The Islandian Times
Wednesday, September 1, 2027
IPA September Stats Leaders
The Ruthlandian Union batting crown is up in the air. Two players, Roger Lanier of St. John, and perennial winner Roy Hobbs of Waleska are running neck-and-neck with Lanier having a 4-point edge going into the final three weeks of the campaign. Lanier is batting .357 to .353 for Hobbs, a 4-time winner. The Waleska superstar has the lead over Lanier in hits 205 to 203. Crystal Lake's Herm Taylor is also in the chase with 194 hits. In home runs Belair Beach's Kees Draeger is currently number one with 38, followed closely by Dean Woods of Sugar Valley with 36 and George McKay of Colfax with 33. Tops in RBIs is Woods with 116. Ancona's Alekos Kotas and Kenny Willard are number two and three and trailing with 107 and 100 respectively.
Pitching leaders are Beechwood's Ken Arby with 25 wins and teammate Maury Patterson with 24. Third best is Valka's Adam Aru and Waleska's Will Bill Butler with 23 victories each. If he can squeeze in enough starts, Arby has a slim change to make history this year and become the first 30-game winner in IPA history. Turon's Shane Farmer won 29 in 2018. The top ERA belongs to Arby at 2.08 with Far Mountain's Jakob Wagner at 2.25. In third is Far Mountain's Jeff Cooper with a 2.45 ERA. The saves leader is Waylon Hillman of Middlefield with 36. Matt Stevens of San Dimas is second with 31. Two are tied with 30: Milt Flanagan of Sligo and Ivan Guzek with Valmara. The all-time saves mark is 41 set in 2019 by Jeff Jernigan of the Crystal Lake Crushers.
There isn't much of a contest in the Tycobbian Union batting race. Babe Hankins of Kenwood is way ahead of runner-up Rick Cabrini of Southport. Hankins is batting .353 to Cabrini's .327. Rolling Hills Billy Christianson is third with a .322 BA. Hankins also a substantial margin with 197 hits to Cabrini's 185. Christianson is third with 183. In longballs it's quite a battle with five contenders: Lorne Evans (Southport) and Kerry Sterling (Oxford) tied for first place with 39, Jack Elliott (High Mesa) with 38, Kenji Aoki (East Point) at 36 and Michael Page (Turon) 35. It's even more competitive in RBIs with 10 in contention, led by Aoki with 103. There are 9 others within 8 of the leader.
The pitching leaders will probably go down to the last day of the season, too. Ozarka's Marty Lane has the most wins with 25. Bobby Dorignac of Midway has posted 23 with three tied at 22 apiece: Errol Gaudet (Rolling Hills), Kenny Leonard (Rolling Hills) and Frank Mullins (Chicopee). The top ERAs belong to Greg Moss (Bay St. Clair) with a 2.17, Al Laclair (Southport) with 2.30 and Jack Bolden (East Point) with a 2.34 ERA. Also within striking distance are Scotty Ellison (Summerland) at 2.41 and a pair at 2.42: Toby White (Luxora) and Errol Gaudet (Rolling Hills). The number one bullpen ace is Bobby Morris (Rolling Hills) with 32, followed by Jeffrey Floyd (White River) with 30 and three others with 28: John Nelson (Arroyo Grande), Marv Thomas (Bay St. Clair) and Pete Woods (High Mesa).
Last edited by Eugene Church; 10-24-2011 at 09:24 PM.
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