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AL Most Valuable Player Award Goes to Ruiz Wednesday, November 27th , 2047 When you have the type of year Jordan Ruiz did, it's no surprise when you get named the recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award. The 31-year-old captured the award for the American League today after a year in which the Hickory Crawdads pitcher excelled. In 23 starts he piled up 182 innings, had 214 strikeouts with 30 walks and a 1.48 ERA. Ruiz held opposing hitters to a .174 batting average and compiled a 6.3 WAR along the way. He received 21 first place votes out of a possible 30. Ben Knapp of the Lansing Lugnuts finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while Bobby Lasaguna of the Lansing Lugnuts finished third with 3 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Jordan Ruiz - Hickory Crawdads - 21 - 356 Ben Knapp - Lansing Lugnuts - 4 - 236 Bobby Lasaguna - Lansing Lugnuts - 3 - 152 Ryan Gautney - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 138 Luis Perez - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 130 Cody Walsh - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 110 Ricky Deen - Lake County Captains - 1 - 109 William Cordero - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 87 Andy Garvin - Greenville Drive - 0 - 79 Raul de la Cruz - Lansing Lugnuts - 1 - 72 Jon Valdovinos - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 62 Carlos Renteria - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 53 Antonio Pacheco - Bowling Green Hot Rods - 0 - 49 Tokuji Kawabata - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 40 Mario Vizcaya - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 39 Jan Cole - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 21 Dalton Silveira - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 9 Shannon Beck - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 8 Dylan Phillips - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 5 Jay Gagnon - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 4 Josh Weinmann - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 4 Alex Diaz - Bowling Green Hot Rods - 0 - 3 Moses Brokken - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 2 Justin Barker - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 1 Aaron Vallejo - Beloit Snappers - 0 - 1 |
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