Some miscellaneous Bagwell/NPL facts, and then his year-by-year NPL line.....
- 14 years total played with the NPL
- 3 years owned by Al Cotton's organ-i-zation and 3 by John Stasko. Then, 2 with Dave and 2 by Bob Sproule. One of those in the Bob & Chris years, the other was Bob solo (Big Train)
- 4 different years he was on a NPL 1st place team
- 3 different years he was a NPL 1st round draft pick
- The 780 points scored in 1999 while a member of the 1st place Shoeless Joe's still stands as the 8th best hitting season in NPL history.
Year-by Year, with Bagwell's NPL team, it's finish in the league - Bagwell's NPL points and how that ranked among HITTERS, and the round he was drafted in to start the season.
1992 - Slamms (finished 6th). 443 pts. - ranked 24. Drafted in (No record of)
1993 - Mario's (finished 7th). 502 pts. - ranked 38. Drafted in (No record of)
1994 - John S. (finished 1st).. 585 pts. - ranked.#2. Drafted in 4th round * STRIKE YEAR
1995 - Tom V. (finished 1st).. 476 pts. - ranked 41. Drafted in 1st round ** STRIKE YEAR
1996 - B Harv. (finished 7th). 690 pts. - ranked #7. Drafted in 5th round
1997 - Slamms (finished 3rd). 706 pts - ranked #3. Drafted in 3rd round
1998 - John S.. (finished 8th). 655 pts. - ranked 18. Drafted in 2nd round
1999 - B & C .... (finished 1st). 780 pts. - ranked #1. Drafted in 3rd round
2000 - Dave ... (finished 1st). 763 pts. - ranked #2. Drafted in 1st round
2001 - Dave ... (finished 4th). 714 pts. - ranked #6. Drafted in 1st round
2002 - Slamms (finished 4th). 606 pts. - ranked 21. Drafted in 2nd round
2003 - John S. (finished 3rd). 631 pts. - ranked 15. Drafted in 5th round
2004 - Larry O (finished 9th). 569 pts. - not ranked - Drafted in 7th round
2005 - B Train. (finished 9th).. 78 pts. - not ranked - Drafted in 17th round
BAGWELL TRIVIA:
** He was the first MLB 1st baseman to have a "30-30" season. In 1997 he had 43 HR and 31 SB
** He shares the exact same birthday -- "05-27-68" with Frank Thomas, and in 1994 Bagwell was MVP of the N.L. and the Big Hurt was the A.L.'s MVP.
And his entire MLB stat line can be found here at his Baseball Almanac Stat Page
I guess I've done this since Bagwell is a Hall-of-Fame caliber player, and as mentioned, his career and the NPL's were in unison. But I don't foresee myself doing a Balco Barry Bonds tribute!!
