Another month: same batting king for 60-and-over TOTS

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

February/2023 batting/pitching stats

Once again, the 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers had trouble with the "weather bug' in February as only eight games were played, just like in January -- 16 games played over a span of 58 days.

And one of those in February turned out to be one of those kiss-your-sister games -- a tie, no winner or loser.

The man that keeps filling the stat sheet and remains the leader of the pack is lefty Joe Opocensky, who led all players in February with a .714 batting average with 20 hits in 28 official at-bats. Joe also drove in 16 runs to lead that category and tied for the most runs scored with Ken Nebesny and John Cooke with 10.

Besides Opocensky, eight players finished with 10 hits or more in February. Tim Tolson (16 for 27, a .593 batting average), Ray Garcia (14 for 27, a .519 average), John Mathews (13 for 27, a .591 average), Bob Daliege (11 for 28, a .393 average), John Beady (11 for 13, a hefty .846 clip), Mike Dawson (11 for 25, a .440 average), Spiro Roberts (11 for 17, a .647 average) and Bobby Long (10 for 19, a .526 average).

Other notable hitters included Cooke, who played in just six games and went 9 for 20, while Ron Ryan went 8 for 22 in six games, Gary Cuttler, 8 for 17 in five games, Mark Rupert, 9 for 28 in eight games; Randy Livingston banged out 8 hits in 11 at-bats in three games, a healthy .727 clip, and Nebesny finished with 8 hits in 28 at-bats in seven games. 

Dawson was the workhorse on the mound with 27 innings and a 1-2 record. Reed Palmer played in only two games but picked up two pitching victories in two tries in 12 innings of work. Once again, Opocensky's name popped up as he hurled 20 innings, finishing with a 2-1 record. Nine TOTS saw action on the mound in February.

The old-timers banged out 218 hits in the eight games at Udall Park with a club batting average of .414.

Way to go, TOTS!