April : Calzones started 2035 going .500 in the first month. Turned out to be the highest number of wins in a single month and it could have been so much better if we hadn’t finished the month on a four-game losing streak.
Pitcher of the month: Dan Stockstill, who in six started posted a 3-2 record with a 1.70 ERA
Batter of the month: RF Andy Edwards, he hit four homers and drove in 11 runs despite only hitting .192/.219/.343
May : We almost reached .500 for the second straight month but eventually fell a game short at 13-14. Again, it was a end of month slump as Calzones won just one out of their final six games in May.
Pitcher of the month: Vicente Diaz who in five starts posted a 3-2 record with an ERA of 3.41. Struck out 22 batters in 27 innings while only walking four.
Batter of the month: CF Toju Murakami in 26 games he hit .290/.350/.505 with four homers & 13 RBI
June : This was the start of the slide as we only won 11 out of the 27 games that Calzones played in June and five of those wins were in a winning streak right at the start of the month, only two were won in the last eight of June.
Pitcher of the month: Miguel Torres just shaded out Stockstill by fine margins. Miguel posted a 3-1 record in five starts with a 1.95 ERA; only allowing six earned runs in 27 IP despite being a bit on the wild side as he walked 15 batters while striking out 20.
Batter of the month: SS Manuel Santos, in his second month with the club he proved his worth hitting .310/.358/.460 in his 26 games, with three homers and 10 RBI
July : A second poor month in which we slumped to a mere 10 wins out of 26 attempts saw off the season. It wasn’t really a surprise that Calzones only won one of their final nine games.
Pitcher of the month: Reliver Sander Graaf was one of only two of the staff that picked up two wins in the month. Posting a 2-1 record with a 1.56 ERA in 17 IP over nine outings, he allowed just three earned runs.
Batter of the month: 3B Jeff van de Eijk with three long balls beat out four players who only hit two homers. He led the team with 12 runs scored as well and drove in nine while successfully picking up 11 stolen bases in 12 attempts.
August : We were back close to a .500 month as only a 3-game losing streak in the final three days turned the month’s record to 13-14
Pitcher of the month: Vicente Diaz’s three wins matched Stockstill’s who again was close, but despite losing two games out of his six starts, but Diaz’s ERA was a mere 0.97 with a 0.68 WHIP.
Batter of the month: CF Toju Murakami returned to form as in 95 AB’s he legged out two triples, hit two over the fences and drove in 11 runs. Not so hot on the basepaths though as he was only successful in eight of his 15 attempts.
September : The final month of the season saw Calzones turn in their first winning month of the season. This time a three-game losing streak to the almighty Florida couldn’t derail the team as we finished out the year with a 14-13 record.
Pitcher of the month: Damien Neighbour pitched in six games, starting one of them, posting a 2-0 record with a 3.21 ERA in 14 IP. Neighbour was a September callup, having opened in Triple-A with the franchise’s only no-hitter of 2035 he slumped to a 4-7, 2.28 ERA record in Joplin before getting his PEBA call. Honourable mention goes again to Dan Stockstill who despite posting a 0-1 record in six September starts finish the month with a 1.03 ERA.
Batter of the month: RF Conrad Lissenberg, a Rule 5 pick, was awful in the outfield with a -8.0 ZR, but made up with his bat. Hitting .268 (second best of the month’s regular starters) he ended up with three homers and 15 runs driven in.