Beach Bums Bring Back Frontier League MVP
Published on January 21, 2013 under Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - The Traverse City Beach Bums return a key cog in the offense as the 2012 Frontier League MVP, Jose Vargas will rejoin the team in 2013.
In 2012, Vargas became just the second player in Frontier League history to notch 100 RBI in a season joining Kalamazoo's Pete Pirman who accomplished the feat in 2005. The third baseman finished the season hitting .290 with 29 homers, 100 RBI, 18 doubles and six triples. The homerun tally was a Beach Bums single season record and placed him second in the Frontier League. Vargas' 410 at-bats led the FL and his 78 runs scored tied for third. Additionally, he tallied 119 hits on the year ranking his second in the circuit and his triples total was tied for fourth.
2012 was Vargas' second in a Traverse City uniform and built on a 2011 campaign where he hit .261 with 14 homers and drove in 66. In two seasons for the Beach Bums, Vargas has hit .276 with 43 homers and 163 RBI. The homer and RBI totals are second in team history to Chase Burch. He also tops the Traverse City record books with 11 triples and ranks third with 215 hits.
Possibly the most impressive feat that Vargas has presented in his two seasons in Northern Michigan has been his durability. He has played all 192 possible games in a Traverse City uniform, earning him the longest consecutive games streak in the Frontier League and the second longest in independent baseball behind only Jerod Edmondson, who has played in 386 straight Can-Am League games.
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The Traverse City Beach Bums are members of the 14 team Frontier League with teams in seven Midwest states. The Beach Bums 2013 home opener is Tuesday, May 21 versus the Evansville Otters.
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