Men's Playoff Player Of The Year / Candidates / 2025
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
Alex Freeman	19	61	42	69	41	14	23	13	21	11	18	3	5	33	54	672	1393	9	13
Anthony Izzi	8	29	19	66	22	13	45	5	17	0	0	4	14	21	72	759	1345	2	6
Evan Porter	23	96	52	54	69	43	45	5	5	0	0	21	22	54	56	719	1427	2	2
Hunter Burdick	10	38	22	58	29	18	47	2	5	1	3	8	21	25	66	763	1500	2	5
Joey Loynd	9	39	25	64	28	11	28	4	10	0	0	13	33	43	110	718	1821	3	7
Jon Poore	19	67	37	55	42	20	30	5	7	0	0	17	25	44	66	627	1463	2	3
Kevin Roche	6	20	14	70	11	5	25	0	0	0	0	6	30	16	80	550	1450	7	26
Kyle Rossi	9	33	27	82	21	11	33	4	12	1	3	5	15	17	52	636	1273	9	21
Pat Kelley	20	76	68	89	61	17	22	15	20	2	3	27	36	63	83	803	2118	14	16
Vinny Catagnus	9	36	25	69	26	13	36	6	17	1	3	6	17	19	53	722	1444	2	5
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
Mark Cooper	18	59	27	46	42	25	42	7	12	2	3	8	14	40	68	712	1305	1	2	856
JT Thompson	6	27	16	59	17	5	19	6	22	0	0	6	22	15	56	630	1519	0	0	855
Sean Murphy	23	74	43	58	45	22	30	6	8	2	3	15	20	46	62	608	1351	8	10	847
Brandon Birkhead	21	81	41	51	50	24	30	5	6	2	2	19	23	51	63	617	1432	4	5	844
Mike Koelzer	10	34	17	50	23	15	44	2	6	0	0	6	18	21	62	676	1265	3	8	837
Paul Ferruzzi	7	26	13	50	20	14	54	3	12	3	12	0	0	13	50	769	1115	2	7	835
Mike Rocks, Jr.	8	30	15	50	21	10	33	7	23	2	7	2	7	13	43	700	1267	0	0	805
Jason McLaughlin	14	46	27	59	28	15	33	5	11	1	2	7	15	23	50	609	1217	7	13	804
Brian Dart	22	89	47	53	56	26	29	19	21	2	2	9	10	48	54	629	1191	3	3	792
Andrew Alexander	11	38	21	55	23	13	34	1	3	2	5	7	18	18	47	605	1289	3	7	792
Evan Grzymkowski	14	49	24	49	33	20	41	8	16	3	6	2	4	20	41	673	1082	8	14	779
Matt Jacobson	10	32	15	47	19	9	28	3	9	2	6	5	16	14	44	594	1281	5	14	771
Pat McKay	8	31	13	42	18	6	19	7	23	0	0	5	16	20	65	581	1290	1	3	767
Terry Keller	10	39	19	49	27	19	49	5	13	1	3	2	5	18	46	692	1026	1	3	761
Shane Hanna	22	92	47	51	52	25	27	10	11	2	2	15	16	49	53	565	1207	3	3	757
Jack Dombrowski	9	37	19	51	24	11	30	10	27	3	8	0	0	17	46	649	1081	1	3	754
Jordan Cohen	7	29	18	62	20	16	55	4	14	0	0	0	0	12	41	690	828	3	9	753
Rahmire Jackson	7	26	14	54	16	6	23	7	27	1	4	2	8	9	35	615	1192	2	7	753
Mike Capacchione	9	29	12	41	19	9	31	7	24	3	10	0	0	13	45	655	1103	3	9	750
Ian Cuozzo	11	38	18	47	20	3	8	11	29	1	3	5	13	24	63	526	1263	2	5	748
Kelly Adams	9	28	14	50	16	9	32	3	11	0	0	4	14	16	57	571	1107	2	7	738
John Aiken	8	28	16	57	21	18	64	3	11	0	0	0	0	6	21	750	857	1	3	738
Ryan Rieber	8	29	14	48	17	10	34	2	7	3	10	2	7	17	59	586	1069	1	3	731
Tim Frei	41	140	59	42	80	41	29	21	15	3	2	15	11	72	51	571	1086	7	5	727
Matt Poust	7	27	14	52	15	10	37	0	0	2	7	3	11	15	56	556	1037	2	7	718
Eric Focht	10	40	21	53	21	11	28	3	8	1	3	6	15	19	48	525	1100	4	9	710
Erik Bowren	15	64	33	52	39	27	42	6	9	1	2	5	8	21	33	609	969	3	4	700
Will Parascandola	17	65	32	49	35	20	31	8	12	1	2	6	9	38	58	538	969	4	6	700
John Erb	17	58	27	47	36	23	40	8	14	2	3	3	5	22	38	621	983	1	2	699
Scott Runzer	9	30	11	37	18	8	27	4	13	5	17	1	3	12	40	600	1167	0	0	698
Joey Pittman	13	39	16	41	21	12	31	3	8	0	0	6	15	19	49	538	1077	5	11	694
Tom Koelzer, Jr.	12	42	22	52	19	5	12	5	12	0	0	9	21	20	48	452	1214	4	9	693
Rob Tomkinson	11	36	13	36	19	11	31	2	6	0	0	6	17	23	64	528	1083	1	3	685
Sean Nonemacher	20	82	37	45	52	30	37	18	22	4	5	0	0	21	26	634	951	2	2	684
Jarrett Kerns	11	38	19	50	22	14	37	5	13	2	5	1	3	16	42	579	895	3	7	680
John Wagner	7	25	8	32	13	6	24	3	12	0	0	4	16	13	52	520	1120	4	14	680
Mark Danouski	18	54	21	39	34	26	48	3	6	5	9	0	0	22	41	630	870	3	5	676
Nick Mariana	10	32	13	41	19	14	44	4	13	0	0	1	3	19	59	594	813	2	6	675
Frank Staber	15	45	18	40	31	29	64	2	4	0	0	0	0	11	24	689	733	6	12	668
Alex Lelii	10	40	19	48	23	17	43	3	8	1	3	2	5	20	50	575	850	1	2	667
Justin Longo	12	41	19	46	24	15	37	4	10	3	7	2	5	13	32	585	976	1	2	667
Bill Stone	7	26	12	46	15	15	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	73	577	577	4	13	665
Mark Rothenberger	14	40	19	48	23	13	33	8	20	1	3	1	3	15	38	575	900	2	5	662
Ryan Schock	8	29	16	55	17	9	31	7	24	1	3	0	0	7	24	586	897	1	3	658
Nick Pigott	38	127	53	42	73	49	39	12	9	7	6	5	4	36	28	575	898	6	5	652
Justin Miller	14	51	19	37	28	14	27	7	14	1	2	6	12	18	35	549	1078	0	0	651
Trent Fisher	10	37	12	32	23	18	49	2	5	0	0	3	8	13	35	622	919	1	3	650
Bob Scott	8	23	9	39	13	10	43	0	0	0	0	3	13	5	22	565	957	5	18	648
Mike Touey	8	27	9	33	13	6	22	2	7	0	0	5	19	14	52	481	1111	2	7	647
James McLaughlin	8	32	13	41	18	11	34	4	13	1	3	2	6	14	44	563	938	0	0	647
Bob Jacob	8	30	10	33	19	17	57	0	0	1	3	1	3	12	40	633	800	1	3	642
Ryan Maley	10	32	13	41	18	12	38	2	6	3	9	1	3	11	34	563	906	2	6	638
Pat Fitzgerald	8	33	14	42	20	17	52	2	6	0	0	1	3	14	42	606	758	0	0	637
Ray Rocks	8	27	11	41	15	11	41	2	7	0	0	2	7	11	41	556	852	1	4	628
Pete Almof	7	28	13	46	16	13	46	3	11	0	0	0	0	15	54	571	679	0	0	628
Zach Lentchner	11	35	16	46	17	7	20	4	11	3	9	3	9	11	31	486	1029	2	5	627
Ryan Habel	9	30	15	50	16	7	23	9	30	0	0	0	0	9	30	533	833	2	6	621
Rich Hall	17	62	24	39	34	19	31	10	16	2	3	3	5	15	24	548	919	3	5	616
Tom Rider	21	68	24	35	39	36	53	1	1	0	0	2	3	29	43	574	676	6	8	611
Kris Cassel	10	31	10	32	18	13	42	3	10	1	3	1	3	8	26	581	839	3	9	608
Jose Sanchez	11	32	12	38	16	8	25	4	13	3	9	1	3	11	34	500	906	4	11	608
Cody Runner	14	47	20	43	25	13	28	11	23	0	0	1	2	15	32	532	830	2	4	606
Josh Graef	12	40	10	25	23	11	28	11	28	0	0	1	3	9	23	575	925	4	9	604
Pierre Girin	14	48	20	42	24	16	33	2	4	1	2	5	10	15	31	500	896	3	6	603
Ryan Hamilton	12	44	13	30	19	10	23	1	2	3	7	5	11	30	68	432	932	2	4	601
Trevor Watts	9	28	8	29	14	7	25	5	18	0	0	2	7	13	46	500	893	3	10	601
Jared Taylor	21	60	28	47	31	25	42	3	5	1	2	2	3	20	33	517	700	7	10	598
Casey Clauss	7	29	12	41	15	9	31	4	14	0	0	2	7	10	34	517	862	0	0	595
Harrison Leal	12	34	13	38	19	13	38	5	15	1	3	0	0	10	29	559	765	2	6	595
Andrew Kasiewski	10	28	9	32	16	13	46	3	11	0	0	0	0	12	43	571	679	2	7	593
Tom Shields	7	25	9	36	13	7	28	6	24	0	0	0	0	10	40	520	760	3	11	593
Shawn McCaul	12	41	16	39	24	21	51	2	5	0	0	1	2	10	24	585	707	2	5	591
Patrick Downey	7	25	14	56	12	9	36	3	12	0	0	0	0	7	28	480	600	8	24	590
Pete Herbert	8	33	14	42	18	16	48	0	0	1	3	1	3	9	27	545	697	1	3	575
Mat Crowell	20	60	21	35	34	30	50	2	3	2	3	0	0	14	23	567	667	5	8	572
Will Hamilton	10	24	14	58	10	9	38	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	33	417	542	10	29	568
Darren Hughes	9	30	14	47	14	10	33	1	3	2	7	1	3	10	33	467	733	2	6	564
Ryan Schaub	10	36	12	33	19	15	42	3	8	0	0	1	3	15	42	528	694	0	0	562
Brian Lynch	7	28	9	32	16	14	50	2	7	0	0	0	0	10	36	571	643	0	0	562
Bill Brancato	22	82	23	28	44	33	40	10	12	0	0	1	1	27	33	537	695	4	5	560
Nelson Calderon	6	25	14	56	13	13	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	520	520	3	11	557
James Muhlberger	15	55	19	35	26	17	31	6	11	1	2	2	4	14	25	473	727	8	13	545
Max Morris	10	42	16	38	22	15	36	5	12	2	5	0	0	6	14	524	738	1	2	542
Nick Carl	10	35	10	29	17	12	34	3	9	0	0	2	6	14	40	486	743	1	3	542
Jim Costar	10	31	7	23	15	9	29	2	6	1	3	3	10	10	32	484	903	0	0	542
Todd Gibson	17	52	15	29	23	11	21	7	13	2	4	3	6	22	42	442	827	0	0	538
Dennis D'Angelo	21	75	31	41	36	26	35	5	7	4	5	1	1	18	24	480	693	1	1	537
Christian Wagner	7	28	6	21	17	16	57	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	11	607	643	2	7	532
Mike Bitterlich	13	41	14	34	18	10	24	6	15	0	0	2	5	16	39	439	732	2	5	530
John McGranahan	9	29	9	31	15	11	38	4	14	0	0	0	0	8	28	517	655	0	0	521
Adam Weltz	7	26	5	19	15	14	54	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	19	577	615	2	7	520
Ryan Hensman	13	38	13	34	16	10	26	4	11	2	5	0	0	17	45	421	632	4	10	518
Justin Kneebone	9	31	10	32	16	11	35	5	16	0	0	0	0	6	19	516	677	0	0	515
Matt Bookheimer	10	37	16	43	17	10	27	5	14	2	5	0	0	6	16	459	703	1	3	515
Tim Gluck	22	78	21	27	36	28	36	4	5	0	0	4	5	30	38	462	667	1	1	514
Steve Day	14	46	15	33	23	18	39	4	9	0	0	1	2	10	22	500	652	1	2	513
Trevor Harris	13	45	16	36	24	24	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	533	533	6	12	508
Austin Linde	9	22	15	68	8	8	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	32	364	364	6	21	508
Zach Martin	8	27	8	30	10	4	15	3	11	0	0	3	11	11	41	370	815	2	7	504
Jason Fisher	8	30	6	20	14	12	40	0	0	0	0	2	7	13	43	467	667	1	3	503
Corey Wambold	17	54	12	22	27	24	44	3	6	0	0	0	0	21	39	500	556	2	4	502
Pat Maloney	7	30	8	27	17	16	53	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	7	567	633	0	0	501
Eric Adiletto	13	41	11	27	19	11	27	7	17	1	2	0	0	12	29	463	683	1	2	498
Bob Stanley	26	86	21	24	44	37	43	7	8	0	0	0	0	12	14	512	593	5	5	492
Bill Jones	10	28	12	43	13	12	43	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	18	464	536	2	7	492
Keith Crowell	10	29	10	34	14	13	45	1	3	0	0	0	0	7	24	483	517	1	3	484
Bob Grosch	11	27	11	41	12	12	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	26	444	444	4	13	483
Ryan Catania	8	29	8	28	14	12	41	1	3	1	3	0	0	7	24	483	586	1	3	482
Brett Anker	13	39	13	33	18	18	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	23	462	462	7	15	482
Collin Murray	10	31	9	29	16	16	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	516	516	2	6	478
Cameron Meyle	14	44	10	23	21	17	39	3	7	1	2	0	0	12	27	477	591	1	2	476
Pat McHale	10	29	6	21	12	7	24	4	14	0	0	1	3	8	28	414	655	4	12	467
Sean Brennan	7	27	8	30	12	7	26	5	19	0	0	0	0	5	19	444	630	1	4	466
John Laino	10	33	10	30	14	8	24	5	15	1	3	0	0	7	21	424	636	1	3	463
Tim Caldwell	11	34	5	15	16	14	41	1	3	0	0	1	3	5	15	471	588	6	15	457
Randy Helsman	11	31	8	26	14	14	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	23	452	452	5	14	454
John Kiefer	16	51	15	29	23	22	43	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	12	451	510	6	11	453
Alex Mitchell	9	28	8	29	13	13	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	21	464	464	2	7	453
Jake Steinberg	11	33	8	24	13	8	24	3	9	1	3	1	3	9	27	394	636	2	6	448
Blake Margot	10	33	7	21	14	11	33	1	3	0	0	2	6	8	24	424	636	1	3	448
Tom Ivers	16	58	20	34	22	14	24	7	12	0	0	1	2	14	24	379	552	3	5	444
Tyler Roetman	10	29	4	14	13	8	28	5	17	0	0	0	0	4	14	448	621	4	12	442
Josh Carl	24	72	17	24	32	30	42	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	18	444	528	1	1	437
Tony Cabot	11	39	11	28	15	11	28	2	5	1	3	1	3	9	23	385	564	3	7	435
Justin Lyons	15	47	13	28	19	14	30	4	9	1	2	0	0	9	19	404	532	4	8	435
Nate Gregory	7	28	6	21	13	12	43	1	4	0	0	0	0	6	21	464	500	0	0	431
Keith Hass	10	37	9	24	16	13	35	3	8	0	0	0	0	8	22	432	514	1	3	431
Ryan Nakonieczny	10	41	14	34	17	15	37	1	2	1	2	0	0	8	20	415	488	0	0	430
Connor McKeown	9	27	6	22	9	6	22	0	0	1	4	2	7	11	41	333	630	1	4	426
Sean McHale	10	36	8	22	16	15	42	1	3	0	0	0	0	8	22	444	472	1	3	425
Tyler Murphy	8	26	6	23	10	7	27	3	12	0	0	0	0	9	35	385	500	1	4	420
Jim Lalley	9	34	10	29	14	13	38	1	3	0	0	0	0	6	18	412	441	2	6	415
Shane Stewart	10	34	9	26	13	10	29	2	6	1	3	0	0	9	26	382	500	1	3	413
Kevin Murray	9	26	10	38	10	10	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	19	385	385	2	7	413
Sydney Jakel	9	31	10	32	11	8	26	2	6	1	3	0	0	8	26	355	484	1	3	407
Tom Finn	12	39	8	21	15	12	31	3	8	0	0	0	0	11	28	385	462	3	7	406
Connor Quinn	11	33	6	18	13	11	33	2	6	0	0	0	0	6	18	394	455	5	13	399
Steve Navitsky	7	26	8	31	10	10	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	23	385	385	1	4	396
Kevin Carver	10	30	7	23	13	13	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	433	433	1	3	384
Justin Jakel	15	45	10	22	17	15	33	1	2	1	2	0	0	8	18	378	444	2	4	382
Ryan Calabro	9	23	8	35	6	4	17	1	4	0	0	1	4	5	22	261	435	5	18	373
CJ Snyder	10	31	6	19	12	12	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	23	387	387	0	0	366
Trevor Rice	14	47	7	15	19	18	38	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	15	404	426	0	0	364
Rich Fluck	11	38	9	24	14	13	34	1	3	0	0	0	0	5	13	368	395	2	5	363
Joe Carpino	8	30	10	33	10	8	27	2	7	0	0	0	0	3	10	333	400	1	3	356
Bill Shallcross	10	31	10	32	11	11	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	355	355	0	0	350
Ron Gallagher	10	29	5	17	9	7	24	2	7	0	0	0	0	8	28	310	379	4	12	350
Tyler Gower	13	42	8	19	13	11	26	1	2	0	0	1	2	13	31	310	405	1	2	347
Kevin Raymond	9	33	10	30	11	10	30	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	333	364	0	0	326
Chris Culver	8	26	1	4	9	7	27	2	8	0	0	0	0	6	23	346	423	1	4	325
Andrew Werkheiser	11	31	9	29	9	9	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	290	290	3	9	318
Sam Calderon	13	45	8	18	13	12	27	0	0	1	2	0	0	6	13	289	333	3	6	300
Scott Gerhart	11	31	7	23	9	9	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	13	290	290	2	6	299
Doug Spier	10	27	3	11	8	8	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	296	296	4	13	277
Sebastian Pigott	9	30	1	3	4	4	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	133	133	0	0	121