Total	1438.7	162	194	332	474	19	99	.977	5.04
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.954	2.82
J.Chavero	1209.3	136	137	100	297	14	25	.966	2.95
M.Vanman	119.0	14	14	10	26	1	2	.973	2.72
J.Tabares	61.3	7	7	4	22	1	1	.963	3.82
B.Donato	48.0	5	7	1	8	0	3	1.000	1.69
V.Serna	1.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.7	162	166	115	353	16	31	.967	2.93
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.970	4.72
J.Tabares	571.0	66	70	64	222	8	24	.973	4.51
G.Vandiver	324.7	36	40	48	101	10	18	.937	4.13
L.Rodriguez	278.7	32	32	36	122	6	17	.963	5.10
M.Vanman	256.3	28	39	46	102	5	19	.967	5.20
W.Brinklow	6.0	0	3	0	3	1	0	.750	4.50
C.Rodriguez	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.7	162	185	194	550	30	78	.961	4.65
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.986	2.31
S.Jaggers	609.7	68	71	171	4	3	2	.983	2.58
E.Fender	506.0	57	59	154	6	1	1	.994	2.85
V.Serna	199.0	24	25	41	0	1	0	.976	1.85
W.Brinklow	89.0	10	12	23	1	0	1	1.000	2.43
H.McMileage	19.0	2	3	7	0	0	0	1.000	3.32
C.Rodriguez	16.0	1	6	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.7	162	176	396	11	5	4	.988	2.55

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.989	2.93
C.Rodriguez	662.0	75	83	226	1	1	0	.996	3.09
W.Brinklow	608.7	70	80	214	6	2	2	.991	3.25
E.Fender	120.0	13	15	41	1	0	0	1.000	3.15
V.Serna	38.0	4	6	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.89
S.Jaggers	4.0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	6.75
B.Donato	4.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.25
H.McMileage	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1438.7	162	189	493	8	3	2	.994	3.13
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.985	2.34
S.Jaggers	590.3	67	68	151	1	2	0	.987	2.32
E.Fender	581.7	65	66	169	3	1	2	.994	2.66
V.Serna	131.0	16	16	39	0	1	0	.975	2.68
W.Brinklow	109.7	12	13	35	2	1	1	.974	3.04
H.McMileage	17.0	2	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	4.24
C.Rodriguez	9.0	0	5	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Team Total	1438.7	162	172	404	6	5	3	.988	2.56
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.961	1.88
H.Kirton	230.3	36	36	12	39	5	6	.911	1.99
W.Piccirillo	214.3	34	34	18	47	1	2	.985	2.73
D.Couch	178.7	27	27	8	17	1	2	.962	1.26
M.Coronas	148.3	26	26	7	12	2	1	.905	1.15
D.Bonneau	114.7	18	18	7	18	0	0	1.000	1.96
I.Servia	103.3	16	25	5	13	1	1	.947	1.57
M.Thompson	82.7	0	75	1	13	0	0	1.000	1.52
G.Holquin	75.3	0	74	5	6	1	1	.917	1.31
P.Rocha	60.3	0	62	2	12	0	1	1.000	2.09
B.Chuquimia	59.0	0	51	2	6	0	2	1.000	1.22
L.Jones	58.0	0	48	3	4	0	1	1.000	1.09
E.Reigosa	44.0	0	40	3	11	1	1	.933	2.86
J.Rigden	30.7	5	5	3	8	0	1	1.000	3.23
A.Clarkson	28.7	0	22	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.94
R.Cleverley	10.3	0	8	2	1	0	0	1.000	2.61
Team Total	1438.6	162	551	79	209	12	19	.960	1.80

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Fender	.328
On-Base Pct	Chavero	.406
Slugging Pct	Chavero	.587
OPS	Chavero	.993
XR	Chavero	122.3
Games	Rodriguez	154
At-Bats	Rodriguez	604
Runs	Chavero, Jaggers	106
Hits	Fender	193
Total Bases	Chavero	326
Singles	Fender	144
Doubles	Rodriguez	32
Triples	Rodriguez	5
Homeruns	Chavero	38
RBIs	Chavero, Rodriguez	106
Stolen Bases	Fender	38
Caught Stealing	Rodriguez	15
Walks	Chavero	89
Strikeouts	Rodriguez	94

ERA	Kirton	3.05
Wins	Kirton	18
Losses	Piccirillo	14
Winning Pct	Kirton	.692
Saves	Rocha	40
Games Pitched	Thompson	75
Games Started	Kirton	36
Complete Games	Couch	5
Shutouts	Couch	3
Innings Pitched	Kirton	230.3
Hits Allowed	Piccirillo	212
Homeruns Allowed	Couch	23
Strikeouts	Couch	133
Walks Allowed	Piccirillo	84
Walks per 9IP	Kirton	2.1
Hits per 9IP	Kirton	8.1
Strikeouts per 9IP	Couch	6.7
WHiP	Kirton	1.14
OAVG	Kirton	.241
OOBP	Couch	.300
OSLG	Kirton	.334
OOPS	Kirton	.641

Team All-Stars

Player Salaries
Dennis Couch	$ 300,000
Larry Jones	$ 300,000
Shane Jaggers	$ 300,000
Gary Holquin	$ 300,000
James Glasper	$ 300,000
Carlos Fimenez	$ 300,000
David Bonneau	$ 300,000
Benito Donato	$ 300,000
Herb McMileage	$ 300,000
Manny Coronas	$ 300,000
Robert Cleverley	$ 300,000
Allen Clarkson	$ 300,000
Benicio Chuquimia	$ 300,000
Jose Chavero	$ 300,000
Wally Brinklow	$ 300,000
Eric Fender	$ 300,000
Clove Rodriguez	$ 300,000
Georg Vankats	$ 300,000
Garry Vandiver	$ 300,000
Matt Thompson	$ 300,000
Jesus Tabares	$ 300,000
Jaime Smith	$ 300,000
Isaias Servia	$ 300,000
Harry Kirton	$ 300,000
Luis Rodriguez	$ 300,000
Dean Lawson	$ 300,000
Paul Rocha	$ 300,000
Jesse Rigden	$ 300,000
Eneas Reigosa	$ 300,000
Walter Piccirillo	$ 300,000
David Occhipinti	$ 300,000
Mark Vanman	$ 300,000
Valentin Serna	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
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