There are, in all reality, more exciting things to do on the FOURTH OF JULY than going to FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading to watch the R-Phils take on the Connecticut Defenders (of Liberty and Freedom) tonight at 6:35 PM and the FIREWORKS that will follow.
Just not that many.
With that in mind, the IRONPIGPEN presents the Patriot’s Day roster and statistics of the AA Reading Phillies:
17 ga, .372 avg, 3 HR 13 RBI — OF, Jeremy SLAYDEN — (Georgia Tech)
76 ga, .345 avg, 15 HR 60 RBI — OF, Michael TAYLOR — (Stanford Univ)
64 ga, .313 avg, 8 HR 28 RBI — OF/1B, Kevin MAHAR — (Indiana Univ)
74 ga, .270 avg, 2 HR 15 RBI — OF, Quintin BERRY — (San Diego State Univ)
63 ga, .251 avg, 3 HR 20 RBI — OF, Gus MILNER — (Kansas Univ)
79 ga, .299 avg, 8 HR 44 RBI — 3B, Neil SELLERS — (Eastern Kentucky Univ)
64 ga, .276 avg, 4 HR 32 RBI — 1B, Brian STAVISKY — (Notre Dame Univ)
77 ga, .232 avg, 5 HR 31 RBI — 2B, Brad HARMAN — (Australia)
41 ga, .228 avg, 0 HR 7 RBI — SS, Carlos LEON — (Venezuela)
58 ga, .227 avg, 0 HR 14 RBI — SS, Ozzie CHAVEZ — (Dominican Rep)
22 ga, .274 avg, 2 HR 9 RBI — C, Kevin NELSON — (Univ of Illinois/Chicago)
52 ga, .239 avg, 1 HR 18 RBI — C, Tuffy GOSEWISCH — (Arizona State Univ)
2.72 ERA, 39.2 ip, 16 bb, 30 so — SP, Kyle DRABEK — (The Woodlands HS/TX)
3.08 ERA, 84.2 ip, 39 bb, 58 so — SP, Joe SAVERY — (Rice Univ)
3.59 ERA, 95.1 ip, 31 bb, 62 so — SP, Vance WORLEY — (Long Beach State Univ)
4.46 ERA, 82.2 ip, 33 bb, 60 so — SP, Michael STUTES — (Oregon State Univ)
7.50 ERA, 6.0 ip, 3 bb, 4 so —— SP, Yohan FLANDE — (Dominican Rep)
2.96 ERA, 27.1 ip, 10 bb, 34 so — RP, Mike ZAGURSKI — (Kansas Univ)
3.46 ERA, 13.0 ip, 7 bb, 12 so — RP, Jason MACKINTOSH — (Cerro Corso CC)
3.47 ERA, 49.1 ip, 6 bb, 24 so — RP, Alexander CONCEPCION — (Dominican Rep)
4.62 ERA, 85.2 ip, 24 bb, 62 so — RP, Tyson BRUMMETT — (UCLA)
5.19 ERA, 17.1 ip, 7 bb, 15 so — RP, Chance CHAPMAN — (Oral Roberts Univ)
5.40 ERA, 2.1 ip, 2 bb, 3 so — RP, Scott EYRE — (Southern Idaho College)
5.91 ERA, 10.2 ip, 3 bb, 6 so — RP, Angel CASTRO — (Western Oklahoma St Col)