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2036 Season Leaders and Awards

EL Batting
Hits
212 Brandon Townsend (CHA)
210 Glenn Hansen (STL)
209 Jose Villalobos (IND)
Batting Avg
.375 Jose Villalobos (IND)
.352 Brandon Townsend (CHA)
.336 Aaron Payton (CHI)
Homeruns
47 Jose Cintron (IND)
41 Eduardo Moreno (BOS)
38 Matt Henderson (PHI)
RBI
139 Jose Cintron (IND)
113 Aaron Payton (CHI)
110 Matt Henderson (PHI)
Stolen Bases
57 Pancho Sousa (IND)
44 Juan Gutierrez (DET)
39 Gustavo Reyes (CHI)

EL Pitching
Wins
23 Shane Olson (PHI) *
21 Ramon Schoof (TB)
19 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
ERA
2.18 Shane Olson (PHI) *
2.42 Brett Knight (BOS)
2.55 Joe Downing (CHA)
Strikeouts
299 Shane Olson (PHI) *
283 Les Scott (STL)
273 McKenzie Ransford (STL)
Saves
48 Josh Renshaw (CHA)
46 Felix Martinez (TB)
40 Ralf Conrad (BOS)

WL Batting
Hits
212 Hector Soto (HOU)
207 Wolfgang Worns (HOU)
197 Bryan Dale (LV)
Batting Avg
.356 Ed Matthews (LV)
.344 Tom Carter (KC)
.338 Hector Soto (HOU)
Homeruns
44 Joseph Floores (LV)
36 Ramon Vega (DEN)
32 Gary Davis (KC)
RBI
122 Herminio Azurara (SF)
121 Joseph Floores (LV)
111 Ramon Vega (DEN)
Stolen Bases
48 Wolfgang Worns (HOU)
37 Roberto Gonzales (SJ)
36 Tom Carter (KC)

WL Pitching
Wins
20 Rafer MacNeil (OKC)
18 Darrell Haney (HOU)
18 Michinori Morita (LV)
ERA
2.32 Mark Fort (MIN)
2.49 Steve Gream (MIN)
2.54 Mitch Woodroffe (LA)
Strikeouts
284 Cristobal Chapa (DAL)
257 Rafer Macneil (OKC)
247 Mark Fort (MIN)
Saves
49 Dave Day (SJ)
41 Jaime Buenafe (AUS)
41 Vince Luscombe (LA)

Batting Champion – In the east Indianapolis 2B Jose Villalobos led the way with a blistering .375 batting average while in the west Las Vegas 1B Ed Matthews (.356) held off Kansas City 2B Tom Carter (.344) to take the crown.
Homerun Champion – In the Eastern league, Indianapolis star Jose Cintron collected his second career title, clubbing 47 homers while Boston’s catcher Eduardo Moreno (41) trailed in second. Over in the west, Las Vegas 3B Joseph Floores followed up his historic 2035 campaign with another excellent showing, belting 44 homeruns, eight ahead of nearest rival Denver’s Ramon Vega (36)
Outstanding Hitter – Charlotte’s star 3B Brandon Townsend (.352, 30 HR, 100 RBI) picked up the award in the east holding off New York’s Brad Miller. In the west Houston’s 23-year-old RF Wolfgang Worns (.331, 22 HR, 99 RBI, 48 SB) held off a strong challenge from Las Vegas 3B Joseph Floores to take home the award.
Outstanding Pitcher – A brilliant Triple Crown season from Philadelphia’s Shane Olson (23-8, 2.18 ERA, 299 K) ensured he claimed the EL award ahead of Tampa Bay’s Ramon Schoof (21-6, 2.89 ERA). In the west OKC ace Rafer MacNeil (20-8, 2.61 ERA) topped the voting ahead of Las Vegas reliever Michinori Morita (18-3, 2.71 ERA) to claim his first award.
Rookie of the Year – Boston LF Rob Penney (.307, 27 HR, 72 RBI) pipped St. Louis pitcher Les Scott (16-8, 3.43 ERA, 283 K) to the EL award while in the west, Denver’s Fernando Diaz (.302, 9 HR, 50 RBI) topped Minneapolis RF Glenn McGhee (.267, 24 HR, 77 RBI) in the voting to take home the WL award.
Manager of the Year – Christian Eberlein picked up the eastern league award for leading Boston all the way to their second World Series championship while Las Vegas skipper Luis Martinez won the WL award despite his Gamblers falling to San Jose in the playoffs.
Glove Wizard Awards EL – P Lucio Castillo (ATL) – C Gabriel Lopez (DET) – 1B Jerry Wright (NY) – 2B Anibal Trueba (CHA) – 3B Ernesto Bernal (IND) – SS Ron Boyce (CLE) – LF Alec Hoff (ATL) - CF Lee McDale (PHI) – RF Richard Anderson (ATL)
Glove Wizard Awards WL – P Leo Wright (OKC) - C Sancho Guerra (SF) - 1B Randy Harrington (OKC) - 2B Mark Barry (SD) - 3B Xavier Cisneros (OKC) - SS Christian Moore (AUS) - LF Roberto Gonzales (SJ) - CF Pedro Altagracia (SD) – RF Glenn McGhee (MIN)

Interesting Facts –Las Vegas batters struck out a combined 936 times on the season a new NABL record low (the first team to strike out less than 1000 times), while San Diego’s pitching staff only managed to fan 962 opponents (also an NABL record low) however the Mariners surrendered just 97 homeruns for the season. Las Vegas relief pitcher Michinori Morita set the NABL record for wins in a season for a reliever with 18, smashing the previous record of 14 set by Gonzalo Pina in 2034.
Oklahoma City 1B Randy Harrington completed his tenth consecutive year with at least 100 walks earned.
Juan Santos’ first season as a manager ended with his Jacksonville Dolphins finishing the season at 72-72, their first non-losing season in a decade!!