Roy Hobbs S4 Awards: Hobbs Special Awards

ROY HOBBS SPECIAL AWARDS

(While we wait for the votes to be tallied for the other awards, check these out!)

S4 Iron man Award goes to: Slick Rapp. He started all 162 games, putting in a total of 1456.1 innings and setting a new league high! As incredible as it may seem he made only 2 bad plays all year and tied Louie Hasegawa for the most putouts by a centerfielder with 496! He also had 16 Assists (6th most for CF's) and had the league high for CF's with 4 double plays. Congratulations to Slick Rapp for being this years Iron Man.

Slick Rapp Jackson Stonewall Age: 25 B/T: R/R Born: Clinton, NC Position(s): CF/CIF/2B/OF/DH

S4 Playmaker Award goes to: Boomer Davis. With season four's league high of 22 plus plays this guy amazed fans all year round. 22 plus plays in one year matches the all-time league high set in S3 by Damian Allensworth. Davis also led the NL in S3 with 19 plus plays and now has a career total of 55, 2nd only to Allensworth's 72. Golden glove is one thing, of which he will win his 2nd consecutive CF gold glove this year, but a playmaker is another! Congratulations to Boomer Davis on winning this years playmaker award!

Boomer Davis Tacoma Red Radicals Age: 30 B/T: L/L Born: Readfield, ME Position(s): CF/OF

S4 Record Breaker Award goes to: Yuniesky Morales. This award goes to the player who breaks the most records throughout the season. This season Morales broke the all-time single season win record with 23, stripping it from Geronimo Julio. He also tied, and now shares with Geronimo Julio, the single season high in complete games pitched with 13! And he wasn't finished at that, Morales also broke the all-time single season high with 289 innings pitched, knocking out the previous record of 284.1 set in Season 1 by Miguel Park. Congratulations to Yuniesky Morales on winning this years Record breaker award!

Yuniesky Morales Albuquerque Pilots Age: 32 B/T: S/R Born: San Cristobal, DO Position(s): P (SP1)

S4 Boogey-Man Award "Most Feared" goes to: Jim Killebrew. For the second consecutive season Killebrew will take this award with a league leading 1.158 Ops. and ??? intentional walks. (Intentional walks TBD when S4 league records are available). Not to mention Killebrew's league leading 65 homers, a very respectable .314 batting avg., and an on base percentage of .435! Killebrew was definitely this seasons "Boogey-man," and the most feared at the plate! Congratulations to Jim Killebrew on winning this years Boogey-man award!

Jim Killebrew Milwaukee High Lifes Age: 24 B/T: R/R Born: Buffalo, MN Position(s): 1B/DH

S4 Base Burglar Award goes to: Bobby Mientkiewicz. Despite being a rookie, Mientkiewics must have been the most feared on the base paths in S4. He stole this seasons high of 96 bases and was caught only 6 times. Not to mention his 36 game hitting streak, a new all-time Hobbs record. This is a special young talent, and a definite "base burglar" when he gets on base! Cngratulations to Bobby Mientkiewicz for winning this years base burglar award!

Bobby Mientkiewicz San Juan Mojos Age: 22 B/T: S/L Born: Milford, CT Position(s): CF/CIF/2B/OF/DH

This concludes our Special Hobbs awards and we'll see you next season to determine S5 winners!