Core Player Of The Year / 2018
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
Shane Hanna	22	80	53	66	62	33	41	6	8	5	6	18	23	63	79	775	1650	2	2	753
Jarred Gardner	29	100	65	65	72	36	36	12	12	0	0	24	24	94	94	720	1560	4	4	739
Mike Bitterlich	37	136	83	61	92	34	25	17	13	4	3	37	27	136	100	676	1676	2	1	734
Zach Martin	32	114	72	63	81	27	24	30	26	10	9	14	12	95	83	711	1518	2	2	713
James McLaughlin	22	76	49	64	54	26	34	10	13	5	7	13	17	58	76	711	1487	1	1	696
Jim Kennedy	22	70	36	51	48	25	36	8	11	2	3	13	19	58	83	686	1414	6	8	676
Danny Hinchcliff	19	73	39	53	56	33	45	10	14	5	7	8	11	49	67	767	1370	0	0	676
Kyle Rizzi	22	86	60	70	56	26	30	15	17	5	6	10	12	65	76	651	1291	4	4	665
Jason Brown	22	85	50	59	57	31	36	11	13	1	1	14	16	59	69	671	1318	5	6	654
Ryan Russell	29	108	79	73	76	48	44	23	21	3	3	2	2	44	41	704	1028	7	6	636
Bill Shipe	38	128	58	45	85	41	32	21	16	9	7	14	11	92	72	664	1297	7	5	636
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
John Erb	43	141	80	57	87	35	25	24	17	14	10	14	10	93	66	617	1284	9	6	632
Mike Koszowski	18	71	40	56	47	20	28	17	24	8	11	2	3	38	54	662	1211	5	7	618
Jon Motts	22	84	45	54	56	28	33	16	19	3	4	9	11	39	46	667	1250	5	6	613
Charles Mott	20	79	42	53	50	20	25	18	23	4	5	8	10	49	62	633	1266	4	5	611
KC Ingram	34	114	57	50	71	31	27	25	22	3	3	12	11	57	50	623	1211	12	10	602
Jake Blum	20	83	45	54	54	24	29	19	23	3	4	8	10	35	42	651	1241	5	6	601
John Connors	20	78	43	55	54	32	41	14	18	6	8	2	3	39	50	692	1103	1	1	601
Tim Groves	21	80	49	61	51	26	33	12	15	7	9	6	8	33	41	638	1188	5	6	600
Jeff Hess	22	76	46	61	51	41	54	6	8	3	4	1	1	37	49	671	868	11	13	600
Jon Poore	49	161	70	43	102	60	37	18	11	4	2	20	12	101	63	634	1168	5	3	596
Mike Dura	22	86	56	65	54	26	30	20	23	6	7	2	2	38	44	628	1070	4	4	589
Mike Downey	35	131	66	50	80	46	35	15	11	7	5	12	9	76	58	611	1107	9	6	589
Harrison Miller	22	80	44	55	49	29	36	7	9	5	6	8	10	51	64	613	1125	2	2	585
Chris Hackney	70	240	135	56	150	87	36	47	20	13	5	3	1	65	27	625	967	16	6	579
Keith Keppley	26	90	46	51	61	37	41	18	20	6	7	0	0	33	37	678	1011	5	5	576
Tom Koelzer, Jr.	35	125	57	46	73	37	30	11	9	5	4	20	16	80	64	584	1232	2	2	576
Kevin Shinkunas	44	152	88	58	90	55	36	22	14	5	3	8	5	79	52	592	961	11	7	575
Chase Luxton	32	105	65	62	58	30	29	12	11	7	7	9	9	44	42	552	1057	13	11	566
Jarrett Kerns	21	69	37	54	42	17	25	16	23	7	10	2	3	30	43	609	1130	3	4	563
Dan Wehlau	38	151	66	44	98	65	43	14	9	9	6	10	7	60	40	649	1060	3	2	563
Anthony Crawford	21	74	35	47	42	16	22	13	18	4	5	9	12	48	65	568	1216	2	3	563
Gene Walczak	38	106	42	40	63	33	31	19	18	6	6	5	5	67	63	594	1028	11	9	561
Ryan Goodman	26	85	43	51	53	33	39	11	13	1	1	8	9	47	55	624	1059	0	0	561
Doug Moninghoff	44	167	82	49	110	79	47	16	10	9	5	6	4	47	28	659	970	5	3	560
Adam Lightkep	43	155	79	51	91	51	33	22	14	9	6	9	6	62	40	587	1019	12	7	557
Rob McKenna	24	89	44	49	56	40	45	12	13	2	2	2	2	47	53	629	876	7	7	557
Cody Miller	22	83	30	36	51	30	36	11	13	5	6	5	6	51	61	614	1048	6	7	554
Ryan Hines	26	99	55	56	62	40	40	12	12	8	8	2	2	38	38	626	970	2	2	551
Mike Kelly	22	74	32	43	47	32	43	6	8	3	4	6	8	39	53	635	1041	1	1	550
Todd Gibson	29	92	42	46	56	34	37	11	12	5	5	6	7	53	58	609	1033	1	1	549
Bryan Bart	42	147	63	43	90	66	45	12	8	7	5	5	3	89	61	612	891	4	3	547
John Bechtel	19	72	33	46	49	34	47	9	13	4	6	2	3	20	28	681	1000	1	1	545
Greg Thompson	24	78	38	49	45	22	28	12	15	9	12	2	3	36	46	577	1038	6	7	542
Colin Donohoe	22	78	33	42	49	40	51	7	9	1	1	1	1	34	44	628	782	13	14	539
Dan Geiger	19	75	36	48	47	31	41	7	9	4	5	5	7	24	32	627	1027	3	4	539
Dave McDonald	21	87	40	46	62	59	68	3	3	0	0	0	0	23	26	713	747	2	2	533
Justin Miller	29	101	53	52	61	39	39	14	14	6	6	2	2	34	34	604	921	4	4	530
Mike Zahradnick	38	135	55	41	81	58	43	14	10	1	1	8	6	76	56	600	896	2	1	529
Joshua Graef	22	67	31	46	33	14	21	8	12	1	1	10	15	42	63	493	1090	8	11	529
Gene Schwendeman	44	144	60	42	91	65	45	18	13	7	5	1	1	52	36	632	875	5	3	529
Ed Doyle, III	30	90	40	44	56	37	41	13	14	5	6	1	1	29	32	622	911	7	7	529
Glenn Strattis	32	94	32	34	60	50	53	9	10	1	1	0	0	47	50	638	755	11	10	526
Joe Healy	22	75	39	52	42	25	33	9	12	3	4	5	7	34	45	560	960	4	5	524
Bryan Peterman	69	222	99	45	125	85	38	22	10	12	5	6	3	71	32	563	851	10	4	514
Pat Downey	22	79	33	42	49	41	52	7	9	1	1	0	0	30	38	620	734	9	10	513
Jay Muir	36	121	57	47	70	44	36	16	13	5	4	5	4	42	35	579	917	4	3	513
Tom Rider	22	68	27	40	42	32	47	8	12	2	3	0	0	25	37	618	794	7	9	510
JR Hilsee	23	82	28	34	53	38	46	11	13	3	4	1	1	30	37	646	890	2	2	510
Dave Buonomo	23	84	44	52	50	44	52	5	6	1	1	0	0	31	37	595	679	8	9	510
Greg Reilly	22	83	44	53	48	28	34	16	19	2	2	2	2	19	23	578	892	5	6	507
Jason Pane	78	264	103	39	143	101	38	30	11	10	4	2	1	102	39	542	754	19	7	505
Axel Alicea	28	87	33	38	44	19	22	11	13	0	0	14	16	46	53	506	1115	4	4	503
Greg Lesher	23	86	42	49	48	29	34	7	8	3	3	9	10	27	31	558	1023	0	0	501
Alex Elmore	65	211	85	40	120	88	42	23	11	7	3	2	1	67	32	569	773	11	5	499
Glen Hipple	23	86	40	47	54	47	55	6	7	1	1	0	0	17	20	628	721	5	5	495
Craig Richards	51	178	80	45	91	50	28	15	8	19	11	7	4	50	28	511	927	13	7	494
Mike Cianfichi	23	81	22	27	51	41	51	7	9	2	2	1	1	33	41	630	802	4	5	490
John Zeits	46	152	77	51	87	77	51	7	5	3	2	0	0	34	22	572	658	12	7	490
Mark Danouski	22	69	23	33	41	27	39	8	12	6	9	0	0	27	39	594	884	3	4	489
Dan Croak	19	81	37	46	42	21	26	12	15	2	2	7	9	27	33	519	975	5	6	488
Andrew Bravo	42	129	47	36	71	51	40	13	10	6	5	1	1	47	36	550	767	14	10	484
Shawn Ortman	20	80	33	41	42	30	38	6	8	2	3	4	5	51	64	525	800	2	2	484
Rob Lyons	28	100	52	52	53	38	38	8	8	4	4	3	3	28	28	530	780	8	7	483
Matt Bechtel	21	76	17	22	50	45	59	4	5	1	1	0	0	28	37	658	737	4	5	483
Scott Johnston	20	75	25	33	47	34	45	11	15	2	3	0	0	14	19	627	827	3	4	477
Chris Boyle	20	67	23	34	39	35	52	3	4	1	1	0	0	29	43	582	657	6	8	473
CJ Kirby	21	68	30	44	35	22	32	12	18	1	1	0	0	29	43	515	721	8	11	472
Mark Bernacki	33	113	54	48	61	49	43	6	5	4	4	2	2	25	22	540	717	10	8	471
Gary Thompson	37	125	48	38	68	48	38	10	8	5	4	5	4	39	31	544	824	2	2	465
Tom Montvydas	50	174	68	39	83	42	24	20	11	13	7	8	5	63	36	477	879	8	4	465
Tom Mason	30	92	34	37	49	32	35	11	12	5	5	1	1	35	38	533	793	5	5	463
Justin Glennon	30	91	38	42	47	32	35	9	10	3	3	3	3	42	46	516	780	2	2	463
Adam Spier	24	84	36	43	46	33	39	6	7	4	5	3	4	22	26	548	821	2	2	463
Chris Hesdon	45	150	38	25	87	79	53	5	3	3	2	0	0	55	37	580	653	7	4	457
Tom Finn	22	68	31	46	36	30	44	4	6	2	3	0	0	17	25	529	647	8	11	455
Ed Reynolds	23	85	24	28	48	33	39	11	13	4	5	0	0	34	40	565	788	1	1	453
Alex Freeman	26	85	42	49	37	22	26	9	11	4	5	2	2	28	33	435	706	15	15	448
Gary Ehly	21	82	26	32	47	38	46	8	10	0	0	1	1	29	35	573	707	1	1	448
Steve Borgmann	20	71	21	30	41	31	44	6	8	3	4	1	1	20	28	577	789	1	1	447
Jonathan Duchette	19	78	28	36	44	41	53	2	3	0	0	1	1	26	33	564	628	0	0	435
Eric Rosenblum	21	67	20	30	37	32	48	3	4	1	1	1	1	17	25	552	672	6	8	435
Darren Shaw	23	80	20	25	44	37	46	5	6	2	3	0	0	32	40	550	663	4	5	434
Jason Robinson	19	75	27	36	38	26	35	9	12	1	1	2	3	31	41	507	733	1	1	433
Wayne Horger, Jr.	39	119	34	29	63	50	42	9	8	4	3	0	0	32	27	529	672	3	2	421
Jay Cybok	51	157	50	32	81	66	42	12	8	3	2	0	0	27	17	516	631	9	5	421
John Pierotti	21	67	34	51	29	26	39	3	4	0	0	0	0	16	24	433	478	11	14	408
Kevin Riffel	23	59	23	39	26	23	39	1	2	2	3	0	0	15	25	441	525	13	18	407
John Kiefer	50	151	40	26	73	67	44	3	2	0	0	3	2	46	30	483	563	6	4	397
Dan Cymerman	20	77	26	34	37	26	34	7	9	2	3	2	3	19	25	481	701	0	0	394
Curt Hensman	30	98	22	22	51	45	46	6	6	0	0	0	0	30	31	520	582	1	1	392
Kevin Bramble	22	85	28	33	41	36	42	3	4	0	0	2	2	23	27	482	588	2	2	390
Bob McClintock	23	76	22	29	37	29	38	6	8	2	3	0	0	21	28	487	618	2	3	388
Lowell Snyder	40	142	45	32	62	48	34	10	7	4	3	0	0	49	35	437	563	3	2	383
Ben Soler	22	71	21	30	32	27	38	4	6	1	1	0	0	27	38	451	535	3	4	377
Dan Teefy, Jr.	23	76	30	39	32	30	39	1	1	0	0	1	1	12	16	421	474	10	12	371
Wayne Wiley	34	78	25	32	31	31	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17	397	397	13	14	346
Bill Thomas	36	126	40	32	47	29	23	12	10	5	4	1	1	29	23	373	571	3	2	342
Mike Stacey	27	86	24	28	34	23	27	7	8	4	5	0	0	25	29	395	570	0	0	337
Jim Craig	24	66	21	32	22	19	29	3	5	0	0	0	0	7	11	333	379	8	11	298