2009 Northwest Arkansas Naturals (AA)

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Parent Organization:	Kansas City Royals
Nickname:	Naturals
W-L Record:	73-67 .521
Rank:	2^nd in Texas League North
Run Differential:	703-704 -1
Manager(s):	Brian Poldberg
Location:	Springdale, Arkansas
Ballpark:	Arvest Ballpark
Attendance:	318,056 5/8
Playoffs:	Lost in Finals
Years Active:	2008-2016
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Coaching Staff

Hitting Coach: Terry Bradshaw
Pitching Coach: Larry Carter

#1 Draft Picks

Alex Gordon (#2), Corey Smith (#26)

Organization Affiliates

MLB:	Kansas City Royals (MLB-AL)	65-97
AAA:	Omaha Royals (PCL)	64-80
AA:	Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Tex)	73-67
A+:	Wilmington Blue Rocks (Caro)	84-55
A:	Burlington Bees (Midw)	64-75
Rk:	Burlington Royals (App)	24-44
Rk:	Idaho Falls Chukars (Pio)	43-31
Rk:	Arizona Royals (Ariz)	20-35

Organizational Player Roster
Kansas City Royals Affiliate History

Texas League North Standings
Team	W	L	WPct	GBL
Tulsa	74	66	.529	--
NW Arkansas	73	67	.521	1.0
Springfield	71	69	.507	3.0
Arkansas	61	79	.436	13.0

Full League Standings

Batting Statistics

Batting Statistics

#	Player	Pos	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	secA	Babip	K/BB	AB/HR	TB	PA
16	Corey Smith	1B	AAA	27	2.3	140	550	67	137	29	1	21	90	12	8	39	132	4	4	0	4	14	.249	.302	.420	722	.171	.249	.289	3.38	26.2	231	597
7	Kurt Mertins	2B	AAA	23	-1.7	126	495	64	136	23	8	2	57	11	10	41	107	4	1	7	5	9	.275	.332	.366	698	.091	.176	.343	2.61	247.5	181	552
21	Ed Lucas	3B-LF	MLB	27	2.3	103	355	61	103	22	2	10	58	18	2	53	75	7	1	4	5	6	.290	.388	.448	836	.158	.352	.338	1.42	35.5	159	424
26	Jose Duarte	CF	AAA	24	-0.7	93	326	50	81	14	3	4	39	18	10	47	67	0	1	6	1	4	.248	.342	.347	689	.098	.267	.301	1.43	81.5	113	380
8	Cody Strait	LF-RF	AAA	26	1.3	87	320	59	89	22	1	4	38	14	4	31	65	0	0	5	2	7	.278	.340	.391	731	.113	.241	.336	2.10	80.0	125	358
-	Jeff Bianchi	SS	MLB	22	-2.7	68	270	42	85	17	1	5	42	10	4	19	58	1	0	2	5	2	.315	.356	.441	797	.126	.219	.377	3.05	54.0	119	297
12	Jarrod Dyson	CF	MLB	24	-0.7	63	248	38	64	7	4	0	14	37	6	27	54	0	0	8	0	4	.258	.331	.319	650	.060	.294	.330	2.00	--	79	283
15	David Lough	LF-RF	MLB	23	-1.7	61	236	41	78	13	2	9	31	13	4	12	30	3	0	2	0	2	.331	.371	.517	888	.186	.275	.350	2.50	26.2	122	253
3	Jordan Parraz	RF	AAA	24	-0.7	64	226	35	81	17	3	7	42	4	8	29	25	11	0	1	2	10	.358	.451	.553	1004	.195	.305	.378	0.86	32.3	125	269
24	Brian McFall	1B	AA	25	0.3	59	204	29	51	13	0	7	37	3	1	19	57	8	0	0	2	2	.250	.335	.417	752	.167	.270	.310	3.00	29.1	85	233
13	Vance Wilson	C	MLB	36	11.3	59	204	27	55	9	0	10	32	0	1	16	46	7	1	1	1	6	.270	.342	.461	803	.191	.265	.302	2.88	20.4	94	229
11	Jeff Howell	C	AAA	26	1.3	62	195	22	51	10	1	4	24	0	2	16	36	1	0	1	3	4	.262	.316	.385	701	.123	.195	.297	2.25	48.8	75	216
17	Cody Clark	C	MLB	27	2.3	66	191	33	58	13	0	8	32	1	2	15	27	5	1	2	2	5	.304	.366	.497	863	.194	.267	.316	1.80	23.9	95	215
9	Chris McConnell	SS	AAA	23	-1.7	59	169	25	37	7	1	0	11	6	5	14	40	1	0	6	2	5	.219	.280	.272	552	.053	.142	.282	2.86	--	46	192
-	Marc Maddox	2B	AAA	25	0.3	44	149	20	25	6	0	4	17	4	2	20	23	4	0	1	0	8	.168	.283	.289	572	.121	.268	.172	1.15	37.3	43	174
29	Mario Lisson	SS	AAA	25	0.3	36	136	20	28	4	0	2	17	4	3	14	29	3	0	1	4	2	.206	.287	.279	566	.074	.184	.239	2.07	68.0	38	158
1	Josh Johnson	3B-SS	AAA	23	-1.7	51	132	26	25	3	0	0	9	2	2	29	24	1	0	2	0	2	.189	.340	.212	552	.023	.242	.231	0.83	--	28	164
30	Joe Dickerson	LF	AA	22	-2.7	34	126	15	29	7	2	0	13	5	1	18	19	3	2	2	1	3	.230	.338	.317	655	.087	.262	.269	1.06	--	40	150
15	John Suomi	C	AAA	28	3.3	37	119	23	37	6	2	7	19	0	2	13	17	1	1	1	2	3	.311	.378	.571	949	.261	.353	.309	1.31	17.0	68	136
4	Alex Gordon	3B	MLB	25	0.3	8	30	4	11	3	0	2	10	0	0	5	5	0	1	0	0	2	.367	.457	.667	1124	.300	.467	.391	1.00	15.0	20	35
9	Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	MLB	27	2.3	3	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.385	539	.231	.231	.091	--	13.0	5	13
Batting Totals						1323	4694	703	1263	245	31	107	633	162	77	477	937	64	13	52	41	100	.269	.334	.403	737	.134	.254	.313	1.96	43.9	1891	5264

Pitching Statistics

Pitching Statistics

#	Player	Hi Lvl	Age	Diff	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K/BB
18	Anthony Lerew	MLB	26	1.3	10	6	4.09	27	27	1	1	0	0	152.0	164	79	69	14	55	101	9	1	0	1.44	9.71	0.83	3.26	5.98	1.84
25	Matt Kniginyzky	AA	26	1.3	5	10	5.47	26	24	0	0	0	0	134.2	157	98	82	21	57	68	11	2	0	1.59	10.47	1.40	3.80	4.53	1.19
32	Blake Johnson	AAA	24	-0.7	8	8	4.57	24	24	0	0	0	0	122.0	148	70	62	11	41	61	4	1	0	1.55	10.92	0.81	3.02	4.50	1.49
-	Everett Teaford	MLB	25	0.3	3	7	5.11	16	16	1	0	0	0	81.0	86	53	46	12	34	42	2	1	0	1.48	9.56	1.33	3.78	4.67	1.24
28	Dan Cortes	MLB	22	-2.7	6	6	3.94	16	15	0	0	0	0	80.1	77	43	35	3	50	57	6	0	0	1.59	8.66	0.34	5.63	6.41	1.14
39	Blake Wood	MLB	23	-1.7	2	8	5.81	17	13	1	0	3	0	78.2	92	52	51	8	28	49	7	0	0	1.52	10.48	0.91	3.19	5.58	1.75
22	Gilbert De La Vara	AAA	24	-0.7	6	2	5.77	35	1	0	0	9	2	64.1	83	59	41	6	27	40	6	0	0	1.72	11.67	0.84	3.80	5.63	1.48
31	Chris Nicoll	AAA	25	0.3	7	0	3.48	33	0	0	0	10	1	61.2	60	32	24	4	26	58	5	1	0	1.39	8.71	0.58	3.77	8.42	2.23
-	Rowdy Hardy	AAA	26	1.3	4	4	3.45	11	10	0	0	0	0	60.1	59	28	23	5	20	39	2	0	0	1.32	8.85	0.75	3.00	5.85	1.95
-	Aaron Hartsock	AAA	25	0.3	3	1	2.82	28	0	0	0	19	8	51.0	43	17	16	4	17	27	4	0	0	1.18	7.59	0.71	3.00	4.76	1.59
33	Carlos Sencion	AA	24	-0.7	3	1	6.07	25	1	0	0	9	1	46.1	58	34	31	5	30	43	4	1	0	1.91	11.35	0.98	5.87	8.41	1.43
23	Greg Holland	MLB	23	-1.7	3	2	3.20	29	0	0	0	19	8	45.1	46	16	16	2	19	49	6	0	0	1.44	9.20	0.40	3.80	9.80	2.58
-	Ben Swaggerty	AAA	26	1.3	4	1	4.30	26	0	0	0	11	1	43.2	53	21	21	3	20	54	2	2	0	1.66	10.84	0.61	4.09	11.05	2.70
6	Chris Hayes	AAA	26	1.3	3	0	0.97	18	0	0	0	12	3	36.2	33	11	4	1	6	17	0	0	0	1.05	8.03	0.24	1.46	4.14	2.83
-	Federico Castaneda	AAA	25	0.3	0	3	4.33	12	2	0	0	6	1	27.1	20	13	13	2	11	27	1	0	0	1.15	6.67	0.67	3.67	9.00	2.45
35	Victor Marte	MLB	28	3.3	2	1	2.45	13	0	0	0	8	4	22.0	15	7	6	1	5	17	1	0	0	0.91	6.14	0.41	2.05	6.95	3.40
36	Dan Cevette	AAA	25	0.3	0	0	5.32	14	2	0	0	5	0	22.0	25	13	13	1	11	13	2	0	0	1.64	10.23	0.41	4.50	5.32	1.18
-	Juan Abreu	MLB	24	-0.7	2	2	5.85	16	0	0	0	11	4	20.1	19	15	13	3	22	25	2	0	0	2.05	8.55	1.35	9.90	11.25	1.14
-	Jason Godin	AAA	24	-0.7	0	2	6.35	8	2	0	0	1	0	16.2	23	15	12	1	13	9	6	0	0	2.12	12.18	0.53	6.88	4.76	0.69
-	John Bannister	AAA	25	0.3	1	0	5.14	8	0	0	0	4	0	14.1	12	8	8	1	6	9	2	0	0	1.29	7.71	0.64	3.86	5.79	1.50
-	Chad Orvella	MLB	28	3.3	1	1	1.64	8	1	0	0	1	0	11.0	7	2	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0.64	5.73	0.82	0.00	4.91	--
19	Kyle Crist	AA	26	1.3	0	0	8.10	8	0	0	0	4	0	9.2	14	12	9	0	10	4	2	0	0	2.40	12.60	0.00	9.00	3.60	0.40
-	John Bale	MLB	35	10.3	0	0	1.29	6	0	0	0	1	0	6.2	4	2	1	0	1	5	0	0	0	0.71	5.14	0.00	1.29	6.43	5.00
-	Chris Chavez	AAA	24	-0.7	0	1	3.60	3	0	0	0	1	0	4.2	3	2	2	0	5	3	0	0	0	1.60	5.40	0.00	9.00	5.40	0.60
-	Robinson Tejeda	MLB	27	2.3	0	1	4.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.2	3	2	2	1	2	5	0	0	0	1.25	6.75	2.25	4.50	11.25	2.50
-	Kyle Farnsworth	MLB	33	8.3	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0.50	2.25	0.00	2.25	6.75	3.00
17	Cody Clark	MLB	27	2.3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.00	9.00	0.00	9.00	9.00	1.00
16	Corey Smith	AAA	27	2.3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2.00	0.00	0.00	18.00	9.00	0.50
Batting Totals					73	67	4.43	435	140	3	1	137	33	1222	1306	704	602	110	520	833	84	9	0	1.49	9.62	0.81	3.83	6.14	1.60

Fielding Statistics
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cody Clark	C	65		371	38	3	2	.993	0.00
Jeff Howell	C	49		248	36	6	3	.979	0.00
John Suomi	C	24		137	26	2	3	.988	0.00
Vance Wilson	C	18		81	7	1	1	.989	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Corey Smith	1B	107		980	41	14	104	.986	0.00
Brian McFall	1B	35		291	22	6	32	.981	0.00
Ed Lucas	1B	5		24	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Kurt Mertins	2B	86		146	266	10	54	.976	0.00
Marc Maddox	2B	29		61	104	1	32	.994	0.00
Chris McConnell	2B	19		35	59	0	13	1.000	0.00
Josh Johnson	2B	7		14	23	2	9	.949	0.00
Jeff Bianchi	2B	2		7	4	0	2	1.000	0.00
Ed Lucas	2B	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Ed Lucas	3B	53		30	96	7	9	.947	0.00
Corey Smith	3B	27		15	35	6	4	.893	0.00
Kurt Mertins	3B	26		18	43	6	5	.910	0.00
Josh Johnson	3B	23		9	37	4	5	.920	0.00
Marc Maddox	3B	14		2	26	2	1	.933	0.00
Alex Gordon	3B	5		6	5	2	0	.846	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jeff Bianchi	SS	60		95	191	8	46	.973	0.00
Chris McConnell	SS	39		47	117	5	26	.970	0.00
Mario Lisson	SS	32		53	98	10	20	.938	0.00
Josh Johnson	SS	12		18	31	0	9	1.000	0.00
Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	3		2	7	1	1	.900	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Joe Dickerson	LF	32		50	2	2	1	.963	0.00
Ed Lucas	LF	29		53	1	4	1	.931	0.00
Cody Strait	LF	26		53	0	1	0	.981	0.00
David Lough	LF	22		38	1	1	0	.975	0.00
Jose Duarte	LF	20		41	2	1	1	.977	0.00
Jarrod Dyson	LF	13		18	4	1	0	.957	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jose Duarte	CF	53		146	7	2	2	.987	0.00
Jarrod Dyson	CF	49		131	6	3	0	.979	0.00
Cody Strait	CF	22		58	1	1	0	.983	0.00
David Lough	CF	18		39	0	1	0	.975	0.00
Joe Dickerson	CF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jordan Parraz	RF	63		124	9	4	2	.971	0.00
Cody Strait	RF	25		60	1	2	1	.968	0.00
David Lough	RF	18		38	3	2	0	.953	0.00
Ed Lucas	RF	18		38	5	4	1	.915	0.00
Jose Duarte	RF	17		25	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Brian McFall	RF	1		3	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gilbert De La Vara	P	35		2	8	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Nicoll	P	33		3	3	1	0	.857	0.00
Greg Holland	P	29		8	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Aaron Hartsock	P	28		5	7	3	1	.800	0.00
Anthony Lerew	P	27		8	22	5	2	.857	0.00
Matt Kniginyzky	P	26		5	16	1	1	.955	0.00
Ben Swaggerty	P	26		0	6	0	1	1.000	0.00
Carlos Sencion	P	25		3	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Blake Johnson	P	24		7	23	3	0	.909	0.00
Chris Hayes	P	18		4	10	1	0	.933	0.00
Blake Wood	P	17		4	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Juan Abreu	P	16		1	3	0	0	1.000	0.00
Dan Cortes	P	16		1	6	5	1	.583	0.00
Everett Teaford	P	16		2	12	1	0	.933	0.00
Dan Cevette	P	14		1	1	0	1	1.000	0.00
Victor Marte	P	13		1	1	1	0	.667	0.00
Federico Castaneda	P	12		2	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Rowdy Hardy	P	11		2	16	2	1	.900	0.00
John Bannister	P	8		0	5	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kyle Crist	P	8		1	1	1	1	.667	0.00
Jason Godin	P	8		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chad Orvella	P	8		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
John Bale	P	6		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Chris Chavez	P	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Kyle Farnsworth	P	3		0	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Cody Clark	P	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Robinson Tejeda	P	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Corey Smith	P	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00