Core Player Of The Year / 2022
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
Brandon Birkhead	44	166	112	66	133	36	22	32	19	16	10	49	30	184	111	801	2072	4	2	863
Pat Kelley	30	99	66	65	76	31	31	17	17	4	4	24	24	76	77	768	1747	2	2	761
Tom Koelzer, Jr.	55	187	122	63	132	53	28	22	12	11	6	46	25	170	91	706	1679	7	4	757
Jarrett Kerns	61	206	130	62	146	69	33	35	17	17	8	25	12	164	80	709	1408	4	2	713
Keith Keppley	45	170	103	60	129	73	43	30	18	12	7	14	8	104	61	759	1324	1	1	693
Alex Freeman	45	144	87	56	99	33	23	43	30	14	10	9	6	83	58	688	1368	12	8	668
Derek Strowhouer	64	192	103	50	123	55	29	24	13	12	6	32	17	127	66	641	1391	13	6	655
Jon Poore	76	288	142	49	184	98	34	26	9	4	1	56	19	195	68	639	1340	4	1	654
Bill Brancato	55	186	104	55	124	62	33	32	17	15	8	15	8	113	61	667	1242	2	1	638
Sean Nonemacher	63	222	131	59	151	77	35	45	20	17	8	12	5	84	38	680	1198	1	0	628
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 Cataldi	22	73	43	56	47	27	37	6	8	2	3	12	16	48	66	644	1274	4	5	625
John Erb	35	121	69	56	86	57	47	17	14	4	3	8	7	59	49	711	1116	2	2	621
Roc Akers	54	191	125	62	124	70	37	39	20	6	3	9	5	69	36	649	1058	11	5	607
Jesse Faller	40	140	79	54	84	44	31	10	7	9	6	21	15	79	56	600	1250	5	3	600
Greg Reilly	47	186	91	48	133	91	49	34	18	5	3	3	2	59	32	715	1000	4	2	592
Aaron Worthington	24	74	32	43	46	19	26	11	15	6	8	10	14	48	65	622	1338	1	1	590
Chris Hackney	67	260	147	54	153	87	33	42	16	9	3	15	6	124	48	588	992	10	4	581
Jason Pane	59	208	101	46	131	89	43	24	12	8	4	10	5	101	49	630	966	11	5	576
Mike Koelzer	38	135	58	43	88	51	38	23	17	2	1	12	9	65	48	652	1119	1	1	572
Wayne Horger, Jr.	35	103	49	44	71	58	56	9	9	3	3	1	1	44	43	689	864	8	7	566
Ryan Goodman	40	138	61	44	87	61	44	11	8	0	0	15	11	79	57	630	1036	1	1	564
Tom Finn	21	72	32	42	51	42	58	7	10	2	3	0	0	30	42	708	861	4	5	558
Greg Hess	30	106	56	48	71	57	54	10	9	3	3	1	1	29	27	670	849	11	9	552
Luke Hendricks	23	73	26	36	42	21	29	4	5	1	1	16	22	43	59	575	1315	0	0	546
Rick Totans	40	119	56	44	77	63	53	12	10	0	0	2	2	56	47	647	798	9	7	545
Shane Stewart	25	69	26	36	43	25	36	7	10	6	9	5	7	33	48	623	1116	4	5	545
Phil Lipton	24	76	39	49	48	31	41	13	17	2	3	2	3	31	41	632	934	3	4	541
Tony Cabot	26	83	43	48	47	28	34	11	13	1	1	7	8	43	52	566	976	6	7	535
Chase Luxton	26	94	46	47	58	40	43	11	12	5	5	2	2	40	43	617	904	4	4	533
Elijah Robinson	24	80	32	40	49	30	38	11	14	4	5	4	5	44	55	613	1000	0	0	530
Doug Moninghoff	22	73	29	38	44	22	30	8	11	7	10	7	10	22	30	603	1192	3	4	529
Bryan Peterman	41	134	62	43	80	58	43	15	11	5	4	2	1	63	47	597	828	10	7	528
Greg Lesher	20	77	39	51	42	22	29	8	10	2	3	10	13	40	52	545	1091	0	0	525
Mike Zahradnick	24	85	32	38	53	39	46	9	11	1	1	4	5	46	54	624	894	0	0	518
Jay Muir	19	68	41	56	39	24	35	10	15	2	3	3	4	19	28	574	912	5	7	517
Jon Williams	24	86	32	37	54	38	44	11	13	1	1	4	5	37	43	628	919	0	0	512
Jim Craig	29	92	46	47	57	45	49	11	12	1	1	0	0	31	34	620	761	5	5	511
Bill Shallcross	27	86	32	37	54	38	44	11	13	1	1	4	5	34	40	628	919	0	0	508
Kyle Gallagher	20	73	31	42	44	36	49	3	4	0	0	5	7	32	44	603	849	1	1	502
Adam Lightkep	31	99	48	47	55	37	37	12	12	2	2	4	4	44	44	556	838	3	3	498
Bill Shipe	29	109	38	34	63	35	32	18	17	7	6	3	3	41	38	578	954	3	3	494
Kevin Riffel	23	67	30	42	41	31	46	8	12	1	1	1	1	16	24	612	806	5	7	493
Nic Pataki	20	71	41	51	37	26	37	5	7	2	3	4	6	23	32	521	817	9	11	490
Austin Grosso	25	75	27	35	46	35	47	4	5	6	8	1	1	23	31	613	867	3	4	490
Mike Marnoch	27	87	31	34	51	33	38	14	16	0	0	4	5	32	37	586	885	3	3	487
Dennis D'Angelo	29	104	42	39	61	39	38	20	19	1	1	1	1	30	29	587	827	3	3	482
Andrew Werkheiser	23	72	33	42	43	39	54	2	3	1	1	1	1	19	26	597	694	7	9	482
Corey Lawra	26	79	32	36	45	35	44	6	8	2	3	2	3	21	27	570	772	11	12	478
Kyle Lewis	21	73	27	36	44	35	48	4	5	4	5	1	1	23	32	603	808	2	3	478
Erick Myers	22	71	27	36	41	27	38	9	13	5	7	0	0	23	32	577	845	3	4	476
Gary Thompson	28	90	42	46	51	41	46	6	7	2	2	2	2	30	33	567	744	2	2	475
Jeff Hess	49	155	51	30	84	61	39	18	12	3	2	2	1	62	40	542	735	15	9	472
Bryan Bart	32	116	32	28	69	56	48	13	11	0	0	0	0	57	49	595	707	0	0	468
Jonathan Duchette	35	115	47	40	66	57	50	9	8	0	0	0	0	28	24	574	652	2	2	453
Casey Condron	34	103	40	34	52	38	37	9	9	1	1	4	4	31	30	505	728	13	11	448
Mike Carr, Jr.	24	87	31	35	51	47	54	4	5	0	0	0	0	21	24	586	632	1	1	440
Mike Downey	20	80	31	37	38	28	35	2	3	1	1	7	9	34	43	475	788	3	4	436
Collin Radcliff	27	101	43	43	52	41	41	6	6	2	2	3	3	24	24	515	703	0	0	429
Matt Betchel	17	69	27	36	39	35	51	3	4	1	1	0	0	6	9	565	638	5	7	429
Ryan Calania	24	85	41	47	39	23	27	12	14	3	4	1	1	15	18	459	706	3	3	410
John Kiefer	20	78	21	26	42	42	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	37	538	538	3	4	410
John Zeits	43	164	50	30	83	75	46	8	5	0	0	0	0	41	25	506	555	3	2	404
Nick Pigott	29	77	26	31	35	22	29	10	13	2	3	1	1	14	18	455	675	6	7	387
Brian Dirks	29	87	21	24	43	35	40	7	8	1	1	0	0	25	29	494	598	0	0	378
Curtis Hensman	29	81	22	25	36	27	33	7	9	2	2	0	0	26	32	444	580	6	7	375
Derek Muhl	50	131	28	21	59	47	36	6	5	6	5	0	0	42	32	450	588	3	2	370
Mike Stacey	20	71	20	28	34	27	38	6	8	1	1	0	0	15	21	479	592	1	1	369
Lowell Snyder	24	69	14	19	34	29	42	5	7	0	0	0	0	17	25	493	565	3	4	368
Justin Ruth	30	95	31	32	41	39	41	1	1	0	0	1	1	17	18	432	474	1	1	343
Bob McClintock	20	71	17	23	29	28	39	1	1	0	0	0	0	13	18	408	423	2	3	311