Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Lloyd "Baby Bull" Barzell led the Tucson Old Timers in hits in 2016 with 207 and Thunder Tim Tolson finished second with 197 hits. Barzell, 66, played in 112 games in 2016, while Tolson, 64, played in 108 games. Both players lit up the scoreboard in 2016 with Barzell recorded the most at bats (384), the most runs (164), while Tolson hit the most doubles (46), the most triples (5) and the most home runs with six, one more than rookie Reed Palmer, who finished the year with five.
Nine players finished the year with 100 hits or more. Pistol Pete Peters finished the season with 175 hits, Jesse Ochoa finished fourth in hits with 146, while Ted Davis and Dennis Crowley tied for the fifth spot with 132. Danny "Pigpen" Price finished seventh in hits with 129, Bob Daliege hit safely 124 times for the eighth spot and Brian Reilly finished ninth with 111 hits to cap off all the players who reached the 100-plus hit club for the season.
It was a great season for the TOTS as 47 different players stepped to the plate during 2016.
Floyd Lance, 91, led all the 80-plus players with a .258 batting average. Lance, the oldest active player on the TOTS' roster, played in 91 games, batted 240 times, scored 20 runs, knocked in 27 runs and had 62 hits. He also walked 32 times and knocked in 37 runs. A remarkable achievement, considering Lance plays year around with many players who are 31 years younger than him.
Also worth noting, the second oldest player on the TOTS, 87-year-old Billy Heiny, played in 94 games in 2016. Heiny stepped to the plate 228 times, scored 26 runs and had 24 hits and led the club in walks with 51.
The TOTS' organization is now into its 49th season and will celebrate 50 years in 2018.
Congrats, to all the TOTS players on a job well done!
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