The official 2011 stats are in for the TOTS

Old-time baseball at Tucson Udall Park


The official Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) baseball club statistics for 2011 show 78-year-old Joe Aparicio as the ballplayer with the most games played. Aparicio played in 117 games during the 2011 season, batting 314 times (48 for 314), which calculates into a .153 average. The iron-man award goes to Joe. With the weather at times causing havoc with the games, vacations coming in to play, and injuries, of course, it is understandable an individuals yearly statistics can suffer a drop off.

Eighty-year-old Jerry Smarik garners the most at-bats award. Jerry batted 354 times (102 for 354, average .288).

Speedster Dennis Crowley (62) led the team in 2011 with runs scored and won the I crossed the plate the most award with 164. Crowley also garnered The top hitter award, collecting 188 hits in 353 at-bats, while playing in 108 games.

Ted Davis (61) led the team in doubles with 29, Crowley in triples with 5, and Tim Tolson, the youngest member of the TOTS led the club in home runs with three round-trippers.

The I walked to first the most award went to 74-year-old Bob Katz, who received 67 free passes during the entire 2011 season, while playing in just 81 games.

Bob Royer (73) and Jack Glickman (85) shared the Take it on the Chin Award . Bob and Jack were hit by a pitch five times.

Eighty-six year-old Floyd Lance led the team in sacrifice flies with eight and won the I Got a run in Award.

The Most RBI Award goes to 73-year-old Chico Bigham. Chico finished 2011 with 102 RBI in just 84 games played.

And last but not least, the Top Batting Average Award for 2011 (based on a minimum of 175 at-bats) goes to 63-year-old Bob Daliege. Bob batted .580 with 134 hits in just 231 trips to the plate.

TOTS footnote: As for me, injuries kept me off the field for three months in 2011, but I managed to go 93 for 197 at the plate for a .472 average with 48 runs scored, 58 RBI, 8 doubles and five walks in just 57 games. A far cry from my best season in 2009 when I avoided the injury bug and went 186 for 317 (still missed 30 games) and batted .587. It was just one year following my heart surgery (Jan/2008), when I had some legs under me, scoring 126 times with 27 doubles and two triples to go along with 94 runs batted in. I'll take those stats for 2012. With a little luck...maybe I can.