2009 Mud Hens Roster
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+ SECTION T, PAGE 10 toledoblade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009+ 2009 Mud Hens roster Larry Parrish Matt Rankin Brent Dlugach Casey Fien Don Kelly Manager Athletic trainer Infi elder Pitcher Infi elder t Returns for his seventh season t Will handle the Mud Hens’ train- t Ht./Wt.: 6-4/195 t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/200 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/205 as Mud Hens manager, includ- ing needs for a ninth consecutive t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: L/R ing stints in 1994, season. … Has t Has missed most of the past two t A strike-throwing machine who t Another player with experience 2003-06 and last been in the Tigers seasons because of split time between in Toledo, having year. … Led Toledo organization for right shoulder prob- Double-A Erie and played for the Hens to back-to-back 14 seasons. … lems. … Played in the Mud Hens last in 2005 and ’06. … Governors Cup Spent 1996 as the just seven games year. … Began the Hit .250 in 43 games titles in 2005-06. … trainer for Single- for the Rookie season with the for Toledo in 2005, Named Internation- A Visalia, Calif., Level Gulf Coast SeaWolves, where then batted .228 in al League manager of the California League Tigers last he was 3-3 with 12 66 games here the of the year in 2005, League before season. … Limited saves and a 2.96 next season. … Last the same year The serving at Single-A to just 22 games ERA in 40 appear- season he played in Sporting News Jamestown, N.Y., for Double-A Erie in ances. … Promoted 124 games for Tri- named him minor league manager of the New York-Penn League for 2007. … His last full to Toledo in late ple-A Tucson in the of the year. … Managed Detroit for two season (1997-98) and two season was in 2006 with Single-A July and was 2-0 with a save and Pacifi c Coast League, hitting .275 the fi nal month of 1998 and all of at Single-A Lakeland, Fla., of the Lakeland, where he batted .256 a 2.40 ERA. … Also pitched in the with eight homers and 55 RBIs. … 1999, posting an 82-104 record. Florida State League (1999-2000). with fi ve homers and 52 RBIs in Arizona Fall League, going 2-0 In 2007 the Pittsburgh native played … Played 15 years in the major … Earned a bachelor’s degree in 125 games. ... Played short for the in 25 games for the Pirates. … A with two saves and a 1.84 ERA. … versatile player who has seen ac- leagues with Montreal, Texas and community health and a master’s Mud Hens in the Governors’ Cup Was 6-1 with six saves and a 3.10 Boston, earning all-star berths in degree in athletic training from playoffs that year. tion at every spot in both the infi eld ERA for Single-A West Michigan and outfi eld in his career. 1979 and 1987. Ohio University. in 2007. Leon “Bull” Durham Ron Chiavacci Freddy Dolsi Chris Lambert Lucas French Pitcher Hitting coach Pitcher Pitcher Pitcher t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/205 t Back for his ninth season in t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/235 t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/160 t Ht./Wt.: 6-4/220 t B/T: R/R Toledo and his 14th overall. … t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: L/L t Last season he spent most of Spent fi ve seasons in the Anaheim t Back with the Mud Hens after t Began last season with Single-A t Pitched for Double-A Erie last the season with the organization, including one year splitting time with Lakeland, where he season, fi nishing with Single-A Lake Lehigh Valley and was 0-1 with fi ve with a 9-11 record Mud Hens, posting Elsinore in the Round Rock of saves and a 6.14 and 4.02 ERA in 26 a 12-8 record and California League the Pacifi c Coast ERA. … Promoted starts. ... Won his 3.50 ERA in 26 and three in the League last season. to Double-A Erie last fi ve starts for starts. … His ERA Triple-A Pacifi c … Posted a 1-7 April 26 and col- the SeaWolves. ... A ranked fi fth-best Coast League – two record and 5.90 lected two saves mid-season all-star in the IL. … Was with Vancouver and ERA in 11 starts for in three scoreless in the Florida State promoted to Detroit one with Edmon- Lehigh Valley last outings. … Called League in 2007 who in late August and ton. … Played 10 year. … Finished up to the Tigers on fi nished 5-14 with was 1-2 with a big-league seasons with a 5-5 record May 3 and went 1-5 a 4.05 ERA. ... Had 5.66 ERA in eight for St. Louis, the and 6.48 ERA in 14 appearances with two saves and a 3.97 ERA in a career-best 11 wins and a 3.72 appearances with the Tigers. … Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati, mak- with Round Rock. … In 2007 he 42 relief appearances. … Pitched ERA with Single-A West Michigan Originally a fi rst-round draft pick ing the all-star team in both 1982 helped lead the Hens to a West Di- four times for the Hens, allowing in 2006. ... Originally drafted by the of the Cardinals out of Boston just fi ve hits and one earned run in and ’83. … Belted a career-high vision title with a 12-6 record and Tigers in the eighth round of the College in 2004. … Was traded to 27 home runs in 1987 and had 96 nine innings. … Had 23 saves for 2004 draft. ... Played in the inaugu- Detroit in 2006 for pitcher Mike 3.39 ERA. … Finished third in the Lakeland in 2007 and has a career RBIs in helping the Cubs reach the IL in victories, fourth in strikeouts ral AFLAC All-America High School Maroth. postseason in 1984. minor-league ERA of 3.01. Baseball Classic in 2003. (126) and fi fth in ERA. Ruddy Lugo Pitcher A.J. Sager Brent Clevlen Scot Drucker Mike Hessman t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/210 Pitching coach Outfi elder Pitcher Infi elder t B/T: B/R t Returns to the Hens for a second t Ht./Wt.: 6-2/205 t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/205 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/235 t t Spent last season with Triple-A straight year in his eighth season B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R New Orleans of as a coach in the Tigers organiza- t Finished with a career-high 22 t Last season split time between t Returns for his fi fth season with the Pacifi c Coast tion. … The former home runs and a Double-A Erie and the Mud Hens. ... League, going 7-12 University of Toledo team-best 82 RBIs Grand Prairie of Is Toledo’s all-time with a 5.36 ERA standout in football in 126 games here the independent leader in home in 24 starts. … A and baseball also last season. … American Associa- runs with 117. ... 10-year pro who pitched for the Hens Also played in 11 tion. ... Had a 3.75 Begins the season has pitched with in 1996 and ’98. … games for Detroit ERA in nine relief tied for sixth on the Tampa Bay and His other coaching in September. … In appearances for all-time RBI list with Oakland. … Has stops include fi ve 2007 he batted .220 the SeaWolves. ... 296. ... Was voted an 8-4 record and seasons at Single- with seven homers Was 8-3 with a 2.41 to the IL’s mid and 4.39 ERA in 102 A West Michigan and 36 RBIs in 90 ERA in 15 starts for postseason all-star big-league appearances. … His 24 (2002-06) and one games… Has spent Grand Prairie. ... teams each of the starts last season were the most season at Double-A Erie (2007). time with the Tigers in each of the Did not pitch in 2007 because of past two seasons. ... Hit .271 with of his career… Had 10 saves for … Spent fi ve seasons in the big past three seasons. … His best shoulder surgery. ... His career high 34 homers and 72 RBI with the Triple-A Sacramento of the PCL leagues with San Diego, Colorado season came in 2005 with Single-A is nine wins while with Single-A Hens last year. ... Spent time with in 2007 and a career-best 11 for and Detroit. … A member of the Lakeland, where he hit .302 with Stockton of the California League the Tigers the past two season. ... Single-A Jupiter of the Florida State Varsity “T” Hall of Fame who now 18 homers and a career-best 102 in 2006. ... Owns more than 150 Also has played in the majors with League in 2004. lives in Perrysburg. RBIs and was named Florida State pairs of Air Jordan sneakers. Atlanta. ... Has 288 career minor- + League MVP. league home runs. ROSTER CONTINUES ON PAGE 12 + + SECTION T, PAGE 12 toledoblade.com THE BLADE: TOLEDO, OHIO t THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2009+ 2009 Mud Hens roster Fu-Te Ni Clay Rapada Ryan Roberson Dane Sardinha Danny Worth Pitcher Pitcher Infi elder Catcher Infi elder t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/176 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/195 t Ht./Wt.: 6-5/240 t Ht./Wt.: 6-0/215 t Ht./Wt.: 6-1/185 t B/T: L/L t B/T: R/L t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R t B/T: R/R tA native of Taiwan who played t Has spent parts of the past t Hammered 25 home runs for t Returns for his third season in t Played in 79 games for Double- for the China Trust two seasons with Double-A Erie last Toledo.