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1997 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #1
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| JOYNER,Wally | HWE AL | .526 | .895 | 5 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| KILE,Darryl | DET AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GRIFFEY,Ken Jr. | SLS NL | .400 | 1.000 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SCHMIDT,Jason | STO NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 OPENING DAY
Mid-West Winter League Opening Day, (The 28th, in Mid-West Winter League History).
Flossmoor is once again the favorite in the ALE, no one should come close in this division.
Chicago, Detroit & Harper Woods will battle it out for the ALC.
California should win the ALW, but Castle Rock will give them some trouble along the way.
A showdown between any of the above-mentioned teams will battle for the American League Championship.
Steel City, Manhattan & Hampton should battle it out for the NLE.
Sugar Land, Michigan & Valdosta will beat each other up in the NLC.
Long Beach, Winnipeg & Blarney Drive will battle for the NLW.
Any one of the aforementioned teams can walk away with the National League Championship.
It’s going to be a great season in the Mid-West Winter League & it all starts NOW!
The predictions are in, the first pitch has been thrown, and the 28th, Mid-West Winter League Season is now underway!
TODD HELTON GOES #1 TO HARPER WOODS EXPOS
The Harper Woods Expos selected Todd Helton with the #1 Pick in the 1997 Mid-West Winter League Draft. Miguel Tejada & David Ortiz followed up at numbers 2 & 3.
Todd Helton could spend the next 17 years annihilating Mid-West Winter League pitching. “He was so impressive,” said Harper Woods Expos General Manager Jamie Campbell, “I mean he’s no Mike McKibbon or Kevin Manquen, but he’s going to be an Expo for a long time” Helton can use all fields, with power, was kind of a throwback hitter were looking for here on the Expos.
Helton who is no slouch on defense will anchor the first base job for the Expos for quite some time. Veteran Wally Joyner will have the job of teaching the up & coming first baseman all the tricks around the bag will undoubtedly relinquish his job soon. “I’ll hand off my sack to Helton in hopes that he can play with it like I did”. said Joyner.
Helton was quoted as saying “I look forward to being an Expo for quite some time, hopefully, General Manager Campbell doesn’t screw this up”.
1996 WORLD SERIES
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1997 DRAFT LOTTERY
The 1997 MWWL Draft Lottery will take place on June 28th, 2020 at 9:00 PM ET.
Fourteen Franchises listed below will have a chance at the #1 Pick in the 1997 MWWL Draft to be held on September 20th, 2020 at 8:00 PM ET
The Commissioner’s Office will send out a Zoom link around 8:45 PM on Sunday night 06/28/2020 if you would like to watch the event live. We will also for the first time ever be using a Zoom Meeting to have as many people viewing the event & chatting as we can.
| FRANCHISE | BALLS |
| Hollywood Vampires | 14 |
| Long Beach Titans | 13 |
| Stockton Wings | 12 |
| Portland Mavericks | 11 |
| New Hampshire Nighthawks | 10 |
| Blarney Drive Bandits | 9 |
| DeWitt Tigers | 8 |
| Sugar Land Skeeters | 7 |
| Castle Rock Hounds | 6 |
| Manhattan Gas Hornets | 5 |
| Harper Woods Expos | 4 |
| Hampton Huskies | 3 |
| Cincinnati Outlaws | 2 |
| Chicago Demolition | 1 |