Core Player Of The Year / 2017
The candidates listed below have been nominated for 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 72 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%	Pts
Mike Bitterlich	31	119	76	64	89	31	26	16	13	12	10	30	25	102	86	748	1840	0	0	768
Matt McCleary	21	74	44	59	53	22	30	14	19	4	5	13	18	66	89	716	1541	1	1	709
Jarred Gardner	27	86	54	63	58	23	27	16	19	5	6	14	16	64	74	674	1465	5	5	685
James McLaughlin	22	85	53	62	57	24	28	14	16	2	2	17	20	62	73	671	1482	0	0	669
Keith Keppley	43	161	105	65	112	56	35	34	21	17	11	5	3	97	60	696	1211	8	5	668
John Erb	90	301	167	55	188	98	33	39	13	19	6	32	11	203	67	625	1199	19	6	656
Jose Rodriguez	44	133	79	59	85	28	21	29	22	18	14	10	8	80	60	639	1353	6	4	643
Jake Blum	30	102	63	62	66	26	25	22	22	8	8	10	10	50	49	647	1314	7	6	634
Kyle Rizzi	24	83	47	57	54	26	31	17	20	2	2	9	11	49	59	651	1229	2	2	613
Chris Hackney	93	298	184	62	177	97	33	50	17	9	3	21	7	113	38	594	1034	29	9	611
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
Jason Brown	21	71	32	45	48	29	41	9	13	0	0	10	14	47	66	676	1225	2	3	610
Shawn Pfleger	17	68	41	60	40	19	28	9	13	2	3	10	15	46	68	588	1221	5	7	607
Gene Walczak	43	141	64	45	92	52	37	25	18	2	1	13	9	84	60	652	1135	8	5	603
Mike Koszowski	39	140	71	51	85	34	24	34	24	8	6	9	6	78	56	607	1157	14	9	600
Adam Lightkep	38	147	89	61	95	56	38	23	16	10	7	6	4	57	39	646	1061	8	5	597
Tom Montvydas	68	233	130	56	143	87	37	29	12	15	6	12	5	100	43	614	1021	18	7	596
Alex Freeman	21	73	42	58	46	21	29	16	22	5	7	4	5	33	45	630	1151	7	9	596
Dan Wehlau	55	188	81	43	116	66	35	15	8	20	11	15	8	109	58	617	1149	12	6	594
Kevin Shinkunas	38	145	79	54	89	45	31	24	17	6	4	14	10	78	54	614	1152	4	3	591
Matt Korn	18	73	37	51	45	23	32	9	12	3	4	10	14	49	67	616	1233	1	1	591
Chase Luxton	23	92	48	52	62	43	47	12	13	2	2	5	5	46	50	674	1011	4	4	587
KC Ingram	43	152	73	48	88	29	19	35	23	4	3	20	13	87	57	579	1257	5	3	583
Ray Pantano	21	79	40	51	47	20	25	17	22	3	4	7	9	50	63	595	1152	5	6	581
CJ Brancato	25	68	31	46	45	31	46	10	15	0	0	4	6	35	51	662	985	8	11	580
Matt Burns	28	90	42	47	54	27	30	13	14	7	8	7	8	49	54	600	1133	9	9	575
Bill Shipe	38	135	60	44	86	43	32	24	18	9	7	10	7	59	44	637	1170	3	2	574
Chris Cusano	21	81	51	63	53	32	40	18	22	2	2	1	1	25	31	654	963	4	5	571
Chris Davidson	35	107	49	46	70	47	44	13	12	4	4	6	6	59	55	654	1019	1	1	568
Zach Martin	35	126	59	47	76	37	29	15	12	12	10	12	10	66	52	603	1198	0	0	567
Greg Thompson	75	258	116	45	148	85	33	37	14	22	9	4	2	118	46	574	934	24	9	561
Ben Vitelli	22	73	37	51	45	24	33	14	19	3	4	4	5	35	48	616	1055	2	3	554
Jon Poore	30	105	49	47	59	24	23	15	14	8	8	12	11	60	57	562	1200	2	2	554
Justin Miller	25	86	40	47	53	33	38	11	13	3	3	6	7	40	47	616	1023	5	5	552
Greg Reilly	44	176	100	57	106	66	38	32	18	4	2	4	2	59	34	602	898	9	5	552
Tim Groves	22	77	42	55	47	28	36	10	13	6	8	3	4	21	27	610	1013	8	9	550
Mike Zahradnick	27	104	46	44	60	39	38	5	5	0	0	16	15	62	60	577	1087	4	4	550
Rob McKenna	20	72	34	47	44	29	40	8	11	1	1	6	8	44	61	611	1000	1	1	549
Brian Sauers	29	89	46	52	47	23	26	7	8	4	4	13	15	48	54	528	1135	7	7	547
Jason Pane	75	263	101	38	146	98	37	25	10	16	6	7	3	127	48	555	852	21	7	532
Alex Elmore	29	104	52	50	64	45	43	15	14	2	2	2	2	41	39	615	856	4	4	530
Bill Brancato	32	96	50	52	60	45	47	11	11	4	4	0	0	26	27	625	823	8	8	530
Dan Heckman	40	148	64	43	80	37	25	27	18	7	5	9	6	87	59	541	1000	5	3	529
Jay Muir	37	145	78	54	82	57	39	8	6	7	5	10	7	47	32	566	924	8	5	527
Jeff Hess	21	80	35	44	50	35	44	11	14	1	1	3	4	34	43	625	900	3	4	527
Tom Rider	37	137	47	34	85	56	41	17	12	8	6	4	3	62	45	620	949	3	2	525
Adam Spier	32	108	53	49	68	50	46	11	10	4	4	3	3	31	29	630	889	1	1	521
Kevin Ney	24	74	30	41	43	26	35	10	14	1	1	6	8	34	46	581	986	5	6	521
Jason Falcone	38	125	52	42	73	45	36	16	13	6	5	6	5	48	38	584	952	6	5	518
Nick Cordisco	22	83	43	52	51	38	46	7	8	5	6	1	1	22	27	614	855	4	5	517
Ben Crocker	21	60	32	53	35	32	53	2	3	1	2	0	0	14	23	583	650	16	21	515
Matt McReynolds	22	79	29	37	50	37	47	9	11	4	5	0	0	32	41	633	848	4	5	513
Tom Moyer	23	78	40	51	45	32	41	8	10	2	3	3	4	36	46	577	846	2	3	512
Greg Hess	18	70	33	47	42	29	41	9	13	3	4	1	1	24	34	600	857	4	5	510
Bill Thomas	36	129	60	47	69	39	30	17	13	9	7	4	3	48	37	535	899	12	9	508
Glenn Strattis	36	114	51	45	68	55	48	11	10	1	1	1	1	44	39	596	737	7	6	505
Gary Thompson	26	95	44	46	55	36	38	16	17	2	2	1	1	43	45	579	821	1	1	500
Harrison Miller	24	78	28	36	48	34	44	10	13	2	3	2	3	29	37	615	872	3	4	500
JJ Wunderlich	48	163	75	46	89	70	43	15	9	3	2	1	1	61	37	546	693	17	9	497
Mike Walton	22	77	37	48	45	30	39	8	10	5	6	2	3	21	27	584	896	2	3	497
Doug Moninghoff	46	158	69	44	90	58	37	26	16	2	1	4	3	45	28	570	835	5	3	494
Anthony Romeo	24	83	37	45	44	21	25	15	18	1	1	7	8	33	40	530	988	3	3	494
Bryan Bart	42	153	59	39	83	59	39	15	10	1	1	8	5	90	59	542	810	0	0	492
Keven Gessner	27	88	31	35	50	38	43	10	11	2	2	0	0	44	50	568	727	10	10	492
Justin Glennon	37	106	34	32	60	40	38	14	13	2	2	4	4	49	46	566	849	6	5	488
Adam Hebert	23	86	40	47	45	29	34	8	9	5	6	3	3	19	22	523	837	14	14	485
Mike Stacey	34	115	44	38	63	39	34	19	17	2	2	3	3	51	44	548	826	3	3	480
Chris Milke	21	73	25	34	42	29	40	7	10	3	4	3	4	32	44	575	877	1	1	480
John Bechtel	22	79	23	29	46	31	39	9	11	3	4	3	4	39	49	582	886	0	0	479
Jack Stepnowski	22	75	19	25	44	28	37	10	13	2	3	4	5	29	39	587	933	3	4	478
Mike Dura	43	151	56	37	85	58	38	21	14	4	3	2	1	48	32	563	795	3	2	474
CJ Barut	22	74	28	38	42	30	41	7	9	5	7	0	0	28	38	568	797	3	4	474
Dave McDonald	19	71	29	41	43	37	52	6	8	0	0	0	0	20	28	606	690	3	4	473
John Kiefer	63	183	63	34	97	76	42	18	10	2	1	1	1	94	51	530	667	9	5	473
Bryan Peterman	46	138	60	43	72	57	41	14	10	1	1	0	0	42	30	522	638	21	13	473
Jay Cybok	73	220	99	45	109	92	42	13	6	4	2	0	0	55	25	495	591	35	14	470
Chris Boyle	22	74	24	32	44	40	54	4	5	0	0	0	0	27	36	595	649	7	9	470
Dan Keith	43	152	47	31	86	69	45	11	7	5	3	1	1	57	38	566	724	5	3	466
Rob Lyons	39	147	69	47	74	46	31	16	11	8	5	4	3	39	27	503	803	7	5	466
Wayne Horger, Jr.	33	125	44	35	68	46	37	16	13	4	3	2	2	49	39	544	784	3	2	465
Phil Gallone	30	90	25	28	51	43	48	6	7	1	1	1	1	42	47	567	689	6	6	461
Steve Derrah	18	70	25	36	40	34	49	5	7	1	1	0	0	30	43	571	671	2	3	458
Gary Ehly	36	121	40	33	66	53	44	11	9	1	1	1	1	51	42	545	678	3	2	452
Matt Bechtel	22	74	35	47	41	39	53	2	3	0	0	0	0	12	16	554	581	8	10	451
Bill Treichel	21	70	23	33	37	24	34	7	10	2	3	4	6	26	37	529	857	2	3	451
Ben Razzi	33	103	39	38	51	33	32	8	8	6	6	4	4	44	43	495	806	0	0	443
Bill Hare	23	75	19	25	41	30	40	5	7	1	1	5	7	28	37	547	840	1	1	441
Jason Kamienski	22	75	26	35	40	29	39	7	9	4	5	0	0	22	29	533	733	4	5	440
Craig Richards	48	166	70	42	79	57	34	14	8	3	2	5	3	42	25	476	687	9	5	436
Steve Reichling	22	70	29	41	37	35	50	0	0	2	3	0	0	18	26	529	586	6	8	434
Chris Hesdon	36	117	37	32	65	59	50	6	5	0	0	0	0	31	26	556	607	3	3	429
Glen Hipple	23	80	30	38	44	41	51	2	3	1	1	0	0	15	19	550	600	4	5	426
Mike Downey	24	83	33	40	40	27	33	7	8	1	1	5	6	24	29	482	771	2	2	425
Jeff Bush	42	129	40	31	62	49	38	6	5	4	3	3	2	42	33	481	659	11	8	423
Russ Freed	23	81	36	44	39	25	31	11	14	3	4	0	0	23	28	481	691	0	0	416
Tom Mason	39	133	49	37	62	52	39	8	6	2	2	0	0	48	36	466	556	10	7	416
Jeff Perrone	41	120	35	29	60	49	41	9	8	1	1	1	1	38	32	500	617	7	6	415
Andrew Bravo	37	105	39	37	45	31	30	10	10	4	4	0	0	35	33	429	600	14	12	409
Chris Hauser	25	81	26	32	37	28	35	3	4	4	5	2	2	28	35	457	667	7	8	407
Jeff Douglas	21	76	32	42	36	30	39	5	7	1	1	0	0	13	17	474	566	5	6	397
Bob McClintock	20	77	30	39	35	28	36	1	1	5	6	1	1	24	31	455	636	2	3	397
John Zeits	44	147	52	35	68	60	41	8	5	0	0	0	0	35	24	463	517	10	6	396
Craig Rodenbaugh	28	94	21	22	47	36	38	7	7	3	3	1	1	26	28	500	670	1	1	389
Wayne Wiley	58	149	53	36	62	62	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	23	416	416	17	10	373
Dan Teefy, Jr.	22	74	28	38	34	31	42	2	3	1	1	0	0	5	7	459	514	7	9	373
Jim Craig	32	100	31	31	43	34	34	7	7	1	1	1	1	25	25	430	550	8	7	373
Dave Buonomo	21	73	30	41	33	30	41	3	4	0	0	0	0	16	22	452	493	2	3	373
John Andres	23	80	24	30	36	29	36	6	8	1	1	0	0	29	36	450	550	0	0	369
Lowell Snyder	26	84	25	30	38	31	37	7	8	0	0	0	0	24	29	452	536	2	2	367
Dan Teefy, Sr.	24	76	17	22	37	32	42	4	5	1	1	0	0	19	25	487	566	1	1	365
Larry Wagner	22	87	24	28	39	36	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	24	28	448	483	3	3	357
Ken Shainline	22	66	12	18	29	21	32	6	9	1	2	1	2	11	17	439	606	8	11	355
Phil Black	30	90	25	28	38	34	38	4	4	0	0	0	0	25	28	422	467	7	7	354
Mauricio Calero	43	137	42	31	52	40	29	5	4	5	4	2	1	21	15	380	533	16	10	353
Scott Johnston	22	79	29	37	32	24	30	7	9	1	1	0	0	14	18	405	519	3	4	347
Constantine Georgiadis	60	190	44	23	73	57	30	11	6	3	2	2	1	51	27	384	505	2	1	338
Rich Reinheimer	20	72	26	36	29	27	38	2	3	0	0	0	0	14	19	403	431	3	4	335
Kevin Riffel	23	65	15	23	17	15	23	2	3	0	0	0	0	10	15	262	292	7	10	243