OAPBA (Orlando APBA Association) has wrapped up their 2015 with Jonathan Stilwell’s Otters (55-25) running away with both halves to snare his first championship in the six-team league. Stilwell (right), who joined the league five years ago, dominated play in both halves, winning each half by five games over Walt Taylor’s Whatevers. The Otters 2015 record ranks seventh all-time for single season W-L percentage for OAPBA teams.
The Otters were led by a rock-solid starting corps led by Henderson Alvarez (10-1, 2.20, both tops in the league) and a deep bullpen that notched 32 saves in 80 games. Anthony Rendon and Mike Trout paced the Otters offense, finishing one-two in RBIs with 51 and 50 RBIs respectively. The Whatevers Giancarlo Stanton ran away with the league HR title with 24 round trippers. Beefer LF Corey Dickerson hit .310 to win the batting title.
OAPBA (80 game schedule, two halves of 40 games each, FTF, MG) will be heading into its 29th season in 2016. For 2016, longtime OAPBA veteran Dave Mitchell will be dropping out of the league. The OAPBA league is in the process of seeking a new manager to take over Mitchell’s Piranhas franchise.
by Rod Caborn
Congrats to Jonathan and the Otters!!
Tom
CONGRATULATIONS CHAMP!
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LEAGUE FINISHING SEASON 29!..TREMENDOUS! !
Best regards,
Jim
Jim:
I’ll pass along the congrats to Jonathan. He had an awesome team. Detailed info is at http://www.oapba.org.
Rod Caborn