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2022 Season Notes
On the eve of the season Chicago pulled off a trade with Cleveland sending MR Arnold Carpenter and 2B prospect Antonio Navarro to the Corsairs for 1B Albert Massey, immediately improving their offense, while Oklahoma City’s pitching staff took a hit when A.J Merriweather injured his shoulder shelving him until July.
April 6th - LA’s Gabriel Mendez hit his fourth home run of the season taking his career total to 299, he was joined on 299 in the race for 300 HR by Juan Santos later the same day when he hit his first of the season.
April 7th - having signed a 1 year $7.5M deal with Minneapolis on the eve of season, Andrew Parker made it through spring training for the first time in three years only to suffer a fractured foot in his fifth game of the season, the Bears placed him on the DL where he would remain until the End of May.
April 7th - Tampa Bay slugger Juan Santos won the race to 300 when he drove a wayward Reed Bush fastball deep into the left field bleachers to become the first player in NABL history to hit 300 homeruns, Bush and his New Orleans teammates had the last laugh though, taking the game 6-4.
April 10th - Dallas pitcher Jose Marino joined Anthony Barrett as the only two pitchers with 2000 K’s in their careers, these two were joined later in the season by Alfredo Flores (OKC) in August and Ed Hudson (BOS) in September.
April 14th – New York’s big off-season addition LF Francisco Martinez suffered a hamstring strain sending him to the DL for 6-7 weeks.
April 24th - Gabriel Mendez finally hit homerun number 300, he had been stuck on 299 for nearly three weeks batting only .149 (7 for 47) during the drought as the pressure mounted on him to hit that elusive homer.
April 25th - Denver’s Anthony Barrett struck out 15 in only seven innings pitched, leading the Wildcats to a 7-2 win against Austin.
May 6th - Phoenix starter Mark Hayes became the first pitcher in NABL history to hit a grand slam, his moment in the sun came when he launched a Billy Moss fastball into the stands helping his Eagles to a 9-5 victory over Las Vegas.
June 11th - Las Vegas closer Stephen Davis became the fourth player to reach 300 saves when he recorded the final out in a 9-8 Las Vegas victory over San Diego, Min-Jae Choi (NY) on 6th August and Jose Maldonado (AUS) in September also joined the elite group during the season.
June 22nd - Phoenix’s Wes Lauderdale went 4 for 4, hitting for the cycle and collected 3 RBI’s but couldn’t help his team overcome Austin in a 6-4 defeat.
June 23rd – New York LF Francisco Martinez hit the DL for the second time on the season, this time a strained back muscle would sideline him for six weeks.
July 3rd - Kansas City said goodbye to 2B Marcus Witt when they traded him to Houston for prospects C Ruben Rea and 1B Ryan Davis, the former batting champion had seen his playing time diminish with the emergence of Jack Underwood and with his contract running out at seasons end, Kansas City decided to cash in rather than lose him for nothing. He joined a Houston team challenging for the postseason and in need of his veteran leadership.
July 4rd – on his debut only hours after signing, 3B Brandon Bowman stole four bases for his new club Washington in win against Indianapolis.
July 10th - in his first home game for Houston, Marcus Witt went 5 for 5 collecting two doubles and a triple with 4 RBI’s, leading the Stars to a 9-3 victory over Las Vegas.
July 13th - Oklahoma City’s Luis Sanchez hitting streak was stopped at 25 when he went 0 for 4 in a loss against Denver.
July 20th - Boston 1B Clarence Barnes had a day to remember, in a crazy game against Chicago he went 4 for 5 including a double and two homeruns, one of them a grand slam, driving in 10!! while setting the NABL single game RBI record along the way. Boston needed every one of his RBI’s as they only just held on to beat Chicago 11-10.
August 21st - New York star Tanner Gosse beat Tampa Bay almost single handedly, collecting 8-RBI’s on 3 hits including a grand slam as the Senators slipped past the Hurricanes 9-7.
August 29th - Phoenix SS Kevin Jones hit for the cycle going 4 for 4 with a single RBI against his former team Los Angeles, Jones provided the only runs for Phoenix, a solo homerun in the sixth, in a 7-1 defeat.
September 3rd - New York’s offseason signing Ray Charles pitched a gem against Philadelphia, NO-HITTING the Independence, his only blemish a first inning walk to the second batter he faced.
September 9th - in his next start, New York pitcher Ray Charles added to his consecutive batters retired streak, eventually surrendering a fourth inning hit with two out to end the streak at 37!!
September 20th - LA’s Gabriel Mendez collected his 1000 RBI of his career becoming the first player in NABL history to reach the milestone.
September 25th - Washington’s World Series hopes took a hit when slugging RF Tony Diaz was injured in a collision at first base, he was diagnosed with a concussion and ruled out for the duration of the playoffs.
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