IPA 50th Anniversary All-Time All-Star Team
C: Hal Stevenson (2001-2024)
The top all-time catcher in IPA history is Hal Stevenson, who was gifted at the plate and also with the mitt and starred for the Sugar Valley Rattlers almost his entire IPA career. He is number 16 on the IPA career homer list with 567 and number 19 in RBIs with 1758 and was a member of the IPA Second Decade All-Stars (2011-2020). The Rattler superstar was a 12-time All-Star and hauled in 8 Golden Gloves in 23 seasons. He sparked Sugar Valley to 8 division pennants and to the postseason 9 times, but never won a Pro Cup. In 2013 Stevenson was honored with the Golden Bat Award. That year Stevenson topped the Ruthlandian Union with 49 home runs and 134 runs batted in, while batting at a .311 clip.
In his 2466-game career, Stevenson hit .287 with 2503 hits, 567 home runs, 1574 runs scored and 1758 RBIs. He wrapped up his career at the age of 40 and made the IPA Hall of Fame in 2027, which was the first year of its existence. However, Stevenson didn't have much success with the bat in the playoffs, batting only .197 with three homers and 10 RBIs in 21 games. Most of the time the Rattlers were eliminated early in the postseason.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-24-2020 at 01:25 PM.
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