The IBL's Alaska Avalanche

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2029 SEASON WEEK 23
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 105-39 CLINCHED
RUNS FOR: 808 (46) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 519 (33) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 83/100
SCHEDULE: 2 vs Brooklyn/4 @ Hawaii/1 @ Arizona

9/3
ALK 7 BRO 2
W-Drake (16-6) L-Sandoval (5-6)
HR BRO-Debesa (17) ALK-Cook 3 (25)
Lowell Cook slammed 3 homers, and drove in 5 to back John Drakes 7-8-1-1-0-6 outing. It is the 3rd time in club history a hitter has hit 3 homers (Angel Marquez 4-4 3 HR's 4 RBI's 2021 and Angel Martinez 3-3 3 HR's 3 RBI's 2025).

9/4
BRO 12 ALK 11 (11)
W-T.Gonzalez (1-7) L-Hansen (2-3) S-Ortiz (2)
HR BRO-Debesa (18) Little (5) Hilton GS (15) ALK-Stover 2 (19)
Scott Hilton hit a pinch hit 2 out 2 strike grand slam of Cisco Casas in the 9th to tie the game and Brooklyn won in 11. Casas came on wth the bases loaded and 2 outs in the 9th. He pitched a scoreless 10th. The game was 6-5 after 1 inning, but Mike Bowman managed to go 5-6-7-7-5-5. Luke Stover was 4-5 with 2 homers and 5 RBI's (57).

9/5
ALK 9 HAW 8 (12)
W-F.Rodriguez (1-0) L-McLean (2-3) S-Casas (42)
HR ALK-Harrell (13) Martin (25) HAW-Ortiz (21)
Another crazy game. Jorge Viera's 2nd double of the night cleared the bases in the 9th and tied the game. Cole Martin's 25th homer in the 12th won it. Viera was 3-6 with 2 doubles (41) 2 runs a stolen base (58) and 4 RBI's (68).

9/6
ALK 5 HAW 3
W-Shimizu (5-2) L-Valdez (1-4) S-Sheppard (1)
HR ALK-Carnaxide (2) HAW-Johnson (27) Butler (6)
Hiroji Shimizu went 7.1-9-3-3-2-1 and Marc Sheppard took over for a tired bullpen. Joao Carnaxide went 2-5 with a homer and 2 RBI's (18).

GOOD GAMES-Roberto Martinez (BUF) tossed a 3-hitter, striking out 7 and walking 3 to beat New York and move to 15-8 4.29 on the year.

9/7
ALK 3 HAW 2
W-Hall (20-1) L-Velazquez (3-11) S-Casas (43)
HR HAW-Graham (20)
Stan Hall again gets into the 9th before Cisco Casas comes in an gets a game ending double play. Hall went to 8.1-9-2-1-1-4 in winning his 20th for the third time in his career. He's never won more than 20 either. Alex Covington went 2-4 with a triple (4) and scroed 2 while Carlos Flores doubled (3) and drove in a run (4).

9/8
ALK 8 HAW 2
W-Drake (17-6) L-Butler (7-15)
HR ALK-Hawkins (21) Cook (26) HAW-Johnson (28)
John Drake took a no-hitter into the 7th before ending with a 7-2-2-2-0-10 outing. Lowell Cook homered and drove in 4 (81) and Paco Martinez was 2-4 with a double (5) and 2 runs.

9/9
AZ 4 ALK 3
W-Notenboom (15-11) L-Bowman (17-6) S-Andre (28)
HR AZ-Ordonez (5)
Fernando Ordonez's 3-run homer in the 4th provided the difference as Efraim Notenboom moved to 15-11 4.11 on the year. Mike Bowman went 7-8-4-4-3-7 on 117 pitches in the loss. Emilio Acosta was 3-4 with an RBI (47).

2029 SEASON WEEK 23 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Pedro Debesa (BRO) 11-23 3 HR's 5 RBI's (.264-19-62)
CL POTW-Alex Vela (PHI) 10-25 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.280-10-52)

IBL CAREER LEADER: EXTRA BASE HITS
1292 Curt Whimster (LV)
919 Hugh Collins
910 Gerald Wright
872 Luis Chavez
846 Jeffrey Hudson

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Chicago (4)
3) Las Vegas (2)
4) West Michigan (7)
5) Houston (-)
OUT Dallas (7) New Hampshire (6)

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Some amazing years but I can't help but notice the insane amount of dominance on the mound now. Seems to be the time of the pitcher. Hall, Webb, Bright, Oswalt, Morgan, Figueroa's resurgence as well as Esparza. Big time aces, big time arms putting up huge years.

Amazing, but not surprising, to see Luis Chavez having what could be almost a 'career year' at 36, and considering the hall of fame career he's already had.

Check out Woolridge in the CL, traded at the break, and going to lead the CL in HR's and RBI's.

Stunned to see San Jose that bad with that much firepower on offense.

So we'll grab the 1 seed and the 1st round bye. Chicago will likely take the 2. Las Vegas and Houston fighting for the top seed in the CL. Michigan fans are chomping at the bit, but it's likely if they did find a way to sneak in, it would be a 1st round matchup with Chicago!

The Empire looks like it could be the first division to send a sub .500 winner to the post season.

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2029 SEASON WEEK 24
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 109-41 CLINCHED
RUNS FOR: 832 (24) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 535 (16) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 84/100
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Arizona/3 @ New York

9/10
ALK 8 AZ 3
W-Rodgers (11-3) L-Castillo (1-2)
HR NONE
David Rodgers went 7-5-3-3-0-4 to win his 11th and Jorge Viera was 1-3 with a triple (4) 3 walks, 2 runs and 2 stolen bases (60). The offense scored 8 runs on 12 walks and 13 hits, leaving 17 runners stranded.

9/11
AZ 2 ALK 1 (11)
W-Andre (4-5) L-Williams (0-1)
HR AZ-Rodriguez (23)
Guillermo Rodriguez hit a walk off homer off Paul Williams in the bottom of the 11th to end it. Shimizu (8-6-1-1-1-5) and Hidalgo (8.1-2-1-1-2-6) locked horns in a great pitchers duel.

9/12
ALK 4 AZ 3
W-Hall (21-1) L-Albiergo (5-14) S-Casas (44)
HR ALK-Viera (13) Martin (26)
Cisco Casas worked out of a self created 2nd and 3rd, none out jam in the bottom of the 9th to seal Stan Hall's 21st win. Hall moves to 21-1 1.49 on the year as Cole Martin goes 3-4 with a double (32) homer and an RBI (103). Morton scores twice in a 1-2 day and Viera drives in 2 (74).

9/13
ALK 2 NY 1
W-Drake (18-6) L-Galvan (5-9) S-Casas (45)
HR ALK -Hawkins (22)
Alex Covington singled in PR Enrique Garcia in the top of the 9th and Cisco Casas got the final 3 outs for his 45th save, moving John Drake (8-5-1-1-1-8) to 18-6 3.12 on the year. Juan Lujan gave up Anthony Hawkins solo HR, and only that hit, over his 8 dominating innings.

9/14
ALK 7 NY 2
W-Bowman (18-6) L-Dayman (1-2)
HR NONE
Mike Bowman (5-4-2-2-5-4) struggled but got help from 4 relievers to win his 18th game. Luke Stover went 3-4 with 3 doubles (20) and 2 RBI's (60) and Enrique Garcia was 3-4 with a double (2) 2 runs and 2 RBI's (42).

9/15
NY 5 ALK 2
W-A.Gonzalez (12-11) L-Rodgers (11-4) S-Navarro (8)
HR NY-I.Rodriguez (8)
Augusto Gonzalez went 7-6-2-1-2-7 to go 12-11 3.72 as Ivan Rodriguez doubled (11) homered and drove in 3 (40). Jorge Viera went 2-4 hitting his 42nd double and stealing his club record 61st base.

9/16
OFF DAY

2029 SEASON WEEK 24 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 9-16 3 HR's 5 RBI's (.364-30-137) 19th career POTW award
CL POTW-Jose Torrez (SAC) 10-23 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.264-28-67)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: EXTRA BASE HITS
110 Tony Greene (NY) '21
108 Gerald Wright '15
106 George Tanner (COL)
104 Cy May '12
102 Curt Whimster (LV) '17

POWER RANKINGS
1) Alaska (1)
2) Chicago (2)
3) Las Vegas (3)
4) Houston (5)
5) West Michigan (4)

MINORS NEWS
Eagan was ousted 2-1 by the Phoenix Greyhounds in round 1
Kodiak lost the first 2, and has come back to win the next 2 to go to a 5th and final game in the AA World Series.
Spokane lost 2-1 to the Evansville White Caps in round 1 of the A (S) Playoffs.
Yakima missed the post season by 1 game
Juneau is 1 game up with 1 to play in the final regular season game of Short Season
Westbrook finished 35-33 in their 1st season, 3 games out.
Fairbanks finished 38-31, 2 games in back of their division, and 1.5 games out of the wild card.

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2029 SEASON WEEK 25
RECORD: 1-5
OVERALL: 110-46 CLINCHED
RUNS FOR: 870 (38) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 572 (37) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 85/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Columbus/3 @ Dayton/Off Day

9/17
COL 8 ALK 6
W-Baca (22-7) L-Shimizu (5-3) S-Koo (16)
HR COL-Tanner (26) Lynch (14) Cruz (34) De Los Santos (10) ALK-King (1)
Eugenio Baca won his league leading 22nd game going 6-9-3-3-3-4 and the Clipper offense pounded Shimizu for 6 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks in 3.2 innings. Pancho Villareal and Matt Lynch both had 3 hit days.

MINORS NEWS-Juneau won 10-1 clinching a playoff berth.

9/18
COL 10 ALK 9
W-Graves (9-3) L-Hansen (2-4) S-Koo (17)
HR COL-Coleman (8) Conner (10) Villarreal (15) Lynch (15) ALK-Cabrera (9) Martin 2 (28)
Keith Hansen had a season worst day in giving up 5 earned runs on 5 hits, 3 walks and 2 homers, moving his ERA from 2.97 to 3.51. Stan Hall went 6-9-3-3-0-11 in his next to last start of the year. His ERA climbing to 1.57 (1.568 to be exact, still ahead of Brandon Webb's 1.611). Bob Harrell went 3-5 with a double (26) and Cole Martin was 3-5 with 2 homers and 2 RBI's (106).

MINORS NEWS-To fill a newly opened position in Spokane, I've hired former Roughrider ace Sergio De La Garza as their new pitching coach.

9/19
COL 4 ALK 3
W-Russell (10-9) L-Casas (3-3) S-Blanco (6)
HR COL-Lynch GW (16) ALK-Harrell (14)
Matt Lynch hit a 2 run homer off Cisco Casas which ended up the game winner. Just Casas' 3rd blown save of the year. John Drake went 6-8-2-2-1-6 to finish the year 18-6 3.12. Doug Russell went 8-11-3-3-1-4 in the win. Enrique Garcia went 3-3 with an RBI (43) in the loss. Columbus swept us, and in the process clinched a wild card berth. Drake lost his chance to win 20, so will not make his final start in preparation for the playoffs, unless we change our minds. We have a first round bye.

9/20
ALK 15 DAY 3
W-Bowman (19-6) L-Oglethorpe (11-15)
HR ALK-Hawkins (23) DAY-Arroyo (39) Miles (12)
Mike Bowman won his career high 19th going 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 3 hits. Christian Holland was 3-5 with 3 doubles (35), scored 3 runs and drove in 2 (61) in his 1st game off the DL. Anthony Hawkins was 2-3 with a double (24) homer and 3 RBI's (82). Jorge Viera went 1-5 with a walk and 2 stolen bases (63).

9/21
DAY 8 ALK 3
W-Small (8-6) L-Rodgers (11-5)
HR DAY-Hardy LO (12) Cooper (18) ALK-Harrell (15)
David Rodgers retired not a single batter in the 1st, giving up 6 runs (5 earned) before Carlos Hernandez came in to throw 4.2 hitless innings. Jesse Small went 8-4-3-2-0-7 for the win.

NEWS-Shimizu is at 206.1 innings between AAA and the IBL, so he's going to get shut down before the playoffs.

9/22
DAY 4 ALK 2
W-Warner (18-3) L-Jordan (0-1) S-Picot (36)
HR DAY-Cooper (19) ALK-Cabrera (10)
Tom Warner went 7-3-1-1-3-5 to move to 16-3 3.01 on the year. Rich Jordan went 7-10-3-3-0-3 in his 1st IBL start. Jorge Cabrera was 2-4 with a homer and an RBI (49) in the loss.

9/23
Off Day

2029 SEASON WEEK 25 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Matt Lynch (COL) 12-23 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.329-16-60)
CL POTW-Manuel Rodriguez (FRE) 11-21 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.280-19-55)

IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: DOUBLES
62 Fernando Moya '24
59 Bashir Malik (DAY) '26
59 Fernando Moya '23
58 Julian Martinez '13
58 Louie Ginger (WMI) '28

POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (2)
2) Alaska (1)
3) Las Vegas (3)
4) Dallas (-)
5) New Hampshire (-)
OUT Houston (6) West Michigan (7)

NEWS/NOTES
Bad week. More than a little worried that Columbus played us so well, given the chance we could see them in a few weeks.

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Really only one division race to speak of, with Staten Island and Buffalo dueling in a win or go home for one of them. West Michigan and New Hampshire are both in which means Dayton likely grabs the 7 seed and Chicago in round 1.

Pittsburgh, Philly, Sacramento are all on the verge of being eliminated in their division, but all 3 are battling for the 2 remaining wild card spots, with New Orleans and Tulsa on the outside looking in.

A real tight HR race in the FL, and Woolridge and Welch going at it in the CL. Oswalt, Webb and Morgan a good or bad start away from rearranging the CL ERA race. The Koufax voting is going to be something to behold between those three.

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Check it out. The FL HR race, Swagat grabs a big lead again in the race for the batting title. The ERA chase in the CL has taken a turn with Webb tossing a gem (5-hit shutout over the Colts) to bring him into a tie with Oswalt. Ikarashi threatening the single season saves record.

Providence 2-hit West Michigan today, hurting their bid to win the division but also pulling them (Black Sox) within a single game of Dayton with 3 to play.

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2029 SEASON WEEK 26
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 115-47
RUNS FOR: 926 4th (2nd highest total in club history (946 2026)
RUNS AGAINST: 604 1st (lowest total in club history)
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 87/100 (+4)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Edmonton/3 vs Hawaii

Going to go through the rotation one last time, with someone else starting the final game as we will be off at least a week for round 1.

9/24
ALK 12 EDM 7
W-Hall (22-1) L-Padilla (3-8)
HR ALK-Hawkins (24) EDM-M.Ramirez (1)
Stan Hall goes 6-7-2-2-2-4 to end the 2029 season 22-1 1.60. his ERA, 1.604 is the new single season record, beating Brandon Webb's mark of 1.611 set last year. Enrique Garcia was 3-3 with 2 RBI's (46) and Jorge Cabrera 3-3 with 2 runs. Bob Harrell went 1-3 wit 2 RBI's (60) and walked 3 times.

9/25
ALK 10 EDM 1
W-Drake (19-6) L-Serrano (8-8)
HR ALK Martin (29) EDM-Ford (9)
Drake goes 6-3-1-1-1-6 in his final start of the year to end 19-6 3.07. Harrell goes 3-4 and drives in 3 (63) and Jorge Viera goes 2-2 with a double (43) triple (6) and 2 walks and steals 2 more bases (65).

9/26
ALK 9 EDM 8
W-Bowman (20-6) L-Hall (6-10) S-Casas (46)
HR ALK-Hawkins (25) Stover (20) EDM-Reyes (21) Francis (14)
Mike Bowman won 20 games for the first time, barely. Staked to a 7-0 lead (6 run 1st) he gave up 6 in the 5th and the pen let them back in, but held the line. Casas grabbing his 46th and leaving him 1 shy of the Avalanche single season record. Cole Martin was 3-5 with an RBI (110) and Christian Holland went 2-4 with a double (38) and 3 RBI's (66). Anthony Hawkins homered in a 2-3 day and drove in 2 (86).

The win establishes a new single season record for wins, 113, surpassing the 2026 112-50 season.

MILESTONES-Shimei Ikarashi joins an exclusive club



500 SAVE CLUB
Ernest Cruz 6/1/25 (39 years 263 days)

400 SAVE CLUB
Julio Gonzalez 7/28/24 (36 years 357 days)
Ernesto Cruz 6/23/22 (36 years 292 days)

300 SAVE CLUB
Julio Gonzales 4/23/20 (32 years 257 days)
Shimei Ikarashi 9/27/29 (33 years 201 days)
Ernesto Cruz 9/15/19 (34 years 10 days)
Ivan Lopez 4/16/21 (34 years 131 days)
Stephen Watkins 5/26/26 (34 years 142 days)
Bill Barlow 8/5/22 (37 years 22 days)
Tom Conklin 7/28/21 (37 years 236 days)
Joe Boswell 6/24/20 (38 years 79 days)

9/27
ALK 7 HAW 4
W-Mathis (1-0) L-Cameron (11-12) S-Casas (47)
HR ALK-Stover 3 (23) Cook (27)
Luke Stover homered 3 times and drove in 4 (67) in a 4-4 day as Carlos Hernandez went 6.2-4-4-1-4-9 in a strong final game of 2029 after a seriously disappointing season. Lowell Cook drove in 3 (85) with a 3-run homer.

PLAYOFF PICTURE-New Hampshire is a game up on West Michigan, both are in but playing for the Division. Dayton is 1 game up on Providence, and playing Chicago. Everyone else has clinched. The Coastal League WC is Sacramento, and Pittsburgh 2 games up on Philadelphia. With Philly playing Boston.

Arroyo homered for Dayton to take the FL HR lead by 1, and Oswalt went 8-6-3-2-0-5 to lower his ERA to 2.61, .01 ahead of Webb's 2.62.

9/28
HAW 6 ALK 5
W-Reilly (1-0) L-Rodgers (11-6) S-German (23)
HR HAW-Williams (12) ALK-Cook (28)
David Rodgers finished a dismal 2nd half (4-5 7.07 in 11 starts in Aug/Sep) by giving up 6 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings. Hawaii jumped on him for 5 in the 1st. Viera stole his 67th base. 22 year old Don Reilly, acquired from Staten Island in a 2026 trade (was their 1st rounder (19th overall in 2026) won his 1st IBL game in his 1st IBL start going 6.2-8-5-5-4-3.

9/29
ALK 13 HAW 6
W-P.Williams (1-1) L-Butler (9-17)
HR HAW-Williams (13) Ortiz (23) ALK-Cook (29) Viera (14) Covington (7)
Paul Williams went 7-6-2-2-2-3 to win his first IBL start and Alex Covington went 3-3 with a homer, scoring 4 runs and driving in 2 (33). Jorge Viera was 2-5 with 3 runs and 2 RBI's (80) and Christian Holland went 2-3 with a double (39) and 2 RBI's (68).

9/30
OFF DAY

Providence scored 6 times in the top of the 8th to turn a 6-3 deficit into a 9-6 win and score them a 163rd game with Dayton, who lost 6-3 to Chicago. The loser goes home. Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) John Naylor (SI) and Antonio Trevino (SI) are all tied at 40 homers apiece, with Arroyo now gaining a 163rd game....

GAME 163
The Black Sox crush Dayton to gain their 1st post season berth in franchise history. In just their 8th season of existence their 81-82 record snags them a 1st round meeting with the Iron Pigs...

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Pete Merritt wasn't signed until May 21st this year, and has, year after year, had to work to find a job. His health is clearly a concern but when he's on the field he flat out rakes. A career .330/.400/.488 lifetime hitter in 1063 games. Swagat wins his 2nd batting title in 4 seasons.

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BOLD = League Record
BOLD/UNDERLINE = IBL Record

BATTING TITLE
FL
2012 .342 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 .336 Ernesto Garza (SI)
2014 .369 Gregory McCain (EDM)
2015 .351 Ernesto Garza (SI)
2016 .360 Todd Helton (GB)
2017 .350 Carlos Andrade (BRO)
2018 .336 Eric Coats (CHI)
2019 .345 Luis Chavez (CHI)
2020 .345 Dennis Ash (CHI)
2021 .347 Dennis Ash (CHI)
2022 .339 Roberto Alvarado (GB)
2023 .369 Ricardo Lozano (MICH)
2024 .382 Jeffrey Hudson (CHI)
2025 .402 Louie Ginger (WMI)
2026 .393 Asiman Swagat (CHI)
2027 .372 Bashir Malik (DAY)
2028 .415 Louie Ginger (WMI)
2029 .367 Asiman Swagat (CHI)

CL
2012 .357 Rich Stone (FRE)
2013 .347 Vincente Soto (LA)
2014 .336 Vincente Soto (LA)
2015 .368 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2016 .339 Allan Hedden (PIT)
2017 .3390 Jesus Castro (PHI) .3387 Vincente Soto (LA) .3386 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2018 .340 Rich Alfred (TUL)
2019 .359 Jesus Andrales (LV)
2020 .355 Jesus Castro (PHI)
2021 .338 Jesus Chapa (NH)
2022 .3304 Fernando Moya (PIT) .3300 Gonzalo Rios (EP) .3291 Pete Merritt (PHI)
2023 .330 Jesus Castro (PHI)
2024 .364 Karl Carter (CC)
2025 .346 Ron Carr (CC)
2026 .369 Diogo Ameixieira (TUL)
2027 .360 Stan Park (EP)
2028 .358 Kerry Poole (BAL)
2029 .360 Pete Merritt (BAL)

HR Title
FL
2012 60 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 49 Bill Hill (DAY)
2014 42 Carlos Leon (BRO)
2015 52 Alberto Vargas (BUF)
2016 48 Wes Morgan (CHI)
2017 52 Andruw Jones (GB)
2018 49 Christian Schall (COL)
2019 42 Alex Rodriguez (ALK)
2020 43 Lonnie Vaughan (SI)
2021 59 Tony Greene (DAY)
2022 47 Todd Greene (DAY)
2023 50 Bernardo Montoya (MICH)
2024 47 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2025 53 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2026 49 Ramon Castro (CHI)
2027 42 Sergio Gomez (MICH)
2028 49 George Tanner (COL)
2029 40 Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) John Naylor (SI) Antonio Trevino (SI)

CL
2012 56 Cy May (HOU)
2013 41 Orlando Rios (FRE)
2014 54 Carlos Arredondo (PHI)
2015 47 Carlos Arredondo (PHI)
2016 48 Ron Stokes (SAN)
2017 57 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2018 49 Chandler Harris (LA)
2019 48 Travis Bryant (BAL) George Quinn (PHI)
2020 46 Travis Bryant (BAL)
2021 49 Alex Rodriguez (BAL)
2022 47 Jesus Becerra (LV)
2023 45 George Quinn (PHI)
2024 51 Roosevelt Ramsey (TUL)
2025 40 Raul Carmona (LA) Angel Marquez (FRE) Felix Sanchez (DAL)
2026 45 George Quinn (PHI)
2027 51 Mario Martinez (LV)
2028 40 Chris James (PHI)
2029 49 Jack Woolridge (DAL)

RBI Crown
FL
2012 153 Bill Hill (DAY)
2013 156 Bill Hill (DAY)
2014 118 Tim Davis (EDM)
2015 176 Gerald Wright (EP)
2016 156 Stefan Conway (NY)
2017 147 Jeffrey Hudson (COL)
2018 137 Jeffrey Hudson (COL)
2019 152 Hugh Collins (CHI)
2020 139 Wazir Ubadah (AZ)
2021 147 Hugh Collins (CHI) Tony Greene (DAY)
2022 140 Todd Greene (DAY)
2023 157 Todd Greene (DAY)
2024 155 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2025 177 Horst Grueter (CHI)
2026 205 Ramon Castro (CHI)
2027 140 Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY)
2028 155 George Tanner (COL)
2029 148 Luis Chavez (CHI)

CL
2012 157 Cy May (HOU)
2013 141 Orlando Rios (FRE)
2014 150 Henry Wilson (LA)
2015 133 Ross Tunstall (PIT)
2016 134 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2017 148 Curt Whimster (TUL)
2018 137 George Quinn (PHI)
2019 147 Cliff Edwards (SAN)
2020 142 George Quinn (PHI)
2021 142 Alex Rodriguez (BAL)
2022 135 Jesus Becerra (LV)
2023 146 George Quinn (PHI)
2024 135 Roosevelt Ramsey (TUL)
2025 137 John Naylor (CC)
2026 132 Walt Peeler (EP)
2027 133 Ed Adronyk (SAC) Roberto Alvarado (PIT) Mario Martinez (LV)
2028 126 Pedro Lopez (HOU)
2029 153 Jack Woolridge (DAL)

ERA Title
FL
2012 2.59 Ernie Kelly (DAY)
2013 2.15 Shaun Calhoun (WMI)
2014 3.21 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 3.22 Will Cannon (COL)
2016 3.45 Barry Zito (ALK)
2017 2.91 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2018 2.97 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2019 3.35 Roberto Martinez (CHI)
2020 2.78 John Drake (WMI)
2021 2.96 Antonio Rodriguez (SI)
2022 3.03 John Drake (WMI)
2023 2.50 John Drake (WMI)
2024 2.90 John Drake (WMI)
2025 3.09 Roy Oswalt (DAY)
2026 2.28 Stan Hall (ALK)
2027 2.91 Russell Wright (NH)
2028 2.81 Chris Poe (SI)
2029 1.60 Stan Hall (ALK)

CL
2012 2.99 Mattthieu Cafasso (LV)
2013 3.07 Cecil Watts (CC)
2014 2.92 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 2.59 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2016 2.70 Rafael Garza (LA)
2017 2.72 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2018 2.94 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2019 2.60 Ramon Roa (PIT)
2020 2.52 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2021 2.43 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 2.73 Angelo Espanza (SAN)
2023 2.53 Cody Miller (BOS)
2024 2.24 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2025 2.67 Cody Miller (BOS)
2026 2.92 Travis Wright (FRE)
2027 2.77 Roy Oswalt (PIT)
2028 1.61 Brandon Webb (PHI)
2029 2.61 Roy Oswalt (PIT)

Wins
FL
2012 19 Chris Dusek (BUF)
2013 22 Ernie Kelly (DAY)
2014 18 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 19 Paco Gonzalez (EDM) Ron Pearce (SI) Walt Thompson (BRO)
2016 20 Ken Lee (CHI) Jesus Romano (NY)
2017 21 Walt Thompson (CHI)
2018 19 Ken Lee (CHI)
2019 20 Ken Lee (CHI)
2020 20 John Drake (WMI) Stan Hall (CHI)
2021 20 Roberto Martinez (CHI)
2022 23 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2023 19 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2024 20 Andy Morgan (CHI) Gabriel Pimentel (CHI) Jorge Trujillo (CHI)
2025 24 Andy Morgan (CHI)
2026 22 Artie Johnson (WMI)
2027 20 Carlos Hernandez (ALK) Cody Miller (WMI) Raul Rubio (COL)
2028 21 Mike Lewis (EDM) Leonard Steward (BUF)
2029 23 Eugenio Baca (COL)

CL
2012 20 Matthieu Cafasso (LV) Alberto Luna (BAL)
2013 22 Raul Gonzalez (HOU)
2014 20 Vince Bray (PIT) Christ O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 24 Vince Bray (PIT)
2016 21 Vincente Elisary (FRE) Rafael Garza (LA)
2017 22 Vince Bray (PIT) George Perkins (TUL)
2018 20 George Perkins (TUL)
2019 21 Richard Dyce (TUL)
2020 20 Luis Acosta (PHI)
2021 25 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 25 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2023 20 Angelo Esparza (SAN) Doug Russell (PHI)
2024 21 Tom Jackson (PIT)
2025 21 Ruben Lopez (DAL) Ronald Moss (HOU)
2026 22 Cordell Bond (FRE)
2027 22 Ronald Moss (DAL)
2028 21 Charlie Wooroffe (BAL)
2029 22 Andy Morgan (LA)

K Title
FL
2012 278 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2013 255 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2014 281 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2015 236 Walt Thompson (BRO)
2016 229 Jesus Romano (NY)
2017 240 Barry Zito (ALK)
2018 226 Jesus Romano (NY)
2019 252 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2020 260 Maurice Paterson (MICH)
2021 277 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2022 285 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2023 265 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2024 245 Joaquin Vargas (WMI)
2025 279 Stan Hall (CHI)
2026 263 Stan Hall (ALK)
2027 240 Rob Bright (CHI)
2028 274 Rob Bright (CHI)
2029 263 Stan Hall (ALK)

CL
2012 236 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2013 245 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2014 238 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2015 240 Vince Bray (PIT)
2016 206 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
2017 232 Vincent Bray (PIT)
2018 266 Ramon Roa (PIT)
2019 279 Bryant Thomas (TUL)
2020 290 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2021 273 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2022 329 Angelo Esparza (SAN)
2023 328 Esteban Figueroa (SAC)
2024 274 Esteban Figueroa (DAL)
2025 332 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2026 287 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2027 261 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2028 321 Bryant Thomas (FRE)
2029 330 Brandon Webb (PHI)

Saves
FL
2012 43 F. Flores
2013 47 Bill Barlow (DAY) Greg Patterson (BRO)
2014 38 Nicholas Clark (NY)
2015 41 Sherwood Jacobs (MICH)
2016 37 Nicholas Clark (NY) Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
2017 48 Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
2018 46 Ivan Lopez (COL)
2019 44 Francisco Herreva (GB)
2020 49 Tom Conklin (WMI)
2021 44 Tom Conklin (WMI) Quincy Gallagher (ALK)
2022 41 Stephen Watkins (WMI)
2023 35 Pepe Artlano (BUF) Tomas Gonzalez (WMI)
2024 44 Jose Navarro (EDM)
2025 43 Michael Wheeler (ALK)
2026 38 Donald Franklin (WMI) Pedro Quintero (NH)
2027 47 Carlos Casaneda (BUF)
2028 41 Edward McBrieve (CHI)
2029 47 Cisco Casas (ALK)

CL
2012 44 Julio Gonzalez (LA)
2013 42 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2014 46 Julio Arroyo (PHI)
2015 43 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2016 42 Anbar Suhayb (LV)
2017 39 Bill Barlow (SAC) Clinton Quinn (BAL)
2018 47 Joe Boswell (PIT)
2019 40 Shimei Ikarashi (SAN) Jesus Machado (BAL)
2020 42 Otto Hunter (TUL)
2021 44 Alex Brown (CC)
2022 49 Jake Ellison (BOS)
2023 43 Dale Picot (TUL)
2024 43 Dale Picot (TUL)
2025 45 Dave Hubbard (CC)
2026 40 Roy Mathews (SAN)
2027 50 John O'Halloran (EP)
2028 44 Yajirobei Watanabe (NO)
2029 49 Shimei Ikarashi (LV)

[gehrig38]

My guess is Miguel Cabrera is lined up for an MVP. I think the complete lack of Alaska players from this board is more because of the platoon situations I have going, which I don't really like as I like to stick with specific guys, but they did hit well in that situation all year. Jorge Viera is turning himself into a superstar.



Stan Hall better walk home with the hardware this year. Flat out dominated, and misses the pitching triple crown by 1 win. While I am elated at retaining Casas, I still think it's far too much money to pay a closer. Having said that he had a hell of a year.



Stover should be in line for another gold glove. Holland was outstanding at 3B, Hawkins in CF and Morton and Covington helped me to the leagues top defense.

[gehrig38]

Pedro Lopez leads the CL in hits at 220. He's one of the players I dealt to Houston to acquire RJ. Merritt is a former Alaska player as well. Welch, Manny and Woolridge are my top 3 Aaron Award winners. Not sure what order.



Brandon Webb, had he not started 0-3 9.27 in his first 4 starts, no telling what he'd have done. Still had a monster year, setting a new record for WAR in a season. I thought Andy Morgan was a lock to win the Koufax, but after going 19-1, he lost 4 straight. 2 no decisions in his final 2 starts didn't help as he pitched well.



The kid in Dallas, Vasario, is a monster talent on both sides of the ball. Likely winning a gold glove and hitting .296/.347/.469 with 39 doubles 10 triples and 19 home runs with 27 stolen bases and scoring 121 runs.

[gehrig38]

A look at the best all time players in the post season.

[gehrig38]

10 of the 14 teams have not won a world series yet.


I will get the winner of Staten Island/West Michigan. Both teams present unique problems, but Staten Islands offense is something to be concerned with.



The Roughriders back, and it's been awhile. They would be the 2nd team to ever win more than 2 titles if they were to pull it off.

[gehrig38]

Providence grabs 2 in the 9th and it looked like a huge game 1 upset, but it was not to be. I have this feeling no matter how this goes, for me to get to a world series I will have to play, and beat, Chicago.

Simons and Oswalt dealt, big wins. Home/Road split 3-3.

[gehrig38]

Ron Wilton hit a 2 out 2-run walk off single to give the Iron Pigs a 2-0 lead. Jack Woolridge slams 2 to give the Texans a 2-0 lead as well.

[gehrig38]

Chicago and Dallas take commanding 3-0 leads and Sacramento has a 9th inning for the ages.

[gehrig38]

Chicago moves on. Rob Bright takes home WC MVP Honors going 1-0 15.1 IP 14 H 14 K's 3 BB's and a 2.35 ERA.

[gehrig38]

Devastating end to the Colts season. Ron Moss takes home MVP honors (1-0 16.2 IP 12 H 16 K's 2.16 ERA)
Houston gets a 9th inning homer to take the series 4-1. Series MVP Rafael Torres (.263 2 HR's 7 RBI's GW HR)

[gehrig38]

Carlos Vargas insures we get the White Caps next round. SS Jud Lambert took home MVP honors, hitting .423-0-4 in 26 at bats with a .500 OBP.

Andy Morgan was the series MVP as LA took Sacramento in 6. Morgan went 2-0 0.56 in 16 innings striking out 13 walking 2 and giving up 8 hits.

Mountaineers and Clippers get a game 7.