Time for the 1937 Ullamaliztli Award Show!
Tatloani Award
Mérida's CF Celestino de la Rosa wins his first Tlatoani Award! Here's his stats:
.299/.425/.450, leading the league in OBP, SLG
and OPS.
19 doubles - 2nd
11 triples - 1st
18 stolen bases - 6th
42 RBI - 2nd
Last year a Mérida player won the award and this year another one takes it home. While Monterrosa was outstanding, leading the league in hits, there were other players with better outputs this year. Celestino drove in 16% of Mérida's runs this year, helping them to be the #1 run scoring team this year.
Runners up were the Águilas' RF Victor Barrios (.332/.394/.401) and Tampico's LF Ricardo Palacios (.315/.387/.408).
Atlatl Award
Guadalajara's righty Jacinto Santos wins his first Atlatl Award! Here's the breakdown:
1.97 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 12.6 K%, being 4th in ERA and 5th in WHIP
Led the league in winning % (.800) with his 12 wins (3rd).
85 strikeouts - 4th
5 shutouts - 3rd
4.7 WAR - 1st
The Obsidians were at the top all season, coming in 2nd in Runs Allowed, with Jacinto allowing only 37 of the 215 runs the club allowed all season. He wasn't the best in any category, but he was the most consistent performer all season long leading to his 1st award.
Runners up were Puebla's Rafael Sianez (1.37 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 8.2 K%) and fellow Obsidian Carlos Casillas (2.14 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 12.3 K%).
Moyaomamachtiani Award
There was not a lot of new guys to choose from this year, but San Luis' foreign import certainly stood out. Salvadoran 3B Carlos Renderos wins the 1937 Moyaomamachtiani Award! Here's his stats:
.280/.332/.337
93 hits - 10th
3 triples - 4th
As the only qualified rookie hitter, there was no clear competition for the award. Either way, his performance was pretty good and San Luis will be happy they took the chance on him.
Runners up were Mérida's Jonathan Tirado (9 GS, 2.71 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 8 K%) and Puebla's Victor Villarroel (14 GS, 3.89 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 10.8 K%).
Teyaotlani Award
P Iván Solano (JAG) - 1st, .333/.368/.333, 2 RBI
C Victor Albornoz (LEO) - 1st, .263/.340/.343, 8 2B, 4 HR, 28 RBI
1B Santiago Salas (MER) - 1st, .274/.363/.369, 9 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 25 RBI
2B César Loaiza (GDL) - 2nd, .311/.346/.409, 12 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 49 RBI
3B David Herrera (AGU) - 1st, .317/.376/.395, 12 2B, 4 HR, 29 RBI
SS Antonio Monterrosa (MER) - 2nd, .318/.338/.375, 15 2B, 2 HR, 20 RBI
LF Ricardo Palacios (TAM) - 1st, .315/.387/.408, 13 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 30 RBI
CF Celestino de la Rosa (MER) - 2nd, .299/.425/.450, 19 2B, 11 3B, 1 HR, 42 RBI
RF Victor Barrios (AGU) - 2nd, .332/.394/.401, 15 2B, 2 HR, 26 RBI
Temanahui Award
P José García (MER) - 1st
C José Trujillo (MER) - 1st
1B Miguel González (MEX) - 2nd
2B Quirino Ek (MER) - 1st
3B Enrique Canul (MER) - 2nd
SS Rogelio Herran (SNL) - 1st
LF Edwin Acosta (AGU) - 1st
CF Armando Rodríguez (JAG) - 1st
RF Manuel Gil (LEO) - 1st
A great crop of players have been honored this year, next time up we'll look at the new crop of international free agents and whatever else goes on in the offseason.