After the baseball leagues in Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, the Czech Republic, Belgium and Austria, we’re continuing our review series of the 2010 season with Croatia.
Olimpija Karlovac
2010 Record: 12-8 (20-13*)
2010 Ranking: 2nd after regular season with a 7-5 record. They beat Vindija Varazdin in the semifinals 3-0 (12-4, 17-7, 10-3), and in finals they lost against Nada SSM Split 4-1 (3-0, 17-16, 2-12, 3-2, 10-9). In the Inter League (Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia) they reached the Final Four in Bratislava and finished 3rd behind Nada SSM Split and Apollo Bratislava. They are the winner of the Croatian Cup.
Runs Scored: 171
Runs Allowed: 122
Best Batter: Elmir Tairi. He batted .318 (OBP .434/SLG .318) with 15 runs and 8 RBI in 11 games.
Most RBI: Damir Karin 9
Most Runs Scored: Elmir Tairi 15
Most Stolen Bases: Nikola Sertic 11
Best Pitcher: Carlos Tovar. He had a 2-1 record with an ERA of 2.49 in 3 games. He struck out 27 batters in 21.2 innings, walking 7.
Best ERA: Denis Kresnik 2.45
Most Strikeouts: Carlos Tovar 27
Most Walks: Marin Vukmirovic 28
Most Innings Pitched: Marin Vukmirovic 24
* with Inter league games
by Goran Supraha
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