October 18, 2021

Official Intercounty Baseball League News Release

The Intercounty Baseball League has selected Garrett Takamatsu of the Toronto Maple Leafs as its Most Valuable Player winner and the recipient of the John Bell Memorial Trophy.

The John Bell Memorial Trophy is an annual award given to the player judged to be the most valuable to his team. The winner is selected by the IBL Board of Governors at the end of the regular season. Bell was a Listowel, Ontario native who was largely responsible for Stratford's return to the Intercounty Baseball League in 1964.

Dane Tofteland of Welland finished second, followed by London's Byron Reichstein.

The IBL will announce the league's Coach of Year and recipient of the Troy May Memorial Trophy on Tuesday.

Takamatsu recorded a .419 average with 13 doubles, 12 home runs, and 38 RBIs in 2021.

IBL MVP Winners

2021 Garrett Takamatsu, Toronto Maple Leafs

2019 Jordan Castaldo, Barrie

2018 Justin Marra, Toronto

2017 Sean Reilly, Kitchener

2016 Tanner Nivins, Kitchener

2015 Sean Reilly, Kitchener

2014 Jordan Castaldo, Barrie

2013 Sean Reilly, Toronto

2012 Frank Hare, Guelph

2011 Sean Reilly, Barrie

2010 Ryan Spataro, Barrie

2009 Jamie Pogue, Guelph

2008 Frank Hare, Guelph

2007 Jeff Pietraszko, Kitchener

2006 Jordan Lundberg, Barrie

2005 Ryan Spataro, Barrie

2004 Rich Butler, Toronto

2003 Paul Spoljaric, Toronto

2002 Luke Baker, Kitchener

2001 Rob Butler, Toronto

2000 Randy Curran, Kitchener

1999 Jeff Pietraszko, Kitchener

1998 Randy Curran, Kitchener

1997 Rob Patterson, Toronto

1996 Dominic Campeau, Toronto

1995 Erik Laseke, Guelph,

1995 Jason Rausch, Kitchener,

1995 and Mark Fraser, Stratford

1994 Erik Laseke, Guelph

1993 Erik Laseke, Guelph and Randy Curran, Kitchener

1992 Rick Johnston, Toronto

1991 Scott Gardiner, Toronto

1990 Rick Johnston, Toronto

1989 Bill Byckowski, Toronto

1988 Barry Petrachenko, Stratford

1987 Darrell Kemp, Niagara Falls

1986 Kevin Aitcheson, Stratford

1985 Bill Byckowski, Toronto

1984 Rob Froese, Kitchener

1983 Mike Yearout, Kitchener

1982 Gary Borg, Cambridge

1981 Phil Turner, St. Thomas

1980 Bill Martin, Kitchener

1979 Brian Walters, Toronto

1978 Jeff Jens, Stratford

1977 Kevin Higgins, Stratford

1976 Denis Flanagan, Stratford

1975 Mike Kilkenny, London

1974 Jim Ridley, Stratford

1973 Bob McKillop, Kitchener

1972 Alf Payne, Toronto

1971 Bob McKillop, Kitchener

1970 Tom McKenzie, Kitchener

1969 Bob McKillop, Kitchener

1968 Bob McKillop, Kitchener

1967 Ron Stead, Guelph

1966 Al Greenberg, London

1965 Ron Stead, Brantford

1964 Rolf Scheel, London

1963 Ron Stead, Brantford

1962 John Poholsky, Guelph

1961 Wallace “Spud” Bush, Brantford

1960 Ron Stead, Brantford

1959 Stan Anderson, London

1958 Johnny Ambrose, St. Thomas

1951 Wilmer Fields, Brantford

1950 Alex Kvasnak, Waterloo

1949 Tommy White, London

1948 John Bain, Kitchener

1947 Bob Schnurr, Kitchener

1937 George Miskimmons, Stratford

1936 Frank Colman, London

1935 Bruno Pollock, St. Thomas

1934 Alfred White, London

1933 Leo Doan, St. Thomas

1932 James “Lefty” Hill, K-W

1931 Wilbur Kress, Galt

1930 Gordon Bradshaw, Galt

1929 Johnny Jones, Guelph

1928 Jim O’Connor, Guelph

1927 Harold Lynch, Galt