Venezuelan View

A look at the Venezuelan Winter League.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDINGS

Anzoategui, 39-24
Aragua, 35-27
Zulia, 35-28
Magallanes, 32-31
La Guaira, 31-34
Lara, 29-35
Caracas, 29-35
Margarita, 23-39

The top five teams go into a round-robin playoff.  I'd love to see the major leagues adopt a round-robin playoff, but I know it will never happen.

CURRENT PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Aragua, 1-0
Zulia, 1-1
Anzoategui, 1-1
Magallanes, 1-1
La Guaira, 0-1

FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATS

BATTING LEADERS

AVERAGE

Odubel Herrera, La Guaira, Philadelphia .372
Felix Perez, Anzoategui, Cincinnati, .360
Ramon Flores, Aragua, Yankees, .347

HOME RUNS

Carlos Rivero, Lara, Seattle, 15
Balbino Fuenmayor, Anzoategui, Kansas City, 10
Alex Gonzalez, Caracas, 9
Felix Perez, Anzoategui, Cincinnati, 9

RBIs

Carlos Rivero, Lara, Seattle, 44
Adonis Garcia, Magallanes, Yankees, 41
Paulo Orlando, Lara, Kansas City, 40

STOLEN BASES

Ali Castillo, Zulia, Yankees, 16
Maikol Gonzalez, Lara, 14
Ender Inciarte, Zulia, Arizona, 13

OBP

Ramon Flores, Aragua, Yankees, .435
Odubel Herrera, La Guaira, Philadelphia, .432
Alex Gonazalez, Caracas, .407

SLUGGING

Alex Gonzalez, Caracas, .611
Felix Perez, Anzoategui, .572
Odubel Herrera, La Guaira, Philadelphia, .556

OPS

Alex Gonzalez, Caracas, 1.018
Odubel Herrera, LaGuaira, Philadelphia, .988
Felix Perez, Anzoategui, .965

PITCHING LEADERS

ERA

Jose Alvarez, Anzoategui, Angels, 1.91
Yeiper Castillo, Zulia, 2.32
Daryl Thompson, Anzoategui, 3.19

WINS

Jose Alvarez, Anzoategui, Angels, 6
Manny Correa, Aragua, 6
Junior Guerra, La Guaira, White Sox, 6

SAVES

Hassan Pena, Magallanes, 19
Cody Hall, Anzoategui, San Francisco 12
Gregory Infante, La Guaira, Toronto, 12

INNINGS

Junior Guerra, La Guaira, White Sox, 78
Manny Correa, Aragua, 68
Daryl Thompson, Anzoategui, 67.2

STRIKEOUTS

Junior Guerra, La Guaira, White Sox, 82
Daryl Thompson, Anzoategui, 52
Cesar Jimenez, Lara, Philadelphia, 47

WHIP

Jose Alvarez, Anzoategui, Angels, 1.01
Junior Guerra, La Guaira, White Sox, 1.12
Raul Rivero, Lara, 1.22

TWINS PLAYERS

Oswaldo Arcia, Anzoategui, .270/.377/.539 in 115 at-bats.
Dubal Baez, Lara, .000/.000/.000 in 0 at-bats (5 games).
Argenis Diaz, Aragua, .313/.371/.438 in 128 at-bats.
Eduardo Escobar, Aragua, .255/.314/.438 in 153 at-bats.
Aaron Hicks, Margarita, .220/.381/.280 in 50 at-bats.
Jose Martinez, Aragua, .31/.361/.445 in 245 at-bats.
Heiker Meneses, La Guaira, .190/.289/.238 in 84 at-bats.
Josmil Pinto, Aragua, .321/.412/.476 in 84 at-bats.

Wil Ledezma, Aragua, 2-1, 2.89, 1.39 WHIP, 17 strikeouts in 18.2 innings (21 appearances).
Lester Oliveros, Anzoategui, 1-0, 3.60, 2 saves, 1.40 WHIP, 10 strikeouts in 10 innings (10 appearances).
Ryan O'Rourke, Zulia, 1-1, 3.55, 1.11 WHIP, 10 strikeouts in 12.2 innings (21 appearances).
Alexis Tapia, Margarita, 0-0, 6.23, 1.85 WHIP, 3 strikeouts in 4.1 innings (3 appearances).