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Eugene Church · 09-11-2010, 10:34 AM

The Islandian Times
Monday, October 20, 2014

Szabo And Burg 2014 IPA MVPs
The Islandian Pro Alliance announced the BNN Most Valuable Player Awards for the 2014 season. Both winners have already been recognized with the Golden Arm Awards. Ilya Szabo of the the Colfax Blasters was the MVP recipient in the Ruthlandian Union and Cody Burg was honored with the Tycobbian Union MVP.

Szabo led the Blasters to the RU West title with a standout 23-8 record and topped the league with a brilliant 1.75 ERA. Szabo has been the ERA leader three times in his career. The 35-year-old right-hander also paced the league with 7 shutouts. This is Szabo's second MVP crown. He has also taken the RU Golden Arm trophy twice. Lifetime Szabo has compiled a 220-110 record with a remarkable 2.36 ERA.

Taranto's slugger Augie Marshall was Szabo's biggest challenger. Marshall batted .327 for the second place Tars in the RU North and ranked at the top of the league with 49 homers and 146 RBIs. Young Kyle Ferguson, Kilkenny's 25-year-old hurler, rated third in the BNN poll, was 24-8 with a 2.04 ERA in his second season in the IPA. Ferguson had the second-best ERA. The Cats wound up fourth in the tough RU North.

Burg has won most games in IPA history with an overall 252-151 mark in his 14 seasons. This year the 32-year old Hurricane ace registered a 25-12 record and fanned 288 batters in 310 innings and collected the Tycobbian Union MVP award for the first time. He has been named the Golden Arm winner on three occasions. Burg has been the TU strikeout king a remarkable 11 times. His 2.41 ERA was the best in the TU. It's the fifth time Burg has ranked number one in that category. Despite Burg's great year, Cape Coral finished fifth in the TU South this year.

Two hard-swinging first sackers gave Burg the most competion. Turon's Clyde Kingsford led the Typhoons to the TU South flag and was the number two votegetter. Kingsford batted .311, slammed 39 home runs and drove in 129 runs. High Mesa's Jack Elliott, the TU Golden Bat winner for the second year in a row, was third in the balloting. Elliott's Cowboys were third in the TU East race. He had another massive season with a .342 batting average (3rd), 51 homers (1st), 141 RBIs (1st) and scored 129 runs (2nd). Elliott came up 2 points short in the batting race and just barely missed out on the Triple Crown.

09-11-2010, 10:34 AM	#1957
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 35,721 Blog Entries: 1	The Islandian Times Monday, October 20, 2014 Szabo And Burg 2014 IPA MVPs The Islandian Pro Alliance announced the BNN Most Valuable Player Awards for the 2014 season. Both winners have already been recognized with the Golden Arm Awards. Ilya Szabo of the the Colfax Blasters was the MVP recipient in the Ruthlandian Union and Cody Burg was honored with the Tycobbian Union MVP. Szabo led the Blasters to the RU West title with a standout 23-8 record and topped the league with a brilliant 1.75 ERA. Szabo has been the ERA leader three times in his career. The 35-year-old right-hander also paced the league with 7 shutouts. This is Szabo's second MVP crown. He has also taken the RU Golden Arm trophy twice. Lifetime Szabo has compiled a 220-110 record with a remarkable 2.36 ERA. Taranto's slugger Augie Marshall was Szabo's biggest challenger. Marshall batted .327 for the second place Tars in the RU North and ranked at the top of the league with 49 homers and 146 RBIs. Young Kyle Ferguson, Kilkenny's 25-year-old hurler, rated third in the BNN poll, was 24-8 with a 2.04 ERA in his second season in the IPA. Ferguson had the second-best ERA. The Cats wound up fourth in the tough RU North. Burg has won most games in IPA history with an overall 252-151 mark in his 14 seasons. This year the 32-year old Hurricane ace registered a 25-12 record and fanned 288 batters in 310 innings and collected the Tycobbian Union MVP award for the first time. He has been named the Golden Arm winner on three occasions. Burg has been the TU strikeout king a remarkable 11 times. His 2.41 ERA was the best in the TU. It's the fifth time Burg has ranked number one in that category. Despite Burg's great year, Cape Coral finished fifth in the TU South this year. Two hard-swinging first sackers gave Burg the most competion. Turon's Clyde Kingsford led the Typhoons to the TU South flag and was the number two votegetter. Kingsford batted .311, slammed 39 home runs and drove in 129 runs. High Mesa's Jack Elliott, the TU Golden Bat winner for the second year in a row, was third in the balloting. Elliott's Cowboys were third in the TU East race. He had another massive season with a .342 batting average (3rd), 51 homers (1st), 141 RBIs (1st) and scored 129 runs (2nd). Elliott came up 2 points short in the batting race and just barely missed out on the Triple Crown. Last edited by Eugene Church; 03-24-2022 at 05:59 PM.