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Sunday, November 19, 2006 2006 Arizona Fall League Final ReportAFL Championship Phoenix Desert Dogs 6, Grand Canyon Rafters 2 Final News and Notes Seven players on the two rosters of the AFL championship are first-round draft picks (Tulowitski, Walker, Powell, Lubanski, Maier, Bass, and Dumatrait) … 86 of the 200 players on MLB playoff rosters this past post-season were AFL Alums … 24 of the 50 player who played in the World Series were AFL Alums … The Desert Dogs were the only AFL team to finish with a winning record (20-11) ... Dog 1B Chip Cannon (TOR) led the AFL in HR (11) and RBI (29), and finished 4th in hitting (.352) … Desert Dog RHP Kyle Yates (TOR) led the AFL in strikeouts with 25 … 400 Club: Javelina SS Yunel Escobar (ATL) finished the season at.407, the lone AFL player to hit above .400 in 2006… Desert Dog SS Ben Zobrist (TB) reached base safely in all 27 of his games played in the regular season and finished 3rd in the league in hitting (.366) and on-base-percentage (.469). 2006 Superlatives *Chip Cannon (PHX/TOR): Led the AFL in home runs (11), RBI (29), and slugging (.714). He finished 2nd in on-base percentage (.474) and 4th in hitting (.352) Kevin Frandsen (SCT/SF): Recipient of the Arizona Fall League's 2006 Dernell Stenson Sportsmanship Award. He finished 1st in the league in on-base percentage (.480), 2nd in hitting (.388), 3rd in slugging (.588). *Ben Zobrist (PHX/TB): Zobrist reached base safely in all 27 of his games played this fall. He finished 3rd in hitting (.366) and on-base percentage (.469), and led the league in runs scored (29). Yunel Escobar (JAV/ATL): Led the league in hitting (.407) and finished 4th in on-base percentage (.463) *Kyle Yates (PHX/TOR): Finished the regular season 2-0, with a 1.13 ERA in 24.0 IP. Led the league in strikeouts (25) and opposing batters hit only .224 against him. Billy Sadler (SCT/SF): Named AFL pitcher-of-the-week for 10/16-10/21. Finished the fall 2-0 with 3 saves and a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings pitched. He struck out 22 batters and opposing hitters hit .184 against him. Leonel Rosales (SAG/SD): Led the AFL in saves with 7 and finished with a 2.57 ERA in 14.0 IP. Ryan Braun (SCT/MIL): Led the league in extra-base hits (16) finished 2nd in slugging percentage (.641) and tied for 2nd in home runs (6), and tied for 3rd in RBI (25) Eric Patterson (MESA/CHC): Eric led the league with 15 stolen bases (in 17 chances) and tied for 6th in hitting at .345 Amaury Marti (SAG/STL): Tied with Patterson for 6th in hitting (.345) and hit 4 home runs with 14 RBI. He also was 4th in slugging percentage (.571) Michel Abreu (MESA/NYM): Michel was 2nd in the AFL in home runs with 6 and tied for 3rd in RBI with 25. Trevor Crowe (JAV/CLE): Finished 4th in on-base percentage (.449) and 8th in batting (.329) Jason Jaramillo (SAG/PHI): Hit .379 (25-66) during the fall to lead all catchers. He posted 17 RBI in 17 games played. Kevin Kouzmanoff (JAV/SD): Traded form the Indians to the San Diego Padres during the AFL season, Kevin remained a member of the Javelinas and finished with a .382 batting average (21-55) in 15 games played. Mark Reynolds (SCT/ARI): Mark made the 2006 AFL leader boards in RBI (2nd -26), home runs (T4th- 5), on-base percentage (5th- .564), extra-base hits (T3rd - 13), and hitting (10th - .327). Jesse Chavez (GCR/PIT): Jesse had possibly the best fall of any pitcher, going 3-0 with 4 saves and recording a 0.64 ERA in 14.0 IP. He yielded only 1 ER and allowed a total of 6 hit, while striking out 11. Troy Tulowitzki (GCR/COL): Hit .329 with 10 RBI in 22 games this fall after hitting .291 with 13 home runs and 61 RBI for Class-AA-Tulsa Kory Casto (SAG/WSH): Hit .302 with 17 walks for the Saguaros this fall after a 2006 season in which he hit 20 home runs and drove in 80 runs for Class-AA-Harrisburg Mark McLemore (MESA/HOU): Mark stuck out 8 of 9 batters in his last start vs. the Desert Dogs on 11/13. He finished with the season with 16 strikeouts. posted by Joe Hamrahi at 11:59 PM |
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