Core Player Of The Year / 2023
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
Brian Dart	35	107	73	63	78	33	31	17	16	9	8	19	18	80	75	729	1589	9	8	735
Alex Freeman	49	150	101	63	108	43	29	30	20	18	12	17	11	103	69	720	1500	11	7	720
Brandon Birkhead	23	71	37	50	50	20	28	10	14	2	3	18	25	63	89	704	1662	3	4	708
Bill Brancato	70	237	139	58	168	78	33	49	21	18	8	23	10	174	73	709	1359	4	2	699
Ryan Goodman	22	79	42	53	55	32	41	6	8	3	4	14	18	66	84	696	1380	1	1	665
Jon Motts	21	82	55	64	57	30	37	15	18	8	10	4	5	44	54	695	1220	4	5	644
Sean Nonemacher	67	242	135	56	170	73	30	73	30	14	6	10	4	90	37	702	1244	0	0	640
Roc Akers	54	192	117	59	125	51	27	41	21	13	7	20	10	89	46	651	1313	7	4	638
Matt Korn	21	78	44	55	54	25	32	20	26	2	3	7	9	41	53	692	1269	2	3	626
Chase Luxton	31	115	69	58	82	60	52	13	11	3	3	6	5	58	50	713	1035	3	3	619
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
Gary Thompson	30	98	54	53	66	41	42	15	15	9	9	1	1	54	55	673	1041	3	3	596
Keith Keppley	33	102	47	45	72	42	41	24	24	3	3	3	3	49	48	706	1088	3	3	595
Jason Pane	67	224	128	52	138	84	38	34	15	15	7	5	2	106	47	616	969	23	9	592
Shane Mulvihill	28	106	58	55	63	27	25	16	15	5	5	15	14	68	64	594	1264	0	0	592
Derek Strowhouer	28	78	35	40	45	21	27	9	12	4	5	11	14	53	68	577	1218	10	11	580
Jon Poore	23	79	35	44	51	32	41	8	10	1	1	10	13	48	61	646	1152	1	1	578
Brian Randazzo	21	81	47	58	52	32	40	12	15	3	4	5	6	39	48	642	1049	0	0	573
Joe Berry	21	72	45	60	48	33	46	10	14	3	4	2	3	14	19	667	972	3	4	557
Bill Shipe	21	71	37	46	42	23	32	11	15	6	8	2	3	34	48	592	1000	10	12	552
Gene Schwendeman	20	73	34	44	46	27	37	13	18	5	7	1	1	33	45	630	986	5	6	547
Jay Murphy	23	77	38	47	50	34	44	9	12	7	9	0	0	26	34	649	948	4	5	542
Nick Pataki	23	73	33	41	42	27	37	9	12	3	4	3	4	47	64	575	904	7	9	534
Jason McLaughlin	25	92	42	44	56	36	39	9	10	7	8	4	4	41	45	609	989	3	3	534
Erik Stalford	22	70	28	38	43	26	37	11	16	1	1	5	7	34	49	614	1014	3	4	531
Greg Lesher	20	76	37	48	46	32	42	7	9	5	7	2	3	38	50	605	908	1	1	527
Matt Abramson	22	80	42	49	47	28	35	11	14	7	9	1	1	27	34	588	938	6	7	522
Chris Hackney	34	113	55	47	64	33	29	20	18	4	4	7	6	45	40	566	1000	4	3	521
Brandon Roman	25	75	34	44	43	25	33	12	16	2	3	4	5	42	56	573	947	2	3	520
Mike Downey	28	84	46	54	50	34	40	6	7	7	8	3	4	26	31	595	940	1	1	519
John Kiefer	21	72	27	37	46	42	58	0	0	0	0	4	6	36	50	639	806	1	1	510
Adam Hebert	17	71	35	49	44	31	44	9	13	2	3	2	3	18	25	620	887	1	1	506
Harrison Miller	22	71	28	38	42	28	39	7	10	4	6	3	4	27	38	592	930	2	3	498
Jeff Hess	27	90	28	29	56	44	49	7	8	5	6	0	0	30	33	622	811	7	7	492
John Zeits	22	88	35	38	54	43	49	8	9	3	3	0	0	28	32	614	773	4	4	490
Rich Zupkusky	22	73	30	41	40	25	34	8	11	3	4	4	5	39	53	548	904	0	0	489
Erick Meyers	19	70	36	48	41	32	46	8	11	1	1	0	0	18	26	586	729	5	7	485
Adam Lightkep	23	73	31	42	41	27	37	8	11	4	5	2	3	33	45	562	863	0	0	484
Greg Reilly	20	90	41	45	52	35	39	11	12	5	6	1	1	17	19	578	844	1	1	473
Matt Pinnell	20	72	18	25	42	28	39	7	10	4	6	3	4	31	43	583	917	1	1	471
Wayne Horger, Jr.	41	128	52	40	69	50	39	14	11	4	3	1	1	52	41	539	734	3	2	466
Tom Finn	19	68	17	23	42	33	49	8	12	0	0	1	1	17	25	618	779	5	7	463
Ed Reynolds	23	73	29	39	39	30	41	5	7	3	4	1	1	32	44	534	726	2	3	455
Bill Hamill	21	79	39	48	41	29	37	7	9	4	5	1	1	21	27	519	747	2	2	450
Christian Butrica	24	79	37	44	39	24	30	10	13	2	3	3	4	24	30	494	785	5	6	448
Bob Snyder	23	83	19	23	45	26	31	13	16	2	2	4	5	38	46	542	892	0	0	448
Jim Craig	22	72	34	40	36	29	40	5	7	2	3	0	0	23	32	500	625	12	14	447
CJ Koysani	21	73	27	36	38	22	30	9	12	6	8	1	1	16	22	521	849	3	4	439
Kevin Riffel	24	63	35	43	31	31	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	14	492	492	19	23	435
Will Das	22	72	24	31	34	19	26	9	13	2	3	4	6	20	28	472	819	5	6	418
Derek Muhl	29	85	26	30	41	26	31	14	16	1	1	0	0	27	32	482	671	2	2	399
Eric Rosenblum	26	75	14	17	38	36	48	2	3	0	0	0	0	21	28	507	533	8	10	385
Casey Condron	33	114	38	32	48	31	27	10	9	3	3	4	4	33	29	421	667	3	3	380
Adam Hendricks	22	71	19	25	35	32	45	3	4	0	0	0	0	12	17	493	535	5	7	373
Lowell Snyder	23	71	22	30	33	26	37	7	10	0	0	0	0	14	20	465	563	2	3	366
Andrew Werkheiser	24	88	27	30	39	32	36	5	6	1	1	1	1	18	20	443	557	3	3	360
Justin Ruth	21	68	17	23	31	30	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	26	456	471	6	8	358
Bill Hamlett	30	82	26	30	33	28	34	3	4	0	0	2	2	19	23	402	512	5	6	344
Mike Cebzanov	36	101	28	25	40	35	35	5	5	0	0	0	0	22	22	396	446	11	10	338