Capps Medal

The Capps Medal is the medal awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the South Australian Baseball League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. It is regarded as the most prestigious award for individual players in the league.

The 2007/08 winner was Michael Ewart from the Kensington Baseball Club, polling 30 votes.

Voting Process

Under the current process, at the conclusion of each game the chief umpire awards 3 votes, 2 votes and 1 vote to the players they regard as the best, second best and third best in the match respectively.

On the awards night, the votes over the home and away (regular) season are tallied and the eligible player or players with the highest number of votes is awarded the medal.

Recipients

The first recipient of the Capps Medal was Charlie Puckett in 1936.

12 recipients have since won the Capps Medal on more than one occasion with Don Rice and Greg Elkson winning the Capps Medal 5 times.

Previous winners of the Capps Medal are listed below.

(Source - South Australian Baseball League)
* 1936 - Charlie Puckett ^ (Prospect)
* 1937 - Clem Scott ^ (Goodwood)
* 1938 - Geoff Noblett ^ (Glenelg)
* 1939 - Phil Brideoake ^ (West Torrens)
* 1940 - "Fred" Catt ^ (Sturt)
* 1941 - Garth Burton ^ (Kensington)
* 1942 - No Award (War)
* 1943 - No Award (War)
* 1944 - No Award (War)
* 1945 - No Award (War)
* 1946 - Jim Puckett ^ (Prospect)
* 1947 - Phil Brideoake ^ (West Torrens)
* 1948 - Phil Brideoake ^ (West Torrens)
* 1949 - Ian Leahy ^ (Prospect)
* 1950 - Barrie Wiles ^ (Adelaide)
* 1951 - Bill Fuller (Kensington)
* 1952 - Doug Othams (University)
* 1953 - Colin Watts (Glenelg)
* 1954 - Des Vaughton ^ (Adelaide)
* 1955 - Phil Brideoake ^ (West Torrens)
* 1956 - Doug Othams (University)
* 1957 - Peter Box (Goodwood)
* 1958 - Peter Box (Goodwood)
* 1959 - Jim Tamlin (West Torrens)
* 1960 - Jim Cocks (Sturt)
* 1961 - Don Rice (Glenelg)
* 1962 - Don Rice (Glenelg)
* 1963 - Don Rice (Glenelg)
* 1964 - Ian Glover (Kensington)
* 1965 - Neil Davey (Port Adelaide)
* 1966 - Kevin Greatrex (Port Adelaide)
* 1967 - Don Rice (Glenelg)
* 1968 - Don Rice (Glenelg) and David Hutton (Sturt)
* 1968/69 - Ron Chandler (Adelaide)
* 1969/70 - David McLeod (Goodwood)
* 1970/71 - Kevin Greatrex (Port Adelaide)
* 1971/72 - David Mundy (Port Adelaide)
* 1972/73 - Kevin Greatrex (Port Adelaide)
* 1973/74 - Neil Page (Goodwood) and Les Behrendts (Woodville)
* 1974/75 - Colin Alexander (Glenelg)
* 1975/76 - Kevin Greatrex (Port Adelaide)
* 1976/77 - Don Master (Northern Districts)
* 1977/78 - Mark Peters (Woodville)
* 1978/89 - Greg Elkson (Glenelg)
* 1979/80 - John Galloway (Woodville)
* 1980/81 - Gary Challen ^ (Henley and Grange)
* 1981/82 - Phil Alexander (Glenelg)
* 1982/83 - Greg Elkson (Glenelg)
* 1983/84 - Greg Elkson (Glenelg)
* 1984/85 - Jeff Fiechtner (Imp) (Kensington) (Tim Halgren (Imp) (Southern Districts) equal votes but ineligible)
* 1985/86 - Jeff Fiechtner (Imp) (Kensington)
* 1986/87 - Tony Harris (Woodville)
* 1987/88 - Greg Elkson (Glenelg) and Brian Farley (Imp) (Central Districts)
* 1988/89 - Brian Farley (Imp) (Central Districts) and Barry Lunnon (Sturt)
* 1989/90 - Greg Elkson (Glenelg)
* 1990/91 - Brian Cakebread (Port Adelaide)
* 1991/92 - Barry Lunnon (Sturt)
* 1992/93 - Barry Lunnon (Sturt)
* 1993/94 - Phil Burgess (West Torrens)
* 1994/95 - Russell Dart (Henley and Grange)
* 1995/96 - Ian Reval (Glenelg)
* 1996/97 - Mark Born (Port Adelaide)
* 1997/98 - Scott Marshal (Port Adelaide)
* 1998/99 - Scott Marshal (Port Adelaide)
* 1999/00 - Craig Watts (Sturt)
* 2000/01 - John Challinor (Goodwood)
* 2001/02 - Ryan Simunsen (Adelaide)
* 2002/03 - Darren Fidge (Goodwood)
* 2003/04 - Darren Fidge (Goodwood)
* 2004/05 - John Challinor (Goodwood)
* 2005/06 - Darren Fidge (Goodwood)
* 2006/07 - Andrew Scott (West Torrens)
* 2007/08 - Michael Ewart (Kensington)

^ Deceased

(Imp) - Non National (Import)