Player of the Week

 

Week 17

Player: Wil Cordero and Ben Molina, Intercourse Fighting Amish

Cordero went 16-for-30 (.533) with two walks, two doubles, three HR, 10 runs and 9 RBIs.  Molina also went 16-for-30 (.533) with five doubles, one HR, 7 runs and 11 RBIs.

Pitcher: None

Week 16

Player: Mike Sweeney, Columbus Convicts

Sweeney went 16-for-27 (.592) with 5 homers and 20 RBIs.

Pitcher: None

Week 15

Player: Jim Edmonds, Garden State Galactic Goats

Edmonds went 12-for-25 (.480) with 5 homers, 13 RBIs, and 13 runs.

Pitcher: None

Week 14

Player: Carl Everett, Columbus Convicts

Everett went 13 for 33 (.393) with 5 homers, 11 RBIs, and 8 runs.

Pitcher: Chan Ho Park, Cleveland Baergas

Park allowed just 5 hits in 18 IP with 24 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA, coming one out away from a no-hitter.

Week 13

Player: Preston Wilson, Louisville ThunderBats

Wilson went 18 for 35 (.514) with 3 homers, 6 stolen bases and 9 runs.

Pitcher: Scott Schoeneweis, Denver Snow Dogs

Schoeneweis allowed just 2 hits and a walk in 5 IP with 2 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. 

Week 12

Player: Eric Karros, Bridgetown Parrot Heads

Karros went 12 for 35 (.343) with 5 homers, 14 RBIs and 8 runs.

Pitcher: Greg Maddux, Bridgetown Parrot Heads

Maddux was 2-0, allowing just 17 hits and 4 walks in 15.1 IP, with 11 strikeouts and a 1.76 ERA. 

Week 11

Player: Tim Salmon, Louisville Thunder Bats

Salmon went 12 for 24 (.500) with 4 homers, 3 doubles, 9 RBIs and 6 runs.  Also nominated were Bridgetown's Brian Giles (10 for 25, 3 HR, 14 RBIs), and Florida's Dave Justice (11 for 26, 5 HR, 12 RBIs).

Pitcher: Jay Powell, Bridgetown Parrot Heads

Powell  was 1-0, allowing just 4 hits and 4 walks in 5.2 IP, with 4 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. 

Week 10

Player: Jim Thome, Denver Snow Dogs

Thome  went 8 for 15 (.533) with 6 walks (.667 OBA), 1 home run, 3 RBIs and 3 runs.

Pitcher: Francisco Cordova, Denver Snow Dogs

Cordova was 1-0, allowing just 9 hits and 0 walks in 10 IP, with 7 strikeouts and a 5.40 ERA. 

Week 9

Player: Derrek Lee, Jersey Shore

Lee went 10 for 26 (.385) with 6 home runs, 12 RBIs and 9 runs.

Pitcher: James Baldwin, Intercourse Fighting Amish

Baldwin was 2-0 with two complete games, allowing just 8 hits and 3 walks in 18 IP, with 14 strikeouts and a 1.00 ERA.  Also nominated was Indepence's Scott Elarton, who would have won it in just about any other week  (2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, 9 hits and 4 walks in 18 IP), and Jersey's Byung-Hyun Kim (2 saves, 1 hit, 7 Ks in 5 IP).

Week 8

Player: Sammy Sosa, Florida Rockets

Sosa went 11 for 29 (.376) with 3 home runs, 6 runs and 9 RBIs.

Pitcher: Kirk Rueter, Denver Snow Dogs

Rueter was 1-0, allowing just 4 hits and no walks in 8 IP, with 3 strikeouts and a 1.13 ERA.  

Week 7

Player: Charles Johnson, Denver Snow Dogs

Giles went 10 for 24 (.417) with 4 home runs, and 11 RBIs to pick up his second POW of the season.  Also nominated was Independence's Javy Lopez (13 for 32, 2 HRs, 10 RBIs).

Pitcher: Darren Dreifort, Independence Threat.

Dreifort was 2-0, allowing just 9 hits and 5 walks in 13.2 IP, with 8 strikeouts and a 2.63 ERA.  Also nominated was Denver's Anthony Telford (2-0 with a 2.84 ERA).

Week 6

Player: Brian Giles, Bridgetown Parrot Heads

Giles went 15 for 33 (.455) with 4 home runs, 10 RBIs and 12 runs and hit for the cycle on day 48.  Also nominated were Louisville's Eric Young (15 for 37, 6 RBIs, 11 runs, 5 SB) and Denver's Dave Hansen (8 for 20, 3 HRs, 9 RBIs, 7 runs).

Pitcher:  Chuck Smith, Garden State Galactic Goats

Smith was 2-0, allowing just 9 hits and 7 walks in 14.2 IP, with 16 strikeouts and a 0.61 ERA. 

Week 5

Player: Mike Piazza, GermanHungarian Rebels

Piazza went 15 for 18 (.867) with 5 home runs, 13 RBIs and 11 runs.  Also nominated were Danville's Jay Payton (8 for 13, 7 RBIs, and 4 runs) and Denver's Rondell White (13 for 23, 8 RBIs, 7 runs).

Pitcher:  Kazuhiro Sasaki, Danville Dixie Dynomite

Sasaki was 1-0 with 2 saves, allowing just 2 hits and 2 walks in 5 IP, with 9 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. Also nominated was Denver's Paul Rigdon (2-0 with a 3.46 ERA).

Week 4

Player: Geoff Jenkins, Intercourse Fighting Amish

Jenkins went 10-for-25 (.400) with four home runs (including two game-winners), a triple and two stolen bases.
  Also nominated was Jersey's Carlos Lee (12 for 33, 3 doubles, 4 homers, 10 RBIs, and 7 runs).

Pitcher:  Freddy Garcia, Intercourse Fighting Amish

Garcia went 2-0, allowing just 8 hits and 4 walks in 17 IP, with 19 strikeouts and a 2.12 ERA. Also nominated was Jersey's Jeff Tam (1-0, 2.70 ERA in 5 games).

Week 3

Player: Garret Anderson, Garden State Galactic Goats

Anderson went 10 for 30 (.333) with 3 homers, 12 RBIs, and 7 runs.  Also nominated were Cleveland's Will Clark (9 for 17, 3 HR, 8 RBI), and Denver's Joe Randa (12 for 26, 11 RBIs, 7 runs).

Pitcher:  Byung-Hyun Kim, Jersey Shore

Kim had 3 saves and a win, allowing just a hit and a walk in 5 IP.  Also nominated were Grandview's Bryan Rekar (2-0, 1.88 ERA, threw a one-hitter), and Denver's Paul Rigdon (1-0, 0.79 ERA, allowed just 5 hits and a walk in 11.1 IP).

Week 2

Charles Johnson, Denver Snow Dogs

Johnson went 7 for 25 (.280) with 5 home runs, 14 RBIs, and 6 runs to lead the Dogs to a 4-3 record for the week.