Josh Eldridge Top ULW Hurler
The West has heralded <Josh Eldridge:player#8768> of the <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> as the #1 man on the mound for the 2053 campaign.

This year's Most Valuable Pitcher winner stood out by running up an impressive 9-6 record, holding opposing hitters to a .264 batting average and posting a 4.03 ERA. The 28-year-old hurler tossed 152 innings, gave up 152 hits, fanned 131 and issued 72 walks.

He received 11 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Soetsu Murayama:player#2168> of the <Paducah Tigers:team#38> finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while <Joel Ryan:player#2136> of the <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> finished third with 1 first place vote.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Josh Eldridge:player#8768> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 11 - 112
<Soetsu Murayama:player#2168> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 8 - 79
<Joel Ryan:player#2136> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 1 - 66
<Cristóbal Marín:player#11906> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 47
<Pancho Martínez:player#6409> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 18
<Brad Lewis:player#11740> - <Nampa Stampeders:team#100> - 0 - 10
<Travis Chute:player#253> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 6
<José López:player#4817> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 0 - 2
