The tongue-in-cheek American Mustache Institute crowned Brian Sheets on Saturday during "Stache Bash" in St. Louis. The event raises money for a baseball league for those with disabilities.
Sheets received about 22 percent of the more than 500,000 online votes cast. He topped better-known people with mustaches, including North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven, Minnesota Twins pitcher Carl Pavano and Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten.
In his acceptance speech, Sheets asked, "A man without a mustache -- is he really a man?"