BDWL Players of the Month Awards

September 1975

BKB's Mike Schmidt wins for the 3rd time in a season which ties Don Wilson who won pitcher of the month 3 times in 1971. It is also the 4th win all-time for Schmidt which puts him ahead of Mayberry & Wilson who each have 3 wins. Schmidt hit 13 Hrs along with 33 Rbi to earn the top spot over SDC's Bobby Bonds who matched him with 33 Rbi. SLD's Frank Tanana joins prestigious company (Steve Carlton 1972 & Don Wilson 1971) as he is now the 3rd pitcher to win back-to-back. After going 5-0 in August, Tanana went 6-0 with 60 K's to win again edging out his teammate John Montefusco who matched his 6-0 record. SLD after getting their 1st ever pitcher of the month in August, now has 2 wins in a row.

Most Outstanding Hitter:

Mike Schmidt, BKB (BA .281, SLG .771, OPS 1.149, HR 13, R 22, RBI 33)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Bobby Bonds, SDC (BA .311, SLG .651, OPS 1.031, HR 9, R 20, RBI 33, GW 4)

3. Dave Parker, NGW (BA .438, SLG .888, OPS 1.339, HR 9, R 23, RBI 18)

4. Joe Morgan, DLH (BA .347, SLG .600, OPS 1.061, HR 6, R 23, RBI 16, SB 5)

5. Johnny Bench, NGW (BA .325, SLG .614, OPS 1.029, HR 6, R 24, RBI 17)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

Frank Tanana, SLD (GS 6, IP 51, 6-0, ERA 1.75, K 60, WHIP 0.97, OPS .553, QS 6, CG 4, SH 1)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. John Montefusco, SLD (GS 6, IP 51, 6-0, ERA 2.10, K 34, WHIP 1.03, OPS .562, QS 5, CG 4, SH 1)

3. Steve Stone, WSG (GS 5, IP 34, 4-0, ERA 1.07, K 20, WHIP 0.98, OPS .523, QS 5, CG 0, SH 0)

4. Jim Colborn, CNC (GS 6, IP 46, 3-1, ERA 1.94, K 16, WHIP 0.93, OPS .492, QS 6, CG 2, SH 1)

5. Dave Goltz, PBC (GS 6, IP 44, 4-1, ERA 1.24, K 24, WHIP 1.15, OPS .568, QS 6, CG 0, SH 0)

August 1975

DLH's Joe Morgan gets his 2nd win & keeps the streak of infielders winning alive. The last non-inf to win was SDC's Jim Wynn in June '74. Morgan won thx to an OPS of 1.055 & 29 RBI. Following Morgan were Lee May (.588 slg%), Thurman Munson (.407 BA), Reggie Jackson (31 RBI) & a familiar face this season, John Mayberry (24 RBI). SLD's Frank Tanana who finished 2nd in Apr & May finally get his win as be becomes the 1st pitcher in SLD franchise history to win the award. Tanana went a perfect 5-0 with a 1.57 ERA in Aug. Dave Freisleban who almost got cut in July just misses winning after posting a .477 OPS & 1.11 ERA, Steve Carlton (47 K's) gets 3rd, Catfish Hunter (4-0) is 4th & Wilbur Wood (7 QS) completes the list.

Most Outstanding Hitter:

Joe Morgan, DLH (BA .333, SLG .586, OPS 1.055, HR 3, R 23, RBI 29, GW 4, SB 8)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Lee May, SLS (BA .371, SLG .588, OPS 1.001, HR 4, R 17, RBI 21)

3. Thurman Munson, BKB (BA .407, SLG .559, OPS 1.008, HR 2, R 24, RBI 13)

4. Reggie Jackson, DLH (BA .337, SLG .612, OPS .968, HR 5, R 18, RBI 31, GW 5)

5. John Mayberry, PBC (BA .313, SLG .615, OPS .996, HR 6, R 20, RBI 24, GW 4)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

Frank Tanana, SLD (GS 5, IP 40, 5-0, ERA 1.57, K 26, WHIP 0.90, OPS .545, QS 5, CG 1, SH 1)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Dave Freisleben, BKB (GS 7, IP 49, 4-1, ERA 1.11, K 15, WHIP 0.95, OPS .477, QS 5, CG 2, SH 2)

3. Steve Carlton, BKB (GS 7, IP 53, 4-1, ERA 2.04, K 47, WHIP 1.02, OPS .532, QS 6, CG 3, SH 2)

4. Catfish Hunter, SLS (GS 6, IP 49, 4-0, ERA 2.39, K 25, WHIP 0.80, OPS .571, QS 6, CG 3, SH 0)

5. Wilbur Wood, DLH (GS 8, IP 57, 6-2, ERA 2.37, K 26, WHIP 1.05, OPS .602, QS 7, CG 2, SH 2)

July 1975

BKB's Mike Schmidt edges out John Mayberry to win for the 3rd time which ties Mayberry for most wins. Schmidt got the nod thanks to his 31 RBI which led the BDWL. Mayberry who hit .384 came very close to his 4th win. Very close behind was George Scott who hit .389, Barry Bonds who had 29 RBI & the newest Aztec Boog Powell who hit .356. BKB's Gaylord Perry went 6-0 in July to win his 3rd award which ties him with Don Wilson & Steve Carlton and is only the 2nd time a team has swept the awards. The 1st was CWS in April 1974 when Jon Matlack & Pete Rose were the winners. Following Perry were Pat Darcy (5-0), Catfish Hunter (4 Cgs), Don Sutton .467 Ops) & John Montefusco (6-1).

Most Outstanding Hitter:

Mike Schmidt, BKB (BA .320, SLG .602, OPS 1.012, HR 7, R 28, RBI 31, GW 4)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. John Mayberry, PBC (BA .384, SLG .657, OPS 1.091, HR 6, R 22, RBI 20)

3. George Scott, WLB (BA .389, SLG .655, OPS 1.089, HR 8, R 27, RBI 20, GW 5)

4. Bobby Bonds, SDC (BA .295, SLG .562, OPS .956, HR 7, R 28, RBI 29, GW 5)

5. Boog Powell, SDC (BA .356, SLG .564, OPS .989, HR 5, R 16, RBI 24)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

Gaylord Perry, BKB (GS 7, IP 61, 6-0, ERA 1.18, K 40, WHIP 0.77, OPS .435, QS 7, CG 6, SH 3)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Pat Darcy, WSG (GS 6, IP 45, 5-0, ERA 1.60, K 17, WHIP 1.18, OPS .552, QS 6, CG 1, SH 0)

3. Catfish Hunter, SLS (GS 7, IP 55, 4-2, ERA 0.98, K 39, WHIP 0.78, OPS .431, QS 6, CG 4, SH 4)

4. Don Sutton, ALC (GS 6, IP 49, 3-1, ERA 1.29, K 28, WHIP 0.73, OPS .467, QS 6, CG 2, SH 0)

5. John Montefusco, SLD (GS 7, IP 60, 6-1, ERA 2.25, K 38, WHIP 1.13, OPS .664, QS 6, CG 5, SH 0)

June 1975

PBC's John Mayberry, who was the subject of many trade rumors at the deadline, was not distracted in the least as he hit .394 with a 1.226 OPS and knocked in 24 runs in June to take the top spot. This is Mayberry's 1st win since his rookie season (1972) when became the 1st hitter to win back-to-back. DLH's Joe Morgan was runner-up after hitting .344 with 22 runs scored and he was followed by Ron Cey (1.052 OPS & 7 Hrs) who was the lone BRL player on the list. The pitchers after a down May recoved with a solid June and it was WSG's J.R. Richard heading the pack with a 5-0 record and .501 OPS. Richard is the 1st player in WSG franchise history to win a POM award. CNC's Bill Lee (5-1 with a 0.99 WHIP), BKB's Gaylord Perry(OPS .444), ALC's Jim Palmer (5 CGs) and SDC's Jim Kaat (4-2 & 1.93 ERA) followed.

Most Outstanding Hitter:

John Mayberry, PBC (BA .394, SLG .745, OPS 1.226, HR 9, R 24, RBI 24)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Joe Morgan, DLH (BA .344, SLG .604, OPS 1.067, HR 6, R 22, RBI 22, SB 5)

3. Ron Cey, WLB (BA .337, SLG .644, OPS 1.052, HR 7, R 18, RBI 23)

4. Dave Rader, ORP (BA .337, SLG .596, OPS .977, HR 5, R 15, RBI 24)

5. George Foster, ORP (BA .353, SLG .647, OPS 1.039, HR 6, R 21, RBI 20, GW 4)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

J.R. Richard, WSG (GS 6, IP 44, 5-0, ERA 1.44, K 38, WHIP 1.35, OPS .501, QS 6, CG 0, SH 0)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Bill Lee, CNC (GS 6, IP 52, 5-1, ERA 1.22, K 14, WHIP 0.99, OPS .548, QS 6, CG 4, SH 1)

3. Gaylord Perry, BKB (GS 6, IP 51, 3-1, ERA 1.59, K 30, WHIP 0.71, OPS .444, QS 6, CG 4, SH 1)

4. Jim Palmer, ALC (GS 7, IP 59, 3-3, ERA 1.83, K 35, WHIP 0.92, OPS .491, QS 6, CG 5, SH 1)

5. Jim Kaat, SDC (GS 7, IP 56, 4-2, ERA 1.93, K 18, WHIP 1.09, OPS .579, QS 6, CG 4, SH 0)

May 1975

The Boots' trade mark has typically been pitching, but now they have their 1st hitter of the month as George Scott takes the top spot thanks to a .853% slugging and 27 RBI to go along with his .379 batting average. Scott's slugging % & OPS are the highest for a hitter of the month since Hank Aarons chart breaking month in May 1973 where he had a .961% slugging & 1.423 OPS. Typically, Pitcher of the month can be a very difficult decision and this month it was again except for a different reason. Usually there are several very worthy candidates for the top spot, but this month it was very difficult to decide on a worthy candidate as with no disrespect to our winner, Savannah's Woody Fryman, I am not sure he would even make the list in another other month. However, for this month he was the best thanks to a 3-0 record and an ERA of only 1.75. This is the 2nd pitcher of the month for Savannah (the only 1972 expansion team to have a POM) as Fritz Peterson won the award in September 1973.

Most Outstanding Hitter:

George Scott, WLB (BA .379, SLG .853, OPS 1.270, HR 12, R 23, RBI 27)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Toby Harrah, FMI (BA .363, SLG .676, OPS 1.116, HR 8, R 26, RBI 20)

3. Willie Stargell, TXF (BA .371, SLG .674, OPS 1.115, HR 6, R 17, RBI 21)

4. Oscar Gamble, SLD (BA .365, SLG .706, OPS 1.137, HR 6, R 23, RBI 13)

5. Bobby Grich, BKB (BA .343, SLG .646, OPS 1.096, HR 4, R 20, RBI 19)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

Woody Fryman, SSJ (G 6, GS 5, IP 36, 3-0, ERA 1.75, K 25, WHIP 0.94, OPS .524, QS 4, CG 1, SH 0)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Frank Tanana, SLD (GS 5, IP 39, 2-1, ERA 2.79, K 43, WHIP 0.93, OPS .553, QS 3, CG 2, SH 1)

3. Luis Tiant, CNC (GS 5, IP 36, 3-1, ERA 2.52, K 25, WHIP 1.04, OPS .580, QS 3, CG 1, SH 0)

4. Jim Hughes, WLB (GS 5, IP 31, 2-1, ERA 2.32, K 19, WHIP 1.29, OPS .544, QS 3, CG 0, SH 0)

5. John Curtis, WSG (GS 8, IP 58, 5-2, ERA 2.97, K 20, WHIP 1.23, OPS .638, QS 6, CG 1, SH 0)

April 1975

Burbank's Mike Schmidt becomes the 3rd player to win back-to-back Hitter of the Month Awards as he ended 1974 as our winner and starts 1975 the same way. John Mayberry was the 1st to do it in 1972 and then Darrell Evans did it in 1973. Schmidt gets the nod after leading the BDWL in Hrs and Rbi beating out a red-hot Boog Powell who hit .388 for the month. Von Joshua who is leading the BDWL in hitting at .402 takes 3rd, while Fred Lynn who hit .389 takes 4th and Rod Carew who is leading the BDWL in runs scored with 26 takes 5th. The Pitcher of the Month Award was alot tougher to decide, but after much discussion San Diego's Jim Kaat walks away with the honor. Despite 2 loses, Kaat gets the win, since the 2 loses were truly hard luck loses and his overall performance for the month was outstanding with 7Qs. Just a tick behind, was Sleepytown's Frank Tanana who leads the BDWL in K's with 56. Northern's Phil Niekro who probably would have been #1 if he had managed another win takes 3rd after posting a 1.37 ERA. Our 4th & 5th place pitchers are both from St. Louis as Catfish Hunter with an OPS of .532 takes 4th and Rudy May with an OPS of .419 takes 5th.

Most Outstanding Hitter:

Mike Schmidt, BKB (BA .308, SLG .673, OPS 1.043, HR 10, R 25, RBI 30, SB 8, GW 4)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Boog Powell, SSJ (BA .388, SLG .622, OPS 1.078, HR 6, R 19, RBI 23)

3. Von Joshua, BKB (BA .402, SLG .607, OPS 1.032, HR 2, R 24, RBI 15)

4. Fred Lynn, SLS (BA .389, SLG .611, OPS 1.040, HR 0, R 17, RBI 17, GW 3)

5. Rod Carew, FMI (BA .387, SLG .477, OPS .943, HR 0, R 26, RBI 6, SB 4)

Most Outstanding Pitcher:

Jim Kaat, SDC (GS 7, IP 57, 4-2, ERA 1.26, K 23, WHIP 1.16, OPS .592, QS 7, CG 3, SH 0)

Receiving Consideration (in order):

2. Frank Tanana, SLD (GS 6, IP 49, 4-2, ERA 2.02, K 56, WHIP 0.92, OPS .552, QS 6, CG 3, SH 1)

3. Phil Niekro, NGW (GS 5, IP 39, 3-1, ERA 1.37, K 21, WHIP 1.02, OPS .518, QS 5, CG 2, SH 0)

4. Catfish Hunter, SLS (GS 6, IP 52, 3-1, ERA 2.42, K 24, WHIP 0.92, OPS .532, QS 6, CG 3, SH 0)

5. Rudy May, SLS (GS 6, IP 42, 2-2, ERA 1.50, K 32, WHIP 0.95, OPS .419, QS 6, CG 1, SH 1)