2007 Scouting Report

South Bend Silver Hawks

Profile

Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics are through the end of the 2007 season.

Season Summary

• Second Half: 34-34, .500 (3rd place, 10.0 behind; Playoff Qualifier)
• First Half: 34-36, .486 (4th place tie, 10.0 behind)
• Pitching: 68-70, 3.83, 31 saves, 21 holds, 3 complete games, 985 strikeouts
• Hitting: .265, 618 runs, 81 HR, 67 steals (57% success)
• Defense: 133 errors (0.96 errors per game)
• April: 9-12 (.429)
• May: 18-14 (.563)
• June: 12-15 (.444)
• July: 12-13 (.480)
• August: 14-15 (.483)
• September: 2-1 (.667)
• Playoff Round One: 2-1 (.667)
• Playoff Round Two: 0-2 (.000)

• Position Players used: 17
• Pitchers used: 20
• Pitchers per game: 3.06

Leading Players

• Best Player on the Team: Catcher Frank Curreri or Oufielder Gerardo Parra

• Best Starting Pitcher: Brett Anderson (2.21, 8-4, 85 strikeouts)
• Bullpen Stopper: Reid Mahon (1.77, 4-4, 11 saves, 2 holds, 28 strikeouts)
• Strikeout Pitchers: Brett Anderson, Jordan Norberto, Jorge Perez, Ramon Sanchez
• Control Pitchers: Brett Anderson, Tony Barnette, Eric Butler, Reid Mahon, Craig Pfautz, Cesar Valdez

• Best Hitter: Gerardo Parra (.320, 6 HR, 53 RBI)
• Home Run Leader: Brad Miller (22)
• High Batting Average: Frank Curreri (.305), Gerardo Parra (.320),
• High On Base Percentage: Frank Curreri (.447)
• High Slugging Percentage: Brad Miller (.454), Daniel Perales (.462)
• Notable Baserunners: Tyler Jones, Shea McFeely, Gerardo Parra
• Notable Batting Eye: Justin Brashear, Frank Curreri

Pre-Season Profile

Manager

There's nothing unusual about Mark Haley's management style.

First Round Draft Selections

• none

Team Age Information

• Average Team Age: 22.5
• Pitchers: 22.2
• Hitters: 22.8

• Oldest Player on the Team: Richard Mercado (born 5/23/1983)
• Youngest Player on the Team: Brett Anderson (born 2/1/1988)

The average player in the Midwest League this season is 22.0 years old. This information is based on opening day rosters as published on the team website and will not be updated.

Where they played last season

This summary is based on the team's opening day roster and will not be revised to reflect roster changes.

Team         League          W/L     Place    Hitters Pitchers
                                    (Teams)
Lancaster    California (A+) 68/72   7(10)       1       0
South Bend   Midwest (A)     74/62   4(14)       3       3
Yakima       Northwest (A-)  28/48   7(8)        4       6
Missoula     Pioneer (R+)    42/34   3(8)        5       3

There was some player movement within the Diamondbacks system last season; those players who moved are counted in this table twice. None of these players played above Class A in 2006. Three of the new Silver Hawks have never played professionally.