The Athletics Attnang-Puchheim won the 2010 championship in the Austrian Baseball League this fall. This weekend Austrian Baseball honored its new title holders last weekend and also announced the winners of the individual awards and the members of the all-star team. Big winner was Whitney Robinson-Pierce of the Schwaz Tigers, who also already has played in Switzerland, the Netherlands and in Germany. He won the Triple Crown batting .423 with six homeruns and 41 RBI. He was named best batter and most valuable player. A’s hurler Walter Strasser received the trophy for the best pitcher. He had an 11-1 record with an ERA of 1.23 during the regular season, striking out 120 batters in 95 1/3 innings. Over the past three years he has a 39-4 record with an ERA of 1.52 in 337 2/3 innings.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
MVP REGULAR SEASON:
Whitney Robinson-Pierce (Schwaz Tigers)
BESTER BATTER:
Whitney Robinson-Pierce (Schwaz Tigers)
BESTER PITCHER:
Walter Strasser (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
MVP PLAYOFFS:
David Burns (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
ABL ALL STAR TEAM 2010:
- Pitcher: Reed Brown (Stock City Cubs)
- Catcher: Whitney Robinson-Pierce (Schwaz Tigers)
- First Base: David Burns (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
- Second Base: Benjamin Husty (Vienna Wanderers)
- Third Base: Felix Zimmerle (Vienna Wanderers)
- Shortstop: Koichi Hida (Kufstein Vikings)
- Leftfield: Christian Tomsich (Vienna Wanderers)
- Centerfield: Hiroyuki Sakanashi (Vienna Wanderers)
- Rightfield: Peter Nagiller (Schwaz Tigers)
GOLD GLOVES ABL 2010:
- Pitcher: Werner Harrasser (Kufstein Vikings)
- Catcher: Andre Gruber (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
- First Base: David Burns (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
- Second Base: Florian Niel (Vienna Metrostars) / Patrick Pradka (Stock City Cubs)
- Third Base: Felix Zimmerle (Vienna Wanderers)
- Shortstop: Koichi Hida (Kufstein Vikings)
- Leftfield: Christoph Wiesinger (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
- Centerfield: Lukas Scheicher (Athletics Attnang-Puchheim)
- Rightfield: Max Scholdan (Vienna Wanderers)
Photo: © ABF/Joe Yun