1998 held at Gastonia, North Carolina
Champion – Lighthouse/Worth, Stone Mountain, Georgia
Runner Up – Sierra/TPS, Reno, Nevada
Carl Rose slammed a no-doubt-about-it grand slam home run after a walk to big Wendell Rickard with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Lighthouse/Worth to a 26-24 win over Sierra/TPS Sunday in the championship game. The tournament was played on a baseball park, with dimensions of 335-360-380-360-335. Sierra forced an extra game with a 20-12 win over Lighthouse that saw Hank Garris wallop four home runs. Darrell Beeler had two homers and Kerry Everett and Greg Cannedy each had 4-for-4 games. Rickard had four boomers for Lighthouse in the deciding game. Al Davis had three and he was the tournament’s leading hitter with an .810 average.
- MVP – Carl Rose, Lighthouse/ Worth (17-24, .708, 7 HR, 15 RBI)
- Defensive MVP – Larry Fredieu, Sierra/TPS
- Offensive MVP – Albert Davis, Lighthouse/Worth (17-21, .810, 7 HR, 14 RBI)
- HR Leader – Hank Garris, Sierra/TPS (26-34, .765, 22 RBI) – 12
- Batting Leader – Albert Davis, Lighthouse (17-21, .810 7 HR, 14 RBI)
ISA ALL WORLD TEAM
- Carl Rose, Lighthouse/Worth (17-24, .708, 7 HR, 15 RBI)
- Albert Davis, Lighthouse/Worth (17-21, .810, 7 HR, 14 RBI)
- Wendell Rickard, Lighthouse/Worth (16-24, .667, 9 HR, 19 RBI)
- Dennis Mendoza, Lighthouse/Worth (14-21, .667, 1 HR, 9 RBI)
- Robin Higginbotham, Lighthouse/Worth (11-21, .524, 2 HR, 4 RBI)
- Scott Striebel, Lighthouse/Worth (11-20, .550, 4 RBI)
- Hank Garris, Sierra/TPS (26-34, .765, 12 HR, 22 RBI)
- Larry Fredieu, Sierra/TPS (15-32, .469, 7 HR, 14 RBI)
- Darrell Beeler, Sierra/TPS (17-33, .515, 11 HR, 19 RBI)
- Paul Drilling, Sierra/TPS (12-23, .522, 10 RBI)
- Mark Creson, Sierra/TPS (18-29, .621, 1 HR, 10 RBI)
- Shane Dubose, Sunbelt/Dan Smith/Easton (12-16, .750, 2 RBI)
- Jeff Hall, Sunbelt/ Dan Smith/Easton (13-17, .765, 3 HR, 7 RBI)
- Johnny McCraw, Sunbelt Dan Smith/Easton (10-15, .667, 4 HR, 13 RBI)
- Jim Burbrink, Wessel/Hague/SoJern/TPS (8-11, .727, 2 RBI)
- Randy Vollmer, Wessel/Hague/SoJern/TPS (8-13, .615, 5 RBI)
OTHERS
Bob VanErem, Backstop/Easton (10-11, .909, 3 HR, 8 RBI)
Mike Shenk, Team TPS (5-6, .833, 2 HR, 2 RBI)
Dal Beggs, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (9-11, .818, 3 HR, 5 RBI)
Keith Brockman, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (9-11, .818, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
Jim Devine, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (10-13, .769, 3 HR, 10 RBI)
Lonnie Fox, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (8-11, .727, 1 RBI)
Jeff Wallace, Team TPS (5-7, .714, 3 HR, 6 RBI)
Todd Volkers, Sunbelt/Dan Smith (9-14, .643, 1 RBI)
Rod Hughes, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (8-13, .615, 4 HR, 6 RBI)
Kerry Everett, Sierra/TPS (19-31, .613, 4 HR, 12 RBI)
Greg Cannedy, Sierra/TPS (16-27, .593, 11 RBI)
Jason Kendrick, Sierra/TPS (17-29, .586, 2 HR, 12 RBI)
Dewayne Frizzell, Lighthouse/Worth (12-21, .571, 5 HR, 12 RBI)
Brett Helmer, Wessel/Hague/SoJern (9-16, .562, 3 HR, 6 RBI)
Ron Parnell, Sierra/TPS (16-29, .552, 3 HR, 11 RBI)
Randy Kortokrax, Steele’s/R&D/Reda (7-13, .538, 5 HR, 11 RBI)
Howie Krause, Wessel/Hague/SoJern (8-16, .500, 4 HR, 7 RBI)
Tom White, Wessel/Hague/SoJern (8-16, .500, 4 HR, 9 RBI)
Britt Hightower, Sunbelt/Dan Smith (8-17, .471, 4 HR, 11 RBI)
Scott Elliott, Lighthouse/Worth (6-22, .273, 2 HR, 7 RBI)
FINAL STANDINGS
1. Lighthouse/Worth, Stone Mountain, GA (5-1)
2. Sierra/TPS, Reno, NV (5-2)
3. Wessel/Hague/SoJern/TPS, Cincinnati, OH (2-2)
4. Sunbelt/Dan Smith/Easton, Centerville, GA (2-2)
5t. Steele’s/R&D/Reda, Brook Park, OH (1-2)
5t. Backstop/Easton, Aurora, IN (1-2)
7t. Team TPS, Louisville, KY (0-2)
7t. O&S/TPS, South St. Paul, MN (0-2)
