2015 S e a s o n

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USA Today recently wrote about the importance of clubhouse chemistry, but this article wasn’t very illuminating on how exactly it is that clubhouse chemistry leads to more wins.

Shortstop Danny Morales and Pitcher Ralph Lozano showing power at their position. But what’s truly remarkable and equally fascinating about these two ball players is that it’s not the story we all envisioned it would be six months ago, because they both have done a great job simply blending in and going about their business. They don’t talk out of turn, let alone commanded the spotlight, which has allowed them to settle in comfortably and allowed us to truly absorb there impacts.

Summer League Standing

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The 2015 WHAT? Softball season was the Organization 16th season. They finished with a 58–38 record in the regular season and third place in the Waukegan Tuesday Nights by five games under the Fleet Service Club. In the Saturday pool-play playoffs, they went 2 for 3 and qualified for Sunday single-game elimination play. They defeated – Fighting Aardvarks, 13 – 6 / Strike 3 Club, 23 – 20 / Bubba’s, 24 – 23. In the championship game they defeated the T C B Squad in a walk-off victory score of 16 – 15, ending there championship drought to win the All City Playoff Tournament Summer League championship Series in Waukegan.

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Summer Roster

Pitchers		Catchers		Infielders		Outfielders		Utility Players
Kyle Schrader		Jerry Vasquez		Aaron Archibald		Adam Tagli		Austin Ward
Ralph Lozano		Mike Gould		Brad Shippee		Brad Callahan		Eric Matthews
				Connor Fitzgerald		Bradley Daniel		Jimmy Brando
				Clayton Stockman		Kyle Risinger		Juan Santana
				Danny Morales		Louie Enriquez		Matt Boley
				Evan Berliner		Russell Shoumake		Matt Cross
				Matt Hermsen		Ryan Constantion		Ryan Dolan
				Ryan Siembal		Thomas Wolfer		Tyler Henkel

Upper Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A	A.B	Runs	O.B	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Ralph Lozano	P	53	229	208	110	151	128	69	17	1	41	1.957	142	21	.615	2
Mike Gould	C	57	223	198	68	134	106	74	14	8	5	1.364	81	25	.535	3
Clayton Stockman	1B	17	65	60	22	34	28	20	5	0	3	1.223	30	5	.467	1
Juan Santana	1B	8	27	26	9	14	13	9	4	0	0	1.173	7	1	.500	0
Tyler Henkel	1B	8	32	31	14	18	17	11	1	0	5	1.628	20	1	.548	0
Evan Berliner	2B	32	141	130	52	86	73	66	4	3	0	1.248	27	11	.562	2
Matt Hermsen	2B	42	172	169	79	105	98	77	12	4	5	1.397	72	3	.580	4
Brad Shippee	3B	28	112	92	36	67	45	42	1	2	0	1.141	28	20	.489	2
Danny Morales	SS	17	78	66	33	58	46	28	5	6	7	2.017	41	12	.697	0
Adam Tagli	LF	27	112	107	58	70	65	48	8	3	6	1.532	42	5	.607	0
Jimmy Brando	LF	6	25	25	8	16	16	12	2	0	2	1.600	9	0	.640	0
Austin Ward	LC	4	17	14	10	15	11	8	3	0	0	1.882	6	3	.786	1
Russell Shoumake	LC	37	139	131	61	83	74	56	8	8	2	1.391	47	8	.565	1
Thomas Wolfer	RC	41	163	154	66	108	96	65	23	4	4	1.566	55	9	.623	3
Kyle Risinger	RF	57	211	190	69	117	95	80	8	7	0	1.171	69	21	.500	1
Louie Enriquez	RF	15	57	49	22	30	22	22	0	0	0	.975	10	8	.449	0

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Anastasias Softball represented the Lower Squad from 2009 until 2015.

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Lower Squad Summer Stats

Player	Poss	G	P.A	A.B	Runs	O.B	Hits	1B	2B	3B	HR	OPS	RBI	BB	AVG	RE
Kyle Schrader	P	30	106	96	18	43	32	29	3	0	0	.771	21	10	.333	1
Dylan Cartwright	C	18	72	70	20	38	36	36	2	0	0	1.071	19	2	.514	0
Jerry Vasquez	C	15	51	46	10	26	21	20	1	0	0	.988	13	5	.457	0
Connor Fitzgerald	1B	9	33	32	6	20	18	16	2	0	0	1.231	11	1	.563	1
Ryan Dolan	1B	12	49	46	22	28	24	18	6	0	0	1.223	11	3	.522	1
Aaron Archibald	2B	17	68	62	20	38	31	27	3	1	0	1.140	10	6	.500	1
Ryan Siembal	3B	38	135	120	52	91	75	63	9	1	2	1.441	54	15	.625	1
Matt Boley	SS	50	190	167	64	114	90	77	12	1	0	1.223	51	23	.539	1
Matt Cross	SS	4	15	15	3	6	6	6	0	0	0	.800	2	0	.400	0
Bradley Daniel	LF	30	104	84	34	67	47	42	4	1	0	1.275	23	20	.560	0
Brad Callahan	LC	10	43	41	20	31	28	16	6	4	2	1.892	12	2	.683	1
Eric Matthews	RC	23	84	72	32	50	36	28	6	0	2	1.262	33	12	.500	2
Ryan Constantino	RF	15	53	49	18	25	21	16	2	3	0	1.064	13	4	.429	0

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Most Valuable Player

Sometimes, softball appears to be a game that hinges on chance. Contests between well-matched opponents can come down to a single bounce, deflection, or ricochet off a glove. Matt Boley reemergence has been similarly dependent upon his teammates. He believes that this season’s WHAT? Squad possesses both unique talent and selflessness that has pushed the team to the top of the Lake County Leagues.

The shocking thing about Matt Boley MVP win, which is his first in Lake County, is that it came in what was inarguably his last full season with the squad. Boley this year posted career lows in batting average (.536), on-base percentage (.600), OPS (1.223), extra base hits (13), runs (64) and wins-above replacement (7.9, per Softball-Reference).

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Rookie of the Year

In 17 games, he hit 7 home runs – 18 extra bases, scored 33 runs, had 41 RBIs and produced a .697 / .744 / 1.273 slash line, for an impressive 2.017 OPS. Morales was third among all position players in WAR (9.1 by Softball-Reference’s). And without Morales cementing himself as the No. 3 hitter in the lineup by the end of his first half of the season, the WHAT? Softball almost certainly wouldn’t have gone through the playoffs.

Made his team debut on August 28th. 2014 against Green Tavern Club at SportsPark A’ going ( 2 for 5, 2RBI’s / 2Runs ). Collected his first Triple base hit on Thursday June 11th, 2015 vs. Buffalo Wild Softball Squad Gm. 1 at Libertyville Park. First Home Run on Monday August 25th, 2014 vs. Anti Hero Softball Club, Gm. 2 at SportsPark A’.

Team Memorabilia

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These 2015 authentic cards of both WHAT? Silver Slugger Award Winners Pitcher Ralph Lozano and Third Basemen Ryan Siembal. Lozano also winner of the Athlete of the Year Award and Cy Young Award. SP Chirography Card also represents Ryan Siembal with his Utility Player of the Year Award. There is a certificate of authenticity from the CEO of Softball Trading Cards on the back of the card.

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