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Drillers Ace Garcia Cops Pitcher of the Year Award Sunday, October 3rd, 1982 This season's American Association Pitcher of the Year Award trophy went to Luis Garcia, the ace of the Tulsa pitching staff. He dominated all season, finishing with 20 wins and 9 losses and a 2.59 ERA. In 31 starts he worked a total of 253.2 innings, striking out 208, while walking 59. Other clubs managed to hit only .191 against him. He received 6 first place votes out of a possible 8. Pat Jones of the Evansville Triplets finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Curt Heidenreich of the Denver Bears finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Luis Garcia - Tulsa Drillers - 6 - 50 Pat Jones - Evansville Triplets - 2 - 32 Curt Heidenreich - Denver Bears - 0 - 19 Bob Buchanan - Tulsa Drillers - 0 - 16 Brad Havens - Omaha Storm Chasers - 0 - 11 Darrell Jackson - Wichita Aeros - 0 - 4 Bill Gullickson - Evansville Triplets - 0 - 2 Joe McIntosh - Oklahoma City 89ers - 0 - 2 |
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