MABL AWARDS - 2003

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Most Valuable Player

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. Only players appearing on multiple ballots shown.

	Most Valuable Player	Total Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place
1	Kit Kadlec, Mets Batted .392, 8th in MABL. 5th in MABL with 18 stolen bases. 6th in MABL with 19 RBI. Compiled 4-3 record with 1.92 ERA and 62 K's in 47 innings.	53	5	6	0	1	2
2	Dan Jalbert, Cardinals Led MABL in batting with .449 average. Led MABL with .541 on base average. Co-Led MABL with 25 RBI.	42	6	1	1	2	1
3	Gary Moran, Rockies 10th in MABL with .387 average. 3rd in MABL with 23 RBI. Led MABL with 3 homeruns.	36	2	2	3	4	1
4	Frank Kowalski, Yankees	28	1	4	0	2	3
5	Billy MacDougall, Cardinals	25	3	0	3	0	1
6	Sandy Gonzalez, Dodgers	21	1	1	2	1	4
7	Nick Bondola, Indians	15	0	1	3	0	2
8	Garrett Fisher, Dodgers	11	0	2	1	0	0
9	Chris Demers, Orioles	10	0	1	1	1	1
10	Greg Kosc, Royals	6	0	0	1	1	1
11	Jeff Coveney, Yankees	6	0	0	0	3	0
12	Jeff McHugh, Yankees	6	0	0	2	0	0

Cy Young

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. Only players appearing on multiple ballots shown.

	Cy Young	Total Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place
1	Dan Shanahan, Giants MABL best 0.40 ERA, allowing just 5 runs. Tossed 3 shutouts. 7-1 record with 66 K's in 52.1 innings. Minuscule 0.65 WH/IP ratio.	80	14	1	2	-	-
2	Michael McCarthy, Rockies Finished with perfect 7-0 record. Recorded 0.88 ERA. Struck out 52 in 47.2 innings.	45	1	7	3	1	1
3	Bill Beauchesne, Mets Led MABL with 8-2 record. Recorded 0.86 ERA. Struck out 55 in 65.1 innings.	43	2	3	3	6	-
4	Jeff Decoteau, Giants	31	-	3	3	4	2
5	Eamonn McDonough, White Sox	21	-	1	3	2	4
6	Jeff James, Cardinals	16	1	1	-	1	5
7	Rob Sherman, Athletics	10	-	-	2	1	2
8	Chris Demers, Orioles	9	-	1	1	1	-
9	Kit Kadlec, Mets	4	-	-	3	-	1
10	Brian Houlding, White Sox	3	-	-	-	1	1

Rookie of the Year

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 be 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. Only players appearing on multiple ballots shown.

	Rookie of the Year	Total Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place	4th place	5th place
1	Nick Bondola, Indians Led rookies in practically every key offensive category: batting (.413), RBI (15), runs (26), hits (26), walks (14) and OBP (.519).	60	7	2	2	5	1
2	Jeff Decoteau, Giants Compiled 6-3 record with 1.12 ERA. 2nd amongst rookies with 111 K's. Batted a healthy .289.	55	5	3	4	3	-
3	Eamonn McDonough, White Sox Top rookie with 0.89 ERA. Compiled 5-4 record with 83 K's in 70.2 innings. Batted a healthy .286.	49	1	6	6	1	-
4	Chris Demers, Orioles	37	4	2	-	3	3
5	Rob Sherman, Athletics	27	1	1	3	3	3
6	Joe Albano, Giants	14	-	2	1	-	3
7	Alan Donaruma, Mariners	9	-	1	-	1	3
8	Jose (Fabian) Alicea, Dodgers	5	-	1	-	-	1
9	Brian Houlding, White Sox	5	-	-	1	1	-
10	Santi Mazzeo, Athletics	4	-	-	1	-	1
11	Luke Foskett, White Sox	2	-	-	-	-	2

Manager of the Year

Each manager could vote for 3 other 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. No manager could vote for himself. In the event of a tie, the following tie-breakers were used: the manager appearing on the most ballots will break a tie. If a tie remains, the manager receiving the highest seed vote would break a tie. If a tie still remains, the vote will be deemed a tie. Only managers appearing on multiple ballots shown.

	Manager of the Year	Total Points	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1	Brett Rudy, White Sox Led White Sox to MABL #1 seed. Compiled 19-6 record after finishing 11-14 just a year ago. Signed rookies who earned 15 wins.	38	10	3	2
2	Ariel Frometa, Marlins Earned Marlins a wildcard birth, turning around team that was 8-17 just one year ago.	18	3	4	1
3	Scott Gilefsky, Dodgers Led Dodgers to top Bay State Division seed. Compiled impressive 17-9 record.	14	3	1	3
4	Jeff Coveney, Yankees	8	0	2	4
5	Steve Coyle, Giants	8	0	3	2
6	Bill Rivers, Royals	7	1	2	-
7	Brian Cooper, Rockies	5	1	-	2
T8	Al Becker, Mets	3	-	1	1
T8	Scott Singelais, Cardinals	3	-	1	1

Player's Choice

An 'Elite' Team (A) and a 'Premier' (B) team are recognized. Team Elite are selects for the best team in the MABL, by position. Team Premier are selects for the next-best team in the MABL, by position. Managers vote for 1 player for each position, plus 2 pitchers who are the all around best player at that position - offensively and defensively. Only performance at the position(s) nominated is considered.

	Player's Choice Elite Team (A)	Total Votes	Elite Votes	Premier Votes
P1	Dan Shanahan, Giants	17	14	3
P2	Bill Beauchesne, Mets	13	6	7
C	Dan Jalbert, Cardinals	15	7	8
1B	Frank Kowalski, Yankees	17	13	4
2B	Joe Albano, Giants	14	14	0
3B	Gary Moran, Rockies	16	11	5
SS	Nick Bondola, Indians	15	10	5
OF	Billy MacDougall, Cardinals	16	15	1
OF	Kit Kadlec, Mets	10	8	2
OF	Greg Kosc, Royals	11	7	4

	Player's Choice Premier Team (B)	Total Votes	Elite Votes	Premier Votes
P1	Michael McCarthy, Rockies	9	6	3
P2	Jeff Decoteau, Giants	8	2	6
C	Sandy Gonzalez, Dodgers	14	7	7
1B	Kevin Beliveau, Dodgers	8	3	5
2B	AJ Bucciarelli, Yankees	12	4	8
3B	Jeff Coveney, Yankees	7	3	4
SS	Josue Feliciano, Dodgers	7	3	4
OF	Santi Mazzeo, Athletics	7	6	1
OF	Kyle Philson, Rockies	8	5	3
OF	Mark Bowles, Indians	10	4	6

Managers could only vote for one of their own player on the 'Elite' Team (A) and one on the 'Premier' (B) team. 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.

	Player's Choice Others Receiving Multiple Votes (ranked by points, not by votes)	Total Votes	Elite Votes	Premier Votes
SS	Steve Corda, Giants	8	2	6
3B	Chris Caprio, Cardinals	6	3	3
OF	Garrett Fisher, Dodgers	8	1	7
OF	Luke Foskett, White Sox	7	1	6
C	Jeff McHugh, Yankees	3	3	0
1B	Chris Ryan, Marlins	6	1	5
P	Chris Demers, Orioles	4	2	2
OF	Dan Dileo, Giants	4	2	2
OF	Paul Bracco, Marlins	5	1	4
OF	Mike Close, Rockies	3	2	1
2B	Bart Lawyer, Rockies	6	0	6
P	Jeff James, Cardinals	2	2	0
P	Rob Sherman, Athletics	5	0	5
OF	Conrad Paquette, Cardinals	5	0	5
P	Eamonn McDonough, White Sox	3	1	2
3B	Jeremy Broadwell, D'backs	3	1	2
OF	Chris Chase, Reds	3	1	2
P	Brian Houlding, White Sox	2	3	1
P	Kit Kadlec, Mets	2	3	1
P	Ken Kilduff, Yankees	2	3	1
1B	Greg Cote, Mets	2	3	1
SS	Alan Donaruma, Mariners	2	3	1
C	Dan Field, White Sox	2	3	1
OF	Drew Kowalevicz, Royals	2	3	1
2B	Andy Katz, Marlins	3	0	3
3B	Al Wiesner, White Sox	3	0	3
OF	Mike Knell, Braves	3	0	3