Topps Players of the Year honored
11/01/2005The Topps Company of New York, in conjunction with Minor League Baseball, announced its George M. Trautman Awards on Tuesday, awarded annually to the Player of the Year in each of 16 affiliated leagues. The 2005 winners represent 14 different Major League teams, including two each from the Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers.
Topps Minor League Player of the Year Delmon Young (Devil Rays) headlines this year's list of winners. The 20-year-old outfielder took the honors in the Double-A Southern League after hitting .336 with 20 home runs and 71 RBIs in 84 games for the Montgomery Biscuits.
The other winners at the Double-A level were Mike Jacobs (Mets) of the Binghamton Mets in the Eastern League and Midland's Andre Ethier (Athletics) in the Texas League.
Tucson's Andy Green (Diamondbacks) was named the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Player of the Year after leading the circuit in hits (182), doubles (46), triples (13), extra-base hits (78) and runs (125). And Shane Victorino (Phillies) garnered the award in the International League with his breakout year at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
At the High Class A level, the Minors' home run king, Brandon Wood (Angels), was the California League recipient, coming on the heels of his 43-homer outburst for Rancho Cucamonga.
Leo Daigle's Triple Crown at Winston-Salem assured the White Sox farmhand of the award in the Carolina League and Lakeland's Brent Clevlen (Tigers) led the Florida State League in RBIs (102) and on-base percentage (.387).
In the Low-A ranks, Carlos Gonzales (Diamondbacks) finished in the Midwest League's top five in hits (158), runs (91) and RBIs (92), at the age of 19. He also helped lead the South Bend Silver Hawks to the MWL championship.
Matt Miller (Rockies) had a huge year for Asheville, hitting .330 with 30 homers and 100 RBIs, to win the Trautman Award in the South Atlantic League.
Short-season league winners were Ryan Patterson (Blue Jays) of the Auburn Doubledays in the New York-Penn League and Danville teammates Eric Campbell and Max Ramirez (Braves), who were named Co-Players of the Year in the Appalachian League.
Rookie League recipients included Spokane's Steve Murphy (Rangers) in the Northwest League, Helena's Angel Salome (Brewers) in the Pioneer League, Dodgers prospect Eduardo Perez in the Gulf Coast League and Milwaukee's Lorenzo Cain in the Arizona Summer League.
Source: http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/
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