Top Pitcher Trophy Won by Baby Snakes Yoshida
Poise, confidence, and good stuff -- a great combination that brought <Toshimichi Yoshida:player#10088> the West Most Valuable Pitcher this year. This <Tucson:team#44> mound star excelled with an impressive 16-3 mark.

In 29 starts, <Yoshida:player#10088> tossed 172.1 innings, fashioning an impressive 2.51 ERA. He held opposing hitters to a .206 average, struck out 176 and walked 84.

He received 20 first place votes, as a unanimous winner. <Rex Lund:player#5205> of the <St. Cloud Water Wolves:team#48> finished second in voting, while <Chris Lawson:player#11526> of the <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> finished third.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Toshimichi Yoshida:player#10088> - <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> - 20 - 140
<Rex Lund:player#5205> - <St. Cloud Water Wolves:team#48> - 0 - 80
<Chris Lawson:player#11526> - <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> - 0 - 46
<Heliodoro Selas:player#12274> - <Carlsbad Bad Apples:team#42> - 0 - 44
<Tim Moore:player#7703> - <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> - 0 - 9
<Ken O'Reilly:player#7921> - <Corpus Christi Hooks:team#47> - 0 - 9
<Jeff Rogers:player#6976> - <Corpus Christi Hooks:team#47> - 0 - 7
<Christophe Gilbert:player#10174> - <Corpus Christi Hooks:team#47> - 0 - 3
<Jud Barnes:player#7847> - <Corpus Christi Hooks:team#47> - 0 - 1
<Manny Pancas:player#11432> - <Tucson Baby Snakes:team#44> - 0 - 1
