What the Heck, Bobby?: Quad Cities 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.

First up, Quad Cities by the numbers:

34-28 - Record after 62 games
35-27 - Lexington Legend's record through 62 games in 2012

15-8 - April record
15-15 - May record
4-5 - June record so far

5 - Games behind
4th - Place in the standings

288 - Runs scored
269 - Runs allowed
63 - Team leading strikeouts issued by Vincent Velasquez in 58.1 IP
63 - Team leading strikeouts by Teoscar Hernandez
58 - Percent of runners caught stealing by Catcher Roberto Peña

55 - Team leading hits from Teoscar Hernandez and Carlos Correa
41 - Team leading RBI by Carlos Correa
40 - Team leading runs scored by Teoscar Hernandez
36 - Team leading walks drawn by Jordan Scott
15 - Team leading stolen bases by Teoscar Hernandez
12 - Team leading doubles from Carlos Correa and Jesse Wierzbicki
11 - Fewest number of walks allowed by a pitcher pitching a min. of 50 innings (Daniel Minor)
10 - Team leading sacrifice hits by Teoscar Hernandez
9 - Team leading saves from John Neely
7 - Team leading hit by pitches from Jesse Wierzbicki
5 - Most wins for a pitcher by Michael Dimock (since promoted to Lancaster)
4 - Most wins for a pitcher (not named Michael Dimock) from Mike Hauschild and Vincent Velasquez
4 - Team leading triples from Teoscar Hernandez
4 - Team leading home runs from Carlos Correa
0 - Home runs allowed by Lance McCullers in 2013 so far

Team leaders (minimum 100 AB):
.285 - Batting average from Carlos Correa
.411 - OBP from Jordan Scott
.420 - SLG from Carlos Correa

Team leaders (minimum 50 IP):
1.57 - ERA by Lance McCullers
1.158 - WHIP by Mike Hauschild

Team leaders (relievers):
2.96 - ERA for John Neely
1.216 - WHIP for Gera Sanchez

Out of 16 teams in the Midwest League, this is how the River Bandits rank:

1st - Walks drawn
1st - Batters striking out
4th - OBP
5th - Stolen bases
5th - Pitcher strikeouts
5th - Team WHIP
6th - Team ERA
6th - Runs scored
10th - Doubles
13th - Triples
13th - Hits
14th - BA
14th - Home runs
15th - SLG
15th - Walks allowed

Links and Videos from my late April Quad Cities Visit

Quad Cities Trip Photos with link to more

Quad Cities Moustache Competition (Photos)

An Interview with RHP Vincent Velasquez

An Interview/Profile with C Roberto Peña