Rod Caborn emails us about the futile attempt of the rest of the OAPBA League in keeping Joe Passiatore down. Passiatore’s Platoon won their sixth straight OAPBA title.
Rod reports:
Joe Passiatore’s Platoon (44-36) battled their way to their sixth consecutive OAPBA title in 2013, rebounding from a horrible start to the season to grind through the playoffs and defeat Walt Taylor’s Whatevers (48-32) in a hard-fought seven-game 2013 OAPBA World Series that Whatever fans will forever recall as the Black Friday World Series.
The Platoon’s championship was an improbable end to a 2013 season that looked like someone would finally snap the defending champion’s remarkable string of titles. The Platoon had to get past Marc Bostrom’s Road Warriors (37-43) in the Play-In Series, upset Dave Larson’s Taz Devils (50-30) in the semi-finals and then beat Walt Taylor’s Whatevers (48-32) in the Series.
The 2013 Series victory was Passiatore’s 11th OAPBA championship, easily the most in the league’s 26-year history. His Platoon II franchise won in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012 and 2013. With his original Platoon franchise, Passiatore won five league crowns.
I gotta wonder What’s it going to take to bring Joe P down? I like dynasties and all but six years is a long time, guys.
Seriously, congratulations to Mr. Passiatore!
Below are OAPBA’s standings and selected standings. Congrats to everyone in OAPBA for another successful season!
OAPBA 2013 final standings
| 2013 OAPBA Batting Leaders | |||||
| Batting Avg. (min 216 PA) | BA | OB Pct (min 216 PA) | OBP | Runs Batted In | RBI |
| Joey Votto, Whatevers | 0.355 | Joey Votto, Whatevers | 0.452 | Adrian Beltre, Beef | 69 |
| David Wright, Piranhas | 0.322 | Joe Mauer, What | 0.395 | Aramis Ramirez, Otters | 57 |
| Andrew McCutcheon, Bfrs | 0.319 | Matt Holliday, Turf | 0.392 | Giancarlo Stanton, What | 52 |
| Matt Holliday, Turf | 0.313 | David Wright, Piranhas | 0.389 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 49 |
| Carlos Gonzalez, Platoon | 0.304 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 0.373 | Miguel Cabrera, What | 48 |
| Ryan Braun, Devils | 0.302 | Carlos Gonzalez, Platoon | 0.371 | Joey Votto, Whatevers | 48 |
| Adrian Beltre, Beef | 0.294 | Prince Fielder, Road | 0.367 | Justin Morneau, Piranhas | 45 |
| Alex Gordon, What | 0.291 | Alex Gordon, What | 0.363 | Adam LaRoche, Platoon | 44 |
| Andre Ethier, Devils | 0.290 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 0.362 | Albert Pujols, Turfbeaters | 43 |
| Paul Konerko, Gang | 0.287 | Miguel Montero, Otters | 0.362 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 41 |
| Aaron Hill, Otters | 41 | ||||
| Doubles | 2b | Triples | 3b | Home runs | HR |
| David Wright, Piranhas | 32 | Jose Reyes, Turfbeaters | 6 | Adrian Beltre, Beef | 23 |
| Robinson Cano, Platoon | 30 | Dexter Fowler, Otters | 5 | Giancarlo Stanton, What | 23 |
| Alex Gordon, What | 28 | Melky Cabrera, Piranhas | 4 | Josh Reddick, Gang | 19 |
| Ryan Braun, Devils | 24 | Starlin Castro, Gang | 4 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 18 |
| Aaron Hill, Piranhas | 23 | Angel Pagan, What | 4 | Curtis Granderson, Road | 18 |
| Matt Holliday, Turf | 23 | Carlos Gonzalez, Platoon | 4 | Miguel Cabrera, What | 17 |
| Joey Votto, Whatevers | 23 | Six tied with | 3 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 17 |
| Howard Kendrick, Turfs | 21 | Aramis Ramirez, Otters | 17 | ||
| Adrian Beltre, Beef | 20 | Russell Martin, Road | 16 | ||
| Dustin Pedroia, What | 20 | Josh Hamilton, Beefers | 15 | ||
| Albert Pujols, Turf | 20 | Joey Votto, Whatevers | 15 | ||
| Base hits | H | Runs scored | R | Stolen Bases | SB |
| Andrew McCutcheon, Bfr | 103 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 54 | Alcides Escobar, Otters | 43 |
| David Wright, Piranhas | 99 | Giancarlo Stanton, What | 49 | Mike Trout, Otters | 42 |
| Adrian Beltre, Beef | 91 | Adrian Beltre, Beef | 47 | Tony Campana, Road | 39 |
| Robinson Cano, Platoon | 91 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 47 | Jose Reyes, Turf | 31 |
| Ryan Braun, Devils | 89 | Josh Reddick, Gang | 46 | Coco Crisp, Turf | 24 |
| Matt Holliday, Turf | 87 | Matt Holliday, Turf | 45 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 19 |
| Derek Jeter, Piranhas | 83 | Miguel Cabrera, What | 44 | Ichiro Suzuki, Turf | 18 |
| Starlin Castro, Gang | 81 | Robinson Cano, Platoon | 44 | Emilio Bonifacio, Turf | 17 |
| Dustin Pedroia, What | 80 | Dustin Pedroia, What | 43 | Shin-Soo Choo, Beef | 15 |
| Andre Ethier, Devils | 79 | Mike Trout, Otters | 43 | Pedro Ciriaco, Platoon | 15 |
| Bases on Balls | BB | Slugging | Slg | Total bases | TB |
| Joe Mauer, What | 52 | Joey Votto, Whatevers | 0.700 | Adrian Beltre, Beef | 180 |
| Curtis Granderson, Road | 37 | Giancarlo Stanton, What | 0.635 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 172 |
| Prince Fielder, Road | 36 | Adrian Beltre, Beef | 0.581 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 167 |
| Matt Holliday, Turf | 36 | Ryan Braun, Devils | 0.566 | David Wright, Piranhas | 156 |
| Freddie Freeman, Otters | 35 | Matt Holliday, Turf | 0.550 | Matt Holliday, Turf | 153 |
| Matt Wieters, Beefers | 35 | Andrew McCutcheon, Beef | 0.533 | Robinson Cano, Platoon | 153 |
| Joey Votto, Whatevers | 35 | Carlos Gonzalez, Platoon | 0.533 | Giancarlo Stanton, What | 148 |
| David Wright, Piranhas | 33 | Miguel Cabrera, What | 0.518 | Miguel Cabrera, What | 144 |
| Russell Martin, Road | 32 | Robinson Cano, Platoon | 0.517 | Joey Votto, Whatevers | 142 |
| Yoenis Cespedes, Gang | 30 | Ben Zobrist, Gang | 0.509 | Starlin Castro, Gang | 141 |
| David Wright, Piranhas | 0.508 | ||||
| 2013 OAPBA Pitching Leaders | |||||
| ERA (Min 80 IP) | ERA | Wins | W | W-L Pct (6 dec. min) | W-L |
| Kris Medlen, Devils | 1.91 | R.A. Dickey, Devils | 9 | Eric O’Flaherty, What | 9-1, .900 |
| Jeremy Hellickson, Gang | 2.20 | Zack Greinke, Whats | 9 | Brad Zeigler, Beefers | 6-1, .857 |
| J. Zimmermannn, Devils | 2.31 | Cole Hamels, Platoon | 9 | Cole Hamels, Platoon | 9-2, 818 |
| Matt Cain, Gang | 2.74 | Kelvin Herrera, Platoon | 9 | Jered Weaver, Road | 9-3, .750 |
| Jered Weaver, Road | 2.74 | Clayton Kershaw, Devils | 9 | J. Zimmermannn, Devils | 9-3, .750 |
| Kyle Lohse, Platoon | 2.78 | Hiroki Kuroda, Otters | 9 | Kris Medlen, Devils | 6-2, .750 |
| R.A. Dickey, Devils | 3.11 | Eric O’Flaherty, What | 9 | Jeremy Hellickson, Gang | 8-3, .727 |
| Clayton Kershaw, Devils | 3.31 | Jered Weaver, Road | 9 | Chad Billingsley, Beefers | 5-2, .714 |
| Johnny Cueto Road-Plat | 3.32 | J. Zimmermann, Devils | 9 | R.A. Dickey, Devils | 9-4, .692 |
| CC Sabathia, Turf | 3.32 | Jeremy Hellickson, Gang | 8 | Hiroki Kuroda, Otters | 9-4, .692 |
