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WHBL’s Top 25 All-Time Players – Part II

Foster Knight, SP (Guatemala City 00-03)
Average Season: 18-12, 3.01, 1.01, 8.08
Best Season: 2001 – 21-8, 2.46, 0.92, 8.35
#1 career in wins, 2002 SA Ryan Award winner, forms tough 1-2 duo with…

Dennis Lock, SP (Guatemala City 00-03)
Average Season: 17-8, 2.52, 0.91, 11.81
Best Season: 2001 – 20-8, 2.31, 0.86, 10.91
Strikeout machine (all-time leader), 2000 and 2001 SA Ryan Award winner

Samuel “The Terminator” Marpons, SP (Havana 00-01, Salt Lake City 02-03, Lima 03)
Average Season: 13-7, 2.24, 0.85, 11.39
Best Season: 2002 – 16-5, 1.62, 0.73, 11.46
Dominant strikeout pitcher, endurance an issue, 2002 NA Ryan Award winner.

Richard Mason, 1B/3B (Santiago 00-01, Jacksonville 02-03)
Average Season: .332/.424/.666, 1.090, 45, 127, 9
Best Season: 2002 - .355/.458/.760, 1.218, 59, 154, 9
League’s premier slugger, 2002 NA MVP and Triple Crown winner

Franklyn Monreal, CL (Austin 00-03)
Average Season: 6-5, 41 SV, 2.77, 1.05, 6.27
Best Season: 2003 – 6-4, 52 SV, 2.04, 0.82, 6.58
League’s top closer, all-time saves leader

Harold “Thumper” Murphy, 3B (Nashville 00-03)
Average Season: .329/.433/.651, 1.083, 43, 113, 7
Best Season: 2000 - .332/.456/.657, 1.112, 42, 131, 7
Young superstar, #1 in this season’s free agent crop

Pedro “Dynamite” Posada, 1B (Mexico City 00-04)
Average Season: .299/.405/.565, .970, 37, 129, 2
Best Season: 2002 - .311/.419/.648, 1.067, 48, 147, 0
Drove in 140+ each of the first 3 years, drastic drop off in ‘03

Timothy “Buffalo” Rogers, SP (Vancouver 00-02, Las Vegas 03)
Average Season: 16-10, 3.01, 0.99, 10.23
Best Season: 2002 – 15-11, 2.67, 0.89, 10.50
#2 on strikeout list, tossed no-hitter in July 2003

Harold Snider, SP (Havana 00-03)
Average Season: 15-11, 2.80, 1.09, 8.03
Best Season: 2000 – 15-7, 2.44, 1.02, 7.61
Still young (27) with a bright future ahead of him

William Snodgrass, SS (Austin 00-03)
Average Season: .296/.374/.583, .957, 34, 123, 57
Best Season: 2003 - .306/3.99/.614, 1.013, 40, 142, 54
Another great SS, had league’s 1st 40/40 season in ‘03

Huey “Fireball” Thoma, SP (Portland 00-01, DC 02, Jacksonville 02-03)
Average Season: 16-7, 3.20, 1.12, 10.28
Best Season: 2000 – 18-9, 2.86, 1.11, 10.46
Left-handed, durable, strikeout pitcher

David Vargas, SP (Buenos Aires 00-02, Calgary 03)
Average Season: 17-6, 2.75, 1.12, 8.89
Best Season: 2002 – 20-4, 2.58, 1.08, 8.93
#2 on all-time win list, #1 starter on several playoff teams

Juan Zaragoza, SS (Sao Paulo 00-03, DC 03)
Average Season: .300/.412/.582, .994, 36, 96, 28
Best Season: 2003 - .336/.437/.638, 1.075, 41, 109, 32
5-tool player, currently a free agent and could command league’s top salary