2008 Utah Scorpions
Record: 101-61
Finish: 1st in GE Central Division
Runs Scored: 747
Runs Allowed: 639
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Westdome
Attendance: 3,065,433
Manager: Marcus Shuter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 79-59, 1st in the Great Explorers
AA: 75-63, 3rd in the Great Explorers
A: 70-68, 7th in the Great Explorers
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Wild Card Series 1-3 to New Mexico Dukes
 
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 #Walter Vega 31 155 614 70 161 32 4 15 61 1 2 37 35 .262 .309 .401 .710 74.8 12.4 1.8
2B  Lane Commons 29 157 575 104 173 33 6 12 80 67 18 76 31 .301 .381 .442 .823 97.6 21.7 5.1
3B  Andrew Rath 30 157 571 105 163 19 9 33 100 1 6 72 92 .285 .368 .524 .891 103.0 23.6 6.2
LF #Sylvester Errico 31 155 580 75 169 29 0 18 87 0 0 35 43 .291 .332 .434 .766 80.7 15.8 4.3
CF  Oscar Fetters 34 155 559 67 140 40 4 8 55 9 4 35 148 .250 .298 .379 .677 61.9 10.0 5.3
C #Vernon Castanon 29 147 538 70 153 30 0 25 83 0 0 38 79 .284 .338 .480 .817 80.3 17.1 9.7
SS #Mauricio Decosta 34 156 473 48 105 27 8 8 53 2 2 41 95 .222 .284 .364 .647 52.9 6.8 8.1
RF  Adrian Gomez 35 144 381 48 117 21 1 12 53 0 0 28 96 .307 .355 .462 .817 59.1 13.3 3.1
RF #Bruce Wedge 31 121 376 59 115 20 3 10 44 42 6 18 36 .306 .345 .455 .800 60.5 14.0 2.7
C #Osvaldo Ramos 35 106 179 30 50 15 0 15 42 0 0 9 46 .279 .312 .615 .927 31.6 7.4 1.9
P #Armand Banuelos 33 34 97 8 18 3 0 0 6 0 0 3 44 .186 .210 .216 .426 3.6 0.0 0.0
P  George Stoehr 29 35 87 6 14 2 1 0 8 0 0 3 40 .161 .189 .207 .396 2.2 0.0 0.0
3B  Harold Cunningham 36 61 90 9 20 4 1 3 15 0 0 6 27 .222 .278 .389 .667 9.0 1.1 0.7
SS  Louis Woods 31 79 91 14 25 8 1 1 7 18 1 2 14 .275 .302 .418 .720 14.0 3.0 1.2
P *Roger Morrison 30 36 86 8 10 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 50 .116 .135 .151 .286 -0.3 0.0 0.0
CF  Kevin Moorhead 30 72 84 12 25 8 1 2 10 4 5 3 15 .298 .322 .488 .810 10.4 1.9 1.1
1B *Howard Lovecraft 22 40 70 7 19 8 0 0 7 0 0 4 13 .271 .320 .386 .706 7.9 1.3 0.1
P  Paul Knutson 28 26 59 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 33 .034 .095 .051 .146 -2.8 0.0 0.0
P  John Reza 31 27 67 1 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 29 .090 .090 .134 .224 -2.0 0.0 0.0
1B *Andre Large 31 13 16 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 .188 .235 .500 .735 2.1 0.3 0.0
P *Miguel Villalobos 36 15 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .267 .267 .333 .600 1.3 0.0 0.0
P  David Aquilar 30 40 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Jesus Torres 28 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Burton Imes 36 58 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Simon Munoz 37 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Warriner 32 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.5 2112 5618 745 1493 309 39 163 720 144 46 417 977 .266 .319 .422 .741 747.0 149.8 51.3
  Rank among 12 GE teams 3 3 4 1 5 3 3 4 5 7 3 3 4 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
 George Stoehr 29 18 11 .621 35 35 0 274.0 224 82 11 80 180 2.69 23.6
 Armand Banuelos 33 22 6 .786 34 34 0 268.3 261 107 30 38 158 3.59 18.4
 Roger Morrison 30 18 13 .581 36 36 0 263.3 245 108 24 66 176 3.69 13.7
 Paul Knutson 28 12 9 .571 26 26 0 192.0 171 71 20 57 184 3.33 10.9
 John Reza 31 10 8 .556 27 26 0 187.7 193 87 27 84 119 4.17 6.1
 Jesus Torres 28 7 4 .636 66 0 42 65.0 44 18 1 21 51 2.49 16.6
 Burton Imes 36 3 0 1.000 58 0 4 53.0 46 22 14 6 30 3.74 4.9
 Miguel Villalobos 36 4 4 .500 15 9 0 49.7 54 28 6 18 22 5.07 1.2
 David Aquilar 30 0 3 .000 40 0 1 36.0 33 22 5 22 35 5.50 0.0
 Christopher Reed 31 4 2 .667 34 0 1 30.3 34 14 3 12 27 4.15 1.9
*Simon Munoz 37 2 1 .667 34 0 6 30.3 26 15 6 10 20 4.45 2.6
 Andrew Warriner 32 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 24.7 18 9 4 10 17 3.28 1.9
Team Totals 31.8 101 61 .623 428 166 54 1474.3 1349 583 151 424 1019 3.56 101.8
Rank among 12 GE teams 2 2 1 2 1 5 8 5 8 8 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 .991 26.7
V.Castanon 1239.3 134 143 879 65 6 2 .994 35.6
O.Ramos 234.0 28 29 172 15 2 0 .989 34.4
B.Wedge 1.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .500 0.0
Team Total 1474.3 162 173 1052 80 9 2 .992 35.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.05
W.Vega 1326.3 147 153 1328 103 13 108 .991 9.71
H.Lovecraft 120.0 12 21 106 4 0 9 1.000 8.25
A.Large 28.0 3 7 20 0 0 3 1.000 6.43
Team Total 1474.3 162 181 1454 107 13 120 .992 9.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.99
L.Commons 1350.3 148 153 242 436 9 85 .987 4.52
L.Woods 124.0 14 15 27 44 0 12 1.000 5.15
Team Total 1474.3 162 168 269 480 9 97 .988 4.57
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.67
A.Rath 1351.3 148 153 96 296 16 22 .961 2.61
H.Cunningham 120.0 14 15 12 24 0 3 1.000 2.70
H.Lovecraft 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 170 108 320 16 25 .964 2.61
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.27
M.Decosta 1325.7 156 156 212 422 11 78 .983 4.30
L.Woods 131.7 6 41 25 34 5 8 .922 4.03
A.Rath 8.0 0 3 2 2 1 0 .800 4.50
H.Cunningham 8.0 0 2 2 4 0 1 1.000 6.75
L.Commons 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 203 241 462 17 87 .976 4.29
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.02
S.Errico 1314.3 146 153 318 8 0 1 1.000 2.23
B.Wedge 94.0 11 12 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.01
A.Gomez 54.0 5 10 21 0 0 0 1.000 3.50
O.Fetters 11.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
H.Cunningham 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 178 362 8 0 1 1.000 2.26
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.59
O.Fetters 1258.0 151 151 382 7 9 3 .977 2.78
K.Moorhead 201.0 11 55 72 2 2 1 .974 3.31
O.Ramos 6.0 0 2 2 0 1 0 .667 3.00
B.Wedge 5.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
H.Lovecraft 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
A.Gomez 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1474.3 162 213 457 9 13 4 .973 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
A.Gomez 801.3 90 116 204 11 8 5 .964 2.41
B.Wedge 653.0 72 90 195 2 9 0 .956 2.72
K.Moorhead 14.0 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93
H.Cunningham 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
O.Fetters 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
H.Lovecraft 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1474.3 162 219 403 13 17 5 .961 2.54
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 1.86
G.Stoehr 274.0 35 35 11 41 5 4 .912 1.71
A.Banuelos 268.3 34 34 15 31 2 1 .958 1.54
R.Morrison 263.3 36 36 13 36 4 4 .925 1.67
P.Knutson 192.0 26 26 10 25 0 3 1.000 1.64
J.Reza 187.7 26 27 17 26 1 2 .977 2.06
J.Torres 65.0 0 66 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.83
B.Imes 53.0 0 58 1 13 0 1 1.000 2.38
M.Villalobos 49.7 9 15 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.45
D.Aquilar 36.0 0 40 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.25
C.Reed 30.3 0 34 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
S.Munoz 30.3 0 34 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.37
A.Warriner 24.7 0 23 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.46
Team Total 1474.3 166 428 75 195 12 16 .957 1.65
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Commons .301
On-Base Pct Commons .381
Slugging Pct Rath .524
OPS Rath .891
XR Rath 103.0
Games Rath, Commons 157
At-Bats Vega 614
Runs Rath 105
Hits Commons 173
Total Bases Rath 299
Singles Errico, Commons 122
Doubles Fetters 40
Triples Rath 9
Homeruns Rath 33
RBIs Rath 100
Stolen Bases Commons 67
Caught Stealing Commons 18
Walks Commons 76
Strikeouts Fetters 148
ERA Stoehr 2.69
Wins Banuelos 22
Losses Morrison 13
Winning Pct Banuelos .786
Saves Torres 42
Games Pitched Torres 66
Games Started Morrison 36
Complete Games Stoehr 8
Shutouts Stoehr 3
Innings Pitched Stoehr 274.0
Hits Allowed Banuelos 261
Homeruns Allowed Banuelos 30
Strikeouts Knutson 184
Walks Allowed Reza 84
Walks per 9IP Banuelos 1.3
Hits per 9IP Stoehr 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Knutson 8.6
WHiP Stoehr 1.11
OAVG Stoehr .223
OOBP Banuelos .279
OSLG Stoehr .303
OOPS Stoehr .585
Team All-Stars
Armand Banuelos
George Stoehr
Jesus Torres
Player Salaries
Kevin Moorhead $ 300,000
Armand Banuelos $ 300,000
Vernon Castanon $ 300,000
Lane Commons $ 300,000
Harold Cunningham $ 300,000
Mauricio Decosta $ 300,000
Sylvester Errico $ 300,000
Oscar Fetters $ 300,000
Adrian Gomez $ 300,000
Glenn Hennessey $ 300,000
Burton Imes $ 300,000
Paul Knutson $ 300,000
David Aquilar $ 300,000
Howard Lovecraft $ 300,000
Louis Woods $ 300,000
Roger Morrison $ 300,000
Simon Munoz $ 300,000
John Ollis $ 300,000
Osvaldo Ramos $ 300,000
Andrew Rath $ 300,000
Christopher Reed $ 300,000
John Reza $ 300,000
George Stoehr $ 300,000
Jesus Torres $ 300,000
Walter Vega $ 300,000
Andrew Warriner $ 300,000
Bruce Wedge $ 300,000
Andre Large $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Warren Fox
Donald Krajewski
Illinois Bruce Wedge
3/3 Traded Charles Marano Virginia Howard Lovecraft
4/27 Released Breck Hunter    
7/18 Traded Jim Irick Virginia James Manning
7/25 Traded Miguel Villalobos Maryland John Ollis