2006 New York Empire
Record: 98-64
Finish: 1st in HL Postal Division
Runs Scored: 904
Runs Allowed: 684
Exp W-L: 101-61
 
Ballpark: Tom Edwards Stadium
Attendance: 3,724,095
Manager: MrWorkrate

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-66, 5th in the Heinsohn League
AA: 83-55, 2nd in the Heinsohn League
A: 69-69, 6th in the Heinsohn League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost HL League Championship 0-4 to New Jersey Hot Potatoes
 
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 #Hai Stults 25 158 637 150 210 26 2 37 100 62 15 83 79 .330 .410 .551 .961 142.6 30.6 5.0
1B #Douglas Outen 27 157 614 108 207 27 2 30 116 4 2 68 59 .337 .405 .534 .939 119.3 24.8 2.5
LF  Vincent Francis 30 148 589 94 191 41 3 17 88 1 0 39 52 .324 .382 .491 .873 103.3 20.8 3.2
3B  Manuel Morejon 33 155 572 89 203 40 0 20 94 3 0 71 77 .355 .426 .530 .956 115.8 25.1 6.0
RF *Nicholas Santiago 29 159 547 95 164 27 2 28 115 2 3 83 72 .300 .402 .510 .913 109.0 21.5 3.5
2B #Francisco Guillen 25 154 558 75 147 37 2 18 96 9 11 37 67 .263 .316 .434 .750 69.8 9.5 7.6
C  Delmar Alustiza 30 147 508 67 127 23 0 22 70 3 0 47 108 .250 .317 .425 .742 70.4 9.8 3.6
1B  Francis Swearengin 29 145 435 64 98 23 5 14 64 12 4 33 97 .225 .289 .398 .686 52.2 6.0 3.5
SS  Steven Walker 27 118 261 28 63 7 2 1 33 0 0 28 55 .241 .318 .295 .613 27.7 2.1 2.4
LF  James Stewart 29 124 195 46 56 11 4 2 25 23 6 11 41 .287 .324 .415 .739 26.3 4.1 0.9
1B  Luis Padilla 31 100 129 18 32 6 0 11 30 0 0 6 29 .248 .287 .550 .837 20.0 3.2 0.3
CF  Steven Carey 35 63 98 14 24 8 3 2 9 6 3 8 30 .245 .299 .449 .748 13.2 2.0 0.6
C  Phillip Gaffney 27 36 89 8 20 3 0 3 9 0 0 6 27 .225 .278 .360 .638 8.7 0.5 0.6
P *Dan Lange 33 33 77 5 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 27 .065 .110 .078 .188 -2.5 0.0 0.0
P  Daniel Mitchem 31 34 73 5 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 29 .096 .108 .137 .245 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P *Preston Hirotada 31 34 72 7 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 34 .083 .160 .097 .258 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  George Thornton 29 26 53 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 17 .094 .111 .132 .243 -1.1 0.0 0.0
SS  Joshua Leone 37 58 48 12 6 2 0 0 1 6 1 5 14 .125 .208 .167 .374 1.7 0.0 0.3
P #Samuel Santiago 27 45 48 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .042 .061 .042 .103 -3.3 0.0 0.0
2B  Larry Stacy 28 18 33 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .091 .118 .121 .239 -1.0 0.0 0.4
P #Erwin Orosco 31 12 27 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 11 .148 .207 .148 .355 0.6 0.0 0.0
SS  Andrew Prasad 34 5 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 .667 .600 1.267 1.7 0.5 0.0
P  Dennis Peer 34 69 2 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.3 0.5 0.0
P  Joel Pantoja 29 45 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Luke Embree 28 66 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.5 0.0 0.0
P  William Briceno 32 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Dave Graham 31 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Frank Gray 30 65 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P #Markus Clemmer 25 35 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 *Thurman Bates 30 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Adam Spano 33 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.0 2285 5684 899 1586 286 25 206 873 131 45 542 956 .279 .347 .447 .794 874.6 161.3 40.4
  Rank among 10 HL teams 3 2 1 6 7 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2  
* - 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
 Daniel Mitchem 31 20 4 .833 34 33 0 227.0 191 77 16 83 214 3.05 18.3
*Preston Hirotada 31 14 10 .583 34 34 0 223.7 219 103 18 77 142 4.14 9.7
*Dan Lange 33 14 9 .609 33 33 0 219.0 234 96 21 69 131 3.95 11.1
 Samuel Santiago 27 9 7 .563 45 23 0 156.0 164 72 16 35 114 4.15 6.7
 George Thornton 29 10 6 .625 26 26 0 155.0 151 67 12 37 93 3.89 8.0
 Erwin Orosco 31 5 4 .556 12 12 0 81.7 93 39 7 13 54 4.30 3.9
 Dennis Peer 34 7 7 .500 69 0 31 79.0 75 32 6 32 74 3.65 11.6
 Luke Embree 28 6 5 .545 66 0 1 77.3 59 24 4 28 63 2.79 8.2
*Frank Gray 30 3 7 .300 65 7 2 74.0 82 36 6 27 60 4.38 3.1
 William Briceno 32 3 0 1.000 39 0 0 50.7 59 34 9 14 25 6.04 0.6
 Markus Clemmer 25 3 0 1.000 35 0 2 47.7 39 13 3 15 46 2.45 6.0
 Joel Pantoja 29 2 3 .400 42 0 3 39.0 41 18 4 18 32 4.15 2.5
 Adam Spano 33 2 0 1.000 18 0 2 26.0 35 15 6 8 22 5.19 0.8
*Thurman Bates 30 0 1 .000 16 0 2 13.0 12 4 0 8 12 2.77 1.7
*Dave Graham 31 0 0 .000 3 1 0 6.3 11 6 1 6 2 8.53 0.0
*Manny Fontanals 34 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0.3 4 3 0 0 0 81.82 0.0
Team Totals 30.5 98 64 .605 538 169 43 1475.6 1469 639 129 470 1084 3.90 92.3
Rank among 10 HL teams 2 2 7 2 2 8 2 5 6 8 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 .992 30.4
D.Alustiza 1169.0 127 133 896 53 10 1 .990 30.6
P.Gaffney 196.7 22 25 141 11 0 0 1.000 41.2
Team Total 1365.7 149 158 1037 64 10 1 .991 32.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 9.42
D.Outen 1321.7 149 154 1371 105 12 122 .992 10.05
L.Padilla 148.0 13 27 158 11 0 11 1.000 10.28
S.Carey 6.0 0 1 6 1 0 0 1.000 10.50
Team Total 1475.7 162 182 1535 117 12 133 .993 10.08
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 4.70
F.Guillen 1281.0 143 148 283 460 8 98 .989 5.22
S.Walker 81.3 8 17 9 25 1 5 .971 3.76
L.Stacy 60.3 6 7 15 22 1 3 .974 5.52
F.Swearengin 45.0 5 6 12 11 0 2 1.000 4.60
J.Leone 8.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.7 162 183 319 518 10 108 .988 5.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.57
M.Morejon 1260.7 147 153 80 352 11 35 .975 3.08
S.Walker 123.3 11 18 10 34 2 4 .957 3.21
J.Leone 89.7 4 25 2 20 2 4 .917 2.21
L.Stacy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Prasad 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.7 162 198 92 406 15 43 .971 3.04
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 4.00
F.Swearengin 1020.3 121 129 136 315 17 57 .964 3.98
S.Walker 385.3 38 63 50 128 3 26 .983 4.16
J.Leone 31.0 1 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 3.19
A.Prasad 14.0 2 3 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.86
L.Stacy 12.0 0 7 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.50
J.Pantoja 6.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50
S.Carey 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
J.Stewart 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Padilla 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.7 162 217 194 457 20 87 .970 3.97
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 2.18
V.Francis 1237.7 143 145 274 7 1 1 .996 2.04
J.Stewart 184.3 17 27 38 2 0 1 1.000 1.95
S.Carey 39.3 2 12 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.06
N.Santiago 10.3 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
H.Stults 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1475.7 162 189 323 10 1 2 .997 2.03
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.75
H.Stults 1349.7 149 154 399 6 0 2 1.000 2.70
S.Carey 123.0 13 16 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.63
N.Santiago 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.7 162 171 434 7 0 2 1.000 2.69
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.21
N.Santiago 1298.7 146 147 304 7 5 1 .984 2.16
J.Stewart 164.0 15 20 28 4 0 1 1.000 1.76
S.Carey 12.0 1 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
H.Stults 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.7 162 172 332 12 5 2 .986 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 1.70
D.Mitchem 227.0 33 34 8 38 2 2 .958 1.82
P.Hirotada 223.7 34 34 8 31 2 2 .951 1.57
D.Lange 219.0 33 33 15 34 3 2 .942 2.01
S.Santiago 156.0 23 45 8 26 0 2 1.000 1.96
G.Thornton 155.0 26 26 9 25 2 0 .944 1.97
E.Orosco 81.7 12 12 6 14 1 1 .952 2.20
D.Peer 79.0 0 69 10 14 0 2 1.000 2.73
L.Embree 77.3 0 66 5 5 1 0 .909 1.16
F.Gray 74.0 7 65 7 4 1 1 .917 1.34
W.Briceno 50.7 0 39 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.95
M.Clemmer 47.7 0 35 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.76
J.Pantoja 39.0 0 42 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.62
A.Spano 26.0 0 18 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
T.Bates 13.0 0 16 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38
D.Graham 6.3 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.42
M.Fontanals 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1475.6 169 538 83 213 12 14 .961 1.81
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Morejon .355
On-Base Pct Morejon .426
Slugging Pct Stults .551
OPS Stults .961
XR Stults 142.6
Games Santiago 159
At-Bats Stults 637
Runs Stults 150
Hits Stults 210
Total Bases Stults 351
Singles Outen 148
Doubles Francis 41
Triples Swearengin 5
Homeruns Stults 37
RBIs Outen 116
Stolen Bases Stults 62
Caught Stealing Stults 15
Walks Stults, Santiago 83
Strikeouts Alustiza 108
ERA Mitchem 3.05
Wins Mitchem 20
Losses Hirotada 10
Winning Pct Mitchem .833
Saves Peer 31
Games Pitched Peer 69
Games Started Hirotada 34
Complete Games Lange 6
Shutouts Mitchem 2
Innings Pitched Mitchem 227.0
Hits Allowed Lange 234
Homeruns Allowed Lange 21
Strikeouts Mitchem 214
Walks Allowed Mitchem 83
Walks per 9IP Lange 2.8
Hits per 9IP Mitchem 7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Mitchem 8.5
WHiP Mitchem 1.21
OAVG Mitchem .227
OOBP Mitchem .301
OSLG Mitchem .337
OOPS Mitchem .638
Team All-Stars
Daniel Mitchem
Manuel Morejon
Douglas Outen
Nicholas Santiago
Hai Stults
Player Salaries
Manuel Morejon $ 14,750,000
Erwin Orosco $ 10,680,000
Nicholas Santiago $ 9,000,000
Preston Hirotada $ 8,890,000
Douglas Outen $ 8,060,000
Dennis Peer $ 5,580,000
Vincent Francis $ 5,000,000
Daniel Mitchem $ 4,500,000
Luis Padilla $ 3,390,000
Samuel Santiago $ 2,178,572
Joel Pantoja $ 2,040,000
Luke Embree $ 1,389,391
Dan Lange $ 1,290,000
James Stewart $ 1,000,000
Francis Swearengin $ 850,000
George Thornton $ 810,000
Larry Stacy $ 548,000
Delmar Alustiza $ 450,000
Phillip Gaffney $ 350,000
Michael Davis $ 350,000
Steven Walker $ 300,000
Andrew Prasad $ 300,000
Francisco Guillen $ 300,000
Hai Stults $ 300,000
Markus Clemmer $ 300,000
Steven Carey $ 300,000
Thurman Bates $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Dan Lange
2/7 Signed     Nicholas Santiago
2/10 Signed     Mark Jarrard
2/12 Signed     Adam Spano
2/14 Released Mark Jarrard    
2/17 Signed     Frank Gray
2/18 Signed     James Stewart
2/19 Signed     Francis Swearengin
2/20 Signed     Luke Embree
2/24 Signed     William Briceno
3/5 Signed     Steven Carey
3/5 Signed     Joshua Leone
3/5 Signed     Michael Benge
3/5 Signed     Carlos Covarrubias
3/5 Signed     Pierre Delgado
3/5 Signed     Basil Padula
3/5 Signed     Manny Fontanals
3/5 Signed     Richard Huggard
3/6 Released Quincy Scanlon    
3/6 Released Anthony Faulkner    
3/6 Released Daryl Linderman    
4/20 Traded Adelardo Garcia Jacksonville Porfirio Caldas
Christopher Mcneill
5/5 Signed     Mike Carpino
5/5 Signed     Andrew Prasad
6/4 Released Gavin Dicken    
6/4 Released Carlos Covarrubias    
6/19 Traded Emilio Cedillo Inner Harbor Robert Anderson
6/19 Released Adam Spano    
7/31 Traded Frank Gray
Mike Carpino
Daniel Royster
Raleigh Erwin Orosco
Kevin Dyck
8/30 Released William Briceno    
8/30 Released Joshua Leone    
10/6 Released Manny Fontanals    
10/6 Released Dave Graham    
10/20 Released Michael Benge