1993 MWWL AWARDS
The 1992 MWWL Awards are now official. For a list of all the 1993 MWWL Awards please check out the Awards Voting Page.
California’s John Olerud won the Most Valuable Player in the American League & Ken Griffey Jr. of Sugar Land was the National League’s Most Valuable Player.
California’s Juan Guzman won the American League Cy Young & Germantown’s Kevin Appier won the Cy Young in the National League.
California’s Tim Salmon won the American League Rookie of the Year & Mike Piazza of Missouri won the National League Rookie of the Year.
California’s Bryan Harvey won the American League Rolaids Reliever of the Year & Jeff Montgomery of Germantown won the National League Rolaids Reliever of the Year Award.
World Series Winning Manager Brian Mazurek took home the Manager of the Year Award in the American League for the Mexico City Chihuahuas & Kevin McNally of the Missouri Black Bears took the honors in the National League.
1994 EXPANSION DRAFT
The 1994 Mid-West Winter League Expansion Draft took place this past week & the four new Expansion Franchises now have 20 Players.
Jose Offerman was the # Overall selection by the Montreal Dreamers.
The complete 1994 Expansion Draft Results can be found here.
Here is each new franchises rosters:
1994 DRAFT LOTTERY
The 1994 MWWL Draft Lottery took place on Tuesday morning February 27th, 2018 at 10:00 AM ET.
The following three MWWL Franchises moved up in the Draft. #1 – Corktown, #2 – Manhattan, #3 – Janesville
The 1994 Mid-West Winter League Draft which will be held on Sunday Night April 22nd, 2018. at 8:00 PM
CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE 1994 DRAFT ORDER
1993 WORLD SERIES
Most Mid-West Winter League owners were surprised when the #2 Wild Card team the Fort Worth Panthers knocked off the 121 game winning #1 seed the California Quakes. This lead to the Panthers taking on the Chihuahuas of Mexico City who had the second best record in the league with 114 wins. But the #2 Wild Card winner couldn’t get the little ankle biting dogs off their legs & the Mexico City Chihuahuas moved on to represent the American League in the 1993 Mid-West Winter League World Series.
Germantown was the favorite to move forward in the National League, but after eliminating the Barney Drive Bandits, the Grays lost out to eventual National League Champion Missouri Black Bears. Missouri walked by the Sugar Land Skeeters in the Division Series 3 games to 0, beat the Grays 4 games to 2 in the League Championship & now represent the National League League in the 1993 Mid-West Winter League World Series.
Game #1 – Bill Swift 17-10 2.66 vs. Jack McDowell 18-5 3.26
Mexico City & Bill Swift was cruising along in this one clinging to a 3-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 7th when the Black Bears offense decided to show up. A 4 Spot put a quick end to the Chihuahuas hope of stealing Game #1 on the road. Dante Bichette 2 Run Double was the key blow, but Mexico City Manager Brian Mazurek was quoted as saying “Going through Missouri’s line up was like rolling dice and passing Boardwalk and Park Place every time”.
Final Score: Missouri 4 – Mexico City 3
Win: Bill Krueger 1-0 (0.00)
Loss: Mark Dewey 0-1 (27.00)
Save: Steve Foster #1
1993 WORD SERIES PREVIEW
Once again Jarl Jackson provides the Mid-West Winter League with his World Series Preview.
Two teams who have recent World Series history meet for the 1993 MWWL World Series! The Black Bears went to the World Series twice winning in 1981 and losing in 1988. The Chihuahuas won the title in 1989. Both teams still have players from their last World Series appearance although the Chihuahuas have the advantage here 9 players (Mattingly, Reynolds, Dykstra, Gwynn, Mitchell, Fernandez, Darwin, Bosio, Russell) to 4 for the Black Bears (Galarraga, Williams, Briley, Henke)
Both teams had identical 59-22 home records during the 1993 season. Missouri had the tougher route to the World Series as they had to face the two other 100 plus win teams in the National League. Mexico City was fortunate to avoid the California Quakes – the American League juggernaut in the ALCS as the MWWL Team leader in wins was upset in the Division round by the Ft. Worth Panthers.
