European Baseball League

[Craig Costello]

2000 Stats and Awards

October 24th 2000

                             AVG                                     ERA
Czieslaw Lubelsky (WAR)     .359    Elpidio Janes (MIL)             2.13
Hilarius Hollar (VIE)       .358    Alexander Schimpf (LON)         2.33
Aleksander Dimmit (ZUR)     .346    Vaino Saraste (SOF)             2.45

                             OPS                                       W
Czieslaw Lubelsky (WAR)    1.014    Jenda Chesla (LON)                19
Stefan Kowleski (GLA)      1.005    Philippe Da Silva (BER)           19
Pauli Loehr (DUB)           .990    Athan Mavrogordatos (PRA)         19
                                    Alexander Schimpf (LON)           19

                              HR                                      SV
Husnu Cobanoglu (MIL)         42    Thomas Espeland (PAR)             48
Stefan Kowelski (GLA)         39    Soren Bermont (ZUR)               47
Suljo Banovic (SOF)           38    Sean Ross (LON)                   43
Russell Gilmartin (PAR)       38

                             RBI                                      IP
Mrej Neumann (PRA)           140    Elpidio Janes (MIL)            271.0
Czieslaw Lubelsky (WAR)      127    Jenda Chesla (LON)             266.1
Stevan Koljevic (VIE)        122    Slavik Ronshin (SOF)           258.0

                               R                                       K
Russell Gilmartin (PAR)      124    Guignard Aldobrandini (ATH)      256
Stefan Kowelski (GLA)        123    Graeme Byrne (DUB)               250
Czieslaz Lubelsky (WAR)      122    Willow MacCarrick (ZUR)          236

                              SB                                    WHIP
Marcal Assis (SOF)            89    Anibal Escamilla (HAM)          1.04
Les Parkins (SOF)             85    Elpidio Janes (MIL)             1.04
Roberto Mejia (HAM)           74    Guignard Aldobrandini (ATH)     1.05

WL Hitter of the Year

Stefan Kowleski (GLA): .322 AVG, 39 HR, 118 RBI, 1.005 OPS, 123 R
3rd time

EL Hitter of the Year

Czieslaw Lubelsky (WAR): .359 AVG, 34 HR, 127 RBI, 1.014 OPS, 122 R, 23 SB
2nd time

WL Pitcher of the Year

Alexander Schimpf (LON): 19-14, 2.33 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 236.0 IP, 86 BB, 184 K, 4 HR
4th time

EL Pitcher of the Year

Guignard Aldobrandini (ATH): 18-6, 2.49 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 253.0 IP, 68 BB, 256 K
2nd time

WL Rookie of the Year

Edward Burchard (PAR): .289 AVG, 37 HR, 105 RBI, .948 OPS, 116 R, 29 SB

EL Rookie of the Year

Necati Bayar (BER): .344 AVG, 10 HR, 69 RBI, .893 OPS, 78 R, 30 SB

WL Homegrown Player of the Year

Hilarius Hollar (VIE): .358 AVG, 6 HR, 66 RBI, .901 OPS, 79 R

EL Homegrown Player of the Year

Czieslaw Lubelsky (WAR)

Glove of the Year Awards

                           WL    EL
       Borivoj Svarcz (MAD)   -P-   Frans Schou (HEL)
    Carlos Bustamante (LON)   -C-   Jari Poutanen (ATH)
       Afonso Sertrio (MIL)  -1B-   Clement Auger (STO)
     Baptiste Girault (LON)  -2B-   Alejandro Cortez (BER)
     Javier Rodriguez (AMS)  -3B-   Suljo Banovic (SOF)
 Torbjorn Sternberger (MIL)  -SS-   Steffan Sellevold (OSL)
         Marcal Assis (BRU)  -LF-   Aku Markkanen (WAR)
    Evan van de Vlugt (BRU)  -CF-   Ramon Porteman (WAR)
         Lucas Soutar (AMS)  -RF-   Alberto Ontiveros (OSL)

[Craig Costello]

Hall Of Fame Inductee - #9




Bernard Wulker

DOB: 8/24/57
POB: Bubikon, Zurich, Switzerland

Draft: 1981 Inaugural Draft, 1st round, 8th pick (8th overall) by Oslo Metros
Teams Played For: Oslo Metros (1981-82), Prague Eliminators (1983-94), Sofia Sting (1995-96), Berlin Dragons (1997-99), Warsaw Wild (2000)

Career Stats: .297 AVG, 315 HR, 1447 RBI, .820 OPS, 1881 R, 3237 Hits, 1015 SB
Best Year: 1992 with Prague - .309 AVG, 33 HR, 131 RBI, .907 OPS, 116 R, 50 SB

EBL Titles: 0
Awards: EL Hitter of the Year (1995), 11 time All-Star (1981, 1984, 1986-90, 1992, 1994-95, 1998)
Notes: Tremendously consistent hitter who retires as #2 all time in hits, runs and stolen bases

[Craig Costello]

Hall Of Fame Inductee - #10



Ewan Smith

DOB: 1/20/61
POB: Tramore, Waterford, Ireland

Draft: 1983 Draft, 1st round, 11th pick (11th overall) by Copenhagen Armada
Teams Played For: Copenhagen Armada (1984-95), London Crocs (1996-98), Madrid Hawks (1999-2000)
Career Stats: .273 AVG, 212 HR, 923 RBI, .756 OPS, 1814 R, 2683 Hits, 1569 SB
Best Year: 1987 with Copenhagen - .289 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI, .825 OPS, 140 R, 110 SB

EBL Titles: 0
Awards: 3 time EL Glove of the Year at LF (1985, 1989, 1992), WL Glove of the Year at RF (1997), 4 time All-Star (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993)
Notes: All-time leader in stolen bases by the small matter of 554...Part of the 1988 and 1992 Ireland teams that won the European Championship...Led the league in steals for 9 consecutive seasons (1985-93) and again for another 4 consecutive seasons (1996-99)...Led the league in runs scored on 6 occasions

[Craig Costello]

Team Histories

Before I sort out this year's European Championship, here is a look at the overall records for the franchises.

Team --  Pct -- PO -- Dv -- Lg -- EBL

AMS  -- .482 --  7 --  3 --  0 --   0
ATH  -- .527 --  9 --  3 --  2 --   0
BAR  -- .489 --  6 --  3 --  2 --   0
BER  -- .523 -- 10 --  4 --  4 --   4
BRU  -- .515 --  9 --  3 --  4 --   3
BUD  -- .459 --  4 --  2 --  0 --   0
COP  -- .540 -- 13 --  8 --  2 --   0
DUB  -- .509 --  7 --  4 --  2 --   1
GLA  -- .519 -- 10 --  5 --  2 --   1
HAM  -- .508 --  6 --  3 --  2 --   0
HEL  -- .500 --  8 --  6 --  2 --   1
LIS  -- .521 --  8 --  8 --  2 --   1
LON  -- .485 --  4 --  0 --  2 --   1
MAD  -- .473 --  3 --  0 --  0 --   0
MIL  -- .511 --  8 --  5 --  2 --   2
MOS  -- .469 --  3 --  1 --  1 --   1
OSL  -- .500 --  2 --  0 --  0 --   0
PAR  -- .517 --  9 --  6 --  3 --   0
PRA  -- .505 --  9 --  5 --  0 --   0
SOF  -- .520 --  7 --  5 --  5 --   3
STO  -- .449 --  2 --  0 --  0 --   0
VIE  -- .495 --  4 --  2 --  1 --   1
WAR  -- .498 --  7 --  4 --  2 --   1
ZUR  -- .482 --  5 --  2 --  0 --   0

Sofia are defnintely the team of the decade with 5 EL titles and 3 EBL titles. Hamburg, Oslo and Stockholm (all EL teams) did not make it to the playoffs in the second decade of EBL competition.

Oslo are a strange case, they have an overall winning percentage bang on .500, but have only made the playoffs twice. Their lowest ever win totla was 73, their highest 93 and they have finished with between 77 and 83 wins on 13 occasions.

There are still 7 teams that are yet to make the EBL series and still 12 teams that haven't won it all yet.