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Wings Over Broadway Southern Arizona baseball stats leaders

By Javier Morales

Posted on April 18, 2022

*Nogales senior right-hander Saul Soto is one of the Southern Arizona’s best in pitching wins, ERA and strikeouts (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)*

Statistics listed are from MaxPreps, which compiles stats that are provided by coaches and statisticians of high schools:

Southern Arizona Batting Average Leaders

Southern Arizona baseball batting leaders as of April 17. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Pos	BA	H	2B	3B	HR
Caden Esquerra	Sr.	Desert Christian	3B/SS	.633	31	10	3	3
Jesse Buendia	Sr.	Baboquivari	UTIL	.609	14	2	0	1
David Corella	Sr.	Bisbee	UTIL	.588	10	1	2	0
Noah Pedrego	Jr.	Palo Verde	SS/P	.542	13	1	0	1
Tanner Decker	Jr.	San Manuel	UTIL	.535	23	4	2	0
DJ Elias	Sr.	Tombstone	P/C	.531	34	7	3	1
James Linzmeyer	Sr.	Cienega	P/CF	.529	27	3	4	2
Xavier Montiel	Sr.	Bisbee	OF	.527	29	5	0	0
Jaxxon Alvarez	So.	Bisbee	3B/SS	.526	30	5	3	3
Francisco Rivero	Jr.	CDO	C	.517	31	10	2	3

Southern Arizona Home Run Leaders

Southern Arizona baseball home run leaders as of April 17. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Pos	HR
Cristobal Lorta	Sr.	Desert View	3B/P	6
Orlando Pinedo	Jr.	Desert View	UTIL	6
Vaughn Sexton	Jr.	Walden Grove	OF	4
Jaxxon Alvarez	So.	Bisbee	UTIL	3
Caden Esquerra	Sr.	Desert Christian	SS/P	3
Juan Hernandez	Sr.	Tucson	OF/P	3
Erik Koehler	Sr.	Tombstone	1B/3B	3
Anthony Montez	Sr.	Cienega	OF/SS	3
Izaiah Moraga	Sr.	Salpointe	P/3B	3
Francisco Rivero	Jr.	CDO	C	3
Landon Walker	Jr.	Tanque Verde	SS/P	3

Southern Arizona RBI Leaders

Southern Arizona baseball RBI leaders as of April 17. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Pos	RBI
Bryceton Meyer	Sr.	Bisbee	P/CF	33
Orlando Pinedo	Jr.	Desert View	UTIL	33
Nathan Whitworth	Sr.	Buena	C/2B	31
Erik Koehler	Sr.	Tombstone	C/3B	29
Cooper Kruk	Sr.	Catalina Foothills	C/P	29
Cristobal Lorta	Sr.	Desert View	3B/1B	29
Jaxxon Alvarez	So.	Bisbee	UTIL	27
Rocco Haggard	Jr.	Tanque Verde	P/UTIL	27
Horacio Olivarria	Sr.	Bisbee	UTIL	27
Lucas Shannon	Sr.	Salpointe	C/P	27
Hunter Wright	Jr.	Bisbee	INF/P	27

Southern Arizona Pitching Wins Leaders

Southern Arizona baseball pitching wins leaders as of April 19. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	W-L
Bryceton Meyer	Sr.	Bisbee	8-1
Bryan Martinez	Sr.	Bisbee	7-0
Rocco Haggard	Jr.	Tanque Verde	6-0
Izaiah Moraga	Sr.	Salpointe	6-1
Regen Mazura	Jr.	CDO	6-2
DJ Elias	Sr.	Tombstone	6-3
Ernesto Bojorquez	Sr.	Salpointe	5-0
Armando Guiterrez	Sr.	Desert View	5-2
Isidro Hoyos	So.	Douglas	5-2
John Sunukjian	Sr.	Pusch Ridge	5-2
Ryan Ruskay	Sr.	Tanque Verde	5-2

Southern Arizona Pitching ERA Leaders

Southern Arizona pitching ERA leaders as of April 19. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	ERA	IP
Bryan Martinez	Sr.	Bisbee	0.37	38.1
Jordan Lesley	Jr.	Tucson	0.45	15.2
Bryce Weege	Sr.	Catalina Foothills	0.66	21.1
Tarrell Reid	Sr.	CDO	0.73	28.2
Ernesto Bojorquez	Sr.	Salpointe	0.81	26.0
DJ Elias	Sr.	Tombstone	0.86	46.2
Connor Switalski	Jr.	Rio Rico	1.00	21.0
Frank Marquez	Sr.	Palo Verde	1.17	18.0
Hunter Wright	Jr.	Bisbee	1.21	17.1
Brendan Caballero	Jr.	Tombstone	1.42	19.2

Southern Arizona Pitching Strikeout Leaders

Southern Arizona pitching strikeout leaders as of April 19. Stats from MaxPreps.

Name	Yr	School	Ks	IP
Bryceton Meyer	Sr.	Bisbee	77	47.1
John Sunukjian	Sr.	Tanque Verde	73	45.1
DJ Elias	Sr.	Tombstone	71	48.2
Regen Mazura	Jr.	CDO	69	45.0
Bryan Martinez	Sr.	Bisbee	57	38.1
Noah Miller	Sr.	Pusch Ridge	54	28.2
Austin Cushman	Sr.	Buena	54	38.1
Rafael Echeverria	Sr.	Rio Rico	51	35.2
Dylan Mitchell	Sr.	Valley Union	50	24.2
Juan Hernandez	Sr.	Tucson	49	32.2

The following are rankings released April 16 of each classication in the state pertaining to baseball competition. The records listed are from games recognized by the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA). These reflect mostly in-season games and not tournaments that are not sanctioned by the AIA.