FINAL SOMBILLA STANDINGS 1997-1998

                   W   L     Pct.  GB

New Orleans       34  22    .607   --     (Harold)
North Dakota      34  22    .607   --     (Arnie)
Future Wax        32  24    .571   2      (Randy)
Manila Folders    29  27    .518   5      (Matt)
Lagavulan 16      27  29    .482   7      (Eric)
Constantinople    25  31    .446   9      (Brian)
Bunghole Quahogs  25  31    .446   9      (Clint)
Metrowest         24  32    .429   10     (Jeff)
Bay City          22  34    .393   12     (Robin)

League leaders

Playoff results:

(Saturday 3/7)
New Orleans 4 Manila Folders 3
New Orleans 3 Manila Folders 2
Manila Folders 11 New Orleans 7
New Orleans 10 Manila Folders 2
Manila Folders 17 New Orleans 6
New Orleans 9 Manila Folders 6

New Orleans wins series 4 games to 2

(Saturday 2/28)
Future Wax 12 North Dakota 7
Future Wax 3  North Dakota 1
Future Wax 4  North Dakota 3
Future Wax 5  North Dakota 1

Future Wax wins 4 games to 0

WORLD SERIES

(Monday 3/16)
New Orleans 7 Future Wax 6
Future Wax 2 New Orleans 1
Future Wax 12 New Orleans 9
New Orleans 6 Future Wax 3
Future Wax 12 New Orleans 9
Future Wax 4 New Orleans 2 (10 innings)

Future Wax wins 4 games to 2


MVP - Mike Piazza, Future Wax
Cy Young - Mariano Rivera, New Orleans
Manager of the Year - Harold
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Final Batting Leaders

Average (174 PA)

    Name             AB    H   AVE
1. Eisenreich, NO   178   68  .382
2. Piazza, FW       219   83  .379
3. R. Jefferson, ND 182   66  .363
4. Cirillo, ND      197   69  .350
5. Belle, MF        232   79  .341
6. Thome, FW        188   64  .340
7. Ventura, LV      211   71  .336
8. Sheffield, FW    228   76  .333
9. A. Rodriguez, CN 225   75  .333
10.M. Vaughn, MW    224   74  .330

Home Runs

1. Belle, MF        26
2. Piazza, FW       24
3. Bonds, FW        23
3. Griffey, FW      23
5. E. Davis, LV     22
6. Ventura, LV      21
6. Bichette, MF     21
8. A. Rodriguez, CN 20

RBIs

1. Ramirez, NO   60
2. Belle, MF     59
3. Griffey, FW   58
4. Bonds, FW     56
5. Piazza, FW    55
6. Galarraga, FW 53
7. C. Jones, MW  50

On Base Percentage (174 PA)

                                    AB   H  BB  OBP
1. Sheffield, FW  228  76  53 .459
2. Thome, FW      188  64  40 .456
3. Knoblauch, MF  217  71  51 .455
4. E. Davis, LV   187  59  41 .439
5. Piazza, FW     219  83  23 .438
6. G. Vaughn, LV  155  51  29 .435
7. Bonds, FW      221  62  58 .430
8. Eisenreich, NO 178  68  11 .418
9. McGwire, MF    187  43  60 .417
10.E. Young, NO   190  62  29 .416

Stolen Bases

1. E. Young, NO     18
1. Lofton, NO       18
3. Larkin, ND       17
4. Biggio, BQ       14
5. L. Walker, MW    13
5. Grissom, NO      13
5. Grudzielanek, BQ 13
 

Runs

1. Sheffield, FW   60
2. Bonds, FW       59
3. Knoblauch, MF   56
4. Belle, MF       55
5. Griffey, FW     50
6. Piazza, FW      49
6. E. Martinez, NO 49

Walks

1. McGwire, MF   60
2. Bonds, FW     58
3. Sheffield, FW 53
4. Knoblauch, MF 51
5. Larkin, ND    45
6. E. Davis, LV  41
6. Bagwell, NO   41

Final Pitching Leaders

Wins

1. P. Martinez, FW  9-4
2. Nagy, ND-BQ      8-3
3. Sanders, BQ      8-4
4. Ju. Guzman, LV   8-5
4. A. Fernandez, BC 8-5
4. Appier, MF       8-5

Strikeouts

1. Smoltz, BQ      119
2. Nomo, LV        116
3. Clemens, ND      99
4. P. Martinez, FW  99
5. A. Fernandez     86

ERA (56 innings)

                                   IP   ER    ERA
1. Sanders, BQ    59   17   2.67
2. Smoltz, BQ    114   47   3.71
3. A. Leiter, NO  66   30   4.09
4. I. Valdes, CN 108.7 50   4.16
5. Nagy, ND-BQ   100.7 47   4.20
6. Astacio, CN    78.7 37   4.26
7. M. Clark, MW  104.7 50   4.30

Saves

1. M. Rivera, NO   15
2. Hoffman, ND      9
2. Nen, CN          9
4. Wendell, MW      6
4. Bottalico, FW    6

Rolaids

                W L  sv  ERA   Pts
1. M. Rivera, NO  3-4  15 2.00    32
2. Hoffman, ND    3-1   9 4.50    23
3. Nen, CN        3-2   9 3.23    22
4. Wendell, MW    3-3   6 5.57    15
5. Sanders, BQ    8-4   1 2.67    14

Notable

                                 IP   ER  ERA
1, Charlton, MW   8.3  1  1.08
2. Bielecki, NO   32   4  1.12
3. Plunk, ND      32   5  1.41
4. Percival, NO   31   5  1.45
5. M. Rivera, NO  45  10  2.00
6. Mesa, BC       30   7  2.10
7. R. Johnson, ND 25   6  2.16
8. Rojas, FW      27.7 7  2.28
 

Final Team Stats

Team              AB     R     H     2B    3B   HR    BB    SB    OBP    AVE
Future Wax       2035   424   640   100    7   151   270    42   .395   .314
New Orleans      1956   332   595   n/a   n/a   65   266    44   .387   .304
Metrowest        2003   n/a   584   n/a   n/a   84   158    51   .343   .292
Lagavulan 16     2014   382   586    98   16   149   253    10   .370   .291
North Dakota     1920   331   532   103    9    86   238    44   .357   .277
Bay City         2007   286   556   104   14    65   190    35   .340   .277
Manila Folders   1955   347   535   n/a   n/a  108   282    17   .365   .274
Bunghole Quahogs 1807   243   477    88    5    66   175    53   .329   .264
Constantinople   1889   270   490   n/a   n/a   59   177    45   .323   .259
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TOTALS:         17856   n/a  4995   n/a   n/a  833  2009   341   .353   .280
 

Team              IP    H    BB   K    ER   SV   ERA
New Orleans      499   n/a  n/a  414  223   16  4.02
Bunghole Quahogs 497.7 499  192  403  250    6  4.52
Constantinople   471   427  214  305  267   13  5.10
Bay City         504.3 559  211  408  288   10  5.14
North Dakota     489   533  209  412  297   14  5.47
Lagavulan 16     499   594  219  442  347    9  6.26
Future Wax       502   647  189  384  357   13  6.40
Metrowest        503.3 622  241  351  364    8  6.51
Manila Folders   488.7 n/a  n/a  319  445   13  8.20
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TOTALS          4454   n/a  n/a 3438 2838  102  5.73
 
 

HOME RECORD                      AWAY RECORD

New Orleans      21-7  .750      Future Wax       17-11  .607
North Dakota     20-8  .714      Metrowest        14-14  .500
Manila Folders   16-12 .571      North Dakota     14-14  .500
Future Wax       15-13 .536      New Orleans      13-15  .464
Bunghole Quahogs 14-14 .500      Manila Folders   13-15  .464
Lagavulan 16     14-14 .500      Lagavulan 16     13-15  .464
Constantinople   14-14 .500      Constantinople   11-17  .393
Bay City         12-16 .429      Bunghole Quahogs 11-17  .393
Metrowest        10-18 .357      Bay City         10-18  .357
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TOTAL          136-116 .540      TOTAL          116-136  .460
 
 

NEW SOMBILLA RECORDS SET THIS YEAR:

Most walks: McGwire, MF 60 (old record Weiss, MF and McGwire, MF '96-97' Bonds, FW '93-94  53)
Most runs: Bonds, FW 60 (old record Bonds, FW '91-92 56)
Worst ERA, 56+ innings: Appier, MF 10.28 (old record J. Morris (aka kick me), MA-MF '88-89 9.29)
Worst ERA, team: Manila Folders 8.20 (old record Metrowest '95-96 6.57)
Most runs, team: Future Wax 424 (old record Future Wax '96-97 377)
Most RBI's team: Future Wax 413 (old record Future Wax '96-97 381)
Most hits, team: Future Wax 640 (old record Future Wax '95-96 610)
Most walks, team: Manila Folders 282 (old record Future Wax '91-92 279)
Highest league average .280 (old record '96-97 .277)
Highest league on-base percentage .353 (old record '96-97 .350)
Most walks, league 2009 (old record '96-97 1930)
Most strikeouts, league 3438 (old record '96-97 3348)
Worst ERA, league 5.73 (old record '96-97 5.05)

Record tied:
Most home runs, season: Belle, MF 26 (ties E. Davis, FW '87-88)

Twits Notes '97-98