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Standings

 
Northern
Team NameAffWLPctGBLManager(s)
Lynchburg HillcatsPit8258.586--Jeff bannister, Jeff Richardson
Prince William CannonsStl6970.49612.5Roy Silver
Frederick KeysBal6971.49313.0Dave Hilton
Wilmington Blue RocksKc6278.44320.0John Mizerock
 
Southern
Team NameAffWLPctGBLManager(s)
Kinston IndiansCle8753.621--Joel Skinner
Salem AvalancheCol6375.45723.0Bill McGuire
Durham BullsAtl6376.45323.5Paul Runge
Winston-Salem WarthogsChw6377.45024.0Mike Heath, Mark Haley

Playoff teams in bold.

Player Register


Ah Yat, Paul (AAA) - Lynchburg
Akins, Carlos (A+) - Frederick
Albert, Rashad (A+) - Winston-Salem
Almanza, Armando (MLB) - Prince William
Almond, Greg (AA) - Prince William
Almonte, Wady (AAA) - Frederick
Alvarez, Clemente (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Ambrose, John (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Ametller, Jesus (AAA) - Prince William
Anderson, Eric (A+) - Wilmington
Antczak, Chuck (AA) - Winston-Salem
Antigua, Nilson (A+) - Lynchburg
Arnold, Jamie (MLB) - Durham
Arroyo, Bronson (MLB) - Lynchburg
Asche, Mike (AA) - Lynchburg
Atkins, Ross (AA) - Kinston
Avrard, Corey (AA) - Prince William
Ayers, Mike (AAA) - Lynchburg
Bair, Rod (AAA) - Salem
Barber, Brian (MLB) - Prince William
Bass, Jason (AAA) - Durham
Baugh, Darren (A+) - Winston-Salem
Beirne, Kevin (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Bello, Jilberto (A+) - Frederick
Beltran, Carlos (MLB) - Wilmington
Benes, Adam (AA) - Prince William
Benes, Andy (MLB) - Prince William
Benson, Kris (MLB) - Lynchburg
BErnal, Manuel (A+) - Wilmington
Betances, Junior (AA) - Kinston
Bevel, Bobby (AAA) - Salem
Blanco, Roger (A+) - Durham
Bost, Heath (AAA) - Salem
Boulware, Ben (A+) - Winston-Salem
Bowie, Micah (MLB) - Durham
Bradford, Chad (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Branyan, Russell (MLB) - Kinston
Brewer, Ryan (AAA) - Wilmington
Briggs, Anthony (AAA) - Durham
Brixey, Dustin (AA) - Wilmington
Bronson, Ben (A+) - Wilmington
Bryant, Chris (A+) - Frederick
Bryant, Clint (A+) - Salem
Budzinski, Mark (MLB) - Kinston
Bullock, Derek (A+) - Lynchburg
Byrdak, Tim (MLB) - Wilmington
Caldwell, David (A+) - Kinston
Camp, Jared (AAA) - Kinston
Carney, Bartt (AAA) - Frederick
Caruso, Mike (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Cepeda, Jose (AAA) - Wilmington
Chantres, Carlos (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Chapman, Jake (AAA) - Wilmington
Chavez, Eric (AA) - Frederick
Clapp, Stubby (MLB) - Prince William
Claudio, Patricio (AA) - Kinston
Clifford, John (A+) - Salem
Coffee, Gary (A+) - Wilmington
Colmenares, Luis (AA) - Salem
Conger, Jeff (AA) - Lynchburg
Connacher, Kevin (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Conway, Keith (A+) - Prince William
Cordero, Edward (AA) - Durham
Corn, Chris (AA) - Lynchburg
Cortes, David (MLB) - Durham
Crowell, Jim (MLB) - Kinston
Cruz, Charlie (AA) - Durham
Daniels, Dave (AAA) - Lynchburg
Davis, Albert (A+) - Lynchburg
Delaney, Donnie (A+) - Wilmington
Delgado, Jose (AA) - Durham
DeRosa, Mark (MLB) - Durham
Deschenes, Marc (AAA) - Kinston
Diaz, Maikell (AAA) - Frederick
Dietrich, Jason (A+) - Salem
Dishington, Nate (AAA) - Prince William
Dixon, Jim (A+) - Winston-Salem
Donnelly, Rob (A+) - Prince William
Downs, Brian (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Drizos, Justin (A+) - Salem
Duncan, Sean (AA) - Winston-Salem
Duverge, Salvador (A+) - Salem
Dyess, Todd (A+) - Frederick
Dykhoff, Radhames (MLB) - Frederick
Edwards, Jon (A+) - Kinston
Elam, Brett (A+) - Salem
Escamilla, Roman (AA) - Wilmington
Escandon, Emiliano (AAA) - Wilmington
Estes, Eric (AA) - Frederick
Evans, Bart (MLB) - Wilmington
Evans, Michael (AA) - Wilmington
Evans, Patrick (A+) - Kinston
Falciglia, Tony (A+) - Prince William
Farley, Cordell (AA) - Prince William
Farris, Mark (AA) - Lynchburg
Febles, Carlos (MLB) - Wilmington
Feuerstein, David (AA) - Salem
Figueroa, Luis (MLB) - Lynchburg
Foote, Derek (A+) - Durham
Foster, Jim (AAA) - Frederick
Franks, Lance (AA) - Prince William
Freedberg, Todd (A+) - Frederick
Fussell, Chris (MLB) - Frederick
Gambill, Chad (AA) - Salem
Garcia, Frank (AA) - Prince William
Garcia, Luis (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Garcia, Ossie (AA) - Prince William
Garcia, Vicente (AA) - Salem
Garrett, Hal (AAA) - Lynchburg
Garza, Alberto (AA) - Kinston
Germosen, Julio (A+) - Lynchburg
Giard, Ken (AAA) - Durham
Gomez, Ramon (AA) - Winston-Salem
Gonzalez, Lariel (MLB) - Salem
Gonzalez, Ricky (AA) - Kinston
Granata, Chris (AA) - Kinston
Granger, Greg (A+) - Kinston
Gresham, Kris (AAA) - Frederick
Grieve, Tim (AA) - Wilmington
Gross, Rafael (AA) - Kinston
Haas, Chris (AAA) - Prince William
Hackman, Luther (MLB) - Salem
Hall, Andre (A+) - Prince William
Hall, Yates (AA) - Prince William
Hallmark, Pat (AAA) - Wilmington
Hasselhoff, Derek (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Hayes, Heath (AAA) - Kinston
Haynie, Jason (AAA) - Lynchburg
Hendricks, Ryan (A+) - Frederick
Hernandez, Alex (MLB) - Lynchburg
Hernandez, Elvin (AA) - Lynchburg
Hernandez, Francisco (AA) - Frederick
Hodges, Kevin (MLB) - Wilmington
Horgan, Joe (MLB) - Kinston
Horn, Keith (A+) - Kinston
Houser, Kyle (AA) - Salem
Huelsmann, Mike (AA) - Kinston
Hunt, Jon (A+) - Winston-Salem
Jacobs, Dwayne (A+) - Durham
Jarrett, Link (AA) - Salem
Jimenez, Jose (MLB) - Prince William
Jimenez, Ruben (A+) - Prince William
Johnson, Adam (AAA) - Durham
Johnson, Jason (MLB) - Lynchburg
Johnson, Mark (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Jorgensen, Tim (AA) - Kinston
Kammerer, James (AA) - Salem
Keck, Brian (AAA) - Salem
Kelley, Erskine (A+) - Lynchburg
Kennedy, Adam (MLB) - Prince William
Kilburg, Joe (AAA) - Kinston
King, Ray (MLB) - Durham
Kleiner, Stacy (AA) - Prince William
Koeman, Matt (A+) - Kinston
Kown, John (A+) - Prince William
Kurtz, Tony (A+) - Frederick
Kusiewicz, Mike (AAA) - Salem
Lamb, David (MLB) - Frederick
Lankford, Ray (MLB) - Prince William
Lanza, Mike (AA) - Frederick
Lawrence, Chip (AAA) - Frederick
Lecronier, Jason (AA) - Frederick
Lee, Carlos (MLB) - Winston-Salem

Leskanic, Curtis (MLB) - Salem
Light, Tal (AA) - Salem
Lombard, George (MLB) - Durham
Long, Garrett (AA) - Lynchburg
Longueira, Tony (A+) - Wilmington
Looper, Braden (MLB) - Prince William
Lundquist, David (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Luzinski, Ryan (AAA) - Frederick
Manning, Brian (AA) - Winston-Salem
Marache, Luis (A+) - Frederick
Markham, Andy (A+) - Frederick
Marnell, Dean (A+) - Salem
Martin, Chandler (AAA) - Salem
Martin, Jeff (AA) - Lynchburg
Martin, Lincoln (AA) - Frederick
Martinez, Eddy (AAA) - Frederick
Martinez, John (AA) - Kinston
Martinez, Willie (MLB) - Kinston
Maskivish, Joe (AA) - Lynchburg
Mathews, Del (AAA) - Lynchburg
Matos, Pascual (MLB) - Durham
Mattson, Craig (A+) - Lynchburg
Matvey, Michael (AA) - Prince William
Mays, Jarrod (AA) - Kinston
Mazurek, Brian (A+) - Prince William
McBride, Gator (AA) - Durham
McClinton, Patrick (A+) - Frederick
McDade, Neal (AAA) - Lynchburg
McDonald, John (MLB) - Kinston
McGlinchy, Kevin (MLB) - Durham
McHugh, Ryan (A+) - Prince William
McKinnis, Leroy (A+) - Frederick
McLaughlin, Denis (A+) - Durham
Mcnally, Sean (AAA) - Wilmington
McNally, Shawn (A+) - Prince William
McNeill, Kevin (A+) - Prince William
Mejia, Miguel (MLB) - Prince William
Mendez, Sergio (AA) - Lynchburg
Merrick, Brett (AA) - Kinston
Million, Doug (AA) - Salem
Mitchell, Kendrick (A+) - Winston-Salem
Miyake, Chris (AA) - Lynchburg
Morgan, Scott (AAA) - Kinston
Morris, Bobby (AA) - Kinston
Morseman, Robert (A+) - Frederick
Motley, Mel (A+) - Kinston
Mull, Blaine (AA) - Wilmington
Mullen, Scott (MLB) - Wilmington
Munoz, Juan (AAA) - Prince William
Murphy, Sean (A+) - Salem
Nelson, Erick (AA) - Durham
Nelson, Joe (MLB) - Durham
Nestor, Joe (A+) - Prince William
Neubart, Garrett (AAA) - Salem
Norman, Scott (AA) - Salem
Norris, Dax (AAA) - Durham
Nunez, Abraham (MLB) - Lynchburg
Nunez, Maximo (AAA) - Winston-Salem
O'Connor, Brian (MLB) - Lynchburg
Ojeda, Augie (MLB) - Frederick
Olszewski, Tim (A+) - Frederick
Onley, Shawn (A+) - Durham
Ortega, Bill (MLB) - Prince William
O'Toole, Bob (AA) - Frederick
Paredes, Carlos (A+) - Wilmington
Parque, Jim (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Parrish, John (MLB) - Frederick
Paugh, Rick (AA) - Lynchburg
Paxton, Chris (AA) - Frederick
Peever, Lloyd (AAA) - Salem
Pena, Elvis (MLB) - Salem
Peoples, Danny (AAA) - Kinston
Percibal, Billy (AA) - Frederick
Perez, Julio (AA) - Kinston
Petke, Jon (A+) - Kinston
Petrick, Ben (MLB) - Salem
Phillips, Jason (MLB) - Lynchburg
Phillips, Marc (A+) - Wilmington
Pickford, Kevin (MLB) - Lynchburg
Pitts, Rick (A+) - Wilmington
Polidor, Wil (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Politte, Cliff (MLB) - Prince William
Prieto, Alex (MLB) - Wilmington
Pryor, Pete (A+) - Winston-Salem
Quinn, Mark (MLB) - Wilmington
Rakers, Jason (MLB) - Kinston
Ramirez, Aramis (MLB) - Lynchburg
Randall, Scott (MLB) - Salem
Randolph, Ed (A+) - Winston-Salem
Redman, Tike (MLB) - Lynchburg
Reed, Dan (A+) - Frederick
Reed, Steve (AA) - Prince William
Reyes, Jose (AA) - Lynchburg
Rhodes, Joe (AA) - Frederick
Rice, Charles (A+) - Lynchburg
Riske, David (MLB) - Kinston
Rivera, Roberto (AA) - Frederick
Robbins, Mike (A+) - Wilmington
Roberts, Mark (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Robinson, Anthony (A+) - Lynchburg
Rocha, Juan (A+) - Wilmington
Rocker, John (MLB) - Durham
Rogers, Jason (AAA) - Frederick
Ruiz, Rafael (A+) - Winston-Salem
Rust, Brian (AAA) - Durham
Saier, Matt (AAA) - Wilmington
Salzano, Jerry (AAA) - Durham
Sanders, Frankie (AAA) - Kinston
Saneaux, Francisco (AA) - Frederick
Santiago, Jose (MLB) - Wilmington
Schmack, Brian (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Schmidt, Dave (AA) - Prince William
Schroeffel, Scott (AAA) - Salem
Scutaro, Marcos (MLB) - Kinston
Seaver, Mark (A+) - Frederick
Secoda, Jason (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Shoemaker, Steve (AAA) - Salem
Short, Rick (MLB) - Frederick
Smith, Hut (AA) - Frederick
Stepka, Tom (A+) - Salem
Stewart, Chaad (AA) - Durham
Stumberger, Darren (AA) - Kinston
Swafford, Derek (A+) - Lynchburg
Swift, Bill (MLB) - Salem
Taylor, Jamie (AAA) - Salem
Temple, Jason (AA) - Lynchburg
Theodile, Robert (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Thobe, Steve (AAA) - Lynchburg
Thomas, Allen (A+) - Winston-Salem
Thomas, Juan (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Thorn, Todd (AA) - Wilmington
Topham, Ryan (AA) - Winston-Salem
Towers, Josh (MLB) - Frederick
Treanor, Matt (MLB) - Wilmington
Trippy, Joe (AA) - Durham
Turlais, John (A+) - Lynchburg
Utting, Ben (A+) - Durham
Vavrek, Mike (AAA) - Salem
Vidal, Carlos (A+) - Salem
Villegas, Ismael (MLB) - Durham
Vining, Ken (MLB) - Winston-Salem
Virchis, Adam (AAA) - Winston-Salem
Walker, Morgan (A+) - Lynchburg
Walker, Shon (A+) - Lynchburg
Wallace, Jeff (MLB) - Lynchburg
Walton, Jerome (MLB) - Frederick
Warrecker, Ted (AA) - Kinston
Weibl, Clint (AAA) - Prince William
Welch, Travis (AA) - Prince William
Wells, Forry (AA) - Salem
Whatley, Gabe (AAA) - Durham
Whittaker, Jerry (AA) - Winston-Salem
Wilhelm, Brent (A+) - Winston-Salem
Wilson, Craig (MLB) - Lynchburg
Winchester, Scott (MLB) - Kinston
Winkelsas, Joe (MLB) - Durham
Wolff, Mike (AA) - Frederick
Woolf, Jason (AAA) - Prince William
Wright, Jamey (MLB) - Salem
Young, Danny (MLB) - Lynchburg
Zolecki, Mike (AA) - Salem
Zwirchitz, Andrew (A+) - Durham

Award Winners

Most Valuable Player -  Aramis Ramirez
Pitcher of the Year -  Cliff Politte

All-Star C -  Heath Hayes
All-Star C -  Ben Petrick
All-Star 1B -  Nate Dishington
All-Star 2B -  Rick Short
All-Star 3B -  Aramis Ramirez
All-Star UT -  Carlos Lee
All-Star UT -  Mark Quinn
All-Star SS -  John McDonald
All-Star OF -  Scott Morgan
All-Star OF -  Adam Johnson
All-Star OF -  Danny Peoples
All-Star DH -  Russell Branyan
All-Star SP -  Cliff Politte
All-Star RP -  Armando Almanza


League Leaders

Batting Average:   Rick Short - Frederick (.317)
On Base Pct (OBP):   Mark Johnson - Winston-Salem (.390)
Slugging Pct (SLG):   Danny Peoples - Kinston (.531)
At Bats:   Carlos Lee - Winston-Salem (541)
Runs:   Scott Morgan - Kinston (85)
Hits:   Carlos Lee - Winston-Salem (153)
Doubles:   Carlos Lee - Winston-Salem (50)
Triples:   Ramon Gomez - Winston-Salem (12)
Home Runs:   Danny Peoples - Kinston (29)
Runs Batted In:   Aramis Ramirez - Lynchburg (106)
Total Bases:   Carlos Lee - Winston-Salem (264)
Walks:   Mark Johnson - Winston-Salem (84)
Strikeouts:   Gary Coffee - Wilmington (145)
Stolen Bases:   Ramon Gomez - Winston-Salem (50)
Hit by Pitch:   Craig Wilson - Lynchburg (12)

Wins:   Bronson Arroyo - Lynchburg, Clint Weibl - Prince William (11)
Losses:   Tom Stepka - Salem (13)
Earned Run Avg (ERA):   Jose Jimenez - (3.09)
Games:   Armando Almanza - Prince William, Joe Nestor - Prince William, Travis Welch - Prince William (55)
Complete Games:   Tom Stepka - Salem (4)
Shutouts:   Tom Stepka - Salem (3)
Saves:   Armando Almanza - Prince William (29)
Innings Pitched:   Tom Stepka - Salem (176)
Walks:   John Ambrose - Winston-Salem (94)
Strikeouts:   Carlos Chantres - Winston-Salem (140)
BB+H/IP (WHIP):   Eric Estes - (1.16)
Hits/9 Ip:   Jose Jimenez - (7.91)
HR/9 Ip:   Jake Chapman - (0.41)
Walks/9 Ip:   Tom Stepka - (1.38)
SO/9 Ip:   Carlos Chantres - (8.64)