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Super Season, Nakano Wins Outstanding Hitter Award Monday, October 15th , 2012 He may have less experience than most of his BSBL Double A peers, but that didn't slow Seiichi Nakano down at all in 2012. At the age of 23, the Bakersfield second baseman has been named the winner of the Pacific AA Outstanding Hitter Award. He had a .276 batting average and a .343 on-base percentage this year. In 117 games he piled up 102 hits, 15 doubles, 3 triples, 22 home runs, 61 RBIs and 53 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 13 first place votes out of a possible 24. Francisco Ramírez of the Vernon Comets finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Shawn Curry of the Ontario Beavers finished third with 7 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Seiichi Nakano - Bakersfield Basques - 13 - 273 Francisco Ramírez - Vernon Comets - 3 - 215 Shawn Curry - Ontario Beavers - 7 - 193 Paul Knowles - Spokane Indians - 1 - 161 David Barton - Bakersfield Basques - 0 - 141 Bob Hall - Hutchinson Salt Hawks - 0 - 94 Bobby Hall - Spokane Indians - 0 - 92 Henry Allen - Hutchinson Salt Hawks - 0 - 91 Mark Wilson - Hutchinson Salt Hawks - 0 - 60 Jorge Reyna - Vernon Comets - 0 - 37 Alfonso Piña - San Jose Foghorns - 0 - 24 Artie Carr - Santa Cruz Sailors - 0 - 15 Cole Ritchie - Hutchinson Salt Hawks - 0 - 8 Chad Marshall - Vernon Comets - 0 - 5 Nick Meyers - San Jose Foghorns - 0 - 4 Brian Dodson - San Jose Foghorns - 0 - 3 |
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