2006 Washington Griffins
Record: 96-66
Finish: 1st in GE West Division
Runs Scored: 693
Runs Allowed: 642
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Sunset Stadium
Attendance: 3,342,242
Manager: Matt Alford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-65, 4th in the Great Explorers
AA: 60-78, 11th in the Great Explorers
A: 53-85, 11th in the Great Explorers
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Wild Card Series 1-3 to Illinois Jethawks
 
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  Numbers Steven 28 154 581 86 159 27 4 17 59 20 13 36 142 .274 .316 .422 .738 75.1 17.0 5.1
2B #Gary Crawford 33 155 553 67 133 25 9 15 86 15 3 26 133 .241 .278 .400 .678 62.7 9.1 10.2
CF  Ronnie Brito 33 145 550 75 158 32 9 9 43 11 17 34 26 .287 .336 .427 .763 73.6 14.5 6.4
1B  Richard Willie 33 150 516 74 159 27 1 20 70 0 0 41 69 .308 .361 .481 .841 81.7 21.8 1.0
RF #Rafael Pedroza 33 153 481 72 117 18 0 32 89 0 0 72 44 .243 .345 .480 .825 82.1 21.0 4.5
LF *Joseph Carte 30 155 497 77 154 20 1 20 69 0 0 42 24 .310 .371 .475 .846 84.2 20.3 4.6
C *Carlos Martinez 30 140 416 56 94 30 0 21 78 2 0 26 35 .226 .281 .450 .730 52.7 10.3 5.1
SS #Henry Davis 23 118 297 23 63 15 2 5 29 22 6 11 81 .212 .247 .327 .573 25.6 3.9 6.8
2B  William Kulas 33 115 281 33 63 11 2 4 38 14 0 25 72 .224 .289 .320 .610 30.3 6.9 5.1
C  Gene Tetrault 32 129 257 33 54 9 2 9 30 1 0 25 77 .210 .287 .366 .653 29.1 3.9 2.5
1B  Bernardo Silvas 34 106 159 23 48 11 0 4 26 0 0 13 21 .302 .351 .447 .797 24.1 3.3 0.2
SS  Kiyo Yazuka 26 93 153 28 34 8 2 0 13 22 3 10 40 .222 .274 .301 .575 15.6 2.2 2.3
RF *Ronald Boyster 33 89 139 13 20 7 1 1 7 2 3 15 45 .144 .236 .230 .466 7.6 0.0 1.9
RF  Phillip Koepke 29 52 98 9 25 3 1 2 12 2 0 6 4 .255 .298 .367 .665 10.7 3.1 0.9
P #Malik Meng 36 34 89 2 10 3 0 1 4 0 0 3 35 .112 .141 .180 .321 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jeeves Vanhooten 31 33 78 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 0 5 39 .038 .096 .077 .173 -2.9 0.0 0.0
P  Leandro Aranda 34 35 72 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 40 .042 .080 .056 .136 -3.7 0.0 0.0
P  Russell Hults 26 28 55 2 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .055 .088 .109 .197 -2.2 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Yarbrough 33 26 55 4 8 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 26 .145 .145 .236 .382 0.7 0.0 0.0
RF *Aldo Barraza 34 23 50 3 12 1 0 2 3 0 0 2 7 .240 .269 .380 .649 4.6 0.0 0.4
CF  Milt Kovac 22 16 44 2 5 0 0 1 5 1 0 3 11 .114 .188 .182 .369 0.6 0.0 0.9
1B  Curtis Miller 29 23 34 6 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 10 .235 .278 .324 .601 2.9 0.0 0.1
1B  John Howard 24 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .111 .000 .111 -0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Robert Platz 34 62 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Brian Riojas 36 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Mario Espana 31 58 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Thomas Mercier 25 76 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Edgar Barger 27 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Rupert Cruz 30 68 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2271 5482 693 1333 255 36 164 669 114 46 402 1008 .243 .299 .393 .692 653.2 137.3 57.9
  Rank among 12 GE teams 9 6 9 6 7 5 8 6 7 12 2 8 10 7 7 8  
* - 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
*Malik Meng 36 20 8 .714 34 34 0 264.0 213 77 21 44 253 2.63 24.2
 Jeeves Vanhooten 31 15 9 .625 33 33 0 242.7 214 93 31 43 160 3.45 12.5
 Leandro Aranda 34 14 6 .700 34 34 0 222.3 172 62 18 47 203 2.51 18.4
 Russell Hults 26 10 11 .476 28 28 0 166.0 158 94 34 49 137 5.10 1.0
 Ron Yarbrough 33 8 8 .500 26 26 0 164.7 150 72 19 58 82 3.94 7.3
 Thomas Mercier 25 7 3 .700 76 0 46 79.3 43 18 4 19 85 2.04 21.3
 Robert Platz 34 8 4 .667 62 3 1 78.3 91 44 18 17 41 5.06 2.0
 Rupert Cruz 30 5 5 .500 68 0 0 70.7 76 40 13 39 33 5.09 1.0
 Gerald Hampton 25 4 3 .571 49 0 0 57.0 51 25 5 11 77 3.95 3.9
*Mario Espana 31 3 5 .375 58 0 1 54.7 51 30 12 16 30 4.94 1.1
 Edgar Barger 27 1 1 .500 26 2 4 36.3 45 28 5 18 21 6.94 0.0
 Brian Riojas 36 0 3 .000 4 2 0 17.7 13 14 3 10 7 7.13 0.0
 Markus Beane 29 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 5.0 1 5 1 6 3 9.00 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 96 66 .593 502 162 52 1458.6 1278 602 184 377 1132 3.71 92.7
Rank among 12 GE teams 1 1 1 1 9 1 12 6 3 6 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 .992 26.3
C.Martinez 962.7 100 135 787 35 6 0 .993 24.3
G.Tetrault 496.0 62 64 377 22 3 0 .993 28.3
Team Total 1458.7 162 199 1164 57 9 0 .993 25.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.99
R.Willie 1136.0 124 148 1136 104 9 99 .993 9.82
B.Silvas 237.7 28 40 233 19 3 25 .988 9.54
C.Miller 74.0 9 15 68 4 0 7 1.000 8.76
J.Howard 8.0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 5.63
A.Barraza 3.0 0 1 5 0 0 2 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 205 1447 127 12 134 .992 9.71
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.87
G.Crawford 1262.7 140 149 248 430 7 91 .990 4.83
K.Yazuka 164.0 19 27 41 52 1 15 .989 5.10
W.Kulas 22.0 2 6 4 9 2 3 .867 5.32
H.Davis 8.0 1 1 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75
N.Steven 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 184 295 495 10 109 .988 4.87
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.64
N.Steven 1226.0 138 143 72 260 13 23 .962 2.44
K.Yazuka 168.0 18 23 11 37 0 1 1.000 2.57
H.Davis 45.0 4 9 2 14 0 1 1.000 3.20
J.Howard 12.7 2 3 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.84
W.Kulas 6.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Crawford 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 182 87 314 13 26 .969 2.47
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 4.25
H.Davis 756.3 88 100 114 248 6 47 .984 4.31
W.Kulas 692.3 74 102 82 224 14 48 .956 3.98
K.Yazuka 5.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
G.Crawford 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1458.7 162 206 197 474 20 96 .971 4.14
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.03
J.Carte 1139.3 129 142 268 3 7 1 .975 2.14
P.Koepke 132.0 15 21 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
R.Boyster 98.3 8 31 26 1 2 0 .931 2.47
A.Barraza 80.0 10 10 16 2 1 0 .947 2.03
R.Pedroza 7.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
L.Aranda 2.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50
Team Total 1458.7 162 207 348 6 11 1 .970 2.18
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
R.Brito 1185.0 132 139 334 8 4 2 .988 2.60
R.Boyster 153.3 16 21 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.99
M.Kovac 120.3 14 16 43 2 1 1 .978 3.37
Team Total 1458.7 162 176 428 10 5 3 .989 2.70
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.08
R.Pedroza 1252.3 141 147 268 6 10 0 .965 1.97
P.Koepke 91.3 11 14 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.77
R.Boyster 82.0 8 17 28 0 1 0 .966 3.07
A.Barraza 22.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Carte 10.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Brito 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1458.7 162 191 318 6 11 0 .967 2.00
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 1.84
M.Meng 264.0 34 34 7 22 1 0 .967 0.99
J.Vanhooten 242.7 33 33 23 51 6 3 .925 2.74
L.Aranda 222.3 34 34 12 28 2 2 .952 1.62
R.Hults 166.0 28 28 13 23 1 1 .973 1.95
R.Yarbrough 164.7 26 26 14 27 2 3 .953 2.24
T.Mercier 79.3 0 76 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.36
R.Platz 78.3 3 62 2 12 0 1 1.000 1.61
R.Cruz 70.7 0 68 7 14 1 1 .955 2.67
G.Hampton 57.0 0 49 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.89
M.Espana 54.7 0 58 6 7 3 0 .813 2.14
E.Barger 36.3 2 26 5 4 0 0 1.000 2.23
B.Riojas 17.7 2 4 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.06
M.Beane 5.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1458.6 162 502 99 211 16 16 .951 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Carte .310
On-Base Pct Carte .371
Slugging Pct Willie .481
OPS Carte .846
XR Carte 84.2
Games Crawford, Carte 155
At-Bats Steven 581
Runs Steven 86
Hits Steven, Willie 159
Total Bases Willie 248
Singles Carte 113
Doubles Brito 32
Triples Brito, Crawford 9
Homeruns Pedroza 32
RBIs Pedroza 89
Stolen Bases Davis, Yazuka 22
Caught Stealing Brito 17
Walks Pedroza 72
Strikeouts Steven 142
ERA Aranda 2.51
Wins Meng 20
Losses Hults 11
Winning Pct Meng .714
Saves Mercier 46
Games Pitched Mercier 76
Games Started Aranda, Meng 34
Complete Games Vanhooten 8
Shutouts Meng 3
Innings Pitched Meng 264.0
Hits Allowed Vanhooten 214
Homeruns Allowed Hults 34
Strikeouts Meng 253
Walks Allowed Yarbrough 58
Walks per 9IP Meng 1.5
Hits per 9IP Aranda 7.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Meng 8.6
WHiP Meng 0.97
OAVG Aranda .213
OOBP Aranda .257
OSLG Aranda .321
OOPS Aranda .578
Team All-Stars
Joseph Carte
Malik Meng
Thomas Mercier
Jeeves Vanhooten
Richard Willie
Player Salaries
William Kulas $ 300,000
Edgar Barger $ 300,000
Aldo Barraza $ 300,000
Markus Beane $ 300,000
Ronald Boyster $ 300,000
Ronnie Brito $ 300,000
Joseph Carte $ 300,000
Gary Crawford $ 300,000
Rupert Cruz $ 300,000
Henry Davis $ 300,000
Mario Espana $ 300,000
Gerald Hampton $ 300,000
John Howard $ 300,000
Russell Hults $ 300,000
Leandro Aranda $ 300,000
Robert Platz $ 300,000
Ron Yarbrough $ 300,000
Richard Willie $ 300,000
Jeeves Vanhooten $ 300,000
Gene Tetrault $ 300,000
Numbers Steven $ 300,000
Phillip Koepke $ 300,000
Brian Riojas $ 300,000
Milt Kovac $ 300,000
Rafael Pedroza $ 300,000
Curtis Miller $ 300,000
Thomas Mercier $ 300,000
Malik Meng $ 300,000
Carlos Martinez $ 300,000
Kiyo Yazuka $ 300,000
Bernardo Silvas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/4 Released Robert Marez    
4/4 Released Dale Vance