ULW's Premier Player: Tillman of Springfield 
The future looks extremely bright for <Chris Tillman:player#5704>. At the age of 21, many players are still trying to find their way in Union League.

<Tillman:player#5704> 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 West Most Valuable Hitter.

"I didn't expect to hit .336 this year, that's for sure," the left fielder said.

The <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> star also put up a .437 on-base percentage this year, with 172 hits, 33 doubles, 1 triple, 35 home runs, 120 RBIs and 103 runs scored. 

He received 8 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Chris Burrell:player#4492> of the <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> finished second in voting with 6 first place votes, while <Rob Jiménez:player#2500> of the <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> finished third with 3 first place votes.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Chris Tillman:player#5704> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 8 - 204
<Chris Burrell:player#4492> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 6 - 187
<Rob Jiménez:player#2500> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 3 - 162
<Mauro Ruedos:player#5335> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 1 - 138
<Mike Cobb:player#2065> - <Duluth Knights:team#26> - 0 - 84
<Cedric Murphy:player#7789> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 65
<Luis Árias:player#2888> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 1 - 64
<Joel Ryan:player#2136> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 1 - 58
<Chris Green:player#2867> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 46
<Dewey Lowe:player#6422> - <Nampa Stampeders:team#100> - 0 - 38
<Benny Doss:player#8967> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 23
<Tim Payne:player#8643> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 21
<Ron Sexton:player#6439> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 19
<Ed Patton:player#4152> - <Salem Cherries:team#28> - 0 - 12
<Orlando Reyes:player#9146> - <Nampa Stampeders:team#100> - 0 - 12
<R.J. Stewart:player#10598> - <Paducah Tigers:team#38> - 0 - 9
<Cristóbal Marín:player#11906> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 7
<Bob Newman:player#8948> - <Albuquerque Scorpion Kings:team#27> - 0 - 7
<Merlin Santos:player#4301> - <Flagstaff Venom:team#30> - 0 - 7
<Eddie Sierra:player#6030> - <Salem Cherries:team#28> - 0 - 4
<Butch McCabe:player#8834> - <El Paso Express:team#29> - 0 - 3
<Alex Murdock:player#211> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 3
<José Carlos Yan:player#10879> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 3
<Jon Moore:player#6244> - <Springfield Lincolns:team#32> - 0 - 2
<Jay Dornbusch:player#8919> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 1
<Juan Vásquez:player#8301> - <Vancouver Trappers:team#96> - 0 - 1
