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LOD Awards VEN Hitter of the Year Award, Tinga Gets Prize: Abél Tinga of Mexico City was a smashing success this year, winning the VEN Hitter of the Year Award in the Longitude Division.
He rattled fences and pitchers as he banged out a .331 average, logging 153 hits, no home runs, 36 RBIs and scoring 66 runs. He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 8. Girard Fuser of the Monterrey Alacranes finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Ramón Hernández of the Mexico City Gila Monsters finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Abél Tinga - Mexico City Gila Monsters - 7 - 107 Girard Fuser - Monterrey Alacranes - 1 - 68 Ramón Hernández - Mexico City Gila Monsters - 0 - 49 Júlio Usurin - Monterrey Alacranes - 0 - 49 Armando Rolán - Monterrey Alacranes - 0 - 43 Jack Arlarcón - Hong Kong Golden Dragons - 0 - 33 Ronnie Travasos - Monterrey Alacranes - 0 - 27 Bang Hu - Monterrey Alacranes - 0 - 15 Jorge Valedón - Hong Kong Golden Dragons - 0 - 12 Juliano Ruíz - Monterrey Alacranes - 0 - 11 Santiago Bunilla - Moca Machine - 0 - 9 Young-sik Kim - Moca Machine - 0 - 8 Takanori Koike - Hong Kong Golden Dragons - 0 - 8 Luo-lang Kuo - Mexico City Gila Monsters - 0 - 8 Wilson Ayala - Moca Machine - 0 - 6 Reno Casanas - Mexico City Gila Monsters - 0 - 2 Madaleno Baldivía - Hong Kong Golden Dragons - 0 - 1 Esteban Morales - Mexico City Gila Monsters - 0 - 1 |