1908 Kansas City Linemen
Record: 65-79
Finish: 4th in AL AL East Division
Runs Scored: 538
Runs Allowed: 671
Exp W-L: 58-86
 
Ballpark: State Line Ballpark
Attendance: 1,046,135
Manager: Katerina Ehas

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 66-56, 4th in the AL
AA: 69-53, 3rd in the AL
A: 77-45, 1st in the AL
 
 
 
 
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
LF *Elmer Flick 32 128 479 50 128 20 8 2 35 22 15 37 61 .267 .323 .355 .678 50.4 9.9 1.5
SS  Donald Escobar 28 127 462 66 94 8 5 34 76 6 1 45 154 .203 .282 .463 .745 64.6 14.0 5.1
C  George Jefferies 25 112 400 66 77 16 2 38 75 6 6 48 180 .193 .281 .528 .808 61.4 13.7 4.8
3B #Jonah McPhail 28 107 361 37 96 9 2 11 37 6 5 45 123 .266 .346 .393 .740 49.3 12.1 3.3
1B *Tim Jordan 29 104 375 56 104 28 6 5 27 3 4 25 20 .277 .321 .424 .745 48.6 12.3 1.3
CF #Tom McCreery 33 94 333 33 89 22 7 2 35 11 6 17 58 .267 .308 .393 .701 37.6 8.5 0.9
CF  Brian Shake 28 91 302 39 80 6 3 15 51 6 6 16 104 .265 .300 .454 .754 40.1 9.1 1.4
CF *James Chacon 32 86 298 32 95 4 3 3 27 12 9 19 85 .319 .363 .383 .745 39.3 10.0 1.8
2B  Sam Mertes 35 90 287 30 72 11 10 3 26 11 4 13 71 .251 .291 .390 .681 31.2 5.9 2.0
1B *Alvin Curtiss 29 60 243 20 63 8 0 2 18 0 2 11 71 .259 .291 .317 .608 20.9 3.2 0.8
2B  Jeff Dimauro 26 72 228 27 48 4 1 5 21 3 3 21 98 .211 .283 .303 .586 19.6 2.0 1.8
LF  David Denton 27 59 184 22 40 8 0 11 23 6 3 19 81 .217 .294 .440 .734 25.0 5.4 0.8
3B *Jerry Hallock 25 49 161 13 32 3 1 5 23 3 1 6 59 .199 .232 .323 .555 12.0 0.7 2.4
C  Ed McFarland 33 42 132 17 21 5 0 2 13 5 1 11 48 .159 .224 .242 .466 5.6 0.0 1.6
P  William Ohearn 28 29 75 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 39 .080 .159 .093 .252 -0.8 0.0 0.0
P  Jack Warford 29 29 80 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 48 .063 .085 .075 .160 -4.1 0.0 0.0
P  Red Donahue 35 29 85 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 29 .082 .092 .106 .198 -2.4 0.0 0.0
RF *Kevin Deck 26 22 83 4 11 1 0 1 9 0 0 4 36 .133 .172 .181 .353 0.1 0.0 0.4
SS  Kermit Pang 33 24 74 7 20 3 1 1 11 4 0 9 23 .270 .365 .378 .743 11.6 3.2 0.9
P  Thomas Carter 33 28 78 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 46 .064 .120 .090 .210 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Richard Allain 26 27 71 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 32 .056 .093 .085 .178 -2.6 0.0 0.0
P  James Edmiston 30 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  Harry Felix 29 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Joseph Huskey 28 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Mitchell Parisien 33 14 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1493 4811 538 1097 164 49 140 517 104 66 364 1480 .228 .285 .370 .655 503.1 110.1 30.6
  Rank among 8 AL teams 6 7 7 8 3 5 7 6 5 6 6 7 7 5 7 7  
* - 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
 Red Donahue 35 10 18 .357 29 29 0 247.3 272 124 51 89 195 4.51 1.6
 Jack Warford 29 13 12 .520 29 29 0 243.0 172 81 31 81 314 3.00 21.2
 William Ohearn 28 13 14 .481 29 29 0 234.0 201 126 38 97 270 4.85 4.8
 Thomas Carter 33 10 15 .400 28 28 0 231.0 195 98 33 108 220 3.82 9.9
 Richard Allain 26 9 13 .409 27 27 0 215.3 257 100 22 59 128 4.18 6.3
 James Edmiston 30 2 1 .667 30 0 6 37.7 27 18 5 24 43 4.30 3.3
*Joseph Huskey 28 5 1 .833 27 0 3 30.7 32 7 0 7 19 2.05 5.8
 Mitchell Parisien 33 3 3 .500 14 0 2 20.7 27 24 7 16 22 10.45 0.0
 Harry Felix 29 0 1 .000 13 2 0 20.0 23 6 1 7 12 2.70 1.4
 James McGurk 33 0 0 .000 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 3 0 4.50 0.1
Team Totals 30.4 65 78 .455 227 144 11 1281.6 1207 585 188 491 1223 4.11 54.3
Rank among 8 AL teams 7 7 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7  
* - 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
G.Jefferies 969.3 109 111 944 68 12 0 .988 26.0
E.McFarland 312.3 35 37 289 31 4 1 .988 36.5
Team Total 1281.7 144 148 1233 99 16 1 .988 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 9.08
T.Jordan 796.0 88 96 783 64 13 55 .985 9.58
A.Curtiss 485.7 56 56 491 39 5 38 .991 9.82
Team Total 1281.7 144 152 1274 103 18 93 .987 9.67
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.44
S.Mertes 712.7 81 82 152 220 15 37 .961 4.70
J.Dimauro 569.0 63 67 120 182 4 37 .987 4.78
Team Total 1281.7 144 149 272 402 19 74 .973 4.73
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.29
J.McPhail 891.3 101 104 47 178 12 13 .949 2.27
J.Hallock 378.3 43 47 26 99 4 6 .969 2.97
D.Escobar 8.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Dimauro 4.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.7 144 154 73 277 17 19 .954 2.46
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 3.95
D.Escobar 1081.3 122 123 156 371 14 55 .974 4.39
K.Pang 194.3 22 23 27 62 2 12 .978 4.12
J.Dimauro 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
T.McCreery 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.7 144 148 184 433 16 67 .975 4.33
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 1.56
T.McCreery 806.7 93 93 114 4 7 1 .944 1.32
D.Denton 451.7 51 54 81 1 1 1 .988 1.63
J.Chacon 11.3 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.38
S.Mertes 6.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05
E.Flick 5.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1281.6 144 155 201 5 8 2 .963 1.45
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 2.06
B.Shake 643.7 71 80 138 3 1 1 .993 1.97
J.Chacon 634.0 73 75 163 5 2 2 .988 2.38
D.Denton 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1281.7 144 156 302 8 3 3 .990 2.18
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 1.61
E.Flick 1088.3 122 123 175 3 6 2 .967 1.47
K.Deck 193.3 22 22 40 3 4 0 .915 2.00
Team Total 1281.7 144 145 215 6 10 2 .957 1.55
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 1.83
R.Donahue 247.3 29 29 18 49 5 6 .931 2.44
J.Warford 243.0 29 29 6 23 1 3 .967 1.07
W.Ohearn 234.0 29 29 9 39 1 0 .980 1.85
T.Carter 231.0 28 28 15 38 1 2 .981 2.06
R.Allain 215.3 27 27 11 53 1 4 .985 2.67
J.Edmiston 37.7 0 30 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.15
J.Huskey 30.7 0 27 4 3 1 0 .875 2.05
M.Parisien 20.7 0 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.18
H.Felix 20.0 2 13 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.McGurk 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1281.6 144 227 68 218 10 17 .966 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Flick .267
On-Base Pct McPhail .336
Slugging Pct Jefferies .528
OPS Jefferies .808
XR Escobar 64.6
Games Flick 128
At-Bats Flick 479
Runs Escobar, Jefferies 66
Hits Flick 128
Total Bases Escobar 214
Singles Flick 98
Doubles Jordan 28
Triples Mertes 10
Homeruns Jefferies 38
RBIs Escobar 76
Stolen Bases Flick 22
Caught Stealing Flick 15
Walks Jefferies 48
Strikeouts Jefferies 180
ERA Warford 3.00
Wins Ohearn, Warford 13
Losses Donahue 18
Winning Pct Warford .520
Saves Edmiston 6
Games Pitched Edmiston 30
Games Started Donahue, Ohearn, Warford 29
Complete Games Donahue 24
Shutouts Carter, Warford 3
Innings Pitched Donahue 247.3
Hits Allowed Donahue 272
Homeruns Allowed Donahue 51
Strikeouts Warford 314
Walks Allowed Carter 108
Walks per 9IP Allain 2.5
Hits per 9IP Warford 6.4
Strikeouts per 9IP Warford 11.6
WHiP Warford 1.04
OAVG Warford .201
OOBP Warford .272
OSLG Warford .372
OOPS Warford .645
Team All-Stars
George Jefferies
Player Salaries
Red Donahue $ 9,300,000
Elmer Flick $ 9,000,000
Ed McFarland $ 6,500,000
Tom McCreery $ 4,500,000
Jack Warford $ 4,250,000
Sam Mertes $ 2,500,000
James Chacon $ 1,703,571
Jeff Dimauro $ 730,000
Mitchell Parisien $ 480,000
David Denton $ 402,857
James McGurk $ 350,000
Kermit Pang $ 350,000
Charlie Carr $ 350,000
Kevin Deck $ 300,000
George Jefferies $ 300,000
Thomas Carter $ 300,000
Alvin Curtiss $ 300,000
James Edmiston $ 300,000
Donald Escobar $ 300,000
Richard Allain $ 300,000
Joseph Huskey $ 300,000
Tim Jordan $ 300,000
Jonah McPhail $ 300,000
William Ohearn $ 300,000
Brian Shake $ 300,000
Alton Venne $ 300,000
Jerry Hallock $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
1/26 Traded Randall Rawlins Milwaukee 1908 3rd Rd Pick.
1908 5th Rd Pick.
1908 6th Rd Pick.
4/6 Released Ike Crouse    
4/6 Released Billy Lauder    
4/6 Released James Howell    
4/6 Released Byron Strope    
7/13 Released Harry Felix    
10/8 Released Dummy Deegan    
10/8 Released Bill Magee    
10/8 Released Morris Owens    
10/8 Released Barton Keeley    
10/8 Released James Safford    
10/8 Released Jeff Strecker    
10/8 Released Christopher Thompson    
10/8 Released Simon Connors    
10/8 Released Mohammed Lindsay    
10/8 Released Shon Tunney