1923 Soni Sting Rays
Record: 98-56
Finish: 1st in NL Minos Division Division
Runs Scored: 839
Runs Allowed: 562
Exp W-L: 104-50
 
Ballpark: Sting Ray Field
Attendance: 3,074,427
Manager: Tom Moore

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 72-59, 4th in the Northern League
AA: 67-64, 4th in the Northern League
A: 80-51, 3rd in the Northern League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Playoff 2-4 to Kronnul Stouts
 
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  Richie Durocher 26 149 560 119 170 25 5 21 66 42 17 102 93 .304 .410 .479 .888 114.6 25.6 4.9
2B  Marcus Inman 27 147 585 125 195 33 5 26 108 16 14 63 42 .333 .396 .540 .936 111.8 25.5 5.8
2B  Dana Child 29 147 566 124 172 37 4 35 124 17 4 65 54 .304 .374 .569 .943 114.8 25.1 7.1
1B #Scott Howland 24 149 514 103 156 25 4 25 88 8 8 110 77 .304 .430 .514 .944 112.0 25.9 1.8
3B  Bob Renton 38 147 499 60 152 12 0 13 68 0 0 53 48 .305 .372 .407 .779 71.9 13.1 4.0
C  Cary Hudson 28 137 490 55 158 17 0 17 101 1 1 25 49 .322 .356 .461 .818 72.4 14.2 4.3
CF #Jake Primeaux 28 146 448 70 99 12 5 12 51 21 4 52 67 .221 .306 .350 .657 52.7 6.6 3.3
RF  Dave Koors 38 130 410 40 93 9 3 5 43 5 0 39 63 .227 .289 .300 .589 35.9 1.6 3.0
CF  Wayne Bergen 34 110 211 27 58 6 2 4 28 7 4 17 41 .275 .329 .379 .708 27.2 4.3 2.0
1B  James Linkous 31 105 173 23 42 6 2 8 38 1 8 16 21 .243 .321 .439 .761 21.5 3.0 1.2
2B  Paul Pawn 31 85 163 26 43 9 2 4 25 0 0 11 28 .264 .309 .417 .726 20.2 3.0 1.7
C *Stephen Connors 33 49 155 13 41 3 0 2 16 0 0 9 30 .265 .305 .323 .628 15.6 1.8 1.6
P  Brian Kitchen 31 36 91 8 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 28 .110 .182 .132 .314 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Michael Funderburg 33 32 92 7 8 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 36 .087 .125 .098 .223 -2.3 0.0 0.0
P *Herbert Duque 27 33 92 13 28 1 2 0 11 0 1 4 20 .304 .333 .359 .692 9.2 1.1 0.0
RF  Randy Breeden 25 55 71 4 23 3 0 0 8 0 0 6 17 .324 .377 .366 .743 9.8 2.0 0.5
P  Bill Caraballo 25 29 62 11 14 4 0 0 10 1 0 4 19 .226 .279 .290 .570 5.8 0.5 0.0
1B *Michael Morin 26 64 55 7 17 3 0 0 6 0 0 9 12 .309 .406 .364 .770 7.7 1.3 0.0
P  Fletcher Catania 32 20 53 4 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 19 .057 .121 .132 .253 -0.9 0.0 0.0
P #Jason Summer 36 28 23 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .087 .125 .087 .212 -1.3 0.0 0.0
P  Ray Austria 38 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Juan Walz 34 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Gerald Quon 34 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Original Smoot 25 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.5 1956 5317 839 1484 209 34 173 805 119 61 602 767 .279 .353 .429 .782 797.2 154.6 41.1
  Rank among 10 NL teams 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 4 7 2 1 1 1 1 1 1  
* - 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 Kitchen 31 24 7 .774 36 36 0 263.0 221 71 3 59 200 2.43 24.2
 Michael Funderburg 33 18 9 .667 32 32 0 255.7 233 84 18 57 117 2.96 18.7
*Herbert Duque 27 20 4 .833 33 33 0 250.0 189 67 19 66 206 2.41 26.0
 Bill Caraballo 25 11 11 .500 29 25 0 175.7 181 95 15 67 139 4.87 4.9
 Fletcher Catania 32 10 10 .500 20 20 0 156.0 169 75 18 37 59 4.33 5.4
 Jason Summer 36 5 3 .625 28 8 1 75.0 51 15 3 45 64 1.80 7.6
 Original Smoot 25 6 2 .750 68 0 5 71.3 66 32 6 29 43 4.04 5.4
 Ray Austria 38 2 7 .222 46 0 29 47.7 46 31 5 26 25 5.85 2.5
 Gerald Quon 34 1 0 1.000 30 0 0 34.7 31 13 5 20 26 3.38 2.2
*Jimmy Gish 36 0 1 .000 27 0 1 28.3 31 15 4 12 14 4.77 0.6
*Juan Walz 34 0 1 .000 14 0 0 20.3 24 13 2 8 8 5.76 0.0
*Brad Westlund 23 0 1 .000 4 0 1 2.0 3 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.1
 Randy Breeden 25 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.5
Team Totals 30.7 98 56 .636 368 154 37 1381.6 1247 511 98 427 902 3.33 98.2
Rank among 10 NL teams 1 1 6 1 6 3 4 2 2 5 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 .988 30.9
C.Hudson 1056.7 115 129 688 41 11 1 .985 25.8
S.Connors 325.0 39 41 238 17 2 0 .992 34.4
Team Total 1381.7 154 170 926 58 13 1 .987 27.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.31
S.Howland 1258.7 141 144 1366 85 13 116 .991 10.38
J.Linkous 105.0 12 14 125 6 0 9 1.000 11.23
M.Morin 10.0 0 2 12 1 0 2 1.000 11.70
S.Connors 8.0 1 1 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88
Team Total 1381.7 154 161 1510 92 13 127 .992 10.44
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.35
M.Inman 1246.7 138 147 275 500 14 93 .982 5.59
P.Pawn 134.0 16 17 21 59 2 13 .976 5.37
D.Child 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1381.7 154 165 296 559 16 106 .982 5.57
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 2.63
B.Renton 1197.0 137 137 80 264 20 25 .945 2.59
J.Linkous 173.7 17 24 14 49 1 4 .984 3.27
P.Pawn 10.0 0 6 2 3 0 1 1.000 4.50
R.Breeden 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1381.7 154 168 96 316 21 30 .952 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.64
D.Child 1252.3 140 143 168 481 17 79 .974 4.66
P.Pawn 127.3 14 18 22 56 2 11 .975 5.51
S.Howland 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1381.7 154 162 190 538 19 90 .975 4.74
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.12
J.Primeaux 1163.0 138 139 253 8 5 2 .981 2.02
W.Bergen 156.7 12 35 45 0 0 0 1.000 2.59
R.Breeden 45.0 4 11 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.40
B.Renton 10.0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
D.Koors 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1381.7 154 193 310 9 5 2 .985 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.69
R.Durocher 1221.7 140 143 347 8 2 1 .994 2.62
W.Bergen 107.0 10 15 37 0 0 0 1.000 3.11
R.Breeden 53.0 4 9 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
Team Total 1381.7 154 167 397 8 2 1 .995 2.64
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.06
D.Koors 995.0 121 127 244 2 8 0 .969 2.23
W.Bergen 268.0 26 44 71 0 1 0 .986 2.38
R.Breeden 91.7 7 25 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.87
R.Durocher 14.0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Primeaux 11.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Morin 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1381.7 154 206 338 2 9 0 .974 2.21
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.84
B.Kitchen 263.0 36 36 17 47 2 3 .970 2.19
M.Funderburg 255.7 32 32 15 45 1 5 .984 2.11
H.Duque 250.0 33 33 8 20 1 1 .966 1.01
B.Caraballo 175.7 25 29 8 20 1 1 .966 1.43
F.Catania 156.0 20 20 6 22 1 4 .966 1.62
J.Summer 75.0 8 28 4 14 0 0 1.000 2.16
O.Smoot 71.3 0 68 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.64
R.Austria 47.7 0 46 2 6 1 0 .889 1.51
G.Quon 34.7 0 30 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.04
J.Gish 28.3 0 27 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.27
J.Walz 20.3 0 14 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.21
B.Westlund 2.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Breeden 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1381.6 154 368 65 195 7 15 .974 1.69
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Inman .333
On-Base Pct Howland .430
Slugging Pct Child .569
OPS Howland .944
XR Child 114.8
Games Durocher, Howland 149
At-Bats Inman 585
Runs Inman 125
Hits Inman 195
Total Bases Child 322
Singles Inman 131
Doubles Child 37
Triples Durocher, Inman, Primeaux 5
Homeruns Child 35
RBIs Child 124
Stolen Bases Durocher 42
Caught Stealing Durocher 17
Walks Howland 110
Strikeouts Durocher 93
ERA Duque 2.41
Wins Kitchen 24
Losses Caraballo 11
Winning Pct Duque .833
Saves Austria 29
Games Pitched Smoot 68
Games Started Kitchen 36
Complete Games Funderburg 12
Shutouts Kitchen 3
Innings Pitched Kitchen 263.0
Hits Allowed Funderburg 233
Homeruns Allowed Duque 19
Strikeouts Duque 206
Walks Allowed Caraballo 67
Walks per 9IP Funderburg 2.0
Hits per 9IP Duque 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Duque 7.4
WHiP Duque 1.02
OAVG Duque .207
OOBP Duque .273
OSLG Kitchen .279
OOPS Kitchen .562
Team All-Stars
Dana Child
Herbert Duque
Richie Durocher
Scott Howland
Cary Hudson
Marcus Inman
Brian Kitchen
Player Salaries
Brian Kitchen $ 9,711,000
Scott Howland $ 7,321,429
Richie Durocher $ 6,378,571
Jimmy Gish $ 6,231,000
Dana Child $ 5,771,429
Fletcher Catania $ 5,171,429
Marcus Inman $ 4,614,286
Cary Hudson $ 4,300,000
Bob Renton $ 3,350,000
Dave Koors $ 2,770,000
Gerald Quon $ 2,450,000
Jason Summer $ 2,170,000
Michael Funderburg $ 2,135,714
James Linkous $ 1,182,857
Wayne Bergen $ 995,000
Ray Austria $ 900,000
Paul Pawn $ 450,000
Stephen Connors $ 350,000
Brad Westlund $ 300,000
Jake Primeaux $ 300,000
Herbert Duque $ 300,000
Michael Morin $ 300,000
Juan Walz $ 300,000
Bill Caraballo $ 300,000
Randy Breeden $ 300,000
Original Smoot $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Paul Pawn
2/12 Signed     Wayne Bergen
2/19 Signed     Gerald Quon