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The East Point Panthers (82-72) had basically the same team that won the TU East last year, but the pitching was down a bit... however the talented trio of All-Star Dixie Brooks (19-13/2.21), Jack Bolden (15-8/2.59) and Frank Blair (17-12/3.01) still did their jobs well... it was the bullpen that let manager Karol Zodoka down with a poor 4.06 ERA (26th)... the Panthers didn't hit much for average, but did go deep with 185 homers, second-best in the league... they were just average in scoring runs (14th)... star 2B Tetsu Tanaka led the team's attack with a .302 BA, 34 home runs, 93 RBIs and 96 runs... Tanaka has over 200 homers in his seven seasons... rookie C Jason Charles (.252) made an impact with 20 roundtrippers and 76 RBIs... LF Kenko Aoki (.213) had 23 homers and rookie CF Sean Flynn (.253) added 20 more... the Panthers were just average on defense with a .971 FA.
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