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Alex Ochoa Chosen ATL's Best Player Monday, September 22nd, 1997 The manager of the Hartford Whalers said he thinks Alex Ochoa is only going to get better as he gets older. He may only be 25, but it will be hard to top the right fielder's 1997 campaign, as he has been named the winner of the Atlantic Most Valuable Player Award. His winning campaign featured a .385 batting average and a .440 on-base percentage this year. In 111 games he piled up 190 hits, 33 doubles, 8 triples, 19 home runs, 99 RBIs and 135 runs scored. He received 23 first place votes out of a possible 24. Wilton Guerrero of the Asheville Moonshiners finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Junior Felix of the Ocean City Blue Crabs finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Alex Ochoa - Hartford Whalers - 23 - 331 Wilton Guerrero - Asheville Moonshiners - 1 - 211 Junior Felix - Ocean City Blue Crabs - 0 - 184 Kevin Young - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 171 Kurt Abbott - Hartford Whalers - 0 - 128 Carlos A. Martinez - Milwaukee Otters - 0 - 90 Rod Myers - Hartford Whalers - 0 - 56 Todd Walker - Hartford Whalers - 0 - 53 Chris Gomez - Jacksonville Suns - 0 - 49 Matt Stairs - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 41 Rich Aurilia - Rochester Red Wings - 0 - 37 Randall Simon - Asheville Moonshiners - 0 - 25 Robby Thompson - Milwaukee Otters - 0 - 14 Tony Longmire - Savannah Swamp Foxes - 0 - 10 Terrell Lowery - Rochester Red Wings - 0 - 8 Aaron Boone - Asheville Moonshiners - 0 - 3 Eddie Zambrano - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 3 Roger Cedeno - Buffalo Bisons - 0 - 1 Oddibe McDowell - Milwaukee Otters - 0 - 1 |
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