The Pawsox ended the 2009 season in 5th place in the IL North with a 61-82 record. The team that dominated the Ironpigs in 2008 was decimated by call ups and injuries. Always a big draw from local Red Sox fans, look for these to be some exciting games in 2010.
Who might appear at CCP:
Josh Reddick, OF – Splitting 2009 with AA Portland and Pawtucket, Reddick should have a shot at playing left field for the Red Sox this season. If not, he will be in a Pawsox uniform.
Ryan Kalish, OF – Reddick’s main competition for a spot on the Major League roster, Kalish also could show up in AAA.
Junichi Tazawa, RHP – The Red Sox want this guy to get more seasoning in the minors. Hopefully he will take it easy on the Pig hitters.
2009 Pitching Statistics Player W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Enrique Gonzalez 8 11 5.12 26 23 0 0 139.0 159 85 79 20 53 99 Charlie Zink 6 15 5.59 27 23 1 0 135.1 134 88 84 10 93 47 Michael Bowden 4 6 3.13 24 24 0 0 126.1 106 47 44 11 47 88 Clay Buchholz 7 2 2.36 17 16 1 0 99.0 67 30 26 7 30 89 Kris Johnson 3 13 6.35 22 22 0 0 96.1 128 77 68 8 44 65 Billy Traber 7 8 3.52 38 7 0 0 84.1 88 36 33 8 25 33 Marcus McBeth 2 3 2.69 44 1 0 3 67.0 43 20 20 5 30 66 Jose Vaquedano 4 2 3.76 43 0 0 3 64.2 52 33 27 6 41 34 Rocky Cherry 3 1 2.57 38 1 0 0 63.0 63 22 18 1 36 44 Randor Bierd 3 1 4.55 25 7 0 0 61.1 68 37 31 7 21 55 Hunter Jones 4 3 4.25 36 0 0 2 53.0 45 27 25 7 24 39 Fernando Cabrera 0 3 1.71 43 0 0 22 52.2 40 11 10 3 22 51 Javier Lopez 1 1 3.18 38 0 0 0 39.2 35 15 14 2 13 23 Adam Mills 2 2 3.48 6 6 0 0 31.0 39 15 12 1 4 16 T.J. Large 3 4 7.04 22 0 0 1 30.2 38 26 24 1 22 10 Chris George 1 0 4.79 12 0 0 0 20.2 21 14 11 2 6 10 Daniel Bard 1 0 1.13 11 0 0 6 16.0 6 2 2 2 5 29 Daisuke Matsuzaka 0 1 2.25 4 4 0 0 16.0 13 4 4 2 6 17 John Smoltz 1 1 3.38 3 3 1 0 16.0 10 6 6 2 4 11 Junichi Tazawa 0 2 2.38 2 2 0 0 11.1 7 4 3 0 1 6 Paul Byrd 0 1 3.27 2 2 0 0 11.0 9 4 4 1 1 7 Dustin Richardson 0 0 1.69 7 0 0 0 10.2 8 2 2 1 2 16 Tim Wakefield 1 1 2.89 2 2 0 0 9.1 5 3 3 1 2 7 Robert Coello 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Devern Hansack 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 Carlos Maldonado 0 1 #INF 1 0 0 0 0.0 1 2 2 1 1 0
2009 Batting Statistics Player AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB John Otness .320 8 25 2 8 2 0 0 3 4 5 0 Mark Kotsay .303 10 33 2 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 Chris Carter .294 116 428 50 126 25 0 16 61 42 63 0 George Kottaras .292 10 24 1 7 3 0 0 0 6 6 0 Jeff Natale .282 58 170 23 48 9 1 3 19 31 26 0 Dusty Brown .264 86 295 22 78 13 0 2 23 37 74 0 Jeff Bailey .262 63 229 34 60 7 0 10 27 35 51 2 Chip Ambres .259 52 185 18 48 9 1 3 18 21 38 2 Angel Chavez .253 127 442 41 112 23 0 4 39 18 48 3 Sean Danielson .240 52 154 18 37 6 1 1 19 21 33 9 Travis Denker .238 117 400 43 95 25 1 5 43 48 85 3 Julio Lugo .235 4 17 1 4 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 Paul McAnulty .233 90 326 36 76 20 1 11 48 45 83 0 Freddy Guzman .229 62 214 25 49 6 2 2 10 13 35 21 Ivan Ochoa .227 45 128 25 29 3 2 2 8 20 22 9 Carlos Maldonado .225 24 80 9 18 2 0 2 15 10 14 0 Jon Van Every .215 20 65 7 14 4 0 4 10 16 25 0 Mark Wagner .214 43 154 12 33 12 0 3 20 11 29 0 Aaron Bates .213 76 272 28 58 10 0 5 18 22 59 0 Bubba Bell .208 71 240 24 50 8 2 1 18 31 53 2 Brian Anderson .200 24 80 9 16 4 0 4 8 7 22 0 Joey Gathright .200 3 10 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gil Velazquez .193 93 290 26 56 13 0 3 18 19 49 3 Chris Duncan .188 27 85 8 16 3 0 2 10 7 20 0 Jed Lowrie .176 22 68 9 12 3 0 3 8 13 13 0 Zach Daeges .172 9 29 1 5 2 0 0 1 3 6 0 Iggy Suarez .167 20 60 5 10 2 0 1 8 8 16 1 Chris Woodward .129 12 31 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 Jeff Corsaletti .128 13 39 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 8 1 Josh Reddick .127 18 71 1 9 0 2 0 6 6 13 0 Sandy Madera .125 5 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 Brad Wilkerson .111 2 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 Rocco Baldelli .077 4 13 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 Kevin Youkilis .000 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Zach Borowiak .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
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Daniel Bard got to throw in 16 games for the Pawsox last year before being called up to Boston in May. In his 16 innings of work in AAA he allowed only 6 hits (2 of them homers), walked just 5 and had 29 strikeouts. That’s a WHIP of just 0.69 and an average of nearly 2 strikeouts per inning pitched. It won’t be long until he’s closing games in the major leagues. The reason mentioned these stats is because those 2 HRs he allowed in AAA last year both came against the Ironpigs. One was a memorable blast on April 25th in the bottom of the 9th inning off the bat of Jason Donald that sent the game into extra innings. The Ironpigs eventually lost the game in the 10th (Majewski) but it was probably Donald’s biggest highlight of 2009. The other much less memorable shot came in Pawtucket on April 18th off the bat of Jeremy Slayden who for me was probably the biggest disappointment of the 2009 season.
I remember the game where Donald tied it up and the rest needs not be mentioned again. Hopefully Gary has better luck in Houston. Slayden was a tough call. I heard through the grapevine that his biggest obstacle was the mental aspect of the game which we saw first hand how it hindered his play. The Phillies had high hopes for him.