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No Easy Feat: Pitcher Wins AL Most Valuable Player Award Sunday, November 12th , 2045 Not only has Steve Barrett been named winner of the 2045 American League Most Valuable Player Award, he's done it at an age when many of his peers are still trying to establish themselves in International League. "I feel fortunate to win this award at age 21," he said. "I feel like I still have my best years ahead of me. Hopefully I can put my name on this trophy a few more times." The Durham Bulls ace had a 23-1 record over 30 starts and 232.1 innings. He struck out 274, issued 52 walks and had an impressive 1.12 ERA. Batters hit only .142 against him during the season. He received 24 first place votes out of a possible 30. Pedro Nin of the Buffalo Bisons finished second in voting with 6 first place votes, while Spencer Jones of the Buffalo Bisons finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Steve Barrett - Durham Bulls - 24 - 390 Pedro Nin - Buffalo Bisons - 6 - 279 Spencer Jones - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 238 Tommy Baird - Columbus Clippers - 0 - 151 Angel Contreras - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 129 Steve French - Durham Bulls - 0 - 124 Josh Cook - Round Rock Express - 0 - 111 Joel Pacheco - Scranton WB RailRiders - 0 - 74 Walt Cogswell - Omaha Storm Chasers - 0 - 62 Nick Ogle - Omaha Storm Chasers - 0 - 50 Zack Rust - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 37 Chris McCoy - Scranton WB RailRiders - 0 - 32 Paul Perry - Nashville Sounds - 0 - 16 Jim Averette - Durham Bulls - 0 - 14 Jeff Garofalo - Nashville Sounds - 0 - 14 Victor Nunez - Round Rock Express - 0 - 14 Joel Beggs - Durham Bulls - 0 - 11 Luis Villanueva - Round Rock Express - 0 - 9 Roman Downey - Omaha Storm Chasers - 0 - 6 Gregg Whitecotton - Nashville Sounds - 0 - 3 Josh Cornishen - Omaha Storm Chasers - 0 - 2 Zhi-bin Ou-yang - Round Rock Express - 0 - 2 Jeff Brower - Durham Bulls - 0 - 1 Jerry Jauregui - Round Rock Express - 0 - 1 |
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