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Morataya Selected 2046 AL Most Valuable Player Award Thursday, November 22nd , 2046 He may have less experience than most of his Midwest League peers, but that didn't slow Dan Morataya down at all in 2046. At the age of 23, the Cedar Rapids right fielder has been named the winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .300 batting average and a .396 on-base percentage this year. In 139 games he piled up 146 hits, 30 doubles, 4 triples, 37 home runs, 112 RBIs and 116 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 13 first place votes out of a possible 30. Cody Walsh of the Lansing Lugnuts finished second in voting with 12 first place votes, while Chris Powell of the Hickory Crawdads finished third with 1 first place vote. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Dan Morataya - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 13 - 287 Cody Walsh - Lansing Lugnuts - 12 - 260 Chris Powell - Hickory Crawdads - 1 - 244 Tokuji Kawabata - Lansing Lugnuts - 3 - 232 Erik Sever - Hickory Crawdads - 1 - 164 Jose Barragan - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 159 Vic Lucatero - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 122 Steve Pratt - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 57 Brian Manson - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 53 Michel Martineau - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 49 Chris Thorson - Bowling Green Hot Rods - 0 - 42 Henry Hutson - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 23 David Campbell - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 16 Kyle Thomas - Bowling Green Hot Rods - 0 - 16 Eric Jackson - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 15 Carter Cromsie - Greenville Drive - 0 - 10 Kyle Foster - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 6 Eddie Hodgson - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 4 Sadamu Noguchi - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 3 Nick Solberg - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 3 Larry Brocato - Greenville Drive - 0 - 2 Josh Whaley - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 2 George Moran - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 1 |
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