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AL Top Player, 2045 Choice Is Urban Monday, December 11th , 2045 He may have less experience than most of his Appalachian League peers, but that didn't slow Wil Urban down at all in 2045. At the age of 24, the Princeton first baseman has been named the winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .346 batting average and a .492 on-base percentage this year. In 139 games he piled up 185 hits, 24 doubles, 1 triple, 111 home runs, 273 RBIs and 209 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 20 first place votes out of a possible 30. Scott Wiggs of the Oakland (APP) Athletics finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Moses Brokken of the Oakland (APP) Athletics finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Wil Urban - Princeton Rays - 20 - 340 Scott Wiggs - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 1 - 208 Moses Brokken - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 190 David Redman - Texas (APP) Rangers - 1 - 177 Tom Raupp - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 172 Ron Kehoe - Bluefield Blue Jays - 7 - 148 Brian Bailes - Bluefield Blue Jays - 1 - 92 Matt Black - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 71 Brad Harth - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 63 Justin Rankin - Cleveland (APP) Indians - 0 - 60 Rocky Crowley - Princeton Rays - 0 - 57 Taki Matsui - Seattle (APP) Mariners - 0 - 50 Dan Johnson - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 27 Trevor Jacobsen - Seattle (APP) Mariners - 0 - 24 Jan Cole - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 21 Matt Sherard - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 18 Danny Nsoah - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 13 Eric Bessire - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 8 Chaim Huting - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 7 Bobby Scott - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 7 Dumadi Kawilarang - Princeton Rays - 0 - 4 Chris Martin - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 4 Eric Stevenson - Oakland (APP) Athletics - 0 - 4 Tokuji Kawabata - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 2 Scott Lowry - Bluefield Blue Jays - 0 - 2 Francisco Reyes - Princeton Rays - 0 - 1 |
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