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Herrera Selected 2001 A Most Valuable Player Award Saturday, September 22nd , 2001 Odúbel Herrera of the Roanake Black Cardinals had a fine season this year and today he accepted the Most Valuable Player Award for 2001. The 22-year-old center fielder put up a .358 average and a .423 on-base percentage, piling up 95 hits, 20 doubles, 6 triples, 15 home runs, 47 RBIs and 50 runs scored. He received 11 first place votes out of a possible 20. Danny Walton of the Staten Island Yankees finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Jules Thomas of the Oakland Oaks finished third with 4 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Odúbel Herrera - Roanake Black Cardinals - 11 - 230 Danny Walton - Staten Island Yankees - 3 - 162 Jules Thomas - Oakland Oaks - 4 - 148 Bill Buckner - Pine Bluff Judges - 0 - 109 Steve Hertz - Durham Bulls - 0 - 85 Lew Brown - Rockford Peaches - 0 - 81 Clayton Kershaw - Durham Bulls - 2 - 74 Sonny Jackson - Albany Diamond Dogs - 0 - 62 Norm Miller - Phoenix Firebirds - 0 - 57 Clyde Milan - Staten Island Yankees - 0 - 38 Wally Post - Lexington Colts - 0 - 35 Danny Green - Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars - 0 - 18 Tim Shinnick - Boston Pilgrims - 0 - 15 Walt Williams - Oakland Oaks - 0 - 14 Carlos Rodón - Staten Island Yankees - 0 - 11 Larry Dierker - Bingo Long's Traveling All Stars - 0 - 9 Gary Matthews - Armstrong's Secret Nine - 0 - 9 Hugh Duffy - St. Paul Black Gophers - 0 - 8 Babe Herman - Phoenix Firebirds - 0 - 5 Luis Olmo - Penn Yan Mustangs - 0 - 4 Pete Richert - Pine Bluff Judges - 0 - 4 Mickey Lolich - Toledo Mud Hens - 0 - 2 |
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