The Western Major Baseball League
Regina Red Sox captured their first WMBL title in 2011 downing the Okotoks Dawgs three games to one in the final series. During the regular season Regina, the Eastern Division champs, had the best winning percentage with a 32-10 won-lost record. Okotoks, the Western Division champs, and Medicine Hat, the Western runners-up, tied for the most wins, each with 34. The teams in each division finished in the same order as in 2010.
Jesse Sawyer (left) of the Lethbridge Bulls was selected as the league's Most Valuable Player. Sawyer led the loop with 18 home runs and 50 RBI. The homers set a single-season record for the WMBL. The Calgary native, who attended South Dakota State University, finished with a .351 batting average.
Bryan Abrey, of the Medicine Hat Mavericks, captured the batting crown with a .423 average. Abrey, from Vancouver, had been selected as the 2010 Outstanding Canadian in the league. Reliever Chad Jones of Swift Current Indians was named Top Pitcher. He compiled a 6-2 record with an ERA of 1.06 in 22 games.
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| East | W |
L |
GB |
Central | W |
L |
GB |
West | W |
L |
GB |
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| Regina | 32 |
10 |
Swift Current | 26 |
16 |
Okotoks | 34 |
12 |
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| Melville | 20 |
22 |
12.0 |
Moose Jaw | 17 |
24 |
8.5 |
Medicine Hat | 34 |
16 |
2.0 |
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| Weyburn | 16 |
25 |
15.5 |
Saskatoon | 14 |
28 |
12.0 |
Lethbridge | 23 |
25 |
12.0 |
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| Yorkton | 14 |
26 |
17.0 |
Edmonton | 10 |
36 |
24.0 |
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2010
The Swift Current Indians are the new champions of the WMBL! Swift Current captured the 2010 title August 14th with a 7-2 win over Regina, sweeping the best-of-three series. They won the opener 7-1. Rain forced the league to switch from a best-of-five final to a best-of-three series.
During the regular season, the defending champion Okotoks Dawgs again had the best record, with 31 victories. Regina first sacker Mitch MacDonald won the Triple Crown leading the league in batting average, .476, home runs, 8, and runs batted in, 48.
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The Okotoks Dawgs finished with the best overall record in the regular 2009 season and topped all contenders in the playoffs to capture their third straight WMBL championship.
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