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Madson Named E.L. Pitcher of the Year

Published on October 7, 2002 under Eastern League (EL1)
Reading Fightin Phils News Release


FirstEnergy Stadium - RHP Ryan Madson has been named the Eastern League JP Morgan Chase Pitcher of the Year for the 2002 season.

Madson led the Eastern League in wins (16-4) and was also among the league leaders in strikeouts (132-2nd), ERA (3.20-3rd), innings pitched (171.1-3rd), and complete games (2-5th).

Madson was also the starting pitcher for the National League All-Stars in the 2002 Double-A All-Star Game in Norwich, CT in addition to being named to the Eastern League Baseball Writers Association All-Star Team and the League's post-Season All-Star team.

Akron's Billy Traber, who ended the season in Cleveland, and teammate Brian Tallett finished second and third, respectively.

Madson's 2002 Statistics and Notes:

W-L ERA G GS CG IP H R ER HR HB BB SO WP OPP AVG
16- 4 3.20 26 26 2 171.1 150 68 61 11 12 53 132 5 .242

HT: 6-6... WT: 200... B-T: L-R... BORN: August 28, 1980, Long Beach, CA... RESIDES: Moreno Valley, CA... OBTAINED: Phillies 9th round pick in June, 1998 draft . . . 2002: Named JP Morgan Chase Eastern League Pitcher of the Year . . . Selected to Eastern League Post-Season All-Star Team (RHP) . . . Selected to Eastern League Baseball Writer's Association Post-Season All-Star Team . . . Names 14th best prospect in the E.L. by Baseball America . . . Reading's Opening Day Starter . . . Earned his first AA win 4/9 at Altoona: 7.0 IP, 7 H, R, ER, 2 BB, 3 S0 . . . Led Eastern League and all Phillies Minor Leaguers in wins with 16, the most by a Reading pitcher since Mark Davis had 19 in 1980 . . . Along with LHP Greg Kubes (13-7, 3.46 ERA), gave the R-Phils two pitchers in the top 5 in the Eastern League in wins since Mike Grace (13) and Blake Doolan (11) in 1995 . . .T-2nd in the Eastern League with teammate Greg Kubes with 171.1 IP . . . 2nd in the Eastern League in strikeouts (132) . . . Named Reading's Co-Pitcher of the Year along with Greg Kubes . . . Eastern League Pitcher of the Week 5/13-5/19: 2-0, 14.0 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 14 SO, 3 BB, 0.00 ERA . . . Won 5 straight starts 5/14-6/3: 33.1 IP, 28 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 2 HR, 11 BB, 33 SO, WP . . . Named Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May: 4-1, 39.2 IP, 33 H, 12 R, 14 ER, 5 HR, 12 BB, 40 SO, WP . . . Threw 2-hit CG 6/22 at Bowie: W, 9.0 IP, 2 H, R, ER, BB, 7 SO (one of 5 two-hitters thrown in the E.L.) . . . Earned his 10th win of the season 7/3 vs. Erie ; first Phillie with 10 wins before the all-star break since Robert Dodd in 1999 . . . Started for the National League in the Double-A All-Star Game 7/10 at Norwich (ND, 1.0 IP, R, ER, SO); first in-season all-star selection . . . Pitched at least five innings in all nine starts after the All-Star Break and seven innings in six of nine starts . . . Pitched at least 5.0 innings in 25 of 26 starts; shortest outing was 4.2 innings 4/20 vs. Akron . . . Went 10-1 with a 3.95 ERA (30 ER in 88.2 IP) in 13 starts on the road . . . Was 6-3 at home with a 3.38 ERA (31 ER in 82.2 IP) in 13 starts . . . Held opponents to a .242 batting average (150-619); righties: .232 (91-392); lefties .260 (59-227) . . . Batted .250 (4-16) with R, 2 2B, RBI . . . In 32 starts since August 1, 2001 has gone 19-6 with a 3.09 ERA (70 ERA in 203.2 IP) with 160 strikeouts and 65 walks.

R-Phils Manager Greg Legg finished third to Akron's Brad Komminsk (winner) and New Haven's Mark DeJohn (runner-up) for the Manager of the Year Award. In his sixth season as a Minor League manager and first at Double-A, Legg led the R-Phils to their fourth consecutive winning season (76-66), and a third place finish in the Southern Division.

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