2009 Palm Beach Cardinal Hitting Stats
Posted on September 21st, 2009 by erik in Season Wraps, tags: Aaron Luna, Charles Cutler, Pete Kozma, Tommy PhamBehold! Numbers for your perusal, sorted by the best on-base percentage to last.
| Age | PA | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP ▾ | SLG | OPS | TB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Cutler | 22 | 181 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 22 | .274 | .406 | .390 | .796 | 57 |
| Peter Kozma | 21 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 16 | .315 | .381 | .384 | .765 | 28 |
| Aaron Luna | – | 228 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 41 | .253 | .374 | .484 | .858 | 90 |
| Adron Chambers | 22 | 517 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 47 | 96 | .283 | .370 | .400 | .770 | 179 |
| Shane Peterson | 21 | 319 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 52 | .298 | .367 | .428 | .795 | 122 |
| Nicholas Derba | 23 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 31 | .198 | .354 | .275 | .629 | 25 |
| Colt Sedbrook | 23 | 275 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 29 | 48 | .223 | .352 | .299 | .651 | 67 |
| Oliver Marmol | 22 | 223 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 55 | .204 | .321 | .301 | .622 | 56 |
| Curt Smith | 22 | 399 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 67 | .286 | .319 | .423 | .742 | 157 |
| Chris Swauger | 22 | 312 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 45 | .273 | .318 | .439 | .758 | 127 |
| Thomas Pham | 21 | 380 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 36 | 102 | .232 | .313 | .378 | .691 | 127 |
| Jermaine Curtis | 21 | 369 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 52 | .197 | .301 | .229 | .531 | 72 |
| Jose Garcia | 21 | 270 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 30 | .258 | .300 | .320 | .620 | 78 |
| Francisco Rivera | 20 | 364 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 52 | .251 | .297 | .349 | .646 | 118 |
| Matt Carpenter | 23 | 128 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 24 | .219 | .286 | .342 | .628 | 39 |
| Paul Vasquez | 24 | 156 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 29 | .253 | .277 | .367 | .644 | 55 |
| Domnit Bolivar | 20 | 274 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 76 | .227 | .267 | .293 | .560 | 75 |
| Blake Murphy | 24 | 156 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 41 | .162 | .255 | .272 | .527 | 37 |
| Matthew Arburr | 23 | 98 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | .157 | .235 | .348 | .583 | 31 |
| 28 Players | 21.7 | 5097 | 203 | 51 | 65 | 106 | 50 | 386 | 1005 | .244 | .319 | .355 | .674 | 1600 |
- Context! Florida State League hit .252/.329/.363 and scored only just 3.9 runs per game. Minor league park factor for Roger Dean is pretty rough. It’s a 93, meaning it cuts runs down 7% on average. HR factor is 80, meaning a lot of balls that normally would go out die on the warning track. This makes Aaron Luna’s slugging % look pretty impressive.
- I wonder what Pete Kozma would have done a full season at Palm Beach.
- Cutler hit .351 in the Midwest League, thanks in part to a .380 BABIP. He didn’t have the same luck in the FSL, but gotta like that plate discipline and walk rate.
- Tommy Pham hit a respectable .256/.353/.450 in the 2nd half. Hopefully that’s some sort of precursor to the breakout we’ve all been waiting for.
- 16 triples and 21 steals and a .370 on-base percentage for Adron Chambers. I think we’ve been sleeping on Chambers a bit. I hear he’s a nice fielder, too.
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Luna is way under rated. If he makes it as a 2B his numbers will be huge for a 2B. However, even as a corner OF or 3B (my gut says this where he’ll end up) his bat will play. With his OBP and power, he only has to hit .240 to OPS 800+.
The other player who jumps out of the stats is Chris Swauger. In 68 fewer ABs than Pham, Swauger hit one fewer home run. Plus his BA was considerably higher. He’s worth following next summer to see if his tools play at the AA level.
i’m more impressed with chambers, seeing his line up against the average for the A+ level. will he start at springfield in 2010?
defensive specialist nick derba doesn’t look so bad in context, either. his obp is good. his average is low and his ISO is pretty poor. his LD% is pretty bad (16%), so it doesn’t seem to be an artifact of babip exclusively (babip .221). still, if he’s got a decent batter’s eye, he might get work as a defensive backup. if he managed a mid-season promotion next year, i’d be interested to see how he does at springfield (in a hitter’s league and park).
tom s. — Derba was promoted this year. He actually played more games at Springfield than PB. He continued taking a lot of walks but his hitting got worse (.508 OPS).
Palm Beach hitters collect triples. Yarbrough got a bunch, Haerther, van Slyke, etc. The 16 by Chambers is inflated by a park effect.
Chambers is a sleeper, as a low draft pick. Maybe he can become the next Nyger Morgan.
Pham has speed, arm, and power when he makes contact. He may develop. He has the tools.