2008 Connecticut Marines
Record: 84-78
Finish: 2nd in FF North Division
Runs Scored: 692
Runs Allowed: 676
Exp W-L: 83-79
 
Ballpark: Seashore Coliseum
Attendance: 2,908,684
Manager: Jesse Berry

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 61-76, 9th in the Founding Fathers
AA: 67-70, 6th in the Founding Fathers
A: 56-81, 10th in the Founding Fathers
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Wild Card Series 0-3 to New York Barons
 
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
3B *Deshawn Cobb 35 158 600 83 159 40 2 12 60 34 9 22 86 .265 .301 .398 .699 73.5 12.9 3.4
LF *Pete Kahle 26 155 564 107 174 36 4 42 120 3 0 56 133 .309 .370 .610 .980 119.9 29.8 3.2
1B #Donald Birnbaum 35 156 559 70 185 28 0 13 93 0 0 59 101 .331 .398 .451 .849 95.8 23.4 2.2
CF  Thomas Holtzclaw 34 154 528 64 110 37 11 23 87 12 10 32 134 .208 .259 .451 .709 61.6 7.9 3.4
LF *Sanford Rossignol 27 150 482 54 102 27 5 16 59 28 10 21 60 .212 .249 .388 .636 46.0 4.5 2.0
SS #Matt McQuade 26 107 407 79 128 34 9 5 34 58 13 48 59 .314 .390 .479 .870 79.4 20.2 6.1
C #Matthew Strom 27 117 376 39 114 24 1 9 47 2 1 57 55 .303 .400 .444 .844 64.2 14.9 3.1
3B *Jefferson Session 31 114 289 34 63 8 3 2 14 15 13 19 76 .218 .269 .287 .556 20.2 0.1 3.7
SS  Mark Risch 32 89 246 26 58 11 2 4 21 21 12 8 58 .236 .266 .346 .611 21.5 1.9 3.7
RF  Joaquim Daluz 28 91 229 27 41 10 4 6 24 21 5 12 42 .179 .223 .336 .559 19.1 1.1 2.8
C  Tracy Carper 31 98 218 25 53 11 1 7 29 1 2 11 46 .243 .280 .399 .679 22.6 2.9 1.5
1B *John Mettler 35 119 142 13 34 6 0 3 23 0 0 7 40 .239 .290 .345 .635 13.4 1.2 0.3
LF *Glenn Gull 26 75 139 21 45 14 1 0 10 10 7 8 16 .324 .377 .439 .816 20.8 4.8 0.9
P  Earl Boucher 30 34 92 3 10 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 28 .109 .128 .141 .269 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Michael Hesson 36 34 85 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 41 .082 .114 .082 .196 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  Huey Pearson 35 35 85 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 43 .047 .069 .094 .163 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Horace Blackmon 31 31 84 5 7 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 35 .083 .105 .107 .212 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Arliss Payn 32 28 67 3 12 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .179 .186 .209 .395 2.1 0.0 0.0
C  Bill Rein 38 32 62 8 10 0 1 1 5 0 0 6 9 .161 .243 .242 .485 4.6 0.0 0.4
RF  William Littlefield 32 44 61 11 13 2 1 2 9 0 0 1 19 .213 .238 .377 .615 4.5 0.0 0.3
RF  Paul Graves 31 45 49 5 10 4 0 1 4 2 2 7 8 .204 .304 .347 .651 3.9 0.1 0.4
3B  Jared Whobrey 26 21 40 3 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 5 11 .150 .261 .150 .411 2.1 0.0 0.4
3B #Alex Gonzalez 31 26 32 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .219 .306 .250 .556 2.8 0.3 0.1
CF  Jack Gallucci 28 18 22 3 3 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 3 .136 .200 .318 .518 2.2 0.1 0.2
CF *Amos Colburn 32 9 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Albert Morales 39 43 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Milan Pickles 38 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P #Thor Haalko 27 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
2B  James Dolph 30 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *Lorenzo Gardea 28 29 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Oren Dehart 37 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.4 2127 5475 692 1360 303 45 148 670 211 85 395 1140 .248 .304 .401 .705 672.1 126.5 38.0
  Rank among 12 FF teams 8 4 7 1 3 3 3 2 12 10 9 6 7 3 4 4  
* - 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
 Earl Boucher 30 14 13 .519 34 34 0 265.3 267 91 16 76 213 3.09 20.1
*Michael Hesson 36 11 17 .393 34 34 0 248.3 263 136 35 59 118 4.93 2.3
 Horace Blackmon 31 14 12 .538 31 31 0 244.0 251 94 17 30 106 3.47 14.5
 Huey Pearson 35 17 9 .654 35 35 0 238.0 226 98 7 81 195 3.71 14.0
 Arliss Payn 32 13 11 .542 28 28 0 197.7 204 102 14 104 163 4.64 6.3
*Thor Haalko 27 8 5 .615 68 0 36 66.0 56 20 4 23 51 2.73 14.3
 Leo Clement 31 3 3 .500 71 0 1 54.3 39 13 5 17 39 2.15 7.4
 Albert Morales 39 1 1 .500 43 0 4 46.0 40 10 1 13 32 1.96 7.0
 Milan Pickles 38 2 4 .333 40 0 1 39.7 46 22 6 11 16 4.99 0.8
*Lorenzo Gardea 28 1 2 .333 29 0 0 30.3 31 20 6 3 11 5.93 0.1
 Oren Dehart 37 0 0 .000 5 0 0 8.3 13 6 0 1 8 6.48 0.0
*Bob Spence 29 0 1 .000 2 0 0 4.0 5 3 1 0 3 6.75 0.0
*Foro Sixto 26 0 0 .000 4 0 0 3.7 3 0 0 1 2 0.00 0.6
Team Totals 32.2 84 78 .519 424 162 42 1445.6 1444 615 112 419 957 3.83 87.5
Rank among 12 FF teams 4 4 6 4 9 9 4 8 3 9 8  
* - 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 .990 26.6
M.Strom 975.3 111 113 671 38 13 0 .982 21.4
T.Carper 391.3 42 48 259 16 0 0 1.000 27.6
B.Rein 79.0 9 11 53 4 1 0 .983 20.0
Team Total 1445.7 162 172 983 58 14 0 .987 22.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.02
D.Birnbaum 1299.7 150 151 1298 76 6 117 .996 9.51
J.Mettler 92.3 8 20 90 7 1 10 .990 9.46
T.Carper 53.7 4 11 49 4 0 7 1.000 8.89
Team Total 1445.7 162 182 1437 87 7 134 .995 9.49
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.99
J.Session 581.0 66 82 107 213 6 55 .982 4.96
J.Daluz 546.7 64 73 110 175 0 41 1.000 4.69
M.Risch 294.0 31 48 53 92 4 20 .973 4.44
W.Littlefield 24.0 1 10 6 10 0 2 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 213 276 490 10 118 .987 4.77
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.67
D.Cobb 1216.7 138 142 82 238 30 22 .914 2.37
J.Whobrey 107.7 11 17 6 24 0 4 1.000 2.51
A.Gonzalez 57.0 6 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.74
B.Rein 54.3 6 13 2 8 1 3 .909 1.66
J.Session 9.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Dolph 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 185 96 278 31 29 .923 2.33
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.29
M.McQuade 890.7 102 106 101 306 7 50 .983 4.11
M.Risch 285.0 31 34 45 109 3 22 .981 4.86
J.Session 129.0 15 17 20 39 0 9 1.000 4.12
D.Cobb 85.0 9 13 13 20 2 6 .943 3.49
J.Daluz 55.0 5 10 14 18 4 5 .889 5.24
W.Littlefield 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 181 193 492 16 92 .977 4.26
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.14
P.Kahle 1304.3 147 153 382 12 4 3 .990 2.72
G.Gull 70.3 7 11 30 1 0 0 1.000 3.97
P.Graves 49.0 6 8 9 1 0 1 1.000 1.84
S.Rossignol 16.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Gallucci 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
Team Total 1445.7 162 177 426 14 4 4 .991 2.74
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.72
T.Holtzclaw 1275.3 150 152 423 7 11 0 .975 3.03
P.Graves 83.3 5 26 31 3 0 1 1.000 3.67
J.Gallucci 49.0 4 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.94
G.Gull 30.0 3 5 14 0 0 0 1.000 4.20
A.Colburn 6.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Mettler 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 200 486 10 11 1 .978 3.09
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.14
S.Rossignol 1117.0 130 136 265 4 6 1 .978 2.17
G.Gull 185.7 21 26 59 1 0 0 1.000 2.91
J.Mettler 77.3 4 23 22 0 1 0 .957 2.56
W.Littlefield 50.0 6 6 16 0 1 0 .941 2.88
J.Gallucci 11.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45
P.Graves 2.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Session 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Carper 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.7 162 198 365 6 8 2 .979 2.31
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.79
E.Boucher 265.3 34 34 15 29 1 0 .978 1.49
M.Hesson 248.3 34 34 17 44 0 1 1.000 2.21
H.Blackmon 244.0 31 31 6 37 4 3 .915 1.59
H.Pearson 238.0 35 35 8 31 1 3 .975 1.47
A.Payn 197.7 28 28 10 28 1 3 .974 1.73
T.Haalko 66.0 0 68 6 10 1 5 .941 2.18
L.Clement 54.3 0 71 6 6 2 1 .857 1.99
A.Morales 46.0 0 43 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.37
M.Pickles 39.7 0 40 0 1 2 0 .333 0.23
L.Gardea 30.3 0 29 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.48
O.Dehart 8.3 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Spence 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.Sixto 3.7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1445.6 162 424 71 195 12 18 .957 1.66
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Birnbaum .331
On-Base Pct Birnbaum .398
Slugging Pct Kahle .610
OPS Kahle .980
XR Kahle 119.9
Games Cobb 158
At-Bats Cobb 600
Runs Kahle 107
Hits Birnbaum 185
Total Bases Kahle 344
Singles Birnbaum 144
Doubles Cobb 40
Triples Holtzclaw 11
Homeruns Kahle 42
RBIs Kahle 120
Stolen Bases McQuade 58
Caught Stealing McQuade, Session 13
Walks Birnbaum 59
Strikeouts Holtzclaw 134
ERA Boucher 3.09
Wins Pearson 17
Losses Hesson 17
Winning Pct Pearson .654
Saves Haalko 36
Games Pitched Clement 71
Games Started Pearson 35
Complete Games Hesson 13
Shutouts Boucher 2
Innings Pitched Boucher 265.3
Hits Allowed Boucher 267
Homeruns Allowed Hesson 35
Strikeouts Boucher 213
Walks Allowed Payn 104
Walks per 9IP Blackmon 1.1
Hits per 9IP Pearson 8.5
Strikeouts per 9IP Payn 7.4
WHiP Blackmon 1.15
OAVG Pearson .251
OOBP Blackmon .293
OSLG Pearson .358
OOPS Boucher .677
Team All-Stars
Pete Kahle
Player Salaries
Oren Dehart $ 300,000
Donald Birnbaum $ 300,000
Glenn Gull $ 300,000
Paul Graves $ 300,000
Alex Gonzalez $ 300,000
Kelly Giuliani $ 300,000
Lorenzo Gardea $ 300,000
Jack Gallucci $ 300,000
Michael Hesson $ 300,000
James Dolph $ 300,000
Thomas Holtzclaw $ 300,000
Joaquim Daluz $ 300,000
Amos Colburn $ 300,000
Deshawn Cobb $ 300,000
Leo Clement $ 300,000
Juan Castillo $ 300,000
Tracy Carper $ 300,000
Earl Boucher $ 300,000
Horace Blackmon $ 300,000
Donn Fagan $ 300,000
Arliss Payn $ 300,000
Matthew Strom $ 300,000
Bob Spence $ 300,000
Foro Sixto $ 300,000
Jefferson Session $ 300,000
Sanford Rossignol $ 300,000
Mark Risch $ 300,000
Bill Rein $ 300,000
Thor Haalko $ 300,000
Huey Pearson $ 300,000
Jared Whobrey $ 300,000
Kyle Nunn $ 300,000
Albert Morales $ 300,000
Doug Meyer $ 300,000
John Mettler $ 300,000
Matt McQuade $ 300,000
William Littlefield $ 300,000
Jack Laughter $ 300,000
Pete Kahle $ 300,000
Milan Pickles $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Marvell Bass
Ralph Carraway
Edward Grossi
Archy Miller Jr
Florida Matt Mcquade