2012 Bluefield Blue Jays Media Guide (.Pdf)
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2012 Blue Jays Field Staff ..............................3 Blue Jays Single-Season Batting Records .....68 2012 Blue Jays Opening Day Roster ...............4 Blue Jays Single-Season Pitching Records ....69 2012 Blue Jays Players ..............................5-43 Blue Jays Streaks .........................................70 2011 SEASON IN REVIEW: 44 APPALACHIAN LEAGUE: 71 2011 Day-by-Day Results .............................44 Appy League Information ..............................71 Blue Jays 2011 Statistics ..............................45 Mileage Chart & All-Time Nicknames ............72 Single-Game Highs and Lows.................. .....46 2011 Standings & League Leaders ..........73-74 Blue Jays vs. Appalachian League ...........47-55 2011 Postseason ..........................................75 BLUEFIELD HISTORY: 56 Appy League Champions ..............................76 Bowen Field ..................................................57 2012 Blue Jays Opponents ......................77-85 Bluefield Baseball Year-by-Year Results ........58 TORONTO BLUE JAYS: 86 Bluefield Championships & Playoff History ....58 Toronto Blue Jays Front Office Directory .......87 Bluefield Award Winners and All-Stars ..........59 Toronto Blue Jays 40-Man Roster .................88 Bluefield League Leaders ..............................60 Minor League Affiliates ..........................89-100 Mercer Cup ...................................................61 2011 Draft ..................................................101 Road to the Show ....................................62-65 2012 Draft ..................................................102 Blue Jays Single-Game Batting Records .......66 Baseball America Rankings .........................103 Blue Jays Single-Game Pitching Records ......67 2012 BLUEFIELD BLUE JAYS SCHEDULE: 104 2012 Bluefield Blue Jays Information Guide PHONE NUMBERS The 2012 Bluefield Blue Jays Information Guide was researched and BOWEN FIELD produced by James Smyth, the Blue Jays Director of Broadcasting and Office Phone: (304) 324-1326 Media Relations. All information is current as of June 19, 2011. Office Fax: (304) 324-1318 Cover art created by Kim Shafiroff. Statistical information provided in part by Major League Baseball MEDIA CONTACT Advanced Media (MLBAM), 75 Ninth Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY James Smyth Director of Broadcasting & Media Relations 10011. Phone: (914) 844-5383 Additional information about the 2012 Bluefield Blue Jays is available E-mail: [email protected] through the Blue Jays Media Relations Department at (914) 844-5383 or online at www.BluefieldJays.com. President/General Manager ...........................................George McGonagle Clubhouse Manager ....................................................................Billy Funk Vice President ........................................................................... Bill Looney Concessions Manager .............................................................Yeda Duarte Treasurer ................................................................... Mary Kathryn Burton Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations .......................James Smyth Counsel .................................................................................David Kersey Intern .....................................................................................Teresa Davis Director of Field Operations and Grounds ..................................Mike White Intern .......................................................................................Casey Glick Grounds Staff ..........................................................................Josh Chavez Intern .......................................................................................... Kylie Kirn Grounds Staff ....................................................................... Ryan Lambert Intern ................................................................................. Kory Lafreniere Grounds Staff ..................................................................... Taylor Marshall Intern .......................................................................................... Yuki Mori 2012 Blue Jays Pregame Schedule (by first pitch time) 3:05 PM 6:05 PM 7:05 PM 12:45-1:00 Blue Jays Infield 2:45-3:00 Blue Jays Infield 3:45-4:00 Blue Jays Infield 1:00-2:00 Blue Jays BP 3:00-4:00 Blue Jays BP 4:00-5:00 Blue Jays BP 2:00-3:00 Visitors BP 4:00-5:00 Visitors BP 5:00-6:00 Visitors BP 3:00-3:15 Visitors Infield 5:00-5:15 Visitors Infield 6:00-6:15 Visitors Infield 3:15-3:55 Field Prep 5:15-5:55 Field Prep 6:15-6:55 Field Prep 4:05 First pitch 6:05 First pitch 7:05 First pitch Bowen Field Stadium Drive P.O. Box 356 Bluefield, WV 24701 Office: (304) 324-1326 Fax: (304) 324-1318 GM: (304) 320-2324 Media: (914) 844-5383 www.BluefieldJays.com 2 MANAGER - DENNIS HOLMBERG Dennis Holmberg is entering his second season as skipper of the Bluefield Blue Jays, but he’s been with the Toronto organization for almost its entire existence. A native of Fremont, Nebraska, Holmberg was drafted by the Brewers in the fifth round of the 1970 January draft. He played eight seasons as a third baseman/outfielder in the Milwaukee system and was a regular on the 1974 Midwest League champion Danville (IL) arriors.W At 25, he began his managerial career in 1977 with the Newark Co-Pilots, the Brewers’ farm team in the New York-Penn League. He then joined the Blue Jays in 1978 as a minor league instructor and has been with the organization ever since. He has spent 24 seasons as a manager and eight as a coach in the Toronto system. He also spent the 1994 and 1995 seasons as the bullpen coach for the big league club. Holmberg has piloted ten playoff teams, including last year’s Appy League runner-up in Bluefield. It was Bluefield’s first postseason tirp since 2002. From 2002 to 2007 his Auburn Doubledays made six straight postseasons, including a New York-Penn League championship run in ‘07. The Palm Harbor, Florida resident has managed many future major leaguers, including Roy Halladay, Fred McGriff, Jeff Kent, Jimmy Key, Cecil Fielder, Carlos Delgado, Tony Fernandez, Shawn Green, Al Leiter, Mark Timlin, Ricky Romero and J.P. Arencibia. His son Kenny was drafted by the Blue Jays in 2001 and the Brewers in 2005. After playing four years in the minors, he went into coaching like his dad. He managed the Rangers’ Dominican Summer League team in 2010 and is currently a coach for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a Texas farm club in the Carolina League. MANAGERIAL AND COACHING CAREER 1977 Manager, Newark Co-Pilots, New York-Penn Lg. 1987-89 Coach, Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State Lg. 1978 Minor League Instructor, Toronto Blue Jays 1990-93 Manager, Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State Lg. 1979 Manager, Medicine Hat Blue Jays, Pioneer Lg. 1994-95 Bullpen Coach, Toronto Blue Jays 1980 Manager, Kinston Eagles, Carolina Lg. 1996-97 Manager, Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State Lg. 1981-84 Manager, Florence Eagles, South Atlantic Lg. 1998-2001 Coach, Dunedin Blue Jays, Florida State Lg. 1985 Coach, Syracuse Chiefs, International Lg. 2002-10 Manager, Auburn Doubledays, New York-Penn Lg. 1986 Manager, Medicine Hat Blue Jays, Pioneer Lg. 2011- Manager, Bluefield Blue Jays, Appalachian Lg. PITCHING COACH - ANTONIO CACERES Antonio Caceres is set to begin his second season as Dennis Holmberg’s pitching coach in Bluefield and his 13th in the Blue Jays organization. At 17, he signed with the Blue Jays in 1995 and pitched for three seasons in the Dominican Summer League before moving up to the Pioneer League’s Medicine Hat Blue Jays in Alberta, Canada. In his final season on the mound, he went 6-4 with a 3.81 ERA in 58 innings. Caceres stayed with the Blue Jays as a pitching coach and taught young arms in the Dominican Summer League from 2000 to 2003. He had his first stint in the Appalachian League from 2004 to 2005 with the Pulaski Blue Jays. He worked under Holmberg for the next three seasons as pitching coach with the Auburn Doubledays, including their NYPL championship season of 2007. In 2009 it was on to the Midwest League’s Lansing Lugnuts, the Jays’ low-A affiliate. After two seasons he moved to Bluefield and was reunited with Holmberg. HITTING COACH - PAUL ELLIOTT New hitting coach Paul Elliott replaces Kenny Graham, who was promoted to the same position with the Lansing Lugnuts. The Sydney, Australia native is starting his 17th season as a Blue Jays minor league manager or coach. He began as a coach with the Medicine Hat Blue Jays in 1996, then spent the next year with the Knoxville Blue Jays and the next with the Hagerstown Suns. His first shot at managing was in 1999 with Medicine Hat for two seasons, and he led them to the playoffs in 2000. He earned a move up to the Auburn Doubledays in 2001 and another to the low-A Charleston Alley Cats in 2002. Like Caceres, he’s been in the Appy League before, having spent the 2003 season as manager of the Pulaski Blue Jays. From there Elliott went into coaching. He was in Dunedin from 2004 to 2008 and was then named hitting coach of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats in Double-A. He was there for the 2009 season, then moved to the Gulf Coast League for 2010 and 2011 before taking over in Bluefield for this season. Elliott was a coach for the Australian National Team in the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classic. He has also man- aged the Parramatta Patriots, Sydney Storm and Sydney Blues of the Australian Baseball League. TRAINER - JON WOODWORTH Trainer Jon Woodworth joins the