Tech Alumni In The Majors 2001 
Cam Bonifay GM Pittsburgh Pirates
- fired 6/11
Darren Bragg OF New York Mets
- contract purchased from Class AAA Norfolk 5/16
- designated for assignment 6/6
- claimed off waivers by New York Yankees 6/12
- designated for assignment 6/29
- sent outright to Class AAA Columbus 7/6
Kevin Brown RHP Los Angeles Dodgers $15,714,286
- placed on the 15-day disabled list 6/4; re-activated 6/24
- placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to 7/16; re-activated 8/28
Bruce Chen* LHP Philadelphia Phillies 300,000
- optioned to Class AA Reading 7/6
- promoted to Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 7/12
- traded to New York Mets 7/27
Doug Creek LHP Tampa Bay Devil Rays 260,000
Bobby Dews Coach Atlanta Braves
Nomar Garciaparra SS Boston Red Sox 7,250,000
- underwent surgery on right wrist 4/2; placed on 60-day disabled list
- joined Class AAA Pawtucket on rehabilitation 7/24
- activated by Red Sox 7/29
- placed on 15-day disabled list 8/29
David Newhan IF Philadelphia Phillies
- placed on 15-day disabled list (shoulder) 4/15;
- assigned to Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 4/22 for rehabilitation;
- optioned to Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5/9;
- placed on the 15-day disabled list (inflammed right shoulder) 5/18
Jay Payton OF New York Mets 290,000
- placed on 15-day disabled list (strained right hamstring) 5/8
- joined Class A St. Lucie on rehabilitation 6/22; re-activated by Mets 6/25
Jason Varitek C Boston Red Sox 1,800,000
- suffered broken right elbow 6/7; placed on disabled list 6/8
Kris Wilson RHP Kansas City Royals 205,000
- optioned to Class AAA Omaha 4/30
- recalled by Kansas City 5/29
Tech Alumni In Japan
Frank Bolick IF/OF Chiba Lotte Marines
Tech Alumni In The Minors
(See statistics below)
Jason Basil OF Vancouver Canadians A Oakland Athletics
Jung Bong** P Myrtle Beach Pelicans A Atlanta Braves
Darren Bragg OF Norfolk Tides AAA New York Mets
- contract purchased by New York Mets 5/16
- optioned to Class AAA Columbus 7/6
Marlon Byrd OF Reading Phillies AA Philadelphia Phillies
Kevin Cameron RHP Elizabethton Twins A Minnesota Twins
Chuck Crowder LHP Carolina Mudcats AA Colorado Rockies
Steve Donaghey RHP Columbus RedStixx A Cleveland Indians
- joined Columbus 5/19
Geoff Duncan RHP Released by Marlins
David Elder RHP Tulsa Drillers AA Texas Rangers
Mark Fischer OF Trenton Thunder AA Boston Red Sox
Heath Honeycutt 3B Portland SeaDogs AA Florida Marlins
Jay Hood SS Arkansas Travelers AA Anaheim Angels
- Assigned to Rancho Cucamonga (A) disabled list 4/5
- Activated by Arkansas 4/23; placed on DL 4/25; reactivated in late August
Riccardo Ingram Coach Fort Myers Miracle A Minnesota Twins
Michael Jerzembeck RHP Norwich Navigators AA New York Yankees
- Released 6/13
Steve Kelly RHP Billings Mustangs A Cincinnati Reds
Richard Lewis INF Jamestown Jammers A Atlanta Braves
Terry McCormick*** LHP Charleston RiverDogs A Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Joined club following end of Spring Semester at Tech
Eric McQueen C Salem Avalanche A Colorado Rockies
- Retired 4/19; officially released by Colorado in December
Andy Mitchell RHP/DH GCL Orioles A Baltimore Orioles
- signed free agent contract 6/20
David Newhan IF Scranton/Wilkes-Barre AAA Philadelphia Phillies
Rhett Parrott RHP New Jersey Cardinals A St. Louis Cardinals
- signed professional contract 7/11
Scott Prather LHP Potomac Cannons A St. Louis Cardinals
- promoted to Class AA New Haven Ravens 6/7
Bryan Prince C Billings Mustangs A Cincinnati Reds
Brad Rigby RHP Somerset Patriots Ind. Atlantic League
- Released by Houston Astros 3/28
Brad Stockton OF Pulaski Rangers A Texas Rangers
- Promoted to Class A Savannah 8/29
Mark Teixeira 3B Signed by Texas Rangers 8/22
J.J. Thomas 1B/OF Released by Houston Astros 3/27
Cory Vance LHP Salem Avalanche A Colorado Rockies
Kris Wilson RHP Omaha Golden Spikes AAA Kansas City Royals
- recalled by Kansas City 5/29
Jase Wrigley RHP Carolina Mudcats AA Colorado Rockies
L.J. Yankosky RHP Richmond Braves AAA Atlanta Braves
- Assigned to Greenville (AA) disabled list 4/5
- joined Class A Gulf Coast League Braves on rehabilitation 6/22
- Reassigned to Macon (A) 7/4
- Reassigned to Myrtle Beach 7/12
Simon Young LHP Kinston Indians A Cleveland Indians
- Reassigned to Class A Columbus 5/31
- transferred to Kinston 7/20; placed on disabled list 7/22; activated 8/6
*Chen has attended Tech in previous off-seasons as a CE major.
**Bong has attended Tech as an EFL student.
***McCormick is enrolled as a CH E major at Tech.
Final Major League Statistics BATTERS BA SLG OBA G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E Bragg NYM .263 .368 .323 18 57 4 15 21 6 0 0 5 4 23 3 2 0 NYY .250 .500 .250 5 4 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Garciaparra .289 .470 .352 21 83 13 24 39 3 0 4 8 7 9 0 1 3 Newhan .333 .500 .375 7 6 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Payton .255 .371 .298 104 361 44 92 134 16 1 8 34 18 52 4 3 4 Varitek .293 .489 .371 51 174 19 51 85 11 1 7 25 21 35 0 0 2 PITCHERS W-L ERA BA G GS CG GF SH SV IP H R ER HR BB SO Brown 10-4 2.65 .224 20 19 1 0 0 0 115.2 94 41 34 8 38 104 Chen PHI 4-5 5.00 16 16 0 0 0 0 86.1 90 53 48 19 31 79 NYM 3-2 4.68 11 11 0 0 0 0 59.2 56 37 31 10 28 47 TOT 7-7 4.87 .259 27 27 0 0 0 0 146.0 146 90 79 29 59 126 Creek 2-5 4.31 .230 66 0 0 16 0 0 62.2 51 34 30 7 49 66 Wilson 6-5 5.19 .297 29 15 0 6 0 1 109.1 132 78 63 26 32 67
Final Japanese League Statistics BATTER BA SLG OBA G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB Bolick .279 .560 .414 132 452 84 126 252 34 0 31 101 107 111 1
Final Minor League Statistics BATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP E Basil VANC .260 50 177 23 46 71 8 1 5 30 0 2 3 23 2 42 1 0 6 .401 .351 3 (40 OF, 4 C) Bragg NOR .333 32 99 22 33 49 4 0 4 7 0 0 2 23 1 22 5 2 1 .495 .468 0 (23 OF) COL .291 53 199 30 58 94 11 2 7 21 0 0 1 27 3 51 3 2 4 .472 .379 0 (27 OF) TOTAL .305 85 298 52 91 143 15 2 11 28 0 0 3 50 4 73 8 4 5 .480 .410 0 (50 OF) Byrd READ .316 137 510 108 161 283 22 8 28 89 2 7 11 52 3 93 32 5 7 .555 .386 2 (134 OF) Fischer TREN .222 127 463 48 103 162 22 2 11 55 1 4 0 25 1 148 3 1 9 .350 .260 3 (120 OF) Garciaparra PAW .438 4 16 3 7 12 2 0 1 4 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 .750 .500 1 (3 SS) Honeycutt PORT .242 132 475 56 115 170 24 2 9 59 0 3 12 41 1 129 10 8 16 .358 .316 17 (125 3B) Hood ARK .291 17 55 8 16 21 2 0 1 9 0 0 0 3 1 15 0 1 2 .382 .328 2 (1 2B, 2 SS, 12 3B) Lewis JAMES .242 71 285 37 69 90 7 1 4 27 3 3 4 20 2 50 16 4 7 .316 .298 7 (68 2B) McQueen SALEM .000 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .000 .167 0 (2 C) Mitchell GCL .300 (DH, OF, 3B, P) Newhan SWB .109 13 55 4 6 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 11 0 0 1 .127 .183 1 (6 2B) Payton PSL .375 4 16 7 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 .563 .500 0 (2 OF) Prince BILL .255 51 157 26 40 63 12 1 3 25 1 0 2 17 1 36 2 1 5 .401 .335 2 (50 C) Stockton PUL .259 64 232 43 60 107 18 4 7 41 1 4 2 40 2 67 3 3 2 .461 .367 5 (48 OF) SAV .154 4 13 1 2 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 .385 .267 0 (4 OF) PITCHERS W-L PCT ERA G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H AB TBF R ER HR SH SF HB BB IB SO WP BK Bong MYRTLE 13-9 .591 3.00 28 28 0 0 0 0 168.0 151 617 677 67 56 7 6 3 4 47 0 145 7 1 Cameron ELIZ 1-1 .500 1.57 22 0 0 0 22 13 23.0 16 86 94 4 4 0 0 0 3 5 0 30 3 0 Chen READING 1-0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 SWB 1-0 1.000 3.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 18.2 14 66 74 8 8 2 2 0 1 5 0 14 2 0 Crowder CAROL 6-6 .500 5.35 32 14 0 0 3 0 101.0 126 407 482 64 60 7 1 4 7 63 1 71 8 2 Donaghey COL-GA 2-3 .400 4.17 23 0 0 0 11 4 49.2 58 200 211 28 23 8 0 4 0 7 0 23 3 0 Elder TULSA 4-6 .400 3.00 13 13 0 0 0 0 72.0 64 260 308 28 24 1 0 3 2 43 0 78 4 0 OKLA 5-4 .556 4.99 15 8 0 0 3 0 57.2 54 217 266 36 32 4 2 0 4 43 0 56 4 1 Jerzembeck NORWICH 1-2 .333 5.14 10 4 0 0 1 0 28.0 30 108 119 20 16 5 0 3 0 8 0 31 2 0 Kelly BILL 4-2 .667 2.30 12 7 0 0 0 0 54.2 50 212 227 16 14 3 2 1 1 11 1 54 2 0 McCormick CSC 3-0 1.000 1.40 14 0 0 0 12 2 19.1 14 65 80 3 3 0 4 2 1 8 3 22 4 0 Mitchell GCL 4-2 .667 2.55 12 0 0 0 11 2 24.2 18 88 103 10 7 1 2 0 3 10 3 21 1 1 Parrott NJ 1-3 .250 4.93 11 11 0 0 0 0 45.2 45 172 202 27 25 3 1 0 1 28 0 58 4 0 Prather POTOMAC 2-1 .667 3.60 20 0 0 0 7 0 25.0 24 102 112 15 10 1 1 1 1 7 0 27 1 0 NEW HAV 1-3 .250 3.70 23 4 0 0 5 0 48.2 52 192 215 20 20 5 2 2 2 17 2 38 2 0 Rigby SOMERSET 2-1 .667 3.94 5 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 21 65 71 11 7 1 1 3 0 2 0 13 1 0 Vance SALEM 10-8 .556 3.10 26 26 1 0 0 0 154.0 129 556 641 65 53 9 3 2 14 65 0 142 4 4 (1 3-hitter) Wilson OMAHA 2-2 .500 2.79 6 5 0 0 0 0 29.0 31 111 118 9 9 2 0 0 1 6 0 18 1 0 Wrigley CAROL 6-6 .500 6.30 47 0 0 0 16 2 64.1 93 272 310 53 45 4 6 2 2 28 4 33 2 0 Yankosky GCL 1-1 .500 1.93 4 3 0 0 0 0 14.0 10 49 54 3 3 0 1 1 2 1 0 11 0 0 MACON 0-0 .000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 2 15 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 MYRTLE 2-3 .400 2.60 9 8 0 0 0 0 55.1 50 210 216 20 16 4 0 0 2 4 0 50 0 0 Young KINSTON 3-5 .375 6.75 15 13 0 0 0 0 60.0 85 263 290 54 45 9 4 1 1 21 0 48 1 0 COL-GA 0-2 .000 3.89 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 48 150 168 18 17 3 1 3 1 13 0 35 2 1
Final Fall/Winter League Statistics BATTERS AVG G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF HP BB IB SO SB CS DP SLG OBP E Byrd GCANYON (AFL) .331 37 148 34 49 68 10 0 3 20 0 2 4 7 0 25 2 2 2 .459 .373 0 (35 OF) Hood PEORIA (AFL) .292 8 24 2 7 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 1 0 .333 .357 4 (8 SS) PITCHERS W-L ERA G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP Crowder MESA (AFL) 0-6 9.51 14 2 0 0 3 1 23.2 37 28 25 2 16 14 2 Elder MAGALLANES (LVBP) 0-2 12.86 9 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 10 10 10 0 9 8 3 Rigby ZULIA (LVBP) 0-1 3.46 4 2 0 0 0 1 13.0 16 8 5 1 2 4 0 Yankosky PHOENIX (AFL) 2-1 4.22 7 7 0 0 0 0 32.0 32 15 15 2 9 22 3