2019 S e a s o n

The 2019 WHAT? Softball season was the club’s 21st season in Lake County and 4th in the Mundelein Leagues. They began their season on January 18 against -Yeti Wi. Dolls Club in Chula Vista Tournament and finished the season in Mundelein with a Fall League Championship on October 15 against the Business Casual Squad.

At 30-30 overall summer league record, the WHAT? Softball were thoroughly outmatched in the postseason, losing 13 – 3 to the Strike 3# club in the semi-finals. That series was largely decided by poor player attendance and the fact that certain individuals were not available.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
Aaron Archibald	Alex Rodgers	Brent Fitzgerald	Brad Callahan	Austin Leggett
Ralph Lozano	Cal Haley	Connor Fitzgerald	Chris DeRue	Eric Matthews
		Drake Larriuz	David Rzewnick	Kevin Schahczinski
		Justin Corona	Kyle Risinger	Louie Torres
		Matt Cross	Nick Krocker	Vic Tuccy
		Ryan Siembal	Tommy Dubicki

Summer League Stats

#	Poss	TEAM		Gm	PA	AB	Runs	OB	Hits	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	X.B.	RBIs	KO	BB	A.V.G	O.P.S	RE	RFC	SF	DP	R / G	OB / G	H / G	BI / G
8	P	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	65	237	216	68	139	116	.586	91	17	7	1	.694	25	66	3	21	.537	1.281	2	14	13	1	1.0	2.1	1.8	1.0
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	49	206	188	94	125	105	.607	61	21	12	11	.973	44	72	3	18	.559	1.580	2	9	11	1	1.9	2.6	2.1	1.5
14	SS	CROSS	Matt	42	164	151	61	94	79	.573	60	12	4	3	.715	19	50	5	13	.523	1.288	2	8	4	1	1.5	2.2	1.9	1.2
21	LC	DUBICKI	Tommy	54	207	190	91	133	114	.643	79	15	5	15	.968	35	89	5	17	.600	1.611	2	12	1	0	1.7	2.5	2.1	1.6
5	2B	FITZGERALD	Brent	24	81	73	22	48	40	.593	37	1	1	1	.630	3	24	3	8	.548	1.223	0	8	4	1	0.9	2.0	1.7	1.0
3	1B	FITZGERALD	Connor	62	234	226	65	129	118	.551	97	13	4	4	.668	21	75	5	8	.522	1.219	3	11	7	4	1.0	2.1	1.9	1.2
45	C	HALEY	Cal	32	132	128	61	95	91	.720	60	12	0	19	1.250	31	82	3	4	.711	1.970	0	3	4	1	1.9	3.0	2.8	2.6
34	2B	LARRIUZ	Drake	47	196	190	107	133	126	.679	72	29	7	18	1.174	54	86	1	6	.663	1.852	1	13	2	0	2.3	2.8	2.7	1.8
21	3B	MATTHEWS	Eric	22	91	80	34	57	46	.626	35	6	4	1	.788	11	22	4	11	.575	1.414	0	4	0	1	1.5	2.6	2.1	1.0
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	68	243	214	78	137	107	.564	96	9	2	0	.561	11	45	22	29	.500	1.125	1	20	3	2	1.1	2.0	1.6	0.7
22	C	RODGERS	Alex	41	140	123	41	75	56	.536	48	5	0	3	.569	8	41	5	17	.455	1.105	2	4	5	7	1.0	1.8	1.4	1.0
11	OF	RZEWNICKI	David	39	141	134	55	81	71	.574	43	10	2	16	.993	28	54	7	7	.530	1.567	3	11	5	0	1.4	2.1	1.8	1.4
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	74	287	253	95	174	138	.606	80	25	6	27	1.012	58	156	5	34	.545	1.618	2	3	17	4	1.3	2.4	1.9	2.1
23	UP	TUCCY	Vic	51	170	163	60	91	84	.535	62	16	5	1	.693	22	46	8	7	.515	1.229	0	16	6	2	1.2	1.8	1.6	0.9
0	SS	AHONEN	Alex	2	9	9	5	7	6	.778	4	0	1	1	1.222	2	6	0	0	.667	2.000	1	1	0	0	2.5	3.5	3.0	3.0
33	OF	DANIEL	Daniel	4	10	10	4	5	5	.500	4	1	0	0	.600	1	3	1	0	.500	1.100	0	0	1	0	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.8
88	OF	DERUE	Chris	2	8	8	0	4	4	.500	4	0	0	0	.500	0	1	0	0	.500	1.000	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.5
50	OF	EGAN	Warren	4	15	15	2	3	3	.200	2	0	1	0	.333	1	5	0	0	.200	.533	0	2	2	0	0.5	0.8	0.8	1.3
2	UP	GADIA	Charlie	2	8	7	1	5	4	.625	4	0	0	0	.571	0	1	0	1	.571	1.196	0	1	0	0	0.5	2.5	2.0	0.5
6	OF	GOULD	Mike	4	11	9	5	8	6	.727	3	2	1	0	1.111	3	2	0	2	.667	1.838	0	0	0	0	1.3	2.0	1.5	0.5
0	C	HORTON	Joe	3	7	7	0	1	1	.143	1	0	0	0	.143	0	0	1	0	.143	.286	0	1	0	1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0
14	OF	KROCKER	Nick	18	62	54	18	29	21	.468	20	1	0	0	.407	1	19	5	8	.389	.875	0	6	0	1	1.0	1.6	1.2	1.1
0	OF	SCHAHCZINSKI	Kevin	2	9	9	2	3	3	.333	3	0	0	0	.333	0	1	0	0	.333	.667	0	1	1	0	1.0	1.5	1.5	0.5
2	2B	SANKPAL	Neil	6	19	17	6	9	7	.474	3	4	0	0	.647	4	5	0	2	.412	1.121	0	3	0	1	1.0	1.5	1.2	0.8
0	C	SIEMBAL	Darrin	2	8	8	3	5	4	.625	4	0	0	0	.500	0	4	0	0	.500	1.125	1	1	0	0	1.5	2.5	2.0	2.0
4	OF	LEGGETT	Austin	14	55	55	22	32	31	.582	25	6	0	0	.673	6	10	1	0	.564	1.255	1	3	1	0	1.6	2.3	2.2	0.7
0	UP	LOPPES	Jonny	4	12	12	5	6	6	.500	3	3	0	0	.750	3	3	1	0	.500	1.250	0	0	0	0	1.3	1.5	1.5	0.8
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	7	25	22	7	12	9	.480	4	1	0	4	1.000	5	11	0	3	.409	1.480	0	2	1	3	1.0	1.7	1.3	1.6
18	UP	TORRES	Louie	9	29	28	10	15	14	.517	12	2	0	0	.571	2	6	0	1	.500	1.089	0	1	0	0	1.1	1.7	1.6	0.7
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	8	24	21	5	9	6	.375	6	0	0	0	.286	0	2	1	3	.286	.661	0	0	0	2	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.3

		STARTERS		74	2529	2329	932	1511	1291	.597	921	191	59	120	.842	370	908	79	200	.554	1.439	20	136	82	25	12.6	20.4	17.4	12.3

		Totals		74	2902	2674	1045	1693	1442	.583	1043	212	62	125	.805	399	1006	94	228	.539	1.389	23	164	88	34	14.1	22.9	19.5	13.6

Suddenly, it was all over, and the black-jerseyed visitors were spilling and screaming out of every corner of Mundelein Park — from their dugout along the first base line, the parking lot, the expanse of outfield, all four corners of the complex — and converging upon the joyous pile of humanity forming near the center. Once the WHAT? Softball had no more giant mountains to climb, they took the small dirt hill of the pitcher’s mound, and they hugged and bounced.

With one more comeback win, at the end of a comeback season for the ages, the WHAT? Club were Mundelein Park District Fall League Champions. A 14-6 victory over the Business Casual Squad in Game 3 on Tuesday night sealed it, delivering the first softball Fall league title since Sturtevant, Wis. in 2002.

Most Valuable Player

Tommy Dubicki, 24, MVP award winner and a Gold Glover played multi fielding positions including pitcher, none of which posed much of an issue for him. Overall, he hit .600/.643/.968 with 15 homers, 15 doubles, 89 RBI, and 115 base hits.

The left center fielder represents the term “five-tool player” at its finest and while acquiring talented players this off-season is very important, they won’t find a player that represents this type of value based on potential talent and loyalty on the open market.

Rookie of the Year

Brent Fitzgerald, 16, didn’t join his squad until May, but in just 24 games, the 2B hit .548 with a .593 on-base percentage and .630 slugging percentage. His 1.067 OPS was the highest by a player 18 years or younger in Lake County modern era (since 2000).

Made his team debut on May 13th vs. BlackHawk Club at SportsPark Field A’ going ( 2 for 4, RBI, Run ) Collected his first Triple on Friday May 17th, 2019 against K T S Softball Squad, Gm. 2 at SportsPark A’. First Home Run on Friday May 31st, 2019 against Tropics Softball Club in Gm. 2 at SportsPark Field A’.

Fall League Stats

#	Poss	TEAM		Gm	PA	AB	Runs	OB	Hits	O.B.P	1H	2H	3H	4H	S.L.G	X.B.	RBIs	KO	BB	A.V.G	O.P.S	RE	RFC	SF	DP	R / G	OB / G	H / G	BI / G
8	P	ARCHIBALD	Aaron	11	45	43	12	23	20	.511	16	4	0	0	.558	4	12	1	2	.465	1.069	1	8	0	0	1.1	2.1	1.8	1.1
9	RC	CALLAHAN	Brad	11	46	44	25	28	24	.609	17	5	2	0	.750	7	18	0	2	.545	1.359	2	4	0	0	2.3	2.5	2.2	1.6
88	LF	DERUE	Chris	11	46	44	12	28	26	.609	22	2	0	2	.773	4	15	0	2	.591	1.381	0	4	0	0	1.1	2.5	2.4	1.4
3	1B	FITZGERALD	Connor	11	44	42	8	19	16	.432	14	1	1	0	.452	2	7	3	2	.381	.884	1	2	0	0	0.7	1.7	1.5	0.6
45	C	HALEY	Cal	11	46	46	24	30	29	.652	17	4	1	7	1.217	12	39	0	0	.630	1.870	1	6	0	0	2.2	2.7	2.6	3.5
13	RF	RISINGER	Kyle	11	44	37	5	23	16	.523	15	1	0	0	.459	1	7	3	7	.432	.982	0	4	0	0	0.5	2.1	1.5	0.6
22	C	RODGERS	Alex	11	39	35	12	16	11	.410	11	0	0	0	.314	0	2	3	4	.314	.725	1	2	0	0	1.1	1.5	1.0	0.2
0	OF	SCHAHCZINSKI	Kevin	11	47	43	25	35	31	.745	25	5	1	0	.884	6	10	0	4	.721	1.628	0	2	0	0	2.3	3.2	2.8	0.9
28	3B	SIEMBAL	Ryan	11	46	36	16	32	22	.696	16	2	0	4	1.000	6	21	0	10	.611	1.696	0	2	0	0	1.5	2.9	2.0	1.9
18	UP	TORRES	Louie	6	22	21	3	13	11	.591	10	1	0	0	.571	1	6	1	1	.524	1.162	1	2	0	0	0.5	2.2	1.8	1.0
14	SS	CROSS	Matt	2	9	8	3	6	5	.667	4	1	0	0	.750	1	6	0	1	.625	1.417	0	2	0	0	1.5	3.0	2.5	3.0
2	SS	CORONA	Justin	5	16	16	4	10	10	.625	8	2	0	0	.750	2	4	0	0	.625	1.375	0	1	0	0	0.8	2.0	2.0	0.8
2	UP	GADIA	Charlie	2	5	5	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	0	3	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
09	P	LOZANO	Ralph	3	11	11	3	5	5	.455	3	0	0	2	1.000	2	7	0	0	.455	1.455	0	1	0	0	1.0	1.7	1.7	2.3

		Totals		11	466	431	152	268	226	.575	178	28	5	15	.717	48	154	11	35	.524	1.292	7	43	0	0	13.8	24.4	20.5	14.0

The trading cards commemorates Cal Haley and Drake Larriuz. Halley becoming the first ball player to hit over .700 during summer league play. A Silver Slugger and Sports Personality of the Year award winner. Larriuz lead the squad in Runs Scored and Doubles and was a Gold Glove and Athlete of the Year award winner during the 2019 season.

WHAT?

2019 S e a s o n

Summer League Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Utility Players

Summer League Stats

Most Valuable Player

Rookie of the Year

Fall League Stats