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Minor League Update 2004 Minor League Hitters Stat Report
Now that you’ve read all about the Blue Jays Top 30 prospects, and have started into the individual team re-caps, you’re ready to round out your knowledge of the Toronto farm system by chewing on some stats… right? Good!

First, if you don’t already do so regularly, I recommend heading over to Baseball America. Even if you’re not a subscriber, it’s a fabulous resource of minor league facts and figures. You’ll find the full-season Blue Jay affiliates here, Short-Season-A Auburn here, and Rookie level Pulaski here. For some important context, you’ll want to check out Clay Davenport’s Current Minor League Equivalent Averages page at Baseball Prospectus.

Now let’s look at some stats alongside the league averages. The ages given in the tables below are 2004 Baseball Age; league average age is for hitters only and calculated as of July 1, 2003.

Triple-A Syracuse SkyChiefs (Park Factor 1.043)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
Howie Clark	30	256	.313	.407	.453	.094	.140	51.3	7.48
Eric Crozier*	25	390	.292	.380	.528	.088	.236	78.6	7.29
Anton French	28	259	.297	.359	.494	.062	.197	49.6	6.73
Gabe Gross	24	377	.294	.381	.454	.087	.160	65.9	6.33
Glenn Williams	26	432	.264	.324	.495	.060	.231	68.2	5.37
Russ Adams	23	483	.288	.351	.408	.063	.120	71.4	5.32
Simon Pond	27	302	.278	.325	.434	.047	.156	41.9	4.99
Jorge Sequea	23	335	.266	.345	.367	.079	.101	43.4	4.44
Julius Matos	29	288	.288	.319	.431	.031	.143	35.3	4.13
G Quiroz	22	255	.227	.309	.404	.082	.177	31.5	4.10
Alexis Rios	23	185	.259	.292	.373	.033	.114	17.2	3.12
League       	27.6	-	.271	.339	.428	.068	.157	-	5.12
* Eric Crozier’s line includes his totals accumulated while in Buffalo (Park factor .989)

Double-A New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Park Factor .974)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
John Hattig*	24	406	.296	.391	.532	.095	.236	85.1	7.51
Anton French	28	124	.282	.362	.476	.080	.194	25.5	7.41
Aaron Hill	22	480	.279	.368	.410	.089	.131	76.6	5.57
JF Griffin	24	467	.248	.330	.454	.082	.206	69.3	5.01
Dominic Rich	24	513	.277	.351	.394	.074	.117	71.9	4.93
Tyrell Godwin	24	521	.253	.326	.355	.073	.102	65.8	4.30
Maikel Jova	23	462	.277	.296	.411	.019	.134	51.1	3.90
League       	25.0	-	.263	.337	.410	.074	.147	-	4.89
* John Hattig’s line includes his totals accumulated while in Portland (Park factor 1.034)

High-A Dunedin Blue Jays (Park Factor 1.078)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
Raul Tablado	22	323	.300	.351	.582	.051	.282	63.6	7.12
Ron Davenport	22	442	.278	.345	.495	.067	.217	75.1	6.09
V Chiaravalloti	23	447	.266	.376	.438	.110	.172	77.1	6.01
Carlo Cota	23	463	.294	.356	.449	.062	.155	71.3	5.37
John Schneider	24	170	.206	.373	.359	.167	.153	26.4	5.13
Miguel Negron	21	372	.269	.341	.411	.072	.142	53.7	5.12
Rodney Medina	22	197	.259	.321	.386	.062	.127	24.0	4.20
Jayce Tingler	23	447	.251	.373	.300	.122	.049	55.8	4.17
Ryan Roberts	23	205	.239	.350	.356	.111	.117	25.7	4.05
Jason Waugh	24	317	.249	.302	.309	.053	.060	28.4	3.03
League       	23.2	-	.256	.332	.374	.076	.118	-	4.35
Single-A Charleston Alley Cats (Park Factor 1.006)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
Ryan Roberts	23	226	.283	.440	.496	.157	.213	54.0	8.63
Chris Snavely	22	331	.254	.362	.459	.108	.205	59.9	6.32
Rodney Medina	22	103	.330	.352	.427	.022	.097	16.2	5.99
Clint Johnston	27	468	.263	.372	.436	.109	.173	80.1	5.91
David Smith	23	436	.278	.365	.431	.087	.153	70.9	5.84
Joey Reiman	23	408	.292	.385	.422	.093	.130	64.6	5.49
Jermy Acey	23	201	.294	.377	.408	.083	.114	29.8	5.19
Robinzon Diaz	20	407	.287	.341	.361	.054	.074	48.1	4.09
Mike Galloway	23	366	.246	.315	.369	.069	.123	43.0	4.05
Juan Peralta	21	437	.229	.293	.281	.064	.052	38.9	2.90
League       	22.3	-	.261	.340	.400	.079	.139	-	4.82
Short-Season-A Auburn Doubledays (Park Factor 1.024)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
Curtis Thigpen	21	166	.301	.390	.518	.089	.217	35.5	7.80
Brian Hall	22	211	.294	.367	.512	.073	.218	41.2	7.28
Adam Lind	20	266	.312	.371	.477	.059	.165	47.0	6.57
Joe Metropoulos	20	152	.257	.362	.480	.105	.223	27.3	6.31
Eric Nielsen	22	231	.264	.383	.437	.119	.173	41.0	6.08
Chip Cannon	22	210	.271	.338	.495	.067	.224	35.9	5.98
Ryan Klosterman	22	269	.275	.343	.409	.068	.134	40.6	5.34
Jarad Mangioni	20	122	.262	.348	.410	.086	.148	17.6	5.06
League       	21.9	-	.252	.325	.365	.073	.113	-	4.15
Rookie Pulaski Blue Jays (Park Factor 1.085)
Player      	Age	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	IsoD	IsoP	RC	RC27
Chuck Anderson	22	151	.311	.429	.523	.118	.212	36.8	9.19
Nick Thomas	21	193	.280	.411	.466	.131	.186	40.9	7.62
Yuber Rodriquez	20	245	.306	.394	.506	.088	.200	50.8	7.57
David Hicks	22	134	.306	.409	.433	.103	.127	24.7	6.66
L Hetherington	21	196	.255	.376	.449	.121	.194	36.0	6.35
Jon Ashford	20	140	.264	.354	.486	.090	.222	24.9	6.28
Eugenio Velez	22	168	.292	.339	.440	.047	.148	23.2	4.83
Emmanuel Sena	19	162	.241	.367	.309	.126	.068	20.0	4.03
League       	20.9	-	.260	.342	.388	.082	.128	-	4.72
Now, who were the top performers in the system? The following tables attempt to shed some light on that question by presenting two league-adjusted and park-adjusted measures. For those of you who don’t receive Lee Sinins’ daily Around The Majors reports, RCAA is “Runs Created Above Average”. RC27++ is adjusted for park and normalized to league, meaning an average hitter will score 100.

Players With 300 Or More At-Bats
Player      	Age	Level	AB	RCAA	RC27++
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Raul Tablado	22	A+	323	20	158
John Hattig	24	AA	406	26	152
Eric Crozier	25	AAA	390	21	143
Ron Davenport	22	A+	442	16	135
V Chiaravalloti	23	A+	447	17	133
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Chris Snavely	22	A	331	13	131
Clint Johnston	27	A	468	14	122
Gabe Gross	24	AAA	377	9	121
David Smith	23	A	436	9	121
Carlo Cota	23	A+	463	9	119
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Aaron Hill	22	AA	480	9	115
Miguel Negron	21	A+	372	4	113
Joey Reiman	23	A	408	7	113
JF Griffin	24	AA	467	3	104
Glenn Williams	26	AAA	432	3	103
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Dominic Rich	24	AA	513	0	102
Russ Adams	23	AAA	483	-2	102
Simon Pond	27	AAA	302	-4	95
Jayce Tingler	23	A+	447	-4	92
Tyrell Godwin	24	AA	521	-8	89
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Jorge Sequea	23	AAA	335	-7	85
Robinzon Diaz	20	A	407	-10	84
Mike Galloway	23	A	366	-9	84
Maikel Jova	23	AA	462	-14	81
Jason Waugh	24	A+	317	-13	67
Juan Peralta	21	A	437	-23	60
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Player      	Age	Level	AB	RCAA	RC27++
Players With Less than 300 At-Bats
Player      	Age	Level	AB	RCAA	RC27++
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Chuck Anderson	22	R+	151	14	187
Curtis Thigpen	21	A-	166	15	186
Ryan Roberts	23	A	226	22	179
Brian Hall	22	A-	211	15	173
Adam Lind	20	A-	266	14	156
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Nick Thomas	21	R+	193	13	155
Yuber Rodriquez	20	R+	245	15	154
Anton French	28	AA	124	8	154
Joe Metropoulos	20	A-	152	8	150
Eric Nielsen	22	A-	231	12	145
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Howie Clark	30	AAA	256	12	143
Chip Cannon	22	A-	210	10	142
David Hicks	22	R+	134	5	136
L Hetherington	21	R+	196	7	129
Anton French	28	AAA	259	10	129
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Jon Ashford	20	R+	140	4	128
Ryan Klosterman	22	A-	269	7	127
Rodney Medina	22	A	103	2	124
Jarad Mangioni	20	A-	122	2	120
John Schneider	24	A+	170	4	114
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Jermy Acey	23	A	201	1	107
Eugenio Velez	22	R+	168	-1	98
Rodney Medina	22	A+	197	-2	93
Ryan Roberts	23	A+	205	-2	90
Emmanuel Sena	19	R+	162	-3	82
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Julius Matos	29	AAA	288	-8	79
G Quiroz	22	AAA	255	-7	78
Alexis Rios	23	AAA	185	-11	60
---------------	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Player      	Age	Level	AB	RCAA	RC27++
A note on the accuracy of the various Runs Created measures presented in this article: I don’t have a source for league totals of HBP, GIDP, IBB, SH, or SF, and these are all components of the RC formula. To compensate, I estimated these values for each minor league based on major league rates. The inaccuracy introduced by this is small, especially for the highest minor leagues.



Posted by Jonny German on Monday, September 27 2004 @ 08:24 AM EDT.
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Mike Green - Monday, September 27 2004 @ 08:40 AM EDT (#28889) #
Thanks, Jonny. It sure is bizarre to see Quiroz and Rios at the bottom of the RC27 chart for 300 ABs or less. Truly a season from hell.
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_Michael - Monday, October 04 2004 @ 04:14 PM EDT (#28890) #
I'm not really sure how all these stats compare, but I'd like to know a couple things so that I can read them better. Which is higher: A AA AAA.

And how is Ryan Roberts doing? He's an alum from UTA and I was just curious how our boys were doing out there.

Does the team that he plays on ever play against any Texas teams nearby Arlington?

Thanks.

-Michael
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Mike Green - Monday, October 04 2004 @ 04:23 PM EDT (#28891) #
Michael,

To answer your questions:

- AAA is highest. The hierarchy goes AAA, AA, high A, low A, short-season A, rookie ball
- Ryan Roberts was converted to a second baseman by the Jays. He performed very well at the new position. He hit up a storm in low A Charleston and was promoted to high A Dunedin, where he struggled a bit. He'll probably start next year in Dunedin.
-the Jays do not have any minor league affiliates that play near Arlington. To see Ryan, you'll probably have to get to Florida.
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