Sunday, June 5, 2022

S51 Record Books

Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter




Winner Winner....Chicken Dinner 

What a Series that was! Ends up going the full seven games and with the season on the line who does each team turn to? The Cy Young winner of their league. J.C. Wall vs Gregor Lopez, Atlanta Expos vs Buffalo Bisons. AL vs NL. America vs Canada. Vanilla Ice vs Suge Knight. Gordon Ramsay vs Guy Fieri. Okay, so maybe we took those a little too far. With the win, the Atlanta franchise now holds the title of most World Series rings in Cobbfather history with 6!!

Congrats again and let's get ready for the start of Season 52!

Major League

All-Star Weekend

National League topped the American League in extras, 6-4.
All Star Game MVP - Douglas Laxton (New Orleans)
Home Run Derby Champ - Keith Halter (Columbus) - 29 total HRs (7 - 11 - 11)
Longest HR - 533' - Keith Halter

American League 

Division Titles
AL North: Philadelphia Harpers (2nd straight)
AL East: Atlanta Expos (2nd straight)
AL South: Monterrey Stoics (2nd straight)
AL West:  Colorado Cab Blast
Wildcards: New York Empire & Colorado Springs From My Lions


League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Al Munson (Min North Stars) - 214
Average: Vance DeSclafani (Min North Stars) - .343
Home Runs: Roger Stinnett (Dov Hazmats) / Kyle Crain (Atl Expos) - 48
Runs: Vic Nova (CSP From My Lions) - 128
Runs Batted In: Cy Bettis (Col Cab Blast) - 129
Stolen Bases: Al Munson (Min North Stars) - 98
Longest Hit Streak: Josmil Velazquez (Col Cab Blast) - 23

Pitching
Wins: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) | Tony Lim (CSP from my Lions) - 22
Quality Starts: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 33
Saves: Steve Etherton (Atl Expos) - 43
ERA: William Thompson (Atl Expos) - 1.99
Strikeout: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 226
OAV: Sergei Griggs (CSP from my Lions) - .213
WHIP: Sergei Griggs (CSP from my Lions) - 1.04

Fielding
Plus Plays: Sal Thompson (NY Empire) - 32
CS%: Rudy Mustelier (Bos Baseball Team - .360
C ERA: Jorge Boscan (Phi Harpers) - 3.15

Awards
MVP: Al Cervantes (Phi Harpers) - 19 votes
Cy Young: J.C. Wall (Atl Expos) - 20 votes, third straight, 4th career
Rookie of the Year: Vance DeSclafani (Min North Stars) - 17 votes 
Fireman of the Year: Steve Etherton (Atl Expos), 2nd straight

National League

Division Titles
NL North: Chicago Gunslingers (2nd straight)
NL East: Columbus Corgis (3rd straight)
NL South: New Orleans Old Fashioneds
NL West: Tucson Tubas (4th straight division title)
Wildcards: Buffalo Bisons & San Juan

League Leaders
Batting
Hits: Al Martinez (Chi Gunslingers) - 203
Average: Omar Gonzales (Tuc Tubas) - .344
Home Runs: Omar Gonzales (Tuc Tubas) - 54
Runs: Geronimo Nunez (Tuc Tubas) - 145
Runs Batted In: Douglas Laxton (NO Old Fashioneds) - 160
Stolen Bases: J.P. Avilan (Pitt Yinzers) - 47
Longest Hit Streak: Ben Combs (SJ Fudds) - 25

Pitching
Wins: Alton Drew (Chi Gunslingers) - 21
Quality Starts: Gregor Lopez (Buf Bisons) - 27
Saves: Ronnie Andrews (NO Old Fashioneds) - 46
ERA: Gregor Lopez (Buf Bisons) - 1.95
Strikeout: Brian Fukudome (Chi Gunslingers) - 216
OAV: Gregor Lopez (Buf Bisons) - 2.03
WHIP: Alan Street (Clb Corgis) - 1.02

Fielding
Plus Plays: J.P. Avilan (Pit Yinzers) - 35
CS%: Braulio Guardado (Buf Bisons) - .430
C ERA: Gregorio Cordero (NO Old Fashioneds) - 3.50

Awards
MVP: Omar Gonzales (Tuc Tubas) - 15 votes, his 3rd career
Cy Young: Gregor Lopez (Buff Bisons) - 22 votes, his 6th career, ties for most career. 
Rookie of the Year: Gregorio Cordero (NO Old Fashioneds) - 17 votes
Fireman of the Year: Ronnie Andrews (NO Old Fashioneds)

Trivia

After finishing 6 of the last 7 seasons in 2nd place behind Sante Fe in the NL South, San Juan set a franchise records for wins. Unfortunately for them, New Orleans also set a franchise record in wins to claim the top spot. Let's see how they each fair next season and just want Santa Fe does in the offseason to try and reclaim the top spot. In the end I don't think San Juan cared, as they beat New Orleans in the playoffs. 

Did you know we've only had one pitcher remain undefeated an entire season? Albert Robbins in S43 went 20-0 over 25 starts and 186 innings pitched to the tune of a 2.23 ERA for OKC; and he didn't even have the most or second most wins for his pitching staff. 

Minor League

AAA: 
Washington DC's AAA team was on a mission, losing but a single game in the playoffs, going 11-1 with it's only loss in game 3 of their World Series. Look out for their ML team's future. 
MVP: Frtiz Graham (AL - Wic, 24) & Ned Geer (NL - SJ, 22)
Cy Young: Chris Morey (AL - Mont, 21) & Albert Tomlin (NL - Wash DC, 21)

AA: 
New Orleans over Wichita 4-1
MVP: Marty Romero (AL - Wic, 25) & Mark Reid (NL - Wash DC, 26)
Cy Young: Guillermo Javier (AL - Bos, 21) & Harold Foltynewicz (NL - NO, 23)

A+: 
El Paso over Hartford 4-2 for their 2nd straight A+ title
MVP: Ted McClain (AL - Atl, 22) & Turner Pryor (NL - NO, 23)
Cy Young: Al Cortez (AL - EP, 31) & Guilder Blanco (NL - NO, 25)

A-: 
Portland over El Paso 4-1
MVP: Alex Tavarez (AL - Phi, 20) & James Bryne (NL - NO, 20)
Cy Young: Jose James (AL - EP, 33) & Kyeong Aoki (NL - NO, 21)

Rookie: 
I'm sure Wichita was glad to not see New Orleans for the straight season, and this time they pull out the Rookie league World Series, winning against Portland , 4-1. 
MVP: Ricardo Hernandez (AL - EP, 19) & Spud Campbell (NL - Hart, 18)
Cy Young: Adam Stearns (AL - Mil, 23) & Ruben Melandez (NL - Port, 21)

We see a mix bag of new teams in the minor league finals this seasons, looking forward to see each franchise build from there.  

Record Books

Look at the single season records, here is anybody who placed within the top 5 of a category. 

  • HITTING
    • Doubles: TIED #5 - 55 - Javier Quevedo (NO)
    • NEW RECORD: Infield HIT: #1 - 76 - Al Munson (Min) 
    • Runs Created per 27: #5 - 11.69 - Omar Gonzales (Tuc)
    • NEW RECORD: Strikeouts (Worst): #1 - 241 - Garabez Belliard (Har)
  • PITCHING
    • Quality Starts: #3 - 33 - J.C. Wall (Atl)
  • FIELDING
    • Plus Plays (1B): TIED #2 - 35 - J.P. Avlian (Pit)
Moving on to team records.
  • HITTING
    • NEW RECORD: Hits: 1746 - Colorado Cab Blast
    • NEW RECORD: Batting Average: .295- Colorado Cab Blast
  • PITCHING
    • None
  • FIELDING
    • None

Career Records

  • Batting
    • Batting Average: Al Samuel - .334
    • Home Runs: Albert Cruz - 771
    • RBI: Albert Cruz - 2,032
    • Hits: Yoenis Portillo - 3,245
    • Runs: Yoenis Portillo - 2,061
    • Stolen Bases: William Katou - 957
    • Hit Streak - Jose Pizzaro - 42
  • Pitching
    • Wins: Chick Munson - 334
    • Saves: Jace Sale - 758
    • Strikeouts: Chick Munson - 4,190
    • Quality Starts: Chick Munson - 462
    • Complete Games: Chick Munson - 105
    • ERA: Yeico Miranda - 2.21
    • WHIP: Gregor Lopez - 1.01
    • OAV: Yeico Miranda - .194

Award Winners
(* indicates Hall of Famer member)

Franchise Titles
(bold is recent winner)

  • 6 Titles
    • Atlanta (S3, 10, 26, 27, 29, 51)
  • 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)
    • Monterrey (S17, 37,50)
  • 2 Titles
    • 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
    • Minnesota
    • Columbus
    • Dover
    • Montreal
    • New York (AL)
    • Hartford
    • Philadelphia
    • Tucson
    • San Juan
    • Scranton
    • Wichita

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