Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter
Winner Winner....Chicken Dinner.
Congratulations to klown61455 and the Oklahoma City Barons claiming the Season 47 ML World Series championship. For the second time in three seasons, Colorado Springs was unable to pull out the Game 7 World Series win against OKC; but they are a relatively young team and expect good things from them in the next few years. Back on OKC, with 4 championships in 8 seasons you have to debate if this dynasty is better than Rochester's 4 straight World Series berth and 3 title wins (Chicago franchise)? I would definitely take 4 titles in 6 World Series berth over 8 years!! With all these titles you have to begin to wonder how it will effect a few of the Barons' core HoF bids.
- Stevie Ross - 7th season in OKC (rookie year - S41, S38 #510 pick)
- Al Hernandez - 7th season in OKC (rookie year - S41, $3.5M S35 IFA)
- Richie Barkley - 9th season (rookie year - S39, S36 #2 pick)
- Chul Takada - 9th season (rookie year - S39, $12M S36 IFA)
- Gary Standridge - 12th season (rookie year - S36, S35 trade)
- Jair James - 12th season (rookie year - S36, S34 #5 pick - selected by previous owner)
- Albert Robbins - 12th season (rookie year - S36 Rule V selection)
Major League
All-Star Weekend
National League over American League - 8-2
All Star Game MVP - Keith Halter (Columbus Corgis)
Home Run Derby Champ - Rookie Bonk Burnett (Anaheim West Coast Bombers)
American League
Division Titles
AL North: Cincinnati Dragons
AL East: New York Empire
AL South: Tampa Bay Deplorables
AL West: Colorado Springs
League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Lee Schlitter (NY Empire) - 200
Average: Lonnie Mills (CS From My Loin) - .322
Home Runs: Cy Bettis (Tucson Tappers) - 49
Runs: Lee Schlitter (NY Empire) - 127
Runs Batted In: Cy Bettis (Tucson Tappers) - 160
Stolen Bases: Harry Padilla (NY Empire) - 57
Longest Hit Streak: Kenny Jacquez (Atl Expos) - 22
Pitching
Wins: Tony Lim (CS From My Loin) - 23
Quality Starts: J.C. Wall (Helena Hot Dogs) - 27
ERA: Magglio Exposito (NY Empire) - 2.60
Strikeout: Juan Galvis (Boston Massacre) - 208
OAV: Louis Conley (NY Empire) - .209
WHIP: Louis Conley (NY Empire) - 1.01
Fielding
Plus Plays: Danys De La Rosa (Philadelphia Harpers) & Raymond Hernandez (Helena Hot Dogs) - 28
CS%: Willie Galarraga (Houston Space Cowboys) - 0.380
C ERA: Jair Hernandez (CS From My Loins) - 3.40
National League
Division Titles
NL North: Scranton Hammers
NL East: Buffalo Bisons
NL South: Santa Fe Surf Riders VIII
NL West: Oklahoma City Barons
League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Alex Tarraga (Buffalo Bison) - 200w
Average: Alex Tarraga (Buffalo Bison) - .350
Home Runs: Alex Tarraga (Buffalo Bison) - 67
Runs: Alex Tarraga (Buffalo Bison) - 133
Runs Batted In: Alex Tarraga (Buffalo Bison) - 163
Stolen Bases: Jecksson Hannity (Arizona Armadillos) - 76
Longest Hit Streak: Yohan Mairena (Honolulu 'Apapanes) - 23
Pitching
Wins: Gregor Lopez (Buffalo Bisons) - 20
Quality Starts: Jair James (OKC Barons) - 34
ERA: Jair James (OKC Barons) - 227
Strikeout: Jair James (OKC Barons) - 1.29
OAV: Jair James (OKC Barons) - 1.79
WHIP: Gregor Lopez (Buffalo Bisons) - 0.91
Fielding
Plus Plays: Lariel Cortez (Arizona Armadillos) - 29
CS%: Gareth Anderson (SFE Surf Riders) - 0.420
C ERA: Stevie Ross (OKC Barons) - 3.00
Minor League
AA: Jackson over Florida 4-1
A+: Arizona over Iowa City 4-3
A-: Helena over Florida 4-1
Rookie: Iowa City over San Juan 4-1
Record Books
- HITTING
- Isolated Power: .400 - Alex Tarraga (1B - BUF) - 4th
- On-Base Plus Slugging: 1.192 - Alex Tarraga (1B - BUF) - NEW RECORD!
- Runs Created: 185.543 - Alex Tarraga (1B - BUF) - 3rd
- Runs Created Per 27 Outs: 12.617 - Alex Tarraga (1B - BUF) - NEW RECORD!
- Side note: second this season was 8.875.
- Slugging Percentage: .750 - Alex Tarraga (1B - BUFF) - 2nd
- PITCHING
- Earned Run Average: 1.29 - Jair James (SP - OKC) - NEW RECORD!
- Quality Starts: 34 - Jair James (SP - OKC) - Tied Record
- FIELDING
- Assists (3B): 446 - Jimmie Tapia (3B - BOS) - Tied 3rd
- Double Plays (3B): 45 - Jimmie Tapia (3B - BOS) - 4th
- Errors (CF): 35 - Justin Milton (C - CHI) - NEW RECORD!
- Side note: Beat the record by 6 in half as many innings.
- Milton's counterpart this season missed making the Top 5 list by 1 error in the other half of the innings.
- Put Outs (3B): 184 - Nefi Dali (3B WAS) - 5th
- Stolen Base Attempts: 188 - Marshall Van Ostrand (C - PIT) - NEW RECORD!
- Stolen Base Attempts: 176 - Brett Vitiello (C - FLA): - 3rd
- Stolen Base Attempts: 175 - Phil Fox (C - DOV) - 4th
- HITTING
- Least Strikeouts: 813 - Colorado Springs
- PITCHING
- Saves: 71 - Colorado Springs
- FIELDING
- None