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AL Most Valuable Player Award Goes to Pierson Thursday, November 25th , 2049 When you have the type of year Gordie Pierson did, it's no surprise when you get named the recipient of the Most Valuable Player Award. The 28-year-old captured the award for the American League today after a year in which the Lake County Captains pitcher excelled. In 29 starts he piled up 202.2 innings, had 217 strikeouts with 38 walks and a 2.09 ERA. Pierson held opposing hitters to a .191 batting average and compiled a 5.4 WAR along the way. He received 13 first place votes out of a possible 30. Israel Montoya of the Clinton LumberKings finished second in voting with 10 first place votes, while Jon Sosa of the Lansing Lugnuts finished third with 5 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Gordie Pierson - Lake County Captains - 13 - 279 Israel Montoya - Clinton LumberKings - 10 - 278 Jon Sosa - Lansing Lugnuts - 5 - 215 Ruben Serrata - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 1 - 159 Tom Frost - Lake County Captains - 0 - 154 Esteban Cordova - Lake County Captains - 1 - 111 Nesty Pulido - Lake County Captains - 0 - 101 Tomas Espino - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 64 Cooper Bate - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 56 Jose Almonte - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 55 Danny Murillo - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 52 Frank Hill - Lake County Captains - 0 - 51 Kalititi Haki - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 39 Kevin Harris - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 26 Nick McGraw - Clinton LumberKings - 0 - 26 Lukasha Sheigus - Greenville Drive - 0 - 18 Kennet Strijbis - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 18 Chris P. Bacon - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 16 Ken Manser - Delmarva Shorebirds - 0 - 11 Francisco Rivas - Hickory Crawdads - 0 - 10 Carlos Renteria - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 9 Tony Flores - Lake County Captains - 0 - 7 Sean Trueblood - Clinton LumberKings - 0 - 7 James Boynton - Lansing Lugnuts - 0 - 4 Felix Perez - Cedar Rapids Kernels - 0 - 3 John LaMotte - Greenville Drive - 0 - 1 |
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