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2035 Season Leaders and Awards
EL Batting
Hits
214 Adam Bailey (STL)
207 Dixon Bodean (BAL)
205 Jamie Henson (CHA)
Batting Avg
.337 Jose Villalobos (IND)
.327 Miguel Lujan (MIA)
.326 Sul-Shik Choi (BAL)
Homeruns
40 Bryant Manton (TB)
32 Sul-Shik Choi (BAL)
31 Jose Cintron (IND)
RBI
113 Lee McDale (PHI)
105 Dixon Bodean (BAL)
101 Sul-Shik Choi (BAL)
Stolen Bases
43 Adam Bailey (STL)
40 Marc Smith (WAS)
39 Juan Gutierrez (DET)
EL Pitching
Wins
19 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
18 Gerald Clark (MIA)
15 Ramon Schoof (TB)
ERA
2.64 Logan Jones (CHI)
2.65 Shane Olson (PHI)
2.74 Yasutoki Sugiyama (WAS)
Strikeouts
269 Shane Olson (PHI)
239 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
238 Ramon Schoof (TB)
Saves
42 Justin Babbitt (CHA)
42 Jesus Espinoza (STL)
40 Larry Hoffman (PHI)
WL Batting
Hits
225 Matt Romero (SF)
214 Jose Diaz (OKC)
194 Javier Gutierrez (AUS)
Batting Avg
.375 Matt Romero (SF)
.343 Keith Fairchild (KC)
.331 Tom Sterling (SJ)
Homeruns
62 Joseph Floores (LV)
61 Jesus Alarcon (OKC)
41 Tom Sterling (SJ)
RBI
145 Jesus Alarcon (OKC)
138 Joseph Floores (LV)
125 Andres Romero (SF)
Stolen Bases
50 Jose Diaz (OKC)
48 Wolfgang Worns (HOU)
42 Cesar Salazar (MIN)
WL Pitching
Wins
22 Cristobal Chapa (DAL) *
19 Holden Willis (LV)
19 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
ERA
2.03 Cristobal Chapa (DAL) *
2.33 Mitch Woodroffe (LA)
2.42 Octavio Cortal (DEN)
Strikeouts
286 Cristobal Chapa (DAL) *
263 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
233 Holden Willis (LV)
Saves
49 Luis Lagunas (DAL)
42 Uram Park (OMH)
41 Dave Day (SJ)
Batting Champion – in the east, 21-year-old Indianapolis 2B Jose Villalobos (.337) won the title, holding off strong challenges from Miami’s Miguel Lujan (.327) and Baltimore LF Sul-Shik Choi (.326). Over in the west Sanfrancisco 3B Matt Romero (.375) claimed his first WL title (and third of his career) finishing well ahead of KC’s Keith Fairchild (.343).
Homerun Champion – The EL title was won by Tampa Bay’s Bryant Manton (40) who finished eight ahead of nearest rival Sul-Shik Choi (32). The Western league saw a battle for the ages with Las Vegas 3B Joseph Floores (62) winning the title on the last day of the season ahead of OKC’s star LF Jesus Alarcon (61).
Outstanding Hitter – Baltimore’s second year LF Sul-Shik Choi (.326, 32 HR, 101 RBI) won the EL award, seeing off Philadelphia catcher Mike Willis (.312, 27 HR, 100 RBI) and 39-year-old teammate LF Dixon Bodean (.323, 28 HR, 105 RBI). In the west the all-round excellence of San Jose’s 3B Tom Sterling (.331, 41 HR, 104 RBI’s, 113 Runs) meant he took home the award ahead of record-breaking pair Jesus Alarcon (.292, 61 HR, 145 RBI) and Joseph Floores (.277, 62 HR, 138 RBI)
Outstanding Pitcher – St. Louis star McKenzie Ransford (19-8, 3.06 ERA) became the sixth player to achieve a pitching triple crown and won the EL award ahead of Miami’s Gerald Clark (18-9, 3.27 ERA) and Chicago ace Logan Jones (13-4, 2.64 ERA). In the west Dallas staff ace Cristobal Chapa (22-3, 2.03 ERA) dominated to take home the WL award, the only other pitcher to gain any votes was Las Vegas star Holden Willis (19-5, 2.55 ERA)
Rookie of the Year – Tampa Bay 1B Jesus Aguirre (.282, 22 HR, 78 RBI) held off Detroit’s 21-year-old catcher Gabriel Lopez (.230, 26 HR, 94 RBI) to win the EL award. Houston SS Hector Soto (.325, 11 HR, 61 RBI) won the WL award ahead of many peoples favourite, Minneapolis catcher Tom Walsh (.291, 13 HR, 59 RBI)
Manager of the Year – Philadelphia skipper Raul Aguilar took home the EL award for leading the Independence to a franchise record 97-wins, over in the west Sanfrancisco manager Jorge Castro picked up the award after leading the Gold to a franchise best 98-win campaign and ending their 18-year playoff drought
Glove Wizard Awards EL – P McKenzie Ransford (STL) – C Mike Willis (PHI) – 1B Alberto Rangel (BOS) – 2B Ivan Santana (IND) – 3B Alfonso Alvarez (NO) – SS Jorge Mendez (ATL) – LF Lee McDale (PHI) – CF Josh Deric (CHI) – RF Richard Anderson (ATL)
Glove Wizard Awards WL – P Cole Adams (HOU) – C Fernando Belmondo (AUS) – 1B Jesus Rubio (DAL) – 2B Ollie O’Quinn (OMH) – 3B Tom Sterling (SJ) – SS Cesar Morin (KC) – LF Alfonso Sosa (DAL) – CF Jorge Bruno (OKC) – RF Danny Wheeler (LV)
Interesting Facts – on April 5th Pedro Escobar pitched the second NO-HITTER of his career whilst playing for Seattle against San Diego. The first NO-HITTER was back in 2023 while he was playing for San Diego and ironically was a PERFECT GAME against… you’ve guessed it, Seattle.
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