2023 Knoxville Smokies
Record: 89-74
Finish: 2nd in SL Williams Division Division
Runs Scored: 617
Runs Allowed: 555
Exp W-L: 89-74
 
Ballpark: Hays Field
Attendance: 3,229,627
Manager: James Big Jimmy Wlodarz

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 65-73, 9th in the Sluggers League
AA: 80-58, 2nd in the Sluggers League
A: 70-68, 6th in the Sluggers League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 2-3 to Dallas Eagles
 
Team Index    Starters: Position Players    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Robert Gillam 30 154 579 77 143 26 10 2 42 61 26 75 129 .247 .342 .337 .679 72.1 8.8 13.0
RF #Domingo Lizarraga 32 153 573 81 150 30 3 4 46 59 31 65 92 .262 .336 .346 .682 68.6 9.2 4.0
3B  Matt McGwire 34 159 527 72 153 33 2 22 106 1 1 88 90 .290 .400 .486 .885 101.0 25.7 2.9
RF *Keith March 29 151 548 52 118 27 7 7 59 43 17 30 111 .215 .264 .328 .593 44.0 1.8 4.8
CF  Jose Soto 24 158 502 63 84 18 8 8 46 59 19 67 134 .167 .268 .283 .551 45.7 3.6 7.6
2B  Benji Puentes 25 159 493 59 110 20 10 12 54 50 11 37 105 .223 .282 .377 .660 55.5 5.9 7.4
C  Richard Melendez 25 135 473 51 115 36 5 6 59 1 5 29 87 .243 .290 .378 .668 46.9 7.4 9.2
3B  Kevin Trull 32 115 389 44 85 22 3 7 52 2 0 49 84 .219 .304 .344 .649 44.4 7.6 3.8
1B  Austin Sherrill 32 117 217 20 53 11 3 1 28 6 0 26 42 .244 .335 .336 .671 27.3 5.1 0.3
CF *Shane Stone 26 125 225 20 50 9 2 3 22 8 4 12 55 .222 .266 .320 .586 20.2 1.0 1.8
C *Mathew Machin 34 119 195 27 48 11 3 2 19 25 11 12 49 .246 .290 .364 .654 20.6 1.4 2.7
2B  Ralph Lashley 33 113 159 18 38 7 0 5 17 1 1 17 38 .239 .320 .377 .698 20.0 3.2 1.6
2B  Joseph Cook 36 72 109 9 29 6 1 2 14 3 1 2 18 .266 .286 .394 .680 11.8 1.5 1.1
P  Carlos Chavez 34 33 80 4 10 3 1 0 4 1 0 1 37 .125 .136 .188 .323 -0.7 0.0 0.0
1B *Tomas Sampson 34 40 71 5 17 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 9 .239 .299 .324 .623 6.5 1.0 0.1
P  Rajat Rathjen 30 33 72 5 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 36 .042 .079 .125 .204 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P  Ramon Gomez 33 33 73 4 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 2 36 .123 .147 .192 .338 0.6 0.0 0.0
P #Giancarlo Corleone 34 33 60 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .083 .111 .100 .211 -1.4 0.0 0.0
P *Richard Schiff 28 20 41 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .098 .095 .122 .217 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P  George Hower 28 5 11 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .091 .167 .182 .348 0.2 0.0 0.0
P *Joey Delavega 28 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .167 .375 .167 .542 0.9 0.1 0.0
P *Virgil Williams 33 69 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .375 .625 0.7 0.1 0.0
P  Robert Gannon 30 47 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0 0.0
P  Justin Wasdin 35 66 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Paul Atencio 28 47 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Eduardo Lasa 34 40 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 1.2 0.6 0.0
P  Simon Moya 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 2213 5423 617 1231 269 58 85 590 320 127 527 1197 .227 .300 .345 .645 583.6 83.9 60.3
  Rank among 12 SL teams 11 10 12 5 1 12 10 1 12 5 11 12 10 11 11 11  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Carlos Chavez 34 16 9 .640 33 33 0 237.3 194 62 16 71 206 2.35 22.8
 Ramon Gomez 33 14 10 .583 33 33 0 232.3 177 60 14 51 218 2.32 23.3
 Rajat Rathjen 30 16 10 .615 33 33 0 227.3 185 72 15 60 199 2.85 18.3
 Giancarlo Corleone 34 11 12 .478 33 33 0 192.3 180 74 22 53 170 3.46 10.8
*Richard Schiff 28 8 5 .615 20 20 0 124.7 73 36 12 54 115 2.60 10.5
*Virgil Williams 33 3 4 .429 68 0 2 74.0 52 34 12 41 94 4.14 4.7
 Justin Wasdin 35 5 8 .385 66 0 37 69.0 55 27 6 28 106 3.52 10.9
 Baltasar Hidalgo 28 3 8 .273 66 0 1 68.7 61 30 6 23 56 3.93 4.5
*Paul Atencio 28 3 0 1.000 47 0 1 57.0 44 21 2 28 60 3.32 5.2
 Robert Gannon 30 1 1 .500 47 0 2 56.0 51 16 1 16 39 2.57 5.9
 Eduardo Lasa 34 5 0 1.000 40 0 6 38.7 27 17 7 20 33 3.96 4.5
 George Hower 28 2 3 .400 5 5 0 33.3 24 18 5 6 22 4.86 0.7
*Joey Delavega 28 1 4 .200 6 6 0 30.7 33 21 7 17 20 6.16 0.0
 Larry Ahart 33 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 22.3 28 11 4 13 15 4.43 0.8
 Simon Moya 20 0 0 .000 11 0 0 13.7 18 12 3 8 11 7.91 0.0
Team Totals 30.4 89 74 .546 530 163 49 1477.3 1202 511 132 489 1364 3.11 122.8
Rank among 12 SL teams 4 4 1 4 3 2 1 1 5 1 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 28.1
R.Melendez 1142.7 126 132 1051 53 3 0 .997 37.3
M.Machin 334.7 37 42 332 8 1 1 .997 16.7
Team Total 1477.3 163 174 1383 61 4 1 .997 31.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 9.82
M.McGwire 947.0 106 108 888 95 13 71 .987 9.34
A.Sherrill 397.0 41 53 371 23 4 43 .990 8.93
T.Sampson 133.3 16 17 137 9 0 19 1.000 9.86
Team Total 1477.3 163 178 1396 127 17 133 .989 9.28
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 4.85
B.Puentes 1279.3 156 158 232 372 15 97 .976 4.25
R.Lashley 161.7 7 50 27 46 0 13 1.000 4.06
J.Cook 34.3 0 19 4 13 0 2 1.000 4.46
S.Stone 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1477.3 163 228 263 432 15 112 .979 4.23
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 2.61
K.Trull 903.9 104 110 58 182 11 14 .956 2.39
M.McGwire 369.0 40 46 18 96 2 10 .983 2.78
J.Cook 199.3 20 30 13 42 2 3 .965 2.48
R.Lashley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.2 164 187 89 320 15 27 .965 2.50
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 4.22
R.Gillam 1376.7 153 153 198 446 15 88 .977 4.21
R.Lashley 100.7 10 12 13 24 3 4 .925 3.31
Team Total 1477.3 163 165 211 470 18 92 .974 4.15
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.96
D.Lizarraga 1290.0 147 150 249 6 11 1 .959 1.78
S.Stone 185.3 16 32 32 2 1 1 .971 1.65
V.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 163 183 281 8 12 2 .960 1.76
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 2.65
J.Soto 1317.0 152 154 394 7 4 2 .990 2.74
S.Stone 139.0 11 28 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.07
D.Lizarraga 6.3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
A.Sherrill 6.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Cook 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Machin 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Lashley 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 163 190 429 7 4 2 .991 2.66
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.07
K.March 1301.3 146 149 264 8 2 5 .993 1.88
S.Stone 162.0 17 25 39 0 1 0 .975 2.17
J.Soto 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
D.Lizarraga 4.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Machin 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1477.3 163 177 304 8 3 5 .990 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 1.79
C.Chavez 237.3 33 33 17 23 4 3 .909 1.52
R.Gomez 232.3 33 33 12 41 3 4 .946 2.05
R.Rathjen 227.3 33 33 17 36 0 2 1.000 2.10
G.Corleone 192.3 33 33 7 27 1 3 .971 1.59
R.Schiff 124.7 20 20 10 17 2 2 .931 1.95
V.Williams 74.0 0 68 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.58
J.Wasdin 69.0 0 66 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.70
B.Hidalgo 68.7 0 66 0 9 1 2 .900 1.18
P.Atencio 57.0 0 47 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.68
R.Gannon 56.0 0 47 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.64
E.Lasa 38.7 0 40 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.86
G.Hower 33.3 5 5 4 9 0 0 1.000 3.51
J.Delavega 30.7 6 6 0 3 0 1 1.000 0.88
L.Ahart 22.3 0 22 0 5 1 0 .833 2.02
S.Moya 13.7 0 11 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
Team Total 1477.3 163 530 88 206 12 21 .961 1.79
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average McGwire .290
On-Base Pct McGwire .400
Slugging Pct McGwire .486
OPS McGwire .885
XR McGwire 101.0
Games Puentes, McGwire 159
At-Bats Gillam 579
Runs Lizarraga 81
Hits McGwire 153
Total Bases McGwire 256
Singles Lizarraga 113
Doubles Melendez 36
Triples Gillam, Puentes 10
Homeruns McGwire 22
RBIs McGwire 106
Stolen Bases Gillam 61
Caught Stealing Lizarraga 31
Walks McGwire 88
Strikeouts Soto 134
ERA Gomez 2.32
Wins Chavez, Rathjen 16
Losses Corleone 12
Winning Pct Chavez .640
Saves Wasdin 37
Games Pitched Williams 68
Games Started Chavez, Corleone, Gomez, Rathjen 33
Complete Games Chavez, Rathjen 4
Shutouts Chavez, Gomez, Rathjen 2
Innings Pitched Chavez 237.3
Hits Allowed Chavez 194
Homeruns Allowed Corleone 22
Strikeouts Gomez 218
Walks Allowed Chavez 71
Walks per 9IP Gomez 2.0
Hits per 9IP Gomez 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Gomez 8.4
WHiP Gomez 0.98
OAVG Gomez .210
OOBP Gomez .272
OSLG Gomez .290
OOPS Gomez .562
Team All-Stars
Carlos Chavez
Matt McGwire
Justin Wasdin
Player Salaries
Matt McGwire $ 11,530,000
Rajat Rathjen $ 7,250,000
Giancarlo Corleone $ 6,010,000
Richard Schiff $ 5,290,000
Carlos Chavez $ 5,130,000
Ramon Gomez $ 5,130,000
Virgil Williams $ 2,330,000
Kevin Trull $ 1,700,000
Justin Wasdin $ 1,670,000
Eduardo Lasa $ 1,450,000
Robert Gillam $ 1,430,000
Domingo Lizarraga $ 1,310,000
Baltasar Hidalgo $ 1,210,000
Keith March $ 1,090,000
Richard Melendez $ 914,286
Paul Atencio $ 750,000
Robert Gannon $ 750,000
Jose Soto $ 707,143
David Ichisake $ 460,000
Simon Moya $ 300,000
Benji Puentes $ 300,000
Sergio Ruiz $ 300,000
Tomas Sampson $ 300,000
Joey Delavega $ 300,000
Joseph Cook $ 300,000
Shane Stone $ 300,000
Mathew Machin $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/1 Traded Jose Soto
Leon Smith
Tulsa Keith March
4/1 Traded Pedro Escudero Savannah Domingo Lizarraga
4/1 Traded Daniel Hallowell Tulsa Jose Soto
4/1 Released Tony Scoles    
4/1 Released Porfirio Gutierrez    
4/1 Released Eric Robey    
4/1 Signed     Joseph Cook
5/1 Signed     . .Knx 2nd Round
5/11 Traded . .Knx 2nd Round
Hector Fradera
Princeton Hounding
Roque Rubino
Las Vegas George Hower
5/20 Traded Johnathon Reece
Russell Mcgahan
Tulsa Kevin Trull
6/11 Traded George Hower Dallas . .Dal 2nd Rd
Albert Sabin
Richard Schiff
9/21 Released William Almodovar    
9/21 Released Ralph Lashley    
9/21 Released Tomas Garcia    
9/21 Released Larry Ahart    
9/21 Released Austin Sherrill