1909 Des Moines Diesel
Record: 86-58
Finish: 1st in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 605
Runs Allowed: 554
Exp W-L: 78-66
 
Ballpark: The Quarry
Attendance: 2,876,800
Manager: Ross Grooters

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-49, 1st in the AL
AA: 46-76, 8th in the AL
A: 58-64, 6th in the AL
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost AL League Series 2-4 to 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
RF  Russell Wayt 23 136 512 108 161 18 2 46 105 30 17 71 118 .314 .404 .627 1.031 117.8 27.9 3.7
3B  Terry Turner 28 128 540 70 177 28 4 2 44 0 3 24 10 .328 .356 .406 .762 70.3 13.9 3.7
LF  Shannon James 24 135 522 59 159 31 1 7 74 1 1 38 90 .305 .351 .408 .759 69.0 12.9 3.7
1B  Michael Thurman 30 131 459 63 123 17 0 16 55 3 2 85 115 .268 .386 .410 .795 75.2 14.4 2.2
CF  Raymond Geil 27 135 479 68 105 18 5 25 72 36 2 48 139 .219 .299 .434 .733 69.1 10.7 4.6
3B  Darren Lukas 29 130 443 43 119 11 0 11 53 2 1 54 109 .269 .351 .368 .719 59.5 10.0 9.5
C  Pat Moran 33 116 406 57 118 19 5 3 39 25 14 37 20 .291 .351 .384 .736 53.0 9.1 5.3
SS  Roger Nathan 29 99 377 38 98 13 0 0 34 1 0 40 94 .260 .329 .294 .623 38.5 4.6 2.4
SS *David Julius 25 73 219 22 58 7 0 6 24 3 3 15 28 .265 .308 .379 .687 26.3 3.6 2.3
C  William Courtemanche 27 54 160 14 30 7 1 4 14 3 3 8 52 .188 .231 .319 .550 11.1 0.0 1.8
P  Brian Nick 29 36 107 0 10 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 49 .093 .109 .112 .221 -3.3 0.0 0.0
P  Tom Hughes 30 28 86 6 13 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 12 .151 .169 .174 .343 1.2 0.0 0.0
P  Mitch Maio 29 27 82 4 3 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .037 .070 .073 .143 -5.2 0.0 0.0
P  Andrew Neely 24 26 77 4 8 1 0 0 5 1 0 2 37 .104 .127 .117 .243 -1.4 0.0 0.0
DH  Darrell Lambert 29 33 74 8 20 4 0 1 8 4 0 2 22 .270 .286 .365 .651 8.2 1.1 0.5
CF *Sean Utter 30 47 57 8 8 0 0 2 4 2 2 7 24 .140 .234 .246 .480 3.4 0.0 0.5
3B  Benjamin Murrieta 26 21 45 2 6 2 1 0 4 0 0 1 15 .133 .146 .222 .368 1.3 0.0 0.6
1B  Travis Holmes 31 19 49 7 14 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 9 .286 .314 .367 .681 5.7 1.0 0.2
RF *Ted Brookes 23 22 50 6 10 1 1 0 5 1 2 1 12 .200 .216 .260 .476 2.0 0.0 0.2
1B  Haywood Digennaro 21 16 47 4 10 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 9 .213 .260 .340 .600 3.1 0.0 0.2
P  Steven Maddox 25 16 42 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 22 .048 .070 .071 .141 -2.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Nathan Jones 20 11 43 7 17 2 0 3 12 3 1 2 4 .395 .422 .651 1.073 9.5 2.5 0.6
P  William Spier 25 12 33 1 6 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 16 .182 .182 .212 .394 0.6 0.0 0.0
RF  Irv Waldron 33 10 9 2 3 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 .333 .400 .444 .844 1.7 0.5 0.1
P  Tyler Garfinkel 24 31 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Rudy Cox 35 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167 -0.5 0.0 0.0
C *Steven Maysonet 30 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .400 .250 .650 0.6 0.2 0.0
P *Ike Van Zandt 33 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P #Floyd Willmon 28 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
P  Earl Moore 29 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.6 1540 4939 605 1281 193 20 128 581 119 54 451 1050 .259 .323 .384 .707 614.4 112.8 42.0
  Rank among 8 AL teams 1 4 2 6 8 4 4 5 5 4 4 2 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 29 21 8 .724 36 36 0 313.3 266 77 9 44 286 2.21 36.8
 Mitch Maio 29 18 6 .750 27 27 0 237.7 194 73 13 20 264 2.76 23.9
 Tom Hughes 30 13 14 .481 28 28 0 234.3 239 108 17 87 212 4.15 9.2
 Andrew Neely 24 16 9 .640 26 26 0 217.7 181 88 22 103 225 3.64 13.5
 Steven Maddox 25 6 8 .429 16 16 0 126.7 124 63 15 45 124 4.48 3.8
 William Spier 25 5 6 .455 11 11 0 91.7 81 39 11 43 60 3.83 4.7
 Tyler Garfinkel 24 3 5 .375 31 0 9 38.3 41 20 5 18 36 4.70 2.1
*Ike Van Zandt 33 1 1 .500 28 0 7 33.7 21 6 2 18 29 1.60 7.2
 Floyd Willmon 28 1 1 .500 8 0 0 8.3 10 2 0 2 7 2.16 1.2
 Earl Moore 29 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 5.7 4 4 0 4 4 6.36 0.1
 Ned Garvin 35 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 28.3 86 58 .597 218 144 16 1308.3 1161 480 94 385 1248 3.30 103.2
Rank among 8 AL teams 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 2 4 1 2  
* - 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 .984 28.7
P.Moran 953.7 105 107 942 49 14 1 .986 27.0
W.Courtemanche 342.7 38 39 308 30 7 0 .980 30.9
S.Maysonet 8.0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 33.3
S.Utter 4.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1308.3 144 149 1259 80 21 1 .985 28.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 9.93
M.Thurman 1043.7 117 117 1028 69 7 67 .994 9.46
H.Digennaro 106.0 12 13 111 9 2 8 .984 10.19
T.Holmes 90.0 9 13 76 7 1 6 .988 8.30
B.Murrieta 55.7 5 11 62 10 0 5 1.000 11.64
R.Cox 11.0 1 2 10 2 0 0 1.000 9.82
P.Moran 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1308.3 144 157 1290 97 10 86 .993 9.54
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.02
R.Nathan 844.0 96 96 168 271 20 50 .956 4.68
D.Julius 345.3 35 45 66 122 2 18 .989 4.90
M.Thurman 109.0 12 13 20 39 1 6 .983 4.87
N.Jones 9.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.00
P.Moran 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 156 255 435 23 74 .968 4.75
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.50
T.Turner 1131.3 125 125 59 195 16 14 .941 2.02
D.Julius 70.0 8 8 3 12 0 0 1.000 1.93
B.Murrieta 67.0 7 8 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.42
D.Lukas 20.0 2 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 3.15
T.Holmes 18.0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
P.Moran 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 148 68 230 16 14 .949 2.05
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 4.26
D.Lukas 1085.7 122 122 139 393 14 51 .974 4.41
D.Julius 126.7 12 18 12 41 3 4 .946 3.77
N.Jones 88.0 10 10 8 28 2 4 .947 3.68
B.Murrieta 5.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 7.20
S.Utter 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 153 161 464 19 60 .970 4.30
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.83
S.James 1181.0 133 133 226 9 7 1 .971 1.79
D.Lambert 63.0 6 10 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.57
T.Brookes 47.7 4 9 9 0 2 0 .818 1.70
S.Utter 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
W.Spier 4.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Wayt 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 156 247 9 9 1 .966 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.39
R.Geil 1156.3 127 130 266 4 1 3 .996 2.10
S.Utter 102.0 12 12 27 1 0 1 1.000 2.47
D.Lambert 49.0 5 7 16 0 1 0 .941 2.94
R.Wayt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 150 309 5 2 4 .994 2.16
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.92
R.Wayt 1179.3 132 132 235 3 7 2 .971 1.82
T.Brookes 69.0 7 8 9 0 1 0 .900 1.17
D.Lambert 34.0 3 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85
I.Waldron 18.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
P.Moran 8.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 147 255 3 8 2 .970 1.77
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.95
B.Nick 313.3 36 36 20 47 6 6 .918 1.92
M.Maio 237.7 27 27 15 30 2 0 .957 1.70
T.Hughes 234.3 28 28 12 44 4 1 .933 2.15
A.Neely 217.7 26 26 7 24 3 1 .912 1.28
S.Maddox 126.7 16 16 3 12 0 2 1.000 1.07
W.Spier 91.7 11 11 8 14 0 1 1.000 2.16
T.Garfinkel 38.3 0 31 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.64
I.Van Zandt 33.7 0 28 0 7 1 1 .875 1.87
F.Willmon 8.3 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.24
E.Moore 5.7 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 4.77
N.Garvin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1308.3 144 218 67 189 16 12 .941 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Turner .328
On-Base Pct Wayt .404
Slugging Pct Wayt .627
OPS Wayt 1.031
XR Wayt 117.8
Games Wayt 136
At-Bats Turner 540
Runs Wayt 108
Hits Turner 177
Total Bases Wayt 321
Singles Turner 143
Doubles James 31
Triples Geil, Moran 5
Homeruns Wayt 46
RBIs Wayt 105
Stolen Bases Geil 36
Caught Stealing Wayt 17
Walks Thurman 85
Strikeouts Geil 139
ERA Nick 2.21
Wins Nick 21
Losses Hughes 14
Winning Pct Maio .750
Saves Garfinkel 9
Games Pitched Nick 36
Games Started Nick 36
Complete Games Nick 23
Shutouts Maio 3
Innings Pitched Nick 313.3
Hits Allowed Nick 266
Homeruns Allowed Neely 22
Strikeouts Nick 286
Walks Allowed Neely 103
Walks per 9IP Maio 0.8
Hits per 9IP Maio 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Maio 10.0
WHiP Maio 0.90
OAVG Maio .220
OOBP Maio .239
OSLG Nick .314
OOPS Maio .564
Team All-Stars
Brian Nick
Michael Thurman
Russell Wayt
Player Salaries
Raymond Geil $ 5,000,000
Russell Wayt $ 4,757,143
Pat Moran $ 3,510,000
Terry Turner $ 2,260,000
Tom Hughes $ 1,780,000
Michael Thurman $ 1,764,286
Ike Van Zandt $ 1,490,000
Ned Garvin $ 690,000
Donald Rezendes $ 690,000
Sean Utter $ 450,000
Rudy Cox $ 350,000
Earl Moore $ 350,000
Nathan Jones $ 300,000
Shannon James $ 300,000
Travis Holmes $ 300,000
David Julius $ 300,000
Haywood Digennaro $ 300,000
Steven Maysonet $ 300,000
William Courtemanche $ 300,000
Tyler Garfinkel $ 300,000
Darrell Lambert $ 300,000
Darren Lukas $ 300,000
Ted Brookes $ 300,000
Mitch Maio $ 300,000
Floyd Willmon $ 300,000
Benjamin Murrieta $ 300,000
Roger Nathan $ 300,000
Andrew Neely $ 300,000
Brian Nick $ 300,000
William Spier $ 300,000
Irv Waldron $ 300,000
Steven Maddox $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/31 Traded Greg Hibbs St. Louis Kurt Schoolcraft
1/31 Traded Jerry Williams
Martin Williams
Russell Rickman
Round Draft Pick.
Detroit Andrew Neely
Steven Maddox
James Musgrave
Pat Moran
Donald Cane
1/31 Traded Daniel Mcnally St. Louis Haywood Digennaro
2/1 Traded Charles Savard
Laurence Caple
Milwaukee David Julius
2/20 Signed     William Courtemanche
2/25 Traded Marvin Decker
Mil 6th Rd Pick.
Pittsburgh Pit 4th Rd Pick.
4/6 Released Zachary Nick    
4/6 Released William White    
4/6 Released Sean Young    
5/26 Claimed   Texas Phillip Street
6/7 Signed     Darrell Lambert
7/26 Released Jerome Fernandes    
7/26 Released Kurt Schoolcraft