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Lansing Ace Named AL Most Valuable Player Award Sunday, November 22nd , 2048 For fans of the Lansing Lugnuts, there was certainly no doubting the value of Ben Knapp this season. Now the 36-year-old pitcher has an award to show just how valuable he was, as he's been named the 2048 American League Most Valuable Player Award winner. His remarkable campaign saw him put up a 18-3 record. In 32 starts he piled up 219.2 innings, had 218 strikeouts with 46 walks and a 1.84 ERA. Knapp held opposing hitters to a .213 batting average and compiled a 6.6 WAR. He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 30. John Michener of the Lansing Lugnuts finished second in voting with 9 first place votes, while Daniel Jackson of the Delmarva Shorebirds finished third with 5 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Ben Knapp - Lansing Lugnuts - 12 - 279 John Michener - Lansing Lugnuts - 9 - 274 Daniel Jackson - Delmarva Shorebirds - 5 - 241 Josh Weinmann - Lansing Lugnuts - 3 - 229 Luke Vaccarino - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 146 Mike Tracy - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 137 Timo Gomez - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 84 Jason Stout - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 75 Bill Ertl - Lexington Legends - 0 - 63 Ethan Finke - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 43 Erik Sever - Hickory Crawdads - 1 - 38 Wes Reynolds - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 34 Mario Vizcaya - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 28 Mark Jones - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 22 Dave Carlisle - West Michigan Whitecaps - 0 - 16 Aaron Moore - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 15 Nick Julien - Lexington Legends - 0 - 13 Raul de la Cruz - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 10 Gabe Wagner - Kannapolis Intimidators - 0 - 9 Zach Thomason - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 5 Josh Patterson - Lake County Captains - 0 - 4 Matthew Starr - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 4 Isaiah Easter - Bowling Green Hot Rods - 0 - 1 |
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