Baseball Jobs Overseas members update: France

In 2018 we had a total of 16 members sign in France spread throughout three divisions, including 15 players and one coach. This brings our total number of members signings in France to date to 69. Some of them are new members to the website and some are previous members who have returned to play in France.

The following is an update of how the season has panned out heading into the playoffs while recognizing some of our members who are amongst league statistical leaders.

French Division 1

With two weeks remaining, teams are jockeying for position to see which team (7th place) does not make the playoffs and which two top teams get a bye in the first round, advancing to the semi-finals starting on September 22nd. On September 9th the quarterfinals will take place when 3rd place plays 6th while 4th and 5th square off.

Regular Season Standings (as of August 30, 2018)

BBJO Members Stats Report Division 1 as of August 30th, 2018

Pitchers

Player	Team	IP	ERA	W-L	SO	BB
Jeremy Young	Montpellier Barracudas	74	1.46	9-2	66	15
Owen Ozanich	Rouen Huskies	61.1	2.05	6-2	45	5
Daniel Blum	LA Rochelle Boucaniers	42	3.43	3-2	45	24
Rayner Oliveros	St. Just Ducks	38.2	4.42	0-4	34	5
Jonathan Mottay	Montigny Cougars	20	4.95	1-1	15	4

Batters

Player	Team	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
Forrest Crawford	La Rochelle Boucaniers	60	.300	.432	.367	0
Theo Lakmeche	Savigny Lions	69	.290	.456	.319	0
Alex Carter	Montpellier Barracudas	70	.271	.404	.357	0

League Leaders

None

French Division 2

With the regular season over, the top seed from each pool will meet the second seed of the opposite pool in the semi-final of the playoffs starting September 9th.

2018 Regular Season Final Standings

BBJO Members Stats Report Division 2

Pitchers

Player	Team	IP	ERA	W-L	SO	BB
Zeke Howie	Metz Comets	96.1	2.43	6-5	109	23
Chandler McLaren	Clermont-Ferrand	44.1	2.84	6-0	52	10

Batters

Player	Team	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
Chandler McLaren	Clermont-Ferrand	88	.580	.631	.989	3
Zeke Howie	Metz Comets	83	.494	.511	.723	0
Jose Heredia	Clermont-Ferrand	109	.440	.534	.633	2
James Brown	Metz Comets	66	.379	.570	.606	0

Coaches

Rob Ushy – Clermont-Ferrand

League Leaders

Chandler McLaren

Chandler McLaren

Batting Average (.580)

Slugging % (.989)

On base % (.631)

Home runs (3)

Hits (51)

Rbi (43)

Triples (8)

Total bases (87)

Jose Heredia

Runs (48)

James Brown

Stolen bases (23)

French National 1 (3rd Division)

With the regular season over, the quarterfinals begin September 8th with best of three series amongst the top 2 teams from each of the four pools.

BBJO Members Stats Report Division 3

Pitchers

Player	Team	IP	ERA	W-L	SO	BB
Greg Hollman	Valenciennes Vipers	41	0.44	5-0	86	16
Andrew Boes	Beziers Pirates	38	0.95	5-0	70	7

Batters

Player	Team	AB	AVG	OBP	SLG	HR
Andrew Boes	Beziers Pirates	65	.462	.600	.662	0
Riley Moore	Beziers Pirates	90	.456	.533	.611	1
Alex Woinski	Valenciennes Vipers	60	.450	.538	.833	4