[IBL] 2023 Leaders and Milestones

[Russell Peltz]

2023 IBL Stats are final.  Thank you for getting every boxscore sent in!

AC LEADERS
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Batting title:    WMS J.T. Realmuto, .318
Home run champ:   EVE Aaron Judge, 60
RBI:              EVE Aaron Judge, 130
Hits:             WMS Luis Arraez, 212
Runs:             EVE Aaron Judge, 122
Stolen bases:     WMS J.T. Realmuto, 48
Wins:             MCM Logan Webb, 22-4
ERA:              MCM Logan Webb, 1.89
Strikeouts:       OXY Gerrit Cole, 286
Saves:            WMS Edwin Diaz, 41

NC LEADERS
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Batting title:    SEA Jeff McNeil, .322
Home run champ:   SEA Cal Raleigh, 41
RBI:              CAN Nolan Arenado, 117
Hits:             SFP Trea Turner, 204
Runs:             CAN Nolan Arenado, 120
Stolen bases:     SLG Kyle Tucker, 63
Wins:             SEA Yu Darvish, 23-4
ERA:              GTY Sandy Alcantara, 1.99
Strikeouts:       SDQ/SEA Carlos Rodon, 315
Saves:            SCS Ryan Helsley, 32

SNH's Framber Valdez was the only other 20-game winner, going 21-10.

BUF's Tyler Anderson lost 20 games, going 7-20 despite pitching fairly well
with a 3.96 ERA in 35 starts and 215.2 innings.

In addition to winning the NC batting title, SEA's Jeff McNeil led the IBL
with 50 doubles.

In addition to winning the AC batting title, WMS's J.T. Realmuto showed
catchers
can be athletes too, leading the conference in stolen bases (48) and pacing
the
IBL in triples (16).

Juan Soto lapped the field in bases on balls, drawing 169 walks.  No other
batter
in either conference walked more than 92 times.  Unsurprisingly, he also
led the
league with a .411 on-base average.  His 169 walks were the highest ever by
someone not named Barry Bonds.

SLG's Kyle Tucker joined the 30/30 club for the second year in a row,
slamming 34
homers to go with his league-leading 63 steals.

SCS's Francisco Lindor also went 30/30, hitting 31 homers and swiping 32
bases.

Nestor Cortes, Jeffrey Springs, and Marcus Stroman threw no-hitters.
https://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/nestor-cortes-no-hitter
https://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/jeffrey-springs-no-hitter
https://wiki.ibl.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/marcus-stroman-no-hitter

This was one of the lowest scoring seasons in IBL history.  The NC
Conference
ERA was 3.86, and the AC ERA was 3.98.  No team scored 5 runs per game, as
SNH
led the IBL with 801 runs, which is 4.94 runs per game.  The Seaside
Rainiers
led the league with a team ERA of 3.00.

Four pitchers had ERAs among the 20 lowest single-season ERAs in IBL
history.
(5)  MCM Logan Webb, 1.89
(10) BOW Zack Wheeler, 1.98
(11) GTY Sandy Alcantara, 1.99
(18) SEA Zac Gallen, 2.19

SNH's Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run.  He finishes his IBL
career as the
all-time leader in games (3105), at-bats (11977), hits (3449), RBI (2266),
total bases (6343), and doubles (727).  He finishes with 703 homers, second
only
to Barry Bonds's 766.

MAD's Zack Greinke won his 200th game, finishing the season with a record
of 204-187.

PHI's Craig Kimbrel reached 400 saves, and trails only Mariano Rivera on
the all time
saves list.

PHI's Clayton Kershaw reached 3000 strikeouts.

Paul Goldschmidt reached 300 home runs, 1000 runs, and 1000 RBI.

Mike Trout reached 1000 runs scored.  Andrew McCutchen reached 1000 RBI.
Yu Darvish, Charlie Morton, Gerrit Cole, and Sunny Gray notched their 100th
career win.

-Rusty
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