Anthony Cros (Montpellier Barracudas) is named WEP9. The 26-old player was hot this Sunday with 3 HR, 4 runs and 4 RBI in 8 at bats in the Cougars Stadium ballpark. He hit 2 homeruns in his first two at bats for a morning victory 4-2 and belted another one in his last plate appearance of the second game, during the afternoon, to complete the sweep with a 16-3 win over the Montigny Cougars.
Anthony is playing his best this season, hitting .449 and slugging .918 with 5 doubles, 3 triples and 4 home runs in 14 games.
Playing his 8th season in French Elite, Anthony hits .341, with 94 runs and 60 RBI in 81 games. Last year, he played in pro circuit for Quebec Capitals where he won the title.
More on Anthony Cros in an interview (in French) on the Honus website
Previous Winners:
- WEP 1: Mathieu Brelle-Andrade (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 2: Patrice Briones (Pessac Panthers)
- WEP 3: Frederic Hanvi (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 4: Ernesto Martinez (Senart Templiers)
- WEP 5: Eric Deblanc (Savigny Lions)
- WEP 6: Will Musson (Paris UC)
- WEP 7: Joris Bert (Rouen Huskies)
- WEP 8: Pierrick Lemestre (Savigny Lions)
WEP
A committee composed by French Baseball fans Nicolas Millet, François Colombier (Rouen), Nicolas Chalhoub (writer for Honus), Sébastien Verger (umpire and statistician), Pascal Maitrot (statistician for the FFBS, in charge of Elite), Gaëtan Alibert (webmaster and player from the PUC) and Thomas Dormard vote each week for the Week-End-Player.