2009 Utah Scorpions
Record: 96-66
Finish: 2nd in GE Central Division
Runs Scored: 814
Runs Allowed: 651
Exp W-L: 97-65
 
Ballpark: Westdome
Attendance: 2,306,794
Manager: Marcus Shuter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the Great Explorers
AA: 74-63, 4th in the Great Explorers
A: 78-59, 3rd 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
2B  Lane Commons 30 149 563 110 180 45 6 24 90 57 12 74 27 .320 .405 .549 .954 120.1 31.7 3.8
3B  Andrew Rath 31 153 538 83 140 20 0 29 100 2 3 73 75 .260 .353 .459 .812 87.5 18.2 4.8
RF #Bruce Wedge 32 152 566 91 156 33 2 20 59 49 13 29 50 .276 .314 .447 .761 79.1 15.7 2.8
LF #Sylvester Errico 32 151 514 57 142 30 2 7 71 2 0 40 23 .276 .329 .383 .712 62.6 11.4 2.8
SS #Mauricio Decosta 35 154 477 66 127 25 5 15 57 3 7 57 60 .266 .347 .434 .781 70.9 14.0 7.4
CF  Kevin Moorhead 31 143 436 51 97 34 8 8 41 28 8 22 40 .222 .263 .392 .656 45.6 6.3 3.8
C #Vernon Castanon 30 136 385 50 103 27 2 20 73 2 0 25 37 .268 .312 .504 .815 57.6 12.1 3.9
1B *Howard Lovecraft 23 131 381 53 134 23 0 7 46 1 0 23 47 .352 .400 .467 .867 64.6 16.7 1.2
3B #Walter Vega 32 116 365 64 121 29 2 14 61 5 2 12 19 .332 .358 .537 .895 62.4 15.5 1.0
C #Osvaldo Ramos 36 120 344 46 74 25 0 22 74 0 0 15 75 .215 .255 .480 .734 43.8 7.0 3.5
RF  Adrian Gomez 36 135 253 39 64 11 1 11 33 0 0 22 62 .253 .312 .435 .746 32.7 5.8 1.2
CF  Oscar Fetters 35 92 154 20 58 16 0 0 18 3 3 12 23 .377 .419 .481 .900 26.6 7.1 1.1
SS  Louis Woods 32 91 140 32 36 8 2 1 14 18 4 3 20 .257 .305 .364 .669 16.1 2.7 1.4
3B  Harold Cunningham 37 67 115 14 23 5 0 4 18 0 0 9 20 .200 .262 .348 .610 10.1 0.9 0.6
P  Paul Knutson 29 36 89 5 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 25 .067 .116 .101 .217 -3.1 0.0 0.0
P *Roger Morrison 31 34 91 9 8 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 36 .088 .134 .132 .266 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  George Stoehr 30 36 94 9 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 3 31 .181 .204 .202 .406 3.3 0.0 0.0
P #Armand Banuelos 34 30 76 7 8 2 1 0 4 0 0 5 34 .105 .160 .158 .318 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Fred Washington 26 24 56 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 .036 .036 .036 .071 -4.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Paco Andujar 27 8 31 5 12 2 0 2 4 3 0 2 4 .387 .424 .645 1.069 7.8 2.4 0.2
P  Burton Imes 37 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Simon Munoz 38 28 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Warriner 33 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  John Reza 32 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
P  David Aquilar 31 59 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P  Christopher Reed 32 39 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P #Jesus Torres 29 64 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0.7 0.3 0.0
P *Michael Budge 32 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.9 2237 5684 814 1511 345 31 184 778 174 52 437 732 .266 .322 .435 .757 783.7 168.2 39.6
  Rank among 12 GE teams 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 7 3 6 2 1 1 1 1  
* - 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 30 18 10 .643 36 36 0 275.3 227 89 15 83 148 2.91 18.3
 Paul Knutson 29 19 10 .655 36 36 0 262.7 228 94 27 74 176 3.22 12.7
 Roger Morrison 31 19 6 .760 34 34 0 260.3 218 106 30 68 174 3.66 12.3
 Armand Banuelos 34 13 10 .565 30 30 0 226.0 245 96 25 27 84 3.82 8.6
 Fred Washington 26 14 4 .778 24 24 0 170.0 147 61 13 45 80 3.23 9.7
 Jesus Torres 29 4 6 .400 64 0 39 59.7 46 16 0 33 28 2.41 10.6
 David Aquilar 31 3 2 .600 59 0 2 58.0 53 29 3 26 36 4.50 2.1
 Burton Imes 37 2 6 .250 41 0 3 43.7 42 15 4 5 35 3.09 3.3
 Christopher Reed 32 1 4 .200 37 0 1 38.3 46 24 6 25 24 5.64 0.0
 Andrew Warriner 33 3 1 .750 34 0 1 35.0 29 13 2 17 18 3.34 2.5
*Simon Munoz 38 0 2 .000 28 0 0 24.7 23 14 4 16 9 5.11 0.0
 John Reza 32 0 2 .000 10 2 0 19.0 29 18 6 6 13 8.53 0.0
*Michael Budge 32 0 3 .000 4 0 0 4.7 11 7 0 3 1 13.52 0.0
Team Totals 31.8 96 66 .593 437 162 46 1477.3 1344 582 135 428 826 3.55 80.2
Rank among 12 GE teams 3 2 2 2 2 5 5 4 6 6 4  
* - 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 26.3
V.Castanon 773.7 75 114 458 34 4 1 .992 22.1
O.Ramos 703.7 87 91 408 39 8 1 .982 27.8
Team Total 1477.3 162 205 866 73 12 2 .987 24.8
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.89
H.Lovecraft 756.3 78 106 798 53 13 66 .985 10.13
W.Vega 721.0 84 91 771 49 4 51 .995 10.24
Team Total 1477.3 162 197 1569 102 17 117 .990 10.18
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.29
L.Commons 1292.0 142 143 247 432 10 88 .985 4.73
L.Woods 104.7 12 12 21 37 3 6 .951 4.99
P.Andujar 73.7 8 8 14 26 1 2 .976 4.89
M.Decosta 6.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
W.Vega 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 165 283 496 14 96 .982 4.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.91
A.Rath 1275.3 137 148 105 289 14 24 .966 2.78
H.Cunningham 195.0 25 25 16 35 3 5 .944 2.35
W.Vega 5.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80
H.Lovecraft 2.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 179 121 327 17 29 .963 2.73
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.61
M.Decosta 1248.3 150 150 178 428 10 68 .984 4.37
L.Woods 209.3 12 56 37 65 5 14 .953 4.39
L.Commons 9.7 0 6 1 6 0 1 1.000 6.52
A.Rath 8.0 0 5 1 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
H.Cunningham 2.0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 219 217 506 15 84 .980 4.40
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.23
S.Errico 1176.7 142 148 291 11 0 2 1.000 2.31
A.Gomez 251.7 19 65 71 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Wedge 33.0 1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 2.45
O.Fetters 7.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
L.Woods 7.0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
K.Moorhead 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 231 379 12 1 2 .997 2.38
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.89
K.Moorhead 1133.0 134 137 407 3 11 1 .974 3.26
O.Fetters 340.0 28 69 112 0 0 0 1.000 2.96
O.Ramos 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Vega 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 208 519 3 11 1 .979 3.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.32
B.Wedge 1185.0 140 144 324 6 14 1 .959 2.51
A.Gomez 212.3 22 36 59 2 1 1 .984 2.59
H.Lovecraft 46.7 0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 3.66
O.Fetters 27.0 0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33
O.Ramos 2.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
K.Moorhead 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
V.Castanon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 162 208 406 9 16 2 .963 2.53
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .962 2.00
G.Stoehr 275.3 36 36 12 24 4 0 .900 1.18
P.Knutson 262.7 36 36 12 33 2 0 .957 1.54
R.Morrison 260.3 34 34 18 42 1 2 .984 2.07
A.Banuelos 226.0 30 30 7 40 4 1 .922 1.87
F.Washington 170.0 24 24 8 30 0 2 1.000 2.01
J.Torres 59.7 0 64 5 7 0 2 1.000 1.81
D.Aquilar 58.0 0 59 5 9 0 3 1.000 2.17
B.Imes 43.7 0 41 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.44
C.Reed 38.3 0 37 1 7 1 0 .889 1.88
A.Warriner 35.0 0 34 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.57
S.Munoz 24.7 0 28 0 4 1 0 .800 1.46
J.Reza 19.0 2 10 1 4 0 1 1.000 2.37
M.Budge 4.7 0 4 0 1 2 0 .333 1.93
Team Total 1477.3 162 437 74 213 15 11 .950 1.75
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Commons .320
On-Base Pct Commons .405
Slugging Pct Commons .549
OPS Commons .954
XR Commons 120.1
Games Decosta 154
At-Bats Wedge 566
Runs Commons 110
Hits Commons 180
Total Bases Commons 309
Singles Commons 105
Doubles Commons 45
Triples Moorhead 8
Homeruns Rath 29
RBIs Rath 100
Stolen Bases Commons 57
Caught Stealing Wedge 13
Walks Commons 74
Strikeouts Rath, Ramos 75
ERA Stoehr 2.91
Wins Knutson, Morrison 19
Losses Banuelos, Knutson, Stoehr 10
Winning Pct Washington .778
Saves Torres 39
Games Pitched Torres 64
Games Started Knutson, Stoehr 36
Complete Games Knutson, Stoehr 8
Shutouts Stoehr 4
Innings Pitched Stoehr 275.3
Hits Allowed Banuelos 245
Homeruns Allowed Morrison 30
Strikeouts Knutson 176
Walks Allowed Stoehr 83
Walks per 9IP Banuelos 1.1
Hits per 9IP Stoehr 7.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Knutson 6.0
WHiP Morrison 1.10
OAVG Stoehr .222
OOBP Stoehr .283
OSLG Stoehr .333
OOPS Stoehr .616
Team All-Stars
Vernon Castanon
Sylvester Errico
Paul Knutson
George Stoehr
Player Salaries
Kevin Moorhead $ 300,000
David Aquilar $ 300,000
Armand Banuelos $ 300,000
Michael Budge $ 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
Burton Imes $ 300,000
Paco Andujar $ 300,000
Howard Lovecraft $ 300,000
Louis Woods $ 300,000
Roger Morrison $ 300,000
Simon Munoz $ 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
Fred Washington $ 300,000
Bruce Wedge $ 300,000
Paul Knutson $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Bill Gerhard New York Fred Washington
4/17 Released Micheal Abercrombie    
4/17 Released Leo Liriano    
4/27 Traded Melchor Echeverria Connecticut Thomas Kettle
7/18 Traded Glenn Hennessey North Carolina Luis Soto