IPA 50th Anniversary All-Time All-Star Team
1B Jack Elliott (2013-2031)
Only a limited few superstars have made an IPA All-Decade Team. And even fewer players will do it twice. The great slugging first sacker and Hall-of-Famer Jack Elliott is one of those superstars that did it. He was picked for the Second All-Decade Team (2011-2020) and then again on the Third All-Decade Team (2021-2030).
At age 38, Elliott called it quits after 19 seasons, 18 of them spent with the High Mesa Cowboys (now Mustangs). The standout first baseman made the All-Star team 13 times, won an unbelievable 12 Golden Bats, 5 Golden Gloves and 3 MVPs (2013, 2021, 2022). The gifted player led the league remarkably 9 times in homers, runs 8 times and in batting average 7 times. He is second all-time with 848 roundtrippers. Only Jerry Culpepper with 878 had more. However, Culpepper never hit for the average Elliott did, batting .304 in his career. Elliott played in 2758 games, hit .332 lifetime (3rd) with 3467 hits (13th), 2120 RBIs (5th) and 2192 runs (3rd). He made the IPA Hall of Fame in 2032. Much to his dismay, Elliott never played in the postseason.
Last edited by Eugene Church; 06-24-2020 at 01:27 PM.
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