1919 North Carolina State League — Player Awards & Leaderboards
Most Outstanding Hitter Award
Should we just go ahead and name this the
Angel Pellicer Award? The left-hander slugger nicknamed Sweetness won this honor for the fourth year in a row and the fifth time in seven seasons. This year Pellicer scorched the opposition with a .349 average (career high), picking up 152 hits (career high), 18 doubles, 10 triples, 2 home runs and 54 RBIs, while scoring 73 runs.
Pellicer, who now has 938 hits, told reporters after the 1919 season he’d trade all the individual awards for a couple more championship rings. “It’s eating me up that we can’t over that hump and win like we did in the early years.”
(NOTE: The AI decides all award winners except the NCSL Championship Series MVP)…
Past Winners
1913 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
1914 - Randy Downs (Greensboro)
1915 - Antonio Arevalo (Durham)
1916 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
1917 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
1918 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
1919 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
Most Outstanding Pitcher Award
Javier Guerra became the third Charlotte pitcher in the past four years to win this coveted honor. The 34-year-old right-hander had a superlative-laden season, chalking up a 16-8 won-lost mark with an impressive 2.71 ERA.
Guerra logged 29 starts, threw 232.1 innings, yielded 219 hits, struck out 60 and held the opposition to a .246 batting average.
Past Winners
1913 - Kenny Davis (Durham)
1914 - Oliver “Skull” Jenkins (Raleigh)
1915 - Oliver “Skull” Jenkins (Raleigh)
1916 - Rudy Young (Charlotte)
1917 - Gary “Brick“ Lee (Winston-Salem)
1918 - Craig Clark (Charlotte)
1919 - Javier Guerra (Charlotte)
Newcomer Of The Year Award
Last spring
Arturo Martínez was happy to just make the Capitals roster. He was overjoyed to see the name "Martínez" on the lineup card, too. Now the 22-year-old Raleigh left fielder has capped off his debut full season by winning the coveted North Carolina State League Newcomer of the Year Award.
Martínez won the award by hitting .328 and collecting 128 hits, 4 home runs, 51 RBIs and 17 walks, along with 45 runs scored and a .355 on-base percentage. His stellar campaign gave Caps fans something to cheer for in an otherwise dismal season. Hope for the future in the Capital City… unless they trade Martinez away like they did with Vincente Nieves, who led Asheville to a championship this season.
Past Winners
1913 - Angel Pellicer (Winston-Salem)
1914 - Vincente Nieves (Raleigh)
1915 - Chris Wilson (Asheville)
1916 - Jose Andres (Asheville)
1917 - Jack Fry (Winston-Salem)
1918 - Craig Clark (Charlotte)
1919 - Arturo Martinez (Raleigh)
Glove Wizard Awards
Pitcher: Rudy Young (Charlotte Hornets)
Catcher: Bo Smith (Greensboro Patriots)
First Baseman: Henry Butler (Winston-Salem Twins) - Boom Boom’s going to be a good one!
Second Baseman: Joe Herrera (Greensboro Patriots)
Third Baseman: José Costello (Raleigh Capitals)
Shortstop: Craig Gray (Charlotte Hornets) - repeat winner
Left Fielder: Alfredo Pérez (Asheville Tourists) - wow, six-time winner of this award in LF, fifth in a row
Center Fielder: John Stewart (Asheville Tourists) - repeat winner
Right Fielder: Junior Young (Winston-Salem Twins) - broke up an Asheville outfielder sweep
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