Chris Colabello Named International League Player of the Month
May 1, 2015 - International League (IL1) News Release
The International League announced today that Buffalo first baseman Chris Colabello has been named the League's Player of the Month for April. Along with winners from other leagues, Colabello will receive an award from Minor League Baseball in recognition of his performance last month.
Chris Colabello hit .338 over the first month of the 2015 season and led the International League with five home runs and 16 RBI. His Bisons are out in front of the IL North Division with a League-Âbest record of 14-Â7, with Colabello having appeared in all but one game so far. In addition to being among the League's top ten in batting average, Colabello is also near the top of the circuit with 42 total bases (T-Â2nd), a .592 slugging percentage (5th), 12 runs scored (T-Â8th), and a .427 on-Âbase percentage (9th). Colabello picked up his third career IL Batter of the Week award this past Monday after hitting .467 with 14 hits and 10 RBI during Buffalo's seven-Âgame road trip through Pawtucket and Lehigh Valley. This marks the second career IL Player of the Month award for Colabello, who was so honored in June 2013 as a member of the Rochester Red Wings. The most recent member of the Bisons to be named IL Player of the Month was third baseman Andy Marte in June 2006. 31-Âyear-Âold Chris Colabello is in his fourth season in affiliated baseball. He spent seven seasons playing independent baseball before signing with Minnesota in 2012. In 2013 with Rochester he was the International League Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year, and also made his big league debut with the Twins. Following the 2014 campaign he was selected off waivers by Toronto. Colabello is a native of Framingham, Massachusetts.
Last Season's Winners:
August 2014 -Â Jesus Aguilar, 1B (Columbus)
July 2014 -Â Andy Wilkins, 1B (Charlotte)
June 2014 -Â Jose Pirela, INF/OF (Scranton/WB)
May 2014 -Â Taylor Hill, RHP (Syracuse)
International League Stories from May 1, 2015
- Bulls Use Long Ball to Top PawSox, 5-1 - Pawtucket Red Sox
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- Bulls Use Long Ball to Top PawSox, 5-1 - Pawtucket Red Sox
- G-Braves Blast Mud Hens 15-1 - Gwinnett Stripers
- RailRiders Survive Knights' Late Surge - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- Martinson Nudges Chiefs Past Clippers - Syracuse Mets
- SWB Game Notes - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
- Bisons Notes - Louisville at Buffalo (6:05 p.m.) - Buffalo Bisons
- Durham Bulls Game Notes - Durham Bulls
- Blue Jays Option LHP Daniel Norris to Bisons, RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx to Start for Herd - Buffalo Bisons
- First-Ever Enforcement of Automatic Balls/Strikes at Tonight's Game - Indianapolis Indians
- LHV Game Notes - Lehigh Valley IronPigs
- Atlanta Braves Recall RHP Mike Foltynewicz from Gwinnett - Gwinnett Stripers
- Bisons' Chris Colabello Named IL Player-Of-The-Month - Buffalo Bisons
- Chris Colabello Named International League Player of the Month - IL1
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