1908 Des Moines Diesel Index Page

1908 Des Moines Diesel

Record: 77-67
Finish: 1st in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 589
Runs Allowed: 546
Exp W-L: 77-67

Ballpark: The Quarry
Attendance: 2,707,933
Manager: Ross Grooters

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-49, 3rd in the AL
AA: 40-81, 7th in the AL
A: 50-71, 7th in the AL

Postseason Results:
Won World Championship 4-2 over Dublin Dragons
Won AL League Series 4-3 over Detroit Disciples

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
SS	Freddy Parent	32	131	514	76	152	33	4	7	48	53	19	40	43	.296	.356	.416	.773	75.7	16.6	1.2
2B	Michael Thurman	29	133	483	63	113	19	0	15	63	2	1	68	160	.234	.333	.366	.700	62.1	11.1	4.2
CF	Raymond Geil	26	132	489	82	117	21	8	38	101	40	9	52	179	.239	.314	.548	.862	86.4	19.0	2.8
C	#Russell Rickman	24	114	416	59	116	25	0	8	42	1	3	61	87	.279	.371	.397	.768	59.2	12.8	4.9
SS	Roger Nathan	28	117	376	37	84	12	0	7	37	3	0	63	151	.223	.334	.311	.645	44.6	7.3	4.4
3B	Darren Lukas	28	103	348	36	74	3	1	14	41	0	1	43	150	.213	.300	.348	.648	40.5	5.9	3.7
LF	*Sam Crawford	28	92	352	49	103	21	6	8	52	13	13	33	21	.293	.351	.455	.806	51.9	10.8	1.3
RF	Russell Wayt	22	57	205	36	53	7	1	17	39	8	7	32	82	.259	.363	.551	.914	38.7	8.6	0.9
CF	*Ted Brookes	22	50	157	16	40	3	1	0	15	6	1	16	40	.255	.331	.287	.618	16.7	2.2	0.7
3B	Terry Turner	27	44	172	25	60	9	4	1	25	1	6	12	2	.349	.389	.465	.854	25.6	6.0	1.6
CF	*Sean Utter	29	67	157	15	20	2	0	10	25	6	1	16	82	.127	.207	.331	.538	13.5	0.1	0.7
CF	Irv Waldron	32	47	146	17	34	2	2	0	14	15	3	11	16	.233	.289	.274	.563	13.6	1.5	0.3
C	Thomas Fields	32	51	136	11	28	5	0	3	10	11	8	13	53	.206	.275	.309	.584	10.8	0.3	1.6
LF	Darrell Lambert	28	46	123	18	31	8	2	5	14	4	2	14	53	.252	.340	.472	.812	20.3	4.4	0.6
P	Brian Nick	28	40	114	5	6	1	0	1	7	0	0	6	63	.053	.099	.088	.187	-3.1	0.0	0.0
P	Mitch Maio	28	35	97	6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	50	.031	.069	.031	.100	-5.8	0.0	0.0
P	Win Mercer	34	26	78	9	20	9	0	0	5	0	0	3	11	.256	.284	.372	.656	7.1	1.0	1.1
SS	#George Bone	31	23	79	4	26	3	0	1	4	0	0	3	5	.329	.349	.405	.754	10.1	2.2	1.1
P	Ned Garvin	34	34	72	4	18	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.264	.514	3.8	0.0	0.0
1B	Rudy Cox	34	27	72	6	22	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	16	.306	.306	.403	.708	8.2	1.6	0.1
P	Tom Hughes	29	24	62	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	17	.081	.095	.113	.208	-2.5	0.0	0.0
2B	Edward Shepard	30	19	57	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	28	.123	.167	.140	.307	0.1	0.0	0.4
P	Martin Williams	27	26	51	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	26	.020	.057	.020	.076	-3.4	0.0	0.0
1B	Cletus Chaves	25	15	43	6	8	0	0	1	3	1	0	4	21	.186	.255	.256	.511	3.2	0.1	0.1
P	Earl Moore	28	9	17	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.176	.167	.176	.343	0.6	0.0	0.0
P	*Ike Van Zandt	32	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.4	0.0	0.0
P	#Floyd Willmon	27	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-0.1	0.0	0.0
	Team Totals	28.7	1507	4821	589	1144	188	29	138	568	164	76	500	1366	.237	.311	.374	.685	577.2	111.6	31.6
	Rank among 8 AL teams			4	4	3	3	7	6	4	3	6	1	3	3	3	4	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
Brian Nick	28	20	11	.645	40	40	0	332.7	308	122	20	67	350	3.30	21.8
Mitch Maio	28	13	15	.464	35	35	0	288.7	233	81	21	50	366	2.53	24.4
Ned Garvin	34	17	11	.607	34	21	1	202.0	169	71	17	77	244	3.16	17.1
Tom Hughes	29	11	9	.550	24	21	1	178.0	144	62	12	75	214	3.13	11.1
Martin Williams	27	8	9	.471	26	17	4	150.0	119	70	21	50	205	4.20	5.8
*Ike Van Zandt	32	2	3	.400	33	0	8	48.3	34	14	5	27	53	2.61	6.6
Earl Moore	28	3	4	.429	9	5	0	46.0	52	27	4	21	37	5.28	0.0
Win Mercer	34	1	3	.250	7	5	0	35.3	53	18	1	8	14	4.59	0.0
Floyd Willmon	27	2	0	1.000	12	0	1	13.3	14	7	1	6	13	4.73	1.0
*Donald Rezendes	35	0	2	.000	5	0	2	6.3	10	6	2	6	8	8.53	0.0
Team Totals	30.2	77	67	.535	225	144	17	1300.6	1136	478	104	387	1504	3.31	87.8
Rank among 8 AL teams				3	3	2	3	3	4	1	3	4	1	3
* - 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	.989	28.2
R.Rickman	984.7	109	110	1152	73	13	0	.989	23.9
T.Fields	316.0	35	40	361	24	0	0	1.000	26.6
Team Total	1300.7	144	150	1513	97	13	0	.992	24.6
First Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.990	9.08
F.Parent	1131.3	126	128	1059	68	23	61	.980	8.97
C.Chaves	88.0	10	13	74	9	1	5	.988	8.49
R.Cox	81.3	8	13	74	6	1	3	.988	8.85
G.Bone	1.9	0	0	2	1	0	0	1.000	14.21
Team Total	1302.6	144	154	1209	84	25	69	.981	8.93
Second Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.970	4.44
M.Thurman	1158.7	130	130	219	353	19	53	.968	4.44
E.Shepard	132.0	14	17	18	34	2	3	.963	3.55
R.Geil	8.0	0	1	3	4	0	2	1.000	7.88
D.Lukas	2.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.50
Team Total	1300.7	144	149	241	391	21	58	.968	4.37
Third Basemen	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.949	2.29
D.Lukas	824.3	91	93	31	162	14	8	.932	2.11
T.Turner	395.8	43	43	19	68	5	3	.946	1.98
W.Mercer	89.0	9	9	6	18	1	2	.960	2.43
I.Waldron	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.80
Team Total	1314.1	143	146	56	249	20	13	.938	2.09
Shortstops	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.960	3.95
R.Nathan	974.0	110	111	107	305	19	37	.956	3.81
G.Bone	175.9	20	22	20	71	5	8	.948	4.66
W.Mercer	81.7	9	9	16	28	2	5	.957	4.85
D.Lukas	54.0	5	8	8	17	3	2	.893	4.17
E.Shepard	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	4.50
F.Parent	2.0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
S.Utter	2.0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1295.6	144	154	152	423	30	52	.950	3.99
Left Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.970	1.56
S.Crawford	539.1	60	61	79	3	0	1	1.000	1.37
R.Wayt	359.4	41	41	66	1	3	0	.957	1.68
D.Lambert	113.0	11	13	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.27
I.Waldron	36.0	4	4	3	0	0	0	1.000	0.75
T.Brookes	18.0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1.000	2.50
Team Total	1065.5	118	121	168	5	3	2	.983	1.46

Center Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.978	2.06
R.Geil	1144.0	127	130	231	5	1	1	.996	1.86
S.Utter	81.7	9	11	18	1	0	0	1.000	2.09
R.Wayt	68.5	8	8	15	0	0	0	1.000	1.97
I.Waldron	52.0	6	6	5	0	2	0	.714	0.87
D.Lambert	14.0	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.93
T.Brookes	9.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.00
Team Total	1369.2	152	159	274	6	3	1	.989	1.84
Right Fielders	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.975	1.61
T.Brookes	405.3	45	46	62	0	3	0	.954	1.38
S.Crawford	269.5	29	29	40	2	3	1	.933	1.40
S.Utter	256.3	30	30	46	0	1	0	.979	1.62
I.Waldron	252.7	28	29	35	0	5	0	.875	1.25
D.Lambert	191.0	19	25	35	0	0	0	1.000	1.65
R.Wayt	64.4	7	7	9	0	0	0	1.000	1.26
R.Cox	44.0	5	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.02
Team Total	1483.2	163	171	232	2	12	1	.951	1.42
Pitchers	Inn	GS	G	PO	A	E	DP	.959	1.83
B.Nick	332.7	40	40	21	43	8	4	.889	1.73
M.Maio	288.7	35	35	13	40	2	3	.964	1.65
N.Garvin	202.0	21	34	6	28	5	4	.872	1.51
T.Hughes	178.0	21	24	13	31	4	1	.917	2.22
M.Williams	150.0	17	26	3	22	0	1	1.000	1.50
I.Van Zandt	48.3	0	33	1	9	0	1	1.000	1.86
E.Moore	46.0	5	9	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.76
W.Mercer	35.3	5	7	0	11	0	1	1.000	2.80
F.Willmon	13.3	0	12	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.68
D.Rezendes	6.3	0	5	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Team Total	1300.6	144	225	58	193	19	16	.930	1.74

Team Batting Leaders

Team Pitching Leaders

Batting Average	Parent	.296
On-Base Pct	Rickman	.371
Slugging Pct	Geil	.548
OPS	Geil	.862
XR	Geil	86.4
Games	Thurman	133
At-Bats	Parent	514
Runs	Geil	82
Hits	Parent	152
Total Bases	Geil	268
Singles	Parent	108
Doubles	Parent	33
Triples	Geil	8
Homeruns	Geil	38
RBIs	Geil	101
Stolen Bases	Parent	53
Caught Stealing	Parent	19
Walks	Thurman	68
Strikeouts	Geil	179

ERA	Maio	2.53
Wins	Nick	20
Losses	Maio	15
Winning Pct	Nick	.645
Saves	Van Zandt	8
Games Pitched	Nick	40
Games Started	Nick	40
Complete Games	Maio	24
Shutouts	Maio	4
Innings Pitched	Nick	332.7
Hits Allowed	Nick	308
Homeruns Allowed	Maio, Williams	21
Strikeouts	Maio	366
Walks Allowed	Garvin	77
Walks per 9IP	Maio	1.6
Hits per 9IP	Williams	7.1
Strikeouts per 9IP	Williams	12.3
WHiP	Maio	0.98
OAVG	Williams	.213
OOBP	Maio	.251
OSLG	Maio	.324
OOPS	Maio	.575

Team All-Stars

Sam Crawford

Raymond Geil

Player Salaries
Raymond Geil	$ 2,535,714
Terry Turner	$ 2,260,000
Freddy Parent	$ 2,000,000
Ike Van Zandt	$ 1,490,000
George Bone	$ 1,356,000
Tom Hughes	$ 1,210,714
Win Mercer	$ 850,850
Donald Rezendes	$ 690,000
Ned Garvin	$ 690,000
Sean Utter	$ 450,000
Irv Waldron	$ 450,000
Earl Moore	$ 350,000
Rudy Cox	$ 300,000
Shannon James	$ 300,000
Darren Lukas	$ 300,000
Ted Brookes	$ 300,000
Mitch Maio	$ 300,000
Brian Nick	$ 300,000
Floyd Willmon	$ 300,000
Russell Rickman	$ 300,000
Edward Shepard	$ 300,000
Michael Thurman	$ 300,000
Russell Wayt	$ 300,000
Martin Williams	$ 300,000
Roger Nathan	$ 300,000

Player Transactions
Date	Action	Losing	To	Getting
1/26	Traded	Joshua Brantley 1st Round Draft Pick.	St. Louis	1st Round Draft Pick. 6th Round Draft Pick.
1/26	Traded	Marcus Michael Isiah Doolittle	Dublin	Russell Rickman Round Draft Pick.
1/26	Traded	Ginger Beaumont	Minnesota	Seth Saulter Nathan Jones
1/27	Traded	Pat Moran Danny Leland	Milwaukee	Jerome Fernandes
1/29	Released	Robert Hubler
1/29	Released	Arthur Grace
1/29	Released	Rod Davis
1/31	Traded	Nathanael Colligan	St. Louis	1908 4th Rd Pick. 1909 4th Rd Pick.
1/31	Traded	Matty Mcintyre	Chicago (A)	Melvin Wells Round Draft Pick. Round Draft Pick.
2/1	Signed			Earl Moore
2/9	Traded	Shannon James Bill Bradley John Smith	Dublin	Lee Williams Raymond Geil Darren Lukas Cletus Chaves
2/12	Traded	Lee Williams Deon Anderson Bryan Wetherbee Kendall Mallet 1908 9th Rd Pick. 1908 10th Rd Pick.	Mudville	Franklyn Mondragon William Wallin
2/14	Signed			Freddy Parent
3/1	Signed			Bradley Buskirk
3/1	Signed			Boyce Welton
3/1	Signed			Dennis Polen
3/2	Signed			Laurence Caple
4/6	Released	Clinton Veach
4/6	Released	Ted Smith
5/4	Released	Nick Aust
5/4	Released	James Landis
7/13	Traded	Seth Saulter	St. Louis	Russell Wayt
7/27	Traded	Ronald Holeman	Mudville	Round Draft Pick.
7/27	Traded	Sam Crawford	Dublin	Shannon James Round Draft Pick.
7/27	Traded	Cletus Chaves	Philadelphia	Terry Turner
8/10	Signed			George Bone
9/21	Released	James Wurst
10/8	Released	Darrell Lambert
10/8	Released	Thomas Fields