2017 MWL Players of the Month Month Player, Team Position April Bradley Jones, First Baseman Lansing Lugnuts/Blue Jays May Jon Duplantier/Pitcher Kane County Cougars/D’Backs June Bo Bichette/Shortstop Lansing Lugnuts/Blue Jays July Jose Siri/Outfielder Dayton Dragons/Reds August Hudson Potts/Third Baseman Fort Wayne TinCaps/Padres Great Individual Performances of 2017 5-HIT GAMES FOR BATTERS DATE BATTER TEAM OPPONENT June 9 Jermaine Palacios Cedar Rapids Burlington June 16 Danny Woodrow West Michigan Lansing July 1 Mark Karaviotis Kane County Peoria July 3 Carmen Benedetti Quad Cities Burlington July 9 Vimael Machcin South Bend Dayton July 20 Oneil Cruz Great Lakes Cedar Rapids August 20 Dylan Burdeaux West Michigan Bowling Green August 26 Nash Knight Lansing Fort Wayne NO-HITTER DATE PITCHER TEAM OPPONENT September 1 Connor Grey Kane County Clinton (9 Innings) ONE-HITTER DATE PITCHER TEAM OPPONENT April 30 Clark Beeker Cedar Rapids Peoria (5 Innings) July 10 Mike O’Reilly Peoria Cedar Rapids (9 Innings) *Dayton's Jose Siri broke the all-time Midwest League record with a 39-game hitting streak. The old record of 35 had stood since 1977. Siri broke the record on July 31 at Fort Wayne. *On August 3, Great Lakes Loons batters Carlos Rincon and Cody Thomas hit back-to-back home runs two times in the same inning. They did it in the first inning at Dayton as the Loons collected five home runs as a team and scored 11 runs in the inning. *On September 1, Kane County's Connor Grey tossed the first perfect game in franchise history and the first in the Midwest League since 2004. Grey retired all 27 batters at Clinton. 16 Midwest League 2018 2017 MWL Awards Sports Turf Manager of the Year.............................................................................. Britt Barry, Dayton Dragons Athletic Trainer of the Year..................................................................... Jeff Paxson, Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Larry MacPhail Promotional Award Nominee............................................................ Wisconsin Timber Rattlers John H. Johnson President’s Award Nominee............................................................. Quad Cities River Bandits Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Nominee.................................................... Kathryn Voss, Peoria Chiefs John Henry Moss Community Service Award Nominee..........................................................Great Lakes Loons Charles K. Murphy Patriot Award Nominee............................................................................... Dayton Dragons Midwest League Executive of the Year .................................................................. Jason Mott, Peoria Chiefs Join the Major League Stars of Tomorrow at the Midwest League All-Star Game, June 19, 2018. Cooley Law School Stadium Lansing, Michigan
2018 Midwest League Media Guide
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