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SL's Best Player Selected, It's Tapia Wednesday, October 7th , 2111 The future looks extremely bright for Ricky Tapia. At the age of 25, many players are still trying to find their way in Southern League. Tapia 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 Southern League Most Valuable Player Award. "I didn't expect to hit .313 this year, that's for sure," the right fielder said. The Biloxi Shuckers star also put up a .399 on-base percentage this year, with 151 hits, 36 doubles, 4 triples, 19 home runs, 79 RBIs and 74 runs scored. He received 9 first place votes out of a possible 10. Anthony James of the Tennessee Smokies finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Huai-yu Zhang of the Montgomery Biscuits finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Ricky Tapia - Biloxi Shuckers - 9 - 135 Anthony James - Tennessee Smokies - 1 - 93 Huai-yu Zhang - Montgomery Biscuits - 0 - 60 Jalen Motley - Tennessee Smokies - 0 - 59 Jared Garlington - Mississippi Braves - 0 - 43 Victor Romero - Tennessee Smokies - 0 - 41 Tommy Starnes - Montgomery Biscuits - 0 - 38 Kirk Humenay - Tennessee Smokies - 0 - 27 Nate Miller - Mississippi Braves - 0 - 22 Nick Moats - Jackson Generals - 0 - 19 Alex Valdivia - Pensacola Blue Wahoos - 0 - 17 Sean Henderson - Birmingham Barons - 0 - 12 Tobias Supico - Mississippi Braves - 0 - 10 Jose Falcon - Biloxi Shuckers - 0 - 6 Jesus Diaz - Mobile BayBears - 0 - 4 Tony Scallini - Biloxi Shuckers - 0 - 3 Eric Fitzsimons - Tennessee Smokies - 0 - 1 |
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