Wichita Thunder

Owner: Frank Albert

Entered League: 1/09

Stadium: Air Capital Park

Division: NL Central

MLB Affiliate: Chicago Cubs

 

 

Team Record

 

2001 - Monroe County Tractors         81 - 81             5th Place

2002 - Monroe County Tractors         64 – 98            4th Place

2003 - Monroe County Tractors         97 - 65             2nd Place

2004 - Monroe County Tractors         68 - 94             3rd Place

2005 - Monroe County Tractors         75 - 87             5th Place

2006 - Bermuda Triangles                  61 - 101           5th Place

2007 - Bermuda Triangles                  69 - 93             4th Place

2008 - Kamouraska Lumberjacks       72 - 90            4th Place

2009 - Wichita Thunder                     51 - 111           5th Place

2010 - Wichita Thunder                     67 - 95             6th Place

2011 - Wichita Thunder                   105 - 57             2nd Place          Lost to Bootleggers in NLDS

2012 - Wichita Thunder                     62 - 100           6th Place

2013 - Wichita Thunder                     62 - 100           6th Place

2014 - Wichita Thunder                   116 - 46             1st Place          Lost to Bootleggers in NLCS 

2015 - Wichita Thunder                     74 - 88             3rd Place

2016 - Wichita Thunder                     97 - 65             1st Place          Lost to Maulers in NLDS

2017 - Wichita Thunder                     61 - 100           4th Place

2018 - Wichita Thunder                     63 - 99             4th Place

2019 - Wichita Thunder                     44 - 118           5th Place

2020 - Wichita Thunder                     55 - 107           5th Place

2021 - Wichita Thunder                     88 - 74             2nd Place

2022 - Wichita Thunder                     71 - 91             3rd Place         

2023 - Wichita Thunder                     57 - 105           5th Place         

 

 

Rookie Draft History

 

2002 – Joe Kennedy (1-15), Brandon Lyon (2-15), Kyle Lohse (3-12), Jared Sandberg (4-15), Donaldo Mendez (5-11), Endy Chavez (6-8)

 

2003 – Kevin Mench (1-7), Mike Crudale (2-7), Jayson Durocher (3-7), Juan Alvarez (4-7), Jose Leon (5-7), Julius Matos (6-7)

 

2004 – Jose Contreras (1-22), Chris Spurling (3-22), Jason Jones (4-22), Shane Victorino (5-22), Mark Malaska (5-28)

 

2005 – John Buck (1-10), Luis Gonzalez (2-10), Mike Adams (2-24)

 

2006 – Ervin Santana (1-12), Matt Murton (2-7), Clay Hensley (2-12), John Rodriguez (2-21), Ambriorix Burgos (2-Supp), Scott Munter (3-12), Jason Bergman (3-16), Oscar Robles (3-17), Franquelis Osoria (4-12), Dae-Sung Koo (4-21), Craig Breslow (4-29)

 

2007 – Anibal Sanchez (1-7), Taylor Buchholz (2-7), Ramon Ramirez (2-Supp), Joe Inglett (3-26), Matt Smith (4-7), Tony Gwynn Jr. (4-26), Travis Ishikawa (5-7), Brandon Harper (5-16)

 

2008 – Jesse Litsch (2-8), Jared Burton (3-2), Brian Wolfe (3-3), Brendan Ryan (3-20), Ehren Wasserman (4-3), Mark McLemore (4-11), Clint Sammons (4-17)

 

2009 – Denard Span (1-13), Wesley Wright (3-5), Matt Tolbert (3-10), Jason Motte (3-13)

 

2010 – Nolan Reimold (1-19), Bud Norris (1-26), Brett Cecil (2-3), Jamie Hoffmann (4-4), Jarrett Hoffpauir (4-13), Brad Kilby (5-3), Wyatt Toregas (5-7)

 

2011 – Chris Heisey (2-21), Michael Kohn (3-21), Henry Villar (4-9)

 

2012 – Paul Goldschmidt (1-13), Garrett Richards (1-24), James Darnell (2-1), Charlie Blackmon (2-16), Kelvin Herrera (2-Supp), Tim Fedorowicz (3-8), Henry Sosa (3-16), Jeremy Moore (3-26), Blake Tekotte (3-27)    

 

2013 – Matt Harvey (1-6), Chris Archer (1-27), Adeiny Hechavarria (2-5), Darin Ruf (2-6), Matt Adams (2-13), Tyler Moore (2-Supp), Yan Gomes (4-6), A.J. Ramos (4-22), Hernan Perez (5-6)

 

2014 – Taylor Jordan (2-Supp), Andrew Lambo (3-4), Stolmy Pimentel (4-4), Roger Kieschnick (5-4), Josh Zeid (5-12)

 

2015 – Jesse Hahn (1-28), Steven Moya (2-Supp), Jesus Aguilar (3-28), Jairo Diaz (4-28), Andy Wilkins (5-28)

 

2016 – No Draft Selections.

 

2017 - Aledmys Diaz (1-9), Jharel Cotton (1-23), Matt Strahm (2-9), Trey Mancini (2-24), German Marquez (2-25), Edubray Ramos (3-3), Dan Altavilla (3-23), Koda Glover (4-9)

 

2018 – Dinelson Lamet (1-5), Nick Williams (2-5), Anthony Santander (2-Supp), Domingo German (3-5), Christian Villaneuva (4-5), Thyago Vieira (5-5)

 

2019 – Lourdes Gurriel (1-23), Touki Toussant (1-24), Bryse Wilson (2-5), Jose Castillo (2-Supp), Trey Wingenter (3-13), Kevin Newman (3-21), Aramis Garcia (3-23), Austin Dean (4-9)

 

2020 – Eloy Jimenez (1-5), Michael Chavis (2-1), Andres Munoz (2-Supp), Ty France (3-1), Jacob Waguespack (4-1), Sam Coonrod (4-30), Jesus Tinoco (5-1)

 

2021 – Alex Kirilloff (1-4), Leody Taveres (1-30), Jazz Chisolm (2-4), Thomas Hatch (2-4), Ryan Weathers (3-14)

 

2022 – Josh Lowe (1-17), Justin Steele (2-17), Keegan Thompson (2-30), Romy Gonzalez (3-17), Cody Poteet (4-17), Julian Fernandez (5-17)

 

2023 – Vaughn Grissom (1-10), Hayden Wesneski (2-10), Esteury Ruiz (2-25), Freddy Tarnok (3-10), Drew Waters (3-18), Cal Mitchell (4-10),

 

Team Leaders

 

AVG               .388     Nomar Garciaparra     2001    Monroe County

HR                   51        Josh Donaldson          2016    Wichita

RBI                  132      Josh Donaldson          2016    Wichita

H                     235      Robinson Cano           2011    Wichita

2B                   61        Nomar Garciaparra     2001    Monroe County

3B                   15        Denard Span               2015    Wichita

R                     128      Robinson Cano           2011    Wichita

SB                   35        Brandon Phillips         2016    Wichita

 

ERA                1.36     Matt Harvey                2014    Wichita

WINS              24        Matt Harvey                2014    Wichita

SAVES            50        John Axford                2011    Wichita

K                     318      Dinelson Lamet          2021    Wichita

 

 

Team Awards

 

2012 – NL Wild Card

 

2014 – NL Central Title

2014 – Cy Young                                Matt Harvey                24 - 2   1.36 ERA 284 K

2014 – NL GM of the Year                Frank Albert

 

2016 – NL Central Title

2016 - NL MVP                                  Josh Donaldson          .320     51 HR  132 RBI