[Eugene Church]

Glasco A's Nab RU North Crown - Redhawks, Bulls, Vipers in Playoffs

The Glasco Athletics pretty much led the Ruthlandian North Division the entire season. At mid-season they led by only 3 games. The A's captured the division crown by 5 games over Far Mountain and Valmara. The Ranford Bulls, who had a sizzling 54-29 record in the second half, finished fourth, only 6 games back. These four clubs will now move into the First Round of the IPA playoffs with Glasco playing Ranford and Far Mountain opposed by Valmara. All of the playoff series will be best-two-out-of-three, except the Islandian Pro Cup Series, which will be best three-out-of-five. The team with the best regular season record in each series will get the home field advantage.

Best Hitting Team - Ranford .276 BA
Most Homers - Taranto 172
Best Pitching - Far Mountain 3.25 ERA
Best Defense - Glasco .981 FA

Glasco Athletics - McDuffie Hughes, Manager
Top Pitchers - Charles Darby (18-14 3.00), Ray Cook (14-5 3.24), Jake Nyberg (18-8 3.42), Jerry Smith (18-12 3.78)
Top Hitters - 1B Maury Smith (.333/7 HR/62 RBI), LF Ox Beauvais (.324/19 HR/68 RBI), OF Bobby Pascarelli (.280/17 HR/70 RBI), C Les Ferguson (.270/29 HR/84 RBI)

Far Mountain Redhawks - Alex Groveland, Manager
Top Pitchers - Doc Randolph (13-6 3.02), Robby Kelly (18-11 3.08), Sonny Elliott (18-12 3.25), Mike McCabe (16-13 3.50), Cliff Pope (11-7 3.54)
Top Hitters - C Dave Davis (.315/13 HR/82 RBI), CF Sid Cameron (.295/10 HR/50 RBI), LF Karl Dietz (.289/28 HR/81 RBI), RF Lee Maddox (.276/19 HR/70 RBI)

Valmara Vipers - J. Jackson Samuel, Manager
Top Pitchers - Andre Trepanier (10-2 2.49), Ted Farentino (10-10 3.00), Vanya Vasylenko (17-12 3.04), Danny Blauser (17-10 3.33)
Top Hitters - LF Jet Kazmarek (.428/15 HR/111 RBI/135 R/85 SB), SS Fred Vinson (.327/6 HR/117 RBI), CF Jan Szymanski (.222/22 HR/96 RBI), C Yoshi Motsuzuki (.269/10 HR/56 RBI/116 R/50 SB)

Ranford Bulls - Page Satcher, Manager
Top Pitchers - Jim Maxwell (14-12 2.89), Chris Bernhoffer (21-11 3.01), Lloyd Huff (12-5 3.44), Leland Shaddock (11-7 3.57)
Top Hitters - CF Warren Gravois (.318/4 HR/42 RBI/25 SB), C Walt Horvath (.318/6 HR/60 RBI), 1B Donny Jorgensen (.307/14 HR/57 RBI), 1B Jordy John (.302/14 HR/64 RBI), 3B Robin O'Donoghue (.290/10 HR/50 RBI)

LaGrange Sports - Foxy Jimision, Manager
Top Pitchers - Al Thibaut (16-9 3.48), Barney Prohaska (19-15 3.64)
Top Hitters - SS Kyle Villere (.306/9 HR/73 RBI/80 R/24 SB), RF Phil Lacroix (.277/13 HR/64 RBI), 1B Arnie vicknair (.260/20 HR/68 RBI)

Taranto Tars - Tommaso Lazzorda, Manager
Top Pitchers - Anthony Nardone (16-10 2.90), Arnie Wickersham (12-7 3.48)
Top Hitters - RF Dominic Zuccaro (.330/39 HR/94 RBI/90 R), 1B Anthony Cavaliere (.266/23 HR/81 RBI), CF Teddy Giacone (.240/28 HR/73 RBI)

Kilkenny Cats - Kieran McKenna, Manager
Top PItchers - Dino Caravaggio (19-12 3.27), Mack Harrell (19-11 3.46)
Top Hitters - CF Kirk Pitzer (.318/17 HR/77 RBI/93 R/43 SB), SS Rowdy O'Leary (.267/21 HR/76 RBI/79 SB), LF Zoro Volakis (.264/16 HR/70 ERA), 2B Joey Zajac (.265/16 HR/70 RBI)

Ancona Red Elephants - Manny Mickens, Manager
Top Pitchers - Marty Sellick (12-10 3.25), Shannon Estes (10-13 3.16)
Top Hitters - 1B Issie Manos (.316/15 HR/69 RBI), 3B Dmitri Vrotsos (.314/24 HR/96 RBI/79 R), C Dale Kerr (.252/22 HR/82 RBI)