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| 1 WCL CHAMPIONS: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 2 | SCHEDULE | Wenatchee applesox | @applesox | @applesox CONtents | 3 WHat's Inside MAIN Schedule 2 Contents 3 FRONT OFFICE 4 CONNECT 5 THE 2016 APPLESOX HEAD COACH 6-8 ASSISTANT COACHES 9 PLAYER BIOS 10-35 OPPONENTS WCL NORTH 36-37 WCL SOUTH 38-40 APPLESOX HISTORY YEAR-BY-YEAR 41 All-time VS OPPONENTS 42-49 TEAM RECORDS 50 INDIVIDUAL RECORDS 51 THE LAST TIME... 52 APPLESOX IN THE PROS 53 CREDITS WEST COAST LEAGUE HISTORY Editor Trevor Williams YEAR-BY-YEAR 54-58 CONTRIBUTORS CHRIS KING accolades | BY SEASON 59-61 DAN SEGEL LEAGUE RECORDS (Season) 62-64 BRUCE BENNETT WCL NO-HITTERS 65 PHOTOGRAPHY AL GRIEVE MLB PLAYERS 66-67 Matt Williams SPECIAL THANKS POINTSTREAK BASEBALL-REFERENCE WEST COAST LEAGUE WCL CHAMPIONS: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 4 | FRONT OFFICE Owner | GENERAL MANAGER Jim Corcoran Jim founded the AppleSox Baseball club in 2000. His interest in baseball goes back to fond childhood memories of attending Rainiers games at Sick’s Stadium in Seattle. He has been a longtime Wenatchee resident and has started several businesses over the years including two radio stations, three business newspapers, a pub, club music DJ services, a hydroplane racing team and more. Owner | Assistant GENERAL MANAGER ken osborne Ken has been the assistant general manager of the AppleSox since 2006. He was raised in Coulee City and attended Wenatchee Valley College. Before joining the AppleSox, he spent seven years as the superintendent of the Sun Lakes Golf Course & Resort. Prior to that, he worked at Mission Ridge. He lives in Waterville with his wife and two children. Director | Communications and Broadcasting trevor williams Trevor, a student at The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University, has worked with the AppleSox since February, 2014. With experience as a play-by-play broadcaster for wsucougars.com, he has called soccer, volleyball, and baseball games at the Pac-12 level. During the 2016 offseason, he traveled to the Dominican Republic where he studied Spanish. He is a native of Kent, Wash. CONTACT Jim Corcoran - [email protected] Office Phone: 509-665-6900 Ken Osborne - [email protected] 610 N. Mission St. #204 Trevor Williams - [email protected] Wenatchee, WA 98801 | Wenatchee applesox | @applesox | @applesox CONNECT | 5 LIVE BROADCASTS | www.applesox.com/listen-live All 60 AppleSox games in 2016 are available online through www.applesox.com, or with local radio coverage on transmitters throughout North Central Washington. Trevor Williams will provide the play-by-play throughout the season, and Gabe Mercer will add key interviews and features with players and coaches for the season’s broadcasts. The AppleSox Pregame Show kicks off nightly, 25 min. prior to first pitch. Don’t miss any of the action! SOCIAL MEDIA Stay up-to-date on all things ‘AppleSox’ by interacting with the team on its social media channels. Each AppleSox team account is tailored to give users a complete experience of West Coast League Baseball in the Wenatchee Valley. New this year, is the team’s dedication to the use of You- Tube to host player features and video interviews. Twitter will provide inning-by-innig and in-game updates, while Facebook and Instagram will traditionally keep fans in touch with the hometown nine. FACEBOOK: Wenatchee AppleSox TWITTER: @applesox YOUTUBE: Wenatchee AppleSox INSTAGRAM: @applesox WCL CHAMPIONS: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 6 | COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH AJ PROSZEK POSITION: Coach, former pitcher HOMETOWN: Chewelah, Wash. COLLEGE: Gonzaga (2009) BATTED: Right THREW: Right EXPERIENCE: 2nd Season (4th total) NAMED HEAD COACH: Aug. 14, 2014 Second-year head coach AJ Proszek, was named the third head coach in AppleSox history, Aug. 14, 2014. He took the reigns from 14-year skipper Ed Knaggs after Knaggs stepped away from WCL baseball. Proszek was the acting bench coach in two AppleSox games in 2014, and was the club’s pitching coach during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. He also pitched in the West Coast League for the Spokane Riverhawks. Proszek grew up playing baseball in Chewelah, Wash., about 40 miles north of Spo- kane. A three-sport athlete, he was a member of Jenkins High School’s 2005 graduating class, and was also a decorated WIAA 2A pitcher. Prior to his senior year, he was also a tight end on the school’s football team. He also played basketball. Proszek was the 2005 Washington 2A High School The summer before his first season with the Bull- Baseball Player of the Year, and was named Great dogs, (2007) Proszek pitched for the West Coast Northern League MVP as a senior alongside a League’s Spokane Riverhawks. He played with First Team All-GNL selection. the Spokane franchise through the 2008 WCL Proszek went on to pitch his first two colle- season, and was one of two Riverhawks selected giate seasons at Spokane Falls Community Col- to play in the 2007 All Star Game. Proszek was lege, before joining Gonzaga head coach Mark the winning pitcher in that year’s All Star Game, Machtolf in the West Coast Conference with the played at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham, Wash. Bulldogs. In his second season with Spokane A two-year letterwinner at Gonzaga, Pro- Falls, Proszek was named First Team All-Eastern szek earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sport Man- Region. He owned a 5-5 record, 2.61 ERA, and agement. As a junior, he accumulated a 4.92 ERA struck out 61 batters. Proszek’s final three starts over 60 1/3 innings pitched, making 11 appearanc- at Spokane Falls saw him lose a no-hit bid late in es and starting 10 games for the Bulldogs. Pro- a contest, post a one-hit performance, and win a szek tossed 35 strikeouts and earned his first Divi- 2-1 pitcher’s duel. sion I win March 17, 2008 against | Wenatchee applesox | @applesox | @applesox Coach Proszek | 7 Proszek posted a 3.67 ERA in 2009 and was 2-1 with 13 appearances and four starts. He threw 49 frames, and held opponents to a .291 average. He struck out 25 opposing hitters. In 2009, Proszek was selected in the 38th round of the June MLB Amateur Draft by the San Francisco Giants. Proszek spent three years in the Giants’ minor league system, and finished his professional career in Advanced-A, with the San Jose Giants and at the rookie level with the AZL Giants. In 2009 and 2010, Proszek pitched for the AZL Giants in rookie class ball. He was 2-0 out of the gates for the Giants and sported a 4.24 ERA through 13 games and four starts. He worked 23 1/3 innings and struck out 26 while walking just eight. He again opened the 2010 season at the Utah Valley. He hurled seven innings and struck rookie level with the AZL Giants. In that stint he out three in the winning effort. He held oppinents didn’t record a decision, but made four appearanc- to a .279 average and had the ninth-lowest op- es and had a 4.15 ERA. Through 4 1/3 innings he pinent batting average amongst WCC pitchers in struck out six and walked two. Proszek was called conference play in 2008. He stifled batters with a up to low-A Salem-Keizer in 2010 and accumu- .243 average against. Proszek’s 2009 Bulldogs lated a 1-1 record with the Volcanoes. He had an won the regular season and WCC championships. 8.85 ERA in 13 relief appearances and worked 20 He pitched with notable AppleSox alumnus, Steve 1/3 innings. He struck out 18 and walked four bat- Ames (2008 AppleSox), who pitched in the Mar- ters. lins organization through the 2014 MLB season. 2011 marked Proszek’s final minor league season, as he spent time with the AZL Giants in the rookie league, before being called up to finish his professional career with the San Jose Giants in high-A. With AZL, Proszek was 1-1 and had a CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 2014 - Head Coach Wenatchee AppleSox 2013 - 14 Pitching Coach Wenatchee AppleSox 2011 - Pitching Coach Spokane Falls CC 2011 Pitcher AZL Giants 2011 Pitcher San Jose Giants 2010 Pitcher AZL Giants 2010 Pitcher Salem-Keizer 2009 Pitcher AZL Giants 2008 - 09 Pitcher Gonzaga Bulldogs 2007 - 08 Pitcher Spokane Riverhawks 2006 - 07 Pitcher Spokane Falls CC WCL CHAMPIONS: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012 8 | Coach Proszek 2.05 ERA. He made 12 relief appearances through 22 innings and was a force to be reckoned with, striking out 21 batters and walking just three. Pro- szek was called up to San Jose later that year, and was 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA. He made seven relief ap- pearances over 9 1/3 innings and struck out nine, while walking five. All told, Proszek was 4-2 in three minor league seasons and finished with a 5.11 ERA. He appeared in 49 games, started four, and worked a total of 79 1/3 innings. He tossed 80 strikeouts and walked 22 hitters. An accurate pitcher, his strike- out-to-walk ratio was better than 4:1. APPLESOX HIGHLIGHTS COACHING RECORD 2015 Pitching Staff Stats: As a Pitching Coach... 24-30, 4.53 ERA, 0 CG, 482.2 IP, 524 H, 243 ER, 376 K, 252 BB, 13 SV Year Team W L % 2014 Pitching Staff Stats: 2011 CCS 20 24 .454 30-24, 4.09 ERA, 0 CG, 495.2 IP, 498 H, 225 ER, 468 K, 199 BB, 15 SV 2012 CCS 20 24 .454 2013 Pitching Staff Stats: 2013 CCS 24 20 .545 29-24, 3.65 ERA, 2 CG, 461.1 IP, 482 H, 187 ER, 337 K, 132 BB, 13 SV 2013 AppleSox 29 24 .547 2014 CCS 23 17 .575 WCL Rankings: 2014 AppleSox 30 24 .556 2015: 2015 CCS 28 16 .636 K Fourth (376) 2016 CCS 25 17 .595 ERA Eleventh (4.53) TOTAL 199 166 .545 OPP AVG Eleventh (.273) 2014: As a Head Coach..

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