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Gonzales Terrific, Takes AL Most Valuable Player Award Saturday, December 11th , 2049 He may have less experience than most of his Appalachian League peers, but that didn't slow William Gonzales down at all in 2049. At the age of 22, the Seattle (APP) first baseman has been named the winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .360 batting average and a .509 on-base percentage this year. In 136 games he piled up 162 hits, 24 doubles, no triples, 94 home runs, 197 RBIs and 145 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 23 first place votes out of a possible 30. Russ Cornett of the Great Falls Voyagers finished second in voting with 4 first place votes, while Jerry Foster of the Texas (APP) Rangers finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points William Gonzales - Seattle (APP) Mariners - 23 - 373 Russ Cornett - Great Falls Voyagers - 4 - 263 Jerry Foster - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 248 Makoto Narita - Cleveland (APP) Indians - 0 - 144 Andy Cotton - Great Falls Voyagers - 0 - 139 Torsten Fisher - Texas (APP) Rangers - 3 - 131 Nestor Moreno - Elizabethton Twins - 0 - 120 Bobby Scott - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 87 Dan Rohrbach - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 46 Dave Northam - Princeton Rays - 0 - 44 Robert Topete - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 43 Jake Feinstein - Great Falls Voyagers - 0 - 38 Reinaart Meyer - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 23 Alex Rivera - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 16 Brad Adams Jr. - Great Falls Voyagers - 0 - 14 Omar Gutierrez - Seattle (APP) Mariners - 0 - 12 Tony Gutierrez - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 9 Rick Madden - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 7 Omar Cervantes - Princeton Rays - 0 - 6 Billy Grubbs - Great Falls Voyagers - 0 - 3 Mark Fedor - Great Falls Voyagers - 0 - 2 Tim Rogers - Texas (APP) Rangers - 0 - 2 |
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