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Newark Hurler Wins ESPC Most Valuable Player Award Tuesday, November 1st , 2016 For fans of the Newark Eagles, there was certainly no doubting the value of Zach Hoelzer this season. Now the 38-year-old pitcher has an award to show just how valuable he was, as he's been named the 2016 Eastern Semi-Pro Circuit Most Valuable Player Award winner. His remarkable campaign saw him put up a 17-6 record. In 32 starts he piled up 222.1 innings, had 200 strikeouts with 39 walks and a 2.47 ERA. Hoelzer held opposing hitters to a .237 batting average and compiled a 6.7 WAR. He received 12 first place votes out of a possible 20. Andres Hernandez of the Newark Eagles finished second in voting with 8 first place votes, while Alfonso Serrano of the Albany Senators finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Zach Hoelzer - Newark Eagles - 12 - 222 Andres Hernandez - Newark Eagles - 8 - 220 Alfonso Serrano - Albany Senators - 0 - 153 Rusty Carr - Hamilton Tigers - 0 - 150 Kevin Cross - Hamilton Tigers - 0 - 109 D.J. Pelfrey - Allentown Fleetwings - 0 - 83 Tyler Thomas - New York Knights - 0 - 66 Kyle Prater - Newark Eagles - 0 - 62 Eric Parchman - Ottawa Capitals - 0 - 28 Donald Ricker - Quebec City Admirals - 0 - 25 Bill Wright - Newark Eagles - 0 - 18 Jose Nava - D.C. Potomacs - 0 - 13 Stu Perez - Ottawa Capitals - 0 - 6 John Stuart - Sherbrooke Canadians - 0 - 5 Joe Levensailor - New York Knights - 0 - 4 Jason Scott - Newark Eagles - 0 - 4 Justin Staples - Sherbrooke Canadians - 0 - 4 Rafael Garcia - Hamilton Tigers - 0 - 3 Zulfugar Tusishvili - Sherbrooke Canadians - 0 - 2 Ryan Walker - Sherbrooke Canadians - 0 - 2 Nick Jones - New York Knights - 0 - 1 |
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