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Colton Eriksen Captures SL Most Valuable Player Monday, November 3rd , 2064 He may have less experience than most of his Double A peers, but that didn't slow Colton Eriksen down at all in 2064. At the age of 24, the Rocket City center fielder has been named the winner of the Southern League Most Valuable Player. He had a .303 batting average and a .373 on-base percentage this year. In 113 games he piled up 131 hits, 18 doubles, 2 triples, 24 home runs, 62 RBIs and 78 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 22 first place votes out of a possible 36. Kirby Johnson of the Shreveport Engineers finished second in voting with 7 first place votes, while Inigo Villalobos of the Shreveport Engineers finished third with 4 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Colton Eriksen - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 22 - 410 Kirby Johnson - Shreveport Engineers - 7 - 293 Inigo Villalobos - Shreveport Engineers - 4 - 207 Bryan Reedy - Chattanooga Scouts - 0 - 191 Dane Thomas - St. Petersburg Flying Squirrels - 1 - 164 Marco Rota - Frisco RoughRiders - 1 - 142 Myles Sansone - St. Petersburg Flying Squirrels - 0 - 127 Kent Homaa - Rocket City Trash Pandas - 1 - 111 Cory Mihm - St. Petersburg Flying Squirrels - 0 - 111 Charles Bell - Corpus Christi Hooks - 0 - 106 Timothy Geronimo - Pensacola Blue Wahoos - 0 - 88 Pedro Pérez - Corpus Christi Hooks - 0 - 78 K.J. Rice - Midland RockHounds - 0 - 54 Eugene Billingsley - Shreveport Engineers - 0 - 25 Cooper Hamlin - Montgomery Biscuits - 0 - 9 Wyatt Sommerfield - Chattanooga Scouts - 0 - 4 Kevin Finan - Chattanooga Scouts - 0 - 2 Edwin Licerio - Shreveport Engineers - 0 - 1 Augie Schmunk - Mississippi Braves - 0 - 1 |
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