Lancaster By the Numbers

From late April to late May, I traveled every two weeks to an Astros minor league ballpark, gathering up hours of audio and video and literally hundreds of photographs. I finally took last weekend off from writing and traveling to go through and organize all of the material I gathered. I also slept. A lot. And just in time ... I'm headed to Oklahoma City this weekend and back to Lancaster the following weekend. The next three days, I'll be looking at how three of the teams are doing two months in and then recapping all of the links I published previously so that you'll have another opportunity to see some of the material you may have missed. Yesterday, I posted info on Quad Cities.

Today, Lancaster by the numbers:

36-29 - Record after 65 games
33-32 - Record after 65 games in 2012

14-10 - April record
19-11 - May record
3-8 - June record so far

2 - Games ahead
1st - Place in the standings

426 - Runs scored
369 - Runs allowed
79 - Team leading hits from Preston Tucker (3rd in league)
68 - Team leading strikeouts issued by Luis Cruz in 58.1 IP (8th in league)
67 - Team leading strikeouts by Telvin Nash (tied for 7th in league)
58 - Team leading RBI by Preston Tucker (1st in league)
52 - Team leading runs scored by Preston Tucker (2nd in league)
43 - Percent of runners caught stealing by Catcher Tyler Heineman
37 - Team leading walks drawn by Nolan Fontana (4th in league)
17 - Team leading doubles from Preston Tucker and Andrew Aplin (tied for 6th in league)
15 - Team leading stolen bases by Delino DeShields (9th in league)
13 - Team leading hit by pitches from, of course, Matt Duffy
13 - Fewest number of walks allowed by a pitcher pitching a min. of 50 innings (Brady Rodgers)
11 - Team leading home runs from Matt Duffy and Preston Tucker (tied for 9th in league)
10 - Team leading saves by Travis Ballew (tied for 4th in league)
6 - Team leading outfield assists by Preston Tucker
5 - Most wins for a pitcher by David Rollins, Brady Rodgers and T.J. Geith
5 - Team leading triples from Andrew Aplin and Delino DeShields (tied for 7th in league)
0 - Wild pitches and hit batters by Aaron West

Team leaders (minimum 100 AB):
.374 - Batting average for Joe Sclafani
.493 - OBP for Joe Sclafani
.572 - SLG for Chris Epps

California League qualifying leaders:
.312 - Batting average for Preston Tucker ranking 8th in the league
.430 - OBP for Nolan Fontana ranking 3rd in the league
.396 - OBP for Matt Duffy ranking 7th in the league
.389 - OBP for Chris Epps ranking 9th in the league
.572 - SLG for Chris Epps ranking 7th in the league
.538 - SLG for Matt Duffy ranking 10th in the league

Team leaders (minimum 50 IP):
4.41 - ERA by Brady Rodgers
1.269 - WHIP by David Rollins (10th in the league)

Team leaders (relievers):
2.25 - ERA for Michael Dimock (6 appearances)
2.49 - ERA for T.J. Geith (19 appearances)
0.500 - WHIP for Michael Dimock (6 appearances)
1.015 - WHIP for Travis Ballew (21 appearances)

Out of 10 teams in the California League, this is how the JetHawks rank:

1st - Batting average
1st - OBP
1st - SLG
1st - Doubles
1st - Walks drawn
1st - Runs scored
1st - Hits
T2nd - Home runs
4th - Triples
5th - Stolen bases
6th - Walks allowed
6th - Team WHIP
7th - Pitcher strikeouts
10th - Team ERA*
10th - Batters striking out

*Team ERA has taken a hit with the pitching staff's recent struggles. According to Jason Schwartz, team ERA in April was 4.88, 5.03 in May and 5.77 so far in June.

Links and Videos from my early May Lancaster Visit

An Eyewitness Account of the Mother's Day No-Hitter (including video)

Lancaster Trip Photos with link to more (now mostly labeled)

Random Thoughts on My Lancaster Trip

An Interview with 1B Telvin Nash

An Interview with RHP Travis Ballew

Checking in with Delino DeShields

An Interview with Infield Coach Morgan Ensberg

An Interview with OF Preston Tucker

An Interview with OF Andrew Aplin

An Interview with LHP David Rollins

An Interview with OF Brandon Meredith

An Interview with SS Nolan Fontana

Here are a couple of videos not already posted:


Blair Walters Striking out Dusty Robinson


Travis Ballew Fly Out from Max Muncy


Luis Cruz striking out Myrio Richard during Mother's Day No-Hitter

Kyle Hallock from the 1st inning of the Mother's Day No-Hitter