2011 MABL 18+ Award Winners

The players and managers below were voted by their fellow peers as having the league's most remarkable performances of the 2011 season. Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees.

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Place Player, Team Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1
Zach Dubin, Brewers
  • Led in OPS (1.248), OBP (.598), & BB's (18)
  • 2nd in Avg (.450), SLG (.650), & Runs (21)
  • 5th in RBI's (17), T5th in Hits (27)
 33 4 1 2 1 1
2
Colin Confoey, Blue Jays
  • Led in SLG (.675), HR's (4), & Runs (22)
  • 2nd in OPS (1.134), T2nd in RBI's (19), 3B's (3), & 2B's (8)
  • T3rd in Hits (28), T4th in SB's (11)
 23 2 1 2 1 1
3
Nick Tapper, Athletics
  • Led in RBI's (20), T4th in HR's (2)
  • 5th in SLG (.593) & OPS (1.009), T7th in 2B's (6)
 17 1 0 2 2 2
4
Jay Thomas, Blue Jays
17 0 4 0 0 1
5
Dan Wilson, Spinners
14 1 1 1 1 0
6
William Riggieri, Grays
8 1 0 0 1 1
7
Mike Mori, Spinners
8 0 1 0 2 0
T8
Kevin Salines, Brewers
8 1 0 1 0 0
T8
Omar Caceres, Spinners
8 1 0 1 0 0
10
Adam Del Rio, Cutters
8 0 2 0 0 0
11
Jose Lopez, Padres
7 0 1 0 1 1
12
Jeff Coveney, Cutters
5 0 0 0 2 1
13
Mike Tufo, Spinners
5 1 0 0 0 0
14
Dan Field, Tigers
4 0 0 1 0 1
15
Ben O'Shea, Spinners
4 0 1 0 0 0
16
Kyle Breidenstine, Athletics
3 0 0 0 1 1
T17
Tom McIntyre, Athletics
3 0 0 1 0 0
T17
Alan Donaruma, Athletics
3 0 0 1 0 0
T19
Mike Gulinello, Grays
1 0 0 0 0 1
T19
Omar Ortiz, White Sox
1 0 0 0 0 1

Manager votes for up to 5 different players. Players received 5 points for a 1st place vote, 4 points for a 2nd place vote, 3 points for a 3rd place vote, 2 points for a 4th place vote and 1 point for a 5th place vote. Managers could not vote for players from their own team. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the player appearing on the most ballots breaks tie. If a tie remains, the player receiving the highest seed vote would break a tie. If a tie still remains, the vote is deemed a tie.

Place Player, Team Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1
Dan Wilson, Spinners
  • Led in ERA (0.68), Wins (8), & WHIP (.916)
  • 3rd in K's (65) & SOIP (1.27)
  • 3 Complete Game Shutouts
 49 8 1 1 1 0
2
William Riggieri, Grays
  • Led in K's (92) & IP (72), Co-Led in SOIP (1.28)
  • 2nd in Wins (7) & WHIP (.972), 5th in ERA (1.56)
 35 1 7 0 1 0
3
Kyle Breidenstine, Athletics
  • 2nd in ERA (0.89), T2nd in Saves (2), T4th in Wins (4)
 22 2 0 3 1 1
4
Kyle Buika, Blue Jays
15 0 1 0 5 1
5
Ben O'Shea, Spinners
13 0 0 3 1 2
6
Dan Lambrecht, Tigers
12 0 1 2 1 0
7
Anthony Tomaro, White Sox
8 1 0 0 1 1
8
Matt Coyne, Senators
6 0 1 0 0 2
9
Mike Gentile, Brewers
5 0 0 1 0 2
10
Steve Kapuza, Athletics
5 0 1 0 0 1
11
Chris Vecsey, Orioles
5 0 0 1 1 0
12
Matt Richard, Cutters
3 0 0 1 0 0
13
Tom Plumitallo, Grays
1 1 0 0 0 1
14
Andrew Hubbard, White Sox
1 0 0 0 0 1

Manager votes for up to 5 different players. Players received 5 points for a 1st place vote, 4 points for a 2nd place vote, 3 points for a 3rd place vote, 2 points for a 4th place vote and 1 point for a 5th place vote. Managers could not vote for players from their own team. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the player appearing on the most ballots breaks tie. If a tie remains, the player receiving the highest seed vote would break a tie. If a tie still remains, the vote is deemed a tie.

Place Player, Team Points 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
1
William Riggieri, Grays
  • Lead league in K's (92) & IP (72)
  • Led rookies in SOIP (1.28) & ERA (1.56), 3rd in WHIP (.972)
 48 8 0 2 1 0
2
Luis Valdez, Padres
  • Led rookies in RBI's (18), T1st in BB's (10)
  • T2nd in 2B's (4), 3rd in Hits (20)
 30 0 5 3 0 1
3
Jeff Nitz, Brewers
  • Co-led rookies in BB's (10), T2nd in SB's (5) & RBI's (13)
 29 1 1 4 4 0
4
Armando De Los Santos, Padres
24 2 2 0 3 0
5
Ben O'Shea, Spinners
16 0 1 2 2 2
6
John Viola, White Sox
10 0 2 0 0 2
7
Giovani Abreu, Padres
8 0 0 1 1 3
8
Tom Plumitallo, Grays
6 0 1 0 0 2
9
Craig Doster, Red Sox
5 1 0 0 0 0
10
Josy Tejada, Padres
4 0 0 0 1 2

Manager votes for up to 5 different players. Players received 5 points for a 1st place vote, 4 points for a 2nd place vote, 3 points for a 3rd place vote, 2 points for a 4th place vote and 1 point for a 5th place vote. Managers could not vote for players from their own team. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the player appearing on the most ballots breaks tie. If a tie remains, the player receiving the highest seed vote would break a tie. If a tie still remains, the vote is deemed a tie.

Place Player, Team Points 1st 2nd 3rd
1
Joe Tufo, Spinners
  • Led team to 17 wins & No. 1 seed in conference
  • Pitching staff finished 2nd in ERA (1.89)
  • Team allowed only 2.7 runs per game
 19 4 2 3
2
Tad Beagley, Grays
  • Led team to 13 wins & 1st playoff berth since 08'
  • Team allowed just 2.6 runs per game
 14 3 2 1
3
Dave Timmons, Senators
  • Led team to playoff berth for 6th time in 7 seasons
  • Successfully merged Senators & Rangers franchises
 8 1 0 5
4
Matt Giblin, Tigers
8 0 3 2
5
Matt O'Hara, White Sox
7 0 3 1
6
Leigh Zancewicz, Padres
6 2 0 0
7
Ryan Bere, Blue Jays
4 1 0 1
8
Jeff Coveney, Cutters
2 0 0 2
9
Chris Dowd, Brewers
2 0 1 0
10
Nick Tapper, Athletics
1 0 0 1

Manager votes for up to 3 different managers. Managers received 3 points for a 1st place vote, 2 points for a 2nd place vote and 1 point for a 3rd place vote. Managers could not vote for themselves. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the manager appearing on the most ballots breaks tie. If a tie remains, the manager receiving the highest seed vote would break a tie. If a tie still remains, the vote is deemed a tie.

Elite Team (A)

Position Player, Team Total
Points		 Elite
Votes		 Premier
Votes
P1 Dan Wilson, Spinners 28 9 1
P2 William Riggieri, Grays 23 7 2
C Zach Dubin, Brewers 36 12 0
1B Nick Tapper, Athletics 27 8 3
2B Kevin Salines, Brewers 25 8 1
3B Jeff Coveney, Cutters 19 6 1
SS Alan Donaruma, Athletics 27 9 0
OF Colin Confoey, Blue Jays 25 8 1
OF Mike Tufo, Spinners 20 5 5
OF Mike Knell, Tigers 19 6 1

Premier Team (B)

Position Player, Team Total
Points		 Elite
Votes		 Premier
Votes
P1 Kyle Buika, Blue Jays 11 2 5
P2 Matt Coyne, Senators 10 3 1
C Dan Field, Tigers 8 0 8
1B Jay Thomas, Blue Jays 16 3 7
2B Michael Mori, Spinners 16 3 7
3B Adam Del Rio, Cutters 9 3 0
SS Omar Caceres, Spinners 13 2 7
OF John DeAngelo, Cutters 16 4 4
OF Jose Lopez, Padres 13 4 1
OF Jonathan Naumowicz, White Sox 10 2 4
OF Jeff Rausch, Senators 10 2 4

Others with Multiple Votes

Position Player, Team Total
Points		 Elite
Votes		 Premier
Votes
3B Luis Valdez, Padres 9 2 3
OF John Viola, White Sox 7 1 4
P Kyle Breidenstine, Athletics 7 1 4
OF Juan Williams, Orioles 6 1 3
OF Eddie Pickett, Blue Jays 6 1 3
3B Mike Gulinello, Grays 5 1 2
OF Pete Grasso, Senators 5 0 5
P Ben O'Shea, Spinners 5 0 5
1B Omar Ortiz, White Sox 4 1 1
2B Armando De Los Santos, Padres 4 1 1
OF Craig Doster, Red Sox 4 1 1
P Dan Lambrecht, Tigers 4 1 1
3B Tom McIntyre, Athletics 3 0 3
SS Patrick Potter, Grays 3 0 3
C Chris McGeary, Orioles 3 0 3
2B AJ Bucciarelli, Cutters 2 0 2
P Eddie Fernandez, Brewers 2 0 2
1B Chris Vecsey, Orioles 2 0 2

Elite team votes receive 3 points, Premier team votes receive 1 point. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the player receiving the most 'A' team votes will break the tie. If a tie remains, the player receiving the most overall votes will break the tie. If a tie still remains, the vote will be deemed a tie. Only players appearing on multiple ballots shown.

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