ELE Hands Out Reliever of the Year Award
<Shingen Fujita:player#5988> came out of the bullpen and worked through tough situations all year, and for his performance he's been named the recipient of the East Reliever of the Year Award for 2054.

The 30-year-old out of Hiroshima, Japan captured the award with 3 saves in 42 relief appearances, 93 strikeouts in 87.1 innings and a record of 4 wins and 6 losses to go with his 3.50 ERA.

"I'm thankful, it's a great honor," he told Baseball News Network.

He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Bob McFarland:player#5347> of the <Raleigh Explorers:team#17> finished second in voting with 6 first place votes, while <Juan Durán:player#8092> of the <Atlanta Peaches:team#107> finished third with 6 first place votes.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Shingen Fujita:player#5988> - <Atlanta Peaches:team#107> - 7 - 66
<Bob McFarland:player#5347> - <Raleigh Explorers:team#17> - 6 - 57
<Juan Durán:player#8092> - <Atlanta Peaches:team#107> - 6 - 49
<Johnny Morris:player#43> - <Cleveland Attack:team#21> - 1 - 7
<Juan Matos:player#5892> - <Brooklyn Dodgers:team#19> - 0 - 1
