2004 S e a s o n

Nevertheless, adhering to a long-standing policy of developing players within the system, the WHAT? squad quickly rebuilt the ball club and, under the patience and guidance of the Coach, the team marked the beginning of yet another WHAT?’ youth movement, and was notable for the emergence of Infielder’s Ross Jensen, Dallas Rixie, Dylan Florio, James Gillespie and outfielders Ryan Pilotte and Zach Smole, as bona-fide stars. The Squad finished with a 13-7 record that placed them third on Thursday Nights, (a 20-20 over-all summer season record). Rick Garza, Jason Palmer and Kevin Lowery again provided highlights, with the efforts of Jonathan Schumacher, Joey Ratliff, Nestor Toro and Jeff Wilson.

The WHAT? Club finish the Fall league with a 14 – 4 record, and took second place overall.

Summer League Roster

Pitchers	Catchers	Infielders	Outfielders	Utility Players
Jeff Wilson	Jerry Vasquez	Dallas Rixie	Beni Zavala	Carson Florio
Scott Zupec	Marco Cenventes	Jeremiah Johnson	Jason Palmer	Dylan Florio
		Jonathan Schumacher	Jeff Reiher	James Gillespie
		Rick Garza	Joey Ratliff	Ralph Lozano
		Ross Jensen	Kevin Lowery	Ricardo Mitchell
		Ryan Pilotte	Nestor Toro	Tony Cauvall
		Seth Smole	Zach Smole

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
16	1B	GARZA	Rick	40	154	136	63	92	71	.597	44	18	3	6	.831	27	44	2	18	.522	1.428	3	5	0	0	1.6	2.3	1.8	1.1
17	3B	JENSEN	Ross	31	123	98	44	79	53	.642	46	5	2	0	.633	7	21	3	25	.541	1.275	1	7	0	0	1.4	2.5	1.7	0.7
22	UP	JOHNSON	Jeremiah	35	121	114	28	53	42	.438	35	6	1	0	.439	7	29	3	7	.368	.877	4	12	0	0	0.8	1.5	1.2	0.8
35	LF	LOWERY	Kevin	37	148	129	69	100	75	.676	48	10	5	12	1.016	27	56	1	19	.581	1.691	6	4	0	0	1.9	2.7	2.0	1.5
9	SS	PILOTTE	Ryan	27	101	88	27	51	36	.505	30	5	0	1	.500	6	7	4	13	.409	1.005	2	6	0	0	1.0	1.9	1.3	0.3
24	RC	RATLIFF	Joey	38	156	136	52	81	57	.519	44	6	4	3	.588	13	34	1	20	.419	1.107	4	8	0	0	1.4	2.1	1.5	0.9
25	2B	SCHUMACHER	Jonathan	37	129	99	29	82	49	.636	44	4	0	1	.566	5	24	0	30	.495	1.201	3	6	0	0	0.8	2.2	1.3	0.6
13	RF	SMOLE	Zach	23	80	64	22	49	31	.613	31	0	0	0	.484	0	13	0	16	.484	1.097	2	8	0	0	1.0	2.1	1.3	0.6
21	LC	TORO	Nestor	34	130	118	42	63	51	.485	28	13	4	6	.763	23	44	3	12	.432	1.247	0	7	0	0	1.2	1.9	1.5	1.3
4	P	WILSON	Jeff	42	146	118	40	90	59	.616	56	1	2	0	.542	3	28	2	28	.500	1.159	3	3	0	0	1.0	2.1	1.4	0.7
0	UP	COUVALL	Tony	5	18	17	4	6	5	.333	3	1	1	0	.471	2	5	2	1	.294	.804	0	0	0	0	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.0
5	UP	FLORIO	Carson	4	13	10	2	7	4	.538	3	1	0	0	.500	1	3	0	3	.400	1.038	0	1	0	0	0.5	1.8	1.0	0.8
30	3B	FLORIO	Dylan	9	32	31	7	13	10	.406	7	1	1	1	.516	3	10	1	1	.323	.922	2	4	0	0	0.8	1.4	1.1	1.1
27	2B	GILLESPIE	James	4	13	11	3	4	2	.308	2	0	0	0	.182	0	0	0	2	.182	.490	0	4	0	0	0.8	1.0	0.5	0.0
59	P	MITCHELL	Ricardo	10	37	36	3	20	18	.541	13	4	0	1	.694	5	16	1	1	.500	1.235	1	1	0	0	0.3	2.0	1.8	1.6
7	OF	PALMER	Jason	20	80	80	35	50	47	.625	27	5	3	12	1.175	20	53	0	0	.588	1.800	3	3	0	0	1.8	2.5	2.4	2.7
20	SS	SMOLE	Seth	10	41	34	17	29	21	.707	17	3	1	0	.765	4	8	0	7	.618	1.472	1	0	0	0	1.7	2.9	2.1	0.8
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	32	109	92	28	61	43	.560	40	2	0	1	.522	3	24	4	17	.467	1.081	1	6	0	0	0.9	1.9	1.3	0.8
37	OF	WILSON	Scott	2	5	5	1	1	1	.200	1	0	0	0	.200	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	0	1	0	0	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
0	P	ZUPEC	Scott	8	23	21	3	7	5	.304	5	0	0	0	.238	0	4	5	2	.238	.542	0	1	0	0	0.4	0.9	0.6	0.5

		STARTERS		42	1288	1100	416	740	524	.575	406	68	21	29	.655	118	300	19	188	.476	1.230	28	66	0	0	9.9	17.6	12.5	7.1

		T O T A L S		42	1699	1475	524	952	692	.560	533	87	28	44	.656	159	432	33	224	.469	1.216	36	90	0	0	12.5	22.7	16.5	10.3

Most Valuable Player

Left fielder Rick Garza won his first MVP award, winning it in an unanimous vote. No player has won unanimously since Adam Miller did in 2000, but it should come as no surprise to anyone after he led his Squad in doubles, plate appearance, and games played. He slammed 6 home runs and collected 92 total bases, his .597 on-base percentage and 1.428 OPS both third on the Squad. The 23-year-old All-Star Rick Garza also won a Gold Glove in left field and held a significant advantage in Wins Above Replacement. He was second on his Squad in base hits (71), Runs (63) third in RBIs (44) and fourth in batting average (.522). He was especially dangerous with the bases loaded, going 9 for 12 with three grand slams, three doubles and 23 RBIs.

Rookie of the Year

Ross Jensen impressive list of Lake County accolades began with the Rookie of the Year Award in 2004. Jensen had a spectacular rookie season, the All-Star 19-year-old third baseman who hit .541 / .699 / .633 with 53 Base Hits, 7 Extra Base Hits, 21 RBIs, 44 Runs, and 25 Base on Balls. Signed to a ‘team-friendly’ extension, won the Player of the Month award for August and also name Athlete of the Year. Ross Jensen made his team debut on July 22nd, 2003 against Go Jo’s Softball at Belvidere North, going 1 for 3. Collected his first double on Tuesday May 25th, 2004 vs. 10th Inning Softball, Gm.1 at Belvedere North. Collected his home run on Thursday August 6th, 2003 vs. J.R. Wrecker’s Softball at Dugdale Park.

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
34	LF	CENVEANTES	Marco	15	49	42	15	29	14	.592	14	0	0	0	.333	0	4	4	7	.333	.925	4	4	0	0	1.0	1.9	0.9	0.3
30	3B	FLORIO	Dylan	21	78	73	36	53	47	.679	25	11	9	2	1.123	22	33	0	5	.644	1.803	1	1	0	0	1.7	2.5	2.2	1.6
16	1B	GARZA	Rick	21	81	75	47	55	49	.679	23	10	3	13	1.387	26	51	0	6	.653	2.066	0	2	0	0	2.2	2.6	2.3	2.4
7	RC	PALMER	Jason	19	73	72	30	44	43	.603	33	4	0	6	.903	10	23	0	1	.597	1.506	0	5	0	0	1.6	2.3	2.3	1.2
12	C	REIHER	Jeff	18	64	62	17	40	25	.625	21	3	1	0	.484	4	10	5	2	.403	1.109	4	9	0	0	0.9	2.2	1.4	0.6
25	2B	SCHUMACHER	Jonathan	25	80	68	26	41	25	.513	18	7	0	0	.471	7	13	1	12	.368	.983	4	7	0	0	1.0	1.6	1.0	0.5
21	LC	TORO	Nestor	15	49	41	26	41	33	.837	21	5	3	4	1.366	12	13	1	8	.805	2.203	0	3	0	0	1.7	2.7	2.2	0.9
29	C	VASQUEZ	Jerry	18	62	55	12	42	32	.677	26	5	0	1	.727	6	17	1	7	.582	1.405	3	3	0	0	0.7	2.3	1.8	0.9
4	P	WILSON	Jeff	21	76	63	23	53	38	.697	27	7	4	0	.841	11	27	0	13	.603	1.539	2	1	0	0	1.1	2.5	1.8	1.3
0	OF	ZAVALA	Beni	21	71	62	24	38	28	.535	20	1	6	1	.710	8	10	1	9	.452	1.245	0	1	0	0	1.1	1.8	1.3	0.5
0	UP	COUVALL	Tony	6	20	15	8	13	8	.650	8	0	0	0	.533	0	0	1	5	.533	1.183	0	1	0	0	1.3	2.2	1.3	0.0
27	2B	GILLESPIE	James	4	13	12	5	8	7	.615	7	0	0	0	.583	0	4	0	1	.583	1.199	0	1	0	0	1.3	2.0	1.8	1.0
9	1B	LOZANO	Ralph	9	32	25	17	23	13	.719	8	3	0	2	.880	5	14	1	7	.520	1.599	1	2	0	0	1.9	2.6	1.4	1.6
10	SS	RIXIE	Dallas	10	27	24	8	17	5	.630	5	0	0	0	.208	0	3	1	3	.208	.838	3	6	0	0	0.8	1.7	0.5	0.3

		T O T A L S		18	796	710	303	485	376	.609	263	57	27	29	.808	113	215	17	86	.530	1.418	23	49	0	0	16.8	26.9	20.9	11.9

This is an authentic softball card of the Rebels' All-Star left fielder Kevin Lowery and second basemen Jonathan Schumacher. There is a certificate of authenticity from Blazing Star Sport Cards on the back of the card. Jonathan Schumacher 2004 " Sportspersonality of the Year ".

WHAT?

2004 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

This is an authentic softball card of the Rebels' All-Star left fielder Kevin Lowery and second basemen Jonathan Schumacher. There is a certificate of authenticity from Blazing Star Sport Cards on the back of the card. Jonathan Schumacher 2004 " Sportspersonality of the Year ".