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Top Player Named by New York-Penn League Sunday, September 28th , 2059 He may have less experience than most of his Short Season A Baseball peers, but that didn't slow Joe Harrison down at all in 2059. At the age of 22, the Aberdeen third baseman has been named the winner of the New York-Penn League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .454 batting average and a .574 on-base percentage this year. In 58 games he piled up 89 hits, 11 doubles, 1 triple, 10 home runs, 43 RBIs and 59 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 29 first place votes out of a possible 30. Jon Estes of the Albany White Sox finished second in voting, while Josh Cooper of the Aberdeen Ironbirds finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Joe Harrison - Aberdeen Ironbirds - 29 - 414 Jon Estes - Albany White Sox - 0 - 257 Josh Cooper - Aberdeen Ironbirds - 0 - 220 Sean Meyer - Lowell Spinners - 0 - 150 Dylan Young - Tri-City ValleyCats - 0 - 147 Israel Gonzalez - Brooklyn Cyclones - 0 - 127 Hugh Snyder - Batavia Muckdogs - 0 - 114 Nate Queen - Brooklyn Cyclones - 1 - 80 Zach Stofan - Tri-City ValleyCats - 0 - 61 Eddie Melendez - Albany White Sox - 0 - 38 Kevin Saulsbury - Mahoning Valley Scrappers - 0 - 37 Chris Bollinger - Lowell Spinners - 0 - 26 Eric Ingram - Auburn Doubledays - 0 - 23 Ezequiel Anderson - Norwich Sea Unicorns - 0 - 15 Dylan Hatcher - Staten Island Yankees - 0 - 14 Frank Gomez - Auburn Doubledays - 0 - 8 Ian Laverty - Batavia Muckdogs - 0 - 8 Tim Cobb - Aberdeen Ironbirds - 0 - 7 Jose Perez - Tri-City ValleyCats - 0 - 6 Lewis Reinke - Batavia Muckdogs - 0 - 6 Billy Rhoney - Tri-City ValleyCats - 0 - 6 Tony Castaneda - Tri-City ValleyCats - 0 - 4 Wuilfredo Heise - Staten Island Yankees - 0 - 1 Mike Yauch - Lowell Spinners - 0 - 1 |
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