{"id":21121,"date":"2024-08-10T12:14:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=21121"},"modified":"2024-08-10T12:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T16:44:21","slug":"ryan-kraft-award-as-the-northwoods-league-pitcher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/ryan-kraft-award-as-the-northwoods-league-pitcher-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Kraft Named as the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kalamazoo, Mich. \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0On Saturday, Aug. 10, Growlers left-handed pitcher Ryan Kraft was named the Northwoods League Pitcher of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><b>The junior from Indiana, Kraft is the second Kalamazoo Growler in franchise history to win the award, joining 2014 Notre Dame right-hander Ryan Smoyer.<\/b> Behind seven quality starts in nine performances, Kraft holds a 1.44 ERA, the second lowest\u00a0in the league among pitchers with 30 or more innings. Kraft has thrown a league fourth-most 56.1 innings while having walked just 10 batters all year. His 0.91 WHIP is also the second-lowest of any pitcher in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Kraft will end the year as the Northwoods League leader in strikeouts after punching out a Growlers franchise single-season record 81. With six wins, Kraft ends the regular season tied for fourth in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his nine appearances, Kraft struck out nine or more batters in five separate appearances, the most by a single Growler in franchise history. On June 19, Kraft struck out a Growlers franchise-record 14 across just six innings against the Kenosha Kingfish. Facing 21 batters, Kraft struck out the side three separate times propelling the Growlers to a team-record 20 total strikeouts in 1-0 win in game one of the doubleheader. Kraft was later named the NWL Pitcher of the Night.<\/p>\n<p>Kraft was named as the best pitcher of the day three separate times, tying Growlers teammate Liam O&#8217;Brien for the most of anyone in the league and tying Eamon Horwedel for the most in a single season in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>As the Growlers head to the postseason, the anchor of its staff Ryan Kraft will be ready for the #RoadtotheShip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 26 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, 360 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (STL) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner, and two-time All-MLB first-team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). League games are viewable live on Northwoods League+ (at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watch.northwoodsleague.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/watch.northwoodsleague.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723349144023000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0DoXolpks-UoCPziZjuJvE\">watch.northwoodsleague.com<\/a>), ESPN+, and the Northwoods League Network.\u00a0 Learn more and find complete streaming schedules at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/watchnwl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/watchnwl.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723349144023000&amp;usg=AOvVaw35H6yWsO4RMdNM15XiQbQW\">watchnwl.com<\/a>.\u00a0For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenbayrockers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.greenbayrockers.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1723349144023000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mOQ7xpgTTt2ReyNwMZkWY\">www.growlersbaseball.com<\/a>\u00a0or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Rockers as your favorite team.<\/i><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kalamazoo, Mich. \u2013\u00a0On Saturday, Aug. 10, Growlers left-handed pitcher Ryan Kraft was named the Northwoods League Pitcher  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":21122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-player-news","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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