SJL:
Going into the final day of the 1978 regular season, El Paso center fielder Pete Wiederkehr was leading in the race for the batting average title in the SJL, hitting .331 to San Antonio's terrific rookie John Freeman's .330. But in the final regular season game Wiederkehr went 0 for 3 while Freeman only came in for one pinch-hit appearance for the Keys on that final day, and though he made an out, he had in the end narrowly edged out Wiederkehr for the batting title. Both players finished with .330 averages, when rounded to the third decimal, but Freeman edged Wiederkehr .32969 to .32960. This was the closest batting title race in WPK history thus far.
Freeman is almost surely going to add a Rookie of the Year award to his accolades soon as well. While Wiederkehr is searching for a bigger reward- his first WPK championship ring.
MGL:
For the second straight year the Brewers
Brett Taranto wins the MGL batting title, and rather easily. This season he also led the league in at-bats (654), hits (227), triples (15), slugging percentage (.535), OPS (.916) and WAR (7.4). Whether it will all be good enough to claim his first league MVP award is yet to be determined. (In 2,037 career big league plate appearances, Taranto now has a career batting average of .347.)