TOTS Senior Baseball Network
60-and-over baseball
Lloyd Barzell topped the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) in hitting for the month of July. Barzell went 22 for 35 for a .629 batting average. He played in 11 games and was second in runs scored with 14, one behind the leader in that category, Brian Reilly (15).
Tim Tolson, who played in eight games and batted .609 (14 for 23), once again was the RBI leader for the month with 14 -- including one home run, the only homer by a TOT in the month of July. Mike Steele, for the second month in a row, swung a hot bat. Steele played in eight games and went 17 for 28 for a healthy . 607 average.
It was also a good month for Pete Peters, who played in nine games, while going 16 for 26 and a batting average of .615. Chico Bigham batted an even .500 for the month (15 for 30) and finished in a tie for second on the club in RBI with 10, along with Barzell.
Once again, in the 80-and-over group, it was 88-year-old Floyd Lance leading the way with a .440 batting average (11 for 25 in 11 games).
Returning to action in July was Mike Taylor and he made the most of his at bats. Taylor, who recently recovered from a foot injury, went 12 for 15 in six games and batting an incredible .800.
As the 60-and-over club heads into August, it looks more and more like a seven-man race for the most hits for the year. With five months left in the 2014 season, Barzell not only leads in hits with 169, but is well on his way to breaking the club record in that department, held by Bigham (228 hits, in 2005).
Peters is in hot pursuit of Barzell with 162 hits, while the other five -- Brian Rielly (117), Chico Bigham (115), Tim Tolson (110), Pigpen Price (107) and Dennis Crowley (102) have some catching up to do.
Five months left. It's a long season.
Photo: Lloyd Barzell is in search of the Tucson Old Timers (TOTS) hitting record. Chico Bigham owns the record for the most hits in a season at 228, set in 2005. Barzell is at 169 and climbing with five months to go in the season.
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