At the moment, Grant Desme is the only 30-30 player in all of pro baseball. (Bill Mitchell/Four Seam Images)
Sept. 4, 2009
The unheralded make their marks
This year, a number of unheralded players have successfully traveled that nefarious path from "suspect" to "prospect," ensuring they won't be toiling in anonymity for much longer. More >
Cracked Bats
Who stole Ike's hat?
Where's Ike's hat? Who is Ike? These burning questions were solved (we think) in State College earlier this season.
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Mariners take AZL title
The AZL Mariners grabbed their second league championship in three years.
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Nats sweep to GCL title
After falling in last year's championship series, the GCL Nationals swept the Marlins in '09.
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Danville wins Appy
Matt Crim shut out the E-Twins to help the D-Braves sweep through the Appy Finals.
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What's On Deck
Nashville @ New Orleans
Friday, Sept. 4, 7:00 p.m. CT
Rehabbing Corey Hart will try to help the Nashville Sounds gain ground in their race to overcome Memphis for the PCL's American North division crown.
Salem Keizer @ Tri-City
Saturday, Aug. 29, 5:05 p.m. ET (G1)
The Volcanoes will visit the Dust Devils for Game 1 of the Northwest League championship. Both teams clinched last week..
Playoffs begin for 8 leagues
Wednesday, Sept. 9
Playoff fever really heats up on Wednesday as eight leagues -- the EL, CAL, CAR, IL, MWL, PCL, SAL and TL all begin their postseasons.
Staten Island Yankees
The the Yankees have won 12 straight games to take over first place from Brooklyn in the McNamara division. Zoilo Almonte has two homers and 10 RBIs, Deangelo Mack has a team-best 15 hits and Ben Watkins, Ronny Marte and Mike Solbach each have two wins in the team's last 10 games.
Minor League Statistical Leaders
MiLB hitting leaders
Making contact
Recognize the top sluggers in full-season leagues:
| Average | ||
| Alex Liddi | HD | .348 |
| John Bowker | FRE | .342 |
| Koby Clemens | LAN | .340 |
| HR | ||
| Mitch Jones | ALB | 34 |
| Jon Gaston | LAN | 32 |
| Cody Johnson | MIS | 32 |
| RBIs | ||
| Koby Clemens | LAN | 119 |
| Chris Carter | SAC | 114 |
| Andrew Locke | CC | 109 |
MiLB pitching leaders
Kings of the mound
See who was tough to hit in full-season leagues:
| ERA | ||
| Brad Meyers | HAS | 1.71 |
| Travis Wood | LOU | 1.77 |
| M. Bumgarner | CT | 1.86 |
| Strikeouts | ||
| Matt Moore | BG | 169 |
| Dexter Carter | FW | 166 |
| Dan Hudson | CHA | 166 |
| Wins | ||
| Don Hume | HD | 17 |
| Craig Clark | SJ | 15 |
| Erik Davis | FW | 15 |