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reds1 · 10-10-2022, 02:52 AM

Babe Ruth Award

Embro Suns’ 27-year old 3B Moromao Nakagawa (.331/.413/.592, 30-2B, 36 HR, 123 RBI, 81 BB, 4 SB, 168 OPS+, 8.3 WAR) successfully defended his standing as the Eastern League’s top offensive player, winning the Babe Ruth Award for the second consecutive season. Nakagawa and Raymond Williams finished 1-2 for the second straight year as well, but this time Nakagawa swept all first-place votes. Rod Dennis received votes for the first time since the 1952-53 season, but his 123 votes this year was his best showing by far.

Nakagawa led the Eastern League in HR (36), RBI (123), WAR (8.3), Hits (185), Runs (110), TB (331), EBH (70), ISO (.261) and WPA (8.66). He finished second in another 5 categories and in the Top 5 in 4 others. As an aside, he led the entire United Leagues in 3 categories (highlighted in bold).

Next in order of vote getting:

2nd: Cobourg’s 30-year old CF Raymond Williams (.301/.402/.547, 28-2B, 29 HR, 88 RBI, 86 BB, 14 SB, 152 OPS+, 7.3 WAR)
3rd: Queensland’s 30-year old LF Rod Dennis (.343/.415/.596, 29-2B, 33 HR, 100 RBI, 69 BB, 173 OPS+, 6.1 WAR)

Williams finished second in 3 categories and in the Top 5 in 11 others.

Dennis led the circuit in AVG (.343), SLG (.596), OPS (1.011), OPS+ (173), wOBA (.442) and RC/27 outs (9.77). He finished second in 6 further categories and in the Top 5 in 3 others.

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Satchel Paige Award

Queensland Eagles’ RHP Logan Belsey and RHP Stiofan Micklethwait have each received votes for the top pitcher in the East for the past five and four seasons respectively, with Belsey winning the honor in 1952-53 and 1954-55. But this season, 27-year old LHP Robin Wadsworth (20-9, 1.96 ERA, 257.0 IP, 1.10 WHIP, .232 BABIP, 199 ERA+, 6.2 WAR) came out just ahead of Belsey in his second season of receiving votes.

Wadsworth led the East in ERA (1.96), SHO (6), ERA+ (199), rWAR (10.6) and QS (28). He finished second in 1 other category and in the Top 5 in a further 15. He led the entire United Leagues in 4 categories (highlighted in bold).

Following him were:

2nd: 30-year old RHP Logan Belsey (21-6, 2.63 ERA, 267.1 IP, 1.19 WHIP, .282 BABIP, 147 ERA+, 8.8 WAR).
3rd: 28-year old RHP Stiofan Micklethwait (21-5, 2.42 ERA, 267.2 IP, 1.03 WHIP, .230 BABIP, 160 ERA+, 7.8 WAR)

Belsey led the Eastern League (and the entire ULB for that matter) in W (21 – tied), WAR (8.8), K (219), K/BB (2.7) and FIP (2.55). He finished second in 4 other categories and in the Top 5 in 6 others.

Micklethwait led in W (21 - tied), WHIP (1.03), WIN% (.808), Opp OBP (.265) and Opp OPS (.561). He finished second in 11 other categories and in the Top 5 in 4 others.

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Rookie of the Year Award

Cobourg acquired the 25-year old LF Harrison Covey (.254/.355/.396, 13-2B, 16 HR, 55 RBI, 80 BB, 5 SB, 101 OPS+, 2.9 WAR) from the Balmoral Giants last June and Covey rewarded the Redlegs with a Rookie of the Year performance. The former 2nd-round pick from 1951-52 is a defensive marvel that is projected to be a solid regular with hard contact and above-average power.

A pair of Legends followed him in the voting:

2nd: Brunswick’s 24-year old IF/OF Edliberto Mandac (.305/.351/.452, 24-2B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 26 BB, 7 SB, 113 OPS+, 1.5 WAR)
3rd: Brunswick’s 26-year old LHP Joshua Witherden (.214/.315/.387, 13-2B, 16 HR, 53 RBI, 57 BB, 7 SB, 87 OPS+, 1.4 WAR)

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Babe Ruth Award

Another dominant performance by Pulberry’s 26-year old LF Aidan Thirkettle (.334/.434/.628, 27-2B, 40 HR, 113 RBI, 88 BB, 9 SB, 188 OPS+, 9.1 WAR) earned him his third consecutive Babe Ruth Award. He is third position player to win three Babe Ruth Awards in his career and the second to win it three years in a row, following Kingston Pelican’s catcher, Danny Trowbridge. It was also the first time he earned all first-place votes and was joined by four of his teammates in collecting votes.

Thirkettle led the League in a whopping 15 categories. They are: AVG (.334), HR (40), RBI (113), OBP (.434), SLG (.625), OPS (1.062), WAR (9.1), Runs (116), TB (331), EBH (71), ISO (.294), OPS+ (188), WPA (6.48), wOBA (.461) and RC/27 Outs (10.6). He finished second in 1 other category (caught stealing) and in the Top 5 in 1 other (hits). He led the entire United Leagues in 10 categories (highlighted in bold).

This year’s runners-up were:

2nd: Sherburn’s 28-year old LF Ross Shewman (.286/.396/.530, 22-2B, 26 HR, 110 RBI, 92 BB, 1 SB, 145 OPS+, 7.0 WAR)
3rd: Pulberry's 25-year old C Paul England (.317/.402/.523, 22-2B, 24 HR, 94 RBI, 66 BB, 152 OPS+, 6.8 WAR)

Shewman finished second in 2 categories and in the Top 5 in 10 others.

England finished in the Top 5 in 7 categories.

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Satchel Paige Award

32-year old RHP Jesús Chapa (18-5, 2.49 ERA, 278.2 IP, 1.30 WHIP, .282 BABIP, 159 ERA+, 7.8 WAR) wins his third Satchel Paige Award and first since the 1947-48 season, an 8-year gap. That breaks the previous record of 7 years, originally set by Anastasio Rodríguez with the Brunswick Legends. The 12-year veteran and 7-time all-star, who failed to earn any votes last season, enjoyed one of his very best campaigns and could be primed for more. He has an ‘iron man’ constitution and has been one of the steadiest, most consistent pitchers in the United Leagues. He has been with the Tigers since they drafted him 4th overall back in 1942-43.

Chapa led the West in ERA (2.49), WAR (7.8), IP (278.2), ERA+ (159), rWAR (9.1), WIN% (.783) and QS (30). He finished in the Top 5 in 2 other pitching categories. He led the entire United Leagues in 2 categories (highlighted in bold).

Finishing behind Chapa in voting this year were:

2nd: Pulberry’s 20-year old LHP Bart Ohara (13-11, 2.95 ERA, 247.0 IP, 1.22 WHIP, .268 BABIP, 130 ERA+, 7.4 WAR)
3rd: Hespeler’s 28-year old RHP Battista Carotta (17-13, 3.37 ERA, 275.1 IP, 1.30 WHIP, .270 BABIP, 118 ERA+, 6.3 WAR)

Ohara finished first in FIP (2.70) and Opp SLG (.315). He finished second in 3 other categories and in the Top 5 in a further 8.

Carotta finished first in CG (20) and SHO (5). He finished second in another 2 categories and in the Top 5 in 7 others.

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Rookie of the Year Award

For the first time in United Leagues history, a tie for a major player award occurred – and they are teammates on a championship squad to boot. Although the news article announced 24-year old SS Sean Abercrombie (.253/.333/.436, 17-2B, 19 HR, 71 RBI, 56 BB, 7 SB, 110 OPS+, 2.6 WAR) as the winner, it does acknowledge that he finished in a dead heat with 20-year old LHP Bart Ohara (13-11, 2.95 ERA, 247.0 IP, 1.22 WHIP, .268 BABIP, 130 ERA+, 7.4 WAR). On the other hand, the award winners listed under the History tab names Ohara as this season’s Rookie of the Year. But both received a Rookie of the Year icon on their respective player’s page thus confirming the tie. Both were well deserving, and each contributed to their team’s success this past season.

Finishing behind the Pulberry duo were:

3rd: Wolseley’s 26-year old C Mike Hutchison (.265/.346/.375, 21-2B, 6 HR, 58 RBI, 52 BB, 93 OPS+, 2.4 WAR)
4th: Sherburn’s 24-year old CF Leon Albrecht (.234/.349/.375, 10-2B, 8 HR, 33 RBI, 49 BB, 5 SB, 93 OPS+, 2.0 WAR)

Voting Results:

Previous Winners:

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Manager of the Year Award

Although his club came up short in the United Cup finals, the ULB took note of the fine job 62-year old Wildemar Aquino (210-223, .485) did in guiding the Wellington Athletics back to the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. The Athletics improved by 20 wins over last season to go from last to first place and a berth into the United Cup finals. Although an 18-year veteran, this was just his third as a manager and his first winning season.

On the other hand, 50-year old Ryo Ichikawa (1001-851, .540) has been a manager throughout his 12-year career and has enjoyed tremendous success. As manger of the Embro Suns for 7 seasons, he led them to three Pennants and one United Cup appearance. When he joined the Pulberry Trolleys in 1951-52, he took over a squad that had lost a combined 191 games over the previous two seasons. But they immediately began to win under his guidance, culminating with three consecutive first-place finishes and finally, a Western League Pennant and United Cup championship this past season. He wins the Manager of the Year Award for the second straight season.

Previous Winners:

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New Records Set

Several pitching records were set this season:

• Queensland’s 30-year old RHP Marcus Turvill set a new mark for home runs allowed with 53. That surpasses Reece Abberley’s previous mark of 43 set in 1940-41.
• Queensland’s RHP Logan Belsey broke his own 1950-51 record of 203 strikeouts with 219 this past season.
• 30-year old LHP Larry Kovnats of the Braeland City Monarchs set a new mark of 205 walks allowed, surpassing Kent Dundon’s old mark of 198 set in 1950-51.
• Braeland City’s RHP Danilo Narvaez set a new mark of 6.16 HA/9 IP. The previous record was 6.41, set in 1952-53 by Bill Budd.
• LHP Larry Kovnats also set a new record of 7.66 K/9 IP, surpassing his own mark of 7.37 from last season.
• Finally, RHP Danilo Narvaez broke Bill Blair’s 1952-53 record of .1974 Opp AVG, with a new mark of .1890.

10-10-2022, 02:52 AM	#758
reds1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Location: Winnipeg Posts: 3,919	Babe Ruth Award Embro Suns’ 27-year old 3B Moromao Nakagawa (.331/.413/.592, 30-2B, 36 HR, 123 RBI, 81 BB, 4 SB, 168 OPS+, 8.3 WAR) successfully defended his standing as the Eastern League’s top offensive player, winning the Babe Ruth Award for the second consecutive season. Nakagawa and Raymond Williams finished 1-2 for the second straight year as well, but this time Nakagawa swept all first-place votes. Rod Dennis received votes for the first time since the 1952-53 season, but his 123 votes this year was his best showing by far. Nakagawa led the Eastern League in HR (36), RBI (123), WAR (8.3), Hits (185), Runs (110), TB (331), EBH (70), ISO (.261) and WPA (8.66). He finished second in another 5 categories and in the Top 5 in 4 others. As an aside, he led the entire United Leagues in 3 categories (highlighted in bold). Next in order of vote getting: 2nd: Cobourg’s 30-year old CF Raymond Williams (.301/.402/.547, 28-2B, 29 HR, 88 RBI, 86 BB, 14 SB, 152 OPS+, 7.3 WAR) 3rd: Queensland’s 30-year old LF Rod Dennis (.343/.415/.596, 29-2B, 33 HR, 100 RBI, 69 BB, 173 OPS+, 6.1 WAR) Williams finished second in 3 categories and in the Top 5 in 11 others. Dennis led the circuit in AVG (.343), SLG (.596), OPS (1.011), OPS+ (173), wOBA (.442) and RC/27 outs (9.77). He finished second in 6 further categories and in the Top 5 in 3 others. Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Satchel Paige Award Queensland Eagles’ RHP Logan Belsey and RHP Stiofan Micklethwait have each received votes for the top pitcher in the East for the past five and four seasons respectively, with Belsey winning the honor in 1952-53 and 1954-55. But this season, 27-year old LHP Robin Wadsworth (20-9, 1.96 ERA, 257.0 IP, 1.10 WHIP, .232 BABIP, 199 ERA+, 6.2 WAR) came out just ahead of Belsey in his second season of receiving votes. Wadsworth led the East in ERA (1.96), SHO (6), ERA+ (199), rWAR (10.6) and QS (28). He finished second in 1 other category and in the Top 5 in a further 15. He led the entire United Leagues in 4 categories (highlighted in bold). Following him were: 2nd: 30-year old RHP Logan Belsey (21-6, 2.63 ERA, 267.1 IP, 1.19 WHIP, .282 BABIP, 147 ERA+, 8.8 WAR). 3rd: 28-year old RHP Stiofan Micklethwait (21-5, 2.42 ERA, 267.2 IP, 1.03 WHIP, .230 BABIP, 160 ERA+, 7.8 WAR) Belsey led the Eastern League (and the entire ULB for that matter) in W (21 – tied), WAR (8.8), K (219), K/BB (2.7) and FIP (2.55). He finished second in 4 other categories and in the Top 5 in 6 others. Micklethwait led in W (21 - tied), WHIP (1.03), WIN% (.808), Opp OBP (.265) and Opp OPS (.561). He finished second in 11 other categories and in the Top 5 in 4 others. Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Rookie of the Year Award Cobourg acquired the 25-year old LF Harrison Covey (.254/.355/.396, 13-2B, 16 HR, 55 RBI, 80 BB, 5 SB, 101 OPS+, 2.9 WAR) from the Balmoral Giants last June and Covey rewarded the Redlegs with a Rookie of the Year performance. The former 2nd-round pick from 1951-52 is a defensive marvel that is projected to be a solid regular with hard contact and above-average power. A pair of Legends followed him in the voting: 2nd: Brunswick’s 24-year old IF/OF Edliberto Mandac (.305/.351/.452, 24-2B, 5 HR, 40 RBI, 26 BB, 7 SB, 113 OPS+, 1.5 WAR) 3rd: Brunswick’s 26-year old LHP Joshua Witherden (.214/.315/.387, 13-2B, 16 HR, 53 RBI, 57 BB, 7 SB, 87 OPS+, 1.4 WAR) Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Babe Ruth Award Another dominant performance by Pulberry’s 26-year old LF Aidan Thirkettle (.334/.434/.628, 27-2B, 40 HR, 113 RBI, 88 BB, 9 SB, 188 OPS+, 9.1 WAR) earned him his third consecutive Babe Ruth Award. He is third position player to win three Babe Ruth Awards in his career and the second to win it three years in a row, following Kingston Pelican’s catcher, Danny Trowbridge. It was also the first time he earned all first-place votes and was joined by four of his teammates in collecting votes. Thirkettle led the League in a whopping 15 categories. They are: AVG (.334), HR (40), RBI (113), OBP (.434), SLG (.625), OPS (1.062), WAR (9.1), Runs (116), TB (331), EBH (71), ISO (.294), OPS+ (188), WPA (6.48), wOBA (.461) and RC/27 Outs (10.6). He finished second in 1 other category (caught stealing) and in the Top 5 in 1 other (hits). He led the entire United Leagues in 10 categories (highlighted in bold). This year’s runners-up were: 2nd: Sherburn’s 28-year old LF Ross Shewman (.286/.396/.530, 22-2B, 26 HR, 110 RBI, 92 BB, 1 SB, 145 OPS+, 7.0 WAR) 3rd: Pulberry's 25-year old C Paul England (.317/.402/.523, 22-2B, 24 HR, 94 RBI, 66 BB, 152 OPS+, 6.8 WAR) Shewman finished second in 2 categories and in the Top 5 in 10 others. England finished in the Top 5 in 7 categories. Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Satchel Paige Award 32-year old RHP Jesús Chapa (18-5, 2.49 ERA, 278.2 IP, 1.30 WHIP, .282 BABIP, 159 ERA+, 7.8 WAR) wins his third Satchel Paige Award and first since the 1947-48 season, an 8-year gap. That breaks the previous record of 7 years, originally set by Anastasio Rodríguez with the Brunswick Legends. The 12-year veteran and 7-time all-star, who failed to earn any votes last season, enjoyed one of his very best campaigns and could be primed for more. He has an ‘iron man’ constitution and has been one of the steadiest, most consistent pitchers in the United Leagues. He has been with the Tigers since they drafted him 4th overall back in 1942-43. Chapa led the West in ERA (2.49), WAR (7.8), IP (278.2), ERA+ (159), rWAR (9.1), WIN% (.783) and QS (30). He finished in the Top 5 in 2 other pitching categories. He led the entire United Leagues in 2 categories (highlighted in bold). Finishing behind Chapa in voting this year were: 2nd: Pulberry’s 20-year old LHP Bart Ohara (13-11, 2.95 ERA, 247.0 IP, 1.22 WHIP, .268 BABIP, 130 ERA+, 7.4 WAR) 3rd: Hespeler’s 28-year old RHP Battista Carotta (17-13, 3.37 ERA, 275.1 IP, 1.30 WHIP, .270 BABIP, 118 ERA+, 6.3 WAR) Ohara finished first in FIP (2.70) and Opp SLG (.315). He finished second in 3 other categories and in the Top 5 in a further 8. Carotta finished first in CG (20) and SHO (5). He finished second in another 2 categories and in the Top 5 in 7 others. Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Rookie of the Year Award For the first time in United Leagues history, a tie for a major player award occurred – and they are teammates on a championship squad to boot. Although the news article announced 24-year old SS Sean Abercrombie (.253/.333/.436, 17-2B, 19 HR, 71 RBI, 56 BB, 7 SB, 110 OPS+, 2.6 WAR) as the winner, it does acknowledge that he finished in a dead heat with 20-year old LHP Bart Ohara (13-11, 2.95 ERA, 247.0 IP, 1.22 WHIP, .268 BABIP, 130 ERA+, 7.4 WAR). On the other hand, the award winners listed under the History tab names Ohara as this season’s Rookie of the Year. But both received a Rookie of the Year icon on their respective player’s page thus confirming the tie. Both were well deserving, and each contributed to their team’s success this past season. Finishing behind the Pulberry duo were: 3rd: Wolseley’s 26-year old C Mike Hutchison (.265/.346/.375, 21-2B, 6 HR, 58 RBI, 52 BB, 93 OPS+, 2.4 WAR) 4th: Sherburn’s 24-year old CF Leon Albrecht (.234/.349/.375, 10-2B, 8 HR, 33 RBI, 49 BB, 5 SB, 93 OPS+, 2.0 WAR) Voting Results: Previous Winners: -------- Manager of the Year Award Although his club came up short in the United Cup finals, the ULB took note of the fine job 62-year old Wildemar Aquino (210-223, .485) did in guiding the Wellington Athletics back to the playoffs for the first time in 4 years. The Athletics improved by 20 wins over last season to go from last to first place and a berth into the United Cup finals. Although an 18-year veteran, this was just his third as a manager and his first winning season. On the other hand, 50-year old Ryo Ichikawa (1001-851, .540) has been a manager throughout his 12-year career and has enjoyed tremendous success. As manger of the Embro Suns for 7 seasons, he led them to three Pennants and one United Cup appearance. When he joined the Pulberry Trolleys in 1951-52, he took over a squad that had lost a combined 191 games over the previous two seasons. But they immediately began to win under his guidance, culminating with three consecutive first-place finishes and finally, a Western League Pennant and United Cup championship this past season. He wins the Manager of the Year Award for the second straight season. Previous Winners: -------- New Records Set Several pitching records were set this season: • Queensland’s 30-year old RHP Marcus Turvill set a new mark for home runs allowed with 53. That surpasses Reece Abberley’s previous mark of 43 set in 1940-41. • Queensland’s RHP Logan Belsey broke his own 1950-51 record of 203 strikeouts with 219 this past season. • 30-year old LHP Larry Kovnats of the Braeland City Monarchs set a new mark of 205 walks allowed, surpassing Kent Dundon’s old mark of 198 set in 1950-51. • Braeland City’s RHP Danilo Narvaez set a new mark of 6.16 HA/9 IP. The previous record was 6.41, set in 1952-53 by Bill Budd. • LHP Larry Kovnats also set a new record of 7.66 K/9 IP, surpassing his own mark of 7.37 from last season. • Finally, RHP Danilo Narvaez broke Bill Blair’s 1952-53 record of .1974 Opp AVG, with a new mark of .1890. __________________ United Leagues of Braeland Last edited by reds1; 10-12-2022 at 10:14 PM.