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Russell Chosen ABL's Best Pitcher
Saturday, October 20th, 1951
Percell Russell of the Los Angeles Pobladores had a fine season and has been rewarded with the American Baseball League Royal Ricketts Award for 1951.
The Pobladores ace fashioned an ERA of 2.33 as he won 21 games, dropped 18, fanned 183 and gave up 58 walks in 348 innings of work.
Tom Green of the New York Empires finished second in voting, while Ben McHargue of the Boston Terriers finished third.
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York Honored, 1951 ABL Most Valuable Player Award
Saturday, October 20th, 1951
The manager of the Baltimore Lords said he thinks Witness York is only going to get better as he gets older.
He may only be 26, but it will be hard to top the center fielder's 1951 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the American Baseball League Most Valuable Player Award.
His winning campaign featured a .297 batting average and a .436 on-base percentage this year. In 161 games he piled up 177 hits, 29 doubles, 7 triples, 43 home runs, 132 RBIs and 145 runs scored.
Tom Dillard of the Boston Terriers finished second in voting, while Dave Bacon of the Seattle Emeralds finished third.
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Best Hurler Award Presented by NBL
Saturday, October 20th, 1951
Joe Shannon finished off a fine season by taking home the National Baseball League Royal Ricketts Award today.
The Chicago hurler went 22-9 on the year, posting a 2.24 ERA. Shannon also tallied 126 strikeouts in 292.2 innings and allowed opposing batters to hit only .234 against him.
Swanee Law of the St. Louis Explorers finished second in voting, while Chuck Hathaway of the Cleveland Bobcats finished third.
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