AZ Fall League Alums Fill MLB Postseason Rosters
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For Immediate Release Friday, October 3, 2008 AZ Fall League Alums Fill MLB Postseason Rosters Phoenix, Arizona — Fifty-six percent (112 players) of Major League Baseball’s eight postseason rosters are comprised of Arizona Fall League alums. A year ago, the same statistic was 100 former AFL players (50 percent). The Philadelphia Phillies lead with 17 ex-Fall Leaguers. Boston Red Sox (12) L.A. Dodgers (11) Philadelphia Phillies (18) The Future Of Paul Byrd ..................RHP Danny Ardoin .................C Pat Burrell ................... OF Major League Sean Casey ....................IF Angel Berroa .................IF Eric Bruntlett .................IF Kevin Cash .....................C Blake DeWitt .................IF Clay Condrey ............RHP Baseball Now Coco Crisp ................. OF Andre Ethier ................ OF Chris Coste .....................C Manny Delcarmen .....RHP Nomar Garciaparra ........IF Greg Dobbs ...................IF Facts J.D. Drew .................... OF Chan Ho Park ............RHP Chad Durbin ..............RHP • Over 1,600 former Fall Jacoby Ellsbury ........... OF Matt Kemp .................. OF Scott Eyre ..................LHP Leaguers have reached the Mark Kotsay ................ OF James Loney ..................IF Pedro Feliz ....................IF major leagues Jed Lowrie .....................IF Derek Lowe ...............RHP J.A. Happ ..................LHP • 413 Ex-AFLers On 2008 MLB Dustin Pedroia ...............IF Russell Martin ................C Ryan Howard ................IF Opening-Day Rosters Jason Varitek ..................C Cory Wade .................RHP Geoff Jenkins .............. OF • 136 MLB All-Stars Kevin Youkilis ...............IF Ryan Madson ............RHP including 36 in 2008 L. A. Angels (14) Jimmy Rollins ...............IF Chicago Cubs (11) Garret Anderson .......... OF • 5 MLB MVPs Carlos Ruiz .....................C •Jason Giambi Ronny Cedeno ...............IF Chone Figgins ...............IF So Taguchi ................... OF •Ryan Howard Neal Cotts ..................LHP Torii Hunter ................. OF Chase Utley ...................IF •Justin Morneau Mark DeRosa ................IF Howie Kendrick ............IF Shane Victorino ........... OF •Albert Pujols Mike Fontenot ...............IF Jeff Mathis .....................C Jayson Werth ............... OF •Jimmy Rollins Derrek Lee ....................IF Gary Matthews ............ OF • 3 Cy Young Award winners Bob Howry ................RHP Kendry Morales.............IF Tampa Bay Rays (15) •Chris Carpenter Sean Marshall ............LHP Mike Napoli ...................C Willy Aybar ...................IF •Roy Halladay Alfonso Soriano ............IF Darren Oliver ............LHP Rocco Baldelli ............. OF •Brandon Webb Geovany Soto .................C Francisco Rodriguez ...RHP Grant Balfour ............RHP • 18 MLB Rookies-of-the-Year Ryan Theriot .................IF Scot Shields ...............RHP Jason Bartlett .................IF Daryle Ward ..................IF Mark Teixeira ................IF Carl Crawford ............. OF • 3 World Series MVPs Jered Weaver .............RHP Cliff Floyd ...................DH • 6 All-Star Game MVPs Chicago White Sox (17) Brandon Wood ..............IF Gabe Gross .................. OF Brian Anderson ........... OF • 38 MLB Silver Sluggers Michel Hernandez ..........C Orlando Cabrera ............IF Milwaukee Brewers (14) Eric Hinske .................. OF 34 MLB Gold Glove Awards • Jermaine Dye .............. OF Ryan Braun ................. OF Evan Longoria ...............IF • 8 MLB batting champions Josh Fields ..................INF Craig Counsell ..............IF Trever Miller .............LHP Gavin Floyd ...............RHP Ray Durham ..................IF • 11 MLB season hits leaders James Shields ............RHP Ken Griffey, Jr. ............ OF Prince Fielder ...............IF B.J. Upton ................... OF • 4 MLB season RBI leaders Toby Hall........................C Tony Gwynn ................ OF Dan Wheeler .............RHP • 2 MLB season homer leaders Bobby Jenks ..............RHP Corey Hart ................... OF Ben Zobrist .................. OF Paul Konerko ..............INF Bill Hall .........................IF • 7 MLB season stolen-base leaders Scott Linebrink ..........RHP J.J. Hardy ......................IF • 23 MLB managers Jerry Owens ................ OF Jason Kendall .................C • 31 MLB umpires A.J. Pierzynski ...............C Brad Nelson ..................IF Adam Russell ............RHP Manny Parra ..............LHP • 71 administrators serving Nick Swisher ............... OF Brian Shouse .............LHP the baseball industry Matt Thornton ...........LHP Mitch Stetter ..............LHP Phoenix Municipal Juan Uribe .....................IF Rickie Weeks .................IF Stadium DeWayne Wise ............ OF 5999 E. Van Buren — afl — Phoenix, AZ 85008 Office: 602.681.9362 Media Contact: Paul Jensen ([email protected], 480.710.8201) FAX: 602.681.9363 www.mlbfallball.com.