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2033 Season Leaders and Awards

EL Batting
Hits
209 Dixon Bodean (TB)
205 Pedro Escoriaza (CLE)
205 Willie Ingle (NY)
Batting Avg
.333 Julio Cruz (CHI)
.332 John Binet (NO)
.326 William Hinton (NY)
Homeruns
39 Matt Henderson (PHI)
34 David Barnett (ATL)
33 Paul Campbell (ATL)
RBI
118 Matt Henderson (PHI)
116 Dixon Bodean (TB)
112 Jared Guest (BOS)
Stolen Bases
62 Willie Ingle (NY)
46 Adam Bailey (STL)
41 Gustavo Reyes (CHI)

EL Pitching
Wins
18 Angel Castro (TB)
17 Jose Ibanez (NO)
17 Rajion Samit (DET)
ERA
2.62 Greg Bailey (CHA)
2.80 Anastasio Perez (TB)
3.00 Jose Ibanez (NO)
Strikeouts
264 Jim Champion (ATL)
251 Will Spencer (NY)
224 Greg Marshall (ATL)
Saves
48 Steve Berg (WAS)
47 Josh Renshaw (TB)
45 Garrett King (DET)

WL Batting
Hits
217 Jose Diaz (OKC)
208 Mario Cristo (OKC)
203 Roberto Paz (LV)
Batting Avg
.344 Danny Wheeler (LV)
.338 Billips Johnson (SJ)
.329 Gregg Bambridge (SJ)
Homeruns
51 Gregg Bambridge (SJ)
38 Rizalino Nolasco (DEN)
38 Tom Sterling (SJ)
RBI
126 Greg Bambridge (SJ)
116 Alfonso Sosa (DAL)
107 Danny Wheeler (LV)
Stolen Bases
57 Pancho Sousa (AUS)
45 Jose Diaz (OKC)
44 Wolfgang Worns (HOU)

WL Pitching
Wins
22 Ramon Schoof (MIN)
21 Pedro Rosario (SJ)
18 Julio Torres (SJ)
ERA
1.61 Kade Blackford (LA)
2.11 Juan Rangel (DAL)
2.20 Cristobal Chapa (DAL)
Strikeouts
265 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
264 Cristobal Chapa (DAL)
256 Juan Rangel (DAL)
Saves
45 Pablo Arellano (MIN)
44 Pedro Alvarez (SJ)
44 Kikaku Aoki (OKC)


Batting Champion – Chicago’s 24-year-old 1B Julio Cruz (.333) held off New Orleans LF John Binet (.332) by the narrowest of margins to take the EL award. The WL award went to Las Vegas star Danny Wheeler (.344), San Jose SS Billips Johnson (.338) finished as runner up after a disastrous 1-for-28 run to end the regular season.
Homerun Champion – Philadelphia star 3B Matt Henderson (39) finished ahead of Atlanta pair David Barnett (34) and Paul Campbell (33) to win his third EL homerun title. In the west Gregg Bambridge was the runaway winner with 51 long balls on the season, the first player to reach the milestone in eight years.
Outstanding Hitter – Matt Henderson (.323, 39 HR, 118 RBI) held off TB teammates Dixon Bodean and Andres Montoya to collect his fifth award. San Jose LF Gregg Bambridge (.329, 51 HR, 126 RBI) won the WL award narrowly beating Las Vegas RF Danny Wheeler (.344, 29 HR, 107 RBI, 120 Runs)
Outstanding Pitcher – Tampa Bay’s Angel Castro (18-7, 3.29 ERA) pipped Charlotte’s Greg Bailey and Atlanta’s Jim Champion to the EL award while Minneapolis star Ramon Schoof (22-7, 3.07 ERA) took home the WL award despite strong challenges from LA’s Kade Blackford and San Jose pair Pedro Rosario and Julio Torres.
Rookie of the Year – Indianapolis 1B Randy Whitley (.282, 24 HR, 66 RBI) got the better of Boston 1B Keith Fairchild (.291, 19 HR, 70 RBI) to win the award in the east and at 28-years old became the oldest player in NABL history to be named rookie of the year. In the west electrifying OKC LF Jesus Alarcon (.265, 28 HR, 93 RBI) took home the award.
Manager of the Year – in the EL, Tampa Bay manager Jose Ayala collected his second consecutive award for leading the Hurricanes to their first World Series win while in the west, the only name in running was San Jose manager Gary Hatcher, who won his third manager of the year award for leading the Spartans, not only to the playoffs for the first time in their history, but all the way to the World Series.
Glove Wizard Awards EL – P Lucio Castillo (MIA) – C Aaron Harris (WAS) – 1B Pedro Escoriaza (CLE) – 2B Jorge Manuel (IND) - 3B Marc Baxter (PHI) – SS Travis Rutherford (MIA) – LF Gabriel Nestor (BAL) – CF Josh Deric (CHI) – RF Gustavo Reyes (CHI)
Glove Wizard Awards WL – P William Clark (OMH) – C Paul Heard (AUS) – 1B Eric Finley (HOU) – 2B Malcolm Jones (SJ) – 3B Mario Cristo (OKC) – SS Cameron Toscano (KC) – LF Alfonso Sosa (DAL) – CF Manuel Ruiz (MIN) – RF Danny Wheeler (LV)

Interesting Facts – Baltimore reported an operating profit of $71M during the 2033 season while at the other end of the spectrum were Atlanta who lost over $26M.
Seattle’s gamble on Larry de Meza failed miserably as the former Atlanta and Tampa Bay ace looked broken (3 starts, 0-2, 5.84 ERA). After being released by Seattle at the end of the season, de Meza announced that he would rather retire from baseball than play on as a shadow of his former self.