S35 Mid-Season Blog

Midseason Classic
Season 35 All-Star Game: National League 6, American League 2
HR Derby Winner: Willie Tarasco (Strikers)
All-Star Game MVP: Neifi Gil (Jibaros)
Winning Pitcher: Jesus Dali (Apaches)
Homeruns: Gil, Doug Mitchell (Juice), Dion Pagnozzi (Thunder)

Teams with the most All-Star selections:

Atlanta Apaches (Rattlers) - 8
Kansas City Yardbirds (holleybard) - 5
Salem Volanoes (jkenned) - 5
Boise Coursers (godao) - 5
Jacksonville Juice (greygoose123) - 3
Cincinnati Firestorm (jbburner) - 3
Albuquerque Komodo Dragons (csudak) - 3
Syracuse Orange (joekendall) - 3
New York Sultans of Swat (bluenoser44) - 3

Teams with zero All-Star selections:

Chicago Black Sox
Boston Screaming Babies
El Paso Walkers
New Orleans Jazz
Colorado Springs Iron Horseman
Iowa City Hawkeyes
Texas Galveston Wave
Louisville ARF ARF ARF ARF's
Oklahoma City Prairie Dogs

All-Stars by Division
NL East - 15
AL West - 11
AL North - 8
AL East - 7
NL West - 7
NL North - 5
AL South - 4
NL South - 3

*Links are posted - click on an individual player's name to open their HBD profile
First Time All-Stars – American League

P - Ernesto Ozuna (Orange)
P - Omar Colon (Dinklebergs)
P - Andres Navarro (Coursers)
P - Alberto Rivas (Thunder)
P - Alberto Blasco (Yardbirds)
P - John Carter (Magnitude)
2B - Victor Lee (Oracles)
3B - Alex Moreno (Coursers)
CF - Willie Johnson (Sultans of Swat)
DH - Eric Miller (Yardbirds)

First Time All-Stars – National League

P - Rigo Jimenez (Moneymakers)
P - Ben Boyer (Tornadoes)
P - Jesus Dali (Apaches)
P - Carlton Trachsel (Firestorm)
P - Javier Beltran (Apaches)
C - Zack Wathan (Tornadoes)
1B - Willie Tarasco (Strikers)
2B - Jeimer Parra (Apaches)
LF - Darrin Phelps (Miracles)
CF - Scooter Dickerson (Komodo Dragons)
RF - Doug Mitchell (Juice)

All-Stars Making Their 5th Appearance or Greater
C - Bengie Trajano (Doormats) - 9th Appearance
P - Juan Sierra (Apaches) - 9th
P - Geronimo Estrada (Apaches) - 8th
RF - Roger Byrne (Sultans of Swat) - 7th
2B - Eugenio Canseco (Monkeybutlers) - 7th
P - Lonny Gonzalez (Volcanoes) - 6th
P - Yoshinori Zhou (Magnitude) - 6th
SS - Wendell Werth (Merchants) - 6th
P - Hades Phillips (Firestorm) - 6th
SS - Bartolo Ortiz (Apaches) - 6th
LF - Vicente Palmeiro (Komodo Dragons) - 6th
P - Aurelio Ozuna (Volcanoes) - 5th
SS - Lefty Twitchell (Volcanoes) - 5th
LF - Michel Pena (Volcanoes) - 5th
P - Moises Olmedo (Apaches) - 5th
3B - Neal Hartzell (Komodo Dragons) - 5th

Record Breakers
Listed below are the Pine Tar Season 35 league leaders in various statistical catagories, their projected total after the remaining 61 games, and the Pine Tar all-time record holders for those categories.  Players who have an opportunity to tie or break a record have been noted with bold font.
*Links are posted - click on an individual player's name to open their HBD profile

Category - Player		League Leader - S35 Total		Projected Total		Pine Tar Record Holder - Total
Batting Average		Valerio Martinez (BOI) - .352		.352		Randy Podsednik - .398
Homeruns		Michael Chong (MIL) - 42		67		Jim Blair - 69
Runs Batted In		Michael Chong (MIL) - 97		156		Bob Wood - 203
Stolen Bases		Fernando Espinosa (SYR) - 56		90		Brandon Kline - 166
Runs Scored		Wesley McDonald (DUR) - 86		138		Ronald Clyburn - 169
OPS %		Valerio Martinez (BOI) - 1.093		1.093		Frank Martin - 1.240
Pitching Wins		Aurelio Ozuna (SAL) - 14		22		Rich Meyers, Rock Randall - 25
Earned Run Avr		Ben Boyer (WIC) - 1.94		1.94		John Rucker - 1.79
WHIP		Lonny Gonzalez (SAL) - 0.88		0.88		Tim Daubach - 0.87
OAV		Lonny Gonzalez (SAL) - .176		.176		Tim Daubach - .177
Saves		Richard Huang (NY1) - 33		53		3 Tied - 54
Pitching Strikeouts		Yoshinori Zhou (MIL) - 137		220		Warren Hargrave - 273
Complete Games		David Chantres (SYR) - 5		8		D.Shipley, W.Sizemore - 15
IF Plus Plays		Lefty Twitchell (SAL) - 20		32		Travis Fiore - 40
OF Plus Plays		Vitas Witt (DOV) - 16		26		Hank Truman - 37
OF Assists		3 Tied - 9		14		Ariel Villano - 27
Caught Stealing %		Cesar Durazo (OK) - .44		.44		Justin Carson - .612
Catcher ERA		Tomas Urena (CIN) - 3.12		3.12		Nolan McClellan - 2.34