April Eastern League Player of the Month Named
Published on May 5, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1) News Release
Portland, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce that Erie SeaWolves outfielder Maxwell Leon has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Month for the month of April, edging out Portland third baseman Jorge Jimenez for the award. Leon kicked off his 2009 campaign with an outstanding start, batting .356 (59-for-21) with four doubles, three triples, four home runs, 19 RBI, 10 runs scored, five walks, three stolen bases, a .415 on-base percentage and a .729 slugging percentage in 16 games during the month of April. The 24-year old had at least one hit in all but two of the games he played in during the month, including five multiple hit games, and also reached base at least one time in each of the 16 games he played in during the month of April. The Mexico City, Mexico native is currently among the league leaders in nearly every offensive category, including slugging percentage (.730-1st), OPS (1.159-1st), RBI (20-tied 1st), triples (3-tied 1st), batting average (.365-2nd), total bases (46-3rd), extra-base hits (12-tied 3rd), home runs (4-tied 5th) and on-base percentage (.429-6th). This is not the first award that the 5'11", 190 lb. slugger has received this season, as he was also named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending April 26th.
Leon has continued his hot hitting into the month of May and is currently batting .365 for the SeaWolves. He has reached base in all 17 games he has started for the SeaWolves this season, which currently ranks as the third longest streak in the Eastern League this season. The switch hitter also had a nine-game hitting streak for the SeaWolves from April 15th-24th during which he batted .405 with three home runs, 12 RBI and eight runs scored.
Maxwell, who hit .313 with five doubles, 24 runs scored, 17 RBI and eight stolen bases in 44 games with the SeaWolves last season, was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 50th round of the 2004 draft out of South Mountain Community College in Arizona.
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