(October 5, 2022, New York) – The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball on Tuesday named the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs’ Daryl Thompson as the league’s Pitcher of the Year in voting conducted by the league’s managers, coaches and front office staffs.

For Thompson, it marks his third consecutive Pitcher of the Year award and the most Pitcher of the Year awards garnered by an ALPB pitcher.

In 2022, Thompson led the Atlantic League with 15 wins and a 3.43 earned run average. He tied for the league lead, and tied the league record, with three shutouts while finishing second with four complete games.

Dwayne Pollok of Lancaster is the only other player in league history to earn consecutive Pitcher of the Year awards, taking the title in 2012 and 2013.

Thompson is the first Atlantic League pitcher with three 15-win seasons as he went 15-8 in 2019, 16-3 in 2021 and 15-4 this past season. He is the league’s all-time leader with 91 career wins, 1,340.2 innings pitched, and 968 strikeouts. His five career shutouts are tied with John Brownell (2012-19) for the most in league history.

The Atlantic League will announce its Player of the Year on Thursday.

ALPB Pitchers of the Year

1998         Chris Eddy                           Atlantic City

1999         Justin Jensen                       Somerset

2000         Alan Sontag                         Bridgeport

2001         Len Picota                            Nashua

2002         Lincoln Mikkelsen                Camden

2003         Ben Simon                           Camden

2004         Kevin Henthorne                  Bridgeport

2005         Brian Laxon                         Camden

2006         Lincoln Mikkelsen                Atlantic City

2007         Brian Adams                        Somerset

2008         Joe Gannon                         So Maryland

2009         Jim Magrane                        Somerset

2010         Dan Reichert                       So Maryland

2011         Mike Loree                           Long Island

2012         Dwayne Pollok                     Lancaster

2013         Dwayne Pollok                     Lancaster

2014         Chris Schwinden                 Lancaster

2015         John Brownell                      Long Island

2016         Jonathan Albaladejo            Bridgeport

2017         Gaby Hernandez                 So Maryland

2018         Nate Reed                           Lancaster

2019         Daryl Thompson                  So Maryland

2021         Daryl Thompson                  So Maryland

2022         Daryl Thompson                  So Maryland