CRBL Season Review

Final 2022 CRBL Standings

*For the 2022 season, divisions were eliminated*

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2022 CRBL Championship

Jordan Steinmetz was named game MVP, becoming the 5th Tilden player to win the award since it was instituted in 1998.

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2022 Noteworthy Performances & Milestones

Hitting

• Jim Thill of the Eau Claire Bears became the CRBL’s all-time leader in triples. For the 2022 season, he hit 2 triples, giving him 15 for over his 22-year career. The all-time triples leaders had been Hall of Famer Roger Bergeron and long-time Bear, Brian Menard.
• Matt Miller of the Eau Claire Bears became the CRBL’s all-time leader in steals with 147. His 3 stolen bases on the year broke a tie of 144 with former Whitehall great Tyler Manley.
• With 16 RBI’s in 2022, Todd Lasher of the Eau Claire Bears moved into second place all-time with 348. The all-time RBI leader is Hall of Famer Scott Stuckert with 365.
• With 8 runs scored, Andy Niese of the Eau Claire Rivermen moved into second place all-time with 422. The all-time leader in runs scored is future Hall of Famer Chuck Hall with 448.
• On Sunday, July 24th at Cadott, Osseo’s Brandt and Ryan Freitag each hit two home runs in the Merchant’s 14-1 victory over the Cadott Red Sox. In doing so, they became the first father-son combo to hit multiple home runs in the same CRBL game.

Pitching

• The Eau Claire Rivermen’s Tyler Gray hurled 78.1 innings this season, leading the CRBL and becoming the third pitcher in league history to go over 1,000 innings for a career. Tyler now has 1,073.2 innings over his outstanding 17-year reign. The all-time leader is Hall of Fame Iron Man Russ Nelson, who logged 1,770.1 innings over his 35-seasons of play.
• Additionally, Tyler led the CRBL with 81 strikeouts while also becoming the third pitcher in CRBL history to over 1,000 punch-outs. Over his career, Tyler now has 1,057 K’s. The all-time leader is the aforementioned Russ Nelson with 1,163.
• Osseo’s Luke Eide notched a no-hitter on July 24th during the Merchants 7-inning, 14-1 victory over the Cadott Red Sox at Cadott. It was the 66th no-hitter in CRBL history and 2nd of Eide’s 8-season career.

Managerial

• Eau Claire Rivermen player/manager Andy Niese became the CRBL’s all-time leader in managerial wins with 187, breaking the former mark of 186 held by Hall of Fame and Augusta legend Jan Krueger. With the Rivermen’s 8 wins in 2022, Niese now has 188 on his CRBL career.
• Niese also has now managed 330 games over is 18 seasons as a player/manager, good for 2nd place all-time. CRBL Hall of Famer Scott Stuckert is the clubhouse leader with an incredible 486 game managed over his venerable 27-seasons leading Bloomer.

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Hitting Statistical Leaders

Player	Team	H	AB	AVG. (min 44 AB’s)
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	27	46	.587
Cooper Kapanke	Eau Claire Cavaliers	21	46	.457
Todd Lasher	Eau Claire Bears	26	57	.456
Drew Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	19	44	.432
Andy Niese	Eau Claire Rivermen	21	49	.429
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	23	59	.390
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	23	59	.390
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	23	61	.377
Lance Lettner	Eau Claire Rivermen	21	57	.368
Matt Miller	Eau Claire Bears	19	52	.365

Player	Team	At-Bats
Jim Thill	Eau Claire Bears	62
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	61
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	61
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	59
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	59
Corey Poirer	Bloomer Woodticks	58

Player	Team	Hits
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	27
Todd Lasher	Eau Claire Bears	26
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	23
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	23
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	23
Cooper Kapanke	Eau Claire Cavaliers	21
Andy Niese	Eau Claire Rivermen	21
Lance Lettner	Eau Claire Rivermen	21

Player	Team	Doubles
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	6
Noah Hanson	Tilden Tigers	6
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	6
Todd Lasher	Eau Claire Bears	5
Nolan Matson	Osseo Merchants	5
Brendan McCabe	Beef River Bullfrogs	5
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	5
Jack Shirpke	Eau Claire Bears	5

Player	Team	Triples
Lucas Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	2
Jim Thill	Eau Claire Bears	2

Player	Team	Home Runs
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	3
Brandt Freitag	Osseo Merchants	2
Nate Hayes	Eau Claire Bears	2
Alec Johnson	Eau Claire Rivermen	2
Austin LeMay	Tilden Tigers	2
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	2
Carson Windeshausen	Eau Claire Rivermen	2

Player	Team	RBI’s
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	22
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	17
Todd Lasher	Eau Claire Bears	16
Cole Zwiefelhofer	Tilden Tigers	15
Ben Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	14
Carson Windeshausen	Eau Claire Rivermen	14

Player	Team	Runs Scored
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	21
Ben Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	20
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	18
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	16
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	16
Drew Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	16

Player	Team	Stolen Bases
Tristan Hable	Jim Falls Sturgeons	15
Nate Kent	Eau Claire Bears	13
Lance Lettner	Eau Claire Rivermen	9
Chad Kron	Cadott Red Sox	8
Caden Erickson	Eau Claire Cavaliers	7
Conor O’Reilly	Eau Claire Cavaliers	6

Player	Team	Walks
Todd Wienkes	Osseo Merchants	17
Nate Kent	Eau Claire Bears	14
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	14
Andy Niese	Eau Claire Rivermen	14
Nate Hayes	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	13

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2022 CRBL Team Hitting Statistics

Team	Hits	At-Bats	Team Avg
Tilden Tigers	176	540	.326
Eau Claire Bears	181	581	.312
Eau Claire Cavaliers	171	551	.310
Eau Claire Rivermen	158	542	.292
Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	158	551	.287
Osseo Merchants	150	543	.276
Cadott Red Sox	115	481	.239
Jim Falls Sturgeons	121	511	.237
Beef River Bullfrogs	112	499	.224
Bloomer Woodticks	107	500	.214
League Totals	1,449	5,299	.273

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Pitching Statistical Leaders

Player	Team	ER	IP	ERA (min 18 IP’s)
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	2	50	0.36
Zach Thiesse	Osseo Merchants	2	29.1	0.61
PJ LeQuia	Tilden Tigers	4	46.1	0.78
Lucas Costley	Eau Claire Cavaliers	5	38	1.18
Joel Zachow	Eau Claire Bears	8	43.1	1.66
Chevy Tollefson	Eau Claire Bears	11	49.1	2.01
Noah Hanson	Tilden Tigers	7	28.2	2.20
Alex Byom	Osseo Merchants	11	44.1	2.23
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	23	78.1	2.64
Will Jacobson	Jim Falls Sturgeons	17	52.1	2.92

Player	Team	IP
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	78.1
Curtis Dachel	Bloomer Woodticks	63.2
Alex Schmidt	Cadott Red Sox	56
Will Jacobson	Jim Falls Sturgeons	52.1
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	50.0

Player	Team	Wins
PJ LeQuia	Tilden Tigers	7
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	6
Alex Byom	Osseo Merchants	5
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	5
Zach Thiesse	Osseo Merchants	5
Chevy Tollefson	Eau Claire Bears	5
Dylan Waters	Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	5

Player	Team	Win % (mim 5 decisions)
PJ LeQuia	Tilden Tigers	1.000 (W- 7 L- 0)
Zach Thiesse	Osseo Merchants	1.000 (W- 5 L- 0)
Alex Byom	Osseo Merchants	.833 (W- 5 L- 1
Dylan Waters	Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	.833 (W- 5 L- 1
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	.714 (W- 5 L- 2)
Chevy Tollefson	Eau Claire Bears	.714 (W- 5 L- 2)

Player	Team	Strikeouts
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	81
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	74
Alex Byom	Osseo Merchants	58
Curtis Dachel	Bloomer Woodticks	57
Joel Zachow	Eau Claire Bears	46

Player	Team	Saves
Jesse Urbanek	Eau Claire Rivermen	2
Ten pitchers tied with		1

Player	Team	Shutouts
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	3
Chevy Tollefson	Eau Claire Bears	2
Dylan Waters	Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	2
Joel Zachow	Eau Claire Bears	2

Player	Team	K’s/9 IP (min 18 IP’s)
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	13.32 (74 K/50 IP)
Alex Byom	Osseo Merchants	11.78 (58 K/44.1 IP)
Jesse Urbanek	Eau Claire Rivermen	11.17 (24 K/19.1 IP)
Lucas Costley	Eau Claire Cavaliers	9.71 (41 K/38 IP)
Joel Zachow	Eau Claire Bears	9.55 (46 K/43.1 IP)

Team	Earned Runs	Innings Pitched	Team ERA
Osseo Merchants	16	136	1.06
Tilden Tigers	30	131	2.06
Eau Claire Bears	39	139	2.53
Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	47	134.2	3.14
Eau Claire Cavaliers	52	127.2	3.67
Jim Falls Sturgeons	66	130	4.57
Eau Claire Rivermen	73	136.2	4.81
Bloomer Woodticks	81	134.1	5.43
Beef River Bullfrogs	89	126.2	6.32
Cadott Red Sox	118	120.1	8.83
League Totals	611	1,313.1	4.18