The G’stros finished the season 30 -36, 11 games out of the Western Division lead. They showed some real promise at times this season as one of the youngest teams in the league. After their last game was rained out, Greenwalt, Lyles, & Pedro Gonzalez were called up to Tri Cities. Here is where the G’stros ranked in the final Appy League stats.
The Good
The Hitters
Greeneville’s 23 triples were the 3rd most in the league. They stole 64 bases, good for 3rd most as well.
Kody Hinze was second in the league with 34 walks. That helped to raise his OBP to 10th best (.374).
Jay Austin ranked tied for 4th most steals (14).
Albert Cartwright tied for 7th most steals (13).
Team leaders of categories not covered above or in the bad areas:
Games played: Hinze & Austin (55)
Runs: Austin (31)
Hits: Frank Almonte (54)
Doubles: Hinze (13)
Triples: Almonte, Ebert Rosario, Jose Altuve, Nathan Metroka (3)
Homers: Hinze (8)
RBI: Hinze (32)
Total Bases: Hinze (90)
Slugging: Hinze (.457)
OPS: Hinze (.831)
The Pitchers
Greeneville’s staff finished the season tied for 3rd best ERA (4.07). They lead the league with 7 shutouts. The G’stros had the 3rd fewest runs allowed (322), and homers allowed (36).
Jose Trinidad finished the year with the 7th best ERA (2.73). He had the 8th best WHIP (1.13)
Kyle Greenwalt had the 5th most innings pitched (71 2/3) and tied for 3rd most wins (6).
Henry Villar had the 9th most innings pitched (65 1/3). He also tied for the 7th most K’s (65). Villar had the 10th best whip (1.24)
Jordan Lyles tied for 9th most K’s (64).
Brian Wabick is still tied for 10th with 5 saves.
Other team leaders:
Colton Pitkin lead the team in appearances (17)
Jeiller Castillo lead the team with 3 holds.
Pitchers with more K’s than Innings pitched:
Lyles 64 in 49 2/3
Pitkin 45 in 44
Patrick Urckfitz 23 in 19 1/3
Andrea Lucati 12 in 7
The Bad
The Hitters
The Astros’ batters ranked in the bottom four in several categories:
2nd worst – Doubles
3rd worst – OPS, HR, Strike outs
4th worst- Runs, Hits, RBI, Total Bases, Caught stealings, OBP, SLG, Average
Jay Austin ranks tied for 6th most K’s with 69. He ranked tied for 7th most times caught stealing (6).
Frank Almonte ranks tied for 9th most K’s with 67.
Team Leaders in Negative Numbers:
E’s: Ebert Rosario (15)
The Pitchers
They gave up the most hits (616) and had the second fewest strikeouts (521).
Henry Villar tied for 4th most losses (6). He tied for the 7th most hits surrendered (69). He also tied for 7th most earned runs allowed (32). Villar had no unearned runs on the season. He gave up 6 long balls (T-8th)
Wander Alvino tied for 4th most losses (6).
Kyle Greenwalt surrendered the second most hits (77).
David Dinelli gave up 28 free passes which tied him for the 3rd most give up.
Other negative team leaders:
Arcenio Leon gave up 34 total runs.
Villar & Dinelli both plunked 6 batters.
Both Dinelli and Castillo had more BBs than Ks.
The Crowd:
Greeneville Astro fans again put the fannies in the seats. They lead the league with a total attendence of 51,806 with an average attendance of 1569. They had more than 12,000 fans attend than the second place team.