| Core Playoff Player Of The Year / 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 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%. Total ABs are taken into consideration as well. A player is required to have a minimum of 27 ABs (including BBs) to qualify. The winner will be announced in the Softball America - Year In Review magazine. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Legend | ||||||||||||||||||||
| G | AB | R | R% | H | 1B | 1B% | 2B | 2B% | 3B | 3B% | HR | HR% | RBI | RBI% | Avg | Slg | BB | BB% | Pts | |
| Justin Gaumer | 7 | 31 | 23 | 74 | 25 | 17 | 55 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 77 | 806 | 1290 | 0 | 0 | 721 |
| Pat Kelley | 14 | 44 | 26 | 59 | 28 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 66 | 636 | 1500 | 5 | 10 | 661 |
| Tom Koelzer, Jr. | 18 | 55 | 29 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 31 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 65 | 673 | 1364 | 7 | 11 | 655 |
| Tony Cabot | 9 | 25 | 15 | 60 | 16 | 9 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 92 | 640 | 1280 | 2 | 7 | 653 |
| Charlie Hooker | 8 | 31 | 17 | 55 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 5 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 74 | 645 | 1516 | 1 | 3 | 648 |
| CJ Motts | 9 | 30 | 19 | 63 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 667 | 1267 | 3 | 9 | 629 |
| Axel Alicea | 17 | 50 | 21 | 42 | 33 | 20 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 22 | 39 | 78 | 660 | 1360 | 0 | 0 | 614 |
| James McLaughlin | 9 | 30 | 16 | 53 | 18 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 67 | 600 | 1500 | 0 | 0 | 607 |
| Ryan Goodman | 30 | 99 | 45 | 45 | 68 | 43 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 45 | 687 | 1232 | 2 | 2 | 599 |
| Evan Porter | 20 | 60 | 31 | 52 | 36 | 21 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 43 | 72 | 600 | 1183 | 5 | 8 | 598 |
| The player rankings listed below are a result of formula based on the following categories: R%, RBI%, Avg, Slg, BB%. 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% | Pts | |
| Jonn Poore | 15 | 44 | 23 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 39 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 23 | 52 | 636 | 1295 | 2 | 4 | 597 |
| Jarrett Kerns | 19 | 61 | 34 | 56 | 39 | 20 | 33 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 52 | 639 | 1180 | 3 | 5 | 595 |
| Alex Freeman | 8 | 29 | 13 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 28 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 59 | 655 | 1276 | 1 | 3 | 591 |
| Mike Koelzer | 10 | 34 | 14 | 41 | 24 | 18 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 59 | 706 | 1118 | 1 | 3 | 589 |
| John Erb | 9 | 30 | 14 | 47 | 19 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 77 | 633 | 1133 | 1 | 3 | 586 |
| Matt Friend | 9 | 37 | 12 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 43 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 70 | 703 | 1108 | 1 | 3 | 583 |
| John Walsh | 8 | 24 | 14 | 58 | 17 | 15 | 63 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 708 | 792 | 4 | 14 | 569 |
| Greg Hess | 9 | 28 | 18 | 64 | 18 | 13 | 46 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 643 | 857 | 3 | 10 | 555 |
| Bill Shipe | 8 | 27 | 13 | 48 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 556 | 1222 | 1 | 4 | 540 |
| Keith Keppley | 35 | 120 | 63 | 53 | 74 | 43 | 36 | 22 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 29 | 617 | 967 | 4 | 3 | 539 |
| Jay Muir | 9 | 29 | 20 | 69 | 20 | 19 | 66 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 690 | 724 | 1 | 3 | 538 |
| Roc Akers | 9 | 29 | 15 | 52 | 20 | 15 | 52 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 690 | 931 | 1 | 3 | 536 |
| Kyle Gallagher | 8 | 28 | 13 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 54 | 607 | 929 | 0 | 0 | 518 |
| Kyle Rizzi | 12 | 38 | 13 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 45 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 42 | 632 | 921 | 3 | 7 | 516 |
| Mike Downey | 10 | 37 | 15 | 41 | 20 | 8 | 22 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 62 | 541 | 1135 | 0 | 0 | 513 |
| Rob Lyons | 16 | 47 | 27 | 57 | 29 | 24 | 51 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 617 | 723 | 4 | 8 | 508 |
| Joseph Gaumer | 9 | 37 | 22 | 59 | 20 | 12 | 32 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 541 | 1027 | 1 | 3 | 507 |
| Alex Shapiro | 13 | 37 | 19 | 51 | 19 | 10 | 27 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 41 | 514 | 946 | 4 | 10 | 500 |
| Jake Feehan | 9 | 31 | 17 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 548 | 903 | 1 | 3 | 487 |
| Ben Razzi | 15 | 46 | 18 | 39 | 26 | 18 | 39 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 43 | 565 | 870 | 2 | 4 | 484 |
| Matt King | 10 | 42 | 11 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 643 | 810 | 0 | 0 | 471 |
| Frank Fusca | 11 | 32 | 13 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 41 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 563 | 750 | 2 | 6 | 457 |
| Jon Motts | 9 | 29 | 14 | 48 | 14 | 9 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 483 | 793 | 3 | 9 | 454 |
| Bill Brancato | 14 | 43 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 512 | 930 | 0 | 0 | 444 |
| Matt Bookheimer | 8 | 27 | 8 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 556 | 815 | 0 | 0 | 433 |
| Greg Reilly | 15 | 56 | 23 | 41 | 30 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 536 | 750 | 1 | 2 | 432 |
| Chris Hackney | 16 | 53 | 25 | 47 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 28 | 491 | 642 | 2 | 4 | 422 |
| Bill Shallcross | 18 | 65 | 20 | 31 | 33 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 48 | 508 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 421 |
| Ed Decker | 8 | 26 | 11 | 42 | 13 | 9 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 500 | 808 | 1 | 4 | 420 |
| Mike Carr | 8 | 28 | 7 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 57 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 607 | 643 | 0 | 0 | 420 |
| Tom Finn | 9 | 28 | 8 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 50 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 571 | 679 | 1 | 3 | 415 |
| Gary Thompson | 13 | 37 | 9 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 38 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 30 | 541 | 757 | 1 | 3 | 415 |
| Jesse Faller | 11 | 36 | 13 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 500 | 778 | 0 | 0 | 405 |
| Jay Cybok | 14 | 40 | 10 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 40 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 525 | 725 | 1 | 2 | 399 |
| Phil Black | 9 | 27 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 52 | 481 | 630 | 2 | 7 | 395 |
| Jason Pane | 28 | 94 | 29 | 31 | 46 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 489 | 638 | 3 | 3 | 389 |
| Jim Craig | 16 | 39 | 11 | 28 | 19 | 18 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 487 | 564 | 3 | 7 | 380 |
| Craig Richards | 7 | 26 | 8 | 31 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 462 | 615 | 1 | 4 | 372 |
| Jake Haber | 17 | 59 | 19 | 32 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 373 | 508 | 4 | 6 | 341 |
| John Zeits | 13 | 46 | 12 | 26 | 20 | 18 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 435 | 478 | 2 | 4 | 321 |
| Bryan Peterman | 21 | 52 | 10 | 19 | 20 | 16 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 27 | 385 | 481 | 3 | 5 | 312 |
| Curt Hensman | 13 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 393 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 293 |
| Wayne Horger, Jr. | 14 | 36 | 9 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22 | 361 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 292 |
| Corey VanFossen | 8 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 414 | 448 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
| Justin Ruth | 9 | 29 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 345 | 379 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
| Bryan Bart | 13 | 46 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 28 | 304 | 413 | 0 | 0 | 248 |
| Adam Hendricks | 8 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 269 | 308 | 1 | 4 | 214 |