Men's Playoff Player Of The Year / 2006
The candidates listed below have been nominated for Playoff Player Of The Year and are listed alphabetically (first name).  Their nominations are a result of formula based on the following categories: R%, RBI%, Avg, Slg, BB%, F%. Total ABs are taken into consideration as well.  A player is required to have a minimum of 24 ABs (including BBs) to qualify. The winner will be announced in the Softball America - Year In Review magazine.
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G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% PO POg A Ag Err F% Pts
Jarred Gardner   17 56 34 61 31 10 18 6 11 1 2 14 25 37 66 554 1446 14 25 43 2.5 0 0.0 1 229 891
Frank Hackett   14 44 25 57 25 11 25 3 7 3 7 8 18 35 80 568 1318 10 23 4 0.3 0 0.0 0 29 864
Brian Penecale   8 31 20 65 20 11 35 5 16 0 0 4 13 15 48 645 1194 4 13 30 3.8 1 0.1 4 200 840
Mike Brown   8 33 18 55 19 9 27 3 9 1 3 6 18 22 67 576 1273 2 6 25 3.1 12 1.5 4 413 829
Paul Loveland   14 47 22 47 29 17 36 4 9 2 4 6 13 35 74 617 1170 7 15 24 1.7 5 0.4 2 186 829
Warren Grant   8 30 14 47 21 14 47 3 10 1 3 3 10 19 63 700 1167 1 3 10 1.3 0 0.0 0 125 825
Greg Ochs   12 39 16 41 24 13 33 2 5 0 0 9 23 25 64 615 1359 1 3 17 1.4 8 0.7 1 242 816
Mark Nevins   8 26 14 54 16 10 38 2 8 1 4 3 12 11 42 615 1115 4 15 15 1.9 0 0.0 0 188 779
Gary Valentine   9 30 15 50 18 7 23 6 20 3 10 2 7 12 40 600 1200 1 3 15 1.7 0 0.0 1 122 749
Dave McGuire   10 35 13 37 20 11 31 1 3 2 6 6 17 17 49 571 1229 2 6 21 2.1 1 0.1 0 230 738
The player rankings listed below are a result of formula based on the following categories: R%, RBI%, Avg, Slg, BB%, F%.  Total ABs are taken into consideration as well.  Point totals are listed. 
G AB R R% H 1B 1B% 2B 2B% 3B 3B% HR HR% RBI RBI% Avg Slg BB BB% PO POg A Ag Err F% Pts
Bob Rossi, Jr.   8 28 11 39 18 13 46 1 4 2 7 2 7 12 43 643 1036 0 0 6 0.8 11 1.4 0 350 731
Ron Bannister   10 36 19 53 22 14 39 5 14 0 0 3 8 14 39 611 1000 1 3 16 1.6 3 0.3 1 180 724
Rob McKenna   8 26 9 35 15 10 38 2 8 1 4 2 8 11 42 577 962 4 15 12 1.5 11 1.4 0 425 705
Jeff Hess   10 38 15 39 23 19 50 2 5 0 0 2 5 16 42 605 816 5 13 11 1.1 14 1.4 1 350 694
Drew Dimino   7 29 13 45 18 14 48 0 0 4 14 0 0 9 31 621 897 2 7 11 1.6 1 0.1 1 129 682
Eric Gianelle   6 22 11 50 12 8 36 2 9 1 5 1 5 10 45 545 864 2 9 7 1.2 0 0.0 2 -17 660
Steve Campbell   8 33 15 45 18 9 27 4 12 4 12 1 3 8 24 545 1000 0 0 11 1.4 9 1.1 0 363 658
Chris Hall   10 35 13 37 19 14 40 4 11 1 3 0 0 17 49 543 714 6 17 37 3.7 6 0.6 2 410 657
Dom Brown   11 33 11 33 18 12 36 2 6 2 6 2 6 10 30 545 909 5 15 19 1.7 15 1.4 1 409 656
BJ Spigelmyer   10 33 17 52 17 7 21 5 15 4 12 1 3 6 18 515 1000 3 9 20 2.0 1 0.1 0 220 652
Damien Covelens   6 23 10 43 11 5 22 1 4 2 9 3 13 11 48 478 1087 1 4 3 0.5 1 0.2 1 17 652
Bill Clark   9 36 14 39 18 9 25 3 8 3 8 3 8 13 36 500 1000 0 0 12 1.3 20 2.2 4 400 641
Jamal Covington   12 44 17 39 22 12 27 3 7 5 11 2 5 18 41 500 932 2 5 23 1.9 3 0.3 0 242 633
Marc McKinney   8 28 14 50 13 7 25 2 7 0 0 4 14 11 39 464 964 1 4 12 1.5 1 0.1 0 175 632
Mike Gemberling   8 30 11 37 16 12 40 0 0 1 3 3 10 11 37 533 900 1 3 17 2.1 2 0.3 0 263 630
Steve Hagan   8 34 14 41 16 7 21 3 9 4 12 2 6 10 29 471 971 1 3 10 1.3 0 0.0 0 125 599
Kevin Carroll   10 31 11 35 15 9 29 2 6 2 6 2 6 7 23 484 871 3 10 20 2.0 9 0.9 0 380 595
Steph Garrett   11 43 16 37 19 9 21 4 9 3 7 3 7 18 42 442 884 2 5 13 1.2 11 1.0 1 282 594
Mark Bernacki   8 26 9 35 13 7 27 3 12 2 8 1 4 6 23 500 885 2 8 15 1.9 8 1.0 2 288 594
Steve Mendenhall   11 37 11 30 19 13 35 4 11 2 5 0 0 18 49 514 730 1 3 38 3.5 0 0.0 2 273 591
John Muntz   14 49 21 43 29 29 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 592 592 1 2 50 3.6 28 2.0 8 529 588
Joe Horchuck   12 43 18 42 21 13 30 5 12 1 2 2 5 12 28 488 791 2 5 13 1.1 16 1.3 4 242 586
Mark Ambolino   8 24 7 29 13 8 33 2 8 3 13 0 0 7 29 542 875 0 0 3 0.4 0 0.0 0 38 578
Dave Boice   8 24 11 46 8 3 13 1 4 0 0 4 17 10 42 333 875 4 17 11 1.4 5 0.6 1 213 567
George Dart   11 31 10 32 16 14 45 1 3 1 3 0 0 8 26 516 613 7 23 19 1.7 0 0.0 1 136 566
Matt Kulp   10 34 10 29 17 10 29 5 15 0 0 2 6 8 24 500 824 2 6 21 2.1 0 0.0 0 210 563
Scott Masulis   11 26 12 46 10 7 27 1 4 0 0 2 8 11 42 385 654 6 23 20 1.8 0 0.0 0 182 563
Robert Deem   9 31 11 35 14 11 35 1 3 0 0 2 6 15 48 452 677 1 3 23 2.6 2 0.2 1 256 558
Rick Gray   7 23 8 35 11 7 30 2 9 2 9 0 0 7 30 478 739 2 9 6 0.9 2 0.3 0 143 555
Mike Ambolino   12 36 10 28 18 13 36 2 6 2 6 1 3 10 28 500 750 3 8 17 1.4 1 0.1 0 158 553
Bob Gray   7 24 12 50 12 9 38 3 13 0 0 0 0 1 4 500 625 1 4 13 1.9 4 0.6 0 300 540
Joe Dempsey   8 27 13 48 11 9 33 1 4 1 4 0 0 6 22 407 519 4 15 26 3.3 5 0.6 0 450 526
Chris Hesdon   7 31 11 35 17 16 52 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 548 581 1 3 10 1.4 5 0.7 2 171 519
Anthony Romeo   11 33 14 42 14 12 36 0 0 2 6 0 0 8 24 424 545 7 21 10 0.9 0 0.0 1 55 515
Jim Weiss   11 40 17 43 19 17 43 1 3 1 3 0 0 7 18 475 550 1 3 16 1.5 11 1.0 2 273 514
John Cooper   9 30 11 37 13 9 30 2 7 2 7 0 0 9 30 433 633 1 3 20 2.2 1 0.1 0 244 513
Joe Williams   9 27 8 30 13 10 37 2 7 0 0 1 4 4 15 481 667 3 11 2 0.2 5 0.6 1 89 509
Fred Scales   8 30 10 33 14 8 27 6 20 0 0 0 0 7 23 467 667 1 3 7 0.9 0 0.0 0 88 508
Bill Stone   6 24 8 33 12 8 33 4 17 0 0 0 0 1 4 500 667 0 0 13 2.2 0 0.0 0 217 498
Kevin Rosini   8 19 6 32 8 7 37 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 11 421 526 6 32 5 0.6 7 0.9 0 238 495
Bill Kofron   12 39 12 31 18 14 36 3 8 1 3 0 0 12 31 462 590 0 0 10 0.8 1 0.1 2 33 487
Matt Hutcheson   8 31 14 45 11 8 26 1 3 2 6 0 0 5 16 355 516 4 13 8 1.0 14 1.8 1 400 475
Mike Bruton   8 25 10 40 12 11 44 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 480 520 2 8 6 0.8 0 0.0 1 25 473
Dan Vollrath   9 33 11 33 12 9 27 1 3 0 0 2 6 12 36 364 576 3 9 11 1.2 1 0.1 1 100 468
Tim Carroll   9 27 3 11 12 9 33 2 7 0 0 1 4 10 37 444 630 1 4 6 0.7 2 0.2 0 111 464
Joe Tulino   7 25 5 20 9 5 20 2 8 1 4 1 4 9 36 360 640 2 8 7 1.0 5 0.7 0 243 456
Ron Hopkins   14 38 12 32 16 12 32 3 8 1 3 0 0 8 21 421 553 0 0 18 1.3 1 0.1 0 143 453
Craig Haywood   8 22 1 5 10 9 41 1 5 0 0 0 0 8 36 455 500 4 18 13 1.6 2 0.3 3 63 452
Rich Strapple   7 21 6 29 7 6 29 1 5 0 0 0 0 7 33 333 381 3 14 7 1.0 17 2.4 0 586 442
EW Werner   9 30 9 30 12 9 30 2 7 1 3 0 0 5 17 400 533 1 3 3 0.3 5 0.6 2 56 426
Matt Wood   9 34 7 21 15 14 41 1 3 0 0 0 0 5 15 441 471 1 3 20 2.2 0 0.0 0 222 425
Tim Kulp   10 37 9 24 15 12 32 2 5 0 0 1 3 7 19 405 541 0 0 11 1.1 3 0.3 1 130 422
Chris Courduff   11 34 10 29 13 8 24 5 15 0 0 0 0 2 6 382 529 2 6 26 2.4 2 0.2 0 273 420
Dan Scott   9 28 4 14 12 11 39 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 25 429 464 0 0 8 0.9 8 0.9 0 267 416
Gary Andrews   7 23 5 22 9 8 35 1 4 0 0 0 0 7 30 391 435 1 4 2 0.3 0 0.0 0 29 404
Mike Moosebrugger 9 34 8 24 12 6 18 6 18 0 0 0 0 9 26 353 529 1 3 5 0.6 1 0.1 0 78 403
Jay Matthews   9 33 9 27 13 10 30 3 9 0 0 0 0 6 18 394 485 0 0 5 0.6 0 0.0 1 11 400
Mike Patterson   8 27 3 11 11 10 37 1 4 0 0 0 0 9 33 407 444 0 0 8 1.0 3 0.4 1 125 396
Glen Hipple   7 22 5 23 7 6 27 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 27 318 364 4 18 13 1.9 3 0.4 0 271 393
Kevin Curran   6 24 8 33 8 8 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 333 333 3 13 5 0.8 7 1.2 1 250 389
Chris Matthews   9 32 6 19 11 10 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 25 344 375 3 9 13 1.4 8 0.9 0 322 385
Jesse Garrison   10 32 5 16 13 10 31 3 9 0 0 0 0 4 13 406 500 0 0 10 1.0 0 0.0 1 60 380
Mike Tareila   8 31 8 26 9 5 16 1 3 1 3 2 6 7 23 290 581 0 0 9 1.1 2 0.3 2 63 371
Mario Morales   7 22 8 36 6 5 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 6 27 273 318 3 14 9 1.3 0 0.0 1 71 365
Nick Mullen   8 27 7 26 9 7 26 2 7 0 0 0 0 5 19 333 407 1 4 6 0.8 1 0.1 1 50 359
Joe Sharp   14 38 5 13 13 13 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 342 342 3 8 20 1.4 19 1.4 0 414 357
Rob Johnson   8 25 3 12 8 6 24 1 4 0 0 1 4 7 28 320 480 0 0 14 1.8 0 0.0 0 175 353
Tom Ambolino   11 34 9 26 9 7 21 0 0 2 6 0 0 8 24 265 382 4 12 10 0.9 1 0.1 1 73 345
Gary Taylor   7 25 8 32 8 8 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 320 320 0 0 20 2.9 9 1.3 3 371 342
Russ Stefanelli   10 30 6 20 8 6 20 0 0 1 3 1 3 8 27 267 433 2 7 18 1.8 0 0.0 1 140 342
Tim O'Shea, Sr.   9 27 6 22 8 8 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 296 296 3 11 11 1.2 10 1.1 0 344 340
Mike Scafidi   9 31 7 23 11 10 32 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 355 387 0 0 10 1.1 9 1.0 7 0 331
Mike Valentine   9 23 3 13 6 4 17 1 4 1 4 0 0 5 22 261 391 1 4 9 1.0 8 0.9 0 278 312
Bryan McGuire   10 31 7 23 7 6 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 6 226 258 6 19 12 1.2 11 1.1 0 340 299
John Tulaba   7 24 5 21 6 5 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 8 250 292 2 8 9 1.3 6 0.9 3 129 279
Shawn Rush   10 37 8 22 8 8 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 216 216 0 0 6 0.6 1 0.1 0 80 222