Capps Medal

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The Capps Medal is the medal awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the South Australian Baseball League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. It is regarded as the most prestigious award for individual players in the league.

The 2007/08 winner was Michael Ewart from the Kensington Baseball Club, polling 30 votes.

[edit] Voting Process

Under the current process, at the conclusion of each game the chief umpire awards 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.

On the awards night, the votes over the home and away (regular) season are tallied and the eligible player or players with the highest number of votes is awarded the medal.

[edit] Recipients

The first recipient of the Capps Medal was Charlie Puckett in 1936.

12 recipients have since won the Capps Medal on more than one occasion with Don Rice and Greg Elkson winning the Capps Medal 5 times.

Previous winners of the Capps Medal are listed below.

(Source - South Australian Baseball League)

^ Deceased

(Imp) - Non National (Import)