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Eichorn Wins Award for PCL Dominance Friday, September 26th , 1997 The Reliever of the Year Award goes to the Pacific Coast League reliever who put forward the strongest season. This season, that player was Jonathan Eichorn of the Tacoma Cubs, who was above all his peers in 1997. "I just feel like the ball was doing what I wanted it to this year and I was in command most nights out there," he said. "Some days you don't have your best stuff, but I didn't have too many of those days this year." On the season, Eichorn pitched 54.1 innings, with 29 strikeouts and an ERA of 1.49. He also had 28 saves in 44 relief appearances. He received 6 first place votes out of a possible 8. Steve Sinclair of the Salt Lake City Bees finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Eddie Guardado of the Eugene Emeralds finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Jonathan Eichorn - Tacoma Cubs - 6 - 36 Steve Sinclair - Salt Lake City Bees - 2 - 18 Eddie Guardado - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 16 Joe Nathan - Tucson Toros - 0 - 2 |
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