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Mobile's Smith Takes 2050 Most Valuable Player Award Sunday, November 13th , 2050 The future looks extremely bright for Mike Smith. At the age of 22, many players are still trying to find their way in Eastern League. Smith has not only found his way, he's already established himself as one of the game's brightest stars, today being named the winner of the National League Most Valuable Player Award. "I didn't expect to hit .288 this year, that's for sure," the shortstop said. The Mobile BayBears star also put up a .378 on-base percentage this year, with 134 hits, 29 doubles, 6 triples, 4 home runs, 53 RBIs and 66 runs scored. He received 14 first place votes out of a possible 30. Jamie Mims of the Colorado (EL) Rockies finished second in voting with 10 first place votes, while Kevin Kantor of the Mobile BayBears finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Mike Smith - Mobile BayBears - 14 - 304 Jamie Mims - Colorado (EL) Rockies - 10 - 256 Kevin Kantor - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 217 Nate Kopchak - Biloxi Shuckers - 4 - 204 Torquato Obawole - Jacksonville Suns - 0 - 187 Masaya Nakamura - Columbia Fireflies - 0 - 99 Brett McEwen - Mississippi Braves - 1 - 90 Tommy King - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 68 Ken Griffey IV - Colorado (EL) Rockies - 0 - 55 Luke Coulter - Colorado (EL) Rockies - 0 - 52 Bob Myers - Biloxi Shuckers - 0 - 52 Kyle McPeak - Mississippi Braves - 1 - 44 Matt Fabre - San Jose Giants - 0 - 31 Ed Thorpe Jr. - Harrisburg Senators - 0 - 31 Tommy Boudreaux - Springfield Cardinals - 0 - 18 Bobby Miles - Springfield Cardinals - 0 - 13 Shigeru Ono - Mississippi Braves - 0 - 12 Kazuo Nishihara - Springfield Cardinals - 0 - 11 Travis Ruppel - Springfield Cardinals - 0 - 7 Sam Wilson - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 7 Israel Gaona - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 5 Arnaldo Cardamenho - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 3 Frank Pena - Biloxi Shuckers - 0 - 2 Chris Tatum - Colorado (EL) Rockies - 0 - 2 |
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