ULE's Premier Player for 2053 Named
The future looks extremely bright for <Chet Ballard:player#3762>. At the age of 24, many players are still trying to find their way in Union League.

<Ballard:player#3762> has not only found his way, he's already established himself as one of the game's brightest stars, today being named the winner of the East Most Valuable Hitter.

"I didn't expect to hit .403 this year, that's for sure," the left fielder said.

The <Montgomery Kings:team#33> star also put up a .469 on-base percentage this year, with 246 hits, 49 doubles, 8 triples, 22 home runs, 103 RBIs and 137 runs scored. 

He received 20 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. <Jimmy Myers:player#8260> of the <Montgomery Kings:team#33> finished second in voting, while <Chang-wei Won:player#10531> of the <Montgomery Kings:team#33> finished third.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Chet Ballard:player#3762> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 20 - 280
<Jimmy Myers:player#8260> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 0 - 136
<Chang-wei Won:player#10531> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 0 - 121
<Tommy García:player#11739> - <Greensboro Green Sox:team#40> - 0 - 119
<Benoît Meunier:player#8510> - <Philadelphia Stars:team#39> - 0 - 111
<Don Conner:player#4502> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 109
<Bobby Davis:player#387> - <Savannah Storm:team#108> - 0 - 76
<Ken Tardy:player#6073> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 48
<Steve Woods:player#10002> - <Savannah Storm:team#108> - 0 - 30
<Bernardo Hernández:player#11917> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 28
<Andy Ritter:player#6828> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 28
<Jesús Mora:player#1990> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 22
<Nate Collins:player#812> - <Trenton Owls:team#34> - 0 - 20
<Pete Muller:player#7118> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 0 - 17
<Gene Hughes:player#8917> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 0 - 8
<Jake Hawkins:player#8595> - <Philadelphia Stars:team#39> - 0 - 7
<Ed Nix:player#4108> - <Menlo Park Marauders:team#104> - 0 - 7
<José Sotelo:player#10121> - <Cincinnati Pride:team#37> - 0 - 7
<José Lovo:player#9719> - <Savannah Storm:team#108> - 0 - 4
<Luis De Los Santos:player#4796> - <Philadelphia Stars:team#39> - 0 - 1
<Phil Schultz:player#11697> - <Montgomery Kings:team#33> - 0 - 1
