Final Standings
New Records
Batting Leaders
Pitching Leaders
Team stats
W
L Pct.
GB
Future Wax 41 15 .732
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North Dakota 35 21 .554
10
Bay City 28 28 .500
13
Finn's People 28 28 .500
13
Youth In Asia 27 29 .482
14
New Orleans 27 29 .482
14
Manila Folders26 30 .464
15
Constantinople25 31 .446
16
Metrowest 19 37 .339
22
Land moves to Constantinople, and Brian joins the league, taking over the day to day managing of the team...Matt starts his season early on account of the impending birth of his twins due opening day. Matt is immediately micknamed Matt "Poor Bastard" Phelps...Randy jumps out to a 9-2 record and first place. He extends the lead to 4 games at 18-6 by the Holiday Break. The lead is up to 5 1/2 games in early January (22-9)...A wild finish has a potential 3-team tie for 4th place and an unprecedented round robin. lint needed to win 1 game in a 3-game finale against Future Wax to create a three-way tie. Future Wax sweeps and Clint misses the playoffs by one game for the second year in a row...Dave resigns as Commissioner, and also from the league, effective at the end of the season
Playoffs
North Dakota d. Bay City 4 games to 2
Finn's People d. Future
Wax 4 games to 3
World Series
Finn's People d. North Dakota 4 games to 2
Awards MVP - Albert Belle, Manila Folders
Cy Young - Greg Maddux, Future Wax
Manager of the Year - Eric
Highest batting average: Piazza, FW .387 (old record: Dykstra, Freedonia
.366, '91-92)
Highest team batting average: Future Wax .320 (old record: Freon Smugglers
.295, '95-96)
Highest team on-base percentage: Future Wax .400 (old record: Future Wax
.369, '95-96)
Most runs, team: Future Wax 377 (old record: Future Wax 354, '95-96)
Most RBIs, team: Future Wax 381 (old record: Future Wax 349 '95-96) * (see
below)
Most home runs, league 738 (old record: 674, '88-89)
Highest batting average, league .277 (old record: .271, '95-96)
Highest on-base percentage, league .350 (old record: .328, '91-92)
Most walks, league 1930 (old record: 1879, '94-95)
Most strikeouts, league 3348 (old record: 3170, '94-95)
Worst ERA, league 5.05 (old record: 4.68, '88-89)
Worst ERA, team leader: Constantinople 4.48 (old record: Manila Folders
4.19, '88-89)
Worst ERA, league leader: Nomo, FP 2.99 (old record: Schilling, MW 2.73,
'94-95)
Worst road record: Metrowest 7-21 (old record: Hatchbacks '91-92, Metrowest
'95-96: 8-20)
Fewest games separating 3rd place from 8th place: 3 (old record: 7, '91-92)
SOMBILLA records tied this year:
Most RBIs: Belle, MF 70 (ties McGwire, MF '88-89)
Most walks: Weiss, MF and McGwire, MF 53 (ties Bonds, FW '93-94)
*Hats off to Future Wax not only for setting both the team runs and RBI records, but also, amazingly having more RBI's than runs.
Batting Average (174 PA)
AB H AVE
1. Piazza, FW 222 86 .387
2. Baines, FP 204 77 .377
3. Belle, MF 223 80 .359
4 Bonilla. BC 210 75 .357
5 Baerga, NO 191 61 .319
6 Lankford, ND 170 54 .318
7. Lofton, MW 245 78 .318
8. Walker, MW 192 49 .318
9. Salmon, FW 206 64 .311
10. Gwynn, YA 225 70 .311
Home Runs
1. Belle, MF 25
2. Piazza, FW 23
3. Baines, FP 19
4. Lankford, ND 17
4. M. Vaughn, MW 17
4. M. Williams, MF 17
4. McGwire, MF 17
Runs Batted In
1. Belle, MF 70
2. Piazza, FW 62
3. Baines, FP 52
3. Palmeiro, FP 52
5. Walker, MW 49
On Base Average (174 PA)
Name H BB OBP
1. Baines, FP 77 29
.455
2. C. Johnson, MF 35 30 .451
3. Bonds, FW 55
46 .423
4. Piazza, FW 86 11
.416
5. Belle, MF 80 19
.409
6. E. Martinez, NO 62 37 .407
7. Thomas, BC 59 44
.407
8. Salmon, FW 64 33 .406
9. Bonilla, BC 75 17 .405
10. Weiss, MF 44 53
.401
Stolen Bases
Name
SB
Lofton, MW 19
Biggio, YA 17
Henderson, YA 16
Q. Veras, MW 12
Ausmus, CN 12
Knobkauch, MF 12
Runs
Name Runs
Belle, MF 49
Biggio, YA 49
Piazza, FW 48
M. Williams, MF 45
Valentin, FP 44
Walks
Name BB
Weiss, MF 53
McGwire, MF 53
Bonds, FW 46
Thomas, BC 44
Valentin, FP 38
E. Martinez, NO 37
Wins
1. Maddux, FW 10-2
2. Ashby, MF 8-1
3. Johnson, ND 8-3
4. Hamilton, FW 8-4
5. Mussina, YA 8-5
Strikeouts
1. Johnson, ND 147
2. Nomo, FP 129
3. Maddux, FW 98
4. Smoltz, YA 85
5. Appier, MF 72
ERA (56 innings)
1. Nomo, FP 2.99
2. Mussina, YA 3.04
3. Maddux, FW 3.64
4. Cone, BC 3.92
5. Reynolds, ND 3.96
6. R. Martinez, CN 4.06
7. Smoltz, YA 4.10
Saves
Name SV
Percival, NO 13
Nelson, MF 9
Bottalico, FW 8
Mesa, BC 7
Wetteland, ND 5
Belinda, CN 5
Rolaids
Name W
L Sv ERA Pts
1. Percival, NO 4 5 13 2.57 29
2. Bottalico, FW 4 1 8 2.21 23
3. Nelson, MF 1 1 9 3.55 19
4. Mesa, BC 2 1 7
1.40 17
5. Wetteland, ND 3 2 5 3.67 14
Notable
Name ERA
P. Borbon, MF 0.00
Mesa, BC 1.40
Mercker, FW 1.50
Belinda, CN 1.54
Myers, NO 1.80
Nen, CN 1.98
Henry, NO 2.03
M. Perez, CN 2.14
Bottalico, FW 2.21
Cummings, ND 2.25
Team Batting
Team AB R H HR RBI SB BB OB Ave
Future Wax 1844 377 591 115
381 n/a 244
.400 .320
Youth in Asia 1989 296 565 71 288
61 170 .340
.284
North Dakota 1862 312 521 68 306
33 227 .358
.280
Bay City 1973 287 542 85
280 27 186
.337 .275
Constantinople1877 230 512 52 225
44 179 .336
.273
New Orleans 1896 278 513 49 266
12 230 .349
.271
Metrowest 1918 n/a 513 76
262 53 189
.333 .267
Manila Folders1919 330 511 115 256
13 256 .353
.266
Finn's People 1981 312 514 107 302
10 249 .342
.259
TOTAL 17,259 n/a 4782 738
2566 n/a 1930 .350
.277
Team Pitching
IP H BB K ER SV ERA
Constntinople 488 n/a n/a 322
243 11 4.48
Youth in Asia 504 474 253 402
254 13 4.54
Bay City 505 506
239 323 258 8 4.60
North Dakota 488.7 500 183 446 255
14 4.70
Finn's People 505.3 525 211 449 271
10 4.83
Future Wax 422 456 183
353 229 17 4.88
New Orleans 496.7 n/a n/a 356
274 13 4.96
Metrowest 491.3 603 220
342 340 9 6.23
Manila Folders499 n/a n/a 355
347 11 6.26
TOTAL 4400 n/a
n/a 3348 2471 106 5.05
HOME
W
L Pct
Randy 21 7
.750
Arnie 16 12
.571
Robin 14 14
.500
Matt 14 14
.500
Harold 13 15
.464
Brian/Land 13 15 .464
Clint 12 16
.429
Jeff 12 16
.429
Eric 11 17
.393
TOTAL 126 126 .500
AWAY
W
L Pct
Randy 20 8
.714
Eric 17 11
.607
Arnie 15 13
.536
Clint 15 13
.536
Robin 14 14
.500
Harold 14 14
.500
Matt 12 16
.429
Brian/Land 12 16 .429
Jeff 7 21
.250
TOTAL 126 126
.500