Chiefs Place trio on MWL Post-Season All-Star Team

[ChiefsVoice]

PEORIA, IL— For the first time in seven years the Peoria Chiefs placed three players on the Midwest League Post-Season All-Star Team. Second baseman Eric Patterson, outfielder Ryan Harvey and right-handed pitcher Sean Gallagher were all selected to the 14-man team. The only other MWL team to place three players was South Bend who has had the best record in the league all-season.

Patterson, an 8th round selection out of Georgia Tech in 2004, heads into Wednesday’s game leading the league in batting average at .333. He is also in the top five in the league in stolen bases (38), hits (139), runs (85), triples (10), on-base percentage (.406) and slugging percentage (.529). Patterson also leads all MWL second basemen in fielding percentage with only nine errors in 106 games. Eric has homered 13 times and driven in 67 while leading the team in walks. With 13 games remaining he is 16th on the Chiefs single season list in hits, third on the single season slugging list, 6th in average, 11th in stolen bases, 8th in triples and 8th in runs scored.

Harvey, the 6th overall selection in 2003 out of Dunedin (FL) High School, leads the MWL in homers (22) and RBI (92) with 13 games to play despite battling hamstring injuries and back spasms. Harvey is 6th in the league with 29 doubles, 3rd with 53 extra base hits and 5th with a .502 slugging percentage. Ryan is batting .266 with 65 runs scored. He has a shot at the single season Chiefs RBI record of 104 and is currently 6th on the single season home run list.

Gallagher, a 12th round pick in 2004 out of St. Thomas Aquinas (FL) High School, made headlines in April and May by starting the season with 40 2/3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run. The stretch was a Chiefs record and he was within five outs of a Midwest League mark when the first earned run scored in mid-May. With an expected two starts remaining, Sean is 13-5 with a 2.86 ERA on the season. He is now second in the league in ERA for the first time all year and tied for first in wins. In addition, Gallagher enters play tonight 4th in the league in strikeouts (132). Gallagher started the Chiefs no-hitter on April 20th in Cedar Rapids throwing the first six innings. He also tossed the first six innings of the Chiefs one-hitter at home against Kane County on May 1st. He is 8th on the Chiefs single season win list, 15th on the ERA list, and 20th on the strikeout list.

The MWL Post-Season All-Star Team was selected by a vote of league managers. In addition to the three Chiefs, the rest of the team consisted of: Cesar Nicolas (South Bend) and Tonys Gutierrez (Dayton) at first base; Patterson at second base; David Winfree (Beloit) at third base; Matt Tuiasosopo (Wisconsin) at shortstop; Carlos Gonzales (South Bend), Harvey, and Javier Herrera (Kane County) in the outfield; Michael Collins (Cedar Rapids) at catcher: John Jaso (SW Michigan) at designated hitter; Gallagher as RH pitcher; Chi-Hung Cheng (Lansing) as LH pitcher; Matt Elliott (South Bend) as RH reliever; and Kevin Ool (Quad Cities) as LH reliever. Carlos Gonzales of South Bend was selected as both the MWL Most Valuable Player and Prospect of the Year while South Bend manager Mark Haley was selected Manager of the Year.

The last time the Chiefs placed three players on the Post-Season All-Star Team was 1998 when shortstop Pablo Ozuna, RHP Tristan Jerue and RH reliever Gene Stechschulte were all selected. The team high is 1996 when the Chiefs placed four players: second baseman Andy Hall, outfielder Kerry Robinson, RHP Britt Reams and LH reliever Armando Almanza. The Chiefs had catcher Daric Barton on the team in 2004, third baseman Travis Hanson in 2003 and shortstop John Nelson was the lone selection in the Championship 2002 season.

The Chiefs play Wednesday night at Quad Cities at 7:00 PM. Peoria Enters the game 26-31 on the half, six games out of first and 3.5 games behind in the Wild Card race. Peoria has 13 games left on the season including eight at home. The Chiefs next home game is Thursday August 25th against the West Michigan Whitecaps at 7:00 PM.[/img]

Edited August 24, 2005 by ChiefsVoice

[Chris]

Congrats to the NSBB Correspondents!!!!! Thanks for the report, that is great news! Be sure to extend our congratulations to them!

[rawaction]

Congrats to all. Is there really any competition to Patterson for MWL MVP?

[ChiefsVoice]

Congrats to all. Is there really any competition to Patterson for MWL MVP?

 

MWL MVP went to Carlos Gonzales of South Bend. He also won Prospect of the Year. He is a 19 year old Left handed hitting OF hitting .302 with 16 HR and 82 RBI, 83 runs scored, 26 doubles on easily the best team in the league. Plus he has 12 outfield assists.

 

You can't vote for your own players, I had Gonzales as the 1st team MVP and Prospect of the year as well for what its worth. He killed us last week at SB and we face him again at Peoria next weekend.

 

South Bend was the only other MWL team with 3 players on the team and they swept the awards with their manager Mark Haley winning MOY as well.

[Laura]

Congrats to all. Is there really any competition to Patterson for MWL MVP?

 

It says Carlos Gonzalez was named MWL MVP ...

 

Carlos Gonzales of South Bend was selected as both the MWL Most Valuable Player and Prospect of the Year while South Bend manager Mark Haley was selected Manager of the Year.

 

Name         G  AB  R  H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  TB  BB SO SB-CS  AVG  OBP  SLG
EPatterson  106 418 85 139 23  10  13  67  221  51 90 38-11 .333 .406 .529
CGonzalez   118 467 83 141 26   5  16  82  225  43 77  7-2  .302 .366 .482

 

Gonzalez is a lefty hitting OFer, DoB 10-17-85. I'd be interested in his home/road splits.

 

Congrats to Gallagher, Harvey & Patterson on making the team!

 

Props to Gallagher since it looks like they only named 2 starting pitchers (a LH & a RH).

[CubbieGirl22]

congratulations to everybody who made the allstar team!!

[Brian]

Is it just me or do EPatt's stats look alot better than gonzalez's??? He was better at AVG/OBP/SLG. and just behind in HR and RBI (in less at-bats) and this guy is a corner outfielder compared to Eric being a 2nd baseman. The only stat he's really got that much of an advatage in is BB-K.

[TruffleShuffle]

Is it just me or do EPatt's stats look alot better than gonzalez's??? He was better at AVG/OBP/SLG. and just behind in HR and RBI (in less at-bats) and this guy is a corner outfielder compared to Eric being a 2nd baseman. The only stat he's really got that much of an advatage in is BB-K.

 

The other guy has more RBIs, and we all konw how much people love that stat. Plus it was noted that he plays on the team that apparently is running away with the regular season title. Patterson has been the best player in this league the year, but the other guy won the MVP... that kind of thing happens a lot in the big leagues too.

[otis89]

Is it just me or do EPatt's stats look alot better than gonzalez's??? He was better at AVG/OBP/SLG. and just behind in HR and RBI (in less at-bats) and this guy is a corner outfielder compared to Eric being a 2nd baseman. The only stat he's really got that much of an advatage in is BB-K.

 

The other guy has more RBIs, and we all konw how much people love that stat. Plus it was noted that he plays on the team that apparently is running away with the regular season title. Patterson has been the best player in this league the year, but the other guy won the MVP... that kind of thing happens a lot in the big leagues too.

 

See: Sosa vs. McGwire 1998

[Laura]

Eric Patterson (22) is also two-and-a-half years older than Carlos Gonzalez (19). I'm not sure how much that factors into peoples' decisionmaking, but I'd guess that it does.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is it just me or do EPatt's stats look alot better than gonzalez's??? He was better at AVG/OBP/SLG. and just behind in HR and RBI (in less at-bats) and this guy is a corner outfielder compared to Eric being a 2nd baseman. The only stat he's really got that much of an advatage in is BB-K.

 

The other guy has more RBIs, and we all konw how much people love that stat. Plus it was noted that he plays on the team that apparently is running away with the regular season title. Patterson has been the best player in this league the year, but the other guy won the MVP... that kind of thing happens a lot in the big leagues too.

 

Serena's comment about Home/Away splits with Gonzalez lead me to believe that he may play in a pretty heavy pitcher's park, which would close the gap that Patterson has. Gonzalez is also several years younger than Patterson.

[ChiefsVoice]

Gonzalez was the MVP cause South Bend is far and away the best team in this league and he is their best player....He is the MWL Prospect of the year because he is just 19 and has sparkling numbers.

[Brian]

Gonzalez was the MVP cause South Bend is far and away the best team in this league and he is their best player.

 

So what you're saying is Patterson is the better player. :wink:

[Laura]

Serena's comment about Home/Away splits with Gonzalez lead me to believe that he may play in a pretty heavy pitcher's park, which would close the gap that Patterson has.

 

How the South Bend park plays is a better question for Nathan. My comment was more fan-based ... Peoria recently finished a 4-game series at South Bend and the official scoring there so consistently favored the home team that it was almost a joke -- "no wonder the teams so good ... there are never any earned runs charged to the pitchers or unearned runs by the offense." :wink:

 

That said, though -- I'm definitely not trying to disparage Carlos Gonzalez and the South Bend Silver Hawks (AZ Diamondbacks) have pretty much run away with the MWL. They swept the Chiefs last week, and it wasn't because of the scoring decisions.

 

Besides ... I'm more interested in seeing how Eric does at a higher levels than whether he won the MWL award (though it would have been nice).

[ChiefsVoice]

Is it just me or do EPatt's stats look alot better than gonzalez's??? He was better at AVG/OBP/SLG. and just behind in HR and RBI (in less at-bats) and this guy is a corner outfielder compared to Eric being a 2nd baseman. The only stat he's really got that much of an advatage in is BB-K.

 

The other guy has more RBIs, and we all konw how much people love that stat. Plus it was noted that he plays on the team that apparently is running away with the regular season title. Patterson has been the best player in this league the year, but the other guy won the MVP... that kind of thing happens a lot in the big leagues too.

 

Serena's comment about Home/Away splits with Gonzalez lead me to believe that he may play in a pretty heavy pitcher's park, which would close the gap that Patterson has. Gonzalez is also several years younger than Patterson.

It is definitely a pitchers park. Huge park, tough to homer at. But here are his splits:

 

G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS GDP

Away Games 52 .260 219 30 57 11 1 6 31 13 43 2 1 6

Home Games 66 .339 248 53 84 15 4 10 51 30 34 5 1 3

 

South Bend as a team has 63 Road homers and 43 home homers. Carlos is the ONLY Silverhawk with more homers at home than on the road...