TOTS Senior Baseball Network
60-and-over baseball
Pistol Pete Peters collected 28 hits in 39 official trips to the plate and led the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) with a .718 batting average for the month of May. Peters, who played in all 11 games during the month, led the club in hits and in RBI with 23, while finishing third in runs scored with 18.
Close behind was Lloyd "Baby Bull" Barzell. Barzell went 25 for 41 and finished the month with a healthy .610 average, while tying Dennis Crowley for the most runs scored with 20.
Pigpen Price and Chico Bigham finished second and third, respectively, in the runs-batted-in category, Price with 13 and Bigham with 11.
Once again Bobby Katz led the club in walks with 10, while Bob Royer led the club in sacrifice bunts with two. Peters led the club in doubles with six and tied with Crowley and Bob Daliege for the most triples (1). Tim Tolson hit the only home run for the month.
Other top hitters for the month include: Tolson (played in seven games and batted .640), Jesse Ochoa (six games, .714 average), Crowley (10 games, .605 average), Bigham (11 games, .474), Price (9 games, .459), Brian Reilly (six games, .654). Ron Petersen (seven games, .480) and Daliege (five games, .579 average). Hard-hitting Dave Rhoades played in just three games, but made the most of his at bats. Rhoades went 9 for 11, a blistering .818 average. Ted Davis played in just four games but batted .467 and Mike Steele went 5 for 8 in just three games played for a .625 average.
Among the 80-and-over players, it was 88-year-old Floyd Lance leading the way. Lance played in six games and went 8 for 16, a .500 average.
The top pitchers for the month were Barzell (4-1) along with Daliege (2-1) and Peters (2-0).
Photo: Pete Peters goes 28 for 39, grabs TOTS' batting title for May.
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