Core Player Of The Year / 2002
The candidates listed below have been nominated for Player Of The Year and are listed alphabetically.  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 54 ABs (including BBs) to qualify. The winner will be announced at the Awards Banquet.
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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
Marty Wetzel*	22	80	65	81	64	19	24	19	24	9	11	17	21	75	94	800	1900	3	4	46	2.1	4	0.2	4	173	850
Mike Cianfichi*	23	75	52	69	53	14	19	17	23	5	7	17	23	69	92	707	1747	4	5	61	2.7	53	2.3	6	622	803
Mark Golling*	24	88	50	57	59	20	23	13	15	4	5	22	25	76	86	670	1659	5	6	82	3.4	41	1.7	7	567	749
Chris Hibsman*	28	107	61	57	79	34	32	22	21	16	15	7	7	62	58	738	1439	4	4	64	2.3	63	2.3	12	507	720
Bob Baginski*	29	106	72	68	79	44	42	16	15	13	12	6	6	74	70	745	1311	4	4	62	2.1	8	0.3	6	186	716
Keith Keppley*	36	133	82	62	97	48	36	20	15	16	12	13	10	93	70	729	1414	1	1	98	2.7	4	0.1	4	250	712
Brian Chester	16	53	38	72	39	28	53	7	13	1	2	3	6	22	42	736	1075	7	13	23	1.4	27	1.7	4	381	688
Steve Mendenhall*	52	204	128	63	138	69	34	40	20	14	7	15	7	117	57	676	1230	5	2	116	2.2	87	1.7	23	381	684
Don Gerhart*	22	72	43	60	51	24	33	13	18	7	10	7	10	49	68	708	1375	2	3	35	1.6	2	0.1	2	141	679
Wes Tommassello*	37	132	75	57	87	39	30	20	15	16	12	12	9	92	70	659	1326	3	2	78	2.1	61	1.6	14	389	676
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
Kevin Miller*	19	53	41	77	32	15	28	13	25	0	0	4	8	25	47	604	1075	16	30	28	1.5	9	0.5	2	200	674
Tom Strowhouer*	22	79	39	49	52	21	27	13	16	4	5	14	18	57	72	658	1456	2	3	50	2.3	47	2.1	14	400	671
Eric Pfleger*	15	50	34	68	32	22	44	6	12	1	2	3	6	21	42	640	980	6	12	48	3.2	42	2.8	2	827	657
Tim Haney	16	55	33	60	35	14	25	11	20	5	9	5	9	36	65	636	1291	3	5	26	1.6	0	0.0	0	163	639
Rob Pfeifer*	45	150	86	57	98	68	45	22	15	4	3	4	3	40	27	653	933	19	13	137	3.0	116	2.6	13	704	637
Tom Corey*	89	268	164	61	158	95	35	33	12	18	7	12	4	130	49	590	981	38	14	170	1.9	32	0.4	8	227	636
Kent Smedley*	21	99	53	54	62	26	26	18	18	7	7	11	11	51	52	626	1283	1	1	70	3.3	49	2.3	16	495	630
Dave McDonald	22	87	48	55	62	46	53	11	13	3	3	2	2	23	26	713	977	2	2	57	2.6	48	2.2	13	459	609
Chris Shaw*	19	65	36	55	38	17	26	10	15	5	8	6	9	37	57	585	1169	3	5	52	2.7	21	1.1	4	411	603
Tom Montvydas*	26	86	39	45	55	28	33	17	20	2	2	8	9	40	47	640	1163	4	5	53	2.0	14	0.5	6	219	590
Matt Vernak*	14	56	28	50	38	21	38	8	14	6	11	3	5	25	45	679	1196	0	0	13	0.9	1	0.1	2	50	588
John Benson*	15	54	32	59	37	25	46	9	17	2	4	1	2	15	28	685	981	1	2	32	2.1	9	0.6	1	307	587
Bill Markward*	70	236	127	54	138	88	37	26	11	11	5	13	6	97	41	585	953	20	8	120	1.7	6	0.1	9	137	584
Harold Ortiz*	24	75	38	51	47	25	33	13	17	6	8	3	4	35	47	627	1080	3	4	42	1.8	40	1.7	15	258	583
John Muntz*	34	134	65	49	87	62	46	17	13	4	3	4	3	33	25	649	925	2	1	105	3.1	91	2.7	16	656	582
Ron Pulli*	49	182	87	48	115	85	47	12	7	13	7	5	3	92	51	632	923	5	3	115	2.3	11	0.2	6	231	582
Bill Gilbert*	54	207	108	52	125	76	37	24	12	18	9	7	3	90	43	604	995	3	1	90	1.7	24	0.4	4	226	580
Jim McConnell	22	77	30	39	50	31	40	8	10	5	6	6	8	52	68	649	1117	0	0	34	1.5	7	0.3	6	109	578
Paul O'Connor*	79	271	100	37	173	120	44	30	11	17	6	6	2	133	49	638	941	1	0	104	1.3	53	0.7	11	210	577
Mike Benninghoff*	24	81	41	51	46	26	32	7	9	3	4	10	12	50	62	568	1099	6	7	28	1.2	16	0.7	7	133	574
George Megelsh*	16	62	33	53	41	29	47	5	8	5	8	2	3	24	39	661	1000	0	0	20	1.3	24	1.5	8	225	570
Joe Maul	23	97	54	56	59	40	41	13	13	6	6	0	0	43	44	608	866	0	0	47	2.0	35	1.5	2	474	565
Mike Minko	23	69	31	45	43	26	38	9	13	4	6	4	6	32	46	623	1043	3	4	60	2.6	4	0.2	4	226	564
Brian Sauers	22	84	41	49	46	23	27	6	7	6	7	11	13	44	52	548	1155	5	6	49	2.2	2	0.1	2	205	562
Wayne Jerdan*	20	61	27	44	42	35	57	7	11	0	0	0	0	28	46	689	803	3	5	26	1.3	6	0.3	2	150	558
C.J. Hornberger	30	103	37	36	67	41	40	21	20	4	4	1	1	55	53	650	961	1	1	41	1.4	34	1.1	10	230	557
Don Rimmer*	15	64	30	47	38	18	28	11	17	5	8	4	6	30	47	594	1109	0	0	41	2.7	3	0.2	1	287	555
Andy Leuzinger*	24	80	33	41	52	31	39	12	15	8	10	1	1	35	44	650	1038	2	3	28	1.2	14	0.6	10	67	553
Jeff Snyder*	55	219	100	46	132	86	39	30	14	11	5	5	2	74	34	603	909	4	2	131	2.4	30	0.5	15	238	552
Keith Martin*	15	54	22	41	35	24	44	4	7	3	6	4	7	23	43	648	1056	1	2	21	1.4	3	0.2	2	127	550
Chris Hesdon	32	115	52	45	63	41	36	12	10	5	4	5	4	50	43	548	870	2	2	98	3.1	92	2.9	12	731	546
Dave Moll	31	97	38	39	59	37	38	11	11	7	7	4	4	35	36	608	990	6	6	72	2.3	25	0.8	8	290	546
Joe Quinn	22	78	38	49	53	47	60	5	6	0	0	1	1	27	35	679	782	0	0	45	2.0	9	0.4	3	232	544
Doug Thomas	23	79	41	52	47	30	38	10	13	4	5	3	4	34	43	595	937	2	3	26	1.1	7	0.3	3	122	537
Rick Bieber*	13	53	25	47	31	23	43	6	11	2	4	0	0	21	40	585	774	4	8	28	2.2	24	1.8	3	492	536
Jim Weid*	22	67	35	52	37	26	39	2	3	4	6	5	7	36	54	552	925	6	9	24	1.1	1	0.0	5	27	535
Jim Flowers	47	156	61	39	83	47	30	12	8	16	10	8	5	82	53	532	968	7	4	140	3.0	6	0.1	6	272	532
Steve Bucher*	26	81	40	49	48	33	41	12	15	2	2	1	1	36	44	593	827	6	7	43	1.7	1	0.0	6	81	530
Alex Solis	21	69	37	54	41	32	46	2	3	2	3	5	7	26	38	594	899	1	1	44	2.1	3	0.1	3	181	530
Rob Johnson*	43	145	69	48	80	54	37	18	12	2	1	6	4	69	48	552	828	6	4	100	2.3	19	0.4	9	237	528
Mike Ciepiela	45	147	61	41	79	54	37	15	10	6	4	4	3	57	39	537	803	5	3	107	2.4	125	2.8	17	642	527
Rick Garrison	24	85	39	46	49	29	34	13	15	6	7	1	1	31	36	576	906	5	6	39	1.6	23	1.0	7	238	527
Rich Peterson	23	71	33	46	41	27	38	7	10	6	8	1	1	29	41	577	887	2	3	68	3.0	9	0.4	5	287	523
Mike Reiser	18	64	28	44	40	31	48	6	9	3	5	0	0	25	39	625	813	2	3	33	1.8	1	0.1	1	172	521
Tim O'Shea Sr.	51	172	67	39	98	76	44	10	6	7	4	5	3	66	38	570	797	9	5	47	0.9	41	0.8	4	222	516
Luke Lawlor*	24	76	33	43	40	21	28	8	11	6	8	5	7	38	50	526	987	5	7	35	1.5	4	0.2	4	113	514
Greg Robinson	24	62	26	42	31	15	24	12	19	3	5	1	2	26	42	500	839	12	19	53	2.2	6	0.3	2	238	512
Irv Derstine	21	73	28	38	41	26	36	13	18	0	0	2	3	22	30	562	822	5	7	45	2.1	54	2.6	10	538	512
Steve Palmer*	19	57	26	46	37	27	47	9	16	0	0	1	2	12	21	649	860	1	2	16	0.8	1	0.1	1	74	510
John Trippetti*	40	137	51	37	82	57	42	20	15	2	1	3	2	48	35	599	839	3	2	95	2.4	10	0.3	10	188	510
Chris VanLeuvanee	46	175	81	46	88	43	25	20	11	12	7	13	7	65	37	503	977	7	4	88	1.9	4	0.1	10	122	509
Tony Rocca	23	83	26	31	52	40	48	10	12	0	0	2	2	43	52	627	819	3	4	25	1.1	8	0.3	10	4	507
Rich Edmundson*	67	220	93	42	118	84	38	18	8	13	6	3	1	87	40	536	777	7	3	96	1.4	2	0.0	3	131	503
Curt Perry	23	69	30	43	37	21	30	7	10	4	6	5	7	27	39	536	971	5	7	9	0.4	1	0.0	0	48	502
Jim Jacquelin*	34	115	52	45	70	60	52	9	8	0	0	1	1	36	31	609	713	5	4	44	1.3	7	0.2	13	18	499
Steph Garrett*	34	109	40	37	59	38	35	13	12	5	5	3	3	40	37	541	835	2	2	76	2.2	56	1.6	7	471	498
Brent Munsell*	16	51	21	41	31	25	49	5	10	1	2	0	0	16	31	608	745	5	10	11	0.7	0	0.0	1	44	498
Dave Bonacquisti*	23	69	22	32	40	33	48	4	6	3	4	0	0	23	33	580	725	9	13	34	1.5	16	0.7	2	252	496
Eric Thrush	23	75	33	44	41	22	29	16	21	2	3	1	1	31	41	547	853	1	1	42	1.8	13	0.6	5	209	493
Gary Black	35	113	44	39	70	59	52	10	9	1	1	0	0	40	35	619	726	4	4	24	0.7	0	0.0	9	-34	492
Bob Kolecki	22	78	27	35	49	37	47	11	14	0	0	1	1	27	35	628	808	3	4	23	1.0	7	0.3	12	-50	490
Ben Avrum	15	42	23	55	20	17	40	1	2	0	0	2	5	6	14	476	643	13	31	36	2.4	1	0.1	5	120	489
Rob McCrory	18	55	25	45	34	27	49	6	11	0	0	1	2	12	22	618	782	2	4	19	1.1	0	0.0	4	17	488
Joe Pfleger	29	94	41	44	47	27	29	10	11	5	5	5	5	38	40	500	872	9	10	39	1.3	3	0.1	6	72	488
Eric Touni	41	142	60	42	73	40	28	19	13	12	8	2	1	46	32	514	859	7	5	76	1.9	1	0.0	5	141	485
Bob Muller	18	56	25	45	31	25	45	5	9	1	2	0	0	19	34	554	679	3	5	43	2.4	33	1.8	12	339	485
Jeff Overberger*	25	79	30	38	39	22	28	9	11	2	3	6	8	44	56	494	886	3	4	61	2.4	2	0.1	3	212	485
Brian Roth	16	55	25	45	30	23	42	5	9	1	2	1	2	25	45	545	727	2	4	31	1.9	3	0.2	2	181	484
Cal Bohannon	31	100	43	43	54	44	44	7	7	3	3	0	0	41	41	540	670	5	5	47	1.5	21	0.7	7	197	480
Greg Lavin	21	68	25	37	37	21	31	13	19	2	3	1	1	34	50	544	838	0	0	37	1.8	6	0.3	3	176	480
Greg Thomas	21	59	29	49	31	21	36	6	10	4	7	0	0	21	36	525	763	4	7	26	1.2	4	0.2	3	105	479
Howard Miller	15	54	19	35	26	9	17	11	20	3	6	3	6	22	41	481	963	2	4	32	2.1	18	1.2	1	427	479
Scott Derman*	23	67	28	42	40	34	51	5	7	1	1	0	0	7	10	597	701	4	6	62	2.7	2	0.1	6	183	471
Craig Aravich	19	58	26	45	31	23	40	6	10	1	2	1	2	19	33	534	724	3	5	33	1.7	12	0.6	5	195	471
Steve Kusnerus*	23	87	35	40	47	36	41	6	7	2	2	3	3	20	23	540	759	3	3	68	3.0	16	0.7	7	313	470
Rich Ciepiela	24	63	24	38	34	30	48	3	5	1	2	0	0	20	32	540	619	10	16	26	1.1	1	0.0	2	83	468
Gary Wheaton	22	71	24	34	39	29	41	6	8	1	1	3	4	27	38	549	789	3	4	43	2.0	2	0.1	4	141	468
Dan Geiser	22	68	29	43	34	20	29	10	15	2	3	2	3	26	38	500	794	1	1	39	1.8	23	1.0	3	332	468
Dwayne Curry*	58	184	75	41	82	48	26	19	10	13	7	2	1	75	41	446	723	14	8	99	1.7	18	0.3	6	191	463
Chris Cusano*	29	104	53	51	51	41	39	7	7	0	0	3	3	32	31	490	644	7	7	41	1.4	20	0.7	7	183	462
Mark Lind	24	76	32	42	41	33	43	7	9	1	1	0	0	25	33	539	658	5	7	49	2.0	5	0.2	8	113	462
Mike McHale	28	97	34	35	52	49	51	1	1	2	2	0	0	35	36	536	588	8	8	33	1.2	25	0.9	3	254	462
John MacDaniel	21	73	35	48	36	34	47	0	0	1	1	1	1	23	32	493	562	4	5	50	2.4	30	1.4	3	467	460
Mike DeGuida	16	63	33	52	33	25	40	3	5	4	6	1	2	14	22	524	746	2	3	22	1.4	1	0.1	2	100	460
Barry Lewis	19	67	30	45	33	22	33	7	10	1	1	3	4	17	25	493	761	7	10	25	1.3	1	0.1	1	121	459
Drew Minko	23	66	17	26	39	33	50	4	6	2	3	0	0	16	24	591	712	4	6	30	1.3	20	0.9	7	183	457
Ryan Moser	23	86	37	43	44	24	28	13	15	4	5	3	3	26	30	512	860	0	0	48	2.1	20	0.9	17	87	456
Chris Sedlock	30	95	39	41	53	45	47	6	6	2	2	0	0	20	21	558	663	5	5	38	1.3	3	0.1	5	80	455
Joe DeSousa	68	231	74	32	120	101	44	13	6	5	2	1	0	77	33	519	632	6	3	63	0.9	38	0.6	16	110	454
Ed Doyle Jr.	24	79	25	32	43	35	44	6	8	1	1	1	1	17	22	544	684	4	5	40	1.7	25	1.0	1	358	452
Joe Turco	23	81	27	33	43	34	42	5	6	4	5	0	0	26	32	531	691	0	0	31	1.3	31	1.3	1	387	450
Leroy Meyers	19	60	29	48	27	21	35	2	3	2	3	2	3	14	23	450	650	6	10	50	2.6	28	1.5	7	411	449
Bob Gargas	23	68	18	26	37	28	41	5	7	4	6	0	0	20	29	544	735	1	1	35	1.5	22	1.0	3	291	442
Tim Moll	23	74	21	28	38	24	32	11	15	0	0	3	4	31	42	514	784	0	0	36	1.6	28	1.2	11	209	441
Colin Majetka*	24	88	38	43	43	34	39	3	3	5	6	1	1	29	33	489	670	0	0	66	2.8	45	1.9	23	267	440
Chuck Beauregard	22	65	22	34	34	31	48	3	5	0	0	0	0	17	26	523	569	10	15	8	0.4	3	0.1	3	9	436
Steve Tow	59	188	55	29	97	85	45	6	3	5	3	1	1	51	27	516	617	9	5	64	1.1	6	0.1	6	88	435
Mike Szurpeta	31	104	34	33	56	51	49	2	2	1	1	2	2	28	27	538	635	6	6	21	0.7	5	0.2	8	-3	432
Rich Reinheimer	23	78	27	35	39	27	35	7	9	4	5	1	1	34	44	500	731	0	0	29	1.3	2	0.1	6	39	430
Mike Patterson	43	139	42	30	68	47	34	11	8	7	5	3	2	47	34	489	734	3	2	73	1.7	6	0.1	12	86	429
Rick Sturgis	31	98	32	33	48	41	42	4	4	2	2	1	1	36	37	490	602	9	9	32	1.0	7	0.2	7	58	428
Mark Cavallaro	23	68	25	37	33	23	34	6	9	3	4	1	1	20	29	485	706	1	1	45	2.0	19	0.8	6	257	427
Justin Schlousher	18	54	20	37	28	23	43	3	6	2	4	0	0	8	15	519	648	5	9	34	1.9	0	0.0	4	100	426
Ron Rufo*	18	56	18	32	25	10	18	8	14	6	11	1	2	19	34	446	857	1	2	39	2.2	8	0.4	3	239	421
Bob Marren*	51	152	49	32	75	64	42	9	6	2	1	0	0	36	24	493	579	0	0	95	1.9	57	1.1	14	300	418
Bob Drayer	19	61	21	34	31	20	33	7	11	4	7	0	0	11	18	508	754	0	0	29	1.5	2	0.1	1	153	415
Jeremy Gainey	29	109	40	37	50	39	36	5	5	3	3	3	3	34	31	459	642	3	3	53	1.8	5	0.2	4	162	414
B. Beedenbender	16	59	26	44	26	17	29	6	10	3	5	0	0	23	39	441	644	1	2	27	1.7	14	0.9	8	144	412
Keith Bellinger	22	79	28	35	40	35	44	4	5	0	0	1	1	17	22	506	595	1	1	55	2.5	5	0.2	6	186	410
Mark Juliano	23	61	12	20	33	26	43	5	8	1	2	1	2	20	33	541	705	0	0	37	1.6	2	0.1	6	74	408
Joe Joyce	24	73	21	29	35	29	40	3	4	2	3	1	1	28	38	479	616	2	3	54	2.3	7	0.3	7	167	407
Dave Sempowski	21	56	20	36	27	27	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	21	482	482	8	14	14	0.7	3	0.1	2	57	405
Jay Brash	21	67	26	39	33	24	36	8	12	1	1	0	0	16	24	493	642	0	0	33	1.6	2	0.1	5	81	404
Rick Mercadante	24	76	24	32	36	28	37	4	5	3	4	1	1	23	30	474	645	1	1	30	1.3	23	1.0	8	183	403
Greg Hood	41	108	33	31	49	36	33	10	9	0	0	3	3	26	24	454	630	7	6	77	1.9	7	0.2	7	154	401
William Henry	17	54	15	28	27	24	44	0	0	3	6	0	0	8	15	500	611	1	2	28	1.6	27	1.6	5	365	398
Reid White	22	72	33	46	30	20	28	8	11	0	0	2	3	21	29	417	611	0	0	36	1.6	9	0.4	0	245	396
Lance Henik	45	126	30	24	59	42	33	10	8	6	5	1	1	34	27	468	667	1	1	53	1.2	19	0.4	11	104	389
Tim Maher	20	67	16	24	33	28	42	1	1	3	4	1	1	21	31	493	642	1	1	17	0.9	2	0.1	3	45	388
Eric Miller	22	64	16	25	29	21	33	6	9	2	3	0	0	16	25	453	609	2	3	61	2.8	7	0.3	3	286	382
Mike Carmody	20	64	14	22	33	33	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	27	516	516	2	3	30	1.5	16	0.8	11	90	381
Richie Lawn	16	53	14	26	25	24	45	0	0	1	2	0	0	14	26	472	509	1	2	32	2.0	18	1.1	8	225	373
Joe Procopio	17	64	17	27	27	18	28	9	14	0	0	0	0	13	20	422	563	2	3	71	4.2	9	0.5	3	453	372
Brad Mason	20	65	14	22	32	29	45	1	2	2	3	0	0	17	26	492	569	0	0	11	0.6	2	0.1	1	55	366
Mike Carter	21	53	15	28	18	15	28	2	4	1	2	0	0	10	19	340	415	9	17	42	2.0	35	1.7	2	495	355
Matt Ferrello	24	76	24	32	30	26	34	2	3	2	3	0	0	9	12	395	474	2	3	37	1.5	35	1.5	3	396	347
Ed Knab	20	66	22	33	25	12	18	10	15	3	5	0	0	15	23	379	621	0	0	40	2.0	9	0.5	8	130	344
Bill Frederico	16	52	14	27	22	21	40	0	0	1	2	0	0	13	25	423	462	2	4	4	0.3	3	0.2	0	63	338
Glen Boyce	23	59	13	22	25	23	39	1	2	1	2	0	0	8	14	424	475	4	7	33	1.4	15	0.7	10	100	332
Bill Worthington	22	68	14	21	24	18	26	3	4	2	3	1	1	19	28	353	500	0	0	20	0.9	11	0.5	4	118	301
Mike Brennen	18	53	10	19	19	17	32	2	4	0	0	0	0	8	15	358	396	5	9	26	1.4	13	0.7	5	178	300
Steve Jerdan	22	62	11	18	18	17	27	1	2	0	0	0	0	10	16	290	306	7	11	41	1.9	38	1.7	4	459	285
Sal Capone	22	66	15	23	25	24	36	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	379	394	3	5	25	1.1	3	0.1	8	-5	283
Joe Miller	22	59	10	17	23	22	37	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	12	390	424	1	2	24	1.1	5	0.2	9	-9	280