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2006 Chicago Cubs Minor League MLEs

By Al Yellon
Al Yellon created Bleed Cubbie Blue and has been its managing editor since 2005. He's also written three books about the Cubs, the latest is "Chicago Cubs Firsts."

Jeff Sackmann, who is the SB Nation blogger for the Brewers at Brew Crew Ball, and whose statistical whiz-ness I am in awe of (he's responsible for the wonderful Minor League Splits website I have linked on the left sidebar, has done it again.

He has put together for me a set of major league equivalencies for everyone who played in the Cubs' farm system last year, down to low-A at Peoria.

There are the following caveats:

1. The stats are park-adjusted for the minor league park

2. MLEs are adjusted for league in addition to level

3. These are adjusted for major league park as well (though the MLEs at MinorLeagueSplits are not). Jeff used the park factors on this page.

4. The thresholds for inclusion are 20 IP for pitchers, 50 AB for batters.

5. Jeff included FIP as an approximation of ERA (he doesn't do runs or earned runs on MinorLeagueSplits.com). Here's a page that explains FIP if you are not familiar with that stat.

Iowa Batting MLEs
Player Age AB H 2B 3B HR BB IW HP K SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS
Buck Coats 24 447 111 17 0 5 28 1 3 91 3 2 9 0.248 0.296 0.320 0.616
Jeff Deardorff 27 320 65 17 1 8 24 0 1 90 0 2 14 0.203 0.259 0.338 0.597
Mike Fontenot 26 363 92 23 1 6 34 2 1 67 2 5 4 0.253 0.315 0.372 0.687
Micah Hoffpauir 26 254 59 7 1 9 23 4 1 62 0 7 6 0.232 0.291 0.374 0.665
Casey Kopitzke 28 71 15 1 0 0 6 0 1 14 1 1 4 0.211 0.278 0.225 0.504
Casey McGehee 23 494 120 23 1 8 31 0 2 71 0 4 17 0.243 0.288 0.342 0.630
Luis Montanez 24 245 48 10 0 6 13 0 2 45 1 2 9 0.196 0.240 0.310 0.551
Augie Ojeda 31 308 66 9 1 2 32 3 6 39 12 5 9 0.214 0.296 0.269 0.566
Matt Padgett 28 61 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 21 0 1 2 0.148 0.209 0.230 0.438
Eric Patterson 23 67 21 1 1 1 4 0 0 10 0 3 2 0.313 0.338 0.403 0.741
Felix Pie 21 557 136 26 6 11 34 3 4 131 9 3 11 0.244 0.291 0.372 0.663
Michael Restovich 27 441 111 22 3 20 37 5 5 124 0 4 9 0.252 0.314 0.451 0.765
Jose Reyes 23 109 24 5 0 0 10 0 1 12 1 0 5 0.220 0.292 0.266 0.558
Brandon Sing 25 96 15 3 0 3 10 0 4 35 0 0 3 0.156 0.264 0.281 0.545
Geovany Soto 23 338 79 17 0 4 31 2 2 76 3 2 10 0.234 0.300 0.320 0.620
Ryan Theriot 26 279 73 9 4 0 18 0 1 36 1 2 5 0.262 0.307 0.323 0.629
Iowa Pitching MLEs
Player Age IP H 2B HR BB IW HP K GDP BAA OBP SLG OPS WHIP W/9 K/9 HR/9 FIP
David Aardsma 24 32.7 37 10 1 19 2 0 30 3 0.286 0.373 0.387 0.759 1.71 5.23 8.26 0.28 3.51
Wilton Chavez 28 29.7 37 8 5 16 0 3 14 4 0.308 0.396 0.548 0.945 1.78 4.85 4.24 1.52 6.36
Brandon Emanuel 30 68.0 91 24 13 33 1 5 50 8 0.325 0.404 0.556 0.960 1.82 4.37 6.62 1.72 5.89
Angel Guzman 24 71.3 84 17 6 30 0 3 65 4 0.295 0.364 0.439 0.803 1.60 3.79 8.20 0.76 3.86
Rich Hill 26 95.0 72 11 4 27 0 7 116 5 0.208 0.278 0.305 0.582 1.04 2.56 10.99 0.38 2.38
Kerry Ligtenberg 35 57.0 75 10 10 8 1 1 37 3 0.321 0.343 0.518 0.860 1.46 1.26 5.84 1.58 4.66
Sean Marshall 23 20.0 20 4 1 18 0 0 18 1 0.261 0.402 0.379 0.781 1.90 8.10 8.10 0.45 4.75
Ryan O'Malley 26 113.7 160 38 12 38 1 7 59 12 0.335 0.388 0.521 0.908 1.74 3.01 4.67 0.95 4.72
Clay Rapada 25 20.0 32 7 0 19 1 3 18 4 0.370 0.488 0.473 0.963 2.55 8.55 8.10 0.00 4.70
Jae Kuk Ryu 23 132.3 145 39 16 65 1 5 96 6 0.278 0.363 0.460 0.823 1.59 4.42 6.53 1.09 4.91
Andy Shipman 24 48.0 75 21 1 33 0 1 36 7 0.363 0.447 0.478 0.926 2.25 6.19 6.75 0.19 4.10
Raul Valdes 28 28.3 51 15 6 14 0 3 17 2 0.397 0.461 0.654 1.117 2.30 4.45 5.41 1.91 6.56
Les Walrond 30 124.0 159 35 14 73 6 9 88 17 0.314 0.407 0.481 0.889 1.87 5.30 6.39 1.02 5.23
Randy Wells 23 65.0 103 22 9 29 1 1 50 3 0.364 0.421 0.538 0.960 2.03 4.02 6.92 1.25 4.85
Jerome Williams 24 100.7 170 28 22 44 1 4 43 11 0.380 0.435 0.598 1.033 2.13 3.93 3.84 1.97 6.62
Michael Wuertz 27 42.3 35 6 3 11 1 1 57 0 0.224 0.279 0.359 0.638 1.09 2.34 12.13 0.64 2.28
West Tenn Batting MLEs
Player Age AB H 2B 3B HR BB IW HP K SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS
Gary CatesJr. 24 237 54 10 1 1 19 2 1 34 1 3 5 0.228 0.285 0.291 0.576
Brian Dopirak 22 179 39 9 0 1 12 0 1 44 0 2 7 0.218 0.268 0.285 0.553
Jake Fox 23 193 44 13 0 4 7 0 1 48 0 1 11 0.228 0.257 0.358 0.615
Adam Greenberg 25 84 13 2 0 0 7 2 1 29 4 0 0 0.155 0.228 0.179 0.407
Micah Hoffpauir 26 138 32 8 1 7 15 2 1 31 0 3 2 0.232 0.306 0.457 0.762
Nic Jackson 26 257 66 13 4 3 21 3 1 53 0 2 5 0.257 0.313 0.374 0.687
Richard Lewis 26 346 75 14 1 1 21 1 3 68 4 2 5 0.217 0.266 0.272 0.538
Luis Montanez 24 141 44 9 0 1 11 1 2 28 2 1 2 0.312 0.368 0.397 0.765
Scott Moore 22 463 110 21 0 17 41 7 6 135 1 5 7 0.238 0.305 0.393 0.698
Miguel Negron 23 267 67 15 3 1 19 1 0 47 4 2 6 0.251 0.299 0.341 0.639
Eric Patterson 23 445 102 16 7 6 34 2 1 95 5 6 2 0.229 0.282 0.337 0.619
Jose Reyes 23 144 28 2 0 0 7 1 0 27 3 0 7 0.194 0.232 0.208 0.440
Tony Richie 24 222 43 12 0 0 4 0 2 49 1 3 8 0.194 0.212 0.248 0.460
Carlos Rojas 22 353 61 7 0 0 21 4 1 57 12 1 7 0.173 0.221 0.193 0.413
Brandon Sing 25 240 42 7 0 6 37 2 1 81 0 3 4 0.175 0.285 0.279 0.564
Chris Walker 25 512 129 16 8 1 30 2 5 109 5 1 8 0.252 0.299 0.320 0.620
Aaron Weston 25 89 20 5 0 2 3 0 0 34 1 1 1 0.225 0.247 0.348 0.596
West Tenn Pitching MLEs
Player Age IP H 2B HR BB IW HP K GDP BAA OBP SLG OPS WHIP W/9 K/9 HR/9 FIP
Thomas Atlee 26 66.7 67 12 6 42 4 4 38 7 0.262 0.372 0.379 0.752 1.63 5.67 5.13 0.81 5.30
Federico Baez 24 62.7 66 21 9 27 3 4 35 2 0.271 0.352 0.477 0.830 1.48 3.88 5.02 1.29 5.43
Bobby Brownlie 25 67.0 121 31 11 51 2 1 38 12 0.398 0.484 0.637 1.121 2.57 6.85 5.10 1.48 6.53
Edward Campusano 23 25.0 27 4 3 12 2 0 26 0 0.277 0.357 0.431 0.787 1.56 4.32 9.36 1.08 4.12
Rocky Cherry 26 44.0 52 5 5 21 3 4 37 3 0.296 0.379 0.411 0.791 1.66 4.30 7.57 1.02 4.70
Sean Gallagher 20 78.3 87 22 6 83 2 1 68 8 0.283 0.434 0.413 0.847 2.17 9.54 7.82 0.69 5.68
Lincoln Holdzkom 24 29.7 29 6 0 15 1 1 20 5 0.255 0.348 0.309 0.656 1.48 4.55 6.06 0.00 3.47
Carlos Marmol 23 53.7 50 10 2 37 0 1 50 4 0.246 0.364 0.355 0.719 1.62 6.20 8.38 0.34 3.94
Juan Mateo 23 87.7 92 22 9 39 0 4 52 4 0.271 0.351 0.421 0.772 1.49 4.00 5.34 0.92 4.82
JR Mathes 24 151.3 196 42 16 46 2 1 85 20 0.317 0.363 0.467 0.830 1.60 2.74 5.06 0.95 4.38
Isaac Pavlik 26 37.3 50 7 5 21 0 0 26 3 0.325 0.403 0.467 0.870 1.90 5.07 6.27 1.21 5.24
Carmen Pignatiello 23 58.0 62 16 5 30 1 7 55 4 0.274 0.376 0.438 0.814 1.59 4.66 8.53 0.78 4.34
Clay Rapada 25 42.0 35 4 2 15 2 3 34 5 0.225 0.307 0.289 0.596 1.19 3.21 7.29 0.43 3.49
Paul Schappert 24 41.7 54 10 6 30 0 3 16 3 0.318 0.426 0.493 0.921 2.01 6.47 3.45 1.29 6.68
Chris Shaver 24 141.0 174 40 11 85 8 4 89 15 0.306 0.399 0.451 0.850 1.84 5.43 5.68 0.70 4.85
Carlos Vasquez 23 48.3 49 9 3 46 1 5 44 3 0.263 0.420 0.360 0.781 1.97 8.57 8.20 0.56 5.35
Randy Wells 23 60.3 53 11 3 19 1 4 40 4 0.236 0.305 0.325 0.629 1.19 2.84 5.97 0.45 3.66
Daytona Batting MLEs
Player Age AB H 2B 3B HR BB IW HP K SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS
Matthew Ciaramella 23 227 38 7 0 1 10 1 0 54 4 2 6 0.167 0.201 0.211 0.412
Matt Craig 25 449 100 26 2 7 47 3 3 123 1 2 13 0.223 0.299 0.336 0.636
Jeff Culpepper 24 251 51 8 1 1 17 0 2 56 1 2 6 0.203 0.257 0.255 0.512
Jake Fox 23 248 61 11 1 9 19 3 4 57 1 8 4 0.246 0.301 0.407 0.708
Sam Fuld 24 353 83 14 4 2 28 5 3 63 5 1 6 0.235 0.296 0.314 0.611
Daniel Gonzalez 24 144 26 2 0 0 7 2 2 30 1 0 2 0.181 0.229 0.194 0.423
Ryan Harvey 21 474 91 18 1 11 18 3 3 146 0 3 12 0.192 0.225 0.304 0.529
Nic Jackson 26 69 15 2 2 1 5 0 2 18 0 0 2 0.217 0.289 0.348 0.637
Andrew Lane 24 117 16 2 0 0 14 0 1 27 2 0 3 0.137 0.235 0.154 0.389
Jonathan Mota 19 170 32 5 1 1 6 0 1 31 8 2 6 0.188 0.218 0.247 0.465
Jake Muyco 21 133 21 2 0 1 7 0 1 47 3 1 2 0.158 0.204 0.195 0.400
Nathan Price 22 98 21 2 1 0 6 0 1 30 1 0 2 0.214 0.267 0.255 0.522
Alan Rick 22 240 45 9 1 5 12 1 2 73 2 4 5 0.188 0.229 0.296 0.525
Issmael Salas 23 83 20 6 0 0 5 0 1 19 1 0 0 0.241 0.292 0.313 0.605
Joseph Simokaitis 23 320 66 8 1 1 26 0 5 74 10 2 5 0.206 0.275 0.247 0.522
Jemel Spearman 25 490 108 22 3 2 40 1 6 97 15 5 13 0.220 0.285 0.290 0.574
Nate Spears 21 320 62 11 1 1 22 1 5 61 7 3 4 0.194 0.254 0.244 0.498
Jon-Mark Sprowl 25 51 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 1 3 0.098 0.130 0.118 0.247
Aaron Weston 25 174 33 3 1 1 9 0 2 41 0 0 3 0.190 0.238 0.236 0.473
Olin Wick 24 73 14 1 0 1 4 0 0 24 0 0 6 0.192 0.234 0.247 0.480
Daytona Pitching MLEs
Player Age IP H 2B HR BB IW HP K GDP BAA OBP SLG OPS WHIP W/9 K/9 HR/9 FIP
Justin Berg 22 110.7 150 29 7 92 0 15 56 18 0.331 0.456 0.455 0.911 2.19 7.48 4.55 0.57 5.91
Ryan Bicondoa 27 43.0 44 7 4 20 0 3 31 4 0.268 0.358 0.384 0.742 1.49 4.19 6.49 0.84 4.57
Stephen Bronder 22 56.3 68 14 11 48 4 7 29 9 0.306 0.440 0.525 0.965 2.06 7.67 4.64 1.76 7.64
Sean Gallagher 20 71.7 90 12 7 36 0 7 54 11 0.315 0.401 0.429 0.830 1.76 4.52 6.78 0.88 4.76
Mark Holliman 22 136.7 153 34 19 102 0 21 84 9 0.286 0.416 0.464 0.880 1.87 6.72 5.53 1.25 6.48
Jon Hunton 23 64.3 74 17 7 60 4 9 37 3 0.293 0.438 0.468 0.907 2.08 8.40 5.18 0.98 6.68
Grant Johnson 23 87.0 131 35 12 67 1 3 38 6 0.357 0.457 0.569 1.025 2.28 6.93 3.93 1.24 6.53
Tim Layden 23 53.3 51 9 5 50 1 7 31 2 0.255 0.417 0.375 0.793 1.89 8.44 5.23 0.84 6.46
Adalberto Mendez 24 58.0 58 17 5 31 0 1 44 5 0.263 0.356 0.418 0.775 1.53 4.81 6.83 0.78 4.46
Carlos Perez 24 100.7 168 38 12 97 1 4 59 12 0.384 0.496 0.568 1.065 2.63 8.67 5.27 1.07 6.59
Michael Phelps 22 25.7 35 9 2 15 0 1 17 3 0.335 0.417 0.478 0.895 1.95 5.25 5.95 0.70 4.76
Paul Schappert 24 30.0 23 1 5 15 0 1 14 3 0.212 0.312 0.360 0.670 1.27 4.50 4.20 1.50 6.03
Roberto Sotolongo 23 32.3 42 8 5 27 0 3 15 0 0.323 0.449 0.545 0.994 2.14 7.52 4.18 1.39 7.07
Carlos Vasquez 23 32.7 28 3 0 17 0 0 21 4 0.232 0.323 0.274 0.597 1.38 4.68 5.78 0.00 3.48
Donald Veal 21 75.0 54 8 4 73 0 3 61 6 0.202 0.378 0.298 0.676 1.69 8.76 7.32 0.48 5.31
Matt Weber 21 52.0 80 13 14 32 1 6 18 7 0.364 0.451 0.650 1.101 2.15 5.54 3.12 2.42 8.20
Peoria Batting MLEs
Player Age AB H 2B 3B HR BB IW HP K SH SF GDP BA OBP SLG OPS
Yusuf Carter 21 275 43 5 1 6 13 0 1 105 0 4 4 0.156 0.195 0.247 0.442
Robinson Chirinos 22 432 79 20 1 5 39 0 8 94 5 6 7 0.183 0.260 0.269 0.528
Matthew Ciaramella 23 163 26 3 1 1 12 1 1 29 3 1 7 0.160 0.220 0.209 0.429
Kevin Collins 25 69 13 3 0 2 2 1 0 24 0 0 1 0.188 0.211 0.319 0.530
Alberto Garcia 23 371 73 13 2 3 13 1 4 91 2 4 10 0.197 0.230 0.267 0.496
Davy Gregg 23 415 71 7 1 0 15 1 2 119 7 2 3 0.171 0.203 0.193 0.396
Dylan Johnston 19 190 29 5 2 0 15 2 2 71 4 0 3 0.153 0.222 0.200 0.422
Blake Lalli 23 68 9 2 0 0 2 0 1 13 0 0 3 0.132 0.169 0.162 0.331
Ryan Lilly 22 72 17 3 0 2 2 0 1 16 0 0 0 0.236 0.267 0.361 0.628
Ryne Malone 21 181 39 11 1 1 16 0 2 40 0 0 2 0.215 0.286 0.304 0.590
Jonathan Mota 19 91 19 1 1 0 3 0 1 16 1 1 2 0.209 0.240 0.242 0.481
Jake Muyco 21 126 19 3 0 1 7 0 0 39 1 1 1 0.151 0.194 0.198 0.392
Ryan Norwood 23 504 115 19 0 8 15 3 8 126 0 8 12 0.228 0.258 0.313 0.571
Mark Reed 20 349 66 8 0 1 15 0 3 98 4 0 9 0.189 0.229 0.221 0.450
Kyle Reynolds 22 330 56 9 3 5 14 4 2 108 0 3 5 0.170 0.206 0.261 0.467
Brandon Taylor 23 187 30 7 1 2 4 0 3 39 1 2 8 0.160 0.189 0.241 0.429
Jesus Valdez 21 509 115 17 1 3 12 2 5 86 3 3 14 0.226 0.250 0.281 0.530
Peoria Pitching MLEs
Player Age IP H 2B HR BB IW HP K GDP BAA OBP SLG OPS WHIP W/9 K/9 HR/9 FIP
Mitch Atkins 20 130.3 158 33 20 104 2 6 77 2 0.314 0.433 0.509 0.942 2.01 7.18 5.32 1.38 6.55
Matt Avery 22 65.3 65 15 8 54 2 6 46 4 0.268 0.415 0.463 0.877 1.82 7.44 6.34 1.10 6.14
Mike Billek 22 34.3 64 15 6 22 0 2 15 0 0.432 0.509 0.654 1.163 2.51 5.77 3.94 1.57 6.70
Todd Blackford 21 130.7 227 44 22 124 1 28 42 16 0.409 0.532 0.628 1.161 2.69 8.54 2.89 1.51 8.23
Edward Campusano 23 29.3 24 8 0 17 0 4 28 1 0.230 0.356 0.345 0.700 1.40 5.22 8.60 0.00 3.44
Jesse Estrada 22 87.7 127 32 8 56 1 17 37 9 0.358 0.465 0.528 0.993 2.09 5.75 3.80 0.82 6.04
Roger Evenson 22 39.7 57 12 12 17 2 6 19 3 0.358 0.437 0.684 1.122 1.86 3.85 4.31 2.72 7.91
Scott Koerber 23 46.7 57 12 8 52 3 2 21 2 0.317 0.468 0.561 1.029 2.33 10.02 4.05 1.54 8.00
Jon Mueller 22 29.7 49 12 6 19 2 7 12 3 0.397 0.486 0.672 1.159 2.29 5.76 3.64 1.82 7.64
Justin Rayborn 23 63.7 86 21 8 33 2 4 44 6 0.342 0.426 0.537 0.963 1.87 4.66 6.22 1.13 5.19
Joel Santo 22 32.0 44 8 4 39 2 6 16 0 0.346 0.512 0.534 1.045 2.59 10.97 4.50 1.13 8.04
Scott Taylor 19 130.7 208 53 16 54 0 2 43 6 0.385 0.438 0.589 1.027 2.00 3.72 2.96 1.10 5.42
Jeff Teasley 23 42.3 71 15 12 24 0 4 23 2 0.401 0.478 0.688 1.167 2.25 5.11 4.89 2.55 7.79
Donald Veal 21 68.0 64 12 8 76 0 4 52 2 0.257 0.436 0.418 0.854 2.06 10.06 6.88 1.06 6.73
Jesus Yepez 22 114.3 193 51 18 135 2 11 44 12 0.401 0.539 0.631 1.170 2.87 10.63 3.46 1.42 8.31

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