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Sammar Muraguri Named Premier NWL Player Friday, October 10th , 2031 He may have less experience than most of his Northwest League peers, but that didn't slow Sammar Muraguri down at all in 2031. At the age of 24, the Eugene center fielder has been named the winner of the Northwest League Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .292 batting average and a .360 on-base percentage this year. In 130 games he piled up 156 hits, 33 doubles, 9 triples, 22 home runs, 88 RBIs and 80 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 6 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. Shozo Nakano of the Spokane Indians finished second in voting, while Joe Strimple of the Hillsboro Hops finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Sammar Muraguri - Eugene Emeralds - 6 - 84 Shozo Nakano - Spokane Indians - 0 - 49 Joe Strimple - Hillsboro Hops - 0 - 46 Dennys Riera - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 37 Ismael Saucedo - Everett AquaSox - 0 - 32 Dan Palmiter - Spokane Indians - 0 - 31 Zach Weisser - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 25 Anthony Gutierrez - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 24 Steve Lane - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 14 Christian Chatterton - Eugene Emeralds - 0 - 6 Dan Chalk - Vancouver Canadians - 0 - 3 D.J. Nisbett - Tri-City Dust Devils - 0 - 2 Ricky DeVito - Vancouver Canadians - 0 - 1 |
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