Tucson Old Timers (TOTS)
60-and-over baseball
Thunder Tim Tolson is well out in front in total hits accumulated over the past two decades at Udall Park. Tolson, now 72, leads all 60-and-over modern-day Tucson Old Timers with a career hit total of 2,355.
That's 221 hits above the late Chico Bigham, who passed away in 2017 but remains in second place ahead of Pete Peters, 75, who sits alone in third with 1,626 hits.
Lefty Dennis Crowley, 75, is currently in fourth place with 1,606, while 79-year-old Danny "Pigpen" Price holds on to fifth with 1,541 hits.
Bob Daliege is sixth with 1,506 hits. Rounding out the top 10 are Reed Palmer (1,102), Joe Opocensky (1,099), Jesse Ochoa (1,092), and Mike Steele at 937, who is set to join the 1,000-club at the end of the 2024 season.
Pigpen Price is within four hits of 1,600. He needs to close out the year with a flurry.
"The hits are hard to come by these days," Price said. "When you are practically an Octogenarian, and you stare out at the defense and see a bunch of 60-somethings waiting to catch your blooper. It's tough!"
Catcher Mike Steele, 76, is in the same boat and is just a hit or two away in 2024 to climb above that 1,000 mark. Price is a pull hitter and has trouble finding a hole to squeeze a hit through. Steele is a spray hitter and can hit to all fields.
Note: The above batting statistics are through the 2023 season. So, there are more hits to be added in about six weeks when the 2024 season comes to a close.
The hitters:
Tim Tolson
Dennis Crowley
Danny Pigpen Price
Bob Daliege
Reed Palmer
Joe Opocensky
Jesse Ochoa
Mike Steele
Total awesomeness!!
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