SportsTicker's Howe Sportsdata division announces 2000 year-end minor league baseball awards.Sports Editors/Baseball Writers & Columnists BOSTON--(BW SportsWire)--Sept. 19, 2000 Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. - Minor League Baseball
Alex Cabrera - Minor League Baseball Player of the Year Bud Smith - Minor League Baseball Pitcher of the Year Howe Sportsdata, the official statistician for Minor League Baseball, today announced its annual year-end awards for minor league baseball's organization, player and pitcher of the year. The Chicago White Sox were named organization of the year, El Paso Diablos' Alex Cabrera was named minor league baseball's player of the year and St. Louis Cardinals For the National Football League team that played in St. Louis from 1960 to 1987, see . The St. Louis Cardinals (also referred to as "the Cards" or "the Redbirds") are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. pitching prospect Bud Smith was named minor league baseball's pitcher of the year. Howe has been selecting these awards since 1994. "It's a thrill for us (Howe Sportsdata) to honor the organizations and players we serve on a daily basis," said Jim Keller, Assistant General Manager, Howe Sportsdata. "It's nice to see past winners such as Derek Jeter, Andruw Jones and Rick Ankiel move on to the major leagues and have success." The selections: -- Chicago White Sox: The White Sox have dominated the American League Central The American League Central is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division was formed in the 1994 realignment. Its teams are all located in the Midwestern United States. Division all season with homegrown big league talent plus have developed and stockpiled the best young pitching in the game. The White Sox are the only AL team whose three winningest starters -- right-hander James Baldwin and left-handers Jim Parque and Mike Sirotka -- are all homegrown. Farm graduates Frank Thomas, Magglio Ordonez, Ray Durham and Carlos Lee spearhead one of the most feared hitting attacks in the game. In addition, no fewer than seven different pitchers aged 24 or younger pitched for the Sox this season, evidence that no organization in the game has done a more effective job of drafting and developing young pitchers. -- Alex Cabrera: The 28-year-old first baseman for the El Paso Diablos The El Paso Diablos are an Independent Baseball team that began play in El Paso, Texas in 2005, but has roots going back to the late 19th Century. Their name means Devils in Spanish. A Maverick Beginning... in the Texas League (AA) hit 21 home runs in the month of May -- the second most home runs ever hit in one minor league month -- and at the time of his promotion to the Diamondbacks on June 25 -- he had homered 37 times and was on pace to challenge the all-time minor league record of 72 homers set by Joe Bauman in 1954. The native Venezuelan finished his minor league season with a .353 average, 39 homers and 94 RBI in 82 games. Cabrera also made headlines after his promotion to the major leagues by homering & tripling in his first two at-bats for the Diamondbacks. -- Bud Smith: The 20-year-old Smith tossed a pair of no-hitters and won a minor league season-high 15 straight decisions this season. Smith opened the season with the Arkansas Travelers in the Texas League (AA) and dominated over the first four months before being promoted to the Memphis Redbirds in the Pacific Coast League For the high school sports league, see . The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a minor league baseball league operating in the West and Midwest of the United States. It is one of two leagues, along with the International League, playing at the Triple-A level, which is one step below (AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. ) on July 29. Smith won his final 11 decisions for the Travelers and finished his stay at 12-1 with a 2.32 ERA. The California native tossed both of his no-hitters while with Arkansas, becoming the first Texas Leaguer to accomplish this feat since Larry Maxie of the Austin Senators in 1961. Smith becomes the second straight Cardinal pitching prospect to capture this award, as Rick Ankiel took the honor last season. Howe Sportsdata has been compiling statistics on professional baseball and other sports since 1910. In addition to the leagues and clubs which it serves, Howe provides information to major media outlets such as USA Today, The Sporting News, Baseball America, and several newspapers including The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Miami Herald and Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). . Howe Sportsdata is the Official Statistician for all 16 U.S.-based National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, eight Fall and Winter baseball leagues, several independent professional baseball leagues, seven professional minor hockey leagues and five professional basketball leagues including the CBA See Capital Builder Account. , IBA, IBL, UBA and USBL USBL United States Basketball League USBL Ultra-Short Baseline (acoustic positioning system) . Additionally, Howe is the statistician of the National Professional Soccer League, A-League Soccer, Arena Football League, af2 and the Indoor Football League The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. . All told, Howe Sportsdata processes information on over 14,000 games in a calendar year. |
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