5th Place: High Mesa Mustangs (79-75) (15 GB)
Last Pennant: 2062
Pro Cups: 1 (2002)
High Mesa has not won many awards, but overall they have a winning record in the IPA (.504)... won their only Pro Cup over six decades ago in 2002... lately the Mustangs won the pennant in '59 and '62... came in 6th in '63 (9 GB), but they had a winning mark... rallied a little bit in '64, winding up in 3rd place (7 GB)... and finished 5th this year (15 GB)... they took the top spot at the end of the first month of play, but fell out of grace soon... High Mesa remained in the hunt until midseason, then dropped out of contention in the second half of the year... home runs were the name of the game this season for the Mustangs... 240 homers and 711 runs kept them in the running... six players in the lineup had 20 or more roundtrippers... but they didn't hit for much average (.240 BA)... mediocre pitching kept them out of contention (4.18 ERA)... the Mustangs have quality starters, but are weak in the bullpen... in addition to a healthy attack, High Mesa could field very well (.980 FA)... a couple of contact hitters and a couple of good relievers would do wonders in High Mesa.
