Core Player Of The Year / 2021
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
Luke Hendricks	32	92	50	54	74	33	36	8	9	5	5	28	30	93	101	804	1913	1	1	799
CJ Motts	21	78	58	74	63	31	40	11	14	7	9	14	18	69	88	808	1667	3	4	796
Pat Kelley	28	99	70	71	76	34	34	18	18	3	3	21	21	75	76	768	1646	5	5	764
Jeremy Villano	24	86	50	58	65	28	33	14	16	6	7	17	20	69	80	756	1651	0	0	728
Jarrett Kerns	67	226	145	64	160	65	29	54	24	15	7	26	12	148	65	708	1425	13	5	717
James McLaughlin	22	76	46	61	55	21	28	17	22	7	9	10	13	65	86	724	1526	3	4	715
Evan Porter	41	150	92	61	106	54	36	20	13	3	2	29	19	128	85	707	1460	4	3	713
Jonn Poore	49	160	90	56	116	82	51	9	6	2	1	23	14	126	79	725	1238	5	3	683
Tom Koelzer, Jr.	52	191	109	57	127	57	30	33	17	9	5	28	15	158	83	665	1372	5	3	682
Matt Friend	21	71	42	59	55	31	44	18	25	5	7	1	1	39	55	775	1211	6	8	677
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
Brandon Birkhead	23	82	46	56	57	28	34	14	17	3	4	12	15	50	61	695	1378	2	2	651
Kyle Rizzi	50	171	102	60	115	66	39	27	16	7	4	15	9	98	57	673	1175	11	6	646
Alex Freeman	35	128	79	62	84	41	32	22	17	11	9	10	8	74	58	656	1234	9	7	643
Ed Decker	21	82	51	62	60	35	43	15	18	5	6	5	6	33	40	732	1220	2	2	638
Keith Keppley	86	320	181	57	212	132	41	48	15	20	6	12	4	141	44	663	1050	13	4	633
Brian Dart	23	77	44	57	51	30	39	6	8	4	5	11	14	39	51	662	1273	5	6	624
Axel Alicea	54	181	84	46	108	52	29	12	7	3	2	41	23	134	74	597	1376	3	2	621
Mike Koelzer	25	87	44	51	56	30	34	9	10	3	3	14	16	67	77	644	1299	0	0	620
Mike Downey	35	113	59	52	75	46	41	12	11	8	7	9	8	64	57	664	1150	8	7	616
Jason Pane	77	269	132	49	174	109	41	37	14	17	6	11	4	131	49	647	1033	20	7	613
Frank Fusca	51	169	80	47	112	61	36	29	17	14	8	8	5	99	59	663	1142	5	3	610
Jose Rodriguez	24	80	45	56	52	29	36	12	15	4	5	7	9	49	61	650	1163	3	4	609
Sean Nonemacher	31	108	65	60	73	36	33	23	21	7	6	7	6	41	38	676	1213	1	1	608
John Erb	26	90	50	56	57	29	32	10	11	4	4	14	16	52	58	633	1300	0	0	606
Russ Laughlin	21	74	40	54	45	21	28	9	12	1	1	14	19	47	64	608	1324	2	3	604
Bill Shipe	36	118	47	40	78	42	36	18	15	7	6	11	9	69	58	661	1212	8	6	603
Harrison Miller	24	87	42	48	56	33	38	8	9	9	10	6	7	52	60	644	1149	5	5	595
Greg Reilly	45	174	98	56	119	78	45	36	21	5	3	0	0	51	29	684	948	9	5	589
Jay Muir	23	89	56	63	59	40	45	12	13	4	4	3	3	38	43	663	989	3	3	587
Jesse Faller	57	197	102	52	119	70	36	16	8	6	3	27	14	97	49	604	1157	4	2	587
Jaden Newman	27	92	39	42	61	38	41	8	9	7	8	8	9	48	52	663	1163	1	1	578
Jon Motts	23	86	49	57	53	32	37	13	15	6	7	2	2	49	57	616	977	4	4	572
Bill Brancato	51	174	89	51	112	75	43	17	10	16	9	4	2	68	39	644	994	4	2	570
Gene Schwendeman	29	79	41	52	51	38	48	5	6	8	10	0	0	34	43	646	911	9	10	568
Jake Feehan	23	75	45	60	50	32	43	12	16	5	7	1	1	16	21	667	1000	4	5	566
Dan Croak	23	79	37	47	46	25	32	11	14	0	0	10	13	51	65	582	1101	5	6	564
Kyle Simonye	22	80	36	45	50	30	38	8	10	5	6	7	9	41	51	625	1113	2	2	560
Derek Strowhouer	24	81	37	46	48	20	25	15	19	5	6	8	10	41	51	593	1198	3	4	559
Jake Haber	38	134	60	45	81	45	34	19	14	9	7	8	6	69	51	604	1060	4	3	556
Mike Zahradnick	23	79	32	41	53	37	47	11	14	1	1	4	5	40	51	671	987	1	1	554
Ben Gillis	33	93	52	56	56	36	39	9	10	6	6	5	5	22	24	602	989	11	11	549
Chris Hackney	42	150	89	59	92	66	44	20	13	4	3	2	1	43	29	613	840	7	4	543
Gary Thompson	28	101	47	47	63	45	45	5	5	8	8	5	5	43	43	624	980	2	2	540
Rob Lyons	28	102	59	58	61	43	42	9	9	5	5	4	4	28	27	598	902	9	8	539
Ryan Goodman	52	174	78	45	96	62	36	13	7	4	2	17	10	106	61	552	966	5	3	539
Chase Luxton	23	96	50	52	59	40	42	12	13	5	5	2	2	35	36	615	906	3	3	532
Chris Lansberry	23	79	34	43	49	31	39	9	11	7	9	2	3	26	33	620	987	3	4	524
Matt Milkowich	22	74	40	54	44	34	46	5	7	1	1	4	5	26	35	595	851	5	6	523
Brian Randazzo	22	75	30	40	42	20	27	13	17	0	0	9	12	43	57	560	1093	0	0	519
Matt Bechtel	23	82	41	50	54	47	57	7	9	0	0	0	0	15	18	659	744	6	7	518
Adam Hebert	23	80	43	54	46	28	35	10	13	6	8	2	3	23	29	575	925	5	6	516
Craig Richards	30	106	53	50	63	49	46	9	8	5	5	0	0	32	30	594	774	11	9	516
Anthony Romeo	28	96	30	31	59	43	45	10	10	3	3	3	3	48	50	615	875	6	6	514
Roc Akers	41	135	75	56	77	48	36	20	15	5	4	4	3	32	24	570	881	5	4	512
Wyatt Schilling	32	91	35	38	51	29	32	10	11	4	4	8	9	48	53	560	1022	2	2	512
JR Hilsee	22	71	22	31	45	36	51	8	11	1	1	0	0	29	41	634	775	9	11	510
Bryan Peterman	57	169	79	47	97	74	44	17	10	5	3	1	1	52	31	574	751	15	8	509
Ed Reynolds	23	76	21	28	49	32	42	11	14	6	8	0	0	31	41	645	947	2	3	509
Matt King	31	106	42	40	60	36	34	17	16	2	2	5	5	47	44	566	906	4	4	501
Ryan Hamilton	23	70	24	34	40	28	40	6	9	2	3	4	6	22	31	571	886	7	9	486
Austin Grosso	39	113	38	34	63	41	36	13	12	4	4	5	4	41	36	558	876	7	6	482
Jake Blum	23	74	26	35	42	28	38	8	11	4	5	2	3	34	46	568	865	2	3	482
Wayne Horger, Jr.	29	96	38	40	55	40	42	9	9	3	3	3	3	40	42	573	823	0	0	481
Rick Totans	22	82	33	40	47	37	45	7	9	2	2	1	1	29	35	573	744	3	4	472
Matt Bookheimer	30	115	45	39	64	43	37	14	12	3	3	4	3	38	33	557	835	1	1	471
Bill Shallcross	41	133	50	38	75	57	43	14	11	4	3	0	0	48	36	564	729	1	1	466
Nick Cordisco	23	86	39	45	48	37	43	7	8	3	3	1	1	25	29	558	744	1	1	463
Alex Amador	23	82	28	34	41	23	28	9	11	1	1	8	10	42	51	500	927	1	1	461
Joseph Gaumer	22	87	40	46	46	34	39	5	6	3	3	4	5	23	26	529	793	2	2	457
Kevin Shinkunas	33	119	51	43	60	41	34	10	8	8	7	1	1	48	40	504	748	3	2	456
Shawn Arbogast	45	121	42	35	61	37	31	19	16	3	2	2	2	47	39	504	760	9	7	454
Tom Moyer	22	82	32	39	46	36	44	5	6	2	2	3	4	21	26	561	780	1	1	453
Glen Hipple	35	109	47	43	56	38	35	11	10	7	6	0	0	29	27	514	743	7	6	453
Kevin Motts	22	79	32	41	43	32	41	10	13	1	1	0	0	23	29	544	696	3	4	448
Justin Glennon	27	79	34	43	39	23	29	8	10	5	6	3	4	26	33	494	835	1	1	443
Tom Montvydas	22	73	33	45	36	24	33	10	14	1	1	1	1	25	34	493	699	3	4	438
Ben Razzi	36	117	40	34	63	47	40	11	9	4	3	1	1	27	23	538	726	3	3	437
Jim Craig	39	111	48	43	54	42	38	9	8	3	3	0	0	30	27	486	622	11	9	435
Jay Cybok	35	109	39	36	56	41	38	8	7	7	6	0	0	33	30	514	716	2	2	431
Kevin Riffel	24	75	40	53	35	33	44	2	3	0	0	0	0	8	11	467	493	17	18	428
John Zeits	48	182	64	35	89	76	42	11	6	2	1	0	0	55	30	489	571	11	6	426
Darren Shaw	22	68	18	26	38	34	50	2	3	2	3	0	0	13	19	559	647	4	6	417
Steve Skedzielewski	36	93	27	29	49	40	43	7	8	2	2	0	0	27	29	527	645	2	2	413
Bryan Bart	39	141	37	26	70	52	37	11	8	6	4	1	1	50	35	496	681	0	0	410
Connie Georgiadis	29	87	30	34	43	35	40	7	8	0	0	1	1	23	26	494	609	5	5	408
Nick Pigott	40	126	29	23	60	44	35	9	7	5	4	2	2	50	40	476	675	4	3	404
Bob Besch	38	95	23	24	47	42	44	3	3	2	2	0	0	36	38	495	568	5	5	398
Mauricio Calero	22	73	31	42	35	24	33	10	14	1	1	0	0	10	14	479	644	1	1	393
Bryce Bundy	21	72	20	28	33	20	28	7	10	3	4	3	4	21	29	458	764	0	0	385
Mark Danouski	22	70	18	26	33	24	34	6	9	3	4	0	0	16	23	471	643	5	7	383
Prashant Patel	29	89	25	28	43	37	42	5	6	1	1	0	0	26	29	483	562	1	1	379
Adam Hendricks	31	83	26	31	37	29	35	6	7	2	2	0	0	9	11	446	566	8	9	368
Curt Hensman	47	133	37	28	56	44	33	10	8	2	2	0	0	38	29	421	526	5	4	361
Josh Owens	29	68	17	25	29	23	34	6	9	0	0	0	0	18	26	426	515	4	6	347
Dave Blum	23	74	22	30	33	33	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	19	446	446	1	1	339
Sam Nagle	23	72	18	25	32	30	42	2	3	0	0	0	0	9	13	444	472	0	0	323
Dave Demko	27	71	16	23	29	28	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	13	408	423	6	8	317
Ray Berry	24	75	15	20	32	31	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	12	16	427	440	2	3	314