2008 Washington Griffins
Record: 88-75
Finish: 2nd in GE West Division
Runs Scored: 692
Runs Allowed: 619
Exp W-L: 90-73
 
Ballpark: Sunset Stadium
Attendance: 3,232,061
Manager: Matt Alford

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-65, 6th in the Great Explorers
AA: 67-71, 9th in the Great Explorers
A: 80-58, 2nd in the Great Explorers
 
 
 
 
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
CF  Ronnie Brito 35 152 607 80 157 22 10 6 54 14 18 33 37 .259 .300 .357 .658 61.8 7.9 5.8
LF *Joseph Carte 32 160 560 66 163 19 0 23 91 0 0 55 33 .291 .355 .448 .803 87.2 17.2 4.0
2B #Gary Crawford 35 153 554 71 132 26 2 23 83 9 7 29 127 .238 .276 .417 .693 62.0 8.5 7.1
3B  Numbers Steven 30 142 508 71 150 24 3 10 41 18 8 36 115 .295 .343 .413 .757 70.0 14.1 3.8
1B  Richard Willie 35 128 476 63 143 28 0 13 61 3 0 43 67 .300 .359 .441 .800 74.6 15.8 1.8
C *Carlos Martinez 32 144 416 59 96 33 0 24 67 0 0 35 30 .231 .295 .483 .779 57.2 10.0 4.2
RF #Rafael Pedroza 35 144 339 55 78 18 0 14 53 0 0 70 36 .230 .365 .407 .772 54.5 10.3 2.8
SS *Mitch Nickle 32 122 354 32 92 15 4 4 39 17 6 18 92 .260 .296 .359 .655 36.7 4.9 4.8
C  Gene Tetrault 34 131 288 40 57 10 0 17 54 0 0 31 80 .198 .281 .410 .691 36.2 4.7 2.8
SS #Henry Davis 25 120 275 39 64 7 5 7 29 29 5 24 76 .233 .305 .371 .676 36.0 6.0 3.8
1B  John Howard 26 103 179 27 43 7 0 0 15 8 0 12 25 .240 .299 .279 .578 15.0 1.5 1.9
1B  Bernardo Silvas 36 97 166 19 42 9 0 6 25 0 0 19 30 .253 .328 .416 .744 23.4 4.2 0.5
CF *Paul Thomas 25 72 173 14 34 5 1 0 5 1 6 11 54 .197 .249 .237 .486 7.7 0.0 1.3
RF  Phillip Koepke 31 61 144 14 34 5 0 2 13 3 1 9 16 .236 .288 .313 .601 13.9 1.6 1.1
P  Blaine Titsworth 37 36 92 4 7 1 2 0 5 0 0 2 34 .076 .096 .130 .226 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jeeves Vanhooten 33 34 79 5 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 36 .101 .153 .139 .292 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Malik Meng 38 33 74 5 7 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 18 .095 .118 .162 .281 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Russell Hults 28 26 64 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 31 .063 .103 .078 .181 -1.9 0.0 0.0
RF *Ronald Boyster 35 29 48 7 9 4 0 1 3 0 0 5 19 .188 .264 .333 .597 3.7 0.2 0.3
P  Ron Yarbrough 35 30 36 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .139 .139 .194 .333 0.2 0.0 0.0
1B  Curtis Miller 31 22 37 7 13 1 1 0 3 0 1 2 8 .351 .385 .432 .817 5.4 1.1 0.1
P  Charlie Clowers 25 27 26 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .000 .036 .000 .036 -2.0 0.0 0.0
CF  Milt Kovac 24 11 27 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .259 .286 .296 .582 1.8 0.1 0.2
2B  William Kulas 35 17 23 4 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 .304 .333 .304 .638 2.9 0.5 0.3
P #Richard Herron 32 15 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Leandro Aranda 36 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Rupert Cruz 32 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Mario Espana 33 33 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0 0.0
P *William Roberts 21 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 31.7 2125 5566 692 1355 243 28 151 653 105 52 446 1011 .243 .302 .379 .681 642.9 108.6 46.6
  Rank among 12 GE teams 8 6 10 10 10 5 6 8 10 6 4 10 9 7 9 6  
* - 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
 Blaine Titsworth 37 19 11 .633 36 36 0 281.0 230 72 7 66 249 2.31 27.9
 Jeeves Vanhooten 33 14 15 .483 34 34 0 266.0 219 89 28 42 177 3.01 19.5
*Malik Meng 38 14 11 .560 33 33 0 219.3 184 62 21 55 206 2.54 20.9
 Russell Hults 28 12 8 .600 26 26 0 186.7 149 64 16 40 132 3.09 13.1
 Ron Yarbrough 35 4 9 .308 30 16 1 121.7 135 75 21 43 48 5.55 0.0
 Charlie Clowers 25 4 7 .364 27 12 0 96.7 98 45 12 13 82 4.19 2.9
 Gerald Hampton 27 5 2 .714 70 0 6 73.3 66 26 3 13 84 3.19 9.3
 Thomas Mercier 27 6 7 .462 56 0 34 56.7 53 24 7 18 63 3.81 9.4
 Richard Herron 32 2 1 .667 15 6 1 48.0 62 26 3 26 31 4.88 0.4
 Rupert Cruz 32 1 1 .500 45 0 0 44.7 53 19 1 24 16 3.83 2.4
 Leandro Aranda 36 2 0 1.000 25 0 1 30.3 29 10 1 6 17 2.97 3.1
*Mario Espana 33 4 1 .800 33 0 0 27.0 35 22 4 9 23 7.33 0.0
*William Roberts 21 1 1 .500 13 0 1 12.7 14 11 1 14 12 7.82 0.0
 Markus Beane 31 0 1 .000 3 0 0 2.3 5 2 1 1 1 7.73 0.0
 Edgar Barger 29 0 0 .000 2 0 0 1.7 3 1 1 0 0 5.42 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 88 75 .540 448 163 44 1467.9 1335 548 127 370 1141 3.36 108.8
Rank among 12 GE teams 6 6 3 6 4 3 4 4 5 5 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 .991 26.7
C.Martinez 906.7 91 127 730 46 10 1 .987 28.3
G.Tetrault 561.0 72 73 429 35 4 3 .991 23.8
Team Total 1467.7 163 200 1159 81 14 4 .989 26.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 10.05
R.Willie 1073.7 122 128 1091 82 11 106 .991 9.83
B.Silvas 291.3 32 42 299 20 1 18 .997 9.85
C.Miller 70.0 8 11 84 6 1 5 .989 11.57
J.Howard 21.0 1 9 20 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
H.Davis 12.0 0 6 12 2 0 0 1.000 10.50
Team Total 1468.0 163 196 1506 111 13 129 .992 9.91
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 4.99
G.Crawford 1290.0 145 149 233 451 10 88 .986 4.77
J.Howard 88.0 9 18 14 51 0 9 1.000 6.65
H.Davis 69.0 7 14 10 27 1 5 .974 4.83
W.Kulas 9.0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Kovac 6.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Nickle 4.0 0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 2.25
N.Steven 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.0 163 188 261 532 12 102 .985 4.86
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.67
N.Steven 1119.0 130 132 69 238 20 27 .939 2.47
J.Howard 249.0 24 40 12 60 7 6 .911 2.60
H.Davis 61.0 6 11 3 16 0 2 1.000 2.80
W.Kulas 26.0 3 3 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.77
M.Nickle 7.0 0 3 2 3 0 0 1.000 6.43
G.Crawford 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Kovac 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
P.Thomas 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1468.0 163 192 89 323 27 36 .938 2.53
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.27
M.Nickle 886.3 106 114 116 281 9 44 .978 4.03
H.Davis 554.7 56 86 75 185 10 37 .963 4.22
W.Kulas 24.0 1 7 3 8 0 0 1.000 4.13
J.Howard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.0 163 208 194 474 19 81 .972 4.10
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 2.02
J.Carte 1279.7 145 153 296 7 14 1 .956 2.13
P.Thomas 64.0 7 12 16 2 1 1 .947 2.53
R.Pedroza 55.7 5 11 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.26
R.Boyster 38.3 4 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
P.Koepke 29.0 2 9 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
J.Howard 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.0 163 195 341 9 15 2 .959 2.15
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.59
R.Brito 1268.0 140 145 390 5 5 1 .988 2.80
P.Thomas 59.7 8 9 18 0 0 0 1.000 2.72
M.Kovac 49.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.39
R.Pedroza 44.0 5 5 9 1 0 1 1.000 2.05
R.Boyster 43.0 4 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.93
C.Martinez 4.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1468.0 163 173 444 6 5 2 .989 2.76
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 2.13
R.Pedroza 767.7 83 109 174 7 6 3 .968 2.12
P.Koepke 337.0 42 45 75 2 4 1 .951 2.06
P.Thomas 309.7 36 42 63 0 2 0 .969 1.83
R.Boyster 32.3 2 9 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.84
R.Brito 12.3 0 6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Carte 7.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86
G.Tetrault 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1468.0 163 216 319 9 12 4 .965 2.01
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 1.86
B.Titsworth 281.0 36 36 17 48 5 5 .929 2.08
J.Vanhooten 266.0 34 34 22 48 0 3 1.000 2.37
M.Meng 219.3 33 33 9 18 3 1 .900 1.11
R.Hults 186.7 26 26 13 21 1 0 .971 1.64
R.Yarbrough 121.7 16 30 3 9 3 1 .800 0.89
C.Clowers 96.7 12 27 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.12
G.Hampton 73.3 0 70 2 11 1 1 .929 1.60
T.Mercier 56.7 0 56 3 6 1 0 .900 1.43
R.Herron 48.0 6 15 3 5 0 2 1.000 1.50
R.Cruz 44.7 0 45 7 6 1 0 .929 2.62
L.Aranda 30.3 0 25 0 6 0 1 1.000 1.78
M.Espana 27.0 0 33 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
W.Roberts 12.7 0 13 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.42
M.Beane 2.3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Barger 1.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1467.9 163 448 86 188 15 15 .948 1.68
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Willie .300
On-Base Pct Willie .359
Slugging Pct Carte .448
OPS Carte .803
XR Carte 87.2
Games Carte 160
At-Bats Brito 607
Runs Brito 80
Hits Carte 163
Total Bases Carte 251
Singles Carte 121
Doubles Martinez 33
Triples Brito 10
Homeruns Martinez 24
RBIs Carte 91
Stolen Bases Davis 29
Caught Stealing Brito 18
Walks Pedroza 70
Strikeouts Crawford 127
ERA Titsworth 2.31
Wins Titsworth 19
Losses Vanhooten 15
Winning Pct Titsworth .633
Saves Mercier 34
Games Pitched Hampton 70
Games Started Titsworth 36
Complete Games Vanhooten 11
Shutouts Titsworth 4
Innings Pitched Titsworth 281.0
Hits Allowed Titsworth 230
Homeruns Allowed Vanhooten 28
Strikeouts Titsworth 249
Walks Allowed Titsworth 66
Walks per 9IP Vanhooten 1.4
Hits per 9IP Hults 7.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Meng 8.5
WHiP Vanhooten 0.98
OAVG Hults .216
OOBP Vanhooten .255
OSLG Titsworth .290
OOPS Titsworth .560
Team All-Stars
Ronnie Brito
Joseph Carte
Player Salaries
Gary Crawford $ 300,000
Leandro Aranda $ 300,000
John Howard $ 300,000
Richard Herron $ 300,000
Gerald Hampton $ 300,000
Santos Gonzalez $ 300,000
Mario Espana $ 300,000
Phillip Koepke $ 300,000
Rupert Cruz $ 300,000
Milt Kovac $ 300,000
Charlie Clowers $ 300,000
Joseph Carte $ 300,000
Ronnie Brito $ 300,000
Ronald Boyster $ 300,000
Markus Beane $ 300,000
Aldo Barraza $ 300,000
Edgar Barger $ 300,000
Henry Davis $ 300,000
Robert Platz $ 300,000
Richard Willie $ 300,000
Jeeves Vanhooten $ 300,000
Blaine Titsworth $ 300,000
Paul Thomas $ 300,000
Gene Tetrault $ 300,000
Numbers Steven $ 300,000
Russell Hults $ 300,000
William Roberts $ 300,000
Ron Yarbrough $ 300,000
Rafael Pedroza $ 300,000
Mitch Nickle $ 300,000
Curtis Miller $ 300,000
Thomas Mercier $ 300,000
Malik Meng $ 300,000
Carlos Martinez $ 300,000
William Kulas $ 300,000
Bernardo Silvas $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/20 Traded Kiyo Yazuka Massachusetts Paul Thomas