Name That Player (and help a friend!)

  Hello Hive Mind!

The blog is returning with a new feature: interactive feedback. Before we get to the interactive portion, a little background is needed. IRL, I am a Special Education teacher tasked with teaching executive functioning skills to middle schoolers with ADHD. Being a former ADHD middle school boy myself, I know those kinds of lessons can be rather boring sometimes...and then when I was reading a WIS box score at lunch one day it hit me: I can use this site to my advantage to sneak executive functioning skills into things they view as just a big game. 

The premise: They get to start a franchise in the sport of their choice from scratch and be owner/GM/all other things (except players.) I will then use the Dream Team feature of WIS to make their dreams a reality and make them carry out the tasks of the various roles as we go and "accidentally" practice the executive functioning skills along the way. I started by having them choose a name and location for their teams, then asked them to pick their ideal starting lineups using any combination of players they wanted. 

Most of them understood the assignment, chose real athletes and I'll be able to set their teams up over the holiday break. A few got a little confused...and one student in particular fielded a baseball team that gave me a few good laughs and finally brings us to the interactive portion of today's post. The lineup and justifications for the student's selections are as follows: 

  • Catcher-Helen Keller "because she'd offer good support"
  • First Base- Taiki Shuttle (the horse) "because he's also a good runner" 
  • Second Base- Hatsune Miku (the Japanese musical artist) "because they're a good runner" 
  • Third Base-Big Papi ("A legend") 
  • Shortstop-Stone Cold Steve Austin ("because he tackles the other team") 
  • Outfield-Fredrick Douglas ("he would like it")
  • Outfield-{her Middle School English Teacher} ("he's probably good") 
  • Outfield-Dr. Gregory House ("to insult the other team") 
  • Pitcher-Tractor Supply Manager...Just One Guy (no reason given) 
  • Pitcher-Myself ("I was good at pitching") NOTE: she's a small caucasian female, currently in 9th grade
The interactive piece is that I need the help of this community to brainstorm actual players I can put into WIS' Dream Team in order to simulate games for this most glorious and entertaining of squads. My goal is to match personalities as closely as possible to the provided descriptions (ie Miku would ideally be an Asian player known for speed etc.) Let the brainstorming begin, and send me your thoughts via Trade Chat, Sitemail or simply post in World Chat 😀

Heat Check: Season 3 Edition

This is the third installment in the Heat Check series, where we check in on how successful franchises have been using a thermometer as our reference scale. The short version of how this is calculated is that teams earn points for winning seasons and postseason success and teams with losing records stay the same...and then everyone goes a little backwards between the last out of the World Series and the first long toss of Spring Training because even virtual baseball players deserve some time off and get a little rusty.  The longer version, including the formulas and the inspiration for this series, can be found here. Without further ado, let's see how everyone is doing with two seasons of data to work with: 

Boiling Hot (Above 212*F/100*C or better)

Steamy (Above 100*F/37.8*C)

  • Trenton: Started S2 @ 86.3*, won 106 games + Division Title + Pennant, starts S3 @ 102*F
  • Syracuse: Started S2 @ 75.7* won 111 games, Division Title + WS Ring, starts S3 @ 101.5*F  

Warm (Above Room Temperature, aka 72*F/?*C)

  • St. Louis: Started S2 @ 95.4*, won 111 games + Division Title, starts S3 @ 96.7*F
  • Texas: started S2 @ 83.6*F, won 84 games + made playoffs, starts S3 @ 80.5*F
  • Boston: Started S2 @ 75.7*F, won 119 games + Division Title, starts S3 @ 78.8*F (214 wins all time) 
  • New Orleans: Started S2 @ 75.7*, won 106 games + Division Title, starts S3 @ 78.8*F (202 wins all time)

Cool (Below Room Temperature, aka 72*F/?*C)

  • Fresno: Started S2 @ 70*, won 83 games & made playoffs, starts S3 @ 71.1*F
  • Indianapolis: Started @ 70*, won 97 games + made playoffs, starts S3 @ 70.8*F
  • Buffalo: Started @ 70*, won 91 games + made playoffs, starts S3 @ 68.1*F (181 wins all time)
  • Chicago (NL): Started S2 @ 70*, won 88 games & missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 68.1*F (173 wins all time)
  • Mexico City: Started S2 @ 65.4*, won 88 games & made playoffs, starts S3 @ 67*F
  • Salt Lake City: Started S2 @ 73*F, won 81 games + made playoffs, starts S3 @ 66.3*F (169 wins all time)
  • Scottsdale: Starts S2 @ 73*, won 74 games & missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 66.3*F (163 wins all time)
  • Charlotte: Started S2 @ 73*, won 67 games & missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 66.3*F (155 wins all time)
  • Montgomery: Started S2 @ 65.4*, won 88 games + made playoffs, starts S3 @ 64.0*F (168 wins all time)
  • San Antonio: Started S2 @ 65.4*, won 86 games & missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 64.0*F (162 wins all time)
  • Durham: Started @ 65.4*F, won 83 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 64.0*F (159 wins all time)
  • Tacoma: Started S2 @ 70*, won 78 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 63.6*F (166 wins all time)
  • Baltimore: Started S2 @ 70*, won 70 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 63.6*F (162 wins all time)
  • Tucson: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 80 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (157 wins all time)
  • Fargo: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 80 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (155 wins all time) 
  • New York: Started S2, won 77 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (148 wins all time)
  • Arizona: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 66 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (143 wins all time)
  • Rochester: Started @ 65.4*F, won 65 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (138 wins all time)
  • Helena: Started @ 65.4*F, won 65 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (136 wins all time); Vancouver: Started S2 @ 65.4*F,  won 65 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (136 wins all time)
  • Philadelphia: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 61 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (134 wins all time) & Louisville: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 67 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (134 wins all time)
  • Colorado Springs: Started S2 @ 65.4*F, won 58 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (129 wins all time) 
  • Cincinnati: Started @ 65.4*F, won 62 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (122 wins all time)
  • Los Angeles: Started @ 65.4*F, won 61 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (117 wins all time)
  • Nashville: Started @ 65.4*F, won 57 games + missed playoffs, starts S3 @ 59.4*F (114 wins all time) 

Freezing Cold (Below 32*F/0*C)

Absolutely Frigid (Below 0*F/-17.8*C)


    S4 Initial Power Rankings

    Richard Castle - contributing reporter




    Ladies and gentlemen, baseball romantics, and those of you who read these rankings purely out of spite—welcome back. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? Long enough that I half-expected to return and find the league replaced by robots, scandals, or a shocking midseason plot twist involving identical twins. But no—Hardball Stitches is alive, dramatic as ever, and finally ready to unveil the very first power rankings of Season 4.

    Now, early-season rankings are a bit like first chapters: wildly misleading, full of red herrings, and guaranteed to break someone’s heart by page ten. But that’s the fun of it. New contenders rise from the shadows, old favorites stumble out of the gate, and at least one team inevitably insists, “We’re better than our record.” Sure, and I’m a quiet, subtle writer who hates attention.

    But enough preamble. The scene is set, the suspects are assembled, and the plot is already thickening faster than a New York cheesecake. So grab your magnifying glass—or your popcorn. Season 4’s story begins now, and trust me… you’re going to want to read every word.
    • Best Record
      • Fargo Mud Dogs
    • 2nd Best
      • Baltimore IronBirds & Trenton Thunderbolts
    • 3rd Best
      • Boston Act As If Afflects
    • 4th Best
      • St Louis Archers
    • 5th Best
      • Syracuse Firebirds & Texas Toast




    But for now, let's talk about expected wins - or, in other words, how teams SHOULD be playing. Are some squads punching above their weight class? Are others underperforming like a blockbuster flop? Time to separate reality from illusion. 

    .736 - Trenton Thunderbolts (NL-N Champ)
    .679 - Boston 'Act As If' Afflects (AL Wildcard 1) & Baltimore IronBirds (AL-E Champ)
    .675 - Fargo Mud Dogs (AL-N Champ)
    .629 - St. Louis Archers (NL-E Champ)
    .609 - Texas Toast (AL-S Champ)
    .600 - Chicago Northsiders (NL Wildcard 1)
    .583 - Buffalo Bomb Squad & Montgomery Fightins
    .541 - Syracuse Firebirds (AL Wildcard 2)
    .540 - Tucson Road Runners (NL-W Champ)
    .536 - San Antonio Yo-Yo Bros Yo (NL Wildcard 2)
    .512 - Cincinnati Redlegs
    .495 - Fresno Romans
    .493 - Mexico City Luchadors
    .491 - New Orleans Voodoo
    .489 - Tacoma Armada 
    .485 - Vancouver Blue Heron
    .477 - New York Pizza Rats
    .467 - Colorado Springs Ranchers
    .463 - Durham Corgis
    .462 - Indianapolis Speedsters 
    .458 - Nashville Hot (NL-S Champ)
    .426 - Philadelphia Hooligans
    .411 - Rochester Mighty Flour Mills
    .398 - Los Angeles Labradors (AL-W Champ)
    .391 - Scottsdale Sazeracs
    .378 - Louisville Bourbon Chasers
    .362 - Helena Highlanders
    .352 - Salt Lake City Trappers
    .324 - Arizona Canyon Kings
    .316 - Charlotte Intimidators 


    The dreaded list
     
    Team                            On Pace Wins    Expect Win %
    Salt Lake City Trappers       45 W                57 W
    Arizona Canyon Kings        53 W                53 W

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    S4 The Six-Tier Mirage: Dispatches from the International Frontier

    Eli Cash - contributing reporter

    I was sitting in a hotel bar in Santo Domingo when the first whispers came through the ceiling fan — the kind of whispers that smell like ambition and motor oil. Six tiers. Six layers of the economic afterlife. A new system to measure what a team can spend on hope, or at least the version of hope that throws ninety-seven and can hit a curveball in the dark. The bartender told me the tiers were supposed to make things “fair.” I told him fairness is a rumor spread by accountants.

    Tier One rides tall — these are the desert kings, the oil scions, the men who believe the world was built so they could sign it. Their checkbooks glint like machetes in the sun. They don’t scout — they summon. You can almost hear the laughter of the gods when they announce a $5 million bonus for a kid who hasn’t yet learned to shave. I envy them in the way one might envy a thunderstorm: destructive, inevitable, and somehow poetic.

    • Indianapolis 

      • Tier Two is not so rich in blood or gold, but they still carry a certain nobility — like the second son of a forgotten dynasty, sipping flat champagne in the shadow of empire. These teams still dream big, but they have to dream clever. They talk about “market inefficiencies” as if that’s a kind of faith. I’ve seen their scouts sleeping in airports, translating potential into per diem receipts. There’s a sadness in it, but also a kind of quiet art.

    • Charlotte
    • Salt Lake City
    • Fresno

      • Tier Three lives in the gray — what I call the philosophical middle class of baseball. They can afford to gamble, but only on a horse that’s already half-broken. These are the teams who find poetry in the waiver wire, who believe every $600,000 shortstop from Caracas might just be the key to eternal life. I respect their delusion. I share it.

    • Tacoma
    • Philadelphia
    • Helena
    • Baltimore
    • Arizona
    • Durham
    • Vancouver

      • Tier Four is where the mirage starts to fade. They wander the same desert as the rest, but their canteens are dry. You’ll hear their GMs talk about “development focus,” “internal growth,” and “strategic restraint.” I’ve used all those phrases myself, usually right before my editor stops returning calls. They don’t buy players — they rent dreams. Sometimes the dreams come due. Usually they don’t.

    • Cincinnati
    • Rochester
    • Scottsdale
    • Colorado Springs
    • Texas

      • Tier Five… well, these are the haunted ones. They’re the teams whose fax machines still hum with regret. They know the numbers, the limitations, the futility of their chase, and yet they show up at the market anyway — like a man showing up to a duel with a pocketknife and a poem. I admire their courage, though it often looks like confusion. Somewhere deep down, they must believe that destiny still accepts credit.

    • Chicago
    • Boston
    • Tucson
    • Trenton
    • Nashville
    • Los Angeles
    • Montgomery
    • New York
    • Louisville

      • And then there’s Tier Six. The forgotten pilgrims. The ones who watch the whole show from the cheap seats of history. Their budgets are smaller than the tip line at Tier One’s team dinner. Yet somehow, they persist — the monks of the market, trading faith instead of funds. Maybe they’ll find a kid out there who doesn’t care about money, just the smell of leather and red dirt. Maybe they won’t. Either way, they’ll tell themselves it’s noble.

    • Buffalo
    • San Antonio
    • New Orleans
    • Mexico City
    • Fargo
    • St Louis
    • Syracuse

      • Because that’s the trick, isn’t it? The market isn’t about money — it’s about mythology. Every team believes it’s building a legend. Every scout believes he’s found a ghost. Every general manager thinks he’s outsmarted gravity. But in the end, they all wake up in the same heat, under the same sky, staring at the same mirage that keeps the whole thing moving.

      I left the bar that night and walked out into the alley behind the stadium. A kid was throwing a ball against a rusted fence — barefoot, balanced on dreams alone. I asked him what tier he thought he belonged to. He shrugged and said, “The one that signs me.”

      Maybe that’s the only truth there is. The tiers are just scaffolding. The rest is dust and destiny.

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      S4 Draft Order

      Amy Amanda 'Triple A' Allen - contributing reporter

      Alright Hardball Stitches fans, we have an updated draft order for Season 4 as it stands today. Current Round 1 and Comp Round as of the recent Type A/B signings. We've noted teams who have more than 2 picks. 7 of the 18 Type As were compensated with 1st round picks, 

      1. Arizona
      2. Baltimore
      3. Charlotte
      4. Louisville
      5. Scottsdale
      6. Cincinnati
      7. Colorado Springs - Type D
      8. Durham
      9. Nashville
      10. Vancouver
      11. Philadelphia
      12. Los Angeles
      13. Rochester
      14. Colorado Springs (2nd pick)
      15. New York
      16. Helena
      17. Salt Lake City
      18. Tacoma
      19. Buffalo
      20. Tacoma via Mexico City - Deven Bickerton (2nd pick)
      21. Chicago
      22. Mexico City via Montgomery - Allie Walls
      23. Texas
      24. Tacoma - Type D (3rd pick)
      25. Indianapolis
      26. Tucson
      27. San Antonio
      28. Charlotte via Fesno - Howard Quinn (2nd pick)
      29. Boston
      30. Texas via New Orleans - Jose Rios (2nd pick)
      31. Charlotte via Fargo - Benji Richardson (3rd pick)
      32. Syracuse
      33. Charlotte via Trenton - Vincete DeSoto (4th pick)
      34. Baltimore via St Louis - Joe Winston (2nd pick)
      35. Charlotte - A (5th pick)
      36. Arizona - A (2nd pick)
      37. Baltimore - A (3rd pick)
      38. Tacoma - A  (4th pick)
      39. Mexico City - A (2nd pick)
      40. Texas - A (3rd pick)
      41. Tucson - A (2nd pick)
      42. Fresno - A
      43. Boston - A (2nd pick)
      44. Trenton - A
      45. St Louis - A
      46. Charlotte - A (6th pick)
      47. Mexico City - A (3rd pick)
      48. Texas - A (4th pick)
      49. Boston - A (3rd pick)
      50. St Louis - A (2nd pick)
      51. Boston - A (4th pick)
      52. St Louis - A (3rd pick)
      53. Durham - B (2nd pick)
      54. Nashville - B (2nd pick)
      55. Charlotte - B (7th pick)
      56. Vancouver - B (2nd pick)
      57. Baltimore - B (4th pick)
      58. Los Angeles - B (2nd pick)
      59. Colorado Springs - B (3rd pick)
      60. Tacoma - B (5th pick)
      61. Chicago - B (2nd pick)
      62. Indianapolis - B (2nd pick)
      63. New Orleans - B
      64. Fargo - B
      65. Nashville - B (3rd pick)
      66. Indianapolis - B (3rd pick)
      67. New Orleans - B (2nd pick)
      68. Fargo - B (2nd pick)
      Remaining Type A/B players in Free Agency (I could be missing some)
      • LF Gerald Ledee - B - Scottsdale
      • 3B Leo Gwynn - B - Trenton
      • SS Feliple Tabata - B - Rochester
      • LF Al Ruffin - B - Cincinnati
      • RF Brendan Craig - B - Vancouver

      The Ball That Shouldn’t Have Risen

       Jack Torrance - contributing reporter


      It begins, as all miracles and nightmares do — quietly.

      The baseballs are spinning. A cyclone of white leather, red seams, and blind hope. Inside the glass, they crash and ricochet, each one desperate to be the one. The audience breathes in unison, like a congregation watching a storm crawl toward their church.

      The lights flicker. The air hums.

      Then something happens.
      A tremor.
      A sound that isn’t mechanical, not quite.

      And from the churning storm — a single ball begins to rise.

      Slowly. Too slowly.

      The studio is frozen. Cameras fix on it, lenses wide and trembling. A murmur ripples through the crowd, that low, uncertain murmur that always comes before revelation.

      The ball spins, turns, reveals a mark — faint, almost hesitant — Arizona Canyon Kings.


      For a heartbeat, no one reacts. The odds said 3.90%. The math said almost impossible.
      But the machine — the machine never lies.

      Then the eruption comes. Cheers, disbelief, the stunned laughter of a team that just watched the laws of probability bend in their favor. Arizona rises from the desert dust, crowned in the glow of the first overall pick.

      Across the stage, Baltimore blinks twice, still unsure if it’s real.
      Their odds were lower — 2.7%, almost nothing — yet they’ve clawed up to the No. 2 pick. A miracle, or maybe just another trick of the glass. Either way, the Ironbirds are soaring tonight, and everyone knows it.

      The rest fall into place, one by one — a roll call of the faithful, the broken, the nearly blessed.

      1. Arizona Canyon Kings

      2. Baltimore Ironbirds

      3. Charlotte Intimidators

      4. Louisville Bourbon Chasers

      5. Scottsdale Sazeracs

      6. Cincinnati Redlegs

      7. Durham Corgis

      8. Nashville Hot

      9. Vancouver Seawolves

      10. Philadelphia Hooligans

      11. Los Angeles Labradors

      12. Rochester Mighty Flour Mills

      13. Colorado Springs Ranchers

      14. New York Pizza Rats

      15. Helena Highlanders

      16. Salt Lake City Trappers

      Somewhere in the back row, a man from Durham rubs his temples. They had hope — always do — but the machine had other plans. Charlotte and Louisville trade polite smiles that don’t reach their eyes. New York sits still, the kind of stillness that smells like resentment.

      The studio lights burn too bright now. The chrome glistens, the glass gleams, and for a strange moment, the entire stage feels alive — breathing, pulsing, feeding on every gasp, every cheer, every broken sigh.

      Someone whispers, “It chose Arizona,” and the phrase lingers like frost on the tongue.

      The host smiles again — that same hotel-lobby smile — and declares the lottery complete. Cameras flash. Confetti falls. The crowd exhales.

      But the machine keeps humming.
      It always hums.
      Because even when the lights go out, it remembers who it lifted up…
      and who it left behind.

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      Before the Ball Rises

      Jack Torrance - contributing reporter

      They say the baseballs are sleeping now. Resting in their transparent chamber, each one identical — polished, numbered, waiting. But we know better. We know they feel the tension, the electric hum that creeps through the studio like static on old wallpaper.

      It’s Draft Lottery Night in Hardball Stitches, Season 4. Sixteen teams. Sixteen chances. One truth: somebody’s luck is about to change, and somebody’s dream will dissolve under bright lights.

      The stage glows sterile and silver, all glass and steel and reflection — the kind of place where destiny doesn’t whisper, it hums through the floorboards. On the monitor above, the league’s insignia spins like an eye that never blinks: HARDBALL STITCHES — SEASON 4 DRAFT LOTTERY

      There’s applause, of course. Polite. Nervous. Manufactured.
      But underneath the surface, you can feel it — the quiet, desperate heartbeat of sixteen front offices waiting for salvation. The contenders stand still in their rows, each team clutching its little share of probability, its fraction of fate.

      Durham. Charlotte. Nashville. Cincinnati. Louisville. Scottsdale. Vancouver. Arizona. Baltimore. Philadelphia. Los Angeles. Rochester. Colorado Springs. New York. Helena. Salt Lake City.

      Sixteen names, strung like rosary beads. Each one has whispered their prayers to the same cold machine.

      Behind the glass, the lottery drum waits — immaculate, mirrored, heartless. A glint of chrome catches the overhead spotlight, and for an instant it looks alive. There’s something almost holy about it. Or maybe hungry.

      The host smiles the kind of smile that belongs in hotel portraits and fever dreams.
      He says the words everyone’s been waiting for: “It’s time to begin the draw.”

      A mechanical hiss. The first baseball trembles. They begin to spin — a white blur, a storm of motion, all hope and chaos compressed into one transparent sphere.

      Around the room, tension crackles like lightning over snow. Some stare straight ahead. Some can’t bear to look. The numbers blur together — 16 chances to be rewritten, 16 doors that lead to entirely different futures.

      You can hear the soft clink of baseballs colliding — the rhythm of fate, the soft percussion of anxiety.

      And then… silence.

      One will rise.
      One will break the symmetry.
      One will wear the crown of the Season 4 Draft.

      But not yet. Not yet.

      For now, they spin.
      And every GM in the room is thinking the same thing — the same, desperate line, scratched somewhere deep inside the skull:

      “All work and no luck makes for a long, cold season.”

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      Talking Dog Baseball Owner Furious He Was Forced to Pay Player Fairly

      “This is not the lucha way,” says El Señor Perro after unprecedented act of basic decency

      MEXICO CITY — Outraged at being forced to engage in what he called “the most dishonorable act in baseball history,” El Señor Perro, the diamond-mask-wearing lucha wrestler and owner of the Mexico City Luchadores, held a fiery press conference Monday to denounce what he called “a dark day for villainy.”

      The cause of his distress: paying star right fielder Deven Bickerton the contract he actually deserved.

      “I cannot believe what these other owners have done,” growled El Señor Perro, adjusting the gold and diamond-studded mask that has made him both a baseball legend and a four-time interspecies lucha champion. “They used underhanded tricks so vile, so sneaky, so beautiful… that I had no choice but to act like some sort of ethical businessman. Dios mío.”

      According to league sources, the Fresno Romans’ owner—known only as “Musketeer22,” though widely suspected to be shadowy WhatIfSports mogul WISBob—manipulated the free agent market so aggressively that Perro was boxed into actually matching the market rate for Bickerton’s services.

      “I had the whole scam ready,” said Perro, shaking his paw in frustration. “Deferred payments until the year 2087, loyalty bonuses that disappear when you look at them too hard, an extra line of fine print that says he has to mow my lawn in the offseason. It was perfect. And then Musketeer22 comes in with this 21st-century capitalism crap and ruins everything.”

      Around the league, other owners expressed sympathy for Perro’s plight. “It’s disgusting,” said San Antonio 'Yo-yo Bros' owner FW ‘The Account Adjuster’ Kikeonga. “He’s supposed to be the bad guy. If the villain has to play fair, what are the rest of us supposed to do? Pay taxes?”

      Despite his outrage, Perro admitted to having “deep respect” for the scheme. “I wish I had thought of it first,” he said, briefly removing his championship lucha belt from the podium to wipe away a single dramatic tear. “Musketeer22 is a true artist. I am but a humble dog with a gold mask.”

      When asked whether he’d retaliate, El Señor Perro confirmed he plans to challenge Musketeer22 to a best-of-three falls match at next weekend’s “Brawl at the Ballpark” exhibition.

      “Winner takes free agency,” he barked, before dramatically leaping off the stage and powerbombing a nearby mascot through a folding table.

      S3 Recap

      Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

      Winner Winner....Chicken Dinner 

      Is a Dynasty in the mist of being formed? That's TWO World Series rings in 3 years, let's hold that though until we see what St Louis does next year. 

      Playoff Hitting Stats: .260 avg, .708 ops, 12 HR, 79 RBI, 79 R, 35 SB
      Playoff Pitching Stats: 11-5, 4/8 saves, 147 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 2.33 ERA, 55 bb, 118 k. 
      Outstanding Position Player: Koji Katou (RF) - .323 avg, 1.024 ops, 20 H, 9 R, 4 HR, 22 RBI, 1 SB
      Outstanding Pitcher: Derrek Cone (SP) - 2.33 era, .188 oav, 0.91 whip, 37 k, 10 bb, 3-1, 0/0 sv in 6 appearances totaling 38.2 innings. 

      Congrats again and let's get ready for the start of Season 4! 

      Major League

      All-Star Weekend

      The National League took an early lead and didn't look back over the American League in a high scoring outing, 14-10
      All Star Game Player of Game - 2B Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) drove in 4 runs
      Home Run Derby Champ - Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 10-11-8
      Longest HR - 526' - Ellis Curtis (Colorado Springs)
      Futures Game Player of the Game: Jesus Palmeiro (Charlotte)

      American League 

      Division Titles
      AL North: Syracuse Firebirds (3 straight)
      AL East: Boston 'Act As If' Afflects (3 straight)
      AL South: New Orleans Voodoo (3 straight)
      AL West:  Salt Lake City Trappers (3 straight)
      Wildcards: Fargo Mud Dogs & Texas Toast

      League Leaders
      Batting
      Hits: Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 229
      Average: Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - .345
      Home Runs: Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 54
      Runs: Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 154
      Runs Batted In: Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 156
      Stolen Bases: Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 68
      Longest Hit Streak: Sammy Little (Baltimore) - 26

      Pitching
      Wins: Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 26
      Quality Starts: Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 27
      Saves: Jose Rios (Texas) - 40
      ERA: Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 2.46
      Strikeout: Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 234
      OAV: Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - .185
      WHIP: Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 0.97

      Fielding
      Plus Plays: Avisail Nunez (Montgomery) - 30
      CS%: Anthony Parkers (Arizona) - 39%
      C ERA: Matty Lopez (Motgomery) - 3.62

      Awards
      MVP: 

      1. Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 17 votes
      2. Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 7 votes
      3. Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 5 votes
      4. Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 2 votes
      5. Randy Uribe (Fargo) - 1 vote

      Cy Young: 

      1. Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 14 votes
      2. Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 11 votes
      3. Ned Gaillard (Augusta) - 4 votes
      4. Everth Urena (Fargo) - 2 votes
      5. Kury Spivey (Boston) - 1 vote
      Rookie of the Year: 
      1. Rickie Quinn (New Orleans) - 14 votes
      2. Henderson May (Los Angeles) - 9 votes
      3. Steve Holt (Salt Lake City) - 5 votes
      4. Chance Bierbrodt (Philadelphia) - 3 votes
      5. Dolf Hillenbrand (Philadelphia) - 1 vote

      Fireman of the Year: Jose Rios (Texas)

      National League

      Division Titles
      NL North: Trenton Thunderbolts (3 straight)
      NL East: St Louis Archers (3 straight)
      NL South: San Antonio Yo-Yo Bros Yo
      NL West: Fresno Romans (2nd straight)
      Wildcards: Tucson Road Runners & Indianapolis Speedsters

      League Leaders
      Batting
      Hits: Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 211
      Average: Matthew Corey (Tucson) - .335
      Home Runs: Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 55
      Runs: Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 146
      Runs Batted In: Koji Katou (St Louis) - 147
      Stolen Bases: Vladimir Daniels (Tucson) - 107
      Longest Hit Streak: Sammy Kelly (Trenton) - 21

      Pitching
      Wins: Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) & Andrelton Adkinson (Trenton) - 21
      Quality Starts: Derrek Cone (St Louis) - 29
      Saves: Matt Rhodes (Helena) - 42
      ERA: George Avery (Colorado Springs) - 2.16
      Strikeout: Harry DaSilva (Buffalo) - 251
      OAV: Bernard Moran (Chicago) - .191
      WHIP: Derrek Cone (St Louis) & Bernard Moran (Chicago) & George Avery (Colorado Springs) - 1.01

      Fielding
      Plus Plays: Jorge Alberto (Mexico City) - 29

      Awards
      MVP:

      1. Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 18 votes (ROOKIE)
      2. Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 6 votes
      3. Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 4 votes
      4. Len Priest (St Louis) - 3 votes
      5. Rajai Johnstone (Buffalo) - 1 vote
      Cy Young:
      1. Andrelton Adkinson (Trenton) - 14 votes
      2. Magglio Mieses (Trenton) - 11 votes
      3. Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) - 4 votes
      4. Allen Maysonet (Tucson) - 2 votes
      5. Vic Mesa (Tucson) - 1 vote
      Rookie of the Year:
      1. Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 21 votes (MVP)
      2. Evan Goldberg (Cincinnati) - 5 votes
      3. Vladimir Daniels (Tucson) - 3 votes
      4. Jumbo Nakano (Rochester) - 2 votes
      5. Dorian Barker (Tucson) - 1 vote
      Fireman of the Year: Matt Rhodes (Helena)

      Minor League

      AAA: 
      NL #4 Buffalo over AL #4 Bostom, 4-2
      Best Record: Cincinnati - 94-50
      Worst Record: St Louis - 26-118

      AA: 
      AL #2 Texas over NL #4 Trenton over , 4-3
      Best Record: Cincinnati - 99-45
      Worst Record: Rochester - 39-105

      A+: 
      NL #1 Indianapolis over AL #2 Boston, 4-1
      Best Record: Indianapolis - 96-48
      Worst Record: Colorado Springs - 44-100

      A-: 
      NL #3 Chicago over AL #5 Syracuse, 4-3
      Best Record: Charlotte - 103-41
      Worst Record: Arizona - 25-119

      Rookie: 
      AL #2 Louisville over NL #6 Mexico City, 4-0
      Best Record: New York - 58-18
      Worst Record: Philadelphia - 15-61
      Labels:

      S3 Awards Log

      Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

      Award History
      (* indicates Hall of Famer member) - running list of award winners

      Franchise Titles

      • 2 Titles
        • St Louis (S1, S3)
      • 1 Title
        • Syracuse (S2)

      World Series

      S3: #1 NL St Louis v #2 AL New Orleans; 4-2
      S2: #2 NL Trenton v #2 AL Syracuse; 1-4
      S1: #2 NL St Louis v #5 AL Texas; 4-3

      League Championships
      • 2 Championships
        • St Louis (NL - S1, S3)
      • 1 Championship
        • Texas (AL - S1)
        • Trenton (NL - S2)
        • Syracuse (AL - S2)
        • New Orleans (AL - S3)

      Division Titles
      • 3 Titles
        • Boston (S1, S2, S3)
        • New Orleans (S1, S2, S3)
        • Salt Lake City (S1, S2, S3)
        • St Louis (S1, S2, S3)
        • Syracuse (S1, S2, S3)
        • Trenton (S1, S2, S3)
      • 2 Titles
        • Fresno (S2, S3)
      • 1 Titles
        • Charlotte (S1)
        • Mexico City (S2)
        • San Antonio (S3)
        • Scottsdale (S1)

      Wildcards
      • 3 Wildcard
        • Texas (S1, S2, S3)
        • Indianapolis (S1, S2, S3)
      • 2 Wildcard
        • Buffalo (S1, S2)
      • 1 Wildcard
        • Fargo (S3)
        • Montgomery (S2)
        • Tacoma (S1)
        • Tucson (S3)

      Rare Games
      Running list of the rare games and seasons they were accomplished in, most recent will be at the top of the list. We've included their Game Score for pitchers and ESPN Rating.

      Career Leaders
      Bold player indicates active players, we'll track actives until they retire to see how close they get to the overall leaders. At some point these players will be limited to those who have 8+ years experience. Asterisk indicates HoF members. 

      Coming in the next season or two. 
      Labels:

      S3 Best Players

       Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

      S3 Top Players

      Since we often reference a player's fantasy points on the blog, let's take a quick second to explain them. It's simple really, 1 point for every base, run batted in, run, walk, and each stolen base. A player gets minus 1 point for every strike out and minus a half point for each caught stealing. On the pitching side, we use a point for every inning pitched, plus 2 points for every strike out, plus 3 points for a win, and plus 4.5 for every save. The goal was to put points into things that are more controllable to the pitcher - how long they last in a game and how many strike outs they achieve but still wanted to award the W/L/SV categories as well. The pitchers have a lot more chances to lose points, but again tried to keep them based on things that are more directly tied to the pitcher's control, minus 0.4 for each walk or earned run, minus 0.75 for each home run given up and every walk. They also get minus 2 for every Loss and blown save. This system was tweaked from Yahoo's Fantasy Baseball settings. 

      We'll group players by position with their Fantasy Points, perhaps one year we'll add in the stats like extra base hits (xBH), Weighted Runs Above Average (wRAA), weighted On-Base Average (wOBA), weighted runs created plus (wRC+), weighted stolen bases (wSB). For pitchers we could do Adjusted ERA (100 is league average), etc. But for now it's just the Fantasy Points. Bold names indicate Silver Slugger. Underlined names indicate Gold Glove Winners.  

      Top 20 Position Players

      1. 1B Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 756
      2. 1B Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 737
      3. 1B Randy Uribe (Fargo) - 650
      4. RF Koji Katou (St Louis) - 636
      5. 1B Rajai Johnstone (Buffalo) - 631
      6. DH Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 626
      7. RF Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 625
      8. 1B Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 623
      9. DH Rubi Veras (Syracuse) - 614
      10. LF Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 600
      11. 2B Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) - 581
      12. RF Ubaldo Johnson (Fresno) - 576
      13. 2B Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 573
      14. SS Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 562
      15. CF Billy Ray Sowders (Trenton) - 560
      16. 1B Len Priest (St Louis) - 553
      17. RF Timothy Adams (Texas) - 553
      18. CF Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 544
      19. 1B Jason Bako (Trenton) - 536
      20. 3B Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 529

      Bottom 10 Position Payers

      Requires a minimum of 300 At-Bats; this is generally full of Shortstops. 
      1. CF Ed Ward (Helena) - 83
      2. 3B Lyle Grove (Rochester) - 105
      3. SS Jeff Webber (Los Angeles) - 108
      4. SS Wilfredo Polanco (Montgomery) - 115
      5. C Aaron Cepicky (Vancouver) - 174
      6. SS Dennis Nomo (San Antonio) - 176
      7. 1B Guy Syndergaard (Tacoma) - 181
        1. Also the only guy with a negative fielding WAR on the list. 
      8. C Matty Lopez (Montgomery) - 189
      9. 3B Greg Lavarnway (Helena) - 198
      10. 2B Brendan Brooks (Arizona) - 205

      Top 10 Catchers

      1. Ellis Curtis (Colorado Springs) - 524
      2. Shin-Soo Ishii (Texas) - 509
      3. Benny Lee (Tucson) - 450
      4. Tyler Stull (San Antonio) - 443
      5. Dan Key (New Orleans) - 419
      6. Brad Randolph (Baltimore) - 398
      7. Lyle Lush (Los Angeles) - 389
      8. Sammy Kelly (Trenton) - 374
      9. Julio Rodriguez (Indianapolis) - 364
      10. Shooter Brewer (New York) - 352

      Top 10 First Basemen

      1. Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 756
      2. Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 737
      3. Randy Uribe (Fargo) - 650
      4. Rajai Johnstone (San Antonio) - 631
      5. Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 623
      6. Len Priest (St Louis) - 553
      7. Jason Bako (Trenton) - 536
      8. Cedrick Harper (Boston) - 486
      9. Matt Roberts (Baltimore) - 483
      10. Dustan Nevin (Durham) - 481

      Top 10 Second Basemen

      1. Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) - 581
      2. Adrian Sexson (Fargo) - 573
      3. Jarrod Baldoquin (Tacoma) - 456
      4. Chadd Burgess (New Orleans) - 432
      5. Mark Harper (Tucson) - 427
      6. DT Franco (San Antonio) - 425
      7. Harry Ugueto (Durham) - 403
      8. Deven Sanchez (Mexico City) - 390
      9. Pascual Pescado (Boston) - 381
      10. Glenn Green (St Louis) - 374

      Top 10 Shortstop

      1. Arquimedes Villanueva (Chicago) - 562
      2. Joe Winston (Baltimore) - 507
      3. David Horton (Tacoma) - 422
      4. Steve Ricarrdi (Mexico City) - 368
      5. Sticky Cole (Indianapolis) - 360
      6. Keith Sowders (Fargo) - 350
      7. Adrian Ross (Buffalo) - 348
      8. Ron House (St Louis) - 328
      9. Allie McBride (Durham) - 315
      10. RJ Santiago (Helena) - 276

      Top 10 Third Basemen

      1. Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 529
      2. Jim Smith (Boston) - 502
      3. Tyreace Moore (Syracuse) - 487
      4. Vladimir Daniels (Tucson) - 482
      5. Taijuan Fick (Chicago) - 469
      6. Vern Ashley (Arizona) - 424
      7. Alex Ortiz (New York) - 423
      8. Jesus Alvarez (Los Angeles) - 421
      9. JP Cabellero (Fargo) - 391
      10. Alex Gonzales (Charlotte) - 390

      Top 10 Left Fielders

      1. Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 600
      2. Edgmer Pena (New Orleans) - 524
      3. Mickey Villegas (Los Angeles) - 520
      4. Nate Hackman (Syracuse) - 518
      5. RA Trahan (Trenton) - 505
      6. Bump Newsome (Nashville) - 483
      7. Brian Field (Indianapolis) - 478
      8. Anthony Luke (Arizona) - 427
      9. Tim Olsen (Fargo) - 417
      10. Chance Bierbrodt (Montgomery) - 416

      Top 10 Center Fielders

      1. Billy Ray Sowders (Trenton) - 560
      2. Juan Mota (Tacoma) - 544
      3. Henderson May (Los Angeles) - 487
      4. Mateo Lopez (Philadelphia) - 424
      5. Wilfredo Melendez (Texas) - 405
      6. Jumbo Nakano (Rochester) - 385
      7. Arodys Esposito (Buffalo) - 354
      8. Wayne Wolf (Syracuse) - 337
      9. Sammy Little (Baltimore) - 332
      10. Steve Holt (Salt Lake City) - 332

      Top 10 Right Fielders

      1. Koji Katou (St Louis) - 636
      2. Deven Bickerton (Tacoma) - 625
      3. Ubaldo Johnson (Fresno) - 576
      4. Timothy Adams (Texas) - 553
      5. Chris Gutierrez (Durham) - 445
      6. JJ Marshall (New Orleans) - 443
      7. Radley Frazier (San Antonio) - 441
      8. Terry Cloud (Cincinnati) - 419
      9. Horace Krizan (Fargo) - 418
      10. Timothy Larkin (Tucson) - 416


      Top 15 Starting Pitchers

      1. Vladimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 829
      2. Harry DaSilva (Buffalo) - 823
      3. Rolando Candelaria (San Antonio) - 794
      4. Ned Gaillard (Syracuse) - 745
      5. Donte Person (Carlotte) - 740
      6. Allen Maysonet (Tucson) - 738
      7. Derrek Cone (St Louis) - 734
      8. Alex Price (Arizona) - 676
      9. Louie Vizquel (Salt Lake City) - 668
      10. Tony Sheehan (Trenton) - 664
      11. Rando Rincon (Salt Lake City) - 655
      12. Adam Loup (Chicago) - 647
      13. Bernard Moran (Chicago) - 643
      14. Magglio Mieses (Trenton) - 640
      15. Jonathon Houston (Fresno) - 638

      Top 10 Relief Pitchers
      Requires less than 5 starts

      1. Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 681
      2. Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) - 650
      3. Vic Mesa (Tucson) - 588
      4. Kurt Spivey (Boston) - 585
      5. Bono Grant (Chicago) - 520
      6. Simon Sherman (Indianapolis) - 500
      7. Jacob Sipp (Indianapolis) - 465
      8. Cy Ingram (Indianapolis) - 464
      9. David Gonzales (St Louis) - 454
      10. Bingo Pryce (Boston) - 453

      Bottom 10 Pitchers

      Requires a minimum of 50 IP
      1. Ernest Gaston (Arizona) - 66
      2. Jonathan Bay (Charlotte) - 103
      3. James Cormier (Syracuse) - 104
      4. Ray McPherson (Indianapolis) - 109
      5. Ryota Yamada (Texas) - 110
      6. Kike Marquez (Tucson) - 112
      7. Marvin Craddock (Louisville) - 114
      8. Junior Belliard (Philadelphia) - 114
      9. Arnold Kelly (Texas) - 115
      10. Douglas Taylor (Tucson) - 118
      Labels:

      S3 Record Books

      Jack Torrance - Contributing Reporter

      Record Books

      • 20 2B - 20 HR -20 SB Club
        • This is typically 20 doubles, 20 triples, and 20 home runs but that's so rare in HBD that we'll change it slightly.
        • Vern Ashley (Arizona) - 38-25-21
        • Anthony Luke (Arizona) - 35-21-36
        • Dixon Perez (Arizona) - 27-40-21
        • Matt Roberts (Baltimore) - 21-36-21
        • Cedrick Harper (Boston) - 41-22-35
        • Jim Smith (Boston) - 38-26-30
        • Taijuan Fick (Chicago) - 38-25-40
        • Harry Ugueto (Durham) - 40-20-25
        • Brian Field (Indianapolis) - 29-28-32
        • Jeff Gray (Indianapolis) - 30-25-49
        • Deven Sanchez (Mexico City) - 32-20-27
        • Harry Feliz (San Antonio) - 53-27-50
        • DT Franco (San Antonio) - 38-24-24
        • Nate Hackman (Syracuse) - 33-32-28
        • Billy Ray Sowders (Trenton) - 35-43-22
        • Mark Harper (Tucson) - 21-25-26
        • Timothy Larkin (Tucson) - 30-23-21
      • 30 HR - 30 SB Club
        • Koji Katou (St Louis) - 52-32
        • Rubi Veras (Syracuse) - 38-41
        • Jason Bako (Trenton) - 30-47
        • RA Trahan (Trenton) - 31-30
        • Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 54-32
      • 40 HR - 40 SB Club
        • Andy Barker (Syracuse) - 48-50
      • 50 HR Club
        • Liam Steinbach (Fresno) - 55
        • Matthew Corey (Tucson) - 54
        • Benito Gonzales (Montgomery) - 54
        • Koji Katou (St Louis) - 52
        • Jarrod Baldoquin (Tacoma) - 50
      • 60 HR Club
        • None
      • 20 W Club
        • Laynce Johnson (Boston) - 26
        • Ned Gaillard (Syracuse) - 23
        • Andrelton Adkinson (Trenton) - 21
        • Lyle Merrick (Indianapolis) - 21
      • 200 K Club
        • Harry DaSilva (Buffalo) - 251
        • Vldaimir Ordonez (Baltimore) - 234
        • Rolando Candelaria (San Antonio) - 230
        • Donte Person (Charlotte) - 222
        • Allen Maysonet (Tucson) - 212
        • Ned Gaillard (Syracuse) - 210
        • Adam Loup (Chicago) - 207
        • Alex Price (Arizona) - 206
        • Louie Vizquel (Salt Lake City) - 204
      • 40 SV Club
        • Matt Rhodes (Helena) - 42
        • Jose Rios (Texas) - 40
        • Steven Knecht (Chicago) - 40
      • 25 Plus Plays Club
        • Avisail Nunez (Montgomery) - 30
        • Jorge Alberto (Mexico City) - 29
        • Bill Gonzales (New Orleans) - 26
        • John Lansing (Chicago) - 26
      Looking at the single season records, here is anybody who placed within the top 5 of a category. 
      • HITTING
        • At-Bat - Joe Gibson - Helena - 686 - 3rd
        • At-Bat - David Feldman - New York - 684 - 4th TIED
        • At-Bat - Tim Russell - Durham - 684 - 4th TIED
        • Caught Stealing - DT Franco - San Antonio - 20 - 2nd TIED
        • Doubles - Harry Feliz - San Antonio - 53 - 3rd
        • Grounded Into Double Plays - Ivan Gonzalez - Rochester - 45 - 2nd
        • Grounded Into Double Plays - David Rodriguez - Nashville - 43 - 3rd
        • Grounded Into Double Plays - Aaron Cepicky - Vancouver - 40 - 4th TIED
        • Grounded Into Double Plays - Santiago Tapies - Salt Lake City - 40 - 4th TIED
        • Hit By Pitch - Bump Newsome - Nashville - 49 - 4th TIED 
        • Hits - Adrian Sexson - Fargo - 229 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Hits - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 211 - 5th TIED
        • Hit Streak - Sammy Little - Baltimore - 26 - 3rd TIED
        • Home Runs - Liam Steinbach - Fresno - 55 - 5th
        • Infield Hits - Keith Sowdrds - Fargo - 60 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Infield Hits - Tim Russell - Durham - 53 - 2nd
        • Infield Hits - Avisail Nunez - Montgomery - 51 - 3rd
        • Intentional Walks - Rajai Johnstone - Buffalo - 42 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Intentional Walks - Jeff Gray - Indianapolis - 24 - 3rd
        • Iso Power - Matthew Corey - Tucson - .349 - 3rd
        • Number of Pitches Seen - Tex Baxter - Philadelphia - 2,927 - 1st NEW RECORD 
        • Number of Pitches Seen - Steve Holt - Salt Lake City - 2,824 - 3rd
        • Number of Pitches Seen Per Plate Appearance - John Hearn - New Orleans - 3.99 - 2nd
        • Number of Pitches Seen Per Plate Appearance - Len Priest - St Louis - 3.98 - 3rd
        • On-Base Percentage - John Hearn - New Orleans - .437 - 3rd
        • On-Base Percentage Plus Slugging - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 1.101 - 2nd
        • Pitch Hit - Miguel Villafuerte - Indianapolis - 25 - 2nd TIED
        • Pitch Hit - Socrates Blackwell - Helena - 25 - 2nd TIED
        • Pitch Hit - Tim Steinbach - Scottsdale - 24 - 4th TIED 
        • Plate Appearances - Harry Feliz - San Antonio - 764 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Plate Appearances - Tex Baxter - Philadelphia - 762 - 2nd
        • Plate Appearances - Tim Russell - Durham - 756 - 3rd
        • Plate Appearances - Adrian Sexson - Fargo - 755 - 4th
        • Runs - Andy Barker - Syracuse - 154 - 2nd TIED
        • Runs - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 146 - 5th
        • Runs Batted In - Benito Gonzales - Montgomery - 156 - 2nd
        • Runs Batted In - Randy Uribe - Fargo - 147 - 5th
        • Runs Created - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 187.27 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Runs Created per 27 Outs - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 11.16 - 3rd
        • Sacrifice Flies - Benito Gonzales - Montgomery - 11 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Sacrifice Hits - Cameron Knotts - Charlotte - 37 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Sacrifice Hits - Jerome Freeman - New Orleans - 18 - 4th TIED
        • Sacrifice Hits - Grayson Ryan - Louisville - 18 - 4th TIED
        • Secondary Average - Andy Barker - Syracuse - .560 - 4th
        • Slugging Percentage - Matthew Corey - Tucson - .684 - 2nd
        • Stolen Bases - Vladimir Daniels - Tucson - 107 - 1st TIED
        • Stolen Bases - Len Priest - St Louis - 86 - 4th
        • Strike Outs (Most) - Wayne Wolf - Syracuse - 196 - 3rd
        • Triples - Louie Jungmann - Indianapolis - 12 - 1st TIED
        • Walks - Len Priest - St Louis - 128 - 2nd
        • Walks - Andy Barker - Syracuse - 122 - 4th TIED
      • PITCHING
        • Batters Faced - Alex Price - Arizona - 1,249 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Batters Faced - Allen Maysonet - Tucson - 1,053 - 5th
        • HBP - Clete Carter - Baltimore - 18 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • HBP - Alex Price - Arizona - 16 - 3rd TIED
        • OAV - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - .185 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • OAV - Bernard Moran - Chicago - .191 - 2nd
        • OAV - George Avery - Colorado Springs - .199 - 4th
        • OAV - Rolando Candelaria - San Antonio - .200 - 5th
        • OAV (worst) - Clayton Ryal - Durham - .347 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • OAV (worst) - Philip Magee - Arizona - .334 - 2nd TIED
        • ERA - George Avery - Colorado Springs - 2.16 - 2nd
        • ERA (worst) - Clayton Ryal - Durham - 7.47 - 2nd
        • ERA (worst) - Philip Magee - Arizona - 6.81 - 3rd
        • ERA (worst) - Michael Iwamura - Helena - 6.80 - 4th
        • Earned Runs - Philip Magee - Arizona - 160 - 2nd
        • Earned Runs - Alex Price - Arizona - 152 - 3rd
        • Games - Vic Mesa - Tucson - 110 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Games - Josias Tatis - Helena - 99 - 4th
        • Games - Peter Kwon - New Orleans - 94 - 5th
        • Game Started - Mac Griffin - Boston - 54 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Games Started - Allen Maysonet - 42 - 5th TIED
        • GB:FB Ratio - Clete Carter - Baltimore - 2.99 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Hits Allowed - Alex Price - Arizona - 327 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Hits Allowed - Philip Magee - Arizona - 303 - 3rd
        • HR Allowed - Alex Price - Arizona - 51 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • HR Allowed - Lawrence Wolcott - Baltimore - 42 - 5th TIED
        • IP - Alex Price - Arizona - 280.1 - 3rd
        • IP - Allen Maysonet - Tucson - 254.1 - 5th
        • Number of Pitches - Alex Price - Arizona - 4,428 - 2nd
        • OBP - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - .254 - 2nd
        • OBP - Bernard Moran - .256 - 3rd
        • OBP (worst) - Spark Perez - Baltimore - .390 - 3rd TIED
        • Quality Starts - Derek Cone - St Louis - 29 - 1st TIED
        • Saves - Matt Rhodes - Helena - 42 - 3rd TIED
        • Saves - Steve Knecht - Chicago - 40 - 5th TIED
        • Shutouts - Rolando Candelaria - San Antonio - 4 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Shutouts - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - 4 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Shutouts - Everth Urena - Fargo - 3 - 3rd TIED
        • SLG Percent - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - .278 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • SLG Percent - Bernard Moran - Chicago - .280 - 2nd
        • SLG Percent - George Avery - Colorado Springs - .281 - 3rd
        • SLG Percent (worst) - Clayton Ryal - Durham - .574 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • SLG Percent (worst) - Lawrence Wolcott - Baltimore - .547 - 2nd
        • SLG Percent (worst) - Luigi Lugo - New York - .545 - 3rd TIED
        • K/9 - Harry DaSilva - Buffalo - 9.57 - 2nd
        • K/BB - Louie Vizquel - Salt Lake City - 4.43 - 5th
        • Strikeouts - Harry DaSilva - Buffalo - 251 - 2nd
        • Strikeouts - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - 234 - 4th
        • Strikeouts - Rolando Candelaria - San Antonio - 230 - 5th
        • Walks - Santos Beltran - Los Angeles - 119 - 5th
        • WHIP - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - 0.97 - 4th
        • WHIP (worst) - Spark Perez - Baltimore - 1.83 - 3rd
        • WHIP (worst) - Clayton Ryal - Durham - 1.80 - 5th
        • Wins - Laynce Johnson - Boston - 26 - 1st TIED
      • FIELDING
        • Bad Plays (1B) - Will Strickland - Cincinnati - 10 - 2nd TIED
        • Bad Plays (1B) - David Rodriguez - Nashville - 10 - 2nd TIED
        • Double Plays (1B) - Charles Tuivailala - Los Angeles - 137 - 4th TIED
        • Double Plays (1B) - Danny Tulowitzki - Vancouver - 137 - 4th TIED
        • Good Plays (1B) - Jorge Alberto - Mexico City - 29 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Good Plays (1B) - John Lansing - Chicago - 26 - 2nd
        • Putots (1B) - Liam Steinbach - Fresno - 1527 - 3rd
        • Range Factor (1B) - Matthew Corey - Tucson - 11.02 - 4th TIED
        • Range Factor (1B - worst) - Cedrick Harper - Boston - 8.81 - 3rd
        • Range Factor (1B - worst) - Garaboz Margot - Charlotte - 8.93 - 4th
        • Assists (2B) - Mark Harper - Tucson - 446 - 4th
        • Bad Plays (2B) - Harry Ugueto - Durham - 28 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Bad Plays (2B) - Darron Keller - Louisville - 17 - 3rd
        • Double Plays (2B) - Jarrod Baldoquin - Tacoma - 114 - 4th
        • Good Plays (2B) - Avisail Nunez - Montgomery - 30 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Putouts (2B) - Harry Ugueto - Durham - 366 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Putouts (2B) - Jeff Gray - New Orleans - 346 - 2nd TIED
        • Putouts (2B) - Joe Gibson - Helena - 337 - 4th
        • Range Factor (2B - worst) - Paul Buck - Arizona - 3.77 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Range Factor (2B - worst) - Deven Sanchez - Mexico City - 4.03 - 2nd
        • Range Factor (2B - worst) - Brendan Brooks - Arizona - 4.15 - 3rd
        • Range Factor (2B - worst) - Juan Dominguez - Buffalo - 4.20 - 4th
        • Assists (3B) - Alex Ortiz - New York - 393 - 4th
        • Assists (3B) - Earl Connelly - Durham - 392 - 5th
        • Bad Plays (3B) - Juan Carlos Nunez - Fresno - 12 - 2nd
        • Bad Plays (3B) - Jesus Alvarez - Los Angeles - 11 - 3rd TIED
        • Double Plays (3B) - Chan Wang - Vancouver - 39 - 1st TIED
        • Double Plays (3B) - Bill Gonzales - New Orleans - 36 - 4th TIED
        • Errors (3B) - Louis Cook - Philadelphia - 32 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Good Plays (3B) - Bill Gonzales - New Orleans - 26 - 2nd
        • Good Plays (3B) - Jim Smith - Boston - 22 - 4th
        • Putouts (3B) - Earl Connelly - Durham - 176 - 2nd
        • Putouts (3B) - Vern Ashley - Arizona - 169 - 3rd
        • Putouts (3B) - Alex Ortiz - New York - 167 - 5th
        • Assists (CF) - Hiram Nina - Fresno - 10 - 2nd TIED
        • Assists (CF) - Wilfredo Melendez - Texas - 9 - 4th TIED
        • Bad Plays (CF) - Ed Gennett - Indianapolis - 13 - 2nd TIED
        • Bad Plays (CF) - Stew Bland - Arizona - 12 - 4th TIED
        • Bad Plays (CF) - Wilfredo Melendez - Texas - 12 - 4th TIED
        • Double Plays (CF) - Douglas Altherr - Vancouver - 3 - 2nd TIED
        • Double Plays (CF) - Hiram Nina - Fresno - 3 - 2nd TIED
        • Errors (CF) - Henderson May - Los Angeles - 16 - 2nd
        • Errors (CF) - Stew Bland - Arizona - 13 - 3rd TIED
        • Errors (CF) - Ed Ward - Helena - 13 - 3rd TIED
        • Putouts (CF) - Stew Bland - Arizona - 415 - 2nd
        • Putouts (CF) - Steve Holt - Salt Lake City - 400 - 3rd
        • Putouts (CF) - Ed Ward - Helena - 393 - 4th
        • Assists (LF) - Tim Olsen - Fargo - 8 - 1st TIED
        • Assists (LF) - Edgmer Pena - New Orleans - 7 - 3rd TIED
        • Bad Plays (LF) - Nap McAnaney - Durham - 15 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Putouts (LF) - Anthony Luke - Arizona - 335 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Assists (RF) - Timothy Morris - Helena - 11 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Bad Plays (RF) - Vince Curtis - Los Angeles - 16 - 4th
        • Bad Plays (RF) - Ubaldo Johnson - Fresno - 15 - 5th
        • Errors (RF) - Rey Cookson - Colorado Springs - 15 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Errors (RF) - Pete Baxter - Charlotte - 7 - 2nd
        • Good Plays (RF) - Louie Jungman - Indianapolis - 15 - 1st NEW RECORD TIED
        • Good Plays (RF) - Chris Gutierrez - Durham - 15 - 1st NEW RECORD TIED
        • Good Plays (RF) - Mike Esquerra - Philadelphia - 11 - 3rd
        • Putouts (RF) - Stolmy Machado - Vancouver - 259 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Putouts (RF) - Mike Esquerra - Philadelphia - 232 - 3rd
        • Putouts (RF) - Timothy Adams - Texas - 222 - 5th
        • Range Factor (RF) - Mike Esquerra - Philadelphia - 1.74 - 3rd
        • Assists (SS) - Grayson Ryan - Louisville - 594 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Assists (SS) - RJ Santiago - Helena - 570 - 3rd
        • Assists (SS) - Omar Rodriguez - Texas - 568 - 5th
        • Double Plays (SS) - Elrod Matthews - Scottsdale - 115 - 3rd TIED
        • Double Plays (SS) - David Horton - Tacoma - 113 - 5th
        • Errors (SS) - JB Morgan - Charlotte - 46 - 3rd
        • Errors (SS) - Donne Magnuson - Vancouver - 45 - 4th
        • Putouts (SS) - Elrod Matthews - Scottsdale - 297 - 5th
        • Ranger Factor (SS) - Grayson Ryan - Louisville - 5.81 - 5th
        • Range Factor (SS - worst) - Chris Strittmatter - Nashville - 4.42 - 2nd
        • Range Factor (SS - worst) - George Parker - Philadelphia - 4.56 - 5th
        • Assists (P) - Douglas Tomlinson - Buffalo - 19 - 2nd TIED
        • Assists (P) - Kike Rodriguez - Mexico City - 19 - 2nd TIED
        • Double Plays (P) - Andrelton Adkinson - Texas - 4 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Errors (P) - Ned Mercedes - Vancouver - 7 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Good Plays (P) - Andrelton Adkinson - Texas - 7 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Putouts (P) - Vladimir Ordonez - Baltimore - 14 - 2nd TIED
        • Bad Plays (C) - Julio Rodriguez - Indianapolis - 1 - 1st NEW RECORD TIED
        • Bad Plays (C) - Brad Randolph - Baltimore - 1 - 1st NEW RECORD TIED
        • cERA (worst) - Gregorio Sosa - Durham - 6.19 - 4th
        • Passed Balls - Tuffy Bauer - Mexico City - 24 - 2nd
        • Passed Balls - Darryl Sadler - Helena - 16 - 3rd TIED
        • Pickoffs - Tyler Stull - San Antonio - 4 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Runners CS - BJ Turner - Nashville - 59 - 2nd TIED
        • Runners CS - Ellis Curtis - Colorado Springs - 57 - 4th
        • Runners CS - Tyler Stull - San Antonio - 56 - 5th
        • Stolen Base Attempts Against - Elis Curtis - Colorado Springs - 220 - 1st NEW RECORD
        • Stolen Base Attempts Against - Benny Lee - Tucson - 189 - 3rd
        • Stolen Base Attempts Against - Aaron Cepicky - Vancouver - 177 - 4th
      Moving on to team records. Going forward next year, bold teams are records from this season. 
      • Most Hitting Stats
        • Hits - 1687 - S1 New Orleans
          • Fewest: 1323 - S3 Cincinnati
        • Doubles - 307 - S2 New Orleans
          • Fewest: 138 - S3 Scottsdale
        • Triples - 50 - S2 Arizona
          • Fewest: 9 - S3 Vancouver
        • Home Runs - 309 - S1 Texas
          • Fewest: 129 - S3 Rochester
        • Runs - 1020 - S2 Boston
          • Fewest: 572 - S3 Scottsdale
        • RBI - 1000 - S2 Boston
          • Fewest: 557 - S3 Scottsdale
        • BB - 686 - S1 Syracuse
          • Fewest: 380 - S3 Scottsdale
        • K (least) - 959 - S3 Nashville
        • K (most) - 1317 - Helena
        • SB - 381 - S1 St Louis
          • Fewest: 0 - S2 Charlotte
        • CS (least) - 0 - S2 Charlotte
        • CS (most) - 106 - S2 St Louis
        • AVG - .291 - S3 New Orleans
          • Lowest: .238 - Cincinnati
        • OBP - .363 - S3 New Orleans
          • Lowest: .295 - S3 Scottsdale
        •  SLG - .499 - S2 Boston
          • Lowest: .345 - S3 Scottsdale
        • OPS - .853 - S1 Texas / S2 Boston
          • Lowest: .640 - S3 Scottsdale
      • Most Pitching Stats
        • Complete Games - 20 - S2 Buffalo
        • Shutouts - 5 - S2 Buffalo
        • Wins - 119 - S2 Boston
          • Fewest: 56 - S1 Los Angeles
        • Saves - 60 - S2 St Louis
          • Fewest: 26 - S2 Vancouver
        • Innings Pitched - 1481 - S3 Fargo
        • Hits - 1206 - S1 St Louis
          • Highest: 1840 - S3 Durham
        • Runs - 505 - S1 Trenton
          • Highest: 1036 - S3 Durham
        • Home Runs - 145 - S1 Buffalo
          • Highest: 273 - S1 Los Angeles
        • Walks - 390 - S3 Salt Lake City
          • Highest - 711 - S1 Nashville
        • Strikeouts - 1240 - S1 Buffalo
          • Fewest: 945 - S2 Los Angeles
        • OAV - .222 - S2 Trenton
          • Highest: .306 - S3 Durham
        • WHIP - 1.10 - S2 Trenton
          • Highest: 1.67 - S2 Durham
        • ERA - 2.85 - S1 Trenton
          • Highest: 5.91 - S3 Durham
      • Fielding Stats
        • Assists - 1845 - S1 Tucson
          • Fewest: 1432 - S3 Boston
        • Errors - 55 - S2 Boston
          • Most: 138 - S1 Arizona
        • Double Plays: 485 - S1 New York
          • Fewest: 282 - S2 Charlotte
      • Fantasy Points
        • Hitting - 4485 - S3 Syracuse
          • Fewest: 2342 - S3 Scottsdale
        • Pitching - 3176 - S1 Trenton
          • Fewest: 1746 - Los Angeles
        • Combined - 7191 - S3 Syracuse
          • Fewest: 4557 - Nashville
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