Albany clinches Regular Season Title

Adirondack Lumbersjacks first champions

Allmost Final Standings - 70 Games

 Team             W  L   GB 
Albany            52 18  --
Mohawk Valley     47 23  5.0
Adirondack        42 27  9.5
Newburgh          28 41  23.5
Sullivan          23 43  27.0
Yonkers           12 52  37.0

Playoffs

Adirondack beats Mohawk Valley 8-3 to move on to play Albany-Colonie on Saturday, Sunday and if necessary Monday for a three game series.

Adirondack beat Albany 11-1 on Friday. Albany won on Saturday by a 7-5 score and on monday, the Adirondack Lumberjacks became the first team to win the Northeast league Championships with a 8-5 final. Bo Durkac was named series MVP.

Overlook on Attendance

Albany and Adirondack had over 60,000 apiece in attendance. Albany drew over 7,000 during their fireworks night, which was the most on any night. The league drew over 200,000 people for the season.

League Awards

MVP - Hugh Walker, Mohawk Valley
Best Pitcher - Jeff Letourno - Albany-Colonie
Best Manager - Doc Edwards - Albany-Colonie

League Leaders

As of August 30th

Batting Top 10 (Min 43 Plate Appearences)

Natter          Club         AVG G AB R H HR RBI
Chris Kokinda SL           .370 63 216 32 80    4   27
Hugh Walker MV           .362 64 229 55 83   13 56
Trevor Haughney SL       .352 66 247 52 87    0   16
Tom Coates ADK          .342 65 234 53 80     8   50
Mike Pineiro MV           .342 67 260 50 89     8   55
Jeff Cooke ADK            .330 57 221 55 73    3   29
Sean Gilliam ALB           .327 68 284 55 93   13 64
Joey Madden NB          .326 64 264 45 86     3   32
Matt Wilson MV           .322 64 264 47 85     1   28
Rafael Mercado ALB    .316 60 215 30 68     2   39

Pitching Top 10 (Min 12 Innings Pitched)

Pitcher            CLUB    W-L ERA IP    H BB SO
Jeff Letourneau ALB       10-2 1.50 102   66 19 94
Chris Rauth ADK             9-6 2.47   106 102 18 54
Rich Townsend MV         6-2 2.61     93   75 12 74
Pat Meier MV                  6-4 2.65    78    78 36 33
Bert Bellcase NBG           2-5 2.73 102 104 32 76
Alan Sontag ALB             9-3 2.92 117 109 13 102
Alan Botkin ALB             7-3 3.01    78    79 14 56
Ken Grezlaczyk MV        8-4 3.16    91    96 26 63
William Faile ADK          6-3 3.27   72     57 39 35
Brian Wood MV             7-2 3.65    81     75 23 69

Stolen Bases

Joey Madden NB 49
Trevor Haughney Sull 35
Lee Cormier ALB 33
Jeff Cooke ADK 32
Byron Woods NB 31

Home Runs

Shawn Gilliam ALB 13
Hugh Walker MV 13
Brandon Markiewicz MV 11
Dave Lawson MV 9
Several Players at 8

R.B.I.

Shawn Gilliam ALB 64
Brandon Markiewicz MV 59
Hugh Walker MV 56
Mike Pineiro MV 55

Saves

Craig Farmer ALB 18
Dave Dudeck MV 17
Matt Stevens ADK 13
Chris Sinacori Sull 9
Chris Hayes NB 8

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