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1914 Top Player Selected In WL Saturday, October 24th , 1914 He may have less experience than most of his Western & Plains League peers, but that didn't slow Luke McDonald down at all in 1914. At the age of 20, the Calgary shortstop has been named the winner of the Western League Governor-General's Award (W&PL). He had a .318 batting average and a .398 on-base percentage this year. In 126 games he piled up 145 hits, 33 doubles, 2 triples, 14 home runs, 58 RBIs and 65 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 10 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Anthony Camus of the Medicine Hat Hellfire finished second in voting, while Mario Manzo of the Medicine Hat Hellfire finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Luke McDonald - Calgary Chargers - 10 - 140 Anthony Camus - Medicine Hat Hellfire - 0 - 85 Mario Manzo - Medicine Hat Hellfire - 0 - 74 Lidio Abreu - Vancouver Gas - 0 - 63 Raúl Villarreal - Kelowna Grizzlies - 0 - 62 Scanlon Leonard - Calgary Chargers - 0 - 32 Thomas Harry - Medicine Hat Hellfire - 0 - 31 Luis Salgado - Kelowna Grizzlies - 0 - 27 Romualdo Domínguez - Medicine Hat Hellfire - 0 - 24 Armando Salinas - Calgary Chargers - 0 - 24 Miguel Rodríguez - Medicine Hat Hellfire - 0 - 14 Pat Knight - Calgary Chargers - 0 - 12 Patrick Lambert - Kamloops Fur Traders - 0 - 1 Dermott McIntyre - Vancouver Gas - 0 - 1 |
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