Core Player Of The Year / Candidates / 2025
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
Alex Freeman	45	153	105	61	95	30	20	38	25	10	7	17	11	100	65	621	1333	18	11
Brandon Birkhead	22	89	49	54	67	27	30	15	17	5	6	20	22	86	97	753	1708	2	2
Brian Dart	27	89	57	61	66	28	31	16	18	6	7	16	18	68	76	742	1596	4	4
Evan Grzymkowski	18	68	40	55	51	24	35	16	24	6	9	5	7	23	34	750	1382	5	7
Gene Schwendeman	20	66	46	56	49	32	48	10	15	7	11	0	0	24	36	742	1106	16	20
Jarrett Kerns	39	149	87	57	108	59	40	36	24	3	2	10	7	75	50	725	1208	3	2
Jason McLaughlin	30	110	69	59	79	28	25	35	32	5	5	11	10	68	62	718	1427	6	5
John Erb	36	125	72	57	89	50	40	24	19	4	3	11	9	77	62	712	1232	1	1
Jon Poore	33	119	72	61	91	37	31	13	11	5	4	36	30	141	118	765	1866	0	0
Sean Murphy	37	135	73	52	93	32	24	26	19	7	5	28	21	107	79	689	1607	6	4
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
Joey Pittman	43	139	69	45	90	49	35	14	10	8	6	19	14	97	70	647	1273	13	9	635
Ian Cuozzo	36	123	64	50	81	38	31	23	19	2	2	18	15	72	59	659	1317	6	5	628
Brandon Smith	20	78	38	49	50	20	26	10	13	4	5	16	21	52	67	641	1487	0	0	626
Tim Frei	49	164	84	49	103	42	26	27	16	9	5	25	15	93	57	628	1360	6	4	622
James McLaughlin	21	72	43	58	46	20	28	16	22	0	0	10	14	48	67	639	1278	2	3	622
Erik Cusano	23	84	44	52	51	22	26	8	10	3	4	18	21	61	73	607	1417	1	1	618
Dennis D'Angelo	30	113	70	58	77	51	45	13	12	8	7	5	4	57	50	681	1071	8	7	618
Keith Keppley	41	134	69	49	91	49	37	29	22	10	7	3	2	79	59	679	1112	7	5	615
Aaron Worthington	23	81	37	46	50	19	23	11	14	4	5	16	20	60	74	617	1444	0	0	613
Sean Nonemacher	53	206	113	54	139	85	41	34	17	10	5	10	5	83	40	675	1083	2	1	605
Anthony Rubas	27	91	53	55	52	22	24	11	12	2	2	17	19	54	59	571	1297	6	6	593
Matt Abramson	29	92	60	58	64	51	55	10	11	2	2	1	1	32	35	696	880	11	11	593
Wayne Horger, Jr.	64	216	100	45	149	108	50	28	13	11	5	2	1	85	39	690	949	8	4	587
Ryan Hensman	40	136	73	49	82	40	29	25	18	7	5	10	7	74	54	603	1110	12	8	585
Jason Pane	44	149	83	50	97	69	46	20	13	5	3	3	2	70	47	651	913	16	10	584
Chase Luxton	63	242	132	52	144	89	37	32	13	9	4	14	6	110	45	595	975	14	5	575
Derek Strowhouer	37	119	52	40	72	33	28	22	18	5	4	12	10	58	49	605	1176	10	8	569
Greg Reilly	20	77	38	49	54	35	45	15	19	3	4	1	1	23	30	701	1013	1	1	563
Ryan Hamilton	20	70	32	42	42	24	34	11	16	2	3	5	7	46	66	600	1029	7	9	562
Kevin Cwikla	23	85	35	40	57	39	46	9	11	4	5	5	6	32	38	671	1047	3	3	553
Mike Monarch	23	82	47	52	52	30	37	17	21	4	5	1	1	21	26	634	976	8	9	551
Bill Shipe	21	75	31	38	46	27	36	11	15	2	3	6	8	36	48	613	1053	6	7	544
Scott Gerhart	63	203	93	43	110	49	24	36	18	13	6	12	6	101	50	542	1025	14	6	542
Greg Lesher	22	84	40	47	52	33	39	10	12	4	5	5	6	39	46	619	1012	1	1	541
Bill Brancato	60	214	98	45	127	96	45	15	7	10	5	6	3	96	45	593	841	5	2	533
Phil Lipton	37	106	54	47	59	36	34	12	11	2	2	9	8	54	51	557	962	9	8	533
Mark Rothenberger	48	162	65	39	100	71	44	19	12	4	2	6	4	63	39	617	895	4	2	525
Justin Miller	23	77	35	45	47	36	47	7	9	0	0	4	5	42	55	610	857	1	1	523
Matt Pinnel	22	73	27	35	43	28	38	7	10	3	4	5	7	42	58	589	973	4	5	522
Nick Pigott	41	136	57	41	79	48	35	18	13	8	6	5	4	65	48	581	941	4	3	521
Gary Thompson	47	171	76	43	102	75	44	15	9	7	4	5	3	66	39	596	854	5	3	520
Rob Ridenour	22	81	40	49	44	18	22	13	16	7	9	6	7	37	46	543	1099	1	1	519
Anthony Rapposelli	44	164	74	44	97	69	42	20	12	5	3	3	2	68	41	591	829	3	2	515
Gary Kleinschmidt	22	79	35	44	47	29	37	10	13	1	1	7	9	31	39	595	1013	0	0	515
Ed Reynolds	22	70	34	45	40	26	37	7	10	1	1	6	9	27	39	571	957	5	7	514
Mike Ercolino	42	127	54	39	68	36	28	19	15	5	4	8	6	59	46	535	953	13	9	512
Roc Akers	22	74	40	52	44	27	36	13	18	2	3	2	3	19	26	595	905	3	4	510
Marcus Gibson	29	107	49	43	63	45	42	11	10	4	4	3	3	37	35	589	850	8	7	508
Ryan Catania	29	93	48	47	53	36	39	13	14	3	3	1	1	34	37	570	806	9	9	506
Eric Adiletto	43	132	42	31	79	56	42	16	12	4	3	3	2	48	36	598	848	5	4	491
Anthony Izzi	26	90	38	40	49	36	40	7	8	2	2	4	4	48	53	544	800	5	5	489
Joe Berry	23	90	42	43	47	27	30	8	9	4	4	8	9	29	32	522	967	7	7	489
Nic Pataki	44	150	69	43	80	52	35	17	11	8	5	3	2	48	32	533	813	10	6	484
Corey Wambold	31	116	53	45	65	44	38	14	12	4	3	3	3	36	31	560	828	1	1	481
Corey VanFossen	32	102	40	38	55	30	29	14	14	7	7	4	4	36	35	539	931	4	4	479
Doug Moninghoff	24	86	35	39	47	29	34	11	13	4	5	3	3	33	38	547	872	3	3	477
Mark Cooper	37	118	54	45	54	22	19	16	14	7	6	9	8	64	54	458	941	3	2	475
Austin Grosso	43	124	47	35	66	39	31	18	15	7	6	2	2	41	33	532	839	11	8	474
Kyle Exner	21	73	22	30	43	28	38	10	14	2	3	3	4	24	33	589	904	1	1	471
Matt Kovaleski	22	79	36	43	45	29	37	15	19	0	0	1	1	16	20	570	797	4	5	470
Scott Chmura	24	88	36	41	46	23	26	16	18	2	2	5	6	34	39	523	920	0	0	467
Casey Condron	38	125	57	43	63	39	31	17	14	5	4	2	2	48	38	504	768	8	6	466
Scott Forsyth	23	86	34	38	48	37	43	8	9	2	2	1	1	31	36	558	733	3	3	462
Dan McFadden	23	71	23	31	35	21	30	3	4	5	7	6	8	38	54	493	930	3	4	460
Jared Taylor	53	160	59	34	81	54	34	17	11	5	3	5	3	47	29	506	769	15	9	456
Dylan Cardo	25	72	24	31	40	28	39	10	14	0	0	2	3	22	31	556	778	6	8	456
John Zeits	23	88	37	39	50	45	51	4	5	1	1	0	0	17	19	568	636	7	7	450
Christian Butrica	24	91	38	39	44	25	27	11	12	5	5	3	3	27	30	484	813	6	6	441
Craig Richards	30	85	34	38	43	30	35	5	6	7	8	1	1	27	32	506	765	4	4	441
Tom Finn	20	74	30	38	38	27	36	10	14	0	0	1	1	27	36	514	689	4	5	440
Chase Hensman	26	82	37	43	40	29	35	7	9	4	5	0	0	27	33	488	671	5	6	432
Thomas Baranauskas, Sr.	22	76	28	35	38	29	38	4	5	3	4	2	3	27	36	500	711	3	4	427
Jim Costar	46	147	55	35	69	49	33	11	7	7	5	2	1	44	30	469	680	12	8	426
Tony Cabot	21	66	28	37	27	16	24	4	6	2	3	5	8	28	42	409	758	10	13	423
Sam Calderon	27	98	43	42	47	29	30	14	14	2	2	2	2	15	15	480	724	5	5	417
Gary Ehly	22	82	28	33	44	37	45	5	6	2	2	0	0	17	21	537	646	2	2	415
Shawn Thornton	28	76	28	34	36	21	28	11	14	0	0	4	5	15	20	474	776	6	7	414
Sean O'Connor	50	131	37	25	60	43	33	11	8	6	5	0	0	38	29	458	634	20	13	409
Jack Milito	46	144	53	34	67	50	35	15	10	2	1	0	0	23	16	465	597	14	9	402
Dan Muth	23	76	15	19	39	31	41	4	5	0	0	4	5	22	29	513	724	3	4	400
Blake Margot	28	84	17	19	41	25	30	10	12	5	6	1	1	24	29	488	762	4	5	397
Kevin Riffel	24	71	22	28	35	31	44	3	4	1	1	0	0	16	23	493	563	7	9	393
Brandon Crockett	30	82	27	32	39	26	32	11	13	2	2	0	0	14	17	476	659	2	2	384
Bill Hamlet	34	106	27	25	50	41	39	5	5	1	1	3	3	31	29	472	623	2	2	381
Eric Rosenblum	37	101	25	22	45	35	35	9	9	1	1	0	0	26	26	446	554	11	10	372
Aedyn Schmidheiser	24	71	20	27	34	28	39	6	8	0	0	0	0	13	18	479	563	2	3	366
Troy Klauder	21	69	16	22	34	31	45	1	1	1	1	1	1	10	14	493	580	3	4	365
Josh Owens	31	77	19	24	37	31	40	6	8	0	0	0	0	13	17	481	558	3	4	362
Bob Stueben	21	73	19	25	34	28	38	6	8	0	0	0	0	15	21	466	548	3	4	360
Adam Hendricks	24	81	13	16	38	35	43	3	4	0	0	0	0	21	26	469	506	0	0	338
Justin Ruth	23	76	19	23	30	26	34	4	5	0	0	0	0	21	28	395	447	5	6	327
Alec Hoxsey	19	69	22	29	25	17	25	6	9	2	3	0	0	13	19	362	507	6	8	324
Nick Perricone	21	62	13	18	22	21	34	1	2	0	0	0	0	9	15	355	371	10	14	294
Mike Maglio	22	71	14	19	18	18	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	20	254	254	3	4	219