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Griffin Rewarded with 2098 WL Outstanding Hitter Award Friday, October 17th , 2098 The manager of the Ogden Golden Spikes said he thinks Carlos Griffin is only going to get better as he gets older. He may only be 26, but it will be hard to top the catcher's 2098 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Western League Outstanding Hitter Award. His winning campaign featured a .289 batting average and a .403 on-base percentage this year. In 110 games he piled up 110 hits, 27 doubles, 3 triples, 26 home runs, 79 RBIs and 60 runs scored. He received 17 first place votes out of a possible 20. Enrique González of the Ogden Golden Spikes finished second in voting with 3 first place votes, while Jim Jones of the Ogden Golden Spikes finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Carlos Griffin - Ogden Golden Spikes - 17 - 254 Enrique González - Ogden Golden Spikes - 3 - 158 Jim Jones - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 129 Arturo Morales - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 95 Walt Phillips - Tuscaloosa Steel Acorns - 0 - 92 Ricardo López - Tuscaloosa Steel Acorns - 0 - 78 Bennie Bradley - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 70 Peter Good - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 54 Kip Christopher - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 48 Héctor Flores - Tuscaloosa Steel Acorns - 0 - 46 José Romero - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 42 Ignacio Quintero - Tuscaloosa Steel Acorns - 0 - 39 Eric Crawford - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 20 Diego Cortés - Charlottesville Cavaliers - 0 - 15 Aaron McDonald - Lafayette Crawdads - 0 - 14 Terry Graves - Ogden Golden Spikes - 0 - 8 Ray García - Twin Falls Rattlers - 0 - 6 Ken Hancock - Charlottesville Cavaliers - 0 - 4 Will Haynes - Yakima Centaurs - 0 - 2 Jerry Hill - Carson City Horntails - 0 - 2 Esteban Román - Charlottesville Cavaliers - 0 - 2 Larry Cook - Tuscaloosa Steel Acorns - 0 - 1 Bob Rodríguez - Lafayette Crawdads - 0 - 1 |
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