TOTS' March stats released

TOTS Senior Baseball Network

60-and-over baseball

It came down to the final game of the month to decide the winner of the TOTS batting title for the month of March.

It turned into a four-man race and in the end Pigpen Price edged Brian Reilly, Lloyd Barzell and Pete Peters for the most hits for the month. Price went 24 for 43 (.558), while Reilly finished the month with 21 hits in 41 plate appearances, a .512 average. Barzell finished second in hits. He went 22 for 42 (.524), while Peters stepped to the plate 43 times and hit safely 21 times, a .488 average. All four players played the maximum in games (11).

In runs scored, it was Reilly winning in that category with 20.

Tim Tolson, who played in just seven games, led the club in RBI with 18, while Pigpen Price finished second in that category with 15. Tolson would have won the batting title for the month, but he batted just 25 times. Still, the hot-hitting Tolson collected 17 hits -- including six doubles, a triple and a home run. Another hot hitter was Jim Sears. Sears played in just four games, but he made the most of his at bats with 12 hits in 14 plate appearances -- an .857 average!

Bob Royer and Barzell tied for the most pitching victories during the month with three wins each.

Royer led the team in walks with 11, edging out Bob Katz (9) and Archie Burke (8).

Floyd Lance, 88, continues to be "The Man" among the 80-and-over players. Lance played in 10 games and batted .344. Lance, the oldest active TOT, collected 11 hits in 32 at bats.

Photos: Brian Reilly (top photo) tied for third in hits for the month of March, but was the leader in runs-scored with 20. Jim Sears (middle photo) played in just four games during the month and didn't have enough at bats to qualify for the batting title, but he certainly swung a hot bat, going 12 for 14 -- a .857 average! Floyd Lance (bottom photo) played first base and led the 80-and-over players in hitting with a .344 average.