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2037 Season Leaders and Awards

EL Batting
Hits
205 Jose Villalobos (IND)
200 David Evans (CHI)
200 Percy Sterrenberg (DET)
Batting Avg
.354 Glenn Hansen (STL)
.349 Jose Villalobos (IND)
.347 Pancho Sousa (IND)
Homeruns
45 Jerry Wright (NY)
39 Bryant Manton (TB)
35 Eduardo Moreno (BOS)
RBI
122 Jose Cintron (IND)
106 David Evans (CHI)
105 Steve Blanton (TB)
Stolen Bases
30 Don Bridges (NY)
27 Marc Smith (IND)
27 Pancho Sousa (IND)

EL Pitching
Wins
20 Les Scott (STL) *
19 Eugene Fey (CHI)
19 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
ERA
1.82 Les Scott (STL) *
2.34 Shane Olson (PHI)
2.67 Eugene Fey (CHI)
Strikeouts
340 Les Scott (STL) *
298 Shane Olson (PHI)
257 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
Saves
45 Steve Berg (TB)
45 Phil Hopkins (CHI)
39 Mike Mayfield (BOS)

WL Batting
Hits
200 Fernando Diaz (DEN)
184 Herminio Azurara (SF)
180 Jose Diaz (OKC)
Batting Avg
.352 Fernando Diaz (DEN)
.331 Sancho Guerra (SF)
.330 Danny Wheeler (LV)
Homeruns
38 Herminio Azurara (SF)
38 Joseph Floores (LV)
35 Fernando Hernandez (MIN)
RBI
122 Herminio Azurara (SF)
114 Joseph Floores (LV)
104 Fernando Hernandez (MIN)
Stolen Bases
47 Manny Chavez (SJ)
37 Juan Gutierrez (DAL)
36 Todd Browning (SEA)

WL Pitching
Wins
19 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
18 Mitch Woodroffe (LA)
17 Steve Gream (MIN)
ERA
2.14 Steve Gream (MIN)
2.44 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
2.47 Rick Sauer (SJ)
Strikeouts
272 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
218 David Lyons (OMH)
213 Adrian Knapp (AUS)
Saves
49 Pablo Hernandez (HOU)
41 Philip Redmond (LV)
38 Dave Day (SJ)

2037 Season Awards

Batting Champion – St. Louis 1B Glenn Hansen (.354) held off Indianapolis pair Jose Villalobos (.349) and Pancho Sousa (.347) to claim the eastern league batting title, while in the west Denver’s Fernando Diaz (.352) won the title finishing well ahead of his nearest challengers, Sanfrancisco catcher Sancho Guerra (.331) and Las Vegas RF Danny Wheeler (.330)
Homerun Champion – New York 1B Jerry Wright (45) capped off an excellent season by taking home the EL award, in the west the title was shared between Sanfrancisco RF Herminio Azurara and Las Vegas 3B Joseph Floores who both slugged 38 homers on the season.
Outstanding Hitter – New York’s slugging 1B Jerry Wright (.261, 45 HR, 101 RBI) was the surprise winner in the eastern league taking the award ahead of Jose Villalobos (IND) and Brandon Townsend (CHA) who were most people’s choices. In the west Las Vegas 3B Joseph Floores (.282, 38 HR, 114 RBI) won in a landslide.
Outstanding Pitcher – an exceptional triple crown season from St. Louis ace Les Scott (20-6, 1.82 ERA and an NABL record 340K) won him the EL award ahead of Indianapolis star Ramon Schoof (19-4, 2.77 ERA). The western league award was won for the second consecutive year by OKC’s Rafer MacNeil (19-7, 2.44 ERA, 272K).
Rookie of the Year – Atlanta’s brilliant young catcher Luis Guerra (.308, 33 HR, 96 RBI) took home the EL award by a landslide while in the west Las Vegas shortstop Joaquin Corona (.297, 6 HR, 45 RBI, 30 SB) held of challenges from young starters Bryan Marburg (SEA) and David Lyons (OMH) to take home the coveted award.
Manager of the Year – Indianapolis skipper Davey Johnstone collected the award in the east for leading the Racers to their fourth world championship while Houston’s Cipriano Gonzalez picked up the WL award for leading unfancied Houston all the way to the World Series.
Glove Wizard Awards EL - P Kane Conacher (BOS) - C Nicholas Tate (CHA) - 1B Pedro Escoriaza (WAS) - 2B Anibal Trueba (CHA) - 3B Percy Sterrenburg (DET) - SS Jose Mendoza (TB) - LF Rob Penney (BOS) - CF Doyle Arnold (WAS) - RF Peter Thomas (MIA)
Glove Wizard Awards WL – P Franklin Smith (LV) - C Danny Lunnard (KC) - 1B Jason King (PHO) - 2B Mike Brown (PHO) - 3B Joseph Floores (LV) - SS Christian Moore (DEN) - LF Alfonso Sosa (DAL) - CF Steve McCullough (OKC) - RF Danny Wheeler (LV)

Interesting Facts – Las Vegas improved upon their NABL record low for team strikeouts by reducing their 2036 total by a phenomenal 64 to set a new record with just 872 K’s on the season.
Both Seattle and San Jose took advantage of the speed on their roster smashing the old record for stolen bases in a season (171), Seattle racked up 188 while San Jose swiped 178. At the other end of the spectrum Charlotte’s roster was not build for speed with the Express managing 24 stolen bases on the season. St. Louis ace Les Scott became the first player in NABL history to strike out 15+ batters three times during a single season.
In just his second season in charge of Jacksonville, Juan Santos led the Dolphins to an 81-63 record and their first playoff appearance in more than a decade, a great start to his managerial career.