PBL's #1 Player for 1999 Named Tuesday, November 9th, 1999 New York's Bobby Veach put the wraps on a fine campaign today by winning the 1999 Phoenix Baseball League Most Valuable Player Award.
The 30-year-old veteran scorched the opposition with a .377 average, picking up 220 hits, 34 doubles, 9 triples, 45 home runs and 176 RBIs, while scoring 139 runs.
Tampon Bay's Newhouser Gets Golden Arm Award Monday, November 8th, 1999 The Tampon Bay Pussies have a rising superstar or maybe even a budding Hall-of-Famer in the making. It's Hal Newhouser, this year's Phoenix Baseball League Golden Arm Award selection. This blossoming hurler wowed fans, peers and sportswriters with a fabulous performance.
Newhouser compiled a 18-1 record in 34 starts, tallied 198 strikeouts in 195.2 innings and recorded a 2.44 ERA. Other clubs managed only a .197 batting average against him.
