2008 Las Vegas Golden Knights
Record: 76-85
Finish: 3rd in AL Central Division Division
Runs Scored: 881
Runs Allowed: 939
Exp W-L: 76-85
 
Ballpark: The Fabulous Avalon
Attendance: 2,464,895
Manager: Josh Claud

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 96-43, 1st in the AL
AA: 57-82, 12th in the AL
A: 68-71, 9th 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
RF  Noochie Varner 27 149 600 86 158 16 4 20 88 28 13 46 67 .263 .317 .403 .720 77.2 8.3 2.3
LF *Laynce Nix 27 154 566 108 178 25 1 22 78 12 17 80 87 .314 .407 .479 .886 100.0 18.8 2.5
2B  Michael Woods 27 148 561 90 167 38 3 10 59 22 5 81 49 .298 .391 .430 .821 95.2 18.2 3.3
1B  Richie Sexson 33 143 532 90 135 22 3 21 91 0 1 53 156 .254 .333 .425 .758 76.3 10.3 1.2
LF  Kevin Millar 36 146 539 93 149 52 2 19 91 1 2 39 142 .276 .333 .486 .819 79.0 13.2 2.7
RF  Craig Monroe 31 138 531 79 146 33 8 24 100 11 7 45 121 .275 .329 .503 .832 85.0 14.2 1.5
1B *Paul Haruki 22 132 493 91 162 32 0 29 99 0 0 53 115 .329 .396 .570 .966 102.9 22.3 0.4
SS *Mike Caruso 31 113 375 44 100 17 2 4 51 1 4 19 28 .267 .300 .355 .654 37.7 2.7 4.4
2B *Mike Lamb 32 88 326 40 96 22 0 3 44 0 2 14 35 .294 .327 .390 .716 38.4 4.8 2.2
C #Jorge Posada 36 85 272 32 56 16 0 5 29 1 0 27 72 .206 .278 .320 .598 23.5 0.0 3.2
SS *Robinson Cano 25 76 272 42 77 12 1 10 38 20 4 21 52 .283 .343 .445 .788 43.9 7.5 2.7
C  Jarrod Saltalamacchia 23 63 213 29 66 10 1 6 38 1 1 11 28 .310 .344 .451 .794 29.6 4.5 2.6
CF  Hiram Bocachica 32 58 146 20 35 8 0 3 18 0 0 14 30 .240 .307 .356 .663 17.4 1.7 0.6
C #Mitch Meluskey 34 21 70 8 13 4 0 1 6 1 0 10 14 .186 .284 .286 .570 6.0 0.0 0.5
3B  Tony Batista 34 29 60 13 12 3 0 4 7 0 0 3 14 .200 .262 .450 .712 6.2 0.2 0.3
CF #Nook Logan 28 19 21 9 5 2 0 0 2 7 2 2 7 .238 .304 .333 .638 2.4 0.3 0.1
P  Humberto Cortada 22 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Jeff Clark 28 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Matt Pender 27 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Mario Ramos 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Andy Van Hekken 28 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 29.2 1571 5589 874 1555 312 25 181 839 105 58 519 1020 .278 .343 .440 .784 819.9 127.0 30.7
  Rank among 14 AL teams 7 6 6 4 11 4 6 12 3 11 12 5 7 6 6 6  
* - 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
 Jeff Clark 28 12 12 .500 32 32 0 217.7 251 130 22 87 74 5.38 8.7
 Humberto Cortada 22 12 13 .480 32 32 0 214.7 206 95 39 34 169 3.98 13.0
*Andy Van Hekken 28 11 15 .423 33 33 0 189.3 244 122 14 84 99 5.80 4.9
*Mario Ramos 30 8 13 .381 32 32 0 178.0 179 99 27 61 207 5.01 7.6
 Matt Pender 27 9 9 .500 45 23 1 170.0 178 85 11 74 106 4.50 8.9
 Kenny Baugh 29 11 7 .611 58 9 2 122.0 150 97 14 54 83 7.16 1.6
 Gary Knotts 31 4 2 .667 48 0 1 88.3 100 33 8 28 54 3.36 6.6
*J.C. Romero 32 1 1 .500 61 0 22 62.7 49 21 7 27 52 3.02 10.3
*Ty Howington 27 1 4 .200 34 0 1 53.0 90 72 15 23 44 12.23 0.0
 Fernando Rodney 31 1 3 .250 47 0 2 49.0 52 35 9 30 30 6.43 1.2
 Franklyn German 28 6 6 .500 51 0 14 48.7 35 22 3 29 46 4.07 7.5
 Clark Girardeau 25 0 0 .000 12 0 0 29.0 50 24 6 21 23 7.45 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 76 85 .472 485 161 43 1422.3 1584 835 175 552 987 5.28 70.3
Rank among 14 AL teams 8 10 5 10 10 13 7 12 10 7 12  
* - 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 34.5
J.Posada 592.0 67 71 468 54 5 2 .991 30.8
J.Saltalamacchia 489.3 56 59 324 51 3 2 .992 45.6
M.Meluskey 177.0 20 21 93 7 2 0 .980 13.5
M.Lamb 164.0 18 18 134 13 2 1 .987 25.0
Team Total 1422.3 161 169 1019 125 12 5 .990 32.3
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 10.43
R.Sexson 932.3 105 107 939 66 6 93 .994 9.70
P.Haruki 366.0 44 44 322 23 3 32 .991 8.48
M.Lamb 94.0 10 12 89 7 1 9 .990 9.19
K.Millar 20.0 2 3 17 1 0 1 1.000 8.10
H.Bocachica 9.0 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00
L.Nix 5.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1426.3 162 168 1380 97 10 136 .993 9.32
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.37
M.Woods 1200.3 137 141 270 385 26 87 .962 4.91
M.Lamb 116.0 13 15 31 47 1 9 .987 6.05
H.Bocachica 71.0 8 11 11 28 0 3 1.000 4.94
M.Caruso 27.0 3 5 6 8 0 2 1.000 4.67
Team Total 1414.3 161 172 318 468 27 101 .967 5.00
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 2.69
K.Millar 791.7 91 91 55 166 11 15 .953 2.51
N.Varner 240.0 27 28 14 48 2 3 .969 2.33
T.Batista 126.7 14 19 14 22 1 2 .973 2.56
M.Caruso 85.0 9 15 11 15 1 2 .963 2.75
M.Lamb 78.0 8 13 9 21 1 4 .968 3.46
Team Total 1321.3 149 166 103 272 16 26 .959 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 4.75
M.Caruso 776.0 85 90 130 254 5 49 .987 4.45
R.Cano 610.3 72 73 104 201 21 44 .936 4.50
K.Millar 18.0 2 2 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.00
M.Woods 9.0 1 1 3 4 0 1 1.000 7.00
L.Nix 9.0 1 1 5 1 1 0 .857 6.00
Team Total 1422.3 161 167 244 466 27 95 .963 4.49
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 1.91
C.Monroe 848.3 95 97 179 5 9 1 .953 1.95
K.Millar 307.0 36 37 69 0 1 0 .986 2.02
M.Lamb 101.0 11 12 22 2 0 0 1.000 2.14
H.Bocachica 96.0 11 11 22 0 1 0 .957 2.06
N.Varner 46.0 6 6 10 1 0 0 1.000 2.15
N.Logan 8.0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
L.Nix 7.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1413.3 160 168 305 8 11 1 .966 1.99
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.54
L.Nix 1286.0 147 147 391 11 18 3 .957 2.81
H.Bocachica 96.3 10 16 36 1 3 1 .925 3.46
N.Logan 40.0 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.48
Team Total 1422.3 161 168 438 12 21 4 .955 2.85
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.09
N.Varner 972.3 110 112 252 5 7 2 .973 2.38
C.Monroe 252.0 28 31 76 2 2 0 .975 2.79
M.Lamb 84.0 10 10 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
K.Millar 57.0 7 8 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
H.Bocachica 36.0 4 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
M.Woods 9.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
Team Total 1410.3 160 167 380 7 9 2 .977 2.47
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 1.91
J.Clark 217.7 32 32 19 30 2 5 .961 2.03
H.Cortada 214.7 32 32 17 38 4 5 .932 2.31
A.Van Hekken 189.3 33 33 10 25 3 1 .921 1.66
M.Ramos 178.0 32 32 7 24 0 2 1.000 1.57
M.Pender 170.0 23 45 5 20 1 2 .962 1.32
K.Baugh 122.0 9 58 9 7 1 3 .941 1.18
G.Knotts 88.3 0 48 2 22 0 3 1.000 2.45
J.Romero 62.7 0 61 1 14 0 0 1.000 2.15
T.Howington 53.0 0 34 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.36
F.Rodney 49.0 0 47 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.92
F.German 48.7 0 51 2 8 0 1 1.000 1.85
C.Girardeau 29.0 0 12 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.55
Team Total 1422.3 161 485 78 200 11 22 .962 1.76
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Haruki .329
On-Base Pct Nix .407
Slugging Pct Haruki .570
OPS Haruki .966
XR Haruki 102.9
Games Nix 154
At-Bats Varner 600
Runs Nix 108
Hits Nix 178
Total Bases Haruki 281
Singles Nix 130
Doubles Millar 52
Triples Monroe 8
Homeruns Haruki 29
RBIs Monroe 100
Stolen Bases Varner 28
Caught Stealing Nix 17
Walks Woods 81
Strikeouts Sexson 156
ERA Cortada 3.98
Wins Clark, Cortada 12
Losses Van Hekken 15
Winning Pct Baugh .611
Saves Romero 22
Games Pitched Romero 61
Games Started Van Hekken 33
Complete Games Cortada 3
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Clark 217.7
Hits Allowed Clark 251
Homeruns Allowed Cortada 39
Strikeouts Ramos 207
Walks Allowed Clark 87
Walks per 9IP Cortada 1.4
Hits per 9IP Cortada 8.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Ramos 10.5
WHiP Cortada 1.12
OAVG Cortada .252
OOBP Cortada .298
OSLG Pender .388
OOPS Pender .734
Team All-Stars
Paul Haruki
Player Salaries
Craig Monroe $ 5,500,000
Kevin Millar $ 3,500,000
Andy Van Hekken $ 3,207,143
Franklyn German $ 3,000,000
Jorge Posada $ 1,500,000
Mike Caruso $ 1,500,000
Kenny Baugh $ 1,450,000
Chase Utley $ 1,340,000
Mike Lamb $ 1,200,000
Fernando Rodney $ 1,100,000
J.C. Romero $ 1,000,001
Gary Knotts $ 900,000
Ty Howington $ 850,000
Jason Grabowski $ 800,000
Tony Batista $ 700,000
Laynce Nix $ 650,000
Hiram Bocachica $ 600,000
Armando Almanza $ 600,000
Jason Conti $ 600,000
Mitch Meluskey $ 500,000
Dave Ross $ 500,000
Mario Ramos $ 350,000
Nook Logan $ 350,000
Paul Haruki $ 300,000
Michael Woods $ 300,000
Clark Girardeau $ 300,000
Matt Pender $ 300,000
Humberto Cortada $ 300,000
Jeff Clark $ 300,000
Robinson Cano $ 300,000
Jarrod Saltalamacchia $ 300,000
Richie Sexson $ 300,000
Noochie Varner $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Signed     Kevin Millar
2/6 Signed     Hiram Bocachica
2/7 Signed     Scott Spiezio
2/7 Signed     J.C. Romero
2/13 Signed     Richie Sexson
2/14 Signed     Jason Conti
3/1 Signed     Elmer Dessens
3/1 Signed     Israel Alcantara
3/1 Signed     Kevin Olsen
3/2 Released Gene Kingsale    
3/2 Released Robert Fick    
4/27 Released Gregg Zaun    
4/27 Traded Jeff Sievert San Francisco Jorge Posada
6/13 Signed     Mitch Meluskey
6/13 Released Scott Spiezio