TOTS carry .414 team batting average in August

Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)

60-and-over baseball

The 60-and-over Tucson Old Timers put together a .414 club batting average in August, accumulating 225 hits in 543 attempts -- including 19 doubles, five triples, and two home runs.

Thirty-two players braved the hot month of August at Palo Verde Park, and once again, the "young studs" (the 60-somethings) dominated the statistics.

Once again, Jon Beady, 62, did it all with 18 hits in 32 trips to the plate and a club-best 22 RBI for a healthy .563 batting average -- including four doubles, three triples, and two home runs.

Mike Dawson, 68, finished second in hits with 15 and a batting average of .556 (15 for 27), while Randy Livingston and Tim Tolson tied for third in hits -- Livingston 14 for 22, a .636 average, and Tolson 14 for 27, a .519 clip.

Other top hitters for the month included Ernesto Escala (13 for 23), John Mathews (12 for 19), Bob Daliege (12 for 31), and Sam Dean (11 for 20). Also reaching double-digits in hits were 66-year-old Ken Nebesny (10 for 26) and 71-year-old Pete Maldonado, who went 10 for 23.

In the 75-and-over group, David Byars, Pigpen Price,  Mike Steele, and Jerry Cullen led the way. Byars, 75, went 10 for 32, a .313 batting average; Price, 78, went eight for 25, a .320 clip; Steele, 75, went 7 for 21, a .333 average; and Callen, 76, finished the month 7 for 23, a .304 average.

On the mound, 10 pitchers saw action, with Dawson pitching the most innings (25) while compiling a 2-1 record. Maldonado finished 2-2, while Livingston ended up with a 2-0 record, allowing just four runs in 12 innings of work.

Beady (left photo) led all hitters in August with 18 hits and hit two home runs while leading the TOTS in RBI with 22.

Livingston maintained a .636 batting average in August (14 for 22) while finishing 2-0 on the mound, allowing only four hits in 12 innings of work.