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Baseball
Ireland Award Winners
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This
page is dedicated to those players and teams
who, through the years, have (extraordinarily
enough) excelled on the Emerald Diamonds of
Ireland.
*AWARDS FOR IRISH LEAGUE*
Since 2005, the annual individual Irish League awards given out have an Irish Flavour
in an effort to pay homage to the great Irish
players who played in the Major Leagues from
years gone by. For example, instead of the
traditional Cy Young Award being given to
the League's Top Pitcher, recipients are
presented with the 'Tommy Bond' Best Pitcher
Award. See below the other award titles and
a brief biography of the great men who deserve
such recognition.
The 'Andy Leonard 'League MVP Award
Andy Leonard from Co Cavan, was indeed one of the nine "First Boys of Summer" and the only Irish-born player on the World Champion Cincinnati Red Stockings team of 1869 and the very first in professional baseball. He continued his feats and helped create and sustain the original Boston Red Stockings championship dynasty from 1872 through 1876 and again in 1878, competing all tolled in six world championships. (Yes, before the drought brought on by the "Curse of the Bambino", first Cincinnati, then Boston was the glory of 19th century baseball.)
He had the joint 2nd best career average for an Irish player of .299. He was said to be the finest left fielder of his generation. He took particular delight in returning in 1874 during an exhibition tour of the Red Stockings and the runner-up Philadelphia Athletics. In his diary and press clippings of that year, Andy and his life-long friend Harry Wright were the leading batsmen as the Yanks walloped the then reigning Marybone champions in London at their own game, cricket.
The 'Tommy Bond' Best Pitcher Award
Tommy Bond was born in Granard in Co Longford
in 1856. He became the first triple crown
pitcher when he led the National League with
40 wins, 170 strikeouts, and a 2.11 ERA for
Boston in 1877.
The
2005 `Dirty' Jack Doyle Silver Slugger Award
Ireland native `Dirty' Jack Doyle is one of
20 major leaguers to have played 100 games
at four different positions. Of all the Irish
players he had the most career doubles (315),
home runs (26), RBI (968) and highest slugging percentage
(.385). He was 2nd behind Patsy Donovan in triples,
runs, steals and average. He was also reputedly
baseball's first pinch hitter, coming off
the bench to single for the Giants in 1892.
Doyle was born in Killorglin, Co Kerry.
The
2005 'Patsy Donovan' Batting Champion Award
Patsy Donovan was probably the most successful
Irish-born major leaguer, having played the
most games and boasted the best batting average.
He was also responsible for bringing a certain
Babe Ruth to the attention of the Red Sox.
He starred with the Pirates for eight seasons,
notching six consecutive .300 seasons and
serving as player-manager in 1897 and 1899.
| 2007
- Irish League Champions |
Spartans |
| 2007 - B League Champions |
Mariners |
| 2007 - Tommy Bond Best Pitcher Award |
Andrei Apostaoie |
| 2007 - Andy Leonard MVP Award |
Andrei Apostaoie |
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| 2006 - Irish League Champions |
Spartans |
| 2006 - B League Champions |
Black Sox |
| 2006 - Tommy Bond Best Pitcher Award |
Chaime Cuevas |
| 2006 - Andy Leonard MVP Award |
Darran O'Connor |
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| 2005 - League Champions |
Hurricanes |
| 2005
- League Trophy Winners |
Panthers |
| 2005
- 'Dirty' Jack Doyle Silver Slugger Award |
Pat
Nolan |
| 2005
- Tommy Bond Best Pitcher Award |
Shawn
Miskiman |
| 2005
- Andy Leonard MVP Award |
Steve
DiVito |
| 2005
- Spring Invitational - Winners |
Mariners |
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| 2004
- League Champions |
Spartans |
| 2004
- League Pennant Winners |
Hurricanes |
| 2004
- League MVP |
Darragh
Jones |
| 2004
- League Batting Champion |
Amory
Schwartz |
| 2004
- League Cy Young Award |
Cormac
Eklof |
| 2004
- Silver Slugger |
Andy
Martin |
| 2004
- Dublin International Tournament Champs |
President's
9 |
| 2004
- Dublin International Tournament - MVP |
Enrique
Garcia |
| 2004
- Dublin International Tournament - Cy
Young Award |
Mike
Kindle |
| 2004
- M&M Psycho Invitational - Champs |
Hurricanes |
| 2004
- M&M Psycho Invitational - Runners
Up |
Mariners |
| 2004
- M&M Psycho Invitational - MVP |
Steve
DeVito |
| 2004
- M&M Psycho Invitational - Cy Young
Award |
Cormac
Eklof |
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| 2003
- League Champions |
Hurricanes |
| 2003
- Cup Champions |
Spartans |
| 2003
- League MVP |
Tom
Kelley |
| 2003
- League Batting Champion |
Hugh
Cahill |
| 2003
- League Cy Young Award |
Chaime
Cuevas |
| 2003
- League Gold Glove |
Pat
Nolan |
| 2003
- Silver Slugger |
Tom
Kelley |
| 2003
- Spring Blitz Winners |
Hurricanes |
| 2003
- Spring Blitz MVP |
Steve
DeVito |
| 2003
- Spring Blitz Pitcher |
Cormac
Eklof |
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| 2002
- League Champions |
Spartans |
| 2002
- League MVP |
Jamie
Cuevas |
| 2002
- League Batting Champion |
Gordon
Ireland |
| 2002
- League Cy Young Award |
Eoin
O'Connor |
| 2002
- League Gold Glove |
Mick
Manning |
| 2002
- Spring Blitz Winners |
Spartans |
| 2002
- Spring Blitz MVP |
Ultan
MaGill |
| 2002
- Spring Blitz Pitcher |
Patrick
Baerner |
| 2002
- Autumn Blitz Winners |
Northen
Hurricanes |
| 2002
- Autumn Blitz MVP |
Tom
Kelley |
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| 2001
- League Champions |
Panthers |
| 2001
- Spring Blitz Winners |
Hurricanes |
| 2001
- Spring Blitz MVP |
John
Dillon |
| 2001
- End of Season Blitz Winners |
Hurricanes |
| 2001
- End of Season Blitz MVP |
Tom
Kelley |
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| 2000
- League Champions |
Spartans |
| 2000
- End of Season Blitz Winners |
Hurricanes |
| 2000
- End of Season Blitz MVP |
John
Dillon |
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| 1999
- League Champions |
Spartans |
| 1999
- League MVP |
Tom
Kelley |
| 1999
- League Cy Young Winner |
Greg
Modaro |
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| 1998
- League Champions |
Panthers |
| 1998
- League MVP |
Ken
McCarthy |
| 1998
- League Cy Young Winner |
Noel
Mitchell |
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| 1997
- League Champions |
The
Dukes |
Hurricanes
2003 Irish League
Champions
Spartans
2002 Irish League Champions
Panthers
2001 Irish League Champions
