Men's Playoff Player Of The Year 2023
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.
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	G	AB	R	R%	H	1B	1B%	2B	2B%	3B	3B%	HR	HR%	RBI	RBI%	Avg	Slg	BB	BB%	Pts
Pat Kelley	13	47	31	66	35	12	26	4	9	3	6	16	34	44	94	745	1979	3	6	1206
Jason Ashworth	18	67	47	70	46	14	21	8	12	6	9	18	27	39	58	687	1791	7	9	1093
Brian Dart	12	40	23	58	29	11	28	9	23	3	8	6	15	27	68	725	1550	2	5	939
Shane Hanna	31	116	69	59	67	31	27	14	12	4	3	18	16	66	57	578	1233	9	7	886
Shawn Hines	17	63	30	48	37	18	29	6	10	1	2	12	19	47	75	587	1286	2	3	885
Tom Jacob	10	32	11	34	23	13	41	3	9	2	6	5	16	27	84	719	1406	0	0	873
Brandon Birkhead	27	103	50	49	60	31	30	7	7	3	3	19	18	59	57	583	1262	4	4	860
Brian Wrigley	9	26	14	54	20	15	58	1	4	1	4	3	12	9	35	769	1231	3	10	848
Jarrett Kerns	8	27	16	59	19	12	44	6	22	1	4	0	0	9	33	704	1000	2	7	848
Joe Pittman	9	32	13	41	21	11	34	2	6	5	16	3	9	13	41	656	1313	0	0	843
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
Nick Purshock	8	27	14	52	18	9	33	5	19	1	4	3	11	13	48	667	1259	3	10	815
Tom Koelzer, Jr.	30	108	59	55	64	36	33	9	8	0	0	19	18	67	62	593	1204	13	11	810
Jeremy Villano	21	71	34	48	41	21	30	8	11	3	4	9	13	31	44	577	1155	5	7	807
John Kiefer	11	34	14	41	22	17	50	0	0	0	0	5	15	14	41	647	1088	2	6	803
Dan Powell	11	40	20	50	26	17	43	6	15	0	0	3	8	11	28	650	1025	2	5	789
Greg Guarino	9	32	18	56	20	13	41	6	19	1	3	0	0	13	41	625	875	2	6	779
KC Ingram	31	98	41	42	54	27	28	13	13	3	3	11	11	50	51	551	1082	5	5	776
Derek Strowhouer	11	34	15	44	19	7	21	7	21	1	3	4	12	25	74	559	1176	2	6	757
Dylan Brooks	12	47	18	38	28	16	34	2	4	0	0	10	21	26	55	596	1277	1	2	752
Austin Devlin	11	34	14	41	24	17	50	4	12	2	6	1	3	14	41	706	1029	2	6	750
Cooper Rosiak	6	26	14	54	14	4	15	8	31	1	4	1	4	13	50	538	1038	1	4	698
Evan Porter	27	100	41	41	57	37	37	8	8	1	1	11	11	51	51	570	1000	4	4	696
Matt Jacobson	10	29	12	41	20	15	52	4	14	1	3	0	0	6	21	690	897	4	12	695
Chase Luxton	9	33	16	48	19	11	33	4	12	2	6	2	6	13	39	576	1000	3	8	693
Jon Poore	24	85	35	41	47	32	38	4	5	0	0	11	13	47	55	553	988	5	6	692
Tom Signore	11	39	18	46	21	12	31	5	13	1	3	3	8	23	59	538	949	4	9	691
Jason McLaughlin	9	32	13	41	20	11	34	7	22	0	0	2	6	10	31	625	1031	2	6	691
Jay Cowan	11	34	16	47	19	12	35	3	9	2	6	2	6	17	50	559	941	4	11	690
Mike Gilbert	9	29	17	59	18	13	45	3	10	2	7	0	0	6	21	621	862	4	12	689
Jake Engleman	11	36	11	31	23	17	47	2	6	1	3	3	8	15	42	639	1000	2	5	686
Alex Freeman	18	59	27	46	33	19	32	5	8	6	10	3	5	22	37	559	1000	5	8	679
Eric Focht	8	32	11	34	22	18	56	3	9	0	0	1	3	9	28	688	875	1	3	670
Justin Miller	9	28	12	43	18	15	54	2	7	0	0	1	4	10	36	643	821	1	3	665
Jake Haber	11	30	15	50	14	5	17	5	17	2	7	2	7	16	53	467	967	5	14	664
Roc Akers	10	32	18	56	19	13	41	4	13	2	6	0	0	4	13	594	844	5	14	656
Gene Walczak	13	39	16	41	22	14	36	6	15	2	5	0	0	14	36	564	821	8	17	648
Paul Ferruzzi, Jr.	9	30	10	33	16	9	30	2	7	5	17	0	0	14	47	533	933	5	14	647
Ryan Hamilton	10	32	16	50	17	10	31	5	16	0	0	2	6	10	31	531	875	3	9	635
Jacob McDevitt	13	49	18	37	28	20	41	4	8	4	8	0	0	20	41	571	816	3	6	629
Rick Smith	8	30	11	37	17	14	47	1	3	0	0	2	7	15	50	567	800	1	3	629
Zach Martin	11	46	22	48	26	20	43	4	9	1	2	1	2	18	39	565	761	1	2	629
Connor MacFarlane	11	38	18	47	19	10	26	4	11	4	11	1	3	14	37	500	895	2	5	620
Pat McCauley	10	30	15	50	14	6	20	5	17	1	3	2	7	9	30	467	900	6	17	619
Josh Keszczyk	12	42	11	26	23	15	36	5	12	0	0	3	7	17	40	548	881	5	11	614
Jay Sechowicz	9	30	15	50	13	5	17	4	13	1	3	3	10	13	43	433	933	3	9	614
Dennis D'Angelo	12	38	14	37	21	17	45	3	8	0	0	1	3	18	47	553	711	4	10	614
AJ Bagushinski	12	40	16	40	23	19	48	3	8	1	3	0	0	12	30	575	700	6	13	611
Mike Bitterlich	28	101	38	38	47	26	26	7	7	0	0	14	14	43	43	465	950	3	3	609
Josh Goldberg	11	32	12	38	18	15	47	1	3	1	3	1	3	12	38	563	750	2	6	605
Tim Coleman	11	29	11	38	14	8	28	3	10	0	0	3	10	11	38	483	897	4	12	604
Alex Peterman	8	32	9	28	20	18	56	2	6	0	0	0	0	11	34	625	688	2	6	601
Bill Brancato	24	83	32	39	42	30	36	6	7	4	5	2	2	41	49	506	747	3	3	601
Scott Runzer	12	43	14	33	21	11	26	4	9	3	7	3	7	20	47	488	930	1	2	600
Brett Anker	18	64	22	34	38	31	48	6	9	1	2	0	0	18	28	594	719	3	4	598
Jose Rodriguez	11	35	12	34	19	13	37	4	11	0	0	2	6	12	34	543	829	1	3	593
Chris Anhalt	11	34	15	44	18	14	41	1	3	3	9	0	0	9	26	529	735	4	11	591
Tom Ivers	28	109	53	49	55	36	33	12	11	4	4	3	3	24	22	505	771	3	3	587
Rob Lyons	12	45	19	42	24	15	33	7	16	1	2	1	2	9	20	533	800	3	6	586
Matt King	9	32	7	22	18	12	38	4	13	0	0	2	6	10	31	563	875	0	0	575
Tom Bush	11	35	12	34	15	8	23	2	6	2	6	3	9	17	49	429	857	4	10	574
Ryan Thompson	11	33	13	39	18	14	42	4	12	0	0	0	0	6	18	545	667	6	15	572
Dave Ketterlinus	9	30	17	57	16	16	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	533	533	6	17	566
CJ Barut	9	26	7	27	14	11	42	2	8	0	0	1	4	10	38	538	731	1	4	562
Sean Nonemacher	20	73	30	41	36	21	29	12	16	1	1	2	3	17	23	493	767	3	4	562
Mark Danouski	17	55	10	18	30	23	42	5	9	2	4	0	0	25	45	545	709	1	2	555
Jim Craig	16	48	21	44	21	13	27	5	10	3	6	0	0	16	33	438	667	10	17	554
Brian Mogel	8	29	11	38	13	8	28	3	10	1	3	1	3	14	48	448	724	1	3	551
Kurt Krout	13	44	19	43	20	11	25	6	14	1	2	2	5	11	25	455	773	3	6	548
Bill Stone	8	31	13	42	17	15	48	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	19	548	613	1	3	546
Josh Graef	10	30	11	37	13	7	23	2	7	2	7	2	7	8	27	433	833	4	12	545
Ben Vitelli	12	39	16	41	21	18	46	3	8	0	0	0	0	6	15	538	615	3	7	543
Ron Pulli	8	27	14	52	12	11	41	0	0	1	4	0	0	10	37	444	519	4	13	539
Brandon Bozek	16	61	22	36	28	20	33	2	3	5	8	1	2	19	31	459	705	3	5	531
Jeff Hess	10	35	13	37	19	18	51	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	20	543	571	2	5	531
Bill Jones	8	20	8	40	9	9	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	35	450	450	8	29	528
Chris Crookham	10	34	9	26	19	16	47	2	6	1	3	0	0	6	18	559	676	0	0	523
Bob Grosch	21	59	21	36	29	24	41	5	8	0	0	0	0	17	29	492	576	3	5	519
Mike Suda	8	29	8	28	14	11	38	2	7	1	3	0	0	9	31	483	621	4	12	517
Eric Schade	9	34	13	38	15	12	35	1	3	1	3	1	3	14	41	441	618	1	3	516
Ryan Schock	8	29	8	28	14	10	34	4	14	0	0	0	0	10	34	483	621	2	6	511
Chris Beatty	10	32	12	38	16	14	44	1	3	1	3	0	0	6	19	500	594	1	3	506
Denny Lord	10	36	14	39	15	10	28	2	6	1	3	2	6	12	33	417	694	0	0	502
Paul Elliott	8	25	12	48	11	9	36	1	4	0	0	1	4	3	12	440	600	3	11	501
Terry Keller	8	32	13	41	15	12	38	2	6	0	0	1	3	5	16	469	625	1	3	498
Tim Caldwell	11	28	7	25	15	14	50	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	11	536	571	3	10	493
Frank Staber	12	32	9	28	15	12	38	3	9	0	0	0	0	10	31	469	563	3	9	493
Craig Henderson	11	37	11	30	19	19	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	22	514	514	2	5	490
Tyler Stone	11	37	13	35	18	16	43	2	5	0	0	0	0	6	16	486	541	3	8	489
Matt Bookheimer	15	43	19	44	17	11	26	3	7	3	7	0	0	7	16	395	605	7	14	486
Jason Pane	25	89	26	29	39	27	30	9	10	2	2	1	1	23	26	438	618	4	4	485
Matt Fronheiser	12	45	13	29	21	17	38	3	7	0	0	1	2	10	22	467	600	2	4	481
Adrian Reyes	8	23	8	35	10	9	39	0	0	1	4	0	0	4	17	435	522	6	21	481
Tim Groves	14	41	11	27	20	17	41	3	7	0	0	0	0	7	17	488	561	4	9	481
Casey Condron	13	45	18	40	20	19	42	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	22	444	511	3	6	480
Bryan Peterman	16	56	17	30	25	19	34	4	7	2	4	0	0	11	20	446	589	5	8	477
Adam Weltz	8	27	8	30	13	11	41	2	7	0	0	0	0	6	22	481	556	1	4	477
Bob Pliska	8	28	8	29	14	12	43	1	4	1	4	0	0	4	14	500	607	0	0	476
Alex LaRosa	10	28	9	32	12	10	36	1	4	1	4	0	0	7	25	429	536	4	13	472
Bill Walker	8	25	5	20	11	8	32	2	8	1	4	0	0	7	28	440	600	4	14	471
Scott Gerhart	12	35	9	26	17	15	43	1	3	1	3	0	0	7	20	486	571	1	3	471
Sean Pena	10	31	6	19	13	8	26	1	3	2	6	2	6	8	26	419	774	1	3	471
Tim Gluck	14	47	11	23	19	10	21	7	15	0	0	2	4	15	32	404	681	2	4	467
Jim Walker	8	30	5	17	15	13	43	2	7	0	0	0	0	8	27	500	567	0	0	462
Tom Finn	8	29	9	31	13	12	41	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	21	448	483	3	9	457
Tom Gallo	9	26	5	19	12	9	35	3	12	0	0	0	0	7	27	462	577	1	4	456
Sean Butrica	12	41	11	27	18	14	34	4	10	0	0	0	0	10	24	439	537	2	5	453
Ryan Nakonieczny	10	33	10	30	16	15	45	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	12	485	515	0	0	451
Nick Pigott	17	50	12	24	21	17	34	1	2	1	2	2	4	11	22	420	600	3	6	449
Mat Crowell	13	42	9	21	20	18	43	1	2	1	2	0	0	7	17	476	548	1	2	447
Tom Rider	29	89	24	27	38	36	40	2	2	0	0	0	0	24	27	427	449	6	6	446
Ryan Habel	8	29	12	41	11	6	21	4	14	1	3	0	0	5	17	379	586	1	3	446
Will Hamilton	8	25	9	36	10	8	32	2	8	0	0	0	0	5	20	400	480	3	11	442
Josh Kennedy	9	22	3	14	10	9	41	1	5	0	0	0	0	3	14	455	500	6	21	437
Alex Goldberg	10	29	9	31	13	12	41	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	17	448	483	0	0	434
Mike Koelzer	11	33	9	27	13	10	30	1	3	0	0	2	6	8	24	394	606	0	0	433
Mike Skrzat	7	25	8	32	9	6	24	2	8	1	4	0	0	6	24	360	520	4	14	432
JB Jordan	11	32	7	22	14	13	41	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	22	438	531	1	3	432
Rob McKenna	8	27	7	26	11	9	33	2	7	0	0	0	0	6	22	407	481	3	10	427
Mike Gallo	12	38	10	26	16	14	37	1	3	0	0	1	3	6	16	421	526	1	3	422
Trevor Harris	8	26	8	31	11	10	38	1	4	0	0	0	0	4	15	423	462	1	4	419
Mark Rothenberger	10	30	9	30	11	6	20	4	13	1	3	0	0	6	20	367	567	1	3	415
Todd Gibson	10	31	9	29	9	4	13	1	3	0	0	4	13	9	29	290	710	0	0	409
Trevor Rice	11	27	5	19	11	9	33	1	4	1	4	0	0	5	19	407	519	1	4	401
Randy Helsman	10	24	6	25	9	7	29	2	8	0	0	0	0	4	17	375	458	3	11	396
Nick Seliga	9	28	8	29	11	11	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	393	393	3	10	395
Keith Hass	8	28	4	14	13	13	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	464	464	1	3	394
Dave Demko	9	28	8	29	10	9	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	18	357	393	5	15	392
Brett Keszczyk	11	43	10	23	17	15	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	7	16	395	442	2	4	391
Pete Burns	8	26	6	23	10	9	35	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	19	385	423	2	7	387
Vinnie DiVincenzo	10	28	7	25	10	9	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	8	29	357	393	2	7	385
Ryan Swan	10	29	8	28	9	5	17	2	7	2	7	0	0	7	24	310	517	2	6	383
Brandon Bailey	9	27	4	15	10	9	33	1	4	0	0	0	0	9	33	370	407	1	4	374
Ryan Whiteley	10	28	7	25	10	9	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	18	357	393	1	3	362
Jared Taylor	10	35	5	14	13	12	34	0	0	1	3	0	0	8	23	371	429	0	0	356
Justin Gutierrez	10	30	6	20	11	10	33	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	20	367	400	0	0	355
CJ Snyder	11	31	7	23	10	8	26	2	6	0	0	0	0	9	29	323	387	1	3	354
Julian Manes	8	28	7	25	8	6	21	1	4	0	0	1	4	6	21	286	429	2	7	343
Kevin Gallagher	8	27	7	26	8	6	22	1	4	1	4	0	0	6	22	296	407	1	4	341
Kyle Morrow	11	36	5	14	12	8	22	2	6	1	3	1	3	5	14	333	528	0	0	341
Joe Giampietro	12	40	10	25	12	11	28	1	3	0	0	0	0	9	23	300	325	4	9	338
Chris Day	9	26	3	12	10	10	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	385	385	2	7	337
Tyler Gower	9	22	7	32	6	5	23	1	5	0	0	0	0	2	9	273	318	5	19	331
Connie Georgiadis	13	39	7	18	13	9	23	4	10	0	0	0	0	5	13	333	436	0	0	330
Glen Hipple	8	28	5	18	10	9	32	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	7	357	393	1	3	330
Bob Jacob	10	29	4	14	11	11	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	379	379	0	0	329
Louis Knoebel	10	33	6	18	11	10	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	15	333	364	0	0	319
Steve Nantsky	8	30	4	13	9	8	27	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	20	300	400	0	0	305
Andy Snyder	10	30	4	13	8	7	23	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	17	267	367	3	9	293
Bill Shallcross	11	29	4	14	8	8	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	276	276	5	15	287
Jeff Rodriguez	8	26	6	23	6	5	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	6	23	231	269	1	4	274
Mike Shutt	12	24	4	17	6	6	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	250	250	4	14	264
Mike Ivers	9	29	3	10	7	6	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	241	276	2	6	229