After the season, I thought to myself that there had to be some kind of positive to this season. And there was, but it was all off the field stuff, and maybe some unbelievable plays that happened on the field. The rest of it, you could probably burn the tape and the season.

I typically like to shy away from being all about the negatives when it comes to looking at any type of sports teams I watch and, in this case, cover. But after going through the stats and looking at the league in general, there is a whole lot of negative and not a lot of on-the-field positivity.

The RailCats finished the season 30-70. This was the worst season in the RailCats’ franchise history. That record was first set in their 2nd season as a team in 2004, which was 31-65 (.323). The next year, they would go on to win the Northern League.

The RailCats become the 4th team in American Association to reach 70 losses. That list is Texas Airhogs (’15, ’18, and ’19 seasons), Salina Stockade (’17), and Houston Apollos (’21). Now Salina and Houston were all travel teams, so the RailCats would be the 2nd team that weren’t a travel team to join the 70 loss list. (Thanks to AA Baseball Fan on X for putting that list together)

Here is how the RailCats ranked offensively against the rest of the league.

• Runs Scored- Last– 397
• Hits- Last– 795
• Doubles-Last-132
• Triples-Tied for 5th-17
• Homeruns-10th-73
• Runs Batted In-Last-375
• Total Bases-Last-1,180
• Walks-Last-278
• Strike Outs-8th-752
• Stolen Bases-Last-79
• Sac Flies-11th-27
• Caught Stealing-Tied for 9th-33
• On-base Percantage-Last-.307
• Slugging-11th-.357
• Average-Last-.240
• On-base Plus Slugging-Last-.664

Now onto the Pitching Ranks.

• Runs Given Up-last-400
• Earned Runs Given Up-Last-361
• Hits-Last-970
• Walks-Last-488
• Batters Hit-Last-80
• Strikeouts-11th-725
• Saves-Last-12
• Homeruns Given Up-6th-92
• WHIP-Last-1.68
• Slugging Against- Last-.436
• Average Against-Last-.279
• ERA-Last-6.20

Now onto the Offensive leaders. I only counted the players that finished the year with the team and played at least 50 games with the team.

• Batting Average Leader: Marcos Gonzalez– .261
• Game Played: Olivier Basabe– 99
• At-Bats: Gio Diaz– 384
• Runs Scored: LG Castillo– 41
• Hits- Gio Diaz– 96
• Doubles: Olivier Basabe: 20
• Triples: a 3 way tie between Olivier Basabe, LG Castillo, and Jose Contreras– 3
• Home Runs: Miguel Sierra– 16
• RBI: Olivier Basasbe– 42
• Walks: Olivier Basabe– 38
• Hit by Pitches: Gio Diaz– 9
• Struck out the least: Guillermo Quintana– 43
• Stolen Bases: Gio Diaz– 30
• OPS: Miguel Sierra– .846
• SLG: Miguel Sierra– .506
• OBP: 2-way tie Carlos Rincon and Miguel Sierra– .340

Now to the Pitchers Individual Ranks. Again, they had to finish the season with the team, a minimum of 20 innings pitched.

• Games Played: 2-Way Tie Josh Smith and Nate Alexander– 47
• Games Started: 2-Way Tie Tai Tiedemann and Peyton Long-116.1
• Hits: Joan Valdez– 25
• Runs: Joan Valdez-18
• Earned Runs: Joan Valdez-16
• Walks: Josh Smith– 15
• Strikeouts: Carlos Sanabria– 82
• Wins: Andres Diaz– 6
• Saves: Nate Alexander– 7
• ERA: Josh Smith– 3.49
• Batting Average Against: Joan Valdez– .214
• WHIP: Josh Smith– 1.23
• Strike %: Josh Smith– 2.35
• Strike out per 9: Nate Alexander– 11.7
• Walks per 9: Peyton Long– 2.31

Breaking down their record by Month

• May: 6-15
• June: 12-13
• July: 7-17
• August: 5-23
• September: 0-2

The RailCats went 5-25 in series, the highest win streak of the season was 4 and the longest losing streak was 10, which they hit twice and went on a 9 game losing streak to end the year.