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 | Washington's Lorang Wins FA Whitney Award Monday, October 21st , 1963 He may have less experience than most of his Federally Aligned Baseball Leagues peers, but that didn't slow Tom Lorang down at all in 1963. At the age of 22, the Washington second baseman has been named the winner of the Federal Association Whitney Award. He had a .378 batting average and a .461 on-base percentage this year. In 161 games he piled up 242 hits, 35 doubles, 17 triples, 35 home runs, 128 RBIs and 147 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 16 first place votes out of a possible 20. Bob Bell of the St. Louis Pioneers finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while Harry Dellinger of the Philadelphia Keystones finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Tom Lorang - Washington Eagles - 16 - 265 Bob Bell - St. Louis Pioneers - 4 - 196 Harry Dellinger - Philadelphia Keystones - 0 - 165 Danny Davis - St. Louis Pioneers - 0 - 152 Ray Waggoner - Detroit Dynamos - 0 - 126 George Whaley - Washington Eagles - 0 - 92 Howdy Oakes - Washington Eagles - 0 - 47 Dixie Turner - Pittsburgh Miners - 0 - 46 Joe Holland - Detroit Dynamos - 0 - 40 Dick Christian - Philadelphia Keystones - 0 - 19 Steve Schultz - St. Louis Pioneers - 0 - 18 Buddy Miller - Philadelphia Keystones - 0 - 12 Joe Reed - Detroit Dynamos - 0 - 10 Bob Starr - Chicago Chiefs - 0 - 8 Ed MacNaughton - Detroit Dynamos - 0 - 4 Bill Tutwiler - St. Louis Pioneers - 0 - 1 |   |
