CRBL Season Wrap-Up

Final 2021 CRBL Standings

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2021 Noteworthy Performances & Milestones

Hitting

• There were ten .400+ hitters this year in league play.
• In his 20th season, the Eau Claire Bears’ Todd Lasher had 12 hits, 3 doubles and notched 15 total bases, moving into 3rd place all time in total bases (733), 6th place all-time in doubles (82), and 7th place all-time in hits (430).
• Nathan Kent, the unanimous All-CRBL 2nd baseman of the Eau Claire Bears, led the circuit in hitting with a robust .558 average (29/52) as well as in steals with 13 swipes. The last person to lead the CRBL in both those categories in the same season was current league officer and Eau Claire Rivemen Chad Zutter. “Zut” accomplished the feat back in 2001 when he was with the Hallie Eagles, hitting .467 (21/45) with 10 stolen bases.
• In his 29th season, Eau Claire Rivermen’s Andy Niese became the CRBL’s all-time leader in games played with 522, breaking the previous record of 506 held by Jim Falls legend Keith Pitsch.
• Niese made his 21st CRBL All-Star game appearance, breaking the all-time mark of 20 All-Star games, held by Bloomer legend and CRBL Hall of Famer Scott Stuckert.
• Niese also became the first player to cross the 600-hit barrier. With 16 hits this year, the CRBL’s all-time hit leader now has 607 for his career.
• The league wide batting average dropped from .311 in 2019 to .285 in 2021, a decrease of 8.4%.

Pitching

• Osseo’s Luke Eide became the first pitcher since 2002 to capture the pitching triple crown, leading the CRBL in wins (10), strikeouts (99) and ERA (0.95).
• Eide’s strikeout total is the highest since 2012 when Jim Falls’ Cody Bunkelman struck out 107 CRBL batters.
• Luke’s 10 wins are the most since Tyler Gray had 10 victories while pitching for the Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks in 2010.
• The last pitcher to win the pitching triple crown was CRBL Hall of Famer Kurt Stellplug, accomplishing his trifecta (7 wins, 81 K’s, 1.36 ERA) in 2002 while also pitching for the Osseo Merchants.
• Eide also twirled one of this season’s two no-hitters, a 5-inning blitz of Cadott in a 13-0 victory on June 13th. It was the CRBL’s 65th no-hitter in history.
• Luke’s Osseo teammate, lefty Logan Boettcher went 4 and 0 off the mound, strengthening his grip as the CRBL’s all-time winningest pitcher with an .860 win clip thanks to a sterling career record of 37 and 6.
• Levi Schaller of the Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks threw the CRBL’s lone-no hitter this year, doing so in a 1-0 gem vs. the Tilden Tigers on April 28th. It was the 64 no-hitter in CRBL history.
• In his 14th CRBL season, Bloomer’s Curtis Dachel led the league with 85.2 innings pitched. Dachel’s herculean total vaulted him in to 11th place all-time in that category with 732. The leader is iron man and CRBL Hall of Famer Russ Nelson with an incredible 1,720.1 innings pitched in CRBL play over his 35 year career.
• With a 4 and 3 record off the mound in 2021, Eau Claire Bears’ player/manager Chevy Tollefson now has 56 wins in his CRBL career, good for 11th place all-time at the completion of his 13th league season.
• The Eau Claire Rivermen’s Tyler Gray continues to ascend the CRBL’s all-time pitching rankings. With 2021 marking his 16th CRBL season.
• Hurling 63.2 innings in 2021, “Tgray” now ranks 3rd all-time in innings pitched with 995.1.
• Notching 1 shutout, Gray also ranks 3rd all-time with 14 shutouts. The leader is Chippewa Falls great and CRBL Hall of Famer Jim Hoepner with 19.
• With his 4 wins in 2021, Gray moves in 3rd place in that category as well with 86 career victories. The all-time leader is the aforementioned Jim Hoepner with 109 W’s.
• The league wide earned run average dropped from 5.13 in 2019 to 5.00 in 2021, a decrease of 2.5%.

Managerial

• With 2021 marking his 17th season serving as a player/manager, the Eau Claire Rivermen’s skipper Andy Niese now ranks on the following all-time charts.
• 2nd all-time in seasons managed – the leader is Scott Stuckert with 27 seasons
• 2nd all-time in managerial wins with 180. The all-time leader is also Scott Stuckert with 186 victories.

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Hitting Statistical Leaders

Player	Team	Hits	At-Bats	Avg. (minimum 40 at-bats)
Nathan Kent	Eau Claire Bears	29	52	.558
Mitch Voller	Eau Claire Cavaliers	25	53	.475
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	20	43	.465
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	29	68	.426
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa LumberJacks	23	54	.425
Nate Hayes	Chippewa LumberJacks	24	57	.421
Nolan Matson	Osseo Merchants	29	68	.413
Anthony Pogodzinski	Eau Claire Cavaliers	21	51	.412
Blake Johnson	Eau Claire Bears	22	54	.407
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	24	59	.406

Player	Team	At-Bats
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	68
Sawyer Sturz	Eau Claire Rivermen	68
Cole Zwiefelhofer	Tilden Tigers	68
Trent Vodrasek	Whitehall Wolves	67
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Wolves	63

Player	Team	Hits
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	29
Nathan Kent	Eau Claire Bears	29
Nolan Matson	Osseo Merchants	26
Nate Hayes	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	24
Corey Poirier	Bloomer Woodticks	24
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	24
Cole Zwiefelhofer	Tilden Tigers	24

Player	Team	Doubles
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	9
Matt Martineau	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	7
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	7
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	6
Nolan Matson	Osseo Merchants	6
Storm Standiford	Osseo Merchants	6

Player	Team	Triples
Josh Halling	Eau Claire Bears	3
Tanner Halverson	Eau Claire Cavaliers	3
Lucas Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	3
Jesse Brockman	Osseo Merchants	2
James Davis	Eau Claire Rivermen	2

Player	Team	Homeruns
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	3
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Wolves	3
	Seven players tied with	2

Player	Team	RBI’s
Nolan Baier	Tilden Tigers	30
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	29
Cole Zwiefelhofer	Tilden Tigers	24
Mitch Voller	Eau Claire Cavaliers	18
Anthony Pogodzinski	Eau Claire Cavaliers	17

Player	Team	Runs Scored
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	32
Alex Ruf	Tilden Tigers	25
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	20
Nolan Matson	Osseo Merchants	20
Mitch Voller	Eau Claire Cavaliers	18
Nathan Kent	Eau Claire Bears	18

Player	Team	Stolen Bases
Nathan Kent	Eau Claire Bears	13
Dawson Mathwig	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	9
Jimmy Schemenuer	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	9
Jaxon Vance	Eau Claire Cavaliers	9
Kole Lekvin	Eau Claire Cavaliers	8
Connor Stoik	Bloomer Woodticks	8
Mitch Voller	Eau Claire Cavaliers	8

Player	Team	Walks
Jon Schoch	Tilden Tigers	19
Jordan Steinmetz	Tilden Tigers	18
Ryan Freitag	Osseo Merchants	16
Jesse Brockman	Osseo Merchants	14
Nolan Hutzler	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	14
Nate Pronschinske	Whitehall Wolves	14

Team	Hits	At-Bats	Team Avg.
Eau Claire Bears	163	580	.340
Tilden Tigers	182	543	.335
Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	168	520	.323
Eau Claire Cavaliers	176	561	.314
Osseo Merchants	176	569	.309
Eau Claire Rivermen	151	539	.280
Whitehall Wolves	124	460	.270
Bloomer Woodticks	139	516	.269
Beef River Bullfrogs	133	523	.254
Cadott Red Sox	126	508	.248
Jim Falls Sturgeons	129	537	.240

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Pitching Statistical Leaders

Player	Team	ER	IP	ERA (Minimum 20 IP)
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	7	66.1	0.95
Logan Boettcher	Osseo Merchants	3	22	1.27
Levi Schaller	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	9	43.1	1.87
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	10	46	1.96
PJ LeQuia	Tilden Tigers	9	34	2.38
Carter Hesselman	Eau Claire Cavaliers	8	27.2	2.60
Zack Thiesse	Eau Claire Bears	14	42	3.00
Carl Krumenauer	Tilden Tigers	7	21	3.00
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Woilves	15	39	3.46
Chevy Tollefson	Eau Claire Bears	16	41	3.51

Player	Team	IP
Curtis Dachel	Bloomer Woodticks	85.2
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	66.1
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	63.2
James Davis	Eau Claire Rivermen	52.2
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	46

Player	Team	W
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	10
Curtis Dachel	Bloomer Woodticks	9
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Wolves	6
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	6
Levi Schaller	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	5
Zack Thiesse	Eau Claire Bears	5

Player	Team	Win % (Minimum 5 decisions)
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	.909 (10-1)
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	.857 (6-1)
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Wolves	.750 (6-2)
Levi Schaller	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	.714 (5-2)
Zack Thiesse	Eau Claire Bears	.714 (5-2)

Player	Team	Strikeouts
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	99
Levi Schaller	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	83
Curtis Dachel	Bloomer Woodticks	78
Tyler Gray	Eau Claire Rivermen	66
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	59

Player	Team	Saves
Chase Bredl	Eau Claire Cavaliers	2
Todd Lasher	Eau Claire Bears	2
Ryan Krumenauer	Jim Falls Sturgeons	2
Joel Zachow	Eau Claire Bears	2

Player	Team	Shutouts
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	4
Paul Petit	Eau Claire Cavaliers	4

Player	Team	K’s/9 IP (Minimum 20 innings pitched)
Blake Thiesse	Eau Claire Bears	18.15 (41K / 20.1 IP)
Levi Schaller	Chippewa Falls LumberJacks	17.24 (83 K / 43.1 IP)
Luke Eide	Osseo Merchants	13.43 (99 K / 66.1 IP)
Logan Boettcher	Osseo Merchants	12.27 (30 K / 22 IP)
Scott Hovell	Whitehall Wolves	12.23 (53 K / 39 IP)

Beef River Bullfrogs Team	Earned Runs	Innings Pitched	Team ERA
Osseo Merchants	30	139.2	1.93
Eau Claire Cavaliers	37	141.1	2.36
Tilden Tigers	37	124	2.69
Chippewa Falls Lumberjacks	51	125.1	3.66
Eau Claire Bears	59	135.1	3.92
Whitehall Wolves	73	129.2	5.07
Eau Claire Rivermen	83	138	5.41
Bloomer Woodticks	88	135.1	5.85
Jim Falls Sturgeons	102	131.2	6.97
Cadott Red Sox	114	121.1	8.46
Beef River Bullfrogs	118	125.1	8.47