Offseason Report: 1933 UA & NPL Awards

November 1, 1933

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The final season of the original format has concluded and the 1933 UA and NPL awards have been handed out!

Players have filed for free agency. This is a big year for free agency, with several big names testing the market. The Delle Stars, Deerborn White Sox, Roland Stags, and Platte Bears are among the teams being hardest hit by the free agent migration. This off-season will be very important for the continued success of these clubs.

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Next season will see the implementation of UUBO realignment. Today, the UUBO released the UA divisions for the 1934 season. Divisions will be realigned each season based on the results of the previous year. Beginning in 1935, the National Cup winner will move from the NPL to the UA, and the team with the UA’s worst record will be relegated to the NPL for the following season.

We’ll have to wait until spring for the new season, but here’s an early look at the 1934 UA Division Alignments:

Division A

Delle Stars
Railey Rivals
Lia Kompos Miners
Plains City Reapers

Division B

Deerborn White Sox
Roland Stags
Prissley Trail Blazers
Wight Spiders

Division C

Platte Bears
Salvation Brothers
Cherricaw Herders
Tiny Sea Metros

Division D

Northsouth Guardians
Redwood Owls
Taawa Chargers
Carver Canaries

The UA and NPL once again joined forces to hand out their annual awards at a banquet in Tiny Sea.

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News:

The Roland Stags have reached an extension agreement with LF Albert Pentana. He will be paid $8.6 million per year over the next three seasons. The 35-year old outfielder was the 1929 UA MVP. (10/8)
Platte Bears manager Josh Funk has retired. Funk skippered the Bears to three pennants, a Davis Trophy, and a Windsor Cup in his 6-year tenure. Funk is 65 years old. The Bears have announced Matt Hall as the team’s new manager. Hall is a new face to pro baseball, a former player and coach in the collegiate circuit. (10/11)
Team founder Jim Tracy has sold the Redwood Owls to Gil Mills, the Redwood native and newspaper tycoon. Redwood fans hope Mills will bring his cutthroat business acumen to the baseball world. Mills’ first move as new team owner was to extend GM Jose Guerreroko’s contract for another 3 years. (10/11)
Robert Meadows has taken over majority ownership of the Cherricaw Herders from Armando Kortez. Many fans are upset with the sale, as Meadows is from Snowgate, and the Herders have previously been a local product for their entire 17-year existence. The Herders are the only UUBO team with a public share of ownership. Rumors abound that the public’s piece of the pie will shrink under the new regime. Meadows and the Herders have not commented on the rumors. (10/11)
The Delle Stars signed manager Manny Mendozataka to a 4-year contract extension. Mendozataka ahs taken the Stars to three straight Windsor Cup championships and just won his first Manager of the Year award in 1933. (10/11)
Plains City Reapers 1B Antonin Legrand signed a 2-year extension worth $8 million. (10/18)
LF Carlos Kayra is headed to the Wight Spiders. The Salvation Brothers traded Kayra for a handful of prospects, most notably 22-year old prospect RHP Bartolo Uhuru. (10/20)
LF Vance Adegoke hags signed a huge contract extension with the Reapers. He will make $30.04 million over the next 5 seasons. (10/20)
The Petchon Carp have signed 3-time NPL Choice Fielder LF Allen Hendrix to a 4-year deal worth $15.96 million. (10/23)
The Tiny Sea Metros have granted SP Carlos Pultudos a 3-year contract extension totaling $14.5 million. (10/26)
White Sox SP Roberto Tokorres, 2-time All-Star and 1932 UA Pitcher of the Year, has signed a 1-year contract extension worth $7.4 million. (10/31)
White Sox legendary 5-time All-Star SP Jorge Takato, who won his third UA Pitcher of the Year award this season, has extended his contract through next season. He will receive $5.6 million in 1934. (10/31)

Free Agency:

White Sox 2B Luke Lia Puedris has declined his contract option and will become a free agent at the end of the month. Lia Puedris has been withe Deerborn since the founding of the UA in 1928 and has made the All-Stars three times. (10/11)
Bears star CF Andy Bernard has filed as a free agent. Bernard is a 6-time All-Star, 3-time Distinguished Defender, and 2-time Superlative Swing winner, along with a WCF MVP in 1930. (10/31)
Chargers 2-time All-Star LF Joe Katakien is now a free agent. (10/31)
Bears star 3B Juan Tokorres is now a free agent. Tokorres holds the all-time record for HRs in a season with 45. He was the league MVP in 1930 and has made the All-Stars four times. Tokorres has a torn meniscus in his knee, but expects to be 100% for the 1934 season. (10/31)
Former Brothers/Bears infielder, 4-time Distinguished Defender Keith Franklin, is now a free agent. (10/31)
Bears 35-year old RHP Will Shufflebottom is a free agent. He was having a career year in 1933 before leaving for the season in July with a nerve entrapment. (10/31)
Veteran Northsouth 3B Gavin Jones has filed for free agency. Jones is a 4-time All-Star. (10/31)
Former Brothers and Guardians star outfielder Andy Thompson is a free agent. Thompson is a 2-time All-Star and Distinguished Defender, but his career has been marred by injuries. He is 35 years old, coming off a solid, injury-free year in Northsouth. (10/31)
Former Brothers/Guardians pitcher Len Odden is a free agent. Odden is a 4-time All-Star and won UA Reliever of the Year in 1928. (10/31)
Herders LF Holth Lass is a free agent. (10/31)
Stars C Jon Garcika is a free agent. Garcika was an All-Star in 1931 and Distinguished Defender this season. (10/31)
Stars legendary CL David Rogers has filed as a free agent. Rogers has won Reliever of the Year three times and been selected as an All-Star five times. (10/31)
Stars CF Carlos Teakowa is a free agent, he was an All-Star in 1930.
Stars LF Norm Hester is a free agent today. (10/31)
Stars former All-Star/Distinguished Defender LF Curt Lawson has filed for free agency. (10/31)
Stars former All-Star/Distinguished Defender 2B Bobby Moyle has filed for free agency. (10/31)
Stars SS Gary Allaire has filed for free agency. (10/31)
Brothers/Stars 3-time All-Star reliever Fernando Varkas is a free agent. (10/31)
Stars 3-time All-Star starting pitcher Kevin “Lefty” Laroux has filed as a free agent. (10/31)
Prissley RP Lass Len is now a free agent. (10/31)
Trail Blazers LF Vage Lek has become a free agent. (10/31)
Rivals 1B Pedro Kopano, 2-time All-Star and perennial Distinguished Defender, has filed as a free agent. (10/31)
6-time Distinguished Defender at 3B for the Stags, Antonio Said, has filed as a free agent. (10/31)
Stags superstar CF Ramon Zuniga has filed as a free agent. Zuniga has made the All-Stars five times. (10/31)
Former Roland All-Star 3B Miguel Naggenda has become a free agent. (10/31)
Roland’s 5-time All-Star and 2-time Superlative Swinger LF Jose Lia Tinta is a free agent. He led the league in hits in 1931 and HR in 1932. (10/31)
Deerborn’s 2-time All-Star 1B Bob Hove is a free agent. (10/31)
5-time All-Star 3B Rygh Ogg will leave the White Sox to test the free agent market. Ogg was the 1929 SFS MVP and won a Superlative Swing award that year as well. (10/31)
3-time All-Star LF Jesus Lia Taawa is a free agent after a year with Elderwood in the NPL. (10/31)
39-year old Kings legend Jorge Akil is a free agent. He is up there in years, but still at the top of his game with a .283 average and 17 HR in 1933. Akil was an All-Star with the Owls in 1930. (10/31)
Petchon RF Francisco Kosgei is now a free agent. (10/31)
4-time UA stolen base king Ed DeMent is a free agent after a season with the Carp in the NPL. DeMent is 36 years old. (10/31)

1933 Uplantic Association Award Winners:

1933 Windsor Cup Champions: Delle Stars (3)

1933 Mark Davis Trophy (UA Regular Season Champions): Delle Stars

1933 UA East Division Champions: Delle Stars

1933 UA West Division Champions: Platte Bears (3)

1933 UA SemiFinal MVP: Gilberto Hernankez, Deerborn White Sox

1933 Windsor Cup Finals MVP: Jeff Rogers, Delle Stars

1933 UA Batting Title: Gary Holland, Railey Rivals (.352)

1933 UA Home Run Title: Antonio Teakowa (2), Delle Stars (35 HR)

1933 UA Stolen Base Title: Gary Holland, Railey Rivals (67 SB – UA Record)

1933 UA Distinguished Defender Team:

P: Evan Francis, Redwood Owls
C: Jon Garcika, Delle Stars
1B: Pedro Kopano (6), Railey Rivals
2B: Martin Taawatuos, Railey Rivals
3B: Antonio Said (6), Roland Stags
SS: Alex Wangombe, Prissley Trail Blazers
LF: John Bunce, Prissley Trail Blazers
CF: Tom Katamori, Northsouth Guardians
RF: Willie Eatmon, Cherricaw Herders

1933 UA Reliever of the Year: David Rogers (3), Delle Stars

0.68 ERA, 30 SV, 90 Ks in 52.2 IP

1933 UA Superlative Swing Team:

P: Esteban Muiru, Deerborn White Sox
C: Alejandro Lia Loma, Deerborn White Sox
1B: Pedro Bausi (2), Delle Stars
2B: Ismail Lefebvre, Platte Bears
3B: Mario Olivo (3), Delle Stars
SS: Fouad Lefevre, Redwood Owls
LF: Juan Tumaini (2), Deerborn White Sox
CF: Andy Bernard (2), Platte Bears
RF: Gary Holland, Railey Rivals

1933 UA Manager of the Year: Manny Mendozataka, Dell Stars

1933 UA Pitcher of the Year: Jorge Takato (3), Deerborn White Sox

It’s the fifth straight season with a UA PotY from the Deerborn White Sox.

2.65 ERA, 13 W, 138 Ks, 132.1 IP

1933 UA Most Valuable Player: Mario Olivo (3), 3B, Delle Stars

Mario Olivo wins his third straight UA MVP!

.337 average, 119 hits, 16 doubles, 3 triples, 34 home runs, 79 RBI, 81 R

1933 National Professional League Award Winners:

1933 National Cup (NPL Champions): Plains City Reapers (2) (44-26)

1933 NPL Batting Title: Jeff Pekerez, SS, Wight Spiders (.299)

1933 NPL Home Run Title: Lee Gutierrekaz, 1B, Trimble Toppers/Ryad Renaud, Wight Spiders (22 HR)

1933 NPL Reliever of the Year: Fred Wilson, LHP, Elderwood Lakers (18 SV, 66 Ks, 1.83 ERA, 39.1 IP)

1933 NPL Manager of the Year: Karl O’Brien, Wight Spiders

1933 NPL Pitcher of the Year: Francisco Lia Taawa, RHP, Wight Spiders (1.33 ERA, 47 Ks, 81.1 IP)

1933 NPL MVP: Ryad Renaud, 3B Wight Spiders (.284 AVG, 71 hits, 22 HR, 13 doubles, 1 triple, 53 RBI)

Ryad Renaud narrowly beat out Trimble’s Lee Gutierrekaz for MVP, winning by 2 total points. Both players received 3 first-place votes.

Offseason Report: 1933 UA & NPL Awards