DIBS awards Maggs, Verlander, Grandy
posted in 2007-08 offseason |As I continue to (poorly) fight a mean cold that is whooping my butt, I’ll just paste the Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes press release.
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The Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes
Established 2005
Press Release
Nov. 29, 2007
For immediate release
ORDONEZ NAMED TIGERS PLAYER OF YEAR
Verlander top pitcher, Granderson breakout player
DETROIT — The Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes are proud to
announce the results of the 2007 DIBS Awards balloting.
DIBS (Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes) is a collection of
independent Web sites that cover the Detroit Tigers. Formed by Brian
Borawski, Bill Ferris and Ryan Sosin in 2005 with the idea of uniting
a community of fans and writers, DIBS is focused on improving and
promoting the quality sports coverage taking place on the internet.
Magglio Ordonez was selected by 14 of 16 DIBS voters as the player of
the year. The Tigers’ right fielder finished second in Most Valuable
Player balloting by baseball writers this season. His .434
on-base-percentage coupled with a .595 slugging (1.029 OPS) made
Ordonez a force at the plate all season. He hit 28 home runs and 54
doubles to go with 139 RBI. Curtis Granderson received the remaining
two first-place votes. His 20 stolen bases, 20 doubles, 20 triples, 20
home runs season put him in rare air, allowing him to join just Willie
Mays and Frank “Wildfire” Schulte at the time. A left-handed center
fielder, Granderson got on base a .361 rate and slugged .552 (.913
OPS). Placido Polanco, who completed an errorless season at second
base, placed third overall with two second-place votes an 11 third.
Right-handed starter Justin Verlander was the unanimous selection for
Tigers pitcher of the year. His no-hitter pitched against Milwaukee
June 12 is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the Tigers season, but
he was consistent throughout the year and finished 18-6 with an ERA of
3.66 and 1.23 WHIP. He struck out 183 and walked 67 in 201-2/3 innings
pitched. Closer Todd Jones finished runner-up with 10 second-place and
one third-place votes. He made 38 saves in 44 chances (86.4 percent
success) and had a 4.26 ERA and 1.42 WHIP. Left-handed middle reliever
Bobby Seay placed third overall with two second-place and eight
third-place votes. He had a 2.33 ERA and 1.14 WHIP. He struck out 38
and walked 15 in 46-1/3 innings pitched.
Granderson was also named breakout player of the year with nine of 16
first-place votes. Utilityman Ryan Raburn, called up from Triple-A
Toledo in July, finished second in balloting with four first-place,
four second-place and four third-place votes. He got on base at a .304
rate and slugged .507 (.847 OPS) while playing in 49 games. He had
four home runs, 12 doubles, two triples and 27 RBI. Pitcher Jair
Jurrjens, now a member of the Atlanta Braves organization after being
included in a trade for shortstop Edgar Renteria, finished third in
voting with one first-place vote, five second-place votes and five
third-place votes. Jurrjens started seven games for the Tigers. His
ERA was 4.70 to go with a 1.14 WHIP. He struck out 13 and walked 11 in
30-2/3 innings pitched. Receiving his first start Aug. 15, Jurrjens
pitched a span of games from Aug. 21 to Sept. 16 where he gave up just
one run per game.
The blogs that voted included:
Roar of the Tigers
Mack Avenue Tigers
Out of Bounds/Johnny Grubb
Wayne Fontes Experience
Daily Fungo
Detroit Tiger Tales
Bless You Boys
Motown Sports Revival
Leelanau Sports Guy
The Fanhouse
D Town Baseball
Take 75 North
Grandy Report
From the Copa
Detroit Tigers Weblog
Tigerblog
