2019 GWINNETT STRIPERS FINAL REPORT 80-59, International League South Champions / 1-3 in Governors’ Cup Playoffs
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2019 GWINNETT STRIPERS FINAL REPORT 80-59, International League South Champions / 1-3 in Governors’ Cup Playoffs 2019 in Review: The Gwinnett Stripers posted the best winning percentage in club history in 2019, REGULAR SEASON RECORD BREAKDOWN going 80-59 (.576) to win the International League South Division title for the second time in 11 seasons (first time since 2016). The GWN Season Records Final Streak: Won 1 Stripers finished second in the 14-team league in both wins (80) YEAR RECORD PLACE Last 10 Games: 5-5 and winning percentage (.576), trailing eventual Governors’ Cup 2009 81-63 4th th Long Winning Streak: 8G (5/10-5/18) champion Columbus (81-59, .579). The 80 wins were the second- 2010 72-71 7 th Long Losing Streak: 5G (4/16-4/20) most ever by a Gwinnett club, trailing only the 2009 G-Braves 2011 78-65 5 th Series W-L-T: 22-12-10 (went 81-63, .563 in a 144-game season). 2012 62-82 12 2013 60-84 14th Record Since 2009: 781-786 (.498) in 1,567G IL South Standings: Gwinnett finished 5.0 games ahead of th nd 2014 65-77 12 both Durham (T-2 , 75-64, won IL Wild Card) and Charlotte (T- th Home: 41-28 Leading after 6: 65-5 nd th 2015 77-67 T-5 39-31 68-3 2 , 75-64), and 20.0 games ahead of Norfolk (4 , 60-79). th Road: Leading after 7: 2016 65-78 10 Day Games: 18-11 Leading after 8: 72-1 Postseason Clinchers: The Stripers clinched a playoff berth th 2017 71-71 T-6 Night Games: 62-48 Tied after 6: 6-3 with a 14-8 win over Norfolk on 8/28. The club officially clinched th 2018 70-69 7 Extra Innings: 5-3 Tied after 7: 4-4 the IL South title on 8/30 despite taking a 6-5 loss at Durham as nd 2019 80-59 2 Doubleheaders: 1-5 Tied after 8: 2-6 Charlotte lost 2-0 at Norfolk. Gwinnett reached the Governors’ Shutout W/L: 5-6 Trailing after 6: 9-60 Cup Playoffs for just the third time in club history (IL Wild Card in 2009, IL South champs in 2016). Last AB W/L: 11-13 Trailing after 7: 7-52 Walk-Off W/L: 4-3 Trailing after 8: 4-47 Postseason Recap: In their first trip to the Governors’ Cup Playoffs since 2016, the Stripers lost Score First: 48-23 With a HR: 65-28 to the Columbus Clippers 3-1 in the best-of-five Semifinals. Gwinnett dropped Games 1 and 2 at Score Last: 38-21 Without a HR: 15-31 Coolray Field (lost 5-4 and 7-3) and split Games 3 and 4 at Huntington Park (won 10-6, lost 5-4). The 1-Run Games: 16-16 Allow a HR: 42-44 Stripers slugged seven home runs during the four-game series (1 each by Austin Riley, Adam 2-Run Games: 12-10 Allow no HR: 38-15 Duvall, Ryan LaMarre, John Ryan Murphy, Cristian Pache, Pedro Florimon, and Jack Lopez), but 3-Run Games: 12-10 With an Error: 35-36 posted a 5.40 ERA (21 ER in 35.0 IP) as they were outscored 23-21. Kyle Wright (1-0, 3.00 ERA) and +3-Run Games: 40-23 Without an Error: 45-23 Bryse Wilson (0-0, 4.50 ERA) both turned in quality starts, while Pache led the club in batting (.417), April: 15-10 Vs. LH Starter: 23-17 doubles (2), extra-base hits (3), total bases (10), RBI (7), and slugging percentage (.833). May: 16-13 Vs. RH Starter: 57-42 June: 15-12 Vs. Rehab Starter: 5-4 Berryhill is IL Manager of the Year: Damon Berryhill was named the 2019 IL Manager of July: 19-9 Pre-All-Star: 51-38 the Year on 8/27, the second such award of his MiLB career (also won in the PCL in 2015). He is the August/Sept: 15-15 Post-All-Star: 29-21 first Gwinnett manager ever to win the award. The former Atlanta Braves catcher is the sixth skipper in Gwinnett history and has led the club to a 221-199 (.526) record in 420 games over three seasons 2019 TEAM TOTALS (2017-current). He owns a career record of 639-586 (.522) in 1,225 games across 11 MiLB seasons, REGULAR SEASON including stints with Advanced-A Bakersfield (Texas, 2008), Rookie-level Ogden (LA Dodgers, 2009- Batting (781 Runs Scored) Pitching (641 Runs Allowed) 13), Triple-A Albuquerque (LAD, 2014), and Triple-A Oklahoma City (LAD, 2015). .269/.348/.461/.809 4.29 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 254 2B, 25 3B, 200 HR, .257 BAA, 35 SV, 40 QS, Historic Homer Total: The Stripers hit 200 home runs over 139 games (1.44 HR/game) in 740 RBI, 63 SB 449 BB, 1203 SO 2019, the most ever in a season by an Atlanta Braves Triple-A affiliate (broke previous record of 161 HR set by Richmond in 1993). The club also set Gwinnett records for most homers in one month POSTSEASON Batting (21 Runs Scored) Pitching (23 Runs Allowed) (61 HR in May, shattered previous record of 33 HR) and most grand slams in one season (8, previous st .248/.340/.447/.786, 5.40 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, record was 7 in 2011). The Stripers ranked fourth in the IL in homers (13 behind Columbus, 1 with 7 2B, 0 3B, 7 HR, .299 BAA, 0 SV, 2 QS, 213 HR), becoming just the ninth team in IL history to reach the 200-homer mark (1 of 4 teams this 20 RBI, 1 SB 13 BB, 33 SO season). Twenty-one different Gwinnett hitters homered in 2019, led by Adam Duvall (32, 2nd in IL) and Alex Jackson (career-high 28, T-5th in IL), who were both in the IL top 10. 2019 TEAM IL RANKINGS 20/20/20/20: For the first time in history, four Gwinnett players reached the 20-homer mark in the Batting: .269 (T-7th) ERA: 4.29 (1st) same season: Adam Duvall (32 HR), Alex Jackson (28 HR), Rafael Ortega (21 HR), and Travis Runs: 781 (3rd) Runs: 641 (1st) Demeritte (20 HR). Prior to 2019, Gwinnett hitters had reached the 20-homer mark just five times total Hits: 1269 (6th) ER: 580 (1st) in the team’s 10-year history: Mauro Gomez in 2011 (24 HR), Stefan Gartrell in 2011 (25 HR) and 2B: 254 (T-10th) HR 134 (1st) 2012 (20 HR), and Ernesto Mejia in 2012 (24 HR) and 2013 (28 HR). 3B: 25 (9th) SO: 1203 (7th) HR: 200 (4th) BB: 449 (3rd) Record-Setting Season for Duvall: 2019 IL Postseason All-Star Adam Duvall set Gwinnett RBI: 740 (3rd) SHO: 5 (11th) single-season records for home runs (32, breaking Ernesto Mejia’s record of 28 HR in 2013), RBI (93, Steals: 63 (14th) Holds: 32 (11th) breaking Mejia’s record of 92 RBI in 2012), slugging percentage (.602, breaking Mauro Gomez’s OBP: .348 (5th) Saves: 35 (T-6th) record of .522 in 2011), and OPS (.966, breaking Barbaro Canizares’ record of .907 in 2011). Across SLG: .461 (T-3rd) WHIP: 1.35 (1st) two stints with the Stripers, he batted .266 (98-for-369, 20 2B, 4 3B, 32 HR, 74 R, 93 RBI, 1 SB) in 101 OPS: .809 (4th) BAA: .257 (T-2nd) games, and ranked among the IL top 10 in slugging percentage (1st,), homers (2nd), RBI (2nd), OPS nd th th (2 ), extra-base hits (T-6 , 56), and total bases (9 , 222). The Stripers went 24-5 (.828) in 29 games 2019 TEAM LEADERS (*Led IL) with a Duvall homer in 2019, including 3-0 in his multi-homer games. AVG: LaMarre (.311) ERA: Wilson (3.42)* Mound Mastery: Stripers pitchers led the 14-team IL in ERA (4.29), WHIP (1.35), fewest runs OBP: Demeritte (.387) WHIP: Wilson (1.21)* allowed (641), fewest earned runs allowed (580), and fewest home runs allowed (134) in 2019…it’s SLG: Duvall (.602)* BAA: Wright (.252)* just the second time a Gwinnett club has led the circuit in ERA (3.33 ERA in 2011). The staff’s most OPS: Duvall (.966) Wins: Wright (11)* dominant run came in a 59-game stretch from 6/22-8/25, when the Stripers went an IL-best 37-22 Hits: LaMarre (126) IP: Wilson (121.0) (.627) with an IL-leading 3.89 ERA (222 ER in 513.0 IP). Starters went 24-14 with a 3.83 ERA (128 2B: Ortega (34) BB: Allard (36) ER in 301.0 IP) and 22 quality starts, while relievers went 13-8 with a 3.99 ERA (94 ER in 212.0 IP) 3B: LaMarre (8)* SO: Wilson (118) and 16 saves (16-for-19, 84.2%) in that span. Patrick Weigel (6-0, 2.51 ERA in 11 games, 5 starts), HR: Duvall (32) CG: None Bryse Wilson (6-1, 2.38 ERA in 7 starts), and Kyle Wright (6-0, 2.62 ERA in 9 starts) combined to go Runs: Ortega (83) SHO: None 18-1 with a 2.51 ERA (36 ER in 129.0 IP) in 27 outings from 6/22-8/25. RBI: Duvall (93) Holds: 2 Tied (4) Steals: LaMarre (19) Saves: 2 Tied (6) The Bryse-Man Cometh: Bryse Wilson was named Gwinnett’s 2019 Pitcher of the Year by the Braves after going 10-7 with an IL-best 3.42 ERA (46 ER in 121.0 IP) and a team-high 11 quality starts st 2020 OPENING DATES in 21 starts for the Stripers.