WS 23 Champions

The Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants win the 23rd Fingers League World Series in six games!

Outstanding Players of the World Series were Shaggy Tewksbury and Anthony Pickett. Tewksbury started and won two games while only surrendering five hits and one run in 11 innings pitched. Pickett smashed three home runs and drove in seven of the Pheasants' 22 runs scored during the Series.

All-Second Decade Closer

Hardball Dynasty's

Al Duvall

5FIRE, 1ROY, 9AS, 2WS, eight seasons 30+ saves, two seasons 45+ saves

Hardball Dynasty's

Gene Greer

1FIRE, 4AS, 1WS, four seasons 30+ saves

Hardball Dynasty's

Darwin Ledesma

1FIRE, 2AS, five seasons 30+ saves

Hardball Dynasty's

Carlos Nunez

1FIRE, 4AS, 2WS, five seasons 30+ saves

Hardball Dynasty's

Fausto Lee

2FIRE, 3AS, five seasons 30+ saves, three-straight seasons of 45+ saves

All-Second Decade Team -- LHP

Hardball Dynasty's

Cliff Dessens

4AS, 3WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Rico Macias

3AS, 4WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Nick Gil

3AS, 1WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Jarrod Diaz

1AS

Hardball Dynasty's

Vic Rodrigo

1CY, 1AS

Hardball Dynasty's

Mark Nakamura

3AS, 1SS

All-Second Decade Team - RHP

Right-Handed Starting Pitchers

Hardball Dynasty's

Tomas Armas

HOF, 3CY, 4AS, 1GG, 3WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Leonardo Walker

4CY, 1ROY, 7AS, 1GG

Hardball Dynasty's

Nick Ransom

HOF, 4AS, 3WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Boomer Charles

4CY, 6AS, 1WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Alving Guevara

1CY, 3AS, 2WS, 1 No-hitter

Hardball Dynasty's

Vicente Delgado

1CY, 8AS

Hardball Dynasty's

Pete Norris

2CY, 1ROY, 2AS, 1WS

Hardball Dynasty's

Ruben Ramirez

3AS, 1GG, 2WS

Fingers League 2nd All-Decade Team - DH

MVP
none

ROY
Crash Purcell AL S13

AS                                          SS
Crash Purcell 4              Alberto Santos 2
Spike Cambridge 5        CPurcell 3
Brook Diaz                    SCambridge 3
                                       Julio Ramirez
                                      Julian Alcantare

Hardball Dynasty's

Crash Purcell

1ROY, 4AS, 3SS, 1ASG MVP

Hardball Dynasty's

Spike Cambridge

HOF, 4SS (3 @ DH , 1 @ C), 5AS, 1 ASG MVP

Fingers League All-Second Decade Team RF

MVP
Taylor Glynn NL S11,S13,S14,S15 
Pat Rivera NL S12 CoMVP
Jesse Dixon NL 12 CoMVP
Dario Dickens NL 16
Josh Cardona AL 18

ROY
Dario Dickens NL S12
Josias Pinzon AL S14
Louie Hayashi NL S15

AS                                  SS                    GG
Galahad Hogan           GHogan            Juan Alou 3
Walter Swindell          TGlynn 4           Nipsey Parrish
Taylor Glynn 4           ANunez 2          Edwin Rollins 2
Pat Rivera 4                JDixon 2            Larry Howell
Alberto Granados 2     HMartinez          Brian Knight
Alberto Nunez 3          SLopez              PSosa
Jesse Dixon                DCampos            DDickens
Harry Martinez           RMcFarland       Sterling Dorsey
Santos Lopez 4           JCardona 2         RKennedy
Ariel Pujols                RKennedy         Hal Pickering 2
Jacob Wells                AJHurst 2          Wes Lewis
Brendan Strong          HLawson           BStewart 2
Rich McFarland 2      Brian Wells        Jeffrey Freeman
Josh Cardona 3                                     Hipolito Lee
Del Campos                                          Banana Wise
Reid Kennedy 2 
Pepe Sosa
A.J. Hurst 2
Buzz Stewart 2
Dario Dickens
Tomas Samuel
Harvey Lawson

The only RF to be an All-Star, win Silver Slugger & Gold Glove -

Hardball Dynasty's

Reid Kennedy

Hardball Dynasty's

Taylor Glynn

 4MVP, 4AS, 4SS, 1HRD

Hardball Dynasty's

Josh Cardona

 1MVP, 3AS, 2SS

Hardball Dynasty's

Pat Rivera

 1CoMVP, 4AS

Hardball Dynasty's

Jesse Dixon

 1CoMVP, 1AS, 2SS

Hardball Dynasty's

Dario Dickens

 1MVP, 1ROY, 1AS, 1GG

Fingers League All-Second Decade Team -- CF

From Seasons 11 to 20:
26 All-Stars
7 players went to multiple All-Star games @ CF.
Davey West and Vince Moriarty were selected five times. Harvey Lawson went to three All-Star games. Ross Powell, Russ Bale, Ike Riggs and Santiago Santiago were two-time All-Stars.

13 Silver Sluggers
5 players won multiple Silver Sluggers @ CF.
Lawson won four times. Kennie Duncan, Reid Kennedy, Powell and Moriarty won two Silver Sluggers.

11 Gold Glovers
4 players won multiple Gold Gloves @ CF.
Omar Montero won five Gold Gloves. Rico Colome won four.

No MVP Award Winners.
One CF won Rookie of the Year.
Ross Powell AL S19

No CF won a World Series, was selected to an All-Star game, won a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove.

The Players:

Hardball Dynasty's

Vince Moriarty

5x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 1x World Series Champion, 1x All-Star Game MVP, Hit for Cycle

Hardball Dynasty's

Davey West

5x All-Star, 1x Silver Slugger, 1x All-Star Game MVP

Hardball Dynasty's

Harvey Lawson

3x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger

Hardball Dynasty's

Omar Montero

1x All-Star, 5x Gold Glover

Hardball Dynasty's

Rico Colome

1x All-Star, 4x Gold Glover, 1x World Series Champion

All-Decade Team -- LF

From Seasons 11 to 20:

26 All-Stars
9 players went to multiple All-Star games @ LF.
Julian Alcantara was selected 4 times. Brett Krause, Alex Arroyo and Bruce Drabek went to three All-Star games.

13 Silver Sluggers
4 players won multiple Silver Sluggers @ LF.
Alcantara won four times. Dale Pritchett won three; J.D. Aspromonte and Drabek won twice.

16 Gold Glovers
3 players won multiple Gold Gloves @ LF.
Thurman Ellenwood won three Gold Gloves. Dan Gibson and Hipolito Lee won twice.

No MVP Award Winners.

Three LF won Rookie of the Year Awards.
J.D. Aspromonte NL S14
A.J. Hurst NL S16
Bruce Drabek NL S17

Drabek was the only LF to win a World Series, be selected to an All-Star game, win a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove.

The Players:

Hardball Dynasty's

Bruce Drabek

3x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 1x Gold Glove, 1x World Series Champ
562G (532G @LF), 2176AB, 383R, 669H, .307, 98HR, 439RBI, 210BB, 299K, 93SB
decade @LF: 10E, 34+, 0-
career @LF: .988, 1.89RF

Hardball Dynasty's

J.D. Aspromonte

Rookie of the Year, 2x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger
1061G (563G @LF), 4074AB, 822R, 1131H, .278, 310HR, 738RBI, 546BB, 649K, 222SB
decade @LF: 22E, 0+, 29-
career @LF: .980, 1.79RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Julian Alcantara

4x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger, 4x World Series Champ
1386G (695G @ LF), 5575AB, 1180R, 1722H, .309, 340HR, 1120RBI, 738BB, 895K, 285SB
decade @LF: 28E, 15+, 15-
career .977, 1.82RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Alex Arroyo

3x All-Star, 1x Silver Slugger, 1x World Series Champ
1475G (1152G @LF), 5417AB, 876R, 1409H, .260, 358HR, 945RBI, 608BB, 947K, 48SB
decade @LF: 26E, 41+, 1-
career @LF: .987, 1.85RF

Fingers All-Second Decade Team -- 3B

From Seasons 11 to 20:

21 All-Stars
10 players went to multiple All-Star games @ 3B.
Russ Bale and Gary Buckley were selected 5 times. Rafael Silva went 4 times.

14 Silver Sluggers
4 players won multiple Silver Sluggers @ 3B.
Santiago Pichardo and Jeffrey Freeman won 3 times. Buckley and Silva won twice each.

15 Gold Glovers
5 players won multiple Gold Gloves @ 3B.
Pascual Mesa, Cristobal Gabrial, Benny Villalona, Joe Morgan and Kyle Goldberg won two Gold Gloves each.

Russ Bale was the decade's only 3B to be an All-Star, win a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove.

No MVP or ROY Awards @ 3B.

The Players:

Hardball Dynasty's

Gary Buckley

5x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 4x World Series Champion

1351G (953G @3B), 5198AB, 853R, 1535H, .295, 334HR, 1066RBI, 447BB, 860K, 120SB
decade @3B: 89E, 54+, 4-
career @3B: .970, 3.10RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Russ Bale

5x All-Star, 1x Silver Slugger, 1x Gold Glove, 1x World Series Champion

1393G (628G @3B), 5486AB, 1020R, 1661H, .303, 217HR, 875RBI, 533BB, 534K, 283SB
decade @3B: 38E, 57+, 1-
career @3B: .982, 3.33RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Rafael Silva

4x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 2x World Series Champion, Hit for Cycle

1461G, (764G @3B), 5975AB, 1049R, 1676H, .281, 292HR, 1035RBI, 494BB, 908K, 222SB
decade @3B: 55E, 61+, 2-
career @3B: .977, 3.19RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Santiago Pichardo

2x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger, 2x World Series Champion, Hit for Cycle

1408G (695G @3B), 5602AB, 1018R, 1627H, .290, 288HR, 911RBI, 620BB, 674K, 175SB
decade @3B: 66E, 43+, 2-
career @3B: .972, 3.29RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Jeffrey Freeman

1x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger
1304G (871G @3B), 4855AB, 841R, 1377H, .284, 369HR, 928RBI, 458BB, 972K, 105SB
decade @3B: 152E, 3+, 29-
career @3B: .937, 2.75RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Pascual Mesa

3x All-Star, 2x Gold Glove
1264G, (454G @3B), 4832AB, 877R, 1338H, .277, 170HR, 662RBI, 433BB, 964K, 455SB
decade @3B: 38E, 42+, 3-
career @3B: .967, 2.80RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Alex Rivera

2x All-Star, 1x All-Star MVP

1368G (583G @3B), 5139AB, 811R, 1446H, .281, 366HR, 959RBI, 461BB, 622K, 1SB
decade @3B: 42E, 30+, 1-
career @3B: .976, 2.76RF

Fingers All-Second Decade Team -- SS

I believe shortstop, like catcher, will be a close vote.

From Seasons 11 to 20:

21 All-Stars
9 players went to multiple All-Star Games @ SS
Hugh McNeil led the way with 6 selections. Jay Worrell went to 5 ASGs. Pablo Delgado, Carlos Sanchez and Kennie Duncan went to 3.

9 Silver Sluggers
4 players won multple Silver Sluggers @ SS
H. McNeil won 6 times. Duncan won 4. Worrell won 3 and Kevin Pong won 2.

14 Gold Glovers
3 players won multiple Gold Gloves @ SS.
Jose Javier earned 5 Gold Gloves. Zoltan McNeil and Marino Martinez won 2 each.

No SS during the decade went to an All-Star Game, won a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove.

No SS won an MVP Award or Rookie of the Year Award.

The Players:

Hardball Dynasty's

Hugh McNeil

6x All-Star, 6x Silver Slugger, 1x World Series Champ

Hitting
1330G (1253 G@SS), 5002AB, 946R, 1468H, .293, 344HR, 944RBI, 210SB, 569BB, 781K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 294E, 7+, 75-
career @ SS: .953F%, 5.35FR

Hardball Dynasty's

Kennie Duncan

3x All-Star, 4x Silver Slugger, 1x ASG MVP

Hitting
1209G (699 G @ SS), 5120AB, 921R, .297, 213HR, 768RBI, 284SB, 402BB, 569K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 181E, 6+, 30-
career @ SS: .953F%, 5.13FR

Hardball Dynasty's

Jay Worrell

5x All-Star, 3x Silver Slugger, Hit for Cycle

Hitting
1469G (1342G @ SS), 5467AB, 798R, 1513H, .277, 245HR, 746RBI, 108SB, 462BB, 877K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 192E, 85+, 14-
career @ SS: .970F%, 5.46

Hardball Dynasty's

Jose Javier

1x All-Star, 5x Gold Glove, Hit for Cycle

Hitting
1460G (1395G @ SS), 4717AB, 524R, 1156H, .245, 177HR, 581RBI, 6SB, 236BB, 1213K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 154E, 176+, 6-
career @ SS: .970F%, 5.40RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Kevin Pong

2x All-Star, 2x Silver Slugger, 1x World Series Champ

Hitting
906G (543G @ SS), 4045AB, 719R, 1174, .290, 198HR, 692RBI, 179SB, 410BB, 410K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 112E, 5+, 30-
career @ SS: .961F%, 5.08RF

Hardball Dynasty's

Carlos Sanchez

3x All-Star, 1x Silver Slugger, 1x ASG MVP, 1x Home Run Derby Champ

Hitting
1143G (681G@SS), 4175AB, 704R, 1168H, .280, 284HR, 822RBI, 3SB, 579BB, 748K

Fielding
decade @ SS: 120E, 7+, 31-
career @ SS: .966F%, 5.90FR