Abbott takes home pitching award

By Lethbridge Herald on October 7, 2025.

CINDY ADACHI PHOTO Levi Abbott delivers a pitch during Western Canadian Baseball League action last summer.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

Local Lethbridge Bulls pitcher Levi Abbott had a summer to remember on the mound and for that he was rewarded for his efforts last week when the Western Canadian Baseball League announced its award winners for the 2025 season.

Abbott showed just how dominant and consistent he was on the mound with his statistics as he had a 7-1 record, an earned run average of 1.38 which was the best in the Western Canadian Baseball League, he had 69 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched and  his 11.9 strikeouts per nine innings led the league.

Abbott only surrendered one home run all year.

He also topped the pitching categories of batting average against with a .172 and walks and hits per inning with a 0.81.

“I’ve never won an award like that, so that was pretty cool just to  end on a high note,” said Abbott, who played in his last baseball season this past summer.

His ability to have a healthy season was a main part to his success.

“I went through a lot of injuries the past two years and so this past summer I felt the healthiest I have since freshman year of college,” said Abbott.

The second reason that led to his success was delivering a pitching arsenal that was matured.

“That tends to happen when you go to college and you find new pitches and develop more pitches,” said Abbott.

“I was always a fast curve guy and then I developed a slider and a partial change-up.”

Thirdly, with it being his last year, he went out with a nothing to lose mentality.

“I was having fun pretty much the whole time,” said Abbott.

He gave credit to his defence for helping him with this award.

“I thought the defence was outstanding (and) made some really good plays behind me,” said Abbott.

His goal was to finish out his career with his hometown team after finishing up his collegiate career at Buffalo’s  Canisius University.

“There’s always opportunities to play in different areas but I just really wanted to play in Lethbridge,” said Abbott.

“Just being at home was nice and playing for a team that I played a little bit for when I was younger and then coming back and seeing how it changed and grew, it was pretty cool.”

He felt the award ranked first on his list.

Abbott pitched in two professional games with the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Professional Baseball league at the end of the summer.