Taizo Wada Captures Prestigious Trophy
<Pittsburgh:team#23>'s <Taizo Wada:player#8823> put the wraps on a fine campaign today by winning the 2057 East Most Valuable Hitter.

The 32-year-old veteran scorched the opposition with a .330 average, picking up 135 hits, 27 doubles, 1 triple, 26 home runs and 70 RBIs, while scoring 77 runs.

He received 6 first place votes out of a possible 20. <Álex Luna:player#1465> of the <Cleveland Attack:team#21> finished second in voting with 9 first place votes, while <Phil Frank:player#5932> of the <Wilmington Eagles:team#24> finished third with 1 first place vote.

<Player - Team - First Place - Total Points:value_bold#0>
<Taizo Wada:player#8823> - <Pittsburgh Crawfords:team#23> - 6 - 205
<Álex Luna:player#1465> - <Cleveland Attack:team#21> - 9 - 198
<Phil Frank:player#5932> - <Wilmington Eagles:team#24> - 1 - 156
<Brad Reid:player#10903> - <Annapolis Destroyers:team#12> - 0 - 132
<Chris Gunther:player#6177> - <Atlanta Peaches:team#107> - 1 - 125
<Dan Hone:player#11878> - <Wilmington Eagles:team#24> - 0 - 110
<Dan Sampson:player#2752> - <Brooklyn Dodgers:team#19> - 2 - 54
<Mauro Martínez:player#1599> - <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20> - 0 - 51
<Roger Peck:player#3585> - <Toronto Blue Jays:team#22> - 0 - 43
<Eric Adams:player#10129> - <Cleveland Attack:team#21> - 0 - 37
<Bill Rodgers:player#8124> - <Cleveland Attack:team#21> - 0 - 23
<Mike Hughes:player#7498> - <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20> - 1 - 17
<Urbano Marcovicci:player#4643> - <Fresno Grizzlies:team#103> - 0 - 10
<Bernardo Hernández:player#11917> - <Fresno Grizzlies:team#103> - 0 - 7
<Jose Ruiz:player#12234> - <Brooklyn Dodgers:team#19> - 0 - 4
<Jesús Bernard:player#8387> - <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20> - 0 - 3
<Ron Clement:player#8233> - <Wilmington Eagles:team#24> - 0 - 3
<Steve Long:player#5512> - <Fresno Grizzlies:team#103> - 0 - 1
<Dan Williams:player#10444> - <Birmingham Vulcans:team#20> - 0 - 1
