Saturday, December 4, 2021

S49 Record Books

 Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter




Winner Winner....Chicken Dinner 

What a playoff season we had this year! 3 of the final 4 teams were Wildcard teams with both #6 seeds making the final series of the season. Congrats to Buffalo, who after 8 straight division titles, took 3rd place in the division but finally won the ultimate prize! And the 3rd for the franchise. 

Congrats again and let's get ready for The Golden Season (Season 50).  

Major League

Owner of the Year

Attempting to continue this new tradition, let's take a look at possibilities for Owner of the Year. The top two owners we felt deserved a deeper look were: rawdk27 & mike22182, but the prize ultimately went to rawdk27 for leading an underrated ragamuffin group to a division title. The computers rated them at the bottom of the rankings time after time, but yet they continued to press on; ignored Skynet and it's opinion of them. Will be interesting to see where they fall in the final rankings and to start next season. 

All-Star Weekend

American League topped the National League once again - 8-4
All Star Game MVP - Francisco Bonilla (Colorado Springs)
Home Run Derby Champ - Shannon Bunch (Houston) - 24 total HRs (9 - 11 - 4)

American League 

Division Titles
AL North: Minnesota North Stars 
AL East: New York Empire (11th straight division title) 
AL South: Houston Space Cowboys 
AL West: Colorado Springs From My Lions (3rd straight division title)
Wildcards: Atlanta Expos & Dover Hazmats


League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Harry Padilla (NY Empire) - 200
Average: Yoervis Colome (NY Empire) - .334
Home Runs: Felipe Benitez (NY Empire) - 56
Runs: Felipe Benitez (NY Empire) - 146
Runs Batted In: Felipe Benitez (NY Empire) - 145
Stolen Bases: Matty Moss (Atl Expos) / Al Munson (Min North Stars) - 90
Longest Hit Streak: Felipe Benitez / Yoervis Colome  (NY Empire) - 19

Pitching
Wins: Magglio Exposito (NY Empire) / Yan Armas (Mty Stoics) - 20
Quality Starts: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 33
Saves: Bobby Davis (Mil Metronomes) - 37
ERA: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 2.00
Strikeout: Mac Inouoe (Dov Hazmats) - 241
OAV: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - .185
WHIP: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 0.96

Fielding
Plus Plays: Christian Seung (Atl Expos) - 31
CS%: Trevor Torres (Min North Stars) - .400
C ERA: Bob Kiermaier (Atl Expos) - 3.30

Awards
MVP: Felipe Benitez (NY Empire) - 18 votes
Cy Young: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 12 votes
Rookie of the Year: Joaquin Owen (Phil Harpers) - 19 votes
Fireman of the Year: Bobby Davis (Mil Metronomes)

National League

Division Titles
NL North: Scranton Hammers
NL East: Columbus Corgis
NL South: Santa Fe Surf Riders VIII (9th straight division title)
NL West: Salt Lake City Tabernacles (2nd straight division title)
Wildcards: Pittsburgh Yinzers & Buffalo Bisons

League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Omar Gonzales (SLC Tabernacles) - 205
Average: Omar Gonzales (SLC Tabernacles) - .324
Home Runs: Alex Tarraga (Buf Bisons) - 65
Runs: Omar Gonzales (SLC Tabernacles) - 138
Runs Batted In: Omar Gonzales (SLC Tabernacles) - 140
Stolen Bases: Clyde Spivey (Mon Pout Plates) / Brayan Skinner (SF Surf Riders) - 44
Longest Hit Streak: Alan Harris (Col Corgis) - 25

Pitching
Wins: Alton Drew (Chi Gunslingers) - 19
Quality Starts: Tomas Gomez (Col Corgis) / Diego Parraz (OKC Barons)  - 26
Saves: Ronnie Andrews (Scr Hammers) - 48
ERA: Louis Combs (Col Corgis) - 2.57
Strikeout: Diego Parraz (OKC Barons) - 202
OAV: Diego Parraz (OKC Barons) - .214
WHIP: Diego Parraz (OKC Barons) - 1.09

Fielding
Plus Plays: Renato Martinez (Aus Son's of Odin) - 34
CS%: Lucas Peterson (Pit Yinzers) - .530
C ERA: Mike Walls (Col Corgis) - 3.38

Awards
MVP: Omar Gonzalez (SLC Tabernacles) - 16 votes
Cy Young: Alan Street (Col Corgis) - 13 votes
Rookie of the Year: Lou Porzio (Aus Son's of Odin) - 12 votes
Fireman of the Year: Ronnie Andrews (Scr Hammers) 

Trivia

With 90 stolen bases from the AL league leader, Matty Moss; the Atlanta team stole 318 bases on the season. Second best was New York Empire with only 191. Atlanta was caught 104 times, while NY was caught 80. Atlanta was caught more times than 12 teams had stolen bases. On the opposite side of the spectrum, Santa Fe Surf Riders are riding no free waves this past season, only stealing 19 bases of the 37 they attempted. 

Minor League

AAA: 
Wichita over Columbus 4-3 (to be updated)
MVP: Alexander Middlebrook (AL - ELP, 27 - 2nd Straight) & Wilkin Javier (NL - LA, 26)
Cy Young: Jose Despaigne (AL - Min, 25) & Yan Manzanillo (NL - NO, 24)

AA: 
Vancouver over Wichita 4-1
MVP: Yadier Saenz (AL - Hel, 21) & Yuniesky Tavarez (NL - Chi, 22)
Cy Young: Paul Chang (AL - Mont, 21) & Benji Gonzalez (NL - NO, 21)

A+: 
New Orleans over Anaheim 4-1
MVP: Hugh McMillan (AL - Ana, 22) & Markus Justice (NL - LA, 23)
Cy Young: Al Black (AL - Hou, 23) & Eric Kane (NL - SJ, 21)

A-: 
Hartford over Wichita 4-2
MVP: Kyle Crain (AL - Atl, 21) & Marv Broome (NL - Van, 23)
Cy Young: Leuris Smith (AL - Col, 23) & Sebastian Taillon (NL, NO, 22)

Rookie: 
New Orleans over Wichita 4-3 
MVP: Juan Gonzalez (AL - Atl, 18) & Bernard Morton (NL - DC, 20)
Cy Young: Michael Henry (AL - Min, 22) & Alejandro Romero (NL - Aus, 20)

Great minor league seasons by both Wichita and New Orleans with both teams playing in three of the five minor league world series. NO with the advantage (winning 2 of their 3) and the head to head victory in Rookie ball. Should be exciting to see if any of these players make the ML roster in the not to distant future. 

Record Books

Look at the single season records, here is anybody who placed within the top 5 of a category. (electing to not include those who tie for 5th)

  • HITTING
    • None
  • PITCHING
    • None
  • FIELDING
    • None
Moving on to team records.
  • HITTING
    • Philadelphia Harpers tied last year's record for most Strikeouts. 
  • PITCHING
    • None
  • FIELDING
    • None

Career Records

  • Batting
    • Batting Average: Al Samuel - .334
    • Home Runs: Albert Cruz - 771
    • RBI: Albert Cruz - 2,032
    • Hits: Johnny Sherman - 3,232
    • Runs: Andres Candelaria - 1,927
    • Stolen Bases: William Katou - 957
    • Hit Streak - Jose Pizzaro - 42
  • Pitching
    • Wins: Chick Munson - 334
    • Saves: Jace Sale - 716
    • Strikeouts: Chick Munson - 4,190
    • Quality Starts: Chick Munson - 462
    • Complete Games: Chick Munson - 105
    • ERA: Yeico Miranda - 2.21
    • WHIP: Jair James - 1.00
    • OAV: Jair James - .191

Award Winners
(* indicates Hall of Famer member)

Franchise Titles
(bold is recent winner)

  • 5 Titles
    • Atlanta (S3, 10, 26, 27, 29)
    • Houston (S4, 7, 8, 28, 33)
  • 4 Titles
    • Anaheim (S15, 18, 19, 32)
    • El Paso (S36, 41, 43, 44)
    • Oklahoma City (S40, 42, 45, 47)
    • Pittsburgh (S2, 21, 22, 23)
  • 3 Titles
    • Chicago (S9, 11, 12)
    • Buffalo (S24, 39, 49)
  • 2 Titles
    • Monterrey (S17, 37)
    • New Orleans (S31, 35)
    • Santa Fe (S1, 30)
    • Washington DC (S6, 14)
    • Colorado Springs (S20, 48)
  • 1 Title
    • Austin (S16)
    • Boston (S38)
    • Los Angeles (S13)
    • Helena (S46)
    • Milwaukee (S5)
    • Colorado (S34)
    • Vancouver (S25)
  • 0 Titles
    • Cincinnati
    • Columbus
    • Dover
    • Montreal
    • New York (AL)
    • Ottawa
    • Philadelphia
    • Salt Lake City
    • San Juan
    • Scranton
    • Wichita

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