The Herts Falcons can officially confirm the signing of Maikel Azcuy from national champions Essex Arrows.
Azcuy joins the Falcons after winning four straight national titles, a feat achieved by only 16 other players, with the latest coming this year with the Arrows. Azcuy’s three other titles came with the Harlow Nationals.
A full list of all the four-time winners can be viewed here.
From the 2014 Herts Falcons roster, only Darrin Ward and John Blose have worn the Great Britain Senior National Team uniform in the past, but Azcuy is the first Herts Falcons player in the club’s history who is a current GB Senior Team player. He has been a key member of the GB squad in the last 3 years playing in the 2012 and 2014 European Championship campaigns. In this year’s European Championships in Germany and the Czech Republic, Maikel Azcuy had an impressive .370 batting average.
The Falcons have come up against Azcuy on many occasions over the years, but in 2015 he will be wearing Herts uniform (photo by Richard Lee richardleephotography.org)
Herts Baseball Club is delighted to add such a gifted player to its roster, both on offense and defense. Maikel has won five home run titles in 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. He has a career average of .421 in 9 seasons in the National Baseball League.
Azcuy currently has 33 career NBL home runs and, in 2015, will chase down the all-time record, currently held by Simon Pole with 35.
MAIKEL AZCUY NBL CAREER STATISTICS
|
TEAM |
SEASON |
PA |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
HBP |
SO |
SB |
BA |
OBA |
SLA |
|
Essex Arrows |
2014 |
74 |
68 |
24 |
28 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
30 |
5 |
0 |
13 |
7 |
0.412 |
0.446 |
0.750 |
|
Harlow Nationals |
2013 |
66 |
54 |
18 |
19 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0.352 |
0.470 |
0.648 |
|
Harlow Nationals |
2012 |
89 |
76 |
15 |
32 |
8 |
0 |
4 |
26 |
8 |
3 |
12 |
9 |
0.421 |
0.478 |
0.684 |
|
Southern Nationals |
2011 |
84 |
71 |
25 |
30 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
23 |
9 |
2 |
17 |
11 |
0.423 |
0.494 |
0.690 |
|
Croydon Pirates |
2010 |
96 |
85 |
19 |
36 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
31 |
9 |
1 |
18 |
3 |
0.424 |
0.479 |
0.741 |
|
Croydon Pirates |
2009 |
44 |
39 |
15 |
12 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
0.308 |
0.386 |
0.590 |
|
Croydon Pirates |
2008 |
37 |
34 |
8 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
0.471 |
0.514 |
0.912 |
|
Croydon Pirates |
2007 |
71 |
58 |
33 |
31 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
31 |
11 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0.534 |
0.592 |
0.897 |
|
Croydon Pirates |
2006 |
25 |
23 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
0.435 |
0.480 |
0.826 |
|
TOTALS |
586 |
508 |
166 |
214 |
38 |
12 |
33 |
173 |
59 |
11 |
94 |
54 |
0.421 |
0.485 |
0.738 |
Source: Project COBB
On the defensive side, the Falcons welcome the reigning Best Third Baseman in the NBL, an award equivalent to Major League Baseball’s Gold Glove Award. Azcuy also won the same award in 2010 with the Croydon Pirates.
Herts Falcons fans will be able to see Azcuy for the first time when he joins the team for spring training in 2015.
By Daniel Levitt @DanielLevitt32
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